Just Killing Time In Between Fights.....

2009-08-12T12:00:00.002-07:00

THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL
SO THIS HAS BEEN ONE LONG SUMMER.
WE REALLY DID NOT DO TO MUCH
ONLY WENT UP TO JARED FAMILY REUNION
WE STAYED HOME MOST OF THE SUMMER
SO THE KIDS WERE READY TO START SCHOOL
SO WAS I....

JORDYN STARTS 5 GRADE TODAY. CRAZY!! 2 MORE YEARS AND SHE'LL BE IN JUNIOR HIGH

JONAS STARTS 3RD GRADE AND HIS TEACHER LOOKS LIKE GRANDMA SANDY SO HE IS SO EXCITED.

GANON STARTS ALL DAY KINDERGARTEN. HE IS SO SO EXCITED.

POOR MICAH HAS TO STAY HOME WITH MOM STILL. HE IS SO BIG HE TURNED 4 MONTHS ON THE 1ST AND IS STILL GROWING LIKE CRAZY.

JUST CANT WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS SCHOOL YEAR GOES.
I KNOW I HAVE BEEN KIND OF LAME WITH MY BLOGGING.
I HAVE HAD A LONG SUMMER WITH SOME UPS AND DOWNS.
BUT IT WILL GET BETTER. I KNOW IT WILL.
I AM DOWN FOR THE NEXT 12 WEEKS SO YOU MIGHT HERE A LOT FROM ME.
I HAD SURGERY LAST WEEK AND AFTERWORDS I STARTED INTERNAL BLEEDING.
SO AFTER A COUPLE OF UNITS OF BLOOD AND SOME EXTRA DAYS IN THE HOSPITAL.
I'M HOME AND DOING WAY BETTER.
NOW I GOT A LOT OF TIME ON MY HANDS.

2009-05-19T12:39:00.002-07:00

Summer started and we are lovin it.

2009-05-10T21:30:00.000-07:00

Mother's Day 2009
I had a wonderful Mother's Day.
Jared gave me some beautiful flowers from
him and the kids
Jordyn made me a wonderful card
She even made the paper for it
Jonas made me a cook book
Ganon made me some goodies
but he ate them before I could take a photo
I love my kids with all my heart
Everyday I thank God for them
My biggest goal in life is to be the best mom I can be!

2009-05-10T10:53:00.010-07:00

So the last month has been alot of very bad and very good. I like to focus on the very good. It makes my life alot easier.
Here is just a little update of little Micah.
First we have one of the best babysitters ON THE JOB!

This is one of my favorite pic's
Ganon loves him so much and wants to be the best helper

He is 2 weeks old here.

I swear every morning this kid wakes up looking like a different person.
There are days he looks like Jo and then he will look like Jonas sometimes.
I think most of the time he looks like Ganon though.
He is a wonderful baby. He started to sleep 8 hours about a week ago and I am lovin it.

April 27Th my oldest, Jojo, turned 10 years old.
She is an amazing girl and I love her so much!
She wanted to have her cousin Ashlyn spend the night and
then go get pedicures for her birthday.
They had a blast.
We went to Jamba Juice afterwards and had a great time.
It's crazy how fast she is growing up
Next time I look she will be going off to college!

2009-04-04T19:50:00.002-07:00

*****The Newest Cooley*****
Micah Jared Cooley was Born April 1st at 1:45 am
He was 7lb 4oz 21 inch long.
I guess he wanted to be born on April fools because he took his time getting here.
The kids love him as you can see.
Jordyn never puts him down,
Jonas just can't stop smiling at him,
and its crazy when you look at the size differences between my two baby's.
Its been to long.
He is a great baby just if I could get a little more than one hour a night to sleep.

2009-03-31T08:52:00.001-07:00

Today is the day.
I go in at noon.
I will keep everyone updated!!!!!!!

When will the baby come!!!!

2009-03-20T18:14:00.004-07:00

I went to the Dr. today and he set the day for me to get induced.
I am so so excited. They pain is getting pretty unbearable.
I am supposed to be at the Hospital March 31st at noon.
So it matters how fast I end up going whether or not I have an April Fools baby.
They moved my due date back a week to Apirl 14th because of his size.
That will make him 2 weeks Early so everything should be OK.
I changed my mind about a name.
Now I don't have one, so if anyone has any good ideas for a boy let me know.
Love ya all!!!!!

