Cook Family

2009-06-03T12:46:00.000-06:00

Here are some more pics. We even did a pic for Jon & Gina. Hee Hee!

Rylee Addison Cook

2009-06-02T17:55:00.000-06:00

Hi everyone!!!

She is finally here!!! Sorry it took so long to post these. She was born May 26, 2009 at 12:50pm 6 lbs. 6 oz. and 19 inches long. She has her daddy's scowl, and hates to yawn and hick-up. I spend most of the day staring at her. Scott said this is our last baby. I not on board with that one!!! She is such a good baby and cute, I can help but want more!! The girls have been loving her too. Every time the baby cries Sami comes running, "Baby Ok, Baby Ok", I say "Yes Sami baby is ok, just changing her bum." Mercedes has had some trouble with her though. She told me, "That now we have a baby, she has to do more work around the house, and it's not fair." I said, "That's part of being a family we have to help one another when things change." Not sure how she took that, I didn't get a response. McKenna & Mercedes just want to hold her all day, and change her bum. Which is great!! Scott well he is afraid he will break her, because she is so small.

All and all I think everyone is adjusting well to the new baby. Hope all of you are doing well, and we miss you!!
I will post more pics later!!

Love ya,

The Cooks

Happy Valentines Day!!!

2009-02-13T10:27:00.003-07:00

Hi Everyone!!!

Sorry it has been awhile sense we blogged. My computer has died three times in three months.

We have been very busy with school and homework. Mercedes has already decided that teachers give her homework to take away her fun. (Oh My!) McKenna loves school and wishes she could go all day. Sam Sam has decided that everyone in the family needs there butt squeezed to check if it is eew wee. (The diaper squeeze has come back to haunt me!)

All and all things are going good. Thank goodness for Scott's side jobs. They have been a blessing.

Oh one other note: Mercedes baptism is set for March 28Th!! She is so excited and loves having the missionaries over every Wednesday. They think she should be teaching the lessons now. I love watching and seeing how much she has learned in such a short time.

2008-12-02T21:35:00.001-07:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

2008-12-02T20:29:00.001-07:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Lost Tooth

2008-11-20T15:32:00.002-07:00

McKenna lost her first tooth!!!
She was so brave. It had been bothering her for a few days. Scott had been working on it for a while with floss. That was not working so he got a pair of small pliers. She didnt even flinch. So BRAVE!!!!

Sense we are on the topic of McKenna. Here is a great story. Her teacher told me this yesterday while I was working in the class.
Last week McKenna beat up a boy on the bus. She scratched his face and gave him a fat split lip. Her teacher asked her, "McKenna did you do this to AJ?" McKenna said, "If I tell you will I get in trouble?" It took everything the teacher had not to laugh. Her teacher said "Well you might because we don't hit. Its not nice. Why did you hit AJ?" McKenna "He was hitting me and he wouldn't stop when I asked him to so I punched him." Her teacher told her not to hit again and next time tell the bus driver and move away from him. McKenna said ok and went on her way. Mrs. Burk told me that even though she is not allowed to say to the children "what comes around goes around." That fit this situation perfectly. McKenna was not reprimanded for her behavior, and I have not received a call from the principle. "what comes around goes around." had a silent victory. So there bullies!! I haven't told her this, but part of me is proud of her, for standing up for herself.
Miss you all we will see you all soon.

2008-11-08T11:13:00.000-07:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Happy Halloween!!!

2008-11-07T17:30:00.000-07:00

Here are three little witches!! They had a blast for halloween. We went to Grandpa & Grandma's house. Watch movies and yes ate candy!! Sam sam even had the witch laugh down. So Funny!!!

2008-07-31T13:27:00.001-06:00

We where at bear lake over the 4th. While we where up there we took them to Minnetonka Cave. Mercedes was afraid that a bat would bite her. But the bats had already gone south. She then was upset because she would have liked to have seen one. Silly Girl! McKenna loved every minute of it. She even asked a few questions. Our guide seemed pleased to have someone ask something. Sam Sam found that if she yelled real loud it would come back to her. Echo Echo. She would laugh and laugh. This was great for Grandpa. But then it got to the point that the echo was no longer fun and she wanted down to run all over the cave. That was a challenge.

2008-07-31T13:16:00.000-06:00

We took the girls to Bear Lake again over the 4th. They had a blast as usual.

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2008-06-18T17:57:00.000-06:00

We took the girls to the Gardens at Thanksgiving Point. They had a tun on fun. This place is beautiful!

2008-05-22T22:15:00.001-06:00

The girls love to go to the Children's Garden.
This is a giant fountain of Noah's Ark.

2008-05-22T22:11:00.000-06:00

This is our new cat Lizee the girls love her.
Her favorite place to hang out is Scott's shoulder.
Yes he is a CAT guy.

