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*We are the Koop Troop, a family of 11 that lives in Los Angeles, CA! I'm Esther and I am the former tour manager of the 3x Grammy winning acapella group Pentatonix and I am now the co-founder of the Pouty Beauty Bar! I am happily married to my husband Darien and we have nine kids together! Ev is 10, our twins Gabriel and Noah are 6, Sadie is 5, Hana is 4, Asher is 3, Annabelle is 2 1/2 and our second set of twins Rose and Judah are 4 months!Please subscribe and come join our family adventures!*
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Today is Saturday at the Koop residence!

Today has been a relaxing day so far for the whole Koop family! Esther does not have any work to do and Darien did not have to go out of town for any work projects this week!

Today is a cool fall day in Los Angeles which is a rare thing! It is 73 degrees and the sun is shining bright!

Ev, Gabriel, Noah, Sadie and Hana are all outside together playing with Sebastian the dog!

Sadie and Hana are happily swinging on the swings while Sebastian runs around them, making them laugh loudly and smile.

Ev, Gabriel and Noah are all jumping up and down on the trampoline together!

Darien vlogs small clip of Sebastian the dog Sadie, Hana, Ev, Gabriel and Noah all outside!

*Ev, Gabriel, Noah, Sadie, Hana, Asher, Annabelle, Rose and Judah's outfits*

"Hey, Sadie and Hana! Try to not hit Sebastian with your feet! That will hurt him if you do!" Darien says to the girls.

"Okay, Daddy!" Sadie and Hana both say in unison happily to Darien.

"Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof!" Sebastian says happily as he eats his tail and jumps around.

"Hi, Sebastian! Hi, bud!" Darien says as he happily as he pets Sebastian's head before Sebastian runs back outside happily.

"Ev, Gabe and Noah! Don't jump too high on the trampoline. I don't want you three to get hurt." Darien says to Ev, Gabriel and Noah.

"Okay, Daddy!" Ev, Gabriel and Noah all say in unison to Darien as they continue to jump around happily but not as high like before!

Darien then vlogs Asher laying on the couch and he is playing with his tablet while he watches Annabelle and Esther together.

Asher is happily watching Annabelle do her physical therapy in the living room with Esther and Darien.

"Hi, Ash! Hi, bud! What are you doing?" Darien asks Asher as he tickles him, making Asher laugh loudly.

"Pwaying my game on my pad!" Asher says with a big cheeky smile.

"Wow! You are playing your ABC Mouse game! How fun, bud!" Darien says as he rubs Asher's head.

"Uh huh!" Asher says with a big smile and Darien smiles back.

"Did you take your medicine today for Mommy?" Darien asks Asher.

"Ya!" Asher says with a big cheeky smile.

"Good boy!" Darien says as he kisses Asher.

"Asher doesn't like taking his seizure medicine but he has been doing a great job with it now!" Darien says to the camera and Asher smiles.

Darien then walks over to Esther and Annabelle! Esther is working with Annabelle on her physical therapy!

Annabelle does physical therapy three times a week and also Esther and Darien do more with her on the days she doesn't have physical therapy!

"Daddy!"Annabelle says as she smiles up at Darien ear to ear.

"Hi, Annabelle! Are you doing your physical therapy with Mama?" Darien asks Annabelle.

"Ya!" Annabelle says as she flaps her arms happily and claps her hands.

"Good job, Belle! Good job!" Esther says as she smiles at Annabelle and then up at Darien.

Darien and Esther happily kiss each other a few times.

"Where are the babies at, Es?" Darien asks Esther and Esther smiles.

"They are right over there! Just watching The Wiggles and they are doing their tummy time!" Esther says with a big smile at Darien.

Darien then happily walks over to Rose and Judah! Rose and Judah are having tummy time on their green mats and they are also watching an episode The Wiggles!

"Hi, cuties! Hi! Are you two having fun doing tummy time and watching The Wiggles?" Darien asks Rose and Judah in a babyfied voice.

Rose and Judah both coo happily and loudly at Darien making Darien smile at them

Rose and Judah then both look up at Darien as they both wiggle around on their mats!

Darien smiles at both of the babies and he kisses the both of them!

Darien then vlogs a time lapse of himself and Esther finishing up with Annabelle's physical therapy!

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The next vlog scene is of Esther in the car with Gabriel, Noah, Asher and a foster son named Zachary!

"Hi, everybody! The boys and I are heading to Target to get some clothes! The boys need some fall and winter clothes and Target has cute, adorable and affordable clothes! I took the girls out the other day to get their clothes so it is now the boys turn! I don't have Judah with us because he doesn't like to be separated from Rose which is really sweet. Plus, Judah and Rose are set on clothes." Esther says as she smiles at vlogging camera.

"Ev should have came with us!" Gabriel says with a big grin.

