We love it! It's perfect for our little family! It's got 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms with a fully finished basement...that was a must on Benji's list. It has a big backyard, that was a must on Cohen's list. And yes, he did have a say :). My favorite part, well two favorite parts is that we don't have to do anything to it..no fixing up needed Aaaannnnd I can use one of the rooms as a sewing room! Needless to say we are excited to go from 640 sq ft to almost quadruple that! Yahoo!
We get keys Tuesday!
The only down side is leaving our ward (or congregation) and our callings (positions held for the purpose of serving others and personal/spiritual growth). I've learned so much as young women's president. Mostly that the Lord called me at a time when I would be challenged the most. I had to remind myself often of a statement my mission president taught me, 'WITH CHRIST AS YOUR COMPANION ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE, WITH CHRIST AS YOUR COMPANION YOU CANNOT FAIL.' Although I struggled, I don't feel like I failed because I did my best and had the Lord on my side. I also had a wonderful support system. I am grateful for my family, friends and presidency. Aaaanyyyyway, we are thrilled for the future!
To back up a little..I am so sad summer is almost over! Where did it go? Cohen is getting so big, I cannot believe it. He is already showing such personality. We found a few things he enjoys doing during the summer. (We'll recap with pictures...that is way easier and more entertaining!)
He enjoyed the fourth of July! We had family in from Chicago and Idaho and Cohen loved being held by anyone who would cuddle him and get him out of the sun!
He loved watching the parade.
and
Sleeping through the fireworks!
Also in July we went to Girls Camp (church camp for young women ages 12-18)! Our theme was 'Live It!' Like, live your testimony to strengthen your testimony. It was powerful. Those young girls were such an example.
Benji got to come with us too! Cohen had a great time but we both came back with a cold. I felt so sad for him. But he was still a trooper!
The end of July was house hunting time...we were running around like crazy and Cohen was so patient with us. To treat him for being such a good baby we took him on vacation! We took a road trip to South Carolina! We would have flown but Benji is afraid of flying...so we took the car. Cohen did really well until we hit Tennessee (my new LEAST favorite state). We had a terrible experience in Tennessee but I won't get into that. We are so glad that we went and got to see Benji's family and friends. Everyone was so kind and the food was delicious! Yum. We brought some good recipes back with us. The only downfall was the heat...I thought I could handle humidity but daaang it was hot! But Cohen's hair went curly because of the humidity..it was pretty cute. We were sad to say goodbye, we had an amazing time.
I think these will sum up our little road-trip adventure.
A Litte unsure.
Sleepy. 
A littel confused why we are still in the car. 
He was kind of of it so the bag of doritos kept him entertained. for atleast 5 minutes. :)
We got to have BBQ as soon as we got there! It was so delicous! Ask Benjamin the difference between BBQ in Utah and BBQ in South Carolina. He will tell you! 
We had lots of fun with family, on golf carts, and sitting on the porch. 
What a beautiful day! 
We had a great time but after 2 1/2 more days driving home all three of us could not have been any more excited to see this sign:
Since we have been back we have been busy bees. Packing in work, church callings, finishing up things for our house, and spending time with family here.
We've found that Cohen loves:
Baseball!GO RAPTORS!
This game made me miss the Ironbirds.
Sticking out his tongue!
He woke up like this...no joke.
Swimming!
We spent the day at Surf-n-Swim with my family and had a blast! Cohen loved the water and his floaty. I was surprised.
Since he is growing so fast we decided to help him along by starting him on some rice cereal. He loves it! He ate it so well too. The only reason there was a mess was because he would stick his fingers in his mouth. His other favorite thing to do.
Well that just about catches us up to the present. We just have lots of packing to do this weekend! So lots of laboring on labor day weekend. :) But good labor.
