Annie and Dylan Cooper

All Grown Up!

2010-08-29T20:20:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we dropped my baby sister off to college! She is enrolled at Westminster in Salt Lake City studying nursing. It was bitter sweet loosing my best friend but I could tell she was going to have so much fun. The campus was so cute and her roommate seemed really great. Good luck Erin!

The insanely boring freshmen ceremony

Erin in her dorm room

Sisters!

Cruise 2010!!

2010-08-11T19:20:00.001-07:00

We just got back from our fabulous cruise to the Mexican Riviera! We went with our friends Tony and Caitlyn Carmack and her parents from Texas. We had sooo much fun! This was our big present to ourselves and we are so happy we did it!

Sorry these pictures are so out of order...I hate the uploader for blogspot!

One of the formal dining nights

The canyon in Puerto Vallarta where we zip lined

Before zip lining

In our room with our pet towel elephant

Mango! Our favorite

Dylan and the boat in Cabo

Formal again

This is right before we got on this huge boat

Annabelle's Excellent adventure!

2010-04-26T21:53:00.000-07:00

I went on an incredible road trip with Caitlyn and her mom and dad! We drove ALL THE WAY TO TEXAS! This was my only road trip of this magnitude and lets just say, it is probably my last! (27 hours later) We arrived and we had so much fun, they showed me all over San Antonio and we shopped till we DROPPED! I was sad to be away from Dylan for a whole week, but what can I say, absence does make the heart grow fonder!

Here we are in IF, bright eyed and bushy tailed! Ready to hit the road!

Here we are in Moab, another first for Annabelle

This is the Montecello, Utah Temple around 2:30 AM

My wimpy stretch of the drive, I only drove less than two hours :) I never claimed to be a road warrior

My trusty co-pilot! (Not so much! She fell asleep 20 minutes into the drive!) Ha ha, love you Caitlyn! She was the real trooper and drove through the night! 2:30 AM- 6:30 AM

TEXAS FINALLY! This part of the drive gives a lot of false hope. At this point, we still had 8+ hours to go!

Hooray Texas! Here I am with Caitlyn's sister Madelaine and GOGO- Cait's mama

Very cute boutique- Bless Your Heart

The Alamo was TINY! Big surprise to me

Here we are on the beautiful river walk in downtown San Antonio

All in all this was indeed, an INCREDIBLE ADVENTURE! And I had so much fun, thanks so much Sanchez family!

OLE!

A Wyoming Easter

2010-04-26T21:48:00.000-07:00

We went to see my mom in Rocksprings for Easter and had a blast coloring eggs, frosting cookies, and eating great food! While we were there it was my little cousin Evyn's third birthday. She was quite the cute birthday diva!

Here she is getting a manicure

This is me and Erin with Evyn's brother, Dalton

Stacey's Baby Shower!

2010-04-26T21:36:00.000-07:00

I had a shower at my house a few weeks ago for my good friend, Stacey Cardon who is due next week! Here she is (on the left) with my other good friend, Randi Oswald who also just had a baby girl. I had a blast throwing this shower and can't wait for this baby to be here!

Here is the quilt I made her...not going to lie, I'm very proud of myself!

Dog Days

2010-04-26T21:30:00.000-07:00

We watched Dylan's sister- Autumn's dogs and their house while they were in Mexico. It was a blast with all four of them! The little grey one is Fergie Ferg and the giant sized German Shepard is Ranger.

Best Friends!

Spring at last??? This one is for Kate :) I'm finally blogging again!

2010-03-10T21:37:00.000-08:00

So I've had some serious spring fever with the way the weather has been teasing us. Fifty and sunny one day and blowing, cold, and gloomy the next! So here is my ode to the winter as an attempt to see it go away!

Here is Dylan and Tony in their prized snow cave. They built it with Caitlyn's brother-in-law who came from Texas for some snow adventures. This baby took the better part of 3 days but it was truly a marvel! It could fit three big guys and our two dogs with ease! They even slept in it like boy scouts

We ventured to Utah for Jordan and Rachel Nelson's wedding and had a great weekend away! While we were there we had the chance to go to Music and the Spoken Word at Temple Square and to the church history museum. I love these opportunities, it seems like no matter how many times you go, it always strengthens your testimony.

