Field: December 2009

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Christmas 2009

We had so much fun this holiday season. Cohen is at such a fun age. He opened all his presents in one day! Haha. It took him til 8PM but we did it. We were so blessed this year. We had money to spoil our little man and a little extra for mom and dad. We are so grateful to have family to spend Christmas with, it wouldn't be the same without them!

Ugly Sweater Party

This year for Christmas Eve my sister Cami invited us all over for an Ugly Sweater Party. It was so much fun! Good food and treats, christmas movies, PJ's, cookie decorating, presents and more! There was a pot of money for the ugliest sweater. I won 1st and Noah won 2nd! The pictures tell everything so have fun watching!

Cookie Party

Every year Grandma Carol has a cookie party. This year it was just with Addison and Cohen (and baby Ava) so the boys got lots of attention and they LOVED it!

Friday, December 18, 2009

Santa Clause!?

Tonight we finally went to visit Santa Clause! We were at the mall and I asked Cohen if he wanted to go see Santa. He was very willing. This year he has finally been old enough to understand all of the stories about good boys and girls, presents, reindeer, fireplaces, and such so he was well aware of Santa. We stood in line and Cohen didn't want to wait. He kept pulling on mom and dad's arm wanting to cut in line. Finally it was our turn and we started walking toward him, and then about 2 feet away Cohen started to back up. Noah and I had a plan that if he cried we would throw him on Santa's lap and get a picture anyway. So I scooped him up and put him on good ol Santa's lap. I thought he would burst into tears but instead he went silent. He just looked at us like "I can't believe you turned on me". We snapped a few pics and then we were on our way. He was fine afterwards but hasn't spoken another word about Santa tonight...

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Cohen's Photography

In the last few months, Cohen has really become interested in electronics. Laptops, digital cameras, video cameras, ipods and iphones. Mom and dad rely pretty heavily on these items for school, work, appointments, special days, and just to manage the ups and downs of everyday life. Cohen has expressed a need to organize and document his life also. So we allowed him to take our iphones and explore (scary). Soon Cohen was able to pretty much navigate the entire phone, knowing what each icon does and which were his favorites, in a matter of weeks. His favorite is the picture feature. We upload all of his "photography" because it is so good. I can't believe what a little artist he is. He really did take all of these pictures by himself! What do you think?
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Ghost Hunting

So, Adam (noah's bro) won a "Ghost Hunt" in a raffle at one of his son's school fundraisers. Since he won two tickets he decided to take Noah with him. At first when Noah told me how he was going to Wickenburg in the middle of the night to hunt ghosts I thought he was kidding. Then when I realized he was serious I got a little scared (you would know why I was afraid if you knew my history of run in's with "ghosts"). So I made sure he was all packed up with snacks and dressed warmly in his thermals with flashlight in hand (oh yea, he forgot that...). Without going into too much detail, they went, freezing cold and sat in dark creepy rooms all night....with no ghosts. At least we got some good pics and footage of Noah and Adam making fun of the ghost hunters (who really thought they were like the ghost hunters on TV).

Nursing Graduation

Well I did it. WE did it. Nursing school involves the whole family. After two (plus) years of hard work I finally have my RN! I am so excited! I can't imagine anything I'd rather do:) Thank you EVERYONE that has supported me through this very long and exhausting process. This wasn't easy on any of us. I remember the day I was accepted to nursing school. I received an email on my phone at the hospital the day after I gave birth to my little Cohen. I was so happy I cried (or maybe it was the hormones). So off to school I went, Cohen just 3 months of age, and a hubby that looked at me as I skipped out the door with a look of "what the hell am I supposed to do now" on his lovely face. Little did we know that was just the beginning.

On to semester two, I started to go blind and then found out I had MS. It was such a shock and so devastating to the whole family. We somehow survived- and with me getting an A's and B's (remember 75% is failing).

Semester three was pretty uneventful, however our little Tshirt business slowed WAYYY down and we had some medical bills and school to pay for. But we made it through.

Semester four-the last one. Hardest by far. Had a relapse of my MS, and more medical tests. I couldn't concentrate this time. Business still slow, more medical bills, more medicine that made me sick, more devastation for all but...

WE SURVIVED!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH TO MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND NOAH AND COHEN AND CAROL FOR ALL THE FREE BABYSITTING, EMOTIONAL SUPPORT, AND PHLOP SHOP SERVICE. TO MY FAMILY FOR ALL THE PHONE CALLS AND SUPPORT THROUGH THE TOUGH TIMES. SPECIAL THANKS TO GRANDMA AND GRANDPA KENYON FOR MAKING THIS ALL POSSIBLE. WITHOUT YOU I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL. THANK YOU FRIENDS (you know who you are) WHO WERE ALWAYS THERE FOR ME AND MAKING SURE I WAS OK. NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT ALL OF YOU!