Our 6th Anniversary

On March 30th Corey and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary! Thank you, my love for the wonderful years we have spent together and the many more we have to look forward to!

Tattoos- temporary and real

The Easter Bunny brough a create your own tattoo kit for the boys. It had temporary tattoos that you put on, and then markers that you use to color them in.

Donovan got a blue snake on his arm

Alexis chose a unicorn which she decided to be green and blue

Both Uncle Tim and I messed up the tattoos that Jack chose so Tim decided to just draw his own on. Suddenly that turned into a full sleeve for Jack LOL just like Uncle Tim

Corey went last week to DV8, a tattoo shop in concord, and got a real tattoo on his arm

He had Cooper on it for years, but decided to add to it. Our last name, Cooper, means barrel maker, so that is what he got! He still needs to go back to have more detailing of the wood and to get the kids names in the bands of the barrel, but so far it looks great!

San Francisco

We had alot of fun in San Francisco. We took BART in to the city, then walked to Pier 39 where we had lunch at Bubba Gump's Shrimp Co, rode the merry-go-round, then finished with sundae's at Ghiradelli. YUM!

view from pier 39 of the San Francisco bay

Dave, Corey, Kyle, and Daniel

Kyle in Forrest Gumps shoes with Daniel next to the suitcase

Daniel and Lucy

Bella got her first french fry, which she loved

the kids meal came in cute little boats

Jackson on the merry-go-round (action shot as we are going around)

Donovan

getting off the ride

First BART train ride

We have friends visiting from out of town, so on Monday we decided to go into San Francisco for the day. The boys have never taken a ride on BART (bay area rapid transit) before so they were very excited about taking the train.

Corey and our friends buying tickets

Jessie with Van and Jack on my lap to look out the window

Jack

Jessie and Van

CCC Friends

On the way home we made one last stop in Raymond, California to visit some old friends Brandi, Casey, and Kyle. Brandi, Kyle, Corey and I were all in the California Conservation Corps together. That is where I met Corey 10 years ago. We had so much fun seeing them and watching our kids play together! Kiera, who is 6, would have held Bella the whole time if we had let her! Braden, who is almost 4, is right in the middle of my boys ages. Brandi and Casey have 5 acres, so the kids had a blast going wild on their beautiful property.

Kyle and Corey

Brandi and Jessie

Corey, Casey, Kyle, and Van

Kiera holding Isabella

Kiera brought out her stroller she uses for her dolls and pushed Bella around in it

Braden on the tire swing

Kiera helping Donovan on the swing

Jack with his elephant Allie along for the ride

Jack and Van with Braden on the top

How many kids can we fit?

Kiera

Braden

This is what happens when you get 3 toddler boys together

Lots of mud!!!

Uncle Dennis and Aunt April's house

We stayed with Dennis and April while we were in the mountains. Their daughter Stephanie is a month and a half older than Isabella. It was really fun to see them together, and to see Dennis' son Kyle and daughter Hailee who come up on the weekends. All the kids had such a good time playing with their cousins!

Not quite sure of each other..... Stephanie kept trying to pull her toys away, and Bella kept pulling them right back. It was too cute!

Aunt April with Isabella

Corey with Stephanie and Bella

Stephanie let Bella try out her jumper

We played a few games of pool...

and Stephanie just had to get in on the action

Uncle Jesse stopped by and played with the boys

Uncle Dennis and Isabella

Hailee was always wanting to take care of her little cousin Isabella

Kyle had a good time holding her too

Ofcourse we had to bring the wii

Here are Jack and Kyle playing

The boys Jackson, Kyle and Donovan

The girls Isabella, Hailee and Stephanie