It's Been Forever

2009-03-20T17:46:00.005-07:00

I know its been forever, but I haven't really had too much going on.
I pretty much just read on the couch all day.
I know I'm a loser.
2 weeks ago, Jonas had a Dr. Seuss program at school were all the 2nd graders made there own Dr. Seuss hat and sang some songs.
He did a wonderful job.

Last weekend, Jonas had his pinewood derby for scouts.
I was so proud of him.
He designed his entire car. I helped him cut it out, but other wise he did everything himself. He came in 4th out of 12 cars. He was such a good sport.

What a neat looking car.
I could not get it to weigh the right amount so we ended up making it the money car. I think it looks cool.

This was his pit crew. Aren't they cute.

This was the cheering squad. They were worse than the parents.

2009-01-18T13:22:00.000-07:00

Last week Jared went to a week long Diamond Backs Fantasy Baseball Camp.
He had a blast. His favorite baseball player of all time was his Coach, Mark Grace.
There were so many amazing people there like Greg Colbrunn, Steve Finley, Mike Fetters, Reggie Sanders and many more. But my favorite one to look at is on the bottom picture with Jared, Matt Mantei. I think it was a little sad for him to come back to the real world when he was treated like a pro player there. But I am glad he is back!

2009-01-17T15:54:00.002-07:00

Ganon lost his first tooth today

Dad's Birthday

2009-01-14T15:34:00.003-07:00

Danuel Glen Allen

Jan 14, 1949

My dad's birthday is today.

He would be 60. Crazy!

He was such a great man.

Here are some of his best qualities:

First of all he was so Handsome

Look at those sideburns.

He was the most amazing dad anyone could of asked for.

He was always there for you no matter what.

He had the funniest personality

He hated Photo Radar.

I think it was just because he loved to go fast.

They set one up down the street from our house

So he made this sign so people would slow before they got to it.

He stayed out there all day.

He was a great Husband.

He loved my mom with all his heart.

He taught me how a man should treat his wife.

He always told me to marry a man that will treat me like a queen.

Even to the end he was always so positive.
He went though Hell and you could never tell by talking to him.

I miss him so much.
I am so happy he is not suffering anymore.
Happy Birthday Dan the Man.

He was in the National Geographic before he passed away.
It is a really cool video to remember him by.

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/video/player?titleID=1333281978

2009-01-11T15:05:00.002-07:00

What to do this week?

Jared is gone for a entire week. He left for a Baseball camp in Tucson and won't get back until next Saturday. Right now the kids are with Jared's mom. They went to church with her and so I am by myself making a to do list of things that I would like to get done. I started last week with organizing the Den and Jordyn room. I would love to finish that and I am washing all the baby stuff I have so far. Wish me luck I know only to do what my body can handle, but I would love for my house to start looking a little more organized like it used to before I had no energy.

Just trying to prepare for this little one to come and a move in the future.

If I can make it the easiest on myself that would be the best.

2009-01-03T09:07:00.000-07:00

The last week of Winter Break

Sandy, Jared's Mom took the kids to the snow.

They went up just for the day and had a blast.

Jared stepsister Ashlee and her dog went too.

Jordyn loving to get her photo taken.

Ashlee going down on the tube. She looks scared

Jordyn went down and popped her tube and crashed.

Jonas building his own little Snowman

He did such a good job.

They had a blast.
Thanks Grandma Sandy.

Happy New Year

2009-01-01T16:59:00.007-07:00

Happy New Year

This year started on the harder side for me.

It's had it's ups and downs but it ended on

one of the ups.

Last night we (The Whole Family) only made it to 10:30pm

Ganon was the last to fall a sleep.

I feel like I am getting so old.

I am very thankful for what has happened this year.

I truly believe that "Things happen for a reason"

and that is how I live my life.

*I can truly say right now that my marriage is at the best point it

has been in 10 and a half years.

The man that I married is wonderful and is what I need for a husband.

