:: 24 on the 9th ::

{my birthday gift from Brock}

I am now 24.

Where has the time gone? I say that every year, 

and I'm sure I will keep saying it every year.

I have lived 24 years of bliss.

My birthday was perfect, just perfect.

I was side by side with my prince charming the WHOLE day in Park City, Utah. 
Being with Brock for a whole day is a treat to me.

We shopped, ate and laughed more than we have in a long time, and that was heavenly.

Sadly, Brock did not buy my the beautiful Porche in the picture above, but we were lucky to happen to be in the right spot at the right time to hit up a Porche car show. Beautiful.

The dark blue one was my favorite. One day, it will be mine.

 The car show was all the way down Main Street. Every Porche owner looked exactly the same - black jacket, jeans and a baseball cap. Hmm. Interesting. Brock and I found that funny.

 We ate lunch at the Red Banjo. YUM. It was a packed house, with one server. We surprisingly got our food quickly, although this sweet, stress-case of a server was hilarious. She would ask a table a question, for example: "How does everything taste folks?" but she would ask the question as she was speed walking away to get to her next order. HA. FUNNY. What topped it off for me was when she rushed to our table to bring drinks, she takes out ONE straw from her apron and set it down saying, "Oops, I only have one straw." then walked away. HA. Another funny. We thought for sure she would bring a second straw...NOPE.

Our food did hit the spot.

Bless our server's heart.

She gave us some very good laughs.

 Mr. Cohen was a sport. He shopped with us til we dropped. Needing to let some energy out, we let him down to explore every so often. This little man never stops when let loose. Like in the pictures below - one second wants to climb the railing, the next second runs away. All within the time of me clicking my camera to take a picture. I love him.

 ENOUGH SAID. We were all POOPED on our way home.

{notice his left sock pulled half way off, one of his new corks} 

After the babies were in bed, we had brownies and ice cream and cupcakes. And played the most funny game of Spades-hearts-heck.of.a {which ever name you want to call it} 

with Ty, Laura, Tiffy and Jade.

Needless to say my 24th birthday was perfect.
It didn't have one flaw.

I woke to my favorite breakfast made {sweet rolls and hashbrowns}.
I opened gifts from Brock and Cohen, 
then we were off for Park City for the day.
Half way through the day I even found a birthday-love note in my back pocket of my jeans. WHAT THE? How did he do that?!


I love my boys.
I LOVE birthdays.
Dang, now I have to wait a WHOLE year for another.

:: Zupas for lunch ::

 {Abs, Laura & Co at Zupas}

My sweet Laura {and 2nd mom to Cohen} took me to lunch for my birthday. We had a blast! It was laugh-out-loud funny sitting at our TINY table with two babies wanting to grab everything. I ate with my plate on my lab. I love funny times like these.

Laura is the best.

Not just because she took me to my favorite place to eat,

but because she is one the most amazing women who have impacted my life for the best.

I appreciate her more than she'll ever know.

She is always, ALWAYS there when I need her most,

especially to help out with Mr. Cohen.

I cherish her wonderful friendship and always will.

Now we just need to figure out how to get Ty to 
P.A. school in the same town Brock goes to Med school. Hmm. Might be a toughy.

Thanks for the perfect lunch date!

:: morning devotional ::

 We have a routine of doing a morning devotional.

Sometimes Cohen is present, other times he isn't.

Depending on what time Brock has to be to work or school.

I live for the mornings that Cohen is there with us.

We sing, yes sing, and read a scripture and pray.

Cohen gets excited.

He gets ready and grabs a mini hymn book and starts humming.

Wow.

He is learning.

He can feel the spirit.

What more could a mommy want?

I LOVE our family devotional.

Even more I love the spirit that is with us all throughout the whole day.

Cohen, please stay sweet, innocent, and obedient FOREVER.

I love moments like these.

 :: RAIN. AUTO SHOP. DANCING ::

Even being stuck at an auto shop for HOURS while finding out the only problem was our battery, {BLAH} he was all smiles.

He was so good I thought a treat was well deserved. SKITTLES for the first time. Wow, how amazed he was by the candy machine!

The best 15 month old boy I have yet to know.

Maybe in about 8 months when 2 years old things will be different.

Good thoughts about this day as a mom:

Stalling while waiting for the car to be done and eating 

chicken nuggets at Wendy's across the street.

Dancing to RON POPE with Cohen and singing at the top of my 

lungs until I couldn't anymore cause we both were laughing SO hard.

Shopping at Target, then walking outside to everything 

covered in rain and the smell being SO DELICIOUS.

Having 4 men open one set of double doors {2 doors} 

while entering a building with a kid in a stroller. 

