Playing Catch Up!

Wow! I hadn't realized it'd been sooooo long since the last time I blogged!

Well, here are some highlights:
1. We went to Grandma Harper's for Thanksgiving and Did a 2nd with More Family!
     We do this every single year. Dennis's grandma lives on a farm in the huge town of Mulhall, Oklahoma and we love to go visit and it's tradition for all her family to come up for Thanksgiving every year. She is 92 years old and going strong! Hope I'm that energetic at 92! We also had a Thanksgiving meal with Dennis's mom's side of the family at David and Kristine's house...always great to get together!

2. We had a GREAT Christmas! 
    The boys were so much fun this year! We had to say goodbye to our beloved Harry dog in October, which was very sad for all of us. We knew we wanted another dog and we'd find one at the right time. After Cooper praying every night for another dog for a little over a month, a friend of mine, called me the week before Christmas and had found one she knew would be great for us and we suprised the boys with Snoopy (aka Snoop Dog) on Christmas day!
   We got to do Christmas train this year and we celebrated Christmas about four different times!

Waiting to get on the Christmas Train

Cooper with his oldest cousin, Taylor

Clayton tearing it up!

Dennis is ready for hunting!

Cooper and Clayton on Christmas day

Clayton and Mommy

Dennis carving our fried turkey...it was yummy!

Cousins...Chloe, Cooper, and Clayton

Cooper and his Papaw

Cooper and his Grandpa

3. Hello 2013!
    I've been trying new recipes on my family and we've been waiting on some great snow...never happened, but we hoped it would. Actually, we would have loved a really good blizzard like we had a couple years ago. January, February, and March flew by! I had another birthday...32 in March. I have to say, it doesn't feel much different. I was surprised by my dear sweet Dennis who invited my family to join us for birthday dinner without me knowing it!


4. Early Spring fun & Spring Break & Easter!
    So, my cousin Rose, moved back to Okie land after living in California for about 10 years and we've had the chance to have some fun with her! We took Chloe and Cooper to the aquarium in February when they were both off school and kids day out. On Spring Break, I took Chloe, Cooper, and Clayton to the zoo and met up with a friend and her daughter. NEVER do the zoo at Spring break...crazy!! Still lots of fun, though!

Happy Easter

Our Easter celebrations began on Thursday. Cooper had his KDO Easter party, which consisted of a million eggs scattered in the gym floor and a bunch of 1 and 2 year olds putting them in baskets as fast as possible... except for Cooper, who found the first car, picked up the four around it and hopped in to take a drive.




We went to Holy Thursday service at church that evening. On Friday, it was time to visit Mamaw & Papaw, and Papaw insisted that Cooper stay the night, so of course, he did. Who wouldn't say no to a quiet evening?!? So, Dennis and I went to Good Friday service and took a scenic drive out to Sequoyah State Park, which we seldom do these days with a toddler in tow. Saturday, Sasha and I decided to take the kids to Bass Pro for their egg hunt, which we pretty much did, but the kids enjoyed being carted around the store and the Easter bunny pictures are cute. Grandma and Grandpa Rains came over Saturday evening and we had dinner and of course, the highlight of the evening, letting Cooper entertain us! It rained yesterday all day, so no outside stuff. We went to Dennis's brother's house to have family dinner and Cooper loves to play with his cousins, because they are all so "big" to him, especially the teenage boys, they are really tall! I didn't even think to take any pictures there, had my camera, but i guess I was too busy catching up with everyone. Cooper's trucks from the Easter bunny were a big hit, it was all i could do to get him in bed without them last night! What a wonderful celebration of our risen Savior!