October

We went and put new flowers and some Fall Decorations at Kooper’s grave.

 

The kids had their last Flag Football and Soccer games. Kade is on the far left with the black shirt.

    

Keegan alwasy had a good time watching his older brother and sister play! He is going to enjoy next year when he gets to play soccer too!

 

One of the kids in Kade’s class has a haunted garage for Halloween so we dressed up and went to it one night and hit up Wendy’s afterwards for dinner!

 

Story time with Wendy the Good Witch

Today we went to the Sun City Library in Peoria for Story time with Wendy the Good Witch. Our friends Nicholette, Jack and Lily came too!

    

Keegan didn’t want anything to do with the witch! She was such a great story teller!

  

Walk to Remember

I was able to volunteer for Lanee’s Legacy at Banner Desert’s Walk to Remember last Saturday. It was so neat to meet other Mom’s of angel babies and to help raise money for Lanne’s Legacy. I wasn’t good at taking pictures but if you go to their blog you can check them out!

They are having an upcoming fundraiser and YOU can donate a box in memory of Kooper or if you know or have a baby that was gone too soon. I will be volunteering at the event and my family will be making one in memory of Kooper. If you don’t live in the Phoenix area or can’t make it you can still donate a box in memory of Kooper or any baby who has passed on that you choose at their website. They will put together the box for you and will put the label on in memory of the baby who has passed.

Click HERE for information on the event.

I will also be accepting donations from family and friends that want to donate to this wonderful non for profit charity but do not have the ability to donate the cost of a box.I will accumulate to hopefully make even more boxes in memory of Kooper.

Lanee’s Legacy is so close to my heart, below are links to my past blog posts about this wonderful charity.

http://perryfamily2003.blogspot.com/2011/01/telling-his-story.html

http://perryfamily2003.blogspot.com/2010/11/lanees-legacy-fundraiser.html

http://perryfamily2003.blogspot.com/2010/10/special-500th-post.html

http://perryfamily2003.blogspot.com/2011/04/blanket.html

I would love to see you all there!

Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day

October 15th is pregnancy and infant loss remembrance day. I received lots of sweet messages and friends. It really did mean a lot to me. Yesterday we remembered our sweet Kooper and all angel babies gone too soon! We love and miss you Kooper! There is not a day that goes by that you aren’t thought of or talked about in our family.

 

October so far…

 

My friend Nicolette and I took our kids to a park that had a splashpad…but the splashpad was closed for repairs so we went to the park area instead for a picnic. We all loaded up in my car. When we got back we let the kids jump on the tramp with the sprinkler under it. They kids had a blast!

 

Kade is the one bending over, hiking the ball.

 

Kamryn got these lovely scary teeth from the treasure box at school! She loves them!

She got to play goalie at her soccer game. And she did a little talking with one of her team mates on the field…I am guessing they were discussing hairstyles?? Keegan loves the games because he always gets a snowcone!

We watched LDS General Conference on TV.

 

The other night Kamryn requested sleeping with her Kooper Monkey! Found her fast asleep with it!

Hawaii Anniversary Trip – Day 5-7

Day 5 was a Saturday and we decided to head to the swap meet at Aloha Stadium. It rained a little but it was nice and felt good because this ended up being one of the hottest days during our stay. Ryan got a little high off bartering with all the little shops. We were pretty successful in finding some great deals on souvenirs. We even got a Hawaii License plate for Kade’s collection!

I kept seeing Cardinals all over the place while we were there…I have only seen one in Arizona.

Kade had his first flag football game of the season and Kamryn her first ever soccer game. Sad we were missing it but we were glad Grandma and Grandpa were there to watch and take pictures for us!
    
When we got back it was time to go parasailing!!! The company we used was right next to our hotel so we just walked on over. IT was such an awesome experience. I was very nervous but once we got out there it was awesome! I was ready to come down once I got up there though. They even dipped us in the water too!
 
A final picture before we went up…just in case we didn’t make it back!
 
 
We made it! Another item checked off the bucket list! I don’t know how high we went. There were 3 other groups of 2 that went up while we were out and they let us out the same distance…partially because the workers inside didn’t tag us with our rope length. The longer your rope length the more expensive it is.
 
Our final Hawaiian sunset. I was sad that it was coming to an end but I was sure missing my kids!
The front of the Hotel
 
Our very last day we went and had breakfast and then walked around and explored a little. We did a lot of walking around.

So I have to say that I was diligent about using sunscreen. i did forget to put it on before our dolphin encounter so I did get a small burn. But for the most part I was whiter than when I came so the day before our last day I decided to lay out on the beach and by the pool for a little while with no sunscreen….well lets just say those 2 hours really did it! I was toast! Came back with a lovely burn! So I do recommend sun block! It did turn into a nice tan and then about 2 weeks later I peeled like crazy!

We were glad to see our kids when we got home! They were glad to see us but sad to see Grandma and Grandpa go!
 

Hawaii Anniversary Trip - Day 4

 

 

We went snorkeling at Hanauma bay. It was amazing. It is a great place for beginners. It is shallow and if you go out far it gets deeper for those that are more advanced. We booked through a company that provide the snorkel gear and transportation. You really don’t need a life jacket. The fins help you float and if you aren’t planning on going in deep you don’t need to be a real advanced swimmer. Just remember only breath in and out through your mouth. There is a separate charge of $7.50 per person to enter the bay unless you are a member of the military or resident of Hawaii. They do have lockers down on the bay to put your bags with money/wallet or phone in. We didn’t know and it would have been nice to know. I won’t even go into the story! You can also bring your own lunch, they do sell snacks there too. You can take a ride down to the bay from the entrance for a fee of $1 and back up for $1.25. We could have spent the whole day there but we had planned something else that afternoon. Someone we met there had a cool waterproof digital camera that they said they purchased in CA for $30. We purchased a waterproof disposable camera….wish we would have looked for a digital because we don’t know yet how our pictures turned out and we only had 24 chances! Also I haven’t developed pictures from actual film in years…well it was $12 just to develop my roll of film and get 1 print and the pictures onto a disk. Next time we will be better prepared!