Movie Time

Kohen's movie experiences have been as followed:

-3 months: went with my family to the movies. Kohen had a blow out (I was wearing white capris and forgot a change of clothes for him)
-5 months: went to the movies again with my family. Kohen wasn't interested (don't blame him) So we spent the whole movie playing on the car arcade game in the hall. He loved that at least!

-18 months: We decided to try out the dollar theater for a family activity. Truthfully Kohen did way better than I did. He was totally content with some good n plentys. I however am just too dang ansy to sit for a movie anymore. I get bored and restless. It didn't help that it was Alvin and the Chipmunks. But luckily Kohen had fun so it was a success!

Ignore this special picture of me. I am convinced Stuart doesn't even look at the camera screen after when I ask him if it turned out ok. But since we only had two whopping pictures up it goes.

Gloom gloom go away

How cute are they all matching?!
Kohen (who can say hat) kept calling his hat "dad"
I think because he knew he was wearing one just like Dad.

The weather has been kind of gloomy a lot it seems like and so when we saw the sun was out we hurried and packed a picnic lunch/dinner and headed out as soon as Kohen woke up from his nap. Ironically, the sky became gloomy, the air was smoky and the wind picked up right as we stepped out of the car. But luckily we all happened to have brought jackets and so we bundled up and had our picnic anyways. Kohen kept us running like crazy and had so much fun. (Thus the hideous picture of me...I had just ran forever up and down a hill with little heavy load on me).

Valentine's Day

Valentine's day was low key but here is what we had for dinner/dessert.

Dessert was one of our favorite desserts- heart shaped brownies with whipped topping and strawberries

I had planned on making chicken cordon bleu but last minute saw I didn't have what I needed so
I made potatoes that were heart shaped

Kohen's Car candy valentine from Mommy and Daddy

St. Patricks Day

Today we took a much needed little outing to the downtown Lewiston St. Patty's Day celebration.

It was small and we passed on some of the activities but we still made out with some loot.
Kohen was so patient and waited a half hour in line to get a balloon sword.
Stuart practically ran 5 blocks and back to an ATM to get a few bucks for some yummy kettle corn.
Later when we got home we got a phone call saying I had won the jelly bean guessing contest.
The ironic thing was that just yesterday I was interested in finding out if there was a way to guess how much candy is in a jar by using physics. Needless to say I was very proud of myself.
Maybe it was just my lucky day.
Since it came with a gift certificate we got to go out to eat tonight too!

Wise Words from a Baboon

As I was writing in my journal about something personal some wise words came to me that surprised me. They surprised me because they were words from a baboon. The one in The Lion King to be exact. Do you remember the scene where the Rafiki whacks Simba with the stick and tells him,
"Yes, the past can hurt.
But the way I see it you can either run from it...or learn from it."
But my favorite part is where Rafiki asks "So what are you going to do?"

We all hear life isn't meant to be easy and often times it just isn't very sympathetic when we are getting knocked down by trials one after the other, or hurt by those who should know better, or even maybe weighed down by what others think of us.
But what are you going to do?
I loved this quote from the January Ensign.

"William James, a pioneering American psychologist and philosopher, wrote, “The greatest revolution of our generation is the discovery that human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.”¹

So much in life depends on our attitude. The way we choose to see things and respond to others makes all the difference. To do the best we can and then to choose to be happy about our circumstances, whatever they may be, can bring peace and contentment."

I've always admired and been drawn to people that are sincerely positive. (There's a difference)
People that seem to just get it. That manage to see the whole picture more often than not and seem to have that radiance and true kindness and compassion. I've always admired them and the way that they just deal with it and carry on. So thank you to the kind people out there who don't dwell on themselves and are considerate to the needs of others. The world needs more people like you.
When I grow up I want to be just like you! :)

Shower

Kohen dislikes getting his hair washed. However, as we found out the other night, he loves showers and doesn't mind getting water in his eyes that way.
Yay!

Today I came into.the room to find Kohen hiding like this. What I found really funny is that he was laughing and telling himself to "ssshhh" so I wouldn't find him. This kid lives to scare/surprise us and playing multiple versions of this game is a daily routine. Oh Kohen, you keep us alive and laughing that's for sure!