Happy Birthday Brayden

Happy Birthday Brayden. Today my boy is 4 years old! He is a very imaginative boy, he loves to play with anything. He finally got a woody and buzz for his birthday from my parents and he is so excited. For weeks he has been playing with other toys and saying they were Buzz or Woody. Freeman made Brayden a really cool cake! We had a little party for him last night, thanks to all who came! I think Brayden is having a wonderful birthday!

FREE

After 8 long weeks of taking chem 152 Free is done! Hooray! He was so stressed about this class and worried he would not get an A but he did it. Now we will have more studying for the PCAT. But great job FREE for getting an A!

1 more week

I just have to say that I have 1 more week until Free is done with Summer school! Yes I cannot wait for him to have less stress, and be able to spend more time with the Fam. But the downside is his time will now be spent studying for the PCAT in August! Sighhhhh this will all be worth it I know.

Finally

I know that it has been well over a month since I have posted! There has been a lot going on. We sold our house and moved to a little apartment. Free has been going to school and working, he will take his PCAT in August. We are starting to apply to Pharmacy schools for next summer.
We were able to go to a family reunion over the 4th of July in Showlow. We had so much fun! The kids got to go to a parade and see Fireworks. The weather was so great! We had family olympics which were so much fun (Thanks Kent and Susan you did an awesome job!) I won the Cherry eating competition and the arm wrestling competition! We had a special memorial service for my Brother and other family members that have died, it was so neat we all sat around the fire and told stories. We had so much fun just spending time together as a family. Also we had a craft day where we made vinal (Sp?) boards to hang up. I did one for Eliza that says "Be your own kind of Beautiful" it is black and pink, so cute. And I made one for the family that says "Family, we may not have it all together but together we have it all"
After the reuion my sister came and stayed with my parents. We had a very busy week with the kids. We went to Jeepers, the kids loved to ride the rides. We went to the zoo and Ikea ( we love Ikea they will watch your kids while you shop!) We went to a play "Beauty and teh Beast" we loved it all the kids loved it too. We went and saw the movie "Up" cute movie but a bit boring for the younger kids. I went shopping with my mom and sis Kori for her birthday and then we had a big birthday Bash since Kori turned 30! It was a busy but very fun week.
That is what has been going on latley for the Cooleys!

Wonderful Quote

My mom does a quote blog and I took this quote. I thought this was such a wonderful quote, something I needed to read since this totally describes me at the moment, I just had to share this with everyone.

Life is not easy

Elder M. Russell Ballard compared our life’s journey to that of the pioneers.

Life isn’t always easy. At some point in our journey we may feel much as the pioneers did as they crossed Iowa—up to our knees in mud, forced to bury some of our dreams along the way. We all face rocky ridges, with the wind in our face and winter coming on too soon. Sometimes it seems as though there is no end to the dust that stings our eyes and clouds our vision. Sharp edges of despair and discouragement jut out of the terrain to slow our passage. Always, there is a Devil’s Gate, which will swing wide open to lure us in. Those who are wise and faithful will steer a course as far from such temptation as possible, while others—sometimes those who are nearest and dearest to us—succumb to the attraction of ease, comfort, convenience, and rest. Occasionally we reach the top of one summit in life, as the pioneers did, only to see more mountain peaks ahead, higher and more challenging than the one we have just traversed. Tapping unseen reservoirs of faith and endurance, we, as did our forebears, inch ever forward toward that day when our voices can join with those of all pioneers who have endured in faith, singing: “All is well! All is well!” (Hymns, no. 30). M. Russell Ballard, “You Have Nothing to Fear from the Journey,” Ensign,May 1997, 59

The Race

Here are some pictures from the Ogden Half Marathon and Full Marathon. Me and my cousin Jamie ran the Half Marathon while my dad ran the full Marathon! What a great day!