Cook Family news

Our trip to Hawaii

2011-04-07T19:52:00.000-07:00

Brian and I just got back from a trip to Kauai. The weather was great, and we enjoyed seeing all of the sites. Here is a few pictures of our vacation

Behind us is the Grand Canyon of Hawaii.

Winter and Spring Fun 2011

2011-04-07T17:56:00.000-07:00

Carsens birthday Party

Cute little Bailey

Kade on the snowmobile

Colten thinks he is a pretty cool on the snowmobile.

Look at all of the snow, April 7, 2011

Carsen loves to go skiing and can fly down the mountain.

The Bucks Game

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Bailey is now the big #1

I can't believe how fast a year can go by. Our little girl is now 1. She is walking all over the place. We are so blessed to have her in our family.

Summer 2010

2010-10-02T15:02:00.001-07:00

The summer flew by. Here is some pictures of this summer. The boys had a blast riding horses, swimming, and rafting the river. Bailey is sure growing fast. She loves all of her big brothers.

Spring Break Vacation

2010-04-12T20:37:00.000-07:00

Bailey has just started to smile.

Our Vacation to Chicago, Milwaukee and Nauvoo

We did a handcart trek with the boys. We went through rivers and mud. The boys had a great time pulling and pushing the handcart. I think it was a little harder than they thought it would be.

The boys at the Bucks Game

Playing in Michigan Lake

Carsen's 5th birthday. His Aunt SueAnn made him the coolest cake ever!!

Bailey on her Blessing Day.

March 7th 2010

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Our New Baby Girl Bailey Eileen Cook

2010-01-24T17:48:00.000-08:00

Bailey Cook born January 13, 2010

Halloween 2009

2009-11-01T19:54:00.000-08:00

Carving Pumpkins.

Dressing up for Halloween. Colten was a girl, Carsen was a monkey, Conner was a skeleton, and Kade forgot his costume at home and so instead of being a evil jester he dressed up as a funny basketball player.

Summer Pictures of 2009

2009-10-25T11:40:00.000-07:00

I havent't posted pictures in awhile so here is a bunch of pictures of this summer. The boys all had a good time swimming, horseriding, hiking and playing around. They had a great time when the grandparents and the cousins came up to visit.

Visiting Mt. Rushmore in September.

Devils Tower in Wyoming

The boys had a blast Tubing down the river.

Playing with the baby horses.

HORSE RIDING WITH THE GRANDMA AND GRANDPA

A Fun Filled Summer

2009-07-12T16:34:00.000-07:00

Rafting down the river.

Getting ready to raft.

Carsen has learned how to ride the 50 motorbike before he learned how to ride a pedal bike. After riding the motorbike Brian took the training wheels off his pedal bike and he had that mastered too. He can't start or stop by himself but he can sure ride.

Luckly Carsen has three older brothers looking after him. They are there to catch him if he falls and to stop him when his legs are to tired.

It's Great to Be Eight!!!

Kade and Conner at their baptism with their great Grandpa and Grandma Averett.

The Boys with their Great Grandpa Cook.

Happy Day!

What Handsome Boys!!

2009-03-16T19:00:00.000-07:00

Snowmobiling with the Family

Kade had a great time snowmobiling. He only got stuck a few times.

Colten is a snowmobiling pro. He would try and climb to the top of the mountains. He also loves doing jumps.

Conner had a great time just being able to drive by himself.

Brian had a great time teaching the boys how to ride.

Wintertime FUN

2009-03-07T18:27:00.000-08:00

Granite Falls

We went swimming up to Granite Hot Springs. We snowmobiled in about 10 miles and then went swimming. It was about 25 degrees outside and the water was about 112 degrees. The boys had fun rolling around in the snow and then jumping in the water.

Snowmobiling in and out of the ranch.

CHOPPING WOOD WITH DAD!

Winter Fun

2009-01-20T14:51:00.001-08:00

The boys have loved playing in the snow this winter. They have been sleigh riding, building snow caves, skiing, and snowmobiling.

This is Brian feeding the horses. He is loving life!

This is how the boys get to and from school everyday. Colten rides a snowmobile and Kade and Conner will either ride on the back of Colten or on the back of Me or Brian.

Kade and Conner after a fun day at school.

Colten has been learning how to play hockey at school. When he first started he could hardly skate and now he is scoring goals like crazy. Kade and Conner like to skate but they will leave the hockey up to Colten.

Carsen and I went to the school for lunch. This is Carsen playing on the playground with Kade and Conner.

Conner trying to smile for the camera.

Colten had the pine wood derby on Saturday. He was so excited. He ended up taking 2nd place.

Winter Has Arrived

2008-12-16T17:01:00.000-08:00

Santa we are ready for you to come to our house.

Winter is here and the boys are very excited!

The boys will be sking with the school come January. They are trying out their skis.

They did a pretty good job staying on their feet. They would go down the hill and we would take them back up to the top on the snowmobile.

Thanksgiving Day Fun

2008-12-09T18:47:00.000-08:00

Cooking with the Family at Snow Colleges bowl game.

Searching for the perfect Christmas Tree. They boys all took turns cutting it down.

Thanksgiving 2008

Most of my family came up to the ranch for Thanksgiving. It was fun having everyone together.

We got to visit and play games with eachother.

The kids did a lot of playing and went on a treasure hunt.

Entertainment was a head stand contest which Kirsten won.

Thanks for coming up everyone. We had a blast having everyone up here. Come again!!

Kary was the dishwasher for Thanksgiving. I don't know what we would of done without him. Thanks Kary!

