Gingerbread House

It's finally FINISHED!! As some of you know the Cohoon family had a Gingerbread House building competition. It was between Jake and me, Mike and Meagan, and Bobby and Emily. The deadline was Christmas Day and we had some of the neighbors come over and judge, that way they wouldn't know which was which. Jake and I got the "Most Edible" prize. Bobby and Emily got "Most Original" and Mike and Meagan won "Grand Prize"!

Front View

Back/Top View (that's a lake on the side)

Close-up of Top Side View

Our idea. It's a building somewhere in Russia.

Mike and Meagan's Gingerbread House. I haven't got any pictures of Bobby and Emily's but I will soon.

Family Time

This is our lovely Christmas Tree. You can't see the ornaments very well but that's ok, and don't worry we now have an angel on top.

On Wednesday Jake and I had my Dad, Cece, Mandy, William, and Mason over for dinner (Kayla had YW and got to go to temple square instead - we missed her). After dinner we were all just hanging out and I realized I don't get to see my siblings that often which is why I don't have many pictures of them and they get bigger every time I see them! William has a loose tooth and Mason can rollover now! Oh, and Mandy's taller than me (no fair!). Anyway, I got the camera out and here are some of the moments I captured:William Reading Cute little Mason Just Chillin'Mommy and MasonMandyAnd last but not least, Nala (our dog-for those of you who don't know....just kidding aunt suzette)

Kitchen

So my last post stated how messy the kitchen was and how I couldn't stand it. It was true. Not even 24 hours after that post I went crazy and cleaned the whole kitchen, cabinet doors or not. I organized my cupboards, cleaned out the fridge, swept, mopped, everything. It stayed clean the next day and then the day after that got messy again because we started painting some more. It's ok though because now it's clean again and the cabinets are all painted. We still need to paint the walls but I am so happy to have the cabinets done I had to put up some pictures.Jake's fabulous idea for painting the doors without having to put news paper everywhere. He put things under them (by things i mean boxes of cake or pasta, Tupperware, tool boxes, whatever he could find really. So we had a row of doors in our kitchen. It worked out pretty good and I only had to scape a little paint off the floor. TA DA!! CLOSE-UP (It's a little discolored in the picture)

Messy Kitchen

We are painting our kitchen cabinet's. What we thought was a cool idea we saw in the store turned into a big head ache and now a big mess. We saw a bathroom vanity in Lowe's and I fell in love with it so we decided we should paint our kitchen to look like it. Pretty easy right? That's what we thought. We still haven't figured out how they did it but there are a few spots on it that look "crackled" so that it is antiqued. No, it's not crackle, it doesn't look the same. Then Jake got the genius idea that they burned the paint with a blow torch and it dried really fast and that's what made it bubble. It was perfect and we decided that's exactly what they did. We went home and tried it...nope. It didn't work again. So after reading books, looking online, testing over and over I decided I didn't like it as much and we should just paint and stain them and forget about the stupid crackle. So that's what we did. It's been 4 days of painting here and there and we're only about half way done. Which is just fine and dandy except as many of you know I tend to be a clean freak (not that my house is always perfect but I try my hardest) and I get anxiety when things are a huge mess. My kitchen is a HUGE mess.
Our laundry room (below) aka cabinet painting station.
My fabulous idea of how to paint all the drawers at the same time and not have to empty them or have them spread out all over the house. I was very proud of myself for thinking it up.

Turkey Bowl!!

"It's Provo Sizzler vs Orem Sizzler. This is Huge! It's bigger than the Super Bowl or Daytona 500!" Says Jake Cohoon before he played in the Turkey Bowl Thursday morning.

For those of you who don't know, Jake works at the Provo Sizzler and Mike, his brother, works at the Orem one. Organized by Tim (another Orem worker and friend) they decided to see who was really the better Sizzler. Both teams gathered their best players and held two practices earlier in the week. I wasn't there for the Sizzler Turkey Bowl but the winning team (to Jake's disappointment) was the Orem Sizzler with a 3-0 score. Jake hasn't talked much about it but when I asked he said "We got slaughtered". After the big game others joined in the fun and that's what I got pictures of. They aren't great because it's hard to focus on people who are constantly running from side to side. It seemed like everyone had fun and I was glad that Jake said it was worth it because he's been in pain ever since.

Update of our House

So on Tuesday we decided to paint the living room (again). We bought the new couch and decided to do a blue accent wall behind it. After some time and thought and an unnecessary comment from a visitor to our house we realized it just wasn't the right color. Also, the new couch might have been a better choice because of size but it was in the wrong spot and the room was way unbalanced. We finally got up the courage and tackled our big job of painting the whole room and moving the entertainment center and other furniture, not to mention all the dolphins. (I was going to take a picture but I forgot, the dolphins were laid out on the table during the move and lets just say you couldn't even see the table...it was all dolphin.) We think it looks a lot better and it opens up the room a lot. Just for those of you who don't like it...It's our house and we like it so keep your opinions to yourself. (I was hurt, seriously some people need to learn respect.) And now for pictures!! P.S. It's a lot better in person, come see for yourself!

Sorry, this one is really dark. I'll try and fix it later.

My Jakey

I was tagged by Cece to answer the following questions about my husband, Jake.

#1. Where did you meet your husband?

We met at Dudley's house for a blind (sorta) date.

#2. How long did you date before you got married?

Does that include being engaged? If so, 3 1/2 months. We were engaged after dating 3 weeks.
#3. How long have you been married?
From today (11-20-08) it's been 1 year, 3 months and 11 days.

#4. What does he do that surprises you?

Cleans. Most men don't help out a lot with cleaning the house, and if they do you just have to re-do it. Jake actually does the dishes and laundry (that doesn't including putting it away) and he doesn't mind vacuuming the living room. He'll sweep and mop if I ask him too but I'm picky about it so he usually just let's me take care of it. Oh, and he makes pretty much every meal. If he's home to cook it, he'll cook it. I hardly ever make food for myself - his choice. I'm spoiled.

#5. What is your favorite feature of his?

His eyes. They're pretty. Actually, when we first started dating he had blue contacts so his eyes were a dark blue color. The first time I saw him without contacts I about died. He has the most beautiful brown eyes I've ever seen. After that I told him he wasn't allowed to get color contacts. I hope our kids get his beautiful brown eyes.

#6. What is your favorite quality?

Like EVERYTHING! haha, he is just so sweet to me all the time. Even when I'm not in a good mood he tries his hardest to make me happy.

#7. Does he have any nick names for you?

Too many to list. There's the usual, honey, baby, sweety, beautiful, etc. And then there's baby-waby, lyssy, and I think it's cute when he calls me baby doll, I'm not sure why.

#8. What is his favorite food?

PIZZA!! He could eat it for every meal, every day, and he was until he met me and I made his switch it up a bit. We have pizza every monday night and of course he has to have