Forever Disney Play

Our city does a children's play in the fall. When we went to see it last year the kids noticed that a lot of their friends in the play. They decided that they wanted to be in the next year's play. This year's play was "Forever Disney", which was written by the director. Lexi did great at auditions and was offered the lead role of Rapunzel. Landon didn't audition, but did so well at the first couple of practices that he was asked to be the lead role of Dopey. They practiced very hard for two months and couldn't wait for opening night! The play turned out so cute, and word spread quickly. The amphitheater was packed for all four performances! They did such a great job and I am so proud of them!!

 

 

Lexi on the night of dress rehearsal. Love the wig!

 

 

Landon on opening night. He did not enjoy having to put on all the make-up.

 

 

Back stage waiting for the show to begin.

 

Singing "Be A Man" from Mulan. This was Landon's favorite number!

 

"Heigh-Ho" number.

 

At the end of the song, the dwarves put on some shades and did their own "rap" moves to a beat-box version of "Heigh-Ho". It was hilarious!!

 

Singing in the "Princess Medley", a combination of many Disney princess songs.

 

 Rapunzel all tangled up in her hair.

 

Lexi singing her "Healing Song" solo. (a capella!!)

 

Singing "How Does She Know" from Enchanted.

 

 Landon loved every minute of this play and it showed!

 

Signing autographs for adoring fans after the show.

 

Saying good-bye to the guests with a few of the princesses.

 

Thanks to everyone who came to support Lexi and Landon in their first play! They have definitely been bitten by the acting bug and are already looking forward to next year's production.

Landon is 7!

 Landon was so excited to eat his waffles on the Special Person plate!

 

 Dinner was chocolate chip pancakes at IHOP. Definitely a breakfast theme going on today. This looks more like a dessert than dinner to me though.

 

 And if there wasn't enough sugar in his system already, he eagerly accepted the complimentary birthday sundae.

 

 My boys! Love them so much!

 

 What the?

 

 Opening presents while talking on the phone to cousin Spencer.

 

Happy Birthday buddy! We are so lucky to have you in our family!



Family Fun at the Cooper Cabin

We had a wonderful time up at the cabin over Memorial Day with my whole family!

 

 

We are going to be in trouble in a few years when these boys are going to want to do more than just sit on them and pretend to drive!

 

This is where Brennan spent most of the weekend...on Uncle Rob's "by-side-side."

 

The kids made up a "Swing Circus" that was pretty awesome!

 

Cute cousins!

 

We loaded everyone up on the 4-wheelers and rode to Lilly Lake. So fun!

 

Beautiful...what more can I say?!

 

Grandpa caught a frog. The kids were squealing with delight!

 

Skipping rocks...or maybe just throwing them.

 

No trip to the cabin is complete without taking out a few trees.

 

 Saying good-bye is never fun. These two are so cute together! Can't wait to go back to the cabin!



Visiting Montana

We had the wonderful opportunity last month to go and visit my brother and his family in Bozeman. It was so much fun! We spent most of our time up on the mountain, skiing and boarding at Bridger Bowl. This is not a big deal for most of my family since they ski/board all the time, but is was for me! Before this year, I've only been on a snowboard twice, and that was at least 10 years ago. I have to say that I was pretty proud of myself!

 

This was our group on Day 1 taking a much needed (for me) break for lunch. PB J's never tasted so good! Thanks to Erin for packing us a yummy lunch!

 The cousins had so much fun playing together. 

 

 Out to dinner at a local cafe (minus Erin who is taking the picture!)

 

 This was Brennan's first trip to the slopes. He watches his dad, brother, and sister pack up and leave to go skiing almost every Saturday during the ski season and wants so badly to go with them. He finally had his turn! Jeff has a little snowboard for Jackson that we borrowed for Brennan and he loved it!

 

 On the practice hill, ready to go!

 

He did a couple runs with someone holding the leash, but he was soon ready to do it all by himself!

 

He had such a blast!

 

Tyler and I took turns lugging Brennan to the top of this little (but steep) hill so that he could slide down. He enjoyed this as much, if not more, than the snowboard.

 

 Lexi and Olivia hanging out at the lodge.

 

Our group on Day 2. (We were missing Jackson who needed a little down time.)

 

 Our last night there, we let Olivia have a "sleep over" with Lexi and Landon. Jackson and Brennan mistakenly thought that this included them as well. We snapped a cute picture of all of them before we had to pull the little ones out and put them in their own beds.

 

 All the kids on the front porch looking stylish in their shades Uncle Jeff gave them.

 

 The roads were a little snow-packed on the way home. The wind blowing the fresh snow off the trees really does look like smoke. So beautiful!

 

 We stopped at the Grizzly Discovery Center in West Yellowstone on the way home. I was a little skeptical that we would see much, but I was wrong! We all had fun watching the bears find food that had been hidden around their enclosure.

 

 The best was watching the adults wrestle for a long time!

 

 I thought the wolves were cooler that the bears. There was an indoor building with big glass windows that you could sit and watch them through.

 

We had such a great time! Our thanks to the Coopers for their accommodations! The kids keep asking when they are going to see their Montana cousins again. Hopefully, soon!

A Batman birthday

I decided that my gift to Brennan would be to try really hard to say "Yes" to everything for the entire day. He asked to stay in his PJ's until lunch. "Sure, buddy!" He asked to watch Batman cartoons all morning. "Yep, but just for today." He wanted ham and cheese for lunch with lots of Cheetos. "No problem!" He wanted me to play Batman with him. (I got to be Wonder Woman.) The kid is obsessed with Batman! He wanted me to take a picture of him "flying" like Batman. "Of course!"

 



He wanted to go to McDonald's for dinner. "Ahhh... how about that yummy sub shop?" I didn't say no, right?!

 



 

He got to eat Cheetos again so he was perfectly content!

 

 

He loves to play this Sorry-like Batman game using his own rules.

 

 

This alligator game that chomps your hand when you push on the right tooth was a big hit with all the kids!

 

 

His favorite was this "Batmanbile" that he carries around with him everywhere.

 

 

He picked out this cake at the grocery store. Overpriced, but very delicious!

 

 

I keep telling him that he is my baby and that he is not allowed to grow up. He is fine with this for the time being. We got him a big-boy bed for his birthday and he was really excited about it until he saw his crib being taken apart and put into storage. He cried and asked if we could take the bed back to the store. It tore me up!

Brennan is the best little boy! He is adored by everyone who knows him, and even those who don't. I'm now used to complete strangers coming up to us at the grocery store or just out and about to talk to Brennan. He draws people to him with his infectious smile and delightful personality. We love you buddy!