Memorial Week

Wow what a busy week it has been! Here are some pictures of Cohen and Kenzley playing together. They absolutely love each other. They look at each other and just start laughing! It is one of the best things to listen to and watch in the world!
Kenzley is trying so hard to get around, she has been rolling all over the place and is now getting up on her hands and knees. Kenz will lunge a little bit forward. I wouldn't be surprised if she is crawling by Cohen's birthday. Kenz watches Cohen run all over the place and you can tell that she wants to follow.
Aren't I the luckiest mom in the whole world to have these two adorable kids! I can't get enough of their smiles! Life can't get much better then them!
Im am lucky that my kids love to play together. It totally looks like they are about to kiss!
A lucky Mamma!
Kenz gets some pretty crazy hair when she sleeps!
For Memorial weekend we went to the sand dunes for a couple days and played! The first day it was super windy but as the days went by the weather got better. Dallas raced a ton, he was over at sand mountain for two hours straight being a jocky for his friends and testing out their top speeds on their fourwheelers. Dallas was in 7th heaven. It was hard to get him back to camp for meals. Needless to say after the trip he had heat stroke and all that playing caught up to him. Dallas was puking all Monday! Hopefully Dallas has learned his lesson and will drink water while playing in the sun! The kids did really good by the last day Kenzley was starting to get a little fussy but she did great. Cohen loved playing in the sand with his friends. I enjoyed staying at camp chatting with the other woman and watching the kids play. I even got to go on a night ride with Dallas which was fun. However, he took me on a drifting track and pretty much went in a circle like 10 times and I thought I was going to puke afterwards. It was still alot of fun!

Me and the kids chillen in the razor!
Cohen passed out in the trailer.
Cohen helping dad fix the fourwheeler.



Cohen and Treyton playing in the sand.
Cohen got tired and came in the trailer to take a break yet still had to play with his dirt bike.
Cohen and Kinlee riding the fourwheeler.

The kids hanging out at the campfire waiting for their marshmallows!
Lee made the kids a sand castle. They thought it was pretty cool.
Dallas and Dave dug a huge whole for Cohen and Kinley to play in. The kids seriously played in that hole all day long! It's amazing what can entertain them!


Nap time!
After the sand dunes we came home Sunday! I got a head cold and like I said earlier Dallas was puking a lot. Dallas was cute being sick, he wasn't quite all there. He laid on the floor most of the day not moving. Finally he says if this is how you feel when you are pregnant than I don't want you to get pregnant again. I was laughing so hard. I don't think men realize how sick woman get being pregnant. That is how I felt for the first 5 months of my pregnancies and yet you still have to work or take care of other kids. As sad as it was that Dallas was sick it was funny to watch him see how yucky it is to feel that awful. While he was sick I did all the camping laundry and then repacked us all to go down to Vegas for the week. Dallas had to go down there to take a contractors business license test for his company. He was so nice to invite me and the kids to go on his business trip and we jumped at the chance to go! I drove us down and Kenzley cried pretty much 95 % of the way down. Between my head cold and Dallas' heat stroke we had the worst headaches and Kenzley screaming for 6 hours was not a great time! Needless to say Dallas does not think Kenzley has a cute cry like he use to. Dallas use to love her cry but not anymore. We finally got there and all passed out. The next day Dallas went to study for his test for a few hours. While he was gone working me and the kids went to the pool. Cohen pretty much hates swimming now, I don't know why but he doesn't love it. We still had some fun though. We went and got Dallas around 5pm and set off to the boulevard. We took Cohen to the M&M Factory the Coke place and the Harley Cafe. Cohen was in awe at everything he saw and had lots of fun. Kenzley did really well too she sat in the sling on my chest and watched everything. Afterwards we went to the cheesecake factory to enjoy dinner.
The kids basking in the sun! It was great to be in sunny weather!




Cohen was pretty excited to see the M&M race car. This is the car that I cheer for in Nascar. Cohen kept saying is that your car mommy! It was cute. He of course picked a toy car from there and we got Kenz a cup.


Coke use to have a big plastic bear that you could sit on and get your picture taken with. Now they have this bear. At first we thought he was a robot but then he would move and respond to what you would say and even patted my head. I loved him, Cohen was more hesitant. This is a picture of Cohen saying that the bear was scary.

