Sunday Best

I think I will have to do this every Sunday...she looked so adorable that I thought we needed to have a quick photo shoot after church. Alexa propped her up on the couch and stood close while I snapped a few pics.


She is just getting so big so fast!!! She is almost 6 months old!!!

Cheer Competition

All the cheerleaders went to the high school Friday night for a little "party" to get ready for their first competition. They all put curlers in each others hair and watched a movie.
Alexa, Maddi, Paige and Josie wanted to "show off" their awesome look so they stopped at the store on their way home!!
Aren't they so cute?!?

The competition was at Timpview High School in Provo. They all rode the bus there together.
Here they are posing before they performed. It was a long wait since they didn't go on til 2pm.
They are next!!!
Here is their final formation!! They did an excellent job and hit all their stunts, the routine was really good, I have never seen them perform it and I was impressed. Alexa is a base since she is SO STRONG!!

Isn't she a beauty??
The Harris's, Mom, Amb, Monica, Melanie, Kenzie, Brooklyn, Brinlie, Melissa and Harper all came to the competition!! What a supportive family I have!! Alexa was excited to have such a big cheering section. I love my family!!
It was pretty loud in there and mom was worried about Maizee's ears so she stuffed toilet paper in them!! ha ha, not sure that did any good mom but thanks for trying!!!
The little ones were having a blast running around on the gym floor!! Harper and Nixon ran out on the mats between performances too, it was really cute!!
The Spanish Fork High School Cheerleaders got 2nd place!! YAY, they also qualified for Nationals in California!! They did a great job and I am so proud of Alexa.

After the competition we all went to Texas Roadhouse for dinner, it was packed and crazy but yummy as always!! After we went to the mall for a bit and then said our good byes, it was a great day!!

Three Wise Men

I was at book club so Rich and the kids set out our shoes last night for the wisemen.



We must have all been good because we all got a surprise when we woke up in the morning.

Official Driver

Now it's REALLY official!!!
Look what came in the mail today!! Yay for Alexa, now she just needs a car!

2012

And a new year has begun!!!

Here is the aftermath of the big countdown...A HUGE MESS, that the kids were LOVING!!!

Maizee wasn't sure what to think, it was REALLY LOUD, I love her squinty eyes in that picture!!!

Here is Alex toasting to a new year, in a really creepy way!!


What could be better than confetti snow angles?? They will have to do since there is still NO SNOW this winter!! Melissa and Steve are such good sports!! We had such a great party and the kids didn't ever want to clean up the mess! We stayed til about 1:30am and then headed back to mom and dad's house!

I am thinking something FANTASTIC is gonna happen in 2012!!!

New Family Tradition

We started something new this year. I found 12 stories that went along with a little gift that I wrapped up and put under the tree. Each night one of the kids picked one and we read the story and opened the gift. It was really fun and I really enjoyed the stories, although some were a little too long!!

One of the stories was about giving gifts and so I attached an envelope with 6 $5 bills and we did a family name draw. We all went to Target and split up into groups in search of the perfect gifts. A $5 budget is pretty small but we were all able to find something.

After the Cope Christmas Eve party we came home, got in our jammies, took a family photo and then did our gift exchange.
Here is everyone decked out in their new Christmas jammies, or should I say pajamas?? Rich hates it when people call them "jammies."

Onto the gift exchange...we went oldest to youngest (who does that???)
Alexa had Rich
She got him a Cycling magazine, just what he wanted!!

Alex had me
He gave me some really pretty diamond earrings, I love them!!

Max had Alexa
He got her some diamond earrings too, different ones, just what she wanted!!!

Maizee had Alex
Maizee picked him out a Perry the Platypus shirt (she went a little over budget, don't tell)!! He loved it!!

Rich had Max
Pretty sure Rich went a little over budget too, he got Max a Hot Wheels starter set, that he LOVED!!

I had Maizee
I got her a stuffed Rhinoceros, she liked it!!

Now it's time for the kids to jump in bed!!! Santa's coming!!

Santa Pictures

On Facebook there was a photo company advertising "Unique Santa Pictures" and they had some shots of what they had done and I instantly fell in love and knew that this was going to be my Christmas card photo. I made the appointment and we all headed to Thanksgiving Point for the photo shoot.




It was quick and easy and I AM IN LOVE with the pictures!!! FotoFly is the place to go if you want something a little different and unique!!

Also as a bonus there were Reindeer there, Santa's reindeer. But Max was a little disappointed that Rudolph couldn't make it!!
It was a pretty cold night and none of the other kids wanted to see Santa's reindeer.