Bonjour!

Bonjour!
I’m a 52 year old mother of five amazing daughters and wife to a caring, sensitive AND sexy husband. I adore my family. I’m dedicated to my faith. I enjoy a good laugh. I'm nostalgic and love to reminisce. "Remember" is my favorite word in the English language. I love life! I’m passionate about music, food and {dreams of} traveling the world. I wanna be a castle and waterfall chaser. I’m fascinated with anything European. {PARIS! Hello!} I love celebrating anything and everything! I love to read, especially a good biography, mystery, Regency Era Romance or Historical fiction novel. I love thoughtful gift giving. To me the gift wrap is almost as important as the gift itself. I have a bit of an obsession with gift boxes and gift bags. As well as old world maps & globes, apothecary bottles and jars! I love being creative…bolts of ribbon, coordinating scrapbook papers, producing a table scape, or planning décor for a themed party puts a smile on my face. I love the details! I’m a freak for anything theme oriented. I enjoy event planning, but oddly enough do not like to host or entertain. I enjoy fashion, but have to really be in the mood to clothes shop. I love purses and funky costume jewelry. Especially big rings! I’d rather wear wedges or heels any day than flats. I enjoy decorating and searching for the perfect decorative pillow or picture. However, you’ll never see me frequent high-end stores. I'm more of a Ross, TJ Maxx, Tuesday Morning kind of gal. My favorite decor style is an old world rustic Italian chateau/Spanish Villa look with a hint of bohemian! OR a vintage shabby chic French country cottage/English cobblestone farmhouse. My #1 cookie-Molasses! Autumn is my favorite season. I’d go through childbirth a million times. I enjoy biking with my man, Pilates, and power walking. You’ll never find me in a gym working out. I love movies, whether watching them in the theatre or cuddled up on the couch with my family. I enjoy a good chick flick or real life drama! I'm a sucker for movies on the Hallmark & Great American Family Channel. I have a tender heart for the elderly. I adore Disneyland. I enjoy being in the canyon on a summer or fall evening at dusk. I love my friends. While I have some extroverted characteristics. I’m a self proclaimed introvert. I’m generally quiet, calm, reserved and pretty darn private. Why in the heck do I blog? It’s a creative way to record family history. I enjoy photography. I really don’t like to write, although I write in my journal often. My journals, patriarchal blessing, scriptures, quote book, and beloved Christmas tree filled with ornaments of family memories are among my prized possessions. I love the beach. I enjoy WWII history. I love a clean, orderly house, but ours usually looks lived in. ;) PBS Masterpiece is my friend. I adore Jane Austen films. They transport me to another time and place. If I had to choose another time period in which to live, early 19th Century England would be my pick. "Sense and Sensibility" is my all time favorite movie. My 3 favorite TV series are...BBC's Larkrise to Candleford, the 1950's Spanish Drama "Velvet," and the travel/food show "Somebody Feed Phil." My biggest pet peeve is people who blow their noses in public. So gross! {Take it to the bathroom people.} I’d go on a wine tasting vacation if it wasn’t against my religion. I’ve always wanted to adopt a baby from a foreign country. I’m an avid BYU football fan. I'm a Educational Support Professional. I tutor elementary kids in phonemic awareness, phonics, reading, fluency and comprehension. I love our campfires at Scofield Lake. I have a 'thing' for fairy gardens, Gallic French roosters, fresh flowers in a vase, pretty bowls & plates, yummy smelling candles & soap. I love summer rainstorms and warm baths. I'm a scripture podcast fanatic. I'm also a fan of several Fox News shows; Hannity and Dave Ramsey Talk Radio. I very much miss Rush Limbaugh! I hate when my kids have homework. I'd rather clean 20 toilets than give a talk or prayer in church. I have quite a collection of Madame Alexander Dolls, children's books, Disney pins, and quotes. My favorite quote is "Don't underestimate me. I know more than I say, think more than I speak & notice more than you realize." True True LOL! I always prefer sitting in a back row versus the front. {I'm sort of a seat snob..yikes} I also have high expectations for my lemonade, salsa, and french fries too. HA! I work well behind the scenes. I love a good Dateline, 20/20 or 48 Hour Mystery. I’m a night owl. I'd rather be cold than hot. I love to budget our finances! I enjoy being a chauffeur to my children. I'm not a huge fan of social media. I don't snap, pin or tweet. All I want for Christmas every year is a ticket to the Tabernacle Choir Christmas Concert. It's my FAVORITE. I’m an Anglophile…a royal watcher who loves anything English! Especially tea parties! I would like to serve a church mission to England with Jaren someday. I'm queen of paper towel, used kitchen dishrags and sponges kinda make me squirm. You’ll rarely find me out of the house not ready for the day, except when driving the kids to school on the days I don't work. I feel naked without lipstick or lip gloss. Mismatched socks, chipped fingernail polish, chapped lips and brownie crumbs on the floor drive me nuts! I like to organize and BE organized..but not saying I always am. ;) I enjoy hiking to waterfalls, ATV’ing with my family and snowshoeing with the hubs. Although I enjoy collecting recipes and occasionally watch cooking shows... (Sandra Lee Semi-Homemade, Paula Deen, Jamie Oliver, and the Pioneer Woman are my favorites) I’d rather not cook. Eating out is so much more fun. I'm a foodie. I live to EAT! LOL Trying new foods and restaurants is a favorite past-time, and believe it or not so is intermittent fasting. I'm not good at a lot of things... but gosh, if you need help with a themed celebration or someone to enjoy good food with, I'm your girl. I love the joy of anticipation and the celebration of holidays. Family traditions are important to me. I'm a memory preserver. I'm a pathological picture taker ;) a visual storyteller, and a lover of happy lists!

