It's HOT!!

100 degrees outside at 8pm = Sydney, Connor, Klair, Kyle, Cooper and Kate at the splash park just before sundown!

Happy Birthday Cooper!

Today is Cooper's 5th birthday!! We had a party at the splash park yesterday (and I FORGOT my camera!). Today we had cake and ice cream at Grandma and Grandpa Pollmann's with The Gums, Kate and Kyle Jones! Cooper loved that yesterday and today were all about him. He is happy to be 5!!

Happy Birthday Cooper J!!!

Friends!!

My best friend, Stefani, (in the white shirt) hosted a Mary Kay party the other night. What isn't fun about friends, make up and NO KIDS!!! This picture was taken after we were all made up!

Sweet moment with Cooper!!

Our family has been reading the Book of Mormon for over a year and we have not yet read it all the way through. We are ALMOST to the end of Alma. It has taken us seriously over a year to get this far but we are doing it. Every night before family prayer we read 1 chapter. We each take turns reading 5 verses including Cooper (I whisper the words to him and he repeats them). Cooper usually just has one turn and then he is tuned out. After he reads he jumps all over us and asks for a drink and wants to turn the TV on etc. etc. Eric and I get frustrated with him and constantly shush him and tell him to be sit down and stop talking.

Well today he was "writing a book". He drew some pictures and then asked me to write the word for him. The story started like most of his stories do with monsters and pokemon and then he said "and it came to pass in the reign of the judges"... I froze. I wanted to laugh but I seriously got teary eyed. I got teary eyed because the Spirit bore witness to me right then that following the counsel of the Prophet IS important in MY life. Of course, Cooper has no idea what that phrase means but he knows the phrase. He may not be sitting still and "reading" with the rest of the family but he is listening. My testimony of reading the scriptures as a family has grown today because of this small sweet little moment with Cooper. I had to share!!

CLASS OF 2009!!

THE GRADUATE!!

Brock and Aubrey

Brock & best friend Josh

Grandma & Grandpa Nelson

Brock and Eric! (Brock is bending down so he isn't taller than his dad!)

HAPPY GRADUATION BROCK!

YOU DID IT AND WE ARE PROUD OF YOU!!

HE GETS ALLLLL THE CREDIT!!

Brock is my oldest step son. He is 17 and a senior at El Camino High School. He has lived with his mom his entire life and visits us on weekends. Last night was his seminary graduation. I am sooo proud of him. As if going to seminary isn't hard enough when you are a teenager...this boy RODE HIS BIKE TO SEMINARY EVERYDAY!! Rain or shine this kid got himself to seminary ALL 4 years. During the 2 weeks he was without a bike ---he rollerbladded to seminary. For those of you who don't know..seminary is Monday - Friday at 6:10 am. And....his seminary building is 4 miles one way from his mom's house. I do NOT know any other kid in the world that would get up, get ready and ride a bike to seminary 4 miles one way rain or shine at 5:50 am!!!! If you don't believe me...ask him....He gets ALL the credit. He did it by himself!! NO ONE gets the credit but him!!! I can't say enough how impressed and proud of him I am. WAY TO GO BROCK!!!