Summer time

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!

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!

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!!

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!

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

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...

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.