Congratulation to Jeremy and Kim!!
There married!! This is them on there Honeymoon in Jamaica!!
They made a new friend. AAAWWWWW!!

So you all know who got to use the new tub first!!

2008-05-21T10:17:00.001-06:00

Hi All

2008-05-21T10:04:00.004-06:00

Hey everyone!!

Sorry its been forever.

McKenna is loving Kindergarten. She did a diorama for school. She wanted to do unicorns but there hard to find, and take pictures of. So we did here second favorite thing The Peacock. Aunt Karen and "The Farmer" (This being Uncle Rick) have some. They love to go there and feed the horses apples. We took pictures of the peacock and Aunt Karen gave us some feathers.

Mercedes loves to pretend she is a peacock and struts around Karens house. After this adventure we went home and put together her Diorama. She is really proud of it. She did all the work. Well except for the feathers and the feet. We had to use the hot glue gun for that part.

We love you all.

The Cooks are leaving West Jordan

2008-02-29T16:10:00.003-07:00

Yo Yo Its brother Scott, I'd like to shout out to all my relation. As everyone may know we are moving from West Jordan on the 8th of March, anyone that could help throw a box or two on a truck that day would not be turned away.
Also if there are any remaning items that don't belong to Scott or Angie in the home let me know if ya'll still want em. If not I have a BIG BLUE DUMPSTER in the drive way. and can dispose of said items, (No David you can not use the dumpster for items from your current house, work, truck, or person.)
We have a large swing on the patio that is up for grabs, there is no room on the new deck for it. We also have a lawn mower that is 4 years old and in good condition that is also free. Brother Scott never plans on mowing agian, ever ever agian. Love ya all. I'm out.

Merry Christmas!!!

2008-01-11T15:48:00.000-07:00

Well we are a little late for Christmas, but here we are.

The girls had a great day!

Mercedes got her Baby Born. This is a doll that crys and wets her diaper! (Along with the floor, counter, bed and whatever else she is sitting on! Yeah!)

McKenna got her Baby SkyWisher. This is a baby My Little Pony that talks and wiggles. She goes everywhere with Kenna.

Sami she got a Busy Ball Popper. This is a toy that pops balls out its top. She loves it!

Love you all hope everyone is well.

Cook Elfs

2007-12-12T17:12:00.000-07:00

Debbie showed us this website! The girls had tuns of fun with this! http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=9613300103

Happy Birthday Mercedes!!!

2007-12-10T13:12:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Mercedes!!!

I can't believe that my baby girl is 7 years old!!!

She had a great birthday!!!

Heber's Polor Express!!

2007-12-05T11:11:00.000-07:00

2007-12-05T10:47:00.000-07:00

All aboard!!! Time to visit Santa at the north pole!!! Get your Pj's and warm clothes!!!

To stay warm we will have hot chocolate and cookies made by Mrs. Clause!! We also sang carols as the train slowly moved its way up the track. The girls had a great time!! The best part of all was meeting Santa and getting a bell. Sadie was amazed that we all could hear the bell. "Wow everyone believes in Santa!!" Sadie said. Sami had fun to although the sing of many people off key made her cry. Scott your fearless leader well he was just speechless.

2007-11-24T19:19:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone!! I noticed that Sami's Halloween pictures didn't upload correctly. So here she is.

Happy Turkey Day!!!

2007-11-24T19:13:00.000-07:00

Happy Thanksgiving!

We all hope you had a wonderful holiday!!

2007-11-21T11:29:00.000-07:00

2007-11-21T11:27:00.000-07:00

2007-11-21T11:23:00.000-07:00

2007-11-15T18:25:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone we have Internet finally!!!

So lets catch up shall we.
Sami had her 1st birthday October 16th and it was great!! She learned that cake and ice cream are the best thing ever!!! On this birthday however, she still thinks that walking is for suckers. Big sisters take me everywhere so why bother, and to this day still feels this way.

Lets move to Halloween OOH!!!! Mercedes was Rosella from Island Princess (Barbie Movie). McKenna was Alena from Magic of the Rainbow (Another Barbie Movie). The Sami was TIGER. They had tuns of fun collecting candy. McKenna learned that the more you preform for people, the more candy you get. Well needless to say Kenna had the most candy.

Now to school. Mercedes loves it. She has now found her voice, and let the bull's know she is tuffer that them. Kenna has adjusted to preschool, after being pulled from kindergarten. She fills that everyone at preschool, has to come to her birthday at her house. She informs them of this daily. Sami is full of ENERGY! Her favorite trick is to climb to the top of the stairs. YELL for someone to come get her. And then we do it all over again. She can do this a dozen times in an hour.

