Field Day with McKenzie

Brooklyn and I spent the day with McKenzie and her Kindergarten class at Field Day. It was sunny, but a little chilly with the wind.  The kids didn't seem to mind and had tons of fun. 

Brooklyn so excited to be hanging out with her big sis.

 The good old parachute.  I remember playing with the parachute when I was in Elementary.  It was so fun watching the kids giggle as  water balloons went up in the air. 

 Next the kids to use their feet to pick up marbles.  It was pretty funny.

 Time to cool down with an otter pop.

 And their off to the water slide.  The kids could have played on it all day. 

 The girls and their teacher planning attack on the boys. 

 All the kids at the end of a fun day. 



Rain or Shine

For Memorial Day Katie and Chase invited the family over for dinner.  Katie wanted to have a campfire with hot dogs and smores. We got the fire started just as it started to sprinkle, by the time we started cooking our food it was raining pretty good.  Rain or Shine we were determined to have fun.  Once we finished eating we all headed in to get dry and warm. 

Brooklyn trying to stay dry and roast her marshmallows at the same time. 

McKenzie trying to smile.  She was not happy because the smoke was burning her eyes. 

Me and My Girls

The Cook Gang in the Rain

Meeting Baby Crew

Allie, Bryan and Crew moved home from Texas on the 22nd of May.  We were so excited to finally get to meet Crew.  We were also excited to see Allie and Bryan, it had been almost 2 years since we had seen each others families.  It was so fun to finally have the whole Cook family together.

McKenzie holding Crew.  She was so excited to hold him and play with him. 

Brookie and Baby Crew. 

The girls checking out Crew's little fingers and toes.  Thanks Crew for being a good sport. 

Later that week we went over to hang out and play with Crew.  Brookie loves to snuggle with Crew. 

Bowling with the Friends!

McKenzie's teacher took all the kids that passed off their sight words to the Family Fun Center for an afternoon of fun.  They started off by going bowling and then laser tag.  McKenzie had a great time with all her new school friends. 

McKenzie and her friends.  Savannah, Maddi, McKenzie, Addie and Kaylee.

Brooklyn's Birthday Parties!

Brooklyn was one lucky girl and got to celebrate her birthday twice last week.  We celebrated her birthday on the 3rd and 7th.  With Ryan out of town we waited to have her big party on the weekend.  On the 3rd we went to lunch and shopping with Grandma Hansen.  We had lunch at Cafe Rio and The Sweet Tooth Fairy for some yummy cupcakes. We then headed over to Toy's R Us so Grandma could take Brooklyn birthday shopping.  After Toy's R Us we went to Old Navy to get a cute birthday outfit for her party.  We had a fun day hanging out with Grandma.  Later that night Grandma and Grandpa Cook came over and gave her some birthday presents.  On Saturday we had both families over for Brooklyn's party.   We did cake and presents at our house and then headed to Boondocks for bowling and fun.  The kids had a blast bowling and playing arcade games, they could have stayed all day.  After all that fun we were all hungry, so we headed over to Red Robin for some yummy dinner.

Thank you to everyone who came and celebrated Brooklyn's birthday with us. 

The Birthday Girl!

Brooklyn with all her fun presents after her trip to Toy's R Us with Mom, McKenzie and Grandma Hansen.

Daddy on the Webcam singing Happy Birthday to Brooklyn.

Check out those yummy cupcakes.  Stawberry Shortcake and Cookies and Cream.

It's finally the party day.  Brooklyn wanted flower cupcakes, so I made 4 dozen chocolate flower suckers for her to decorate her cupcakes with.  They turned out very cute and yummy. 

Some of the gang waiting for the party to get started. 

Brooklyn has wanted this Tangled Barbie for months, so she was really excited to finally get it. 

McKenzie got Brooklyn a cake and ice cream play dough maker.  I think McKenzie was just as excited as Brooklyn to play with it.  They spent hours on Sunday playing with it. 

We gave Brooklyn a Daisy Razor Scooter for her birthday.  She loves it.  She has been riding it all over the house for days.  If she could sleep with it I think she would. 

Time for Cake! Make a wish!

Time to Bowl.  Grandpa Cook was the only one from Ryan's family to come, because everyone else was out of town.  We were so happy he could join us. 

The gang hanging out.

The kiddos after Bowling.  What a cute bunch.  It's so fun being home with all the cousins.

Lainee was so excited to ride on the horses.  I think she could have rode on them all day. 

Let the games begin.  The kids and adults had tons of fun playing all the arcade games.
The girls ended up with over 600 tickets. 

Aspen, Lainee and Easton on Typhoon. 

The girls and I trying out the Typhoon.  Brooklyn didn't want to go by herself, so I ended up going with her.  It was pretty fun. 

The girls waiting outside at Red Robin. 

Silly Girls!

The gang deciding on what to eat.  It was so yummy!

Mike was a good sport and sat with all the kids. 

Thank you all for coming and celebrating Brooklyn's birthday with her.  We had so much fun!