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Monday, May 30, 2011

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. 

Friday, May 20, 2011

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.


Tuesday, May 10, 2011

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!

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Home Depot Fun With Dad!

The girls love hanging out with Dad.  While I was getting all the birthday party stuff ready Ryan took the girls to Home Depot for the fun Saturday project.  It turned out so cute.  I can't wait to paint it with the girls. 


Fun Memories with Dad!

Saturday, May 7, 2011

Congratulation's Bell Family!

Lizzie Lee Bell
May 7, 2011
6lbs 14 oz 20 inches

Lizzie just couldn't wait to get here.  My parents and Philip were flying out Saturday morning to go and help while Katie had her baby.  Katie's water broke at 1:00 in the morning and Baby Lizzie arrived early that morning.  Katie and Baby came home on Mother's Day and are doing well. 


Friday, May 6, 2011

Happy Birthday Easton!

Happy 8th Birthday Easton!
Easton made this cool Star Wars Lego Cake.  Good job!
We can't wait to watch him get baptized in a few weeks.  

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

McKenzie's Field Trip to Tumble Cats!


For McKenzie's Kindergarten Field Trip they took the kids to Tumble Cats a local tumbling school.   The kids had a blast stretching, tumbling, jumping, running, dancing, eating and coloring. 


Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Guess Who is 5?

Happy Birthday Brooklyn!

I can't believe that our little Brooklyn is 5 today. 
We love our little Boo she brings so much joy to our house. 

5Things Brooklyn Loves To Do:

1.Brooklyn loves to snuggle, especially with her daddy.
2. Brooklyn  loves to be with her sister McKenzie.
3.  Brooklyn loves to be outside.  She loves to ride her bike and swing.
4.  Brooklyn loves to color, she is an amazing artist.
5.  Brooklyn loves babies.  She loves to hold them and play with them. 
Brooklyn is such a loving little girl.  We love having her in our family.