Cohen loved looking at the motorcycles. He kept asking to go back.

Here Cohen is singing look mom no hands, I love this american ride (toby keith song)

waiting at the cheescake factory
The next day it took me forever to coax Cohen into coming outside to go swimming. Finally I got him to come and Dallas was able to meet us at the pool.







After a little bit of swimming we decided to go to Mandalay Bay to see the Shark Reef. Lately Cohen has loved sharks and is always talking about how he catches sharks on our floor and the couch and beds are boats. We all enjoyed seeing the different sharks and fishes.





I love his cheesers now. Afterwards we went back to the boulvard and walked over to Bellagio to watch the fountains and then walked around for a bit. All in all it was a great trip. I really didn't mind hanging out at the hotel while Dallas was gone. We stayed at the Tuscany for only 25 bucks a night they have great rooms. They are pretty good size with a sitting area, kitchenette two beds and a good size bathroom. It was a nice week!


Today Kenzley was being a little fussy so I sat her in her bumbo while I cooked dinner and she fell asleep. How cute is she!

Dallas surgery

What a week it's been! Dallas has been having an ongoing battle with his right ear since September. Somehow fluid got in the bone that is right behind the ear and stayed there. A couple doctors, a tube put in his ear and taken out, the doctor finally decided it was time for surgery. It was a pretty intense scary surgery. The doctors cut his ear and moved in forward so that they could drill into his bone behind the ear and remove all of the fluid that has been built up in there. The doctors even placed alarms near certain nerves so they would not get close to hitting one because if they did they could have paralyzed his face or he could have lost sense of taste. The surgery was only suppose to take and hour and a half and it ended up taking three hours because there was more fluid in there then the doctor had expected. I went with Dallas and waited there so after 2 hours I was starting to get nervous. Of course we had watched Grey's Anatonmey and Private Practice the night before and there are always complications in those tv shows so I was starting to think the worst. Finally the doctor came out and told me how the surgery went and that once Dallas woke up I could go in there. It turned out to be a long day we got there and 10 and didn't leave until 6:30. When I got in to see Dallas he did not look so good. He still had his sense of humor though. The doctor and nurse were telling him how to recover and Dallas goes so I guess I can't go race dirt bikes tonight huh? Leave it to Dallas to want to go and do something like that afterwards a surgery. The nurse told him that he should take a week off of work, can't lift over 20 pounds, and wont be able to hear out of that ear for a month. Dallas was pretty naseous so the nurse gave him Phenegren which puts you to sleep. We stayed until he was awake enough to leave and then we came home where he puked most of the night. I have only seen Dallas throw up one other time since we have been married, so it's always weird to see him sick. He was funny though because I made him soup and he had fruit snacks and threw it all up, and he was surprised that it looked exactly the same as when it went in. I laughed because that's how it was for me for the first 5 months of both my pregnancies. Dallas slept most of that day and the next day he was starting to feel better. He over did it Sunday. Dallas can't seem to sit still he has such a hard time not being able to do anything. He goes stir crazy. I was betting that he would go back to work Tuesday even though he should be taking off a week of work but Dallas went back to work Tuesday. You can't keep Dallas down for long even after drilling into his head!


Dallas' last race before he gets surgery!
Here Dallas is waiting forever for his surgery.
Here he is after his surgery not looking so hot.
Cohen being a little helper, he wouldn't let Dallas out of his sight. Cohen was cute he went to the store with Grandma to get Dallas some medicine and Jello and he comes home and says look Dad we got you medicine and jello.
Dallas has been telling me that Kenzley is ready to eat, which she is. I have been putting it off because I can't believe how fast she is growing up. I finally gave in and we fed her some rice. Kenzley is always watching us eat and you can tell she wants to be apart of it as well. She did pretty good and kept some in her mouth.


Monday, me and the kids tried to stay out of Dallas' hair so that he could get some rest. Cohen had a play date with Zack. Zack came over to our house and they jumped, rode bikes, and of course played with trucks and trailers. Cohen loves playing with other kids so much. Then Grandma came down to play with him and they had fun too.
Cohen loves to lay in his blow up toy while it blows up and sinks. He gets in and out of it and turns it on and off.