My Fam!

My Fam!

The Hubs and I

The Hubs and I

My Girls!

My Girls!

Kyleigh Dawn (28)

Kyleigh Dawn (28)

Emma Abigail (26)

Emma Abigail (26)

Hannah Isabelle (24)

Hannah Isabelle (24)

Brielle Olivia (19)

Brielle Olivia (19)

Kate Evangelene Lyllie (14)

Kate Evangelene Lyllie (14)

Mr. Charles "Bingley" Wentworth III (5 yrs.)

Colonel Edward Fitzwilliam "Darcy", Duke of Westridge (4 yrs.)

My Man!

My Man!

Good Times!

Good Times!

Wedding Day 5*17*22

Lillian "Lilly" Belle

Disney Food Fun! 2019

Disneyland Tips

What I Believe!

Our Missionary

We Bleed Blue! {Except for the Poppi}

My list of favorite movies!

Learn more about Dyslexia!

Music To My Ears!

Friday, October 28, 2016

What's On My Happy List?


Kyleigh in Korea 
mission update week 76

It's been another crazy week. I think I say that every week, but it's true! Our investigator, who had a baptismal date, randomly texted us on Wednesday and dropped us. That was sad.

We started our Book of Mormon Challenge and we had our Bednar Day. That day was soooo fun! It was a good spiritual meeting and I just loved seeing my missionary friends I haven't seen in a while. I don't know if I'll ever see some of these people again.

We had another cat situation. We had to try and get a cat out of the Mission President's office. It was running around climbing up walls and all over the tables. We were dy'in!

Saturday night my comp and I went proselyting out to a newer area. About a 50 minute bus ride. It was just beautiful...more open and clean, a happier feeling there with lots of families. My companion and I kinda fell in love with Korea again. We got to talk to some cool people so we were thankful for that.

We had a Sunday surprise! We got to see the Needhams. I was so thankful. It made me super happy!

Love you all so much!
Have a great week!

Love,
Sister Cooper










In other family news....

We loved Fall Break!

Hannie got to go to the Salt Lake Temple and do baptisms for the dead with the YW.  
Kate and I worked on Legos....
 and watched football AND Bob Ross!
{Anyone else a fan of the 1980's PBS painter Bob Ross?...we love him}
We visited Dad and Emma at work
 had lunch together...
 Saw this movie... {mixed reviews}
WHOA BRO...too much orange Fanta. 
hehe 
yummy treats for the custard fans in the fam!
{Remind me never to eat that stuff again, would ya?}
*****
Went up to Silver Lake for a stroll...



It was beautiful!
 We filled our bellies with Mexican yumminess after...
 *****
Went to a shower for my nephew's soon to be bride..
Loved Loved the flowers...
My niece made this cute bouquet out of mini cupcakes!



 *****
B. Olivia, Kate and I visited the pumpkin patch..
found our way through a fun maze...



 and enjoyed a spooky wagon ride through the woods....

 *****
Attended YW in Excellence....
For one of her value projects Hannah has been putting together a missionary book for Kyleigh of all her weekly emails. 
{33 days left guys!} 
;) 
*****
Brie dressed up as an 80's girl for her jazz dance class...
{She loves 80's music just like Kyleigh does!}
Kate was still waiting for her costume to come in the mail.. :/ 
*****
My sister and I attended the Pence Rally in Salt Lake. 
Good times.
Good times.
We didn't get in cuz this was the line.....
 We ended up in the overflow crowd outside.
This punk was causing issues...quite entertaining I must say.
Don't even get me started on this Mr. McMuffin man who is running
as an Independent and trying to win the State of Utah.
Voting for him is just a vote for Hillary.
Delusional if you ask me.
It's been 48 hours and my yard sign has not been stolen. 
I so happy about that. 
 Speaking of yard signs...

My favorite quote of the week from a fellow deplorable...

"Could we just build the wall and put the Clintons on the other side of it?"
{P.S. Can I help build it?}

and my favorite meme of the week...

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