Here's what happened in August...
A few hours after we got back from our reunion at Bear Lake Cooper slipped in the bath tub and hit his head on the soap holder. He got a gash just above his eye that wouldn't stop bleeding. So I took him to the Instacare to get his first set of stitches...
The gash
Proof that it wouldn't stop bleeding
He wouldn't keep the band-aid on either
The numbing bandage he kept pulling off
The stitches
The doctor gave him 3 stitches. They numbed the area with some gel so they didn't have to give him a numbing shot. He did pretty good while they were putting the stitches in except he hated the fact that the nurse and I were holding him down. So he was screaming and crying about that. But in the end, he was a tough little guy and mommy bought him a new ball for being such a good boy...
And he thought it'd be fun to wear one of mommy's bowls as a hat :-)
He only had to wear the stitches for a week and he even slept through the process of having them pulled out. What a tough, cute, and silly little boy!
We had a family goodbye party for the Cook's at the City Center park the night before they left for Africa. After the party, several family members, including Cooper and me, ran in the Orem City 'Run a Crook Out of Town' 5K...
The Cook's and the Hessing's
Grandma swinging with her two adorable grandkids
Coop enjoying a swing with grandma
We went to the Lehi Pool...
Grandma and Aunt Mary came with us
(Yes, I was there. I'm just taking the picture)
He looks cold :-)
Cooper had a blast once he got used to it.
Cooper under the dump bucket with Grandma.
Every time the bell would ding, Cooper would look up at the bucket to see it spill over. He was scared of it at first but had fun with it later.
Our little Coop chillin' in his chair with his beach ball
We took the kids bowling for the first time...
Cooper wanted to do it all by himself
They loved it!
Emma could even carry the ball herself! You go girl!
Steve FINALLY got his Chevy running...
He took the whole engine apart and put it back together again. It took him a year to do it! But he did it. We now have 2 running vehicles. Yeah! And thankfully we were blessed with loaner vehicles from friends last winter while the unfinished Chevy sat in the garage.
I'll never forget how excited he was the first night it started. I'm so proud of you hunny!
The Before...
& during...
We hiked Stewart Falls...
The boys eatin their lunch
Tiffy & Emma
Emma & Coop playing in the water
The pretty view and Emma's cheesy smile :-)
Aaron, Steve, and Spencer climbing to the top
The boys sitting at the top
beautiful
Emma & Coop enjoying the ride
Silly Emma
Coop with daddy and Emma with Spencer
Emma starting to fall asleep
Emma asleep :-)
Coop standing on the backpack & having a blast
We went to the Living Planet Aquarium...
The stingrays you can pet. Cooper enjoyed just splashing the water. He got soaked!
Peek A Boo
Goin' cave exploring
It took him a while to figure out how to walk hunched over, he kept hitting his head. :-)
fishies
my favorite part were the penguins
Coop & Emma with a frog
the three kidos ready to go home
Steve played in a Dusk till Dawn volleyball tournament with my aunt Jenny...
Steve & Jenny in the background
Cooper enjoying the volleyball
and standing on the pizza
enjoying Sprite with daddy
rolling around in the blanket
fun in the tent-which took him forever to fall asleep in
our little man
We went to the Hogle Zoo...
Emma with the monkeys
Cooper with the monkeys
on the carousel-he was mad when we got off
I know it's blurry-but it's still cute :-)
The giraffes!
watching the cheetah
Cooper is studying the little monkey
"I want to get in and play with the camels!"
the gorilla
with Nana
with Papa
with Mama and Tia Maria
Rarrrr!
he wanted to keep playing in the water :-)
riding the train
playing with the water ball and getting soaked before heading home
What a fun day!
Some of the animals we saw...
elephants
parrots
rhino
ostrich
penguin
a 14 ft tall giraffe
we got to watch the giraffe eat and be fed by hand
His tongue was huge!
an iguana
ape
camel
and Mary and Cooper :-)
(Sadly, I didn't get very many pictures. But we got my mom to go down most of the big slides, Steve flew a foot off of shotgun falls, we all enjoyed tube run and cave in together-even the kids, Cooper really enjoyed the kiddy pool slides and splashing toys, we spent $10 on a lousy hamburger, we tried out the new 'toilet bowl' ride, Steve went down the boomerang 3 times in a row, and of course, the kids were exhausted at the end of the day.)
Coop & Emma chillin' on someone's blanket
Emma runnin' around with the sunscreen trying to keep Cooper from running into the lazy river :-)
We went to Thanksgiving Point for $2 Tuesday...
The cow at the petting zoo
sheep
baby goats
aww
a billy goat with a massive beard :-)
a pony
horsie
playin' in a barn house
Get me out!
a pony ride
walking through a cave at the Dinosaur Museum
Big Dino
playing in the mud
Notice Tiff has to help Emma get dirty and Coop's all over it!
(I LOVE his face)
With Nana
With Papa
Eating the cheap ice cream cone that gave him a big brain freeze
he was so mad :-)
we also got their yummy $2 chocolate fudge
My aunt Kris and her husband Steve got sealed in the Mount Oquirrh Temple...
(So we took a picture to add to our temple pictures collection)
Steve & Brittni did a break job & they got greasy!... :-)
Brittni even got to work at Pep Boys for a few months. You go girl!
We took Hessing Family pictures...
We said goodbye to the Flanagan's and Cooper & Emma got to stay up late together...
And, my best friend Steph had her adorable baby Brooke...