*I'm pregnant with a wonderful little boy that I can't wait to see.

Which was truly an down now up for me.

*My kids are healthy, strong, fun, bossy, and love to push my patience

I really love them with all my heart.

My goal this year is to have more patience with them.

Learn to laugh again and not be so serious.

I always wanted to be one of those fun moms but

I think I ended up being the crazy mom instead.

I really really want to change that.

I know they learn so much from us right now.

I just want them to know that life is supposed to

be fun and not so hard.

If I can teach them that this year

I really think that I accomplished my new years resolution.

I made two this year.

The last one is within 6 months of having this baby

I will have the most awesome body ever.

WISH ME LUCK!

2008-12-30T11:34:00.003-07:00

I have less than 100 days to go with this pregnancy.

Trust me I am counting down.

I feel like my body is just to old to be pregnant

how sad is that.

I just want this little boy to come out

so we can see what color of hair it will have.

I have my bets on Red.

Jordyn thinks he will look like her.

Who knows?

Christmas

2008-12-27T16:11:00.009-07:00

Christmas at Disneyland
We did Christmas a little different this year.

We left Christmas Eve morning around 4am
Got to Disneyland around 9am

and started a wonderful day.

It was kind of crazy at Disneyland but

California Adventures there was no wait in any lines

so we stayed there most of the time.

Everyone liked it better there anyway.

The kids said this was the biggest Christmas Tree ever!

Me and Ganon hung out a lot together.

We couldn't go on all the ride the others could

so we had to have fun by ourselves.

It wasn't hard!

This was me and Ganon in Bug Land. He loved it there.

It was his first time at Disneyland.

We played forever in Mickey's Town

He got to meet a lot of cool people.

He thought he was so strong because he

could get out of Jail.Then he was pissed when he could not

get the Sword out of the Stone.

He loved It's a Small World

Jared, Jordyn and Jonas trying to stay warm before heading onto another ride.

This was one of the favorites for all the them.

The Tower of Terror

I set outside this ride most of the time there.

I figured I needed a photo with the
one lady that I am so much like. And I did not feel THAT dumb taking the picture with her by myself.

Everyone else was on a ride.

Jared posed for me only once, so I had to put this on here.

We were by Pooh Bears house.

I was only able to go on a couple of rides.
One was this one that made you feel like
you were in a plane flying over all these different places.
It was really cool.
The kids loved it.

Christmas Eve night the kids got to open one gift
That was all I brought with me.
They were so excited!

And they loved there new PJ's

So if you couldn't tell we had a blast at Disneyland
We stayed 2 night.
We came home on the 26th and the kids
opened all there gifts last night.
There Papa Mike got them a Wii and
they have been on it all day.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas.

Jonas got Baptized

2008-12-20T13:28:00.003-07:00

Jonas got baptized today.

It was a wonderful day.

Thank You to everyone that made it.

I'm sorry it was so long.

Jonas was the last one to get baptized

out of 8 kids.

They saved the best for last.

Thank you Uncle Dason for Baptizing him

and Uncle Jason for confirming him.

Your the best.

Jonas is such a wonder kid.

He is so sweet and so loving.

I am so proud of him.

I had to put this photo in

Look how huge I'm getting.

I'm going to have to do a lot of

running to get back to my original weight

after this baby comes out.

2008-12-17T08:16:00.002-07:00

I have been getting ready for Christmas the last 2 weeks.

Yesterday I wrapped all the presents that I needed to.

I am getting a lot accomplished. I'm proud of myself.

Saturday is Jonas Baptism and then we have two

family party's this week.

After that I will be ready to head off to Disneyland.

We are leaving on Christmas Eve morning.

I am trying to get Jared to leave the night before,

but he thinks that we will all be fine.

Even though I know it will be the longest day of my life!!!!

So lately I have been trying to collect some things

for the baby. Sense I gave everything away before.

I have had some wonderful friends that

have giving me some blankets and stuff.

But I needed to find a crib, so I have been checking out

Craigslist for the last couple of months and I finally found one.

I am so excited. It is so nice.

I called on it, they were asking $125.

I got a call back and it ended up being an old friend of

mine that I hadn't talk to in a couple of years.

