Saturdays are made for shopping

We bought some stuff for our living room. Its fun playing around in a space that we know we will be settled in for a long time. We are toying with using some red in our living room. Its hard because the more you buy the more things you are pretty determined that you need ; )

Its hard to photograph a room but here are some pics of our window coverings before and after todays red accents. We are just soaking it in trying to visualize. The pictures seen above the fireplace are not permanent we just put something there for perspective

Love any feed back on the red accents.

Arizona for a long weekend

I spent a long weekend with my 2 of my best friends Anna and Amber (Pittson). You may recognize them from earlier posts. We have known eachother since we were tiny kids. When we graduated from high school we moved out together. And eventually we moved to Utah and spent some ama zing times together before getting married and being swept across the U.S. We try and see each other 1-2 times a year. I was absolutely blown away by how much the kids have grown up. Amber is expecting her 2nd baby boy.

This trip was originally planned to include Cohen but because of work obligations he had to stay behind. Enjoy some of the pics I took.

Ella 2, Peyton 6 and Kiley 9 (Anna's Daughters)
Anna & Ella
James 2 (Amber's son)
They are 3 weeks apart
Making some pottery
Bath time

On the flight home

Our soon to be puppy PART II

Unfortunately after Cohen's visit to the breeder we discovered this was not the right litter for us. We will be in search of a new breeder to purchase a puppy from. We are disappointed but we just didn't feel comfortable with the breeder and with such an important choice to be made - we need to feel 100% right.

Our "soon to be" puppy

Our "soon to be ours" puppy was born this morning. The breeder reported that mommy Bella had 4 boys and 4 girls and is doing great. We wont be able to pick up the puppy for about 2 mos. Which is fine by us we need to get our place puppy ready. We are going to select a girl puppy and we will post pictures of her as soon as we meet her.

Whats a Vizsla? ....Vizslas are very high energy, gentle-mannered, loyal, caring, and highly affectionate. They quickly form close bonds with their owners, including children. Often they are referred to as "velcro" dogs because of their loyalty and affection. They are quiet dogs, only barking if necessary or provoked. They are a dog breed used for hunting that originated in Hungary.

I have included in this post GENERIC internet pictures of a Vizsla puppy and adult.

Curtains

Cohen survived his first home fix it up project and hung our living room curtains. He now must conquer the other side of the room and our bedroom. I am such a proud wife. We got our curtains courtesy overstock.com and the rest of the accessories at B B & B.

PS how about that poor skater that lost his gold medal due to bad coaching....

Cohen's Feb 18th

Without realizing it Cohen wrote this at the same time I posted below.

IT'S BEEN ONE YEAR! Today in my one year anniversary of my surgery. I look back to where I was 10 years ago, to one year ago, then to now, and I can't help but to thank God, my family, and friends for the support I have received. I can't begin to tell you how deap my level of pain, discouragement and hoplessness was as... I battled with Crohn's Disease.

I hope I have returned the favor and been an inspiration and helped you over come the challenges life has thrown to you. February 18th is a special day for me for two reason. Aimee my beautiful wife accepted my marriage proposal 9 years ago, and the I was freed from my illness of 10 years. Life awaits!

-Cohen

Feb 18th

Joy and Grief

I am simply moved to tears as I write this. This day for a long time has fostered a lot of fear, anxiety, life, death and love.

When I was 29 on this day my husband had the courage to change our lives with a medical procedure.

When I was 22 on this day Cohen asked me marry him.

When I was 14 on this day my best friend died.

She was a young girl who was loved by her family. her friends, teachers and all those who were blessed to get to know her. I miss her beautiful blue eyes, her voice, her way of making me smile. I miss all the things we weren't able to do and see together. I miss the woman she would have become. I miss the child she was.

Amanda I miss you.

God has blessed me in so many ways. There have been days of darkness. Days where the only comfort found was crying myself to sleep. But through the darkness God has never left me alone, even when I screamed at him to and turned my back to him. And for that I am truly grateful. He has blessed me with a husband who cherishes me and will be with me for all eternity.

-Aimee