Goodbye Cheap Jeep, Hello Honda!

We recently added this baby to our family (hopefully to put all of our future babies in)!

We enjoyed the Jeep in many ways the couple years we had it, but there were so many weird issues and electrical problems and it needed repairs and maintenance so we traded it in and got what we originally wanted! A reliable, more spacious and fuel efficient Pilot!
(Not to mention the fact that Cohen has never been one for the car (screams, screams and more screams) and now he loves it because he can watch Nemo on the DVD. Best thing ever invented! I think the trek to California for Thanksgiving will be survivable now!)

No more sitting in the middle of an intersection and the car shutting off! No more gas guzzling V8 (not the juice)! No more goo oozing out of the steering wheel and duck noises every time the it locked or unlocked (I did mentioned weird things going on...).

I am one happy Honda owner!!!

Rest In Peace Cheap Jeep!


You aren't really missed... best of luck to the next owner (although I am sure they are getting a screaming deal compared to what we paid (sniffle) for it two years ago so they can afford to fix a couple things)!

Boating on Deer Creek

At the beginning of September we went boating for a couple of hours!
I think this is the first time I have been boating on this lake since my boating accident in high school. I hit the metal railing in the front of the boat with the left side of my face really hard and it bruised and chipped my cheekbone, loosened my teeth, bruised my jaw and broke the capillaries in my eye so it was blood red for weeks. (I wonder where that picture is... I will post it if I can find it.) My left cheekbone still has an indention that most people think is a dimple.

This was also Cohen's first time out on a boat!
We celebrated Kay's 18th, (I mean 60 something) birthday!

Cohen just chillin' with the birthday boy, Papap Kay!

Cohen strongly disliked the life jacket, surprise, surprise! He doesn't like anything that is restricting in anyway under any terms. Here he is trying to scream loud enough in hopes that it will break the sound barrier that will rip apart the straps to free himself!

Even though it looks like he was miserable the entire time, he really did have fun! I was hesitant because Cohen has a funny reaction to wind... as soon as it touches his face, he holds his breath and acts like he can't breath. It has gotten better and as long as I was holding him and had my back to the wind, he seemed to enjoy the ride.
He especially loved feeding the seagulls Doritos.
The lifejacket took over his face! Or were his cheeks just too big?I think I see this look at least 10,000 times per day...
We got off the boat just in time, it started pouring rain as we got in our car. We had a lot of fun and were sad that Scott couldn't be with us. He was busy working hard on building his company! Good work, Daddy! We love you!

Canyon Glen Photos

I like lists... obviously!

I Now Understand...
the pure happiness in hearing the sweet pitter-patter of chubby baby feet all through the house.
the unconditional love of motherhood and the unavoidable guilt that goes along with it.
the complete meaning of "you're driving me INSANE!"
how important it is to truly live in the moment and not in the dream of what you want for the future.
a fraction of what my mom did for me everyday for the past 24+ years.

Joy Is...
finding an unopened can of Dr. Pepper in my honey's truck.
a passionate kiss.
holding hands with Scott and/or Cohen.
having His arms and body wrapped tightly around me, feeling peaceful security.
having my very own baby that I don't have to return to someone.
listening to Cohen's continuous baby babble.
warm summer nights spent talking and cuddling underneath a blanket of stars.

I never want to forget...
the extreme relief of seeing our baby's heart beat on ultrasound and knowing that this time around will be different.
the carefree, exciting and amazing summer Scott and I first shared.
feeling surreal fluttering motions of my baby moving inside me for the first time.
the indescribably incredible experience of bring Cohen into this world and the image in my head of seeing Scott hold our son for the first time.

I wish I had known...
as much as I yearned and ached for this, it would still be the hardest thing I have ever done.
years of trying to conceive and enduring three miscarriages was just the preparation for the lessons ahead, much patients would be needed.
to listen to people when they said, "Just enjoy life right now, it will happen soon enough and everything is different after a baby arrives." Even though I wanted to kick them HARD! in the shin at the time.
I would miss the days of being a newlywed, even though it lasted years and I was eager to move forward with becoming a mommy.

I am thankful I didn't know...
how much sleep I would loose.
how perfectly happy I am the majority of the time because I then would have been even more impatient.
that I would miscarry again even after having Cohen.
how much I miss nursing my baby.
that some lessons may repeat themselves even though you feel like you have learned everything you can from them.

Coming soon...PuMpKiN pIe & hOt ApPlE cIDeR!

The first day of fall...

I welcome you.

Summer green leaves transforming their pigments into firey reds, rusty oranges, sun ray yellows yet all too soon fading out and releasing themselves into heaping piles that beg to be jumped in.

I will miss you Summer Sno. You closed before your time.
I will miss the smell of fresh cut grass and the cloudless endlessly blue sky.
I will miss shadows that give welcoming shade.
I will miss the endless choice and flavors of fresh fruits and veggies.
I will miss our long walks at Bridal Veil Falls.

Fortunately seasons come and go and just when I think I won't be able to handle one more chilly murky day the tulips will be sprouting and I will be prematurely wearing shorts and flip flops welcoming the new coming season, Spring!

Back to blogging...

Over the last few months my blog has become less about the Everyday Details and replaced with random brief overviews of recent events. I hope to start making the time to use this as an outlet again and instead of just thinking about what I want to post and then the thoughts passing me by, taking the opportunity to write them down...

Girls Night Out! YEAH!

My mom, two sisters and I had a girls night out a couple weeks ago! We haven't gotten together without kids and the guys in so long! We saw Mama Mia which we loved and then went and ate at Chilis. It was so much fun spending time with my mom and sisters!