Jeannie and Aaron came up to the ranch for a visit right before Thanksgiving. The boys had a great time playing with eachother. Isaac now wants to be a cowboy when he grows up.

COLTENS BIRTHDAY

2008-11-23T16:05:00.000-08:00

For Coltens birthday Herb gave us tickets to the Bucks game. The game was on Coltens birthday down in Salt Lake.

We were the only Buck fans at the game.

We had floor passes and were able to go down on the floor. The boys all got to high five the players as they came onto the court.

The kids were able to go sit where the team sits and hang out for awhile.

All Colten wanted for his birthday besides going to the basketball game was a unicycle. I think it is a lot harder than he thought it was going to be. Hopefully no one breaks any bones while trying to ride it.

November Fun

2008-11-08T18:42:00.000-08:00

Helping Dad Feed All Those Horses

Colten, Kade and Conner like to go and help Brian feed the horses on the weekend. They like driving the truck for him.

Carsen was Buzz Lightyear for Halloween. He wasn't much into trick or treating but loved passing out the candy.

October 2008

2008-10-28T18:51:00.000-07:00

We took the boys hiking up to the red hills. It was a steep hike. Carsen hiked the whole way by himself he never even got tired.

While I was in Vegas with the girls Brian and the boys had a good time horseriding, riding motorbikes, and shooting guns. They were buzy having a good time.

The boys are all ready for Halloween at our house. They had a great time carving pumkins. We even saved the pumpkin seeds and cooked them.

This year Colten is a skeleton, Conner is going to be Harry Potter, Kade is a Ninja, and Carsen is Buzz Lightyear.

Fall at the Ranch

2008-10-05T15:58:00.000-07:00

After begging us all summer, we finnally let Carsen ride his own horse. He was in Heaven as he rode all by himself. He couldn't stop grinning ear to ear.

Carsen likes to go out and help his dad with the horses while his brothers are at school.

Horse riding with the whole family.
Colten and I went rafting down the snake river with his school class.

Colten, Kade and Conners first day of School. Brian usually takes them in the morning and I go and pick them up in the afternoon. It usually takes us about 30 minutes to get there.
Grandma and Grandpa Cook and Todd and Liz and their family came up for Labor Day. We had a good time swimming and horse riding with them.
Kade and Brian are fishing up at the upper ranch.
All of the boys are becomming quite the fishermen. They like to fly fish in the river.Brian went hiking the Tetons the middle of September. They didn't quite make it to the top because it started to snow. Next year they plan on making it to the top of the Grand.
Carsen and his dogs.

August Adventures 2008

2008-08-27T18:19:00.000-07:00

Carsen loves to walk out and see the baby colts. Here he is sitting on one of them.

We went up to Yellowstone with Jackie and Kary. We did a few hikes. The highlight of the trip was swimming in the firehole river. Everyone had a great time swimming down the rapids.

While we were in Yellowstone we discovered that Old Faithful is not as faithful as it used to be. It was a little late.

Jackie and Kary went with us for a ride up to Grizzly Lake.
The kids were trying to work up enough courage to go and swim in the cold lake.

Carsen had fun playing with his cousin Luke.

Brian taking the boys, the dogs and Brody for a canoe ride.
The boys all had fun swimming with their cousins in the swimming pool.

What a Cutie!!!

FUN IN THE SUN

2008-07-28T19:01:00.000-07:00

Carsen and Mom going up to ride the Alpine slide.
Dad, Carsen and Colten up at the dead tree riding horses.
Carsen just taking it easy
The boys take a 4-wheeler ride with Grandpa Anderson. They went all over Ephraims mountains like this. They all rode in comfort.
Swimming with their cousin Jackson. They never get tired of swimming.

Carsen Learned how to skateboard and loved it.

FUN AT THE RANCH

2008-07-13T20:22:00.000-07:00

We have two little puppies named Smokey and Lucky. Here is Carsen holding Lucky. He likes to chase the dogs around and have them follow him around. All of the boys think that they have to constantly feed the dogs all day long.

We went into Jackson and went to the rodeo. Here we are at the town square before the rodeo.
Kade and Conner love to hike the red hills by the ranch. They wanted to climb all the way to the top, but decided that they will just ride up on horses next time.
On Thursdays we usually have a steak fry. The boys love to play with the fire and cook alot of marshmellows.

Colten just got a guitar and thinks he wants to learn and play it instead of the piano.

DisneyLand and the Beach

2008-07-02T18:57:00.000-07:00

Going on a Trail Ride

Carsen wants to ride all by himself.

HIKING JENNY LAKE
We went hiking up to the falls at Jenny Lake and it started hailing on us.

California Fun

The boys loved the Beach. They loved jumping the waves and playing in the sand.

Fun at Disneyland

Kade and Conner loved going on all the rides. They loved the big rollercoaster screamer. Colten loved going on all of the rides except screamer. The kids all had a great time playing with their cousins and going on the rides.

Disneyland 2008

The Horse Ride

2008-06-12T18:48:00.001-07:00

The boys are ready to try and go for a horse ride. Once we got saddled and ready to go it started to snow.

Mom and Carsen riding together. Carsen liked to go slow or it would hurt is but.
What a cutie!!

Kade and Conner riding Bucky.

June 10, 2008

2008-06-10T21:15:00.000-07:00

The pond was filling up and the boys wanted to try and take the boat out on it.

We are finally getting settled at the Ranch. The boys are having a good time. They have been busy riding motor bikes and pedal bikes. They try and help out when ever they can. They are trying to make time for reading everyday. We are still waiting for summer to arrive. I sure hope it comes soon.