She gave me a wonderful deal.

I got the Crib and a big box of baby toys for $60

This is the pic she had on Craigslist for it.

I can't wait to set it up.

Its really nice.

Christmas Exchange

2008-12-02T15:57:00.004-07:00

Every year me, my sister-in-laws and my mom get together

and do a

Christmas Exchange.

We pick name and buy that person a Christmas decoration

Then we go out to a fun dinner and open our gifts.

Last night was so much fun.

Besides the fact that I look HUGE in this picture.

I should of been in the back.

Jenn had my mom and got her the cutest

Welcome Santa Sign for her front yard.

Danelle had Jenn, She got a really pretty Believe sign

and little Joy Snowman.

I had Danelle. I got her a Snowman Cookie Jar
and a Snowman Countdown Calendar

Mom had Rachelle, She got the cutest Cookie Jar that looks like a Gift
and matching Salt and Pepper Shakers.

Rachelle made Kristi her gift and it turned out so amazing.
It's a Joy sign you hang up on your door or anywhere.

Kristy had me, She got me a very cute Nativity Set
Which was a Wise decision because I don't have one.

We all had a wonderful time.
I can't wait for next year.
I love getting together for a girls night out.

My Sunday Treat

2008-12-02T14:59:00.003-07:00

So Sunday I woke up not feeling very good.

By noon I had to take a nap.

When I woke up this is what I found in my kitchen.

What a crazy guy making his first Apple Pie.

Jordyn was his little helper.

It turned out so good!
He did an amazing job.
The top is a sugar cookie dough.
It was really one of the best pies I have had.
The entire thing was all organic and as health as you can make a pie.
So I did not feel that bad eating 3 servings.
Thank you Jared!!!!!!

BLACK FRIDAY

2008-11-28T18:50:00.008-07:00

BLACK FRIDAY

So today I was crazy and woke up at 2:45am and was at Walmart by 3am.

There were 2 things that I really wanted for Christmas.

Jared and I haven't had a video camera for about 5 years.

We bought one the year we got married and it lasted for about 5 years.

So I really wanted one. REALLY BAD!

This was a great deal

I was glad I woke up that early because I was 2ND in line and they only had 4 in stock.

So yes I got one.

Also I dropped our digital camera a year ago and broke it.

So I got a new camera too. I know I'm spoiled

It was only $69!! That's more than half off.

It feels good sometimes to buy something for yourself.

I am just going to try not to feel guilty tomorrow.

Aren't they pretty!!!!!!

2008-11-27T18:24:00.002-07:00

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!!!!!!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

The kids and I stopped by my moms for lunch real fast.

Then we had our big Thanksgiving Dinner at Jason & Shelly's (my favorite sister-in-law!!!) with Jared's family.

We had a great time.

At school Ganon's class had a Thanksgiving feast.

He made these wonderful things.

Doesn't he look great.

He always has to do a tough picture.

Doesn't he look really tough in that hat!

Sandy, Jared's mom, had all the kids write down what they were thankful for.

This is what my kids had to say......

Jordyn: Her Family

Jonas: Football, His Family, Baptisms, Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother. (great list!!!)

Ganon: His Toys.

I am thankful for:

A Husband that I love with all my heart

He works so hard to provide for all of us.

3 wonderful kids

Having a boy!

A wonderful mom that has been through so much.

It makes me able to handle everything that gets thrown my way..

5 great brothers that call me just to make sure that I am OK

5 great sister-in-laws

In-laws that are great with my kids and do so much for me

Wonderful Friends.....

My life that seems to be improving over the past 10 months

better than it has been in the last 10 years.

If it keeps going this good I will have a lot more to be thankful for next year.

Ganon B-Day

2008-11-23T10:27:00.011-07:00

Ganon turned 5

We had a wonderful little Birthday Party at the park with all of his cousins.

He had so much fun.

He loved his Birthday cake. It was Star Wars.
Look at that face!

His cute "little" cousin Tatum was the 3rd at bat for the pinata.
She broke it open.

That's one incredible girl.

She must have a pretty terrific mom!!!

I don't know if you can tell but shelly has my

password for this blog.

She does all my spell checking and good stuff!!

