Happy Anniversary

Daniel and I got to take a wonderful trip for our 15th wedding anniversary. We left the boys with my parents here at the house and we took off to Playa Del Carmen, Mexico to an all-inclusive resort called The Royal. It was the perfect trip and a fabulous resort. We really enjoyed our 5 days of just us. We relaxed, did some shopping, went to the spa and did some parasailing. It was a great time away and we came back refreshed. Thank you to my mom and dad for keeping the boys on their schedules and taking such good care of them while we are away. We will be going back, so anyone who wants to go with us next time let us know!
I love you Daniel Cooper and I look forward to many more years as your bride. Thank you for making the trip possible and for always keeping "us" a priority!

Happy Easter from The Coopers

We had a great day with a wonderful service at church and family later that day.

HE IS RISEN!

We are so blessed

He is growing up

I can't even begin to explain the love I have for this child. He was our miracle after such a great loss. He has been a constant joy in our lives. He loves his family and friends. He has a huge heart for God and has come to a place in his short little life that he understands the power of knowing a real God, who is with us every day. He understands His grace and acceptance of us just like we are. We are so proud that at the age of 7, almost 8, Carson has asked Jesus into his heart and wants to have him as his best friend. Wow! What a great best friend Jesus is! He is an amazing kid and we are looking forward to watching him grow into the teenager and man we know God wants him to be. He will be making his decision public on January 9th, the day after he turns 8, and will be baptized at our church. Thank you God for blessing us with such a great gift!

Just because

A Hill Country Wedding

Well my only cousin on my dads side of the family got married in October in the Hill Country and it was so beautiful! All my family was there and I got some great sister time with 2 of my favorite women in the world! Congrats to Britt and Crystal!

Me and my sweet and handsome husband all dressed up!

My wonderful family! I am such a blessed girl to get to share my life with these boys!

A Busy Fall

We always go to the same pumpkin patch every year because there is so much for the boys to do. They keep adding to it each year and makes it so much fun for the boys and us! The biggest pumpkin out there and they thought they could pick it up!

On the pumpkin express train ride

The pumpkin patch is always fun family time!

First weekend in October we took a couples trip to a very nice cabin in Broken Bow, OK at Beavers Bend. It was a very relaxing and fun weekend away with great friends. Thanks for the memories Kleins and Sparks! Its on the calendar for next year!

Chocolate Chip Brownies

If you know us very well our family has changed our eating habits, not that we ate horrible before but for us this has been a big change. We have switched to mostly organics and taken a lot of the processed foods out of our diet. Clean eating is whats on our menus lately! We still do the occasional eating out, sweets and snacks but when having easy grab snacks we try and stick with the organics or all natural. We no longer buy sodas unless its a special occasion and when we have to use sugar(like for our sweet tea) which we won't give up anytime soon, we buy organic also. This recipe is for brownies and they are amazing. My friend(Laura) who has been eating this way for longer than me had this recipe and shared it with me. I use everything natural or organic that I have for the ingredients. This now takes the place of my boxed processed brownie mix that my family can't do without from time to time! Try it and you will be hooked!


3/4 c. butter
1 1/2 c. sugar
2 tsp. vanilla
3 eggs
3/4 c. flour
1/2 c. cocoa
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
3/4 c. chocolate chips


Preheat oven to 350. Mix first 4 ingredients with blender. Combine next 4 in a seperate bowl and mix well. Add dry to wet and stir until completely blended with wooden spoon. Stir in chocolate chips and pour in 8x8 pan. Cook 40-45 minutes