Cabin Fever....

We took Cohen on his first weekend away from home, and he loved it! He did so good. We went up to Brock's family's cabin up past Woodland (which is close to Heber City). Ben Char and Troy came with us and we had so much fun. (but we missed the Garza's and Marriano's too much) It was a weekend well needed for all of us to get out of town and out of our daily routines.
**Lots of pics**

We played a few very intense games of Ticket to Ride..

Cohen took his first bath in the sink..

He didn't know what to think of it.
He liked it but was a little cold--
which is his least favorite thing to be.

He would much rather be snuggley in jammies.

We ate like kings and queens.. Blueberry pancakes..

and Crepes of course.

The boys had "daddy time"..

Love this pic...Cohen was just staring at Brock.

Ready to go for a walk with Nature..

Cute little Troy was a trooper, and I just LOVE his hat.

Pretty pond on our walk..

The swing by the cabin..

So we went to this meadow so the boys could let some of their energy out and play, which started out a great game of football....but then turned into my favorite part of the weekend! I have never been so entertained by two men, a pile of rocks, and a frisbee. The pics below will explain....I picked a few of my favs. WAY better in person. Might I add, I was watching and taking pics for over an hour.

The 'run and reach' trick..


The 'dive'..

The 'fake explosion run jump and dive'..

And last but not least, the famous 'Benjy flip'.

**Overall, great weekend. Nature is very needed every so often.
I love these men and thank them for the great show
and willingness to get plenty of scrapes just to entertain me.

Cohen's NEW CRIB!

Yay! We got a crib. Our sweet friends Ken & Babata Sonnenberg GAVE us a crib AND bedding. Yowzers...we owe them big time! They would NOT except money, but they would except some homemade oreo cookies. This crib was their darling daughter's and it's in PERFECT condition, like brand new.
Thanks a MILLION Ken & Babata........words can't express.

Here it is!

And a side view..

He looks like a little doll in the huge crib..

Cohen thought it was quite comfy..

We even got a yawn out of him!

**Here's a random video especially for the grand-parents to see.

Gettin' a little CHUB

My baby boy is finally starting to get more meat on those cute bones, so I thought I would post a few pics.
I love you to the moon and stars and back buddy!!

Croquet & Summer Nights....

Whoever invented Croquet is on my good list! What a fun game that I hardly ever think about until friends bring it over to play. (Thanks Ben & Char!) I forgot that I like it so much. Something else I really like..... Summer Nights in Utah. I'm convinced they are the best. We had so much fun out in front of our house playing with our good friends Ben & Diana Dewey and Ben, Char & Troy. Again, the babies LOVED being outside. And to top the night off, we had yummy yummy root beer floats. YUM! We love our friends, and we love that they also love to eat like us.

Here's Mom takin' a whack at it..

Cute hat Char..

Oh such cute baby buddies--they enjoyed each other..

Baby model material definitely.

And check out these "baby blue's".

Now this melts my heart. Brock is such a great daddy.

Father & Son..... these are for YOU Char.


Diana & Ben Dewey--I smelt a little baby hunger with these two..

Of course the boys were bored towards the end and were craving more competition--balancing the Croquet club around the big tree and back. Who knows who won..

Cohen was still enjoying the outdoors when it got a little chilly--What a cute little burrito!

**If/When we move out of Utah for med school....one of many things I'll crave will be summer nights.

Happy 24th of July

For the 24th we were in Spanish Fork for the day with Brock's family at Grandma Higginson's house. We had a blast and the weather was so great, so it wasn't too hot to be outside all day. I'm convinced Cohen LOVES being outside at anytime. He is always super relaxed and never makes a peep when we're outside. Here are a couple pics to show you what went on during our 24th of July weekend.....

This pic pretty much says it all....such a relaxing weekend!

Here's our little family at Oquirrh Mountain Temple open house.
We were so lucky to get to go Thursday evening. It is so beautiful inside, of course.

Cute little boy was so good in the car all weekend,
and we drove A LOT.

Here's the fam at the Spanish Fork parade.

We were a little late but we caught the end of it.
(perfect amount of parade watching)

Aunt Tiffy and cousin Kai enjoying the parade.

Here is Cohen's Great Grandma Carma, Daddy, Grandpa Todd & Great Great Grandma Higgy.

Josh, Jenn, Kai & Cohen--hangin' out at Grandma Higgy's.
Cohen and Kai--cute little cousin buddies.

Aunt Jenn and Cohen matched with their baseball attire.

After lunch we played "quarter games". All the little kids do races of all sorts to win quarters. Here's the big boys racing for quarters. Brock and Josh dominated. Way to make us proud boys!


Aunt Tiffy and Mommy enjoying the relaxing day.

Darling little boy. So content outside on Aunt Shelli's lap.
(Sorry Shelli, I cut your head off)

Cute Alyssa was a natural with baby Cohen. He definitely found a comfy spot on her lap.

This pic pretty much sums up the day....we were all pooped! But it was well worth it.