It was a great day. He got lots of wonderful gifts.
So Thank You so much to the family for all you did.

I just wanted to tell you a little about Ganon.
He was born the happiest baby I could have had.
He has been a wonderful boy.
He loves everything Superhero or Star Wars.
He loves to dress up and has around 20 costumes.
His favorite thing is to watch movies and
he can quote any movie to you after watching it only one time.
Right now he is in Pre-School and loves it.
He rides the bus and thinks that he is so cool.
I love to have him around and just hope that my next little boy will be as happy as him.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY GANON

Jonas at Disneyland

2008-11-19T12:43:00.005-07:00

So Sandy, Jared's mom started a new little thing last year. She decided it would be fun to take one of her Grandkids with her, Ron and Ashlee to Disneyland for a day. Last year she took Jordyn and this year Jonas got to go. He was so excited. They left Monday morning, hoped on a plane and made it there for when it opened and had a blast, then they hoped on the plane that night and made it home by 10:30pm. So yes it was a very long day for Jonas, but a very fun day. He had not been there since he was 2 years old and so it was all new for him. What a great grandma and grandpa and Ashlee!!!

He loved the Christmas Tree.
He was chosen to be a Jedi and was in a fight scene. He had so much fun.

When he was done he got his Jedi Certificate and now he thinks he is tough. Ganon is so jealous.

Thank you Grandma for taking him. He had so much fun!!!!!

2008-11-13T11:20:00.002-07:00

It's A BOY!!!!!

Pretty flexibleThis is the best 3D we could get he kept putting his

hands in front of his face.

This is the bottom view.

If you look real close you can see his 3rd leg. Ha Ha
I know its a surprise.
So never go by the Chinese chart to guess what you baby will be.
Also never go by the heart rate either.
His heart rate was so high my first two Dr visits that he said
that it sounds like a girl.
Then my last Dr visit it was 146 which is low.
I know now not to trust any of those thing.
Even though this is my last one.
Now its time to guess what hair color he will have.
I say dark like Jo's
Also I need a name.
Shelly likes Cilas
Jared likes Micah

Halloween

2008-11-02T09:46:00.005-07:00

The last 2 week were so much fun for the kids.

Friday, Oct 24 started it all with the

kids school Fall Festival.

Jordyn was in the sponge throw booth.

We were able to throw sponges at her

and get her all wet.

Ganon thought it was great.

We had are ward trunk-or-treat on Wed.

On Thursday Sandy had her

Annual Halloween Party it was a blast.

Ganon and Tatum would not go in the Haunted House

it was way to scary this year.

I took pictures but they did not turn out

it was to dark outside for my camera, Sorry.

Halloween night was fun.

Jared took the kids and the neighbor kids trick-or-treating.

I always decorate my chair and sit outside to pass out candy.

Jordyn helped me when she came back.

She was a Karate Chick

Jonas was Conner Jackson from the Diamondbacks.

Jared made his great eyebrows with my MAC eyeliner.

I did not know.

We couldn't get it off forever. It was pretty funny.

He looked great!

Ganon was Bumble Bee for his school Halloween Party.

Doesn't he look great.

Then at night he was Iron Man.

We have way to many costumes for him to chose from.

On Saturday Jonas had a Baseball game were he did wonderful.

He earned to game winning ball.

He went 4 for 4 with some nice hit and

then he was an amazing fielder.

Finally me and Jared were able to go on a date yesterday afternoon.

I swear we haven't been alone in months.

At least that is what it felt like.

It was nice we went to a movie and saw Eagle Eye. I like it.

Then we went to get a bit to eat.

It was a really nice weekend.

P.S. last Thursday, October 30Th

I felt the baby for the first time.

Jared said it was just gas.

He thinks he's funny.

I have felt it everyday now just a little here and there.

I find out next Wednesday what it is.

I will keep you all updated.

