Little bit of Spingtime

I am just a little behind with my attempts to keep up on this thing. I really want to because I am just getting ready to order my blog book and I don't want anything left out! But at the same time, the sunshine has been pouring in through the windows and it's so hard to sit down and take the time to catch up. Here goes.. This past weekend we went to St George. It was such a nice time to get away. Shawn is just starting finals and MCAT studying once again, so we were ready to enjoy our last few days by the pool and with Shawn's parents. Shawn's parents are so good to us. They spoil us every time we are together. We love their company, and we learn a lot from their examples. They have been married 30 years this year, which is pretty darn impressive, especially these days! We love having sleepovers with them and forcing the two Shawn's to play Rook at any hour of the night. We went shopping, went to the pool, ate delicious food and even played a little Rook as usual. The boys went golfing which will keep Shawn happy for at least another month. I feel blessed to have in-laws that I can share a small hotel room with, or live with for three months, or share a tiny cruise cabin with for 7 nights and still wake up loving them only more then I did before. I did not do a good job of taking pictures, but I did get some of Cooper's first trip to the pool. He seriously was in Heaven. After Shawn's parents started heading back we took Cooper back to the pool one last time. He was exhausted from the busy weekend but he was so happy in the water-he was in the pool for probably a good hour and he would have stayed much longer if we had let him. Everything has proven to be more fun with Mr. Coop around.

We drove home that night when Cooper was asleep. It was just Shawn and I catching up on our chit chat while we watched a southern Utah sunset out the window. We felt exhausted and a little sunburned, but very satisfied. Like I have said before-Cooper pretty much thinks Shawn is the greatest, the head honcho, the main man, etc etc. This was a picture I couldn't resist. Shawn insisted on buying this jersey for Cooper for Easter, and he insisted that he wore it to the pool. They both looked pretty adorable I do have to say-just hangin out poolside, sharing some team Allen pride.

Check out that cute little shadow.

This is Cooper's new favorite face to make when he is focusing on anything, he drops his mouth open and just stares. Yesterday before church he was intrigued by my camera.

This is a little family picture at Easter, we went to Idaho and we had a great time celebrating with my family. We also were lucky to be there for Cooper's little cousin Dylan's baby blessing. Can't wait for Cooper and Dylan to run all over their grandpa's farm together. Hopefully someday more pictures to come..

Life definitely seems like it keeps us too busy! We still don't know where in the world we will be at the end of the Summer, which can very easily stress a girl out. But I have to be honest, behind the stress there is a definite sense of excitement for changes to come. Happy happy Springtime!