The happy couple!

The newly remodeled Tabernacle

We had another fun adventure to Park City for a ski weekend with my family. We stayed in an amazing cabin that had a ski ball machine that was a blast! On the way to the cabin we saw the only bar in Heber Utah called the SPICY LADY. So naturally my family stopped and bought two pink hats from the bar and two black ones which became the prizes for our ski ball tournament! And go figure, Dylan and Jordan (Erin's boyfriend) were the SPICIEST LADIES!

Here they are with their winners hats!

And just for fun, here's Erin and me on our crazy drive to Jackson..

And finally, Dylan and I pulled our wedding cake out of the freezer! We forgot on our anniversary because we were in Las Vegas so we decided to have it for Valentine's instead. It looks a little sad but it still tasted great!

So on that note, hurry up spring!

A GIGANTIC Christmas!

2010-01-16T19:16:00.000-08:00

Christmas this year was extra fun in our new place and all the dogs! This is our first Chistmas with Sophie and Kia and we were watching our brother and sister in law's GREAT DANE for the whole month! Her name is Sunny and we had so much fun with her and we were so sad to see her go back home to Phoenix. But I will admit, 3 dogs was a little crazy in our little house! It's good to have things back to normal, 2 dogs, no tree, and no mall!

Here's Dylan playing tug with Sunny- she's giant sized!

Us with our stockings Christmas morning

Our niece Arlie in all her new princess shwag

Our nephew Deacon with his GIGANTIC bear

Kia with her GIGANTIC bone!

Oh Christmas tree...with a GIGANTIC dog!

Makoy and his pound puppy

Makoy at our New Year's Eve bowling partay

Viva Las Vegas!

2009-12-09T21:27:00.001-08:00

Well I can't believe Dylan and I have been married a whole year! We did it! And we love each other more now than ever and more every day. Dylan is the best husband and friend and would do anything for me and I am so lucky to have him as my eternal companion.

For our anniversary I suprised him with a trip to Las Vegas. He had no idea, it was great! I didn't tell him until we got to the airport (I drove him there blindfolded). He was so suprised! We saw Phantom of the Opera, it was incredible! We also went to the Body Worlds exibit (sorry no pictures alowed) it was a little disturbing but really cool and interesting. We ate lots of great food and did some shopping and had a blast!

On the bus "The Deuce"

M&M World

The Strip

In The Phantom Theater

Getting ready for Phantom!

Mexico- OLE!

2009-12-09T20:26:00.000-08:00

Jerry and April took us to Mexico for Thanksgiving and it was a blast! I think the pictures say it all! (Sorry not at all in order)

Pulmonia ride (scary little golf cart taxi)

Last day in the sun :(

The whole gang!

Megan and Makoy :)

Me getting ripped off (for less)

angry boy

Getting ready to parasail!

take off

By the pool

My amazing view from my chair

Iguanas

more pulmonias

my friend Sebastian

Megan, Andy, Makoy

The Coopers

My very favorite part of the market...

Our treats :)

Dylan's chili covered mango and he bought me a flower from a little girl on the street

Makoy loves the poop on a stick

..as does Dylan

This restaurant lets you write your name but the only place left was on the fan

Uncle Dylan and Makoy

Happy Halloween!

2009-11-01T12:43:00.000-08:00

Halloween was fun this year with the dogs, we dressed them up! We were lame and didn't dress ourselves up but our dogs were hillarious! We carved pumpkins on Wednesday and then last night we ate chili and watched Twighlight! (2 weeks, 5 days until NEW MOON!!!!).

Updates! and some BIG news :)

2009-09-24T09:53:00.000-07:00

We went a few weeks ago to Big Judds in Archer and it was so funny watching these boys down those huge burgers!!!

Here's their plates when they were done- it looked like Dylan had sent his through the dishwasher!

