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Cooper's baptism was amazing to watch.  I don't think there is anything more special then watching my husband take our son by his hand and walk him into a baptism font full of water and use the power of the Priesthood and baptize Cooper.  Yes, I cried the whole time.  I'm so proud of Cooper and the choice he made to take on our Savior's name, and to join the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints, and to receive the Holy Ghost.  Cooper has asked so many question and has loved learning about baptism.  Our family has been so blessed with such a strong spirit in our home this past month.  Even our kids have mention the love that they felt in our home and I know its because of Cooper and his willingness to do what is right, and to follow in our Saviors footsteps.  I remember the day the doctor put Cooper into my arms. I never thought i could love him more then that moment right there, but I love Cooper more and more with each day I have with him.  He is amazing and I'm so proud to be his Mom.  I hope Cooper will always remember and treasure this special day.

Cooper

My Coop Dog turned 8 this month and on Nov. 24th he will be baptized!

I love this kid so much.  I love his big kind heart.  He is my little social guy, he loves to be around people.  He likes to have fun and it doesn't matter what you are doing as long as it's fun.  He has the biggest smile that lights up any room.  I am so blessed to have him as my son and I'm so grateful for the amazing person that he is growing into. 

I love my Cooper Joshua!

Happy Halloween!



me

I have lost 75 pounds!

 

Last week my knee started to hurt and then by Wednesday it was killing me.  I was so worried because my junior year in high school I blew my knee out playing varsity basketball.  I should say I destroyed my knee.  Tore my ACL which is only 60% put back together, my MCL, broke my patella and some other things.  My doctor called it a full house.  He said by the time I turned 30 I would have to have a knee replacement.  So with that being said, having my knee hurt has been so scary.  Come to find out I have runner's knee.  I think I was working to hard.  I have gone running everyday this year except for Sundays.  Lately running has be fun.  Crazy, I never thought I would say that, but I love the way I feel after it.  So I feel like my life is spinning out of control when I know I should take it easy and not run and rest my knee.  It has been hard.  I have worked so hard to get this weight off and I only have 25 more pounds to go.  So with help from my brother Porter who is in PT school.  I have iced my knee like crazy.  I have taken it easy for four days and so today I rapped my knee up, put new arch supports in my shoes, and ran 2 miles on the tread mill.  It felt great both my knee and running.  Right now I'm icing it hoping and praying that my knee will be fine.

Wish me luck! 

 

 



3 and super powers!

My Baby Brewer turned 3 on the 12th of this month.  I wasn't so excited for his birthday because turning 3 means he is growing up to fast for me.  So I have been looking at tons of old pictures with Brewer and I found this cute picture of him.

I love Brewer so much.  It was a lot of work to get this little guy here but I'm so grateful for all the struggles we went through because it has made me cherish him so much more.  He was so cute opening his birthday gifts this year.  He was so excited that his whole body was shaking.  He loved going to the park with his buddy Briston and he wanted pizza and cupcakes.  I asked him a couple of days before his birthday what kind of toys he wanted and he said, "super powers."  I asked what kind?  He said with a serious face, "the kind I put my hand out and I fly or the kind I run really fast or I want a watch."  So we got him a watch and he told Cooper later that day that he got super powers for his birthday. 

 

I love my 3 year old and his super powers!

Happy little family!

Every day I run by this field of flowers and I always think I should take a family pic there.  So today I dressed up my boys and had my mom snap some pics of us. 

 

 

I love my little family!

 

Playing with cousins!

 I got to watch Mallory and Kaisley today for Porter and Domini.

I was kind of worried for Malli because I don't have any girl toys but once I pulled out the pirate hair she was so excited.  These two were so cute together looking for treasure.

 I think Malli had a good time.

 They love sitting in the fort. 

And I got to hold this little baby girl the whole time and I was in heaven.  Kaisley is such a good baby.  She's so calm and so laid back. 

I'm going to be so sad when they go back to Texas in a couple of weeks.



"2nd grade here I come!"

Coop Dog, "2nd grade here I come!"

My baby is a 2nd grader.  How did this happen?  Coop wasn't so sure he wanted school to start again.  He thought in his head that he had 100 days of summer.  I also wasn't ready for school to start.  I have loved having him at home and so has Brewer. 

 I love my Coop Dog and I'm so excited to watch him grow this year. 



Pioneer weekend!

 Cousins!

 Party at Uncle Toms!

 Throw candy!

 My dad is the guy in the cowboy hat waving at the end.

 Waiting for the parade to start.

 Love my boys.

 Hanging out on my parents porch. 

What am I going to do without my sister around.  She leaves in 2 days.

We had a great weekend.  I just love it when my family is in town.

summer fun

Cookout in the canyon.

Love it when my family gets together.  Nothing is better then dutch oven food. 

 Coop Dog with his crazy cousin Gavin.

 I have 1 more week left with these guys.  They're moving to Chicago, Stratton is going to eye doctor school.  I'm going to miss having my little sister around.  We sure have had some fun times but most of all I'm going to miss baby Dash.  Really he is the happiest little guy I have ever been around.

 This one is kind of blurry of Dash but still super cute.

