Uh-Oh

WOW! What a time right before mom gets in.

Cooper was going potty and as you will see in the video the sink is very close to the toilet. As Cooper was sitting on the toilet when he decided to pull the two hoses under the sink. Water went everywhere. We give the Lord all the praise that there wasn't any hot water where it didn't scald him and Avery. Darin tried to turn the water off from under the sink where then that pipe broke. So then we had to try to turn it off from outside. It would not turn off. So trusty ole Uncle David Haynes came over with a wrench to help turn it off. It was so crazy! We had to have a plumber come out the next day to replace the tubing and weld some of the pipe. The total cost was around $40 Praise the Lord! It would probably cost more than that to get a plumber to come out to your house in the states.

The first video is of the water spraying out from the pipe. We could video it coming from the tube because it literally was CRAZINESS!

The second video is of Cooper telling us what happened!

Field Trip!!!!!!!!

Cooper and his class went to the "forest" out in the woods.

They were all paired up in partners and this was his partner, Marcella.

Getting their directions from the teachers before getting instructions from the instructors.

RUN..... RUN..... RUN!

The kids got to roast marshmallows.

Cooper loved his first roasted marshmallows. Many kids didn't like it but Cooper and his buddies sure did.

Time for some lunch.

After lunch is was back to work. The kids had to do a rope course blindfolded and that it would have been pretty hard for an adult. They were going up and down big hills and it was pretty hard.

After that it was off to the zip line. Cooper was the first one to go!

Cooper loved it soooooo much and some of the kids wouldn't even do it. So the instructor let him go twice. So at the end of the blog is a video of him doing it. I couldn't believe how long it was. I was so proud of him being for being so brave.

Then it was more of the rope course........ having to go down a big hill!

Time to test your balance.

WOW! I would NOT want to do this one. They had to climb up this big hill under the netting.

One of Coop's favorite things is JUMPING!

Cooper and one other kid were the only ones that could climb up this. I think his daddy was pretty proud of him.

Cooper was pretty proud as well.

More balancing.

He sure would make a cute little boy scout.

At the end of the day they chose a kid out of each group that did really well. She chose Cooper out of his group. She said, "Cooper tried really hard and even when he got hurt he didn't give up." So he got an "awar," his plant! He was so proud of it though.

These are the kids that won a plant and the instructors from the "forest"

I was so happy Darin volunteered to go with them so we could get all the pictures of Cooper and to see all the hard work he had to do. They were both so worn out when they got home. I hope that next year I will get to go with them.

*Here is the video of Coop on the zip line.

Disney Character Day and More Parties

Well Friday was Disney character day and the pet parade.

Cooper dressed up as the Incredibles!

Avery was pretty excited to go to "Cooper's school" and see the pet parade.

Mr. Incredible!

Here is one little boy with his hamsters.

We don't have a dog here so David walked over Spencer so Cooper could walk around with him. Cooper and Avery LOVE Spencer.

Cooper is showing all the kids his class Spencer.

Thank you David for walking Spencer over and letting us borrow your pet for the pet parade.

Avery loved seeing all the different kinds of animals.

We loved seeing all the kids in their Disney costumes and we are looking forward to the pet parade next year. Who's pet can we borrow then?

Sports Team Day

Thursday was Cooper's favorite sports team. So here he is in his Guadalajara soccer uniform. There are two teams here in Guadalajra......... the Chivas and Atlas. Coop is wearing the Chirvas jersey. The shirt does say Bimbo on it which is a brand of bread and is their sponsor. It does not mean the same thing in the states ;)

I told him to look tough and he just started laughing!

We went to pickup Cooper from school and Avery took a little nap while we were waiting on him.

Here is the principal Mrs. Marda leading the pack...........

A few of Coop's classmates.

Cooper: "Mira....... es mi mamá."

I hope Cooper finds interest in soccer because he sure does make a cute little soccer player!

Famous Person Day and Daddy's Birthday

It was Famous Person Day at Cooper's school.

So Darin dressed him as David Beckham.

For those who don't know who David Beckham is, mom, he is married to a spice girl but better yet is well known for playing soccer! Everyone knows him here because of that!

So here is a pic of him..........

Ashlyn didn't know what to think of Coop in his sunglasses.

I think he is a very COOL David Beckham.

Avery wasn't sure either. She did have some really crazy bed head though.

Becky made Darin a cookie cake for Darin's birthday and brought it by. We gave Becky and Bowden a piece of the cake before they left. Darin had to go to ministry and Cooper was so upset we didn't get to sing Happy Birthday to daddy. So we stayed up and waited for daddy to get home from ministry so we could sing Happy Birthday. That is why the cake has already been cut into. We went ahead and sang, blew out the candles and took some pictures!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Profession Day and Parties

Whew! What a day.

We started off with Cooper going to school for his "who he wants to be when he is older" day! So we gathered up some camouflage pants and told him he wanted to be a soldier. He really didn't know what he wanted to be so he was fine with this since he got to wear his binoculars. He had a sword but as you can tell in the picture he already wounded himself before we could even leave the house so he had to leave that in the van.

What a handsome soldier! We didn't have any black paint and I don't wear makeup but I did have some dark gray eyeshadow so we used that to make him look "tough". It had glitter in it so he wasn't too tough ;)

Cooper and his other best friend in his class, Gracielle.

Cooper was so excited to see that Santiago was a soldier just like him.

After the school we ate some lunch and then got ready for Hannah's birthday party.

Avery was so excited that she actually let us take a good picture of her.

Gracielle loves Avery and always tries to help her at all the birthday parties.

Once Avery got up there she didn't know if she could really trust daddy to catch her. When she did it we then couldn't get her to stop. She LOVED it!

Hannah's piñata was Mario. Her favorite princess is Peach so the them of her party was Mario Brothers.

When Coop started swinging at him he had already lost his head. He did such a good job. I think he is finally getting use to everyone yelling and screaming as they wack the piñata.

Avery made a little friend while we were there.

Cooper in his buddies. Hannah (the one to the left of Cooper) was the birthday girl. She had her hair curled at the bottom and walked around in her Princess Peach dress. She was so adorable. At the beginning she also had little heels and long white gloves on. I didn't get her picture in time before she got rid of all that stuff that was getting in her way of playing!

The last party started at 4 and then we had to rush to our ministry site that starts at 7. At 9 the adult bible study starts and they wanted to have a party for the people that had birthdays in May. So here is a pic of our adult bible study. It has grown so much since we first got here!

The birthdays included: Darin, Becky and our Pastor, Pastor Antonio. They are suppose to be blowing out the candles. Wake Up Darin! Or is Darin still trying to make a wish?

Needless to say it was a very long day but such a blessing. We didn't get home until around 11 that night and our kids crashed. We have been so blessed with so many people that just love on us here!

Thank you Lord!