The BIG news is our new baby!!! This is KIA our new puppy. We adopted her from the humane society. She is four months old and a german shephard husky mix. We love her lots and are excited to have a new member of our little family!

Overdue! We've moved!

2009-08-12T20:25:00.000-07:00

So we finally moved out of our little apartment and upgraded to a new place just around the corner from our old one. Its a duplex (I've heard it called duplex, twin home, and town home- all I know is its like a house with a siamese twin). We're so excited and Sophie is finally a legal resident and is thrilled to have a yard. What's funny is we were debating between two places and one factor in choosing this one is we thought we would still be in the same ward..think again. Its just two blocks away from our apartment and we're in a different ward! Weird. But thats ok, change is fun and our new ward has been really awesome so far. Here are a few pictures..

Our half

Part of the living room

Sophie in her yard!

Our last day with our primary class :(

So we were also able to find a new car!!! I'm so excited, the newest car I had ever driven before the wreck was the 1997 Toyota Camry that got totalled. This is our wonderful 2004 Honda Accord! Hoorah!

Sophie in flight!!

So we took Sophie for a big adventure the other day. We flew to Rexburg and took her on her first flight! She was terrified and didn't like it at all so she had to ride home afterwards in the car with Dylan's mom. But it was a fun experience! (for us)

Summer time

2009-08-05T20:39:00.000-07:00

SO. Its been a terribly long time since I've blogged. We had a period of time without internet while we've been moving but I'm all up and running now! (Moving blog coming soon)

For the last few weeks we've been trying to get the most out of the rest summer before Dylan goes back to school. We had a fun rafting adventure in Jackson and Caitlyn's dad was in town and had a blast!

We next headed to Lagoon for Caitlyn's birthday. Big 20!!! No pictures unfortunately but tons of fun in the sun. Then just last weekend we drove to Rock Springs, WYO to see my mom. It was great fun with my crazy family and Sophie loved seeing her nana. We did some golfing (and I did some caddying) We took Erin with us too. The best part of the trip was my mom taught me how to make her amazing homemade pies! Much good baking to come from the Cooper Kitchen!

Some not so fun summer news... Last Friday I got in a car accident on Sunnyside. The wreck was not my fault at all which is nice as far as insurance goes but it has turned into a big pain and a lot of paper work. I was driving along on Sunnyside when out of nowhere a minivan pulled out onto Sunnyside without looking at all. She hit my passenger side front bumper and sent me spinning to the curb on the opposite side of the street. Miraculously I am completley fine, just a little sore. My Camry however did not do so hot. As Majestic Autobody would say "it is a total loss". SO the search for a new car begins.

Her car..

My car...

A perspective view..her minivan is clear back there on the left. I spun pretty far!

CLASS OF 2009!

2009-06-11T10:29:00.000-07:00

I feel terrible. I don't know how I forgot to mention Sophie's greatest achievement. She has successfully completed puppy kindergarden and graduated from Pet Smart's program! So she, Allie, and I are the proud graduates of 2009! Woohoo! On to real life..or the first grade for Sophie :)

Me 3 months before starting beauty school..my natural hair color, AHH!

Allie and Logan at her graduation from dental assisting school

(picture stolen from Allie's blog :) thanks)

Sophie at her graduation from puppy kindergarden!

YAY CLASS OF 2009!

Vacation on the face of the sun!

2009-06-11T10:05:00.000-07:00

Well we just got back from Phoenix, Arizona a couple weeks ago. We went down to help Dylan's brother Andy move some of his furniture into his new house and to do some painting. It was 109 degrees!!! And it was only May 15th! We sweated our guts out but it was good to be out of the cold and rain of Idaho in the spring. We went to the Phoenix Zoo which was a ton of fun, even in the heat. Makoy loved the baboon, and the baboon loved him back

Sweaty baby and Uncle Dylan

The giraffes!

Hopefully next summer we'll be taking another similar trip to move ourselves down there for medical school!

