Finding Joy in the Journey......

The above picture is of Aiden's Brithday Party, Vetran's Day, and other school functions

Travis, Michael and cousin Zach...league champs and riding the fire truck around town:)

Thansksgiving Day and everyday fun with the Koopmans!!!T

Happy Birthday Aiden......The BIG "5"

We had a great fun filled Halloween day. We left the house at 7:00 am to watch 3 football games down in Cedar City - after about 5 hours of football which was so exciting the family and cousin Zachery headed to Chili's for Aiden's Birthday dinner. Once we got back to Enterprise we had Aiden's Birthday party at my sisters house with all the Kooopman cousins and watched Aiden open his presents and ate cake and ice-cream -after the party we were back to our house to prep for Halloween. We had a great time trick-or-treating around town. We are so blessed to have Aiden in our family. I don't know if he will ever know how much joy, excitement and happiness he brings to our whole family - he was so dang cute going from house to house and I love it that he enjoys having his Brithday on Halloween. Happy #5 Aiden BOY!!!

Yes, Michael made his own costume this year. He wanted to be a kissing booth. If you notice on the side it says, "Ages 11-18 free". He went with a group of friends trick-or treating all around town - Good memories and times!

More pics of our Halloween weekend.....

No pictures of Travis Jr. dressed up Halloween night - him and his cousin Zach went to a Birthday/Halloween party all night. This picture was taken Sunday morning - Trav and I team teach the 12 year old class in Sunday School - One of the BEST callings ever. We have a ball:)

Tanner decorating the Halloween house...

Aiden and Tanner decorating a Halloween house...

Tanner also dressed like a pirate. Him and his cousin Caleb were out trick or treating for about 3 hours. They were excited about their loads of candy. I think this picture paints the picture of the night - half of his costume is off - protecting his bag of candy and just about ready to fall a sleep once he returned home.

Few more...

Kadin and Travis Jr. in the above picture - Michael and Aiden walking home from school one day in the picture below. If you look close Aiden is running towards me with a flower in his hand....the small things that mean so much.

Almost a TEENAGER....

Here is Travis Jr. - Can't believe he will be 13 in a few months. So glad he is our oldest and appreciate the great example and leader he is to his younger brothers.

50's DAY.....

Michael and Tanner dressing up for 50's day. Their hair was a little too short to slick back...but had a fun time joining in on dress-up week.

More football...

We have been doing the football thing for a few months now - gets more exciting each week - The boys have worked so hard and are having some great experiences. We love, love, love watching them perform and become the BEST that they can be. We are looking forward to play-offs in November. The boys and their teams have some pretty high goals.....exciting stuff!!

Saturdays.....

Trav loves watching his "BOYS"!!!

Tanner just started football last week - him and Caleb(Kel's 10 year old) are on the same team - makes for some fun times.

Homecoming ....

 

The cousins had fun painting Aiden's face
for the homecoming football game. October
is Aiden's Birthday month...our little
Halloween guy!!

Family video

I forgot to post my video of the reunion.
My parents just came this past weekend again.
They had 7 grandchildren in this area to watch -
5 football games...dance..cross country and soccer.
It was football homecoming this week too - We
squeezed in alot of good stuff:) I'll post pics
soon of the fun get together.

First Football Games

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

At the end of July when we had the Doyle family reunion we hired a photographer to come and snap some shots of the family. Here are a few that she took. We really did have such a fun time together. It's so hard to get everyone together in one spot with our busy lives. Looking forward until next time we are together again....

Aiden and Dad

 

Aiden and Trav hanging out at the field...watching the boys!!

Our Baby....

I had to post this picture of Aiden. He has been so patient the last few weeks while his brothers head off for football practice. He wants to do everything they do. Tonight the boys and cousins let him join them at the park for a little pick-up game of football. Such a fun kid to have around. He starts pre-school in a few weeks. He's all excited for that. Reminds me a bunch of Michael the way he likes to color and write his letters. Where would we be or do without our...Aiden.

More pics of the reunion....

 

 

 

The family is one of nature's masterpieces.

 

 

 

I love family reunions. We just got back from the Doyle family reunion last week. Had such a great time. I'm grateful that my parents always made family a priority. We were able to spend time with my parents, all my siblings, nieces and nephews. My Dad also had his family reunion the same weekend - it was just a few hours but so glad I was able to see all my aunts,uncles and cousins on his side - fun to always pick up where we left off. Life is GOOD!!