The Ta Ta's

I am so lucky and have been blessed with the best girlfriends in the entire world! We call ourselves "The Ta Ta's" (that is an entirely different story for a different day) and I seriously don't know what I would do without them. We try to have a get together atleast once a month, though it never seems like enough! Many stories, tears, laughs and other things I can't talk about on here have taken place with my girls. I love you all so much and am so blessed to have you in my life!

This Old @#%$@ House!!

Thursday, Jan. 15, we discovered we had no hot water at our house. I called Matt & he put in a new water heater & still no hot water! I got home from work & we ate dinner & still no hot water when it was time to do dishes. I opened the access panel that goes under our house to have a look & it was clear full of water! We have the best friends ever... 1 phone call & I had guys there with pumps to pump out the water & ready to do whatever was needed. We called a plumber (Matt was a little overwhelmed to handle by himself) and he was there in 20 minutes. He had to literally go under water to get down to see what was going on. Unfortunately, there was not access under the house to the pipe that broke. It was under the cast iron tub in our main bathroom. He came back the next morning at 7am and he and Matt worked to dig through the bathroom floor. Then they had to dig from outside into the bathroom and also take the wall out from my bedroom closet into the bathroom. After lots of mud and digging, the pipe was replaced and things are drying out. Matt worked the next 2 days securing up under the tub from all the rotted wood. Of course Tom was brokedown on the truck during all of this! Thanks to all of our great friends for all your help & especially my 2 boys for all your hard work putting things back together!

Christmas 2008

Christmas at the Cooper Household was kinda quiet this year. It was Kenzie's turn to spend Christmas Eve & Morning with her mom so it was just Skyler and Matt with us. We had Grandma Cooper (Tom's mother) Christmas Eve and day as well. We cooked a delicious prime rib for Christmas Eve dinner and it was yummy! After presents were opened, Grandma Cooper went home and Kenzie came for the rest of the weekend. She was so excited to get to open more presents! She got a Nintendo DS with several games and that kept her occupied most of the day! Little one's are what it's all about on Christmas!

Let It Snow..... We got the first snow of the year and Kenzie insisted that we get the sled out and take her sledding! It was so cold but the sun was shining and it was beautiful. She had a blast and didn't want to go inside even though she was freezing to death! We finally talked her in with hot chocolate with little marshmellows on top. She is such a funny kid and we love her so much!