Poor Sophie was so hot while we were there with all her thick black hair but she found ways to keep cool...she learned to drink out of a water bottle. What fun! The drive was really long for her but she kept hydrated and had fun with Makoy.

Hair show...Doggie Baths...Easter...Randi's hair...graduation!!

2009-04-21T18:11:00.000-07:00

Wow! Too much has gone on since I last blogged! Our hair show was awesome! Amazing! So much energy and so exciting. No one knew what to expect, some people thought we'd be on stage cutting hair but it was more of a fashion show that was themed to broadway musicals. Our segment was "ANNIE" so here I am (the real Annie with Cami, our stage Annie) Something strange posessed us to give all three dogs a bath at once but it turned out to be great fun! Here's a fresh and clean Tevi, Sophie, and Kalu!

Easter was fun, we went to get me a dress the night before and ended up getting some new sun glasses too (which Dylan left in Boise yesterday).

Announcing the beautiful new Randi Oswald!! Durring a very emotional appointment, we CHOPPED Randi's hair off! It was tons of fun, a few tears but ultimately amazing! Mr. Oswald loves his new "girlfriend" as he calls her. We added more blonde for a fun spring look!

And FINALLY I am DONE with hair school!! (One year, 2,000 hours, and $10,000 later) I took my written state test last monday and I passed (don't know my percent yet) and I took my practical exam yesterday in Boise. LONG day! Me and Dylan drove there in the morning, took the test at 1:00 and we drove back home that day! So stressful but I'm so glad its all over at last! I am now working at Generations Salon in the Chantilly Professional Plaza off of Sunnyside. I am assisting the owner 2 days a week and taking clients the rest of the time. I'm so excited and it will be so rewarding to spend 4o plus hours a week somewhere and come home with something to show for it. Call me for an appointment!! Here I am with Stacey on my 2,000th hour getting ready to go home!

2009-04-01T18:14:00.000-07:00

I need to blog more...I went to a hair show in Bosie last weekend, pictures to come but more recently we've been working on our own hair show/ fashion show extravaganza! My hair school, Austin Kade Academy is putting on its first annual hair show. This year's theme is broadway musicals and my group's segment is "Annie"! All the procedes are benefitting the Haven House, a local shelter for families in need so come support! The show is Tuesday April 7 at 7:00pm at the Civic auditorium and tickets are $10. (remember-it's a good cause and we've worked so hard to make it amazing!!) What to expect (from my group at least) amazing hair, runway style fashion show, the good old musicals with a modern and chic twist.

ALSO! My amazing sister-in-law played around with some of our wedding pictures she took and came up with some awesome stuff! We have a picture of the Idaho Falls Temple in our house that was her inspiration for this one and it is like identical!

Go Tiff!!

Kids say the darndest things

2009-03-08T17:52:00.000-07:00

We have been called to teach the primary in our ward, the CTR 5 class. We have heard the funniest things from the kids in our class. Last week we were teaching about the creation and I asked if anyone knew what God made on Thursday. One little girl in our class shouted out, "God made the Indians!" We all nearly died. Then a boy named AJ today told us the A was for Austin so I asked him what the J stood for. He thought for a minute and then said, "The J is for AJ!" We have been learning the hymn How Firm a Foundation in sharing time and now every time we ask a question, one boy shouts out "....Foundation!" Close Bridger, but we were actually looking for priesthood. Ha, they say funny things every week I wish I could remember them all. We love our callng and we're having a lot of fun, and gaining a lot of patience!

It's been a while!! When 2 becomes 3...

2009-03-04T20:49:00.000-08:00

Introducing...SOPHIE! Sophie is our new puppy and was our quick fix to premature baby hunger and we're not looking back! She is half shiz tu half yorkie and her half brother Kalu lives next door with Dylan's brother Logan and his wife Allie. We're having a blast with her and she starts puppy kindergarden next friday.

We have a blog!

2008-12-18T20:53:00.000-08:00

We're old and married now so we figured it's time we get a blog! We were just married on December 5th and we're loving life! We are leaving to Hawaii next week for our honeymoon but other than that we don't have very much exciting news so look out for more later!