First Day of School

Max all ready for first grade of school and Hanna ready for Pre-K. They are getting too big too fast.
Max started his first day of First Grade last Monday Aug. 24, 2009. I can't believe my baby is getting so big! He is soo funny about shoes and clothes we got some really nice hand me downs and it makes me crazy because a lot of the really nice stuff he won't wear. Like his GEOX shoes they are for babies he says because they have velcros. A cute truck shirt also for babies. I guess he sees his baby brothers in velcro shoes and truck shirts so that is where he must get it from. Also he will never wear sandals even if we are at the beach or going to go swimming he wears his tennis shoes and socks only. I asked him the other day what he thinks when he sees people in sandals and he said, "I just don't like toes."
Van's first day of preschool. Van's not quite old enough not until Nov., but since I have room and it's my school he's currently enrolled.
Hanna (being a little stinker) and Van with me (their teacher Mrs. Jensen).

HAPPY 1st BIRTHDAY DAISY & WALT

Daisy and Walt are 1 year old today! I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. Daisy and Walt have been such a joy in our lives. We feel so blessed to have you both in our family!

Daisy is much smaller than her "younger" brother, but is more mature than him in many ways. You will usually find Daisy crawling or climbing on anything she possibly can. We have to put all the kid chairs up out of reach or she is climbing from them unto the table. Daisy sleeps in her crib in Hanna's closet and one day Danny came in to get her and she had climbed from her crib onto the closet shelf.
Another time she was playing on Hanna's bed and she stated to scream and I turned around to find her hanging from the windowsill (I caught her in time). When we take a shower we put Daisy and Walt into the bath to play and use it like a play pin, well of course Daisy has figured out how to climb out of there as well.

Walt is a patient "big" mamma's boy! If anyone holds a baby it's always Daisy because everyone knows how much Walt just loves his momma.
You will usually find Walt sucking his thumb and taking it easy.
Walt is starting to become more brave with standing along furniture and he is starting to crawl a little more. (He still prefers his one arm army crawl most of the time).

Pahrump Valley Preschool

Our front desk. (Danny painted our logo on the wall).
I start my preschool up tomorrow. I currently have 5 children in my T/TH morning 3-4 preschool class from 8:30-11:00 and 5 children in my M-TH afternoon Pre-K class from 11:30-2:00. I will be teaching the classes until I have more enrolled. After 6 students per class I have to have 2 teachers in the classroom. We are licensed for 12 in each class.
Our calendar/lesson/play... room. (Danny also painted this fun coconut tree on the wall where I hang numbers 1-10 in each of the 10 coconuts.) What a talented husband I have!
Our art/writing area.
My mom has moved in and the missionaries have moved out. My mom will be watching my kids on T & TH and a friend will be coming to my house to watch them on M & W. Max will be starting 1st grade, Hanna will be in the Pre-K class and Van in the T/TH preschool class.
Oh ya, I'll be on the local NEWS at 3 different times tomorrow night, funny huh?!

Beach Camping August 2009

Sorry it's been so long since an update! Here is a quick over view of our beach camping trip we took at the 1st of the month... On Sunday we went to see the Newport temple and attended sacrament at the chapel across the street which ended up being the singles ward and Daisy was play screaming which sounded so load Danny had to take her out. The Newport Temple is so pretty, I guess they all are.

Me with my very sleepy children on the temple grounds.
Our typical set up; Daisy and Walt in the playpen, A child sleeping (Hanna) on the towels, some of us (Uncle Michael and Aunt Rebecca) just kickin' it. The water was so nice, I think we all went in everyday. If you didn't know I love body surfing and I do it pretty much every year we go. (Except for last year when I was 33 weeks pregnant with the twins, but the time I was 6 months pregnant with Van I did.)

Went to the beach house for the day. My sister took much better pictures than I but I haven't yet copied them onto my computer, so sorry, but these will have to do.

Hanna, Baxter, and Daisy filling the sand bucket.
I just love this picture of Daisy and Van fighting over the sand bucket. Even though she's little she already can hold her own!
Walt as happy as can be, even with a mouthful of sand! I was quite surprised how well the babies did, one night was a little hard but for the most part they did really well! I wish I took more pictures everyone was there; Mom, Kurt and Skye, Rebecca and Baxter (at the beach house 1 day; Kristine, my dad and Debi), Michael, Greg, me, Danny, and our 5 children. Even my cousins (The Webb's) and all of there kids, and a lot more one other day for a Cooper Family Reunion; really my pictures don't do justice! We all had a wonderful time despite the tired cranky moments. Thanks mom for a wonderful family vacation!