"Yeah! Ev should have came us!" Noah says as he plays with his hair.

"Yeah they should have! But Ev wanted to go shopping with Sadie, Hana and Annabelle! I asked them if they were going with us but they are playing a game with their friends!" Esther says to the boys with a big grin.

"Animal Crossingggggg!" Gabriel and Noah both say in unison with sass making Esther giggle and smile.

"I wike the animals!" Asher says with a big

"Do you, Asher?" Esther asks Asher and Asher smiles at his mom.

"Uh huh!" Asher says happily to Esther.

"Zach likes Animal Crossing too!" Noah says out loud.

"Yeah! Zach likes Animal Crossing!" Gabriel says as Esther slowly pans the camera over to Zachary who is texting on his phone.

Zachary then looks up at the vlogging camera and he smiles and blushes at the camera.

*Zachary's outfit*

"Everyone this is Zachary!" Esther says as Zachary smiles.

"Hello!" Zachary says as he waves at the camera shyly.

"He is our foster son right now but hopefully by the end of the year he will be a Koop!" Esther says as Zachary smiles at the vlogging camera.

"Yay!" Gabriel, Noah and Asher all say in unison happily making Esther and Zachary both smile.

"Mom Esther, I need to get some uniforms for school." Zachary says softly to Esther, making Esther smile.

"You do! I picked you up polo shirts for school and you have school shoes! You just need some khaki pants for school!" Esther says to Zachary.

"Oh okay! Thank you, Mom Esther!" Zachary says happily to Esther making Esther smile ear to ear.

Zachary recently just started called Esther mom and Darien dad.

"You are very welcome! Are you excited to start the tenth grade?" Esther asks Zachary and Zachary happily nods.

"Yes! I am really excited!" Zachary says with a cheeky grin.

"Good! You will be in some of Liam's classes I think! A lot of high school classes you have other grades levels in your class!" Esther says as Zachary nods.

"All of these boys need clothes! They are growing like weeds!" Esther says to the vlogging camera making Zachary, Gabriel, Noah and Asher all giggle and smile.

"Well, I will try to vlog at Target some! See you guys then!" Esther says as she smiles and turns the vlogging camera off!

The next few clips of are of Esther, Zachary, Gabriel, Noah and Asher all shopping around Target and drinking their Starbucks drinks!

"Are you four having fun?" Esther asks the boys as she vlogs them!

"Yes!" Gabriel, Noah and Asher all say in unison.

"Mhm!" Zachary says with a smile as he holds Asher's hand making Asher smile.

Esther adds this text at the end of the video!

Sorry that neither I or Darien did not finish the vlog! After I went shopping with the boys, the kids got a little chaotic and were having a lot of fun!

And yes, we are adopting Zachary! He is camera shy so that's why he wasn't on the vlog much today!

We hope all of enjoyed our small vlog of our Saturday! And we will see you all soon! 😇

For the rest of the day, Darien, Esther, Sebastian the dog, Zachary, Ev, Gabriel, Noah, Sadie, Hana, Asher, Annabelle, Rose and Judah al hang out as a family! :)

Esther posts a picture of herself and Zachary standing next to each other. Zachary is hugging Esther and Esther is hugging him back. She writes the caption as: "meet @darienkoop and I's foster son who will soon be our son hopefully by the new year! This is Zachary! He is fifteen years old, he is a sophomore in high school and clearly taller than me! (😳) As a lot of you know, there are many teenagers in the foster care system today and many of them age out of the system before they are adopted sadly. Darien and I both decided to foster some teenagers to help out our agency that is overflowing with cases right now and maybe adopt a teenage if they fit into our family. Even though we have nine children already with a few of them having special needs, our family is always open to help out and even adopt again. The first teen to come to us is Zachary. He has been in seven foster homes in his life and has been through a lot. Zach has been in our family for almost two months now and he is such a perfect fit for our while! He is a leader, he is kind, he is sweet and the best big brother! All of the kids love him and Zachary loves all of them! Zachary feels at ease in our home and the happiest he has been according to his social worker! Zachary has even started to called me Mom Esther and Darien, Dad Darien 🥺. A few days ago we told Zachary he is going to be a Koop and he is so excited! We can't wait for him to join our family. Yes, he is still in foster care but since we are adopting him, we are allowed to post pictures of him! #FosterToAdopt #ZacharyEver"

Darien posts a picture of himself and Zachary sitting in the car together. Zachary is smiling in the passenger seat and Darien is in the drivers seat. He writes the caption as: "this is @esther_koop and I's soon to be son, Zachary! I hope all of you give fostering and adopting teenagers a shot! Teenagers are so amazing and so helpful! Zachary has been a perfect fit for our family and we are so happy to have him join our family and to adopt him soon! 🥰"