This Week

2008-10-17T11:01:00.003-07:00

So this week has kind of been a long one for someone that does not really do anything.
Monday night we BOO-ed 3 of our neighbors. The kids had so much fun running with Jared and hiding down the street. The best part is Ganon came in and sat in the middle of the floor. I asked him what was a matter. "I'm very mad at daddy he would let me do one" he would not move from that spot for almost an hour. He is so funny. Jared did not want him to drop the treats so he made him hold his hand while Jared put it on the last door. Ganon did not like that.
Tuesday, I finally got my one Rubbermaid container out of Halloween and put some stuff out. It makes it feel a little more seasonal in the house now.
The rest of the week I think I got off the couch for maybe an hour through out the day. I hate this my neck hurt and everything on my body feels so soft. Gross . I am not used to just laying around. It's driving me crazy. I feel so bad for the kids they get so bored. Jared did take Jordyn and Jonas 3 times this week running on the track at Higley High School. They had so much fun. The best part, Thursdays morning when they woke up the both put ankle braces on and barely could come down the stairs. There legs were in so much pain. They looked so funny in the braces and I told them they did not need them but they wore them to school. You just have to laugh at my kids
Tomorrow is going to be a little busy with Jared at work. But I think I can handle it.

Jordyn's Tooth

2008-10-09T18:18:00.002-07:00

Jordyn lost her tooth today. The dentist was going to pull it in a week. So she tried her hardest and pulled it herself. She has a tooth already coming in. She's the best, she saved me about $100. You gotta love that.

2008-10-08T16:04:00.003-07:00

So I wanted to give you a little update of all the kids and I tried to start with Jordyn. I meant for her to be on top but I am new to this blog thing and it didn't work out how I wanted. I hope you enjoy it.

I will try my hardest to keep everyone updated but it took me all day just to do these post so I don't know.

I feel a litte handicap with this blog stuff.

2008-10-08T15:59:00.004-07:00

This is # 4

I had another ultrasound yesterday and everything looks great.

I am 14 weeks today and doing much better.

I was able to get off all my meds they had me on so I wouldn't miscarry.

I am still down for the count but everyday seems like a better one.

The baby has a really high heart rate so they said it could be a girl. Crazy!

2008-10-08T15:20:00.004-07:00

Ganon

This is Ganon. He really loves to do anything.

His favorite thing is to be left alone in his room to watch a movie and play with toys.

So we try are hardest to get him active.

We went bowling in the summer and all the kids loved it.

Ganon was the only one that left without crying. My two other kids are so competitive that if they don't win they cry.

One of his favorite things is to watch a movie and dress like the main character. This is Dare Devil.

He enjoys doing stuff with his dad.
He has a hard time at the D-Backs game staying entertained so we just bring a lot of junk to eat.

During the summer we found that he truly loves water.

He had his first ever swim lessons and got the hang of it right away.

He thinks he is a shark.

Ganon is the best kid.

He started Preschool this year and is doing wonderful in it.

2008-10-08T14:37:00.009-07:00

Jonas

Jonas is a huge sport fan.

He loves to go to the ASU games with his dad.

Jonas turned 8 in Sept.

All he wanted for his birthday was sport stuff. He got tons.

He did not want a B-day Party He just wanted to go to the D-Backs game with his dad He loved it.

At the game he got Mark Grace to sign his little D-Backs Bat.

He was so excited

He is playing in his first baseball league this year.

He is on the cubs and is doing wonderful.

He has talent.

Jonas love 2ND Grade and he enjoy doing any sports

He is a great kid.

2008-10-08T13:55:00.017-07:00

Jordyn

Jordyn really loves just to be out of the house.

She had a blast all summer long going to the D-backs games with her dad and brother.

I love her hair short like this. It took me 3 months to get her to cut it.

She loves to take photos of herself

Every time I download photo from the camera there is around 10 just of her face.

You got to love her!!

She loves school and all her friends

She started karate 6 weeks ago and loves it.

Jordyn will turn 10 in April

She is the best helper around the house and can't wait for this baby to come out.

She is hoping that she won't be the only girl in the family.

You just have to love JoJo

Can you believe it

2008-10-06T10:38:00.002-07:00

I really have a blog. Can you believe it. 2 weeks ago my Grandma Allen passed away and all of my dad sisters live out of town and told me that I don't have a choice that I have to get one up and going because there missing my kids life. So I told them I would. So I hope you all enjoy my crazy life. Love ya all.