Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Busy bees in the month of October...

October has been the busiest month of Coops little life so far; the Kent family was either out of town or had visitors every week.  It was so much fun to see all of our family and friends that we miss so much being in a different state.  Coop has now been to Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, Arizona and Colorado; quite the little traveler I would say.
 
We started out with our camping trip to Oregon (pics are on the last post), then Grammy came for a visit the next week and we ended the month with a road trip down to Arizona to visit the Stilgenbauer's and even got to see Uncle Will and Aunt Char while we were there.. 
 

 

Cooper loves his Grammy so so much and get so excited when she reads him stories.  She brought him a super cool new book to add to his library.
 
They got a lot of play time in!!
 
Grammy even got to feed Coop; she thought it was pretty funny that he had to have a spoon in his hand when he ate so that he could HELP too.
 
There was a Beaver game on TV when Grammy was here for a visit, so there was a sea of orange at the Kent home..GO BEAVS!! 
 

Uncle Dave and Coop in their Beaver Orange rooting on their team.
 
On to AZ... Mom's friend Tiffany is having baby number 2 in December, so we thought it would be fun to throw her a baby Sprinkle and make the trip to AZ to see our awesome friends.  We miss the Stilgenbauer's so so much that we try to get together every time we can.  They came to Salt Lake when Cooper was 4 weeks old and then came Oregon to see him when he was 3 months old; they sure were excited to see how much he had grown now that he was a big 6 month old boy.
 
Heidi playing with her "Coopie".  Uncle Scott left to supervise.
 
Heidi getting some good practice in for when her little brother comes this winter.
 

Heidi teaching us how to make glitter pumpkins, they turned out beautiful.

Mom and Coop getting together for dinner with some of her very best friends from Phoenix Children's Hospital; she sure misses these ladies. 
 
We even got to go to a Halloween Carnival while we were visiting, Coop got to show off his awesome bee costume...Thanks Toppenbergs!!

Buzz buzz!!

Coop and dad, such handsome boys.

Cinderella, a witch and a bumble bee, such sweet costumes.
 
 
 
 
Before we left Arizona, we met up with Will and Char for lunch, Cooper got pretty comfy and fell right asleep on Uncle Will.
 
 
 

 Always so hard to say goodbye, until the next time see ya!!
 


 

 

 
 
 

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

I love Camping!!!

Well, it seems Cooper is his father's son, he loves camping!!!  It has always been the running joke between Jeff and Shannon about what the definition of camping really is... Shannon thinks a hotel with a hot shower and running water is the way to go, while Jeff, the outdoor boy, loves roughing it in the woods.  This last weekend, we took to the road and made the 10 hour drive to Bend, OR to meet Shannon's family for a long weekend of camping along the Metolious River.

All loaded up and ready to hit the road...so happy about it.
 
Getting our sweet boy all bundled up for the chilly Oregon weather.

Such a happy boy, he loved waling along the river in his stroller.

Payton made the trip too, she loved playing in the 40 degree water.

Just loved this cute face.

Dad talking to Cooper about the joys of the outdoors.

That is one good looking guy!

OMG!! The exersaucer can go OUTSIDE!!
 

Gramps enjoying a drink.

Mamaw and Gramps chatting to Coop.

Sweet Payton.

Coop snuggling with Grandma Shirley.

Mommy even managed to steal her boy away for a few loves.

Mamaw's friend Nancy even joined us for the camping trip, Coop loved meeting her for the first time.

Aunt Brittany surprised us and showed up for the weekend too; she couldn't resist some Auntie time.

Coop was enamored by his aunt.
 

and her long hair...great for pulling.


Coop loves his Mamaw! 
 



Coop and dad relaxing outside.

We headed down to the Head of the Metolious for some family pics.






Coop got so tuckered out he fell asleep on Gramps..we think Gramps was just fine with this.


 

One last family pic before we head out. 

 
Well that was a great trip, but I am pooped..