Coppin Family Website: February 2008

Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me! Yes, today I this if the 1st of many 29th birthdays. Do I feel old? No, not really. I feel still pretty young and very blessed. I have 2 beautiful babies and a wonderful hubby. I have a fabulous family and network of friends. So, with age comes these things and I only expect the best is yet to come. I think it helped that on Monday when my sister and I toured the Coors brewery we had 3 young college guys think we were pretty cute, that will boost your ego a little :)

Ok, on to why my posting has been slacking. We've had such a busy last month. We'll start off by the last weekend of the month of January. We took Brayden and Avery to the Stock show, a very big thing here, to see all the animals and for the Rodeo. It was so much fun! Brayden was all duded up in his cowboy outfit and so excited. The really sad part, I think he's allergic to the horses! He was all runny nose and watery eyed. Poor kid, and he loves them, not to mention he has a cowboy room! The Rodeo was great but we didn't make it to the end. The kids got a little antsy. All is all, it was a great day. Later that week we got FANTASTIC news, all grandma Moni's test in Rochester were OK! What a relief! Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers!

The following weekend was the big Super Bowl! We didn't do much that weekend but we did have the Lindig's over for the big game. It was Ted's big 39th birthday that day so we celebrated that as well. You know you are in full born parenthood when you miss most of the commercials of the Super Bowl because your kids are making their own attention and you are eating Jigglers instead of taking Jello-shots!

Then that Wednesday morning I was out and got back to 8 missed calls from Reynold's United and Joel. Humm, I wondered what could be going on. Finally I get a hold of Joel and our parents (his and mine) had found last minute cheap tickets for the weekend. So Friday night comes and my parents and Joel's come in to town. We had so much fun Friday night, up until 2:30 partying with the 'rents (another sign of age). The next day we hung out and the guys and I went to the DU Vs. MN Gophers hockey game while the Grandma's held down the fort and babysat the kiddos. The next day we had tickets to MONSTER JAM!! A much anticipated event at our house (we bought the tickets in November)! The grandparents watched Avery while Joel and I took B to the big show. He was in his glory! Grave Digger is his favorite. If you ask him, he'll tell you all about who crashed, why we had to wear ear plugs, and that they go really fast! Joel even caught a t-shirt for him that they threw into the stands. It was so awesome to see my little boy get so excited about something. He still thinks we are going to go every time we get into the car.

Sadly, Monday came too fast and I had to take the parents to the airport. We were very lucky to only have one day in between until my sister Jenica paid us a visit. She took another job and she has some vacation time to burn so she spent it with us. She came Wednesday and just left yesterday. We had lots of fun with Auntie. She took care of the kiddos for us on Sunday night and we actually had our 1st date alone since before we left Minneapolis (sad huh?). It was wonderful, thanks Auntie!! We had so much fun with her, thanks for coming!

Now we have a few weeks before Joel's parents and brother come to town for the big challenge- Paul turns 50, Tom (Joel's great uncle) turns 60, March 1st and 5th, respectively.....and have challenged the youngsters to a 5K here in town. We'll be looking forward to it!

Here are some pictures from the last month. I promise, more postings more frequently will occur!

Getting ready for the Stock Show!