But our latest adventure is with Kenna and Target. We were shopping and Kenna had to go potty. (Ah! A mothers favorite words while shopping.) So off we go to the bathroom. Kenna sits down on the potty and grunts. A nice LOUD LONG grunt. "Oh I got that poop out! That was big!" Kenna tells me just as loud as the grunt. It took everything I had not to join the stifled laughter in the other stalls and I said "Well honey you fell better?" Kenna "Much better thank you Mommy!" As we left the stall. Everyone turned to see and lovely litter girl that added some sunshine to there day.

P.S. I'll up load Pics later. It Would'nt let me.

Bear Lake

2007-07-25T19:19:00.001-06:00

This week we went to Bear Lake with my Mom. Sadie and Kenna loved the lake. Sami didn't like the wind, water, sun, or sand. She liked here play pen. Later after the wind died down. She got out and ate the sand. She didn't like the taste of it, and my Mom had to pick her up and walked her around.

SUV's don't float

2007-07-25T11:42:00.000-06:00

What happens when you have three SUV's drive out onto a sand bar?

Three SUV's that sink.

And one very happy tow truck guy.

The Joy of Life

2007-07-24T11:05:00.000-06:00

Angie, thanks for sending me this picture. If everyone could keep this love of life how different our world would be. Kiss the peanut for me. Mom

The Privilege

2007-07-10T22:55:00.000-06:00

Kenna & Sadie got in trouble for not behaving in a store. So they lost a privilege. (Swimming in there new pool) Dad came home, and they were excited and wanted to so him there new pool. I reminded them that they could show dad but they were not allowed to get in. Because of the lost privilege. Scott and I went in the house. Moments later Kenna came in the house. "I found my privilege! So now I can get in the pool! I found my privilege!" Amazing how they can be found.

Bath Time

2007-07-10T22:28:00.000-06:00

Sami has decided that bath time, is a great time to get out all the energy. Lucky for us when she is done. We don't have to empty the tub. She dose it for us. Well at least the floor get mopped more often. Buy the way the tongue it never goes in.

Kindergarten Graduation

2007-07-10T21:48:00.000-06:00

Hi Everyone!!

Mercedes had a graduation ceremony at school. She is so excited to start 1st grade. She wont have to wait long is starts July 25th.

What Is It??

2007-07-07T08:52:00.001-06:00

If you want to know, go to the story on my blog.
Love, Mom

Grace Has Legs!

2007-06-30T14:55:00.000-06:00

Baby Grace has decided that at 14 months the quickest way to get into mischief is to walk. Ta Da! Mischief is such a great motivator. Thanks to Amber for the great pic's.

We want to play too!

2007-06-17T20:49:00.001-06:00

The Nelson-Cooks
want to be a part of this great looking blog!

Today Chelsea and Spencer
built a clubhouse in the corner of the playroom.
Carter informed us all that he has outgrown
"clubs and forts and other kid stuff,"
but Bryce was game!

Hmmm...
Cook Family...
Can you feel my love radiating toward you?
Hmmm....

Chelsea loves holding Bryce.
She is always ready and willing to help hold and love him.
In fact, he has become quite a reward system for all the kids.
"Clean up your room and you can hold Bryce..."
"Eat your peas and you can hold Bryce..."
"Take a shower and you can hold Bryce..."

I hope he doesn't need hours of therapy when he grows up
because he was a "child bribe"

2007-06-17T15:24:00.000-06:00

It's Sunday afternoon and I am feeling nostalgic. Look at the smiles on these faces! Family is heaven on earth.

Hey Dad cover up I'm com'n in!!

2007-06-15T07:39:00.000-06:00

Hi Dad, can I come shower too? Scott's so busy playing with her that the water went cold.

Now I Am Five.

2007-06-14T10:16:00.002-06:00

I know that I am stealing from the CA Cook branch but I couldn't help myself. Besides, Dad and I are not nearly as exciting. These are recent pictures from Ethan's birthday. I included two of Grace because she looks like such a scamp! (kinda reminds me of someone, can anyone guess who?) Love to you all and hopefully everyone will get on the blog bandwagon. cool8mom p.s. I can't figure out how to turn off the underline. Sorry.

Food Time

2007-06-13T22:54:00.002-06:00

We feed Sami for the first time. She loved it. Then we gave her some pears not a good idea. She dose not like anything sweet like pears, banannas, or apples. She loves sweet potatos and squash. I wonder who she got that from.

Dabby loves me

2007-06-13T22:38:00.000-06:00

When Scott gets home from work he gets his hugs from Sadie and Kenna. But then it's Sami time.

Zoo Day

2007-06-13T22:32:00.000-06:00

We went to the zoo for a field trip with sadie's class. All the animals they loved, but there favorite was the elephant. They got to sit on and he got them all wet.

We have Blog

2007-06-13T22:27:00.000-06:00

Hi we finally have blog. This was set-up for Grandma in St. George. Now she can see all the trouble we make up north. Love You Grandma.