buddy is sick

buddy has been throwing up for the past two days and last night his eyes swelled shut. we took him to the vet this morning and they arent sure what is wrong with him- they ruled out several dangerous things like parvo and parasites in his stinky....... and finally gave him three shots, one benedryl and then one to settle his stomach and one to get rid of the runs and then he has two prescriptions that he will start taking tonight to help him get better.......

new blooms

while gramma and mom were here there were some plants that were just getting ready to bloom but hadnt yet........ first the hydrangeas........ they still arent in full bloom but they are getting there - the coolest thing about them is the ones in front are blue, and in brynn's garden there are two hydrangeas right beside each other, one is purple and one is pink! and then the lemon fluffs bloomed - gramma really wanted to see what these looked like

new flowers

also when gramma and mom were down here i got them some plants for helping me out - so they could take them home and put them in their gardens........ well i fell in love with what they got so i had to get some for myself...... first gramma got some gerber daisies - so we got some and put them in by the fountain, next i got them each pepper plants and last i got mom some verbena - so we put the peppers and verbena in close to the rock under the smaller bush tree - the one that had posion ivy on it....... and last i picked up another flower called a blanket flower that i really fell in love with - we stuck that one over by the rose bush that mom trimmed up.

secret garden

while gramma and mom were down here they worked really really hard at getting the secret garden into shape!!! since they've left we've done a little here and there to keep the momentum going........ arden and daniel finished up the brick walkway, dan put the window box up on the gate and planted flowers in it, he also put flowers in the window boxes on the wall. and mason planted some delphiniums close to the fence for me - kind of at the end of the square stepping stones.

unidentified bulb plant

last year mason did a bulb plant experiment for science fair - where he planted two bulbs - one he put in the sun and watered the other he stuck in the closet and then he watched their progress......... after the experiment was over i threw the bulbs in the garden....... well guess what - one of them came up!!!!!! and i actually think it was the one he put in the closet!!! the bloom opened up today

for the first time!!! it is absolutely beautiful!!!!!!

end of the year awards

the cooper kids cleaned up at each of their awards banquets!! Daniel received an award for all A honor roll, best band student of the year, governor's cup and an award for being featured in the school newsletter this year.. Sam received first place math student in his class, outstanding reading ability, best athelethe in his class, always doing his personal best, best 2nd grade art student in the school, and reading over 100 books during the school year. Brynn got a dipolma for completing kindergarten and got the award for most creative writer in her class. and finally Mason had a graduation ceremony and received his elementary school dipolma, and award for outstanding performance in reading, 1st place in the young authors book award, an award for reading over 100 books during the school year, excellence in creative writing, excellence in social studies, and the best 5th grade student in music!

it was a pretty fun week getting to go to all these award ceremonies!!!