Conference Weekend

It was a cool, fall Saturday this conference weekend and after the 2nd session we decided to head to the park with some pizza and a football. Nothing like rollin' in the grass with Daddy.

Giggle, giggle, giggle!

I love Mommy...

Why these pictures you ask?

He was just in a good mood.

There's nothing like a good puzzle...

...to keep you from doing anything productive. Thank goodness it only took 3 days.

102 temperature...

...makes for a very cuddly baby. He didn't move from this position for a whole hour.

With how many times he's been sick this summer, I am not looking forward to winter!

He's growing up...

Name that Song

Round of Applause

One of Carter's favorite things is for us to clap for him. You also get a little peak at one of his classic faces, the wrinkle nose.

Step, Step, Hop, Shake

Coop started doing this on the couch one day and I couldn't figure out where he got it from until I saw this on Mickey Mouse.



I love how it takes him a second to get his little booty going!

Mini guy, mini golf

Coop's first time mini golfing and he was lovin' life! He did have a hard time leaving the ball where it was after hitting it though. He kept wanting to pick it up and take it back to the start to hit it again. :-)

Baby Tarter even got a few shots in.

Howdy Y'all

A couple days ago Coop was riding the airplane at the park that rocks back and forth. He yells, "Yee-haw, ride 'em cowboy!" and then gets this perplexed look on his face. He looks at me and says, "Mamma, where's my cowboy hat?"

"You don't have a cowboy hat, Coop."

(head tilt) "I need a cowboy hat."

Grandma AJ, who lives in the cowboy state (Wyoming), seemed like the perfect solution so we called her up and Coop politely asked for a cowboy hat. 3 days later we received this in the mail.

Yee-haw!

Cutest cowboy in the West, mid-West that is!

A big cowboy thank you to Grandma AJ for the awesome cowboy hat!

A Stern Talking To

So Coop's eating dinner last night and he starts rubbing his ketchup all over his sippy cup making a huge ole mess. I get a little perturbed and give him a stern talking to about not making messes and telling me when he's all done, blah, blah, blah. Right in the middle of my tirade on messes, he has the nerve to ask if he can watch a movie. That catapults me into another talk about how when we don't listen to Mommy then we don't get to do the fun things. Instead of going into a full on fit, he lightly takes my chin in the palm of his hand, looks me straight in the eyes and says, "Mommy, look at me. Look at me. (pause, head tilt) I'll make good choices. I'll be a good boy."

He got to watch a movie.

Cute Sadness

This kid has the cutest sad face I think I've ever seen.

When he gets mad he wrinkles up his nose and gives a little cry.

But don't you worry, he gets over it pretty quick!

Oh so tired!

First words?

I'd like to think so :-)

Monkey Joe's

It's become a weekly thing to go to the local Monkey Joe's playplace. It's one of the greatest places for Coop. He can run, jump, climb, and slide to his little heart's desire without any worrying about him breaking something. We go every Tuesday morning with Daddy and he just loves it! (So do we, it's a great workout chasing him around!)

Indy State Fair

Coop has a thing for trains. We will go to Toys R Us and he will play with the display for a full hour. (No, I will not buy him a matchbox size train for $15 so we will continue to go to Toys R Us every week.) So when he found out we were riding the train to get to the Fair, he was beyond excited.

They had a kids area that was so cute. They all put on aprons and had baskets and they'd walk around and pretend to be farmers. Coop was in heaven!

Collecting eggs

Milking the cow

Then theyb brought all their "produce" to the market and they got fake money to buy a treat. It was super cute!

Of course Coop could not get enough of the animals! He thought it was super fun to feed them.

First place Hog!

The picture just doesn't do it justice, this guy was humongous!

My little champ, snoozin away in the heat.

Good ole fair food. Yes this ice cream costs $6 ;-)

The highlight of the whole thing were the Peking Acrobats. They truly were amazing! I just kept thinking how incredibly strong these girls had to be. I mean look at what they are doing!

I have a hard time doing a hand stand on the ground and these girls were doing handstands, 20 feet up, for 5 minutes, on chair backs.

I mean, really?!?

And here is my good friend Brooke who left this past week. We did everything together and unfortunately, she left and I still have 6 more weeks left...we already miss her terribly!

5 Little Monkeys

This is the most words he'll say in a row without a break :-)

Boulder Family Reunion

What a fun family reunion this was! My brother, Jason got married this past week which gave our family an excuse to get together.

14 of the 18 grandkids

All 18

Our fun "Plan B" hike. The first one turned out to be a little too hard for all the little kiddos so we opted for a different one that turned out to have an awesome stream to play in at the end!

Water World

A long day for the kids (hence the sleeping pictures) but a super fun place. I'd love to go there without any kids so we could go on all the rides!

No family reunion would be complete without the Gundy Olympics

(Balloon toss, cheers, 3-legged races, frisbee toss, etc.)

Babies, babies, and more babies

The coolest reception ever, held on the Boulder Resevoir...

...complete with Dunk Tank (which I dare say was a big hit for everyone!)

And of course, the happy couple, Jason & Alexa!

On a side note, for their actual wedding Jason & Alexa climbed up (white dress & all) to a lake in the mountains and said their vows to each other. Nobody but the 2 of them alone with nature. The pictures they took of the place were gorgeous. It just fit them perfectly that that's how they did it!