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Thursday, January 03, 2008

Avery's Baptism

On Saturday 12/22 we had Avery baptised back at my old country church. It was a private service with the sponsors (Shanna, Ted, Taylor and Sheyenne Gunderson) aunt and uncles and all of her grand and great grandparents. We were so lucky to have all of them there for her special day.

Getting all ready for my big day!

Meeting G&G Coppin for the 1st time

Meeting G. Helga for the 1st time too

My lovely cake decorating skills put to the test for all to see!

My Sponsors', The Gunderson Family!

My Sweet family

All my Grand and Great-Grandparents!! Wow!

With my Uncles Jamie, Bryce and Auntie Jenica

4 Generations of Coppin men

Me and my girls, Taylor and Sheyenne

Special Flowers: These were some flowers that were from my aunt Ione's funeral.

Prayers for Joel's family

We found out on Friday night that Joel's great Aunt (Mary &Mitch's sister) Shirley Graham passed away. We are not sure of all the details but know that she was alone. We ask that you pray for Joel's family.

Finally in ND!!

We made it! After spending 12 hours of driving in the car (we spent the night in Valentine, NB) in two days we made it to Mom and Dad's farm around 4pm on Thursday. Avery's first big trip back to ND went really well. Thank goodness for playing movies in the car to occupy Brayden!! My grandparents had just flown in from AZ for the week as well and we all headed to Gwinner to watch Bryce's BB team get smoked. Wait....By Gwinner?? Yes, unfortunately so...looks like they've come a way since my high school days (No offense to anyone)!

Nana anxious to see her little girl

The Milnor Bison crowd

Waiting for Uncle Bryce to come home from his game!
He had a hard time recognizing Bryce with short hair :)

G & G Downs meeting Avery for the 1st time

Mom's little LoveBug!

Hi Auntie Jen!

Can we PLEASE go out now to see the Cows!!

Thanks, Papa! I have been waiting for a long time to come to the Farm.

Pre-Holiday fun!

On our way to the annual Lindig Christmas party

Meeting Santa!
Brayden looked scared in this picture but he was really into Santa. When asked his name, he replied "Brayden Coppin".

Making & decorating Christmas cut-out cookies with Dad

WOW, are all those presents for me???!!!
(We had to leave the presents downstairs otherwise they would have all been opened early )

I got thid cool helmet and pads for x-mas

Getting so big! 6 weeks old

Helping Mom make some more cookies!! Oh, my favorite part :)

Sunday, December 09, 2007

Prayers for my Family

The last few weeks have been pretty trying for my family on my Dad's side. A few days before Thanksgiving my cousin Steve and his wife Andrea lost their baby girl born at 5 months (preterm). Her name was Mereck Loy .

My parents told me this morning that my uncle Dan has also been hospitalized for a collapsed lung. He was scheduled for foot surgery on Thursday but was hospitalized for that instead.

Now tonight we received word that my Dad's oldest sister Ione Freeland has lost her life to a horrible disease called Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. She was only 68 years old and was just diagnosed with this the end of October. This is a very rare disease(1 in a million). Below is a link to read more about the disease. We knew it was only a matter of time as this is a fatal disease but it's always hard to accept the inevitable.

Please keep my all of my family in your prayers, especially during this Holiday season.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt-Jakob_disease

Family Picture Time!

Wow, I can't believe how time is just flying by. Avery is now 1 month old! She continues to be such a good little girl. She sleeps a lot and her brother still loves her!! We took our family pictures last week. The kids did so well! Here are some of the proofs:

Friday, November 30, 2007

Meeting Avery

Proud Grandpa Tom

Auntie Jenica

Uncle Buzz

Showing off for the family.

I am so funny!

So strong!

"Big Bob" and Avery catching a catnap

Our Sweet Little Family

Proud Grandparents

All the "Kids"
(B doesn't look too happy)

Happy 1st Thanksgiving, Avery! 2 weeks old!

Wow, I can't believe Thanksgiving came and went. We were lucky to have my sister, brother, and Mom and Dad come down to help us celebrate our first holiday in CO. They all came on Wednesday. It was the first for all, except Mom, to meet Avery. Tom and Mitch came to our house and celebrated Thanksgiving with us. We all had a great time. And it was Avery's 2 week birthday. She's just been a little honey, such a good baby. I am doing great too. I am recovering much faster than I was thinking. I think you almost have to when you have a rambunctious toddler to chase after. Bryce did a great job of taking care of Brayden. The two were inseparable! Mom, Dad and Bryce left early on Sunday morning and my sister was able to spend the entire next week with us (she had work here). 3 more weeks until we see everyone again for Christmas.

It's crazy how BIG Brayden seems to me, especially when changing their diapers!