Kopp Kids Videos...

I found these videos on my camera…had to share :)

They haven't learned about proper lighting while shooting, so some of these are hard to see :/

Getting Ready for Baby...

Only 10 weeks left until our #7 bundle of joy finally arrives.  Elli has been helping me gather and organize baby stuff…she is very excited to meet her new brother.  Today she was playing with her brothers as usual…except she was balancing her doll on her hip the entire time.  She was being very careful not to drop the doll, bouncing it around and patting its' back…and then I noticed what doll she was carrying.  It wasn't her pretty new dolls that she was balancing on her hip…it was my ratty old doll that I got when I was maybe a little older than she is now.  I still remember the Christmas that I got it…my mom had a silver aluminum tree that year.  That poor doll has had soooo many baths that the hair is completely in disarray and the color of the dolls skin is fading…but Elli calls the doll Max and loves it!!

Reagan and Jason had to pose with their nerf guns…they wanted to be on the blog :)

20 years....

7 kids...4 houses...4 jobs...3 states...and many miles ago...we tied the knot!

Happy Anniversary Babe!!

SNOW again...

So yesterday...the day after we had all that snow...we had temperatures in the 40s and lots of rain and the snow all melted.  The kids were sad :(

This morning...at 5 a.m...I received a telephone call from the school Superintendent's office....

"No school today due to the snow"

...Chris and I both looked outside and to our total surprise there was 

NOT AN OUNCE OF SNOW ANYWHERE!  

Apparently it is supposed to snow sometime today....that's New Jersey.

I will keep you posted on whether we get snow....until then I have to break it to the kids that they are going to do schoolwork at home :)

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Well, we ended up getting a little...it was more sleet and ice than snow....

SNOW!!!

Brandon is home!!!!

I am a bit late in posting these photos....however...

Last Sunday, we all waited anxiously at the airport for Brandon to arrive home...

It seemed like an eternity, but the moment finally arrived...

We were all so happy to have him back...especially the little ones...

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner....

 

Unfortunately, right after Thanksgiving dinner, Brandon got sick...we think it was a stomach virus :(  He laid around and slept the rest of his visit...Leah didn't mind at all...

He headed back to Colorado this morning...still sick :(....but....he will be back in 2 1/2 weeks for his Christmas break ;)

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving...and due to Brandon's illness, our Family picture didn't get taken....so our Christmas cards may become New Years cards :)

Pumpkins...Carmel Apples...Happy Halloween!!!

PUMPKINS!!  Picking out the right pumpkins is always important...

 We got lots of yummy seeds this year!!

Elli wanted a Kitty cat on her pumpkin.... 

 Jason wanted a baby face with one tooth...

(you cannot ever let your pumpkin have more teeth than you have :) )

The finished pumpkins....Frankenstein, a Simbiote, a Cyclops, a kitty and a baby face : )

CARAMEL APPLES!!!

 Sometimes the caramel is a bigger hit than the apples :)

 HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Finally it was Trick-or-Treat time...we waited all day for it to arrive ;) !!

Elli was a beautiful Cowgirl!! (or Caligirl as she would tell people)

She just loved that people were giving her candy...she ran from house to house :)

Jason was a scary SCAV (militant type civilian)!! 

 Reagan was his Frankensteiny self....

 Joshua followed in his dad's footsteps and played the FBI SWAT guy....

Trevor was just embarrassing....he was a redneck and played up the part so well that we received lots of crazy stares from every house we visited....

 Daddy was the Candy Distributer and I was the Pumpkin Swallower :)

This baby kicked at every house...we are at the 1/2 way mark for this pregnancy and I can tell that he is going to LOVE Halloween!!

(yes, for those of you who didn't know...IT'S A BOY!!)

 Only 3 weeks until Brandon comes home for Thanksgiving!!  WOOHOO!!