Memorial Day Weekend

The Cooper kids had a great holiday weekend. On Saturday, we took the kids to Crown Center for Jiggle Jam (a kids music festival). We spent the morning building things, listening to music, bouncing and playing in the fountain. Then, we went home and took really good naps!
On Monday, we roadtripped to Columbia to hang out with our cousins. We had a fabulous day! The kids spent the day running around the backyard and jumping in the pool. Andy went napless and was asleep as soon as we hit the road.

Jiggle Jam:

Memorial Day at the Kolder's:

Italy

To celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary, Scott and I recently spent a week in Italy. The kids spent the week with Grandma and Grandpa Cooper. Between the birthday parties, trip to the zoo and preschool field trip, I don't think they noticed we were gone.

These are just a few pictures from our trip.

Venice
canals of Venice:

The Grand Canal:

St. Mark's Basilica and Doge's Palace:

Grand Canal from Rialto Bridge:

Campanile and St. Mark's Square:

Dinner on the Grand Canal:

Florence
Duomo:

Ponte Vecchio:

Top of Duomo dome:

Rome

Colosseum:

Colosseum:

Forum:

Pantheon dome

St. Peter's Basilica

Sistine Chapel:

St. Peter's Basilica:

St. Peter's dome

KSU Wilcats!

Apparently, all of the purple pride in our house is brainwashing our kids. We couldn't be prouder of Sammy trying her hardest to do the famous "K...S...U... Wildcats!" cheer.

Anniversary #10

Today, Scott and I celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. Thank you to everyone who thought of us today and for all of the well wishes.

Tonight we enjoyed a perfect spring night and went on the first bike ride of the year. This was Sammy's first ride, her head is finally big enough for her helmet...sort of. Both kids enjoyed the ride.

New Camera

This week we up graded to a fancy new grown-up camera. Next up...learn how to use the fancy camera so we get our money's worth. I did some practicing on the kids today.

Happy Easter!

Last weekend we kicked off Easter a little early with two Easter Egg Hunts. It was a little cold in the morning, but that didn't stop the kids from having a great time. Andy was a little disappointed when Sammy found more eggs, but the eggs disappear a little quicker on the 4-6 year old field than the baby field.

Andy and I hit our second egg hunt that afternoon. It turned out to be a nice afternoon.

Andy picking up eggs at the MOYC Easter Egg Hunt



Yesterday we dyed our Easter Eggs

Easter Sunday was a beautiful day. It was warm enough that the Easter Bunny even hit eggs in our backyard. With Andy leading the way, it didn't take Sammy long to figure things out. She even found a few of Andy's eggs. The Easter Bunny brought the kids too much candy along with books and sand toys.

Spring?

Here in KC, we welcomed in the first day of spring with a snow storm. Fortunately, it was warm enough to still play outside. We are definitely getting our money's worth out of the snow pants and boots this year! The total snow fall amounted to around 8 to 10 inches. Needless to say, Sammy had a little trouble getting around.

Despite the snow, we still have to play in the sandbox!