Sleep Over!

Kendall and Ella have been wanting to have a sleep over for so long now. This weekend we had the perfect chance. Randy was preaching at Coastal Sunday morning, so we drove over to Galveston Saturday night and we all had a sleep over at the Sanders! We were ALL up super late, but we had so much fun and enjoyed just getting to hang out! 

We love our sweet friends so much and even though it was not a long time, we had a great time getting to hang out! God is doing BIG things at Coastal and we are loving being able to watch!

IPhone Dump

I can't tell you the last time I got our for real, good camera out to take pictures. I just use my phone all the time. So when Cooper walked in with our camera the other day, dropped it and broke it, I wasn't too sad. Now we just need to decide if we're going to replace it or not. :)

So here's the past few days in IPhone pictures. 

Kendall looked super cute before school the other day. She's so big. 

 And I don't even know what to say about this picture. She was "posing like a ballerina." Wow.

 Here are the girls after they woke up one day. They are so cute. They both get a cup of milk and their vitamin. Kendall eats yogurt and Cooper has a cup with Cheerios and milk. Same thing - every day.

 Kendall outgrew her tennis shoes so we went and got new ones today! She was very excited. Her old shoes were a size ten and she is now a size 12! They look so big to me. She was pretty proud of them and ran all through the mall showing them off. I love Cooper's face in this picture.

 They even light up!

 We've had some days of not too steamy weather lately, and the girls and I sat outside riding Jeeps one day.

 Last week was All About Me day at school. Kendall had to decorate a poster telling all about herself. She did a great job!

 Another pajama run for Dairy Bar! Cooper got vanilla with chocolate syrup and it was everywhere.

 I love how these two play together! Kendall made her a bed in the laundry basket and was pushing her all around the house.

 Cooper's new bunny she got from Janny and K-Pops for her birthday. She loves it!

4 years of Wee Place!

Not too many words on this post - I don't want to make myself cry!! So proud of this sweet girl and how much she has grown these past four years! 

First day of school, 2009 - 18 months

 Meet the Teacher 2010 - 2 years old. We actually missed her first day of school because it was Cooper's birth day! Jan stayed with her the night before and took her to school that day.

 So, here she is at the hospital on the first day of her 2 year old year, meeting her new sister!

 2011 - Three years old

 She was an orange giraffe last year!

 And 2012 - Four years old!

First Day of School!

Last Tuesday was Kendall's last first day of preschool!! She was so ready to go back and excited about her new class, the yellow cheetahs! 

I still can't believe this is the fourth year we've had a first day of school. She is just so big!

Brave girl!

She went right in to her class, hung her backpack on the hook, took a picture with Cooper (that was goofy) and sat right down to play with play-dough! I was so proud of her. The girl sitting next to her was new to school this year. Kendall and I met her on Meet The Teacher night and we talked about how Kendall could make her feel comfortable at school. I reminded her that if she acted upset, then that would make this little girl even more upset. We talked about how she could make friends with her and make her feel happy to be at school. I was so excited when Kendall told me today that she has been playing with this little girl and she always gives me a report on whether or not she cried. SO proud of her for being a good friend!

We walked in to pick Kendall up and Cooper went right to her and sat down. These sisters love each other so much and missed each other when they were apart!

Cooper was a little sad to leave Kendall at school that morning. When we dropped her off and got back in the car, Cooper kept saying, "Cooper, Kendall school! Cooper, Kendall school!" I was sad for her, but distracted her by telling her we were going to go see Daddy at his office. That made her forget all about school, and then she started focusing on getting candy when we got to the office. :) We had a great morning, going for a walk together and just playing just the two of us. I'm so thankful for this time! 

Here's a video I took of Cooper that morning. She is so precious! 

We're thankful for a great first couple of weeks of school and so proud of our big 4 year old yellow cheetah! 

Meet the Teacher

The Thursday before Kendall started school last week we got to go to Meet The Teacher! She was very excited to be going back to her school and we thought she looked so grown up! 

                                                      

Cooper was also excited to be going to Kendall's school. We think maybe she thought she would be going to school too, but we kept reminding her that she would get to go next year! She is staying home this year for some one-on-one time with me and we are already having a bunch of fun just the two of us. She'll get to start next year in the three year old class! 

                                                     

The girls had some refreshments while I got Kendall's paperwork all turned in and we figured out which class she would be in. 

We are so thankful for Kendall to be able to be back at Wee Place this year! It's hard for us to believe, but this will be her fourth year there! She started when she was 18 months old and I taught chapel there with her. I'm trying not to think too much about the graduation ceremony I know is going to happen at the end of this year! We just love Willow Drive and all the teachers and directors who work there. They do a great job and Kendall loves it! She just goes to school on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 9-1. It is perfect for us. There is a four day option, but I am not ready for her to be gone that many mornings - Kindergarten is coming soon enough! And the hours work great with our schedule - she's still able to come home and have some rest time in the afternoons, but they eat lunch there, which I love. Just perfect!
This is her teacher this year! Her name is Mrs. Melissa and Kendall loves that they both have red hair! She even goes to our church!

Kendall and Cooper loved exploring the room together.

I love these sweet girls!! 

Cooper's Birthday Weekend

I can't believe it's been almost two weeks since Cooper's birthday party and I'm just now finishing posting about it! My computer got a crazy virus, so that has slowed me down, but now I'm able to wrap it up so I can begin working on her second year blog book!

We had a great weekend celebrating lots of birthdays! Friday night we celebrated my birthday and my Dad's birthday, then Saturday morning was Cooper's party. We were so thankful all our family was able to come down, except for Kiki. She had to stay and work last minute which made us super sad, but we understood! 

Friday night, Mom, David, Michelle, Mike, Anita, Val, Gracie and Evy and us all went out to the beach house where Dad and Alden were staying. We picked up Italian food on the way out and had a cake to celebrate our birthdays. Dad didn't know we were celebrating him, too! Fun surprise. 

After dinner we went out to the beach! I didn't bring the girls' swimsuits, so we just made do. :)

Kendall and Cooper giving Pops his birthday present. We made him a stone for his new garden he's been working so hard on with the girls' handprints and names. He loved it! 

Saturday was Cooper's party and we had so much fun. That night we went out to eat and then back to Gigi and Peeps' hotel for the girls to swim. Aren't they the cutest?!? Kendall slept in the hotel with Gracie each night and they loved having sleepovers! Val and Evy slept here at the house in Kendall's room, so even Coopy and Evy got to have a slumber party!

This is Sunday morning at church. Can you even stand the cuteness of this picture?! They were quite a set walking around the church after going to their classes. Gracie was able to be in Kendall's class and Cooper and Evy were in the same class. Pretty fun!!

Gracie and Evy also brought their Barbie Jeep down so they could ride Jeeps with Kendall and Cooper. Monday morning before they left they were able to ride around our driveway and street together and they had so much fun. Kendall drove Cooper and Gracie drove Evy, and then they switched it up and Kendall and Gracie rode together and Evy drove Cooper. That arrangement didn't last too long. :) Those cousins are so fun and just love getting to be together! 

We had such a fun weekend and were so thankful everyone was able to be here to celebrate Cooper's birthday. We have loved every minute of your second year Cooper and are looking forward to this next year!! Happy birthday, big two year old!