Happy Easter!

Happy Easter everyone! I hope everyone had a fun Easter, I know I did this year! I don't think I have celebrated the Easter Bunny for years so it was fun to bring him back! Saturday we went to our wards easter egg hunt. When we got there Cohen found a ball and he was having a blast with it so he didn't pay too much attention to the eggs.  Finally we told him to put the eggs away in his basket and he started to get the hang of it. Like most things once they get the hang of it, it's all over. I did have fun taking him to the hunt and watching him.

Here are some pictures of his Easter Basket and what he got. He got a cars plate set, Tarzan movie, water guns, bubble gun, sunglasses, coloring book, cars gummy vitamins (As many of my friends know I love gummy vitamins so I had to get my kid some), pajamas and glow in the dark star that we will put in his bedroom ceiling.

Cohen walking in and seeing his basket. As soon as I finished taking this picture he got a huge grin on his face but I didn't capture it :( He went first for his car jammies and he grabbed them and laid down and wanted us to put them on him. He loves car and he loves elmo and cookie monster. He even has stuffed animals of them and he always has to have them to go to bed.


Then he saw an egg and opened it and realized that there was chocolate in them and of course like any kid that thrilled him. That began the easter egg hunt inside. He was so fun to watch look for them. He would always grab them and give to Daddy so he could get more candy

Here are some pictures of our Easter outfits. Me growing up as a kid we always got easter outfits and got pictures before we went to church. Here is just Cohen and I. I didn't dare church shop for Dallas, because I would get him a pink or purple tie or something like that and he would hate it. And lets face it men just aren't as into the outfits and taking pictures and stuff like that. So I just made Dallas take a picture of me and Cohen.

Well I hope Everyone had a great Easter. It is so fun having kids to be able to do these special traditions for! 

Finally Pictures

We have been able to do many fun things and here are a few pictures from these events. This top picture we decided to introduce Cohen to the potty and he has done really well with it. He knows what it is and I don't know if he knows how to use it yet but that's alright. I just didn't want him to be afraid or it so we introduced him and he sits on it and has been close a couple of times to peeing in it but I'm just going to probably wait a little bit longer! But he sure does love his potty!

You can tell that Daddy is always on the phone talking business or texting. I love the face on Cohen it cracks me up.

We have taken Cohen a couple of times to Jump on it or Kangaroo Zoo where there are huge blow up toys that the kids can jump on and slide down. Cohen absolutely loves it! He is always in heaven when we go there and I love watching him run from place to place and seeing the excitement in his eyes. I think as a mother that is one of the coolest things is to watch how excited they get and see the pure joy they get out of life.







Here Cohen is getting one of his many hair cuts from Daddy, and this time I even tried to do it so I'm getting more brave hopefully one day I can do it myself!
Cohen has a think with thinking that everything is a trailer. In the movie Cars he just loves Mack who is Lightening McQueens trailer. Cohen also has little match box trailers as well and with all those toys and other cars he tries to turn everything into a trailer.  One day he was playing with his fourwheeler and his blue car and somehow he came up with the idea that he was going to pull in blue car with his fourwheeler, so here are some pictures of him trying. He would get so frustrated when he would put the car up on it and then he would get on his four wheeler and drive away but the car would never stay on it it would just fall off and he would get so upset and frustrated but he would keep trying over and over again.  Finally I had enough and put it away but later dad came home and made it so that the car would stay and he could pull it.

Here is a trip of us at the dunes. Cohen had so much fun playing on the machines and also in the sand. He would take a shovel full of sand and lift it up above his head and then dump it on himself. He was so dirty. One of the pictures is of Ben beating up my husband after they had a roosting fight with their four wheelers. Dallas won the four wheeler fight but Ben definitely won the physical fight. I was laughing pretty hard. 







We also love to go to the zoo with July and Cayman it's always a nice break from the day to day chores that we are usually doing so here are some pictures from our last visit to the zoo!





In these pictures Cohen loves to play the piano and sing. I love listening to him hopefully one day the slamming on the piano will actually turn into music and his screeching will turn into singing, until then I will enjoy these moments. 
Cohen loves snack time if he could he would probably snack on food all day. He is starting to sit at the big table on a chair and drink from a real cup. To me that is a huge milestone, those may seem like the simplest things to most, but to a two year old and their mother it's huge and means that they are growing up on me!
Here is Cohen watching his favorite movie Cars. I can't tell you how many times we watch that movie. For awhile as soon as he woke up and would get out in the family room he would point up to the tv and say cars on cars on, and we would watch it twice a day everyday. He loves that movie. Also when we are driving on the freeway and he sees trailers he goes Mack wait Mack wait, because that's what Lightening Mcqueen says when he gets bounced out of Mack and is trying to chase him!

In this above video there are quite a few things that Cohen does that cracks me up. At the beginning of the video if you notice he is taking these deep breathes and sighs it's so funny when he does this and then he looks down and gives you puppy eyes. Right after he is pulling up his shorts, which is so funny that is what he did when we first put his shorts on him this year. We couldn't stop laughing. At the end of the video he goes and sits in front of the fireplace and thats where he talks to the little boy in his reflection. Many days he will be sitting there just a giggling it is Precious!

Above is him pulling his trailer around!

