Has it really been a year?

Easton turned one on November 2nd.  He got lots of good stuff including cowboy boots and a rocking horse.

He enjoyed the cute baseball cake that his mom made him.  He's just washing it down with a drink of milk!

Our Little Monkey

Easton came trick-or-treating to our door.  It seriously doesn't get any cuter!  He caught on very quickly to the whole candy thing, and enjoyed sharing with Aunt Collette when the fun was over.

Halloween Fun

Courtney and Tyson and Danny and Kelsey decided to dress up as Monica and Roger.  It was hilarious!  We loved it!  Danny is the casual Roger at home in his flannel pj's with his laptop, and yes, reading glasses.  Tyson is the Roger at a BYU football game.  He is demonstrating his speed walk from the car to the stadium.

Kelsey is demonstrating Monica taking a picture, although I swear the lunge is not that deep.  And Courtney is demonstrating my lipstick obsession, which I admit is very real.  Thanks for the laugh guys!

Kennedi was a VERY cute pirate!  She got a lot of loot trick-or-treating with all of her friends.

Collette was a lovely snow queen.  And the three lovely roomates are self-explanatory.  (Unless you haven't seen Grease - Katelin is Sandy)  I'm not sure why she chose the bad Sandy at the end instead of the sweet innocent one in the beginning.  Probably because it's really fun to wear leather pants.

Birthday Time

Roger had a birthday on September 26th, and lucky for him, BYU was playing Colorado State, lots of us went to the game.  The rest of us went to the Relief Society Broadcast, and then we all met at Kelsey and Danny's for dinner and cake.

October 10th, Cassidy turned 15!!  Although her heart was set on getting a dog for her birthday - she seems thrilled with her new cell phone.  I think it is safe to say she was one of a handful of 9th graders that didn't have one!

School update

It has been a long time since we blogged and the reason is - my camera charger has gone missing!  I keep hoping it will turn up in some weird place.   I have offered a reward.  It is labeled very nicely with "mom's charger".  I know as soon as I go through the time and money to buy a new one, this one will for sure turn up.  But, I'm getting close.  

I do have back to school pictures to post.  Hard to believe school has only been going for a month.  It seems like much longer.  The 3 girls at home are working hard.  Collette has had a little stress, mostly relating to the fact that she has to wake up early which she does not enjoy.  We are working on earlier bedtimes.  Kennedi after having the most laid back teacher in the school has one of the strictest in the school now.  She is actually enjoying 5th grade a lot and is handling the workload really well. She loves to make lists and plan ahead and get everything done.  Cassidy loves the 9th grade, mostly because it's great fun to be the oldest at the school.  She has an AP Geography class, then choir and all honors classes.  She is working VERY hard and understands that her grades count now!!  She joined the cross-country team last week.  We'll see how that goes:)  In the 7th grade, her P.E. coach told her she should do track, so she definitely has some talent there.

Our out of the house kids are also doing well.  Tyson and Courtney are at UVU.  Tyson just has a couple more classes before he graduates and heads to pharmacy school somewhere.  (I'm personally hoping for the one in Hawaii). Courtney will not graduate before they move, but will finish up where ever they go and then join Tyson in pharmacy school.  Easton gets to play at our house every Friday and we LOVE it.  He is trying to talk like crazy, going up stairs, climbing around furniture etc.  He is so cute and fun.  And somewhat exhausting!

Danny and Kelsey are getting situated to living in Provo.  Both of them prefer Salt Lake, but they are adjusting and being good sports.  Danny is managing a computer lab at Provo Elementary School and attending UVU.  He is also in the process of trying out for the UVU basketball team.  He made it through the first round - way to go!!!  Kelsey is training to be a pharmacy tech at Stone Drug in Spanish Fork, and attending BYU.  Kelsey is majoring in Family Home Consumer Science Education.  When she graduates she will be able to teach high school which she will be great at.  

Katelin is adjusting to college life at BYU.  She likes her classes a lot and was lucky enough to get a job at the bowling alley in the Wilkensen Center.  She lives with her two best friends Cyndi and Emelia, and also 3 girls from California. They all seem to be getting along great.  The hardest part for Katelin, is that she is now one of thousands of little people on campus, instead of being one of the few big people on campus. It is an adjustment to go from high school to college!

Braces for Collette

Collette has had this huge appliance on the roof of her mouth for a few months.  In addition, she got a baby tooth pulled and has braces on 5 teeth.  They are very cute with purple rubber bands to match her first day of school outfit.  After a couple of days of refusing to open her mouth, she is now very proud of them and likes to show them off!  Thanks heavens for insurance, as Collette is the 6th Cook girl to need lots of orthodontic work!!

California Weekend

My brother Russ's son Jake spent some time in Idaho with Kennedi at Grama Allen's house.  We offered to take Jake back home so we could use our Disney pass which doesn't get much use.  So we loaded up and drove to beautiful San Clemente which is home to Russ, Lori, Jake, Maggie and Hallie Anderson.  Their home is gorgeous and they made us feel so welcome.  Danny and Kelsey were able to join us as they were in between semesters and jobs.  We missed having Katelin with us since she had to work - and Cassidy because she was at EFY in Calgary.  So here are a few pics of our trip:  We spent a day at Disneyland.  Then a beach day where the kids had so much fun playing in the water, building sand castles and collecting shells and rocks.  We took a cruise out from Dana Point where we saw sea lions, dolphins and a blue whale! So cool.  And we finished up with hotdogs and marshmallows at the beach.  Thanks Andersons for a fun weekend!!