The Coco Puff

Cohen has acquired a slew of nicknames since birth. Our favorite or most commonly used is coco puff. Other popular varieties include coco bean, coco crispie, coco cool, co man, coco pants, and coey. We don't know how long it will be allowed to use these we just can't image a teenager wanting to be called coco puff.

Eye Color?

I thought eye color was determined by six months? Maybe this is it. I have true brown eyes and Erik has green eyes although they sometimes look brown depending on what he is wearing. Cohen's are neither. They are darker than Erik's, but not brown. Maybe some variation of hazel? Anyway they could still change I guess

5 years

I can't believe it was five years ago.....

July 31, 2004 Erik and I were sealed for time and eternity in the Salt Lake temple. We have had so much fun and made so many memories in five years: 3 years of basement apartment living, studying for tests, cheap road trips, waitressing, working swing shifts, undergraduate degrees, moving across the country, crazy dog, drug school, pregnancy, and 6 months of parenthood. I am still loving being married to my best friend. I hope we say the same in 50 years :-)

For you Harry Potter fans. Off to the Ministry of Magic!

For our overnighter we went to Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg TN. They are very touristy towns at the mouth of the Smokey Mountains. It was sorta a trip to celebrate 5 years of marriage . This year a little baby in tow :-) It was fun we went to the Aquarium of the Smokey's , Ripley's believe it or not museum, and Smokey Mountain National Park. Cohen swam for the first time in the hotel pool! He loved it! It was so cute, but of course forgot bring my camera down to the pool I was so mad. I also forgot to bring it into the aquarium! I wanted to go back and get it but after parking and walking a mile in the heat and humidity Erik wouldn't let me. Cohen loved all the fish. It was neat to see sharks and sting rays and other deep sea creatures up close.

Mini Vacations

So summer is officially over for us. I think it was the shortest summer on record. Erik starts school again on Monday. We did manage to squeeze in a few day trips and one over night trip in between Erik's work and rotation schedule. We went to Chimney Rock in North Carolina. We did a couple of small hikes. Although, with a 20 lb kid on your back in 100% humidity they didn't feel so small... Anyone remember the end of the Last of the Mohicans ? This is were they filmed it. Apparently its the waterfall that the girl jumps off in the end.