I cannot tell you how much joy and laughter Cohen brings to our family. Without him we would feel lost, and life would be so boring! It's amazing how much you can truly love someone. I also have to say how grateful I am for Dallas. He literally is one of the most amazing men I have ever met. He is a great husband and father, and  what he is doing with this business just blows my mind. I could never take on that kind of task and he has done a superb job! I can't say enough how proud I am of him for following his dreams and he is starting to turn them into realities I am so lucky to be his wife! 

Yeah finally a new computer!

So can I just tell you all how terrible it is to not have a computer that works let alone without the internet.  I thought I was going to die with out how sad is that! Needless to say I am so excited to finally have the internet and a working computer and hopefully you guys are excited as well so you can know whats been going on. 

First of all I need to share a story that happened quite awhile ago but it was so funny and kind of a priceless story to tell now that I look back on it. Me and Cohen were outside playing and I decided it was time for us to come inside, so I tear Cohen away from whatever he is playing outside to put him inside while I brought his buggy inside the garage. Well he is already mad at me for bringing him inside and he is just in there crying and trying to get back out. Then I go to walk inside the house and low and behold the door knob is locked and I can't get inside. I start stressing because all the other doors are locked and my purse is inside with my house keys. So me being the girl I am I start sobbing and of course freaking out and Cohen is inside crying too so I just feel awful. And it's not like you can tell an almost two year old to unlock the door and let me in. So I call Dallas just hysterical so he can barely understand what I'm trying to say and I tell him I don't care what you are doing you have to stop and come home now! I was so worried because Dallas works so much now and is so busy it's hard to get him home but in this case I could have cared less what he was doing he just better get home and let me back into my baby! Luckily right when I got off the phone with him one of his employees who happens to also live by us pulled into the driveway to drop something off for Dallas. So he saw me in the garage just bawling and he just so calmly pulled out a credit card swiped my door and opened it! I ran in and gave Cohen the biggest hug and needless to say he got as many cookies and treat as he wanted right then! I felt so bad that I got locked outside of my own house by my two year old! How does that happen. but I'm glad he was inside and not outside or anywhere else, so I will count my blessing! It's just funny how 2 minutes can literally be the longest two minutes of ones life!!!

Next one of the biggest things that has changed in our lives is that Dallas has partnered up with an old buddy from highschool and they have now started their own company called Insulation Specialists. As many of you have probably heard Rocky Mountain and Questar are giving people rebates for them to have more insulation installed into their attics so that homes will be more energy sufficient. Dallas used to work for another company and then decided that he wanted to branch out and try this on his own.  We were pretty nervous to start our own company since you hear how hard it is. But January 19 they went out knocking doors to set up appointments and then they followed back up with those appointments and sold them and then he followed back up with his truck and supplies to blow in the insulation! I am so very proud of both Dallas and Tim to just go out there one day and do it. They set their minds to it and they have really followed through! They also really work well together and balance eachother out very well which is definitely a plus.  Now there 2 man show has turned into a 40 man/woman show! They started with their office in Orem and then shortly after they have one up in Centerville and now they also have an office in Midvale.  Because of how fast this company has grown, Dallas has been putting in a million hours, and I'm kind of not exaggerating, he is literally always working, that being said, we decided it was time for me to quit Outback since he always got home late and it was just too hard to know when I need babysitters and so forth. So about a month ago I quit Outback Steakhouse which was actually pretty hard for me. I have been working with Outback Steakhouse for about 5 years, 2 down in St. George and then almost 3 up here in Orem. I had really became and Outbacker for life. I started out there as a hostess, busser, than Togo, and then I helped with their book keeping and was their admin. I finally made it up to a server which is a huge pay increase and was so fun. And then for the last couple of months I would help manage whenever they needed and extra manager. Needless to say Outback was almost a home away from home.  I have made great friends in both locations so me being the sappy me was sad to have to end that chapter in my life. So I quit and told them if they ever needed me to manage or serve to call me and if I could I would still love to work. I'm sad to say I haven't ever picked up any shifts, it's amazing how fast time goes by and I just kind of forget about working I guess.  I do need to say on my last day managing that Dallas and Cohen walked in with beautiful pink roses, which shocked me cause Dallas doesn't always do things like that so I was in 7th heaven, then to top it off Cohen was holding it and sniffing away at it, it was so cute! Than Dallas said it's time to give it to Mommy remember and Cohen wouldn't give it to me I thought it was so cute! So that in itself is kind of a recap of the big things that have taken place since I last was able to blog! So I apologize now because with this new computer I cannot figure out how to move the pictures to where I want them so my blog may be a little confusing and tell I mast blogging! More pictures to come soon though!

Movie time! Starring Cohen

So as everyone knows Cohen is definitely the star of our show. We have taken quite a few videos of him lately and I think they are funny so I wanted to post them and share. I wish there was more to share but there really isn't much going on.
As for church we have now been released from our nursery calling and already have new callings. However I will really miss all of our little kids. Our last day there I started crying when they all left. But I really am a cry baby too! Though we did have the cutest kids ever. Then the next week I had to go drop my very own kid in nursery without us there. So of course I started crying again because we never leave Cohen. Whever we go Cohen goes and if he ever doesn't go with us he is just with one of his Grandmas. So I had a really hard time leaving him with people that I really didn't know but I eventually did. Except I don't think sunday school has ever been that long. After that class we went and checked on him before our next class and he was fine of course. He could have cared less about us being gone! Hopefully I will get better each week leaving him cause if he can not care then I just need to get over it! The teachers were even laughing at me cause I was having such a hard time with it!
That's really all that has been new with us, so I hope you enjoy the videos!