And my baby with his daddy.

Cookouts rock!



Bruiser

Brewer has such a funny personality.  He's pretty shy when there's to many people around but when he's comfortable in his surroundings he is a crack up.

Today driving to the store he said, "Mom, I like it when the wadies call me cute!"

Yesterday at the pond he didn't want his life jacket on and said to me while rubbing his chest, "can i go in the pond with my boobies."

Josh has a Holy Ghost book that he is reading and Brewer said, "i like the Holy Ghost, Cooper likes the Holy Ghost, Mom likes the Holy Ghost, Dad likes the Holy Ghost and the Wadies likes the Holy Ghost."

If you ask him how old he is, he always says 6, and I say no you are 2, and he always responds in shock and high pitch voice, "I'm two."

I love my little Bruiser!



Me

 As of today I have lost 65 pounds!

I still have a long way to go but I can honestly say that I feel good.

Last night after the rain storm I went for a run and it was the first time that I actually loved running.  It smelt good outside, it was cool and the best part was I felt so good.  I just hope I can keep this up. 

Afternoon at the park

 Porter and Domini are home for the summer and so we are trying to soak up all there time before they have to go back to Texas for physical therapy school.  I'm so proud of my little brother.

 My Dad was so funny.  When he heard that I was going to the park with Domini he said what time should I be there.  He loves hanging out with his grandkids.

Brewer and Cooper are always so excited to hangout with Mallory. 

Baby Kaisley, I just love this girl and all her chubs! 

It's always a fun time at the park with family!

Sunday

 Love this picture, its so Brewer and look how cute Cooper's smile is.

My handsome little guys.  One of my most favorite thing about Sunday is seeing my boys all dressed up.

I just love them!

4th

Happy early 4th of July!



blue eyes!

They get their blue eyes from me.

I love these two little guys.  They sure make me happy!



I only have a first grader for 1 more day.

This year has been amazing to see how much Cooper has grown.

Reading, writing, math and history.

He had such a good teacher and I'm so grateful for the time she put into helping Cooper.

I love my Coop Dog!

:)

This is what brewer and I do at 2:20pm, picking up cooper from school.

I have lost 54 pounds and can run 4 miles.  I run really slow but I'm doing it. 



Nice

I think I have a problem with taking to many pictures of my kids, but how could I not they're just so cute.

They're both getting so big.  Today I sat and watched my boys play at the pond.  I was thinking how last year Brewer wouldn't even go into the water without holding my hand, and today as I sat there he never once asked me for my hand.  Cooper of course was swimming in the cold water like a little fish.  It was a nice day.





Bruiser

Gotta love this kid.

Yesterday at Coopers baseball game I look over to see this little boy with his pants down peeing right in front of everyone sitting in the stands.  Oh, I was so embarrassed at that moment but then the little boy who was sitting in the dirt with Brewer playing with hot wheels pulled his pants down also.  It was some good laughs for everyone who was there.  I guess I better put the x on peeing outside.
I love my little Bruiser!



Somethings about April

Things have been busy.  Easter we took a trip to Tucson to see my adorable little niece.  My dad rented a 15 passenger van and so we all loaded up, Misti, Stratton, baby Dash, Gunner, Grandma, Grandpa, Me, Josh, Cooper and Brewer and headed to Tucson. It was so fun.  This is what Cooper looked like in the van.  He got his face painted at Angie's and Toms big Easter party.

 My handsome boys in their Easter outfits.

Cooper had a school project on Dinosaurs.  He was in heaven all week.  He did his on spinosaurs.  He did such a good job that his teacher picked him out of his class to read his paper in his class program they put on for the parents. 

 Baseball has started.  Cooper is doing pretty good.  He is now doing pitching machine.  I'm running out of money with him.  I told him for every hit he gets I would give him a dollar and he hits the ball every time he's up.

Have I mentioned that we moved?  Yes, we did and its wonderful.  I love having my space back.  The boys have been so happy, especially Brewer.  It was like Christmas pulling my stuff out of storage.

As of today I have lost 45 pounds and can run 4 miles.  I'm half way to my goal.  I feel like I can do it!

Adorable!

My little niece! I just love her. I'm so excited for my big brother and his wife to welcome this little bundle of joy into their home. They sure know how to make some cute kids.

Reese Ann Caldwell

little bits about us

If Cooper eats sour things it makes him lie. That's what he told his uncle tom this weekend while fishing at the pond.

Brewer says he wants to be a daddy when he grows up and then he points to his chin and said he wants hair right here.

Me, I've lost 37 pounds.

Josh, got a new job at the hospital and now is officially a monitor tech for the ICU.

April is already going to be pretty exciting. Any day now I will have a new niece and a new nephew. I' pretty excited!

"lets do this"

I love the one on one time I have with this little guy. Today when I turned on the vacuum Brewer grabbed the cord looked up at me and with a deep voice he said, "lets do this."

10 crazy years!

Monday we celebrated 10 years.

I'm one lucky girl to have Josh by my side, to laugh with, cry with, share happy times, sad times, enjoy raising our two boys and to love.

10 years has been pretty awesome can't wait to see what another ten years will look like.