Day On The Town

It had been forever that the kids and I have gone out for a 'treat'. So yesterday we were out all morning with a flat tire (which is a story I'll share with you in a minute), paying bills, picking out and up paint, get some tools for Dad and bring them to some friends so they can build a deck onto their home, get lunch, shopping...

Anyways, right in the middle we stopped for an hour and grabbed two frappes and a couple of pastries and played together, talked about everything, visited our favorite shop (Distinctively Home in Old Town Battle Ground)... I grabbed a few shots to prove that we aren't always work and no play. It's been cool lately but when it warms up we will head to the river most days and 'play'.

If you want to view more of our day go to:


www.robyncopper.com/copper kidz (I think you'll just have to cut and paste into another browser)





Les Schwab:

Two days ago we had a flat tire all the way to the rim. Nate filled it up for us and we drove to get it fixed at Les Schwab in the morning. I walked in, told them the problem. They told me it would be about 20 minutes before they could START working on it as all the bays were full.

"Feel free to wait in our waiting room here and we'll get it done for you." They said.

"Okay", I said.

So I got the kids out of the car to 'wait'. They absolutely LOVED looking at all the different types of tires and cool wheels. We even got on the fancy computer they had there and made our excursion look awesome with 6" suspension and fancy wheels...

I noticed that within 5 minutes of when I brought the kids the car was in the bay getting worked on. They had us out of there in 10 minutes. Either they are extremely fast and just didn't want to get our hopes up, OR the next time you want to get your car worked on FAST, bring six kids with you and 'wait' in the waiting room. :)

Family

The kids's double cousins were here for a couple of weeks in celebration of my Mother-in-Law's birthday and what a time it was. I had soooo much fun taking shots of this family while they were here. Each one of us kids (that now have children) have a collage similar to this one on the wall at 'Grandpa and Grandma's' house.

More on the Birthday week later:

~Robyn

CLOSER...

A quick update on our house. We are through the painting stage in the inside of the house. Now will be all the plugs, lights, switches, and fans getting wired in and then the tile and cabinets and such after that. Go down a couple of posts and you can see a few more 'before' photos.

Our Entry


Looking down the hall from the girls room into the master bedroom and at the very end is the master bath.

Here you are looking from the back of the kitchen into the living/great room.
Looking back at the front door and looking up a bit at the ceiling. Those poor sheet rockers, they sure did an amazing job with all that high stuff and round walls.
And then we have OUR JOB (the kids and I). Running here and there getting supplies to keep the guys busy. They are getting pretty good at jumping on and off the cart. Today I was in line getting ready to pay and Andi had to go BAD ...... you know Home Depot, it's way at the BACK of the store. They just took off all on their own (Halley and Todd took her) and came back to find me and did GREAT. I was impressed that I didn't need to call over the loud speakers to find my kids.
I don't have a recent photo of the outside but we are about 3/4 done with the siding. It's lookin' really fun. We're getting pretty excited!!

~Robyn for all of us

Perspective

"Mom, Coders have more kids than us."

Mom, "Okay."

Kid, "So they are beating us."

Mom, "That's great." "Are you saying that you want more brothers and sister?"

Kid, "Well, we have to have a bigger care first."

Mom, "Yeah, that could be a problem but God's big enough to take care of a new car."

Kid, "Okay, then when the Coders die we can have their car."

Mom, "(laughing)"

So often our perspective is so small and we feel as if the only resources we have are in our little sphere of people or town. Our God has UNLIMITED resources. He is not LIMITED. In the case above, the car is not a problem for God. So often I put God in a box, even in my prayers, I only pray for the 'possible'. I only talk to God about those things that I 'think' can be accomplished with the resources that I can 'see'. God's reputation is at stake here, and I must rise to meet Him where He is...

Moving along on the house

The below photo is the update on the photo in one of the previous entries (I think 5 posts back) of the view from our bedroom down the hall into the girls room.




This is our entry looking above directly into the boys room with the master bedroom to the left and the girls room behind the wall on the right. On the first floor there we have our kitchen behind the left wall and the great room to the right and behind the stairs.
This is the view from the kitchen into the great room.
To add a little texture to the house we have decided to do bat-'n-board (however you spell it) on the three gables that stick out in front of the rest of the house. Not sure of the colors yet but we have a couple of weeks, right??? :) Sure is fun.

Tooth Fairies

Nate called me in somewhat of a panic, "Mom, my tooth is gone.  I lost it when Halley kicked me in the mouth on the trampoline, oh it was an accident, but my tooth is in the grass and I can't find it."  I suggested to him that we write the fairy a note and put it under the pillow and see what happens.

When I got home he had me write EXACTLY what he said.  He's more persuasive than am...

In case you can't read it, it says, "Dear Tooth Fairy, I lost my tooth in the grass.  I'm sorry I can't put it under my pillow.  Lift up my lip to see it's gone.   NATE

We didn't remember to place it under his pillow but we will remember tonight for sure.

Mornings

How would you like to wake up to this every morning!!!

Trae-MAN (as we call him) is the most laid back happy little guy we've had yet.   We are having soooo much fun interacting with this little man.  Even with all the holding he gets ('cause he's so cute and squishy) he is already rolling over both ways and scooches across the room.  He's just over 4 1/2 months now.