Hilarious, but I am very grateful.

Seeing my son smile from ear to ear when seeing 

his Daddy walking to the car to be picked up from work.

Cohen saying over and over again, "Oopsie!" with the "S" sound in a lisp.
{his new favorite word}

:: st. george marathon 2010 ::

{court, sheryl, brock, matt, josh & kai, todd, jade & tiff, me & co}

WAY TO GO NANA & PAPA!

This is a day that is in my book of favorite days of the year.

I have ran one st. george marathon four years ago and absolutely loved it. I am not a runner by any means, but it was a very incredible experience. Todd & Sheryl have ran many which I admire. They had a great race!

Watching the runners is so inspiring. Having ran the race, I can now feel their pain and joy as I watch. Such a bitter-sweet thing, also a major mental game. The whole event wants me to push myself a little harder in life. At least get into better shape!

{Liisa Frei, Kaye Berry, Sheryl}

MY OLD RUNNING GROUP

 {Cohen & Corby cheering on the runners}

My early birthday party, celebrating with family and friends

 Em and Me

 Tam, Me and Lon :: Do you think they are related?! I THINK YES.

 General Conference. 15 people together watching.

KAI AND CO. Cute cousins, playing in the BIG tubby at Nana's.

We had such a great weekend, like always.

I never will be able to get enough of St. George until I live there.

General Conference was relaxing, refreshing and reassuring.

Who doesn't love church at home in your jammies with treats?!

:: sickness ::

 I will admit, I LOVE Fall. Everything about it.

But could we PLEASE do without the SICKNESS?

It's already started in our house. Brock and Cohen have already had a flu bug.

We've all had nasty colds, and our coughs are still lingering.

BOO.

On a positive note - I've received some 

of my best snuggles from both my boys during this sickness time.

This morning was the best from Co.

We both had our slippers on, laying on the couch watching cartoons.

Brock has been Mr. Mom when needed.

How lucky am I? 

VERY.

GOAL: stay healthy until summer comes again.

 

:: a one year old boy ::

 It has begun.

Bumps, bruises and finally A BLOODY NOSE.

Poor guy.

If only he could have kept his balance while dancing by the kitchen chair.

A little trip and a big fall....

BLOODY NOSE.

He cried for about 10 seconds then stopped when I said it was tubby time.

Then he was all smiles of course.

This is the toughest little guy I know.

And I love him.

ALOT.

:: football fans ::

{Brock, Co & I, Jade & Tiffy}

I guess you could say we're football fans.

We splurged and bought season tickets with Brock's sister and her husband.

This was Cohen and I's first game of the season, and he did surprisingly WELL.

Here's why....

THE MAGIC SUCKER.

He ate it til it was all gone.

GOOD BOY.

Go Cougs.

:: tribute to KALZA ::

 {Char, Me & Co, Brock, Ben & Troy, Reed & Brooklyn - Mel taking the pic}

**All pics from Mel's camera taken July 2010. THANKS MELIS!

THE KALZA KIDS:

 

We make every moment count when we're together.

And the mama's LOVE their babies.

Cohen LOVES to play with my necklace. He'll stick it in my mouth and wait for me to spit it out. He laughs, and does it again.

Sweet little Brooklyn. She makes me SMILE! Can't wait to snuggle her soon.

Mr. Blue Eyes Troy....Heart-breaker.

Cohen LOVES a tramp anywhere he goes.

I LOVE this pic. Mel is tickling Cohen and the picture makes me HEAR his laugh. 

I wish she could tickle him EVERYDAY.

And that's KALZA. 

Pretty much KALZA babies. They are the cutest out of all of us anyways, and the daddy's were busy playing football.

This is such a good memory I had to post it. Thanks Mel for the great pics! Obviously I couldn't pick and choose a few so I used them ALL. {what's new}

I LOVE YOU GUYS!

November, would ya hurry up and get here, please??

Thanks.

:: carnival ::

The other day there was a carnival by our house.

There was free lunch, free cotton candy, free snow cones, free train ride, and free games to win free prizes. We did it all.

Fishing in the "pond". 

He just couldn't figure out that dang fishing pole, 

so the smart kid just grabbed fish with his hands.

He loved his balloon monkey with a banana.

Good thing, cause we stood in line for an hour to get it.

The COKE Bear was even there.

Bottom right picture - Brock just finding out that we had to get Co's hand stamped before we waited in the HUGE line to ride the train.

They got out right after, got his hand stamped and waited in line once again.

Sigh.

Daddy playing tug-of-war, they lost before I could get a pic.

Cohen exploring while we waited in line for his balloon monkey.

The carnival was a success.