Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Moving...(again)!

Apparently the Cooper name is currently synonymous with CHAOS.  So with that in mind, we bought a house. For those just coming to the party, within the last 6 months: we have journeyed with my mother and her stem cell transplant, moved to Indiana, accepted the call of Pastor, adopted a new born,...
Yes, you heard me right...we bought a house.  The house is larger than we ever thought we would be able to own.  While dated, it is clean and we look forward to many memories and stories of God's faithfulness to be shared here. Admittedly this is premature, since we do not officially close until the end of September, BUT our immediate family is eager to see pictures of our soon-to-be home. So for the them...Here you go! (captions below)
 Front (trim the trees and mow the grass...perhaps you will see the house)

 Front (strange to us, they never put railing across the whole front)

 Our FIRST 2 Car Garage! (super excited)

 Entry (from Living Room)

 Living Room (from Dining Room)

 Dining Room (from Living Room)

 Dining Room/Kitchen (from Living Room/Dining Room threshold)

 Hallway tile + Bathroom Tile + Kitchen Tile = Ridiculously ugly ceramic flooring

 Kitchen eat-in flooring (from Hallway)

 Kitchen (from eat-in)

 Kitchen eat-in (from Kitchen fridge)

 Basement storage (this represents approximately 1/4 of the basement)

 Living Room (from the entry stairs)

 Upstairs Hallway (one step down landing at end, Right turn downs stairs to main floor)

 Master Bedroom (from hallway)

 'Evie's Room' (from Hallway)

 Master Bath 

 Main (upstairs) bath (Yellow: sink, toilet, tub and striped tile)

 Laundry Shoot

 Still the Main (upstairs) bath...Jealous?!

 'Benj's room'

 and his walk in closet.

 View from the sun porch: from left to right




 Sun Porch and Rear  (kitchen door to right; slider from family room into sun porch)

 Backyard continues into 'Forest' for 20+yards

 Side yard

 Rear

 'The Forest'

 (continued)

 Rear Kitchen door (opens into the eat-in area and as you see a small paver patio)

 Front Door/Patio (Color needed:) )

 Reminding all of us of the joys of a 2 car garage!

 Kitchen (from dining/kitchen threshold)

 Dining Room (from Living Room)

Living Room Window seat (Sunni's 'Happy' place - it is over 10 feet long)

Saturday, August 18, 2012

 1 Month and sitting up in the Bumbo...Apparently she is shocked too;)
 'Deep Thoughts' by Evie Lorryne
 1-month old Diva!
 Going to church...
 Our View in the mornings...
'Helping' Mommy make supper.  (sarcasm aside...her quietly sleeping is WAY more helpful than one can share)

'SHE-RAH!"

Thursday, August 16, 2012

A glimpse...

 Celebrating her 1 month b-day. A smile...or gas...but we like to tell ourselves is her cheerful disposition that is shining through.


Train ride at the Zoo with Miss Kayla, Benj and Mommy!  

Monday, July 23, 2012

Evie Lorryne makes her presence known...

The following is a pictorial journey of Saturday, July 14, 2012 through yesterday.  [For those who are looking for whit, banter and humorous editorials - We now have 2 children...under 3 years old.  This is synonymous with exhaustion - You will have to make your own comments. :) ]


Preparing to be a Big Brother
 Waiting in the birthing room...
 1 to 2 minutes old




 (Daddy is already melting)
 Diva Evie
 Take a careful look...the flowered 'legs' is a rolled up blanket because she is too small.
 Visiting Great Gma Johnson
 Mama Jodi and her helper


 Benj 'calling' anyone he can with the good news of a baby sister



 Mommy - daughter moment
 Benj sharing his Lightning McQueen with Evie
 Playing on Caboose outside hospital...Notice the 'joyful' tears. (he is not a risk taker)
 Jaundice baby = sunbathing time
 Benj jumping in the Sunbathing party
 Paper signing day..."She's a Cooper now"
 Mommy put the head band on...Daddy didn't object...too cute
 First trip to the Mall, in the moby
 Benj's 'treat' was riding on the raffle tractor.  Not sure which is funnier: a) there is a tractor raffle in mall, or b) we convinced him it was a 'treat'.
Skyping with Daddy - Benj was in the background.


 MORE (not in order) Pictures:






 Benj  - on behalf of Mitchell - giving Evie her own monkey, 'Hazel'