Happy Birthday, Cooper!

On Monday we celebrated Cooper's 5th birthday.  Can you believe it's been five years?! If he were still here, he would be starting Kindergarten next year.

We took cupcakes and balloons to the cemetery, like always. Syd and I dressed up as twinners.

Mom got Cooper a Super Hero Squad balloon because we figured he would like the Avengers just like Syd and I do. 

Mom made Cookies 'n Cream cupcakes and they were not very good.  There was an Oreo at the bottom that ended up getting burned.  But as long as you took off the Oreo, the rest of the cupcake was yummy.

It was raining on our way to the cemetery so Mom was worried we would only be able to have a quick visit. It's never rained on Cooper's birthday before. But I prayed for it to be sunny, so I knew the rain would stop. About five minutes after we got there, the sun came out and we got do all the things we normally do when we visit Cooper. Then it started raining again as we got in the car to leave. Thank goodness Heavenly Father answers prayers!

Dad even found a baby frog! It was so cute!

Syd tried to hold it, but it wouldn't stay in her hands long enough for a picture.

I tried to get a picture of Mom and Dad next to Cooper's grave, and this is the best I could do. The grass was wet, so they didn't want to sit on it and Sydney kept trying to get in the picture.

But Dad managed to get a shot of Mom with us kids.

We all love Cooper and wish he was here with us right now. He would be so much fun to play with and we could ride the bus to school together! I hope he has a friend in heaven that he gets to play with.

***Note from Kristen: This morning Ty asked, "When Cooper died and went to heaven, do you think Heavenly Father and Jesus held him?" I told him they probably did to make him feel better since he was probably sad that he couldn't stay with his family right now. It's so touching to hear the thoughts that young hearts and minds come up with.