Caitlin's First.....

Caitlin has the distinction of being the first Cook child to have a broken bone. (It is a whole other story about Dean and all of his broken bones....we could write a book)! I don't think she is feeling honored by having this title.

This morning she left for school with her guitar to play in a 5th grade talent show. She called me at 8:20 to tell me they had changed the time of the talent show to 9:00 a.m. At 8:50 she called again, only this time crying, saying her arm hurt. Caitlin is a pretty tough little girl. For her to be crying (and at school no less), I knew she really must be hurt. Dean went to the school to pick her up. They came home and Dean said he really thought she needed to be x-rayed. I agreed. So down to Ashley Regional Medical Center we went. After six x-rays it was determined she had a buckle fracture (whatever that is) on her left arm just above the wrist. The Dr. chose not to cast it, but put it in a splint. I was glad for that, it makes showering so much easier!!

She has been so good with it all day, and has hardly complained about it. Tomorrow is the last day of school, and she is determined not to miss it. I hope it feels good enough for her to go.

Grandpa Pete's Birthday

Last Sunday, my family got together to celebrate my dad's 76th birthday. It was fun. Susan and her family were there (except Brittany, who had to work), David, Natalie and Sydney, The Dastrups, our family and Maren and Jesslyn (my nieces from Colorado). It was fun to see Maren who just came home from her mission in Guatemala a few weeks ago.
My dad's birthday was actually May 21. He shares that birthday with his only great-grandchild Madeline who turned one. I wish they could have celebrated their birthday's together, but she lives in Cincinnati. Susan got Dad a Wii for his birthday. I think he was a bit surprised and not sure what to do with it, but I think he is going to like it. He didn't do too bad a tennis. :)
I am glad my dad is doing better. He had a cancer tumor removed just a few weeks ago. We are fortunate and blessed that they were able to get it all through surgery and her won't have to do radiation. (What is it with cancer and my family the last few months?? I think three are really enough!!!). Carol has had three rounds of chemo and has three more to go. Susan is scheduled for her surgery in June.
Tomorrow Becky and I are going to drive to Colorado with my Dad and Mom for Jesslyn's graduation. It will be fun to just take a trip with them. Dean gets to herd all 7 kids for the weekend. (He offered....I didn't ask). But actually I think they will all have fun.

Band Concert

Last night was Logan and Spencer's Spring Band Concert. They combined the Middle School and the Jr. High for the concert. Both boys play the trumpet. This is Logan's third year of band and Spencer's first year. It was a fun concert! Logan's band played a medley of "Looney Tunes" songs and the conductor wore rabbit ears and chewed on a carrot. His band also played James Bond movie songs and the band all wore black sunglasses while a spy was sneaking around the band while they played. Another band played Pirates of the Caribbean songs and wore black pirate bandannas. Spencer's band played a song called "Bryce Canyon Overture", inspired by Bryce Canyon in Utah, (obviously). Spencer thought that was pretty cool. They all did a good job. They are both planning on doing marching band this summer. This includes 7:00 a.m. practice. Hmmmm....will they keep that up? We shall see!

Makayla was the photographer of the concert pictures and wanted me to include them in this blog. "Why was she the photographer?", you may be thinking. Well....she was REALLY bored and whinny and needed something to do. I'm sure you can understand what I mean! If you look really close at the pictures, you will still not be able to see either of the boys. Oh well!

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

Happy Mother's Day to all you moms.

I had a pretty good day. Logan turned 14 on May 2, so today he was ordained a teacher. It was neat to have that done on Mother's day. He was the last one of the boys his age in our ward to become a teacher, so he has been looking forward to it for a long time. I guess I should have gotten a picture of him to post. Dean's parents and sister, Kristie came out for the weekend too. The kids had a fun time with their grandparents and aunt.

Dean got a new calling a few weeks ago, and last night was his first time in that calling. He is going to be an ordinance worker in the Vernal Temple. He was actually excited about the call. When he got home last night after his first training he was a bit overwhelmed, but ready to go again next week. He said he is by far the youngest person that works on that shift in the temple. I always thought that working in the temple was something we might do together, but not for a long time yet!!

Yes, more pictures

I had to put another slideshow on the blog because,
A). I have ALOT of pictures
B). I think doing slideshows are fun.

So, please endure yet another bunch of pictures!

More pictures (yawn)

Cruise 2008

I hope that I can get this slide show right. It is a few pictures of our vacation last week. We had a blast. We went with Becky and Kelly and their kids. Monday morning we flew from Salt Lake to Los Angeles. I was a bit apprehensive to get through LAX with 7 kids and 4 adults between the two families, but it was not bad at all. A bus met us just outside of baggage claim and loaded us and all of our luggage up and took us to the port to board the ship. That night we set sail. The ship always sailed at night which was nice. Tuesday morning, we were at the port in San Diego. We went to Sea World. The kids had a good time there getting splashed by Shamu. Wednesday we were at Catalina Island. The Dastrups went to the island and went on a glass-bottom boat tour. We did not leave the ship that day. The kids just wanted to hang out and do fun things on the boat. Thursday we were in Ensenada Mexico. We walked down town and the kids found plenty they wanted to buy. It was a humbling experience for all of us as it is a poor community. After a few hours the kids were ready to be back on the ship again. Logan had his forteenth birthay on Friday. On Thurday night at dinner the waitress brough him and Braden (who turned 13 in April) a piece of pie with a candle in it and sang happy birthday to them both. It was fun. Friday morning we were back in Los Angeles. The Dastrup's flew back to Utah, and we went to Anaheim to do the Disneyland thing. My kids have never been there and we decided that since we were already in California we might as well take them. I only wish we had gone to Disneyland before the cruise because we were all exhausted. Friday we only stayed at the park until about 7:30. We went back on Saturday when it opened and went to the California Adventure side. The kids liked that part the best. But again, we all got tired early. We had planned to stay and watch fireworks that night, but ended up leaving about 7:00. Sunday morning we flew back to Utah, then three hours home to Vernal. The cruise was the most fun thing we have ever done as a family. We all enjoyed it alot. I want to go on another one!!!

Cruise 2008