Holy bad blogger

 Man, I was doing SO good with blogging. But now its been 20 days since I've blogged. But I have a valid reason. Life has been CRAZY.

Let's start off with the day of Cohen's party. There was a mud run in Hays that my brother and Sean competed in. I take that back. Kevin competed and Sean got hurt. About 150 ft in and on the 3rd obstacle, Sean jumped into the mudpit and hurt his knee. But then he kind of got trampled on, mud in the face and couldn't get out! A doctor appt and then a MRI confirmed a torn ACL. A referral to ortho landed Sean a 1 night stay and surgery.

 Sept 11th was the day and Sean was NERVOUS. And omigoodness is he a chatty Kathy when he gets nervous. Those poor, poor nurses. Oh, and poor poor me! :)

Don't worry he survived! :)

 This was when he was getting ready to go back and they had just given him Versed. Let's just say he was giggly and wouldn't shut his mouth. He would say something random and then just giggle.

And afterwards. The doc said he did fine and that luckily he just torn his ACL and nothing else.  

 I got to stay with some of my favorite people after we had a sushi date! :) Oh my, I love sushi! :)

And look how well they treated me! A towel swan, Andes mints, and fuji water.  It was pretty much like a vacation because I didn't have Sean's chicken wings in my back or a kid crawling in bed with us. Heaven.

 He is doing well but he's been in quite a bit of pain lately! Let's just say I have 3 kids to take care of now. I have always said I wanted 3 kids, I just didn't expect 1 to be 34! :) Let's just say he can be a bit of a baby. 

Then to top off that crazyness, the kids decided to get sick. Cohen has an ear infection and battle a fever for a day or two and Lyla battled a fever for about 24 hours. I can't say those were the best 24 hours I've ever had. 

 Real life. I've always know Sean has been a big help so it's been hard the last few weeks. He really can't help in any way right now, so that has been the most frustrating part of it all.

But we are BLESSED beyond measures and THANK YOU to our friends and family that have helped us out. To those that have offered to help watch the kids, my parents and Sean's parents for helping with the kids and around the house (this chick does not mow, thanks Dad!) and for sweet words and prayers.  Sean and I (and the kids) are pretty lucky people!

So hopefully I'll get caught up with more posts soon! I still have Cohen's birthday, KU games, Cohen's 13 month post, etc.

FHSU soccer

 I've been a big fan of soccer since I've been an itty bitty. I've played for years when I was little and up until we moved to Kansas plus 1 year in high school.  FHSU had gotten a soccer team 2 or 3 years ago, maybe and we finally made it to a game! They happened to have their opener on Cohen's 1st birthday, so we made it a date with dinner!

We headed off to Applebee's (Lyla's favorite plus we also went there on her 1st birthday!) and then went to the game. When we arrived there were maybe 10 people but once kick off happened the stands were full.  Cohen WILL not sit still so we mostly hung out around the field so he could walk/crawl around!

 A little half time kicking on the field with a basketball. Nice, huh?

And Cohen was cranky and not in the mood to be in a picture, so that would be why he really isn't in any! :)

Overall, good game! They won and we got to spend a nice evening as a family!

My birthday girl

At the beginning of the month we had Lyla's 3rd birthday party with our family and friends! I was totally against having their parties together so we did Lyla's at the beginning and Cohen's last weekend! 

She was so excited for her "friends" to come over and hang out and couldn't wait to open presents! She kept asking about her party a couples days before hand. 

My nephew, Ben! Loves him!

Her cake! Adorable, right? I LOVED it! By far my favorite cake that I've had made for her!

 The set up! We just served snacky foods and drinks!

 Did a little slip n' sliding!

 Tayla and Lyla! Aren't they cute?

 Cake time! Last year she was scared to blow out her candles but this year she did just fine!

 Clay and Alicia - don't you think they need another one! :)

 Girls' table!

Presents! She got a bunch of cute stuff! Lots of  craft stuff which she is big into right now, a barbie, an embroidered book bag, puzzles and stuff for her kitchen, which we got her!

The kitchen! We got it at IKEA and I LOVE the look of it and the kids love playing with it!

 

 Overall, great birthday party for our sweet girl!!

best friends

love.

1st hair cuts!

 2 weeks ago, Cohen and Lyla got their first professional haircuts! We use Emily at Redz and she was so good with the kiddos.  Cohen did pretty good and Lyla did really, really well!

Legos and suckers made the process a little better.  I got a bit teary watching. I loved his little wispy curls over his ears! He definitely looking much older now :(

 And this girl, she is just so good! I'm pretty stinkn' blessed with how good she is! :)

Overall, I considered this a success! :)

Laking it!

 Ahh, our second home! Except this summer, we barely got to be out at the lake much.  As in only 3 times all summer! Boo! After Sean's tri, we all headed out to the lake.  

Sooo, I happened to forget Lyla's swimsuit...who does that? So she got to swim in shorts and a tee.  

And also, puddle jumpers are THE best life jackets out there for kiddos. Seriously amazing!

 This little boy does great at the lake minus the fact he will not sleep whenever we are on the boat.  Lyla will fall asleep within minutes of us getting on the water. Cohen just wants to stay awake to see everything!

 I just love them!

 This year Lyla was all about playing in the sand and no much about swimming in the water. 

 See, she sleeps great in the boat!

 He loved crawling all around in the water!

Here's to next summer! We are hoping to sell out boat and get a new one next spring! ;) Yay!