Kohen's First Easter

For Easter this past Sunday we were invited over to my mom's best friend, Rosalee Ewell's, house for dinner.  It was super nice!  She is such a sweetheart.  We lived with her and her family for about a month and a half before we moved into our basement apartment now, so we've become pretty close with them.  They are so generous and kind and it's so nice to have them close-by so we can have fun days like we did on Easter!

I love Easer.  This year was very special too because of everything that has happened.  I'm so thankful for my Savior.  I know I've mentioned this so many time before, but I really would not have made it this past year without Him.  He died for us and was resurrected so that we can do the same.  He made it possible for us overcome death and live forever with my family.  Because He went through this alone, I don't have to.  I'm very very grateful for Him, I know He lives, I know He loves me.

I forgot to mention that my brother Ben moved in with us at the beginning of January! Its been so fun having him here.  He is doing so great!  He's working for Trey at Jimmy John's and saving money to go on a mission! 

We had a little egg hunt for all the kids that were there and Kohen was SO adorable.  Trey and I were laying in bed talking about it the other night and we were both laughing because he was so fun to watch!  He was so focused on finding eggs.  And he was walking like crazy in his new shoes and looking fly in his cute outfit from Aunt Stephanie and Adria.  I couldn't even stand it.  The best part was when he found his first egg and just put it in his basket like he had been egg hunting his whole life.  It was so fun.  Try not to die from the cuteness...

Our Second Anniversary

On March 12, Trey and I celebrated our second anniversary.  Since I had school that night we went out the weekend before.  Adria (Trey's mom) came up and stayed the night with Kohen so we could go out, which was super nice!  
Since Trey surprised me last year I got to plan the evening this year.  First we went to Nickel Mania.  Ok so for those of you who know Trey and I pretty well you know we are kinda immature at times.  So of course we had to go play at an arcade where all the games are only a few nickels each.  It was so fun!  We tried to get as many tickets as we could and we got candy with them!  It really was one of the most fun things we've done in a while.  Can you tell we are parents that don't get out much? :)
  

For dinner we went to Tucanos.  It's a Brazillian restaurant and it was SO. GOOD.  We stuffed our faces.  I highly recommend this place to everyone.  It's a bit pricey, but worth the amount of food you get.  After dinner we went to the Peery Hotel in downtown Salt Lake.  It was so cute!  Its just a little historical hotel with little rooms but it was really really fun and nice!  Adria and I went earlier to check in and set up the room.  It was so fun to surprise Trey with a fun get away.  We loved it.  
Saturday morning we went and had breakfast at one of our all time favorite places, Ruth's Diner.  Its up on the mountain by the University of Utah.  Then we went and got a couple's massage.  We were in heaven!!!  It was such a nice anniversary and, of course we missed Kohen the whole time, but it was nice to have a night with just the two of us.  
On our actual anniversary I surprise Trey at work with some great (and embarrassingly big) balloons and his favorite candy.  How cute is he?? 

And to top it all off, when I came home from school to a clean house, no laundry, and Chipotle!  BEST HUSBAND AWARD GOES TO TREY.  I love him.  He is everything I ever dreamed of and more in a husband, father, and best friend.  I never doubt that he loves me.  He has been such a rock for me this past year.  It's crazy to think that on our anniversary last year I was 8 months pregnant and about to leave him for 6 weeks to go have Kohen in California.  So much has happened since then.  Some good, some terrible.  But I never would've made it through any of it without Trey.  He is just... amazing :)

Valentine's Day

My goodness these past few months have been CRAZY!!!! But good too :)  I'm SO ready to be done with this semester.  I'm taking four classes that all have a lot of homework and it's quite the challenge getting everything done on time.  But I'm doing it!  I get pretty discouraged and frustrated sometimes and feel like quitting, but I know it will be so worth it in the long run.  I'm so thankful that I get to go to school AND stay home with Kohen.  It really is such a blessing to be able to do both.  I do wish I had finished school before we had Kohen, but it is what it is.  Trey is such a great support and so wonderful to let me do this.  Sure our lives would be less stressful and it would be easier on Trey if I worked.  BUT I feel so strongly that staying home with my kids will be the best thing I can do for them.  And once I finish my degree I will be able to do some part time work from home, which I am excited to do.  So that is why I have been a terrible blogger this year.  I always have an excuse. Haha so once again I'm playing catch up!

On Valentine's Day I decided to do a little photo shoot with Kohen to try out our new camera.  It wasn't easy to get Kohen to stay in one spot with all of the fun balloons, but I got a few good ones :)  I'm taking photoshop in the summer so I'm excited to learn how to edit photos!  But here's what I got.

I love this kid more than I could've ever imagined I could love someone.  He is so much fun! The first thing everyone says about him is "He is SO happy!" and he is.  I'm so grateful that I get to be his mom. Even though he can be challenging at times because of his energy (he. never. stops.) I love every second of it.