My cute little kids. I can't get enough of them!
Daddy and Kenzley playing. I love when she watches her dad, she is all smiles and giggles. It is so cute!
Nose kisses.




I need to journal some of Cohen's funny stories. At church Kenzley was getting a little fussy, so I stood to the side of where we were sitting and Cohen gestures me to come back and started couting 1,2,3 I was laughing. Whenever he goes to far or to where we shouldn't I motion with my finger for him to come here and start counting to 3. So he thought that I had gone to far and that I better come back or I was going to time out. Cohen likes to put me in time out when I start acting out of hand.

Another thing he did which mortified me but is a funny story. Cohen was playing with our neighbors kids while we were outside and the neighbors were working in the yard, planting vegetables and flowers and such. Later that evening they had gone in and we were still out playing. Cohen was showing Grammy how he drives his black truck. Well our neighbors had made trenches and mounds for where they had planted their vegetables. Cohen drove over there and thought it was a little moto track. He drove right through their garden! I was mortified. I ran over there holding Kenz through their sprinklers and tried to pull him out even though his truck his pretty heavy. Finally I told him to get out and I got in and drove his truck home which he was not very happy that I was driving it. Needless to say he got in quite a bit of trouble and had to go apologize to the neighbors. I felt bad because I got pretty mad. I felt bad sense they had been working in their yard all day trying to make it nice then my kid goes bombing through their garden. But I can't be too mad because Cohen doesn't know what a garden is and it really looked like a little dirt bike track for him. Hopefully he now knows the difference between the two! We have so much fun with Cohen. The other day we drove our razor while Cohen drove his truck and followed us over to the park. He is a good little driver! It has been a pretty busy week for us. Hopefully Dallas's ear will continue to heal and he can hear out of it soon and get back to his crazy fun life!

Tulip festival, Super Cross, Potty training, and rolling over!

Me and two of my girlfriends from highschool Nikki, and Stephanie we took our kids to the Tulip Festival. Of course with Utah weather, the day didn't turn out so nice. It was really windy and we couldn't enjoy it as much as we would like. Here are a couple of pictures we did hurry and get before we blew away. I wish I would have gotten a picture of all of us! We had alot of fun and it is always nice to go on play date with other moms! Hope we can do some more!



Isn't he handsome! Love this little guy and I love what a good big brother he is to Kenz!

Daddy and Cohen snuggling between daddies races. He is doing a good job this year! We have alot of fun being able to go and watch him!
The next day after the guys dirtbike race we went to supercross. Cohen was so excited to go. It's all he could talk about for the whole week. Cohen, Dallas and Josh went earlier that day and then I met up with them that night. Again the weather did not cooperate. It rained on us most of the time with some sleet and a little bit of snow, but we still had a blast!
Cohen and Josh waiting for the races to begin.
Cohen and Daddy!
The family before it started raining.
Cohen trying to catch the rain in his mouth!
Here is a picture of it coming down!
Now we are all pretty wet!
I think that is Ryan Dungy. It was a pretty good race. Kevin Windham killed it. He was lapping the person in 4th place. He was amazing! Cohen did really well, he never cried or whined or anything. He had a great time and as did all of us. Granted it would have been better if the weather was sunny but oh well!
Kenzley started rolling over and when I was trying to change her diaper she rolled over on me. She is such a fun baby! We love her to death and can get enough of her!
Look at her cute little bubble bum!
Also this we we decided to tackle potty training. It definitely is probably my least favorite thing about being a mom. We started Sunday and nothing made it into the potty until Tuesday night. Monday Cohen held it pretty much all day and then Wednesday came and I pumped him full of liquids and he stood in front of the potty and went! After alot and I mean alot of accidents and cleaning up. Our house probably smells like urine but oh well. Cohen has gone a couple of times now and I hope that it only gets better! Here he is showing how excited he is that he made it in the potty. Afterwards we do the potty dance, he gets a sticker and a treat. It is a pretty big deal!

This is where we have been most of the week!

It has been a pretty big week in the Jackman house between Cohen going in the potty and my baby girl rolling over! I can't believe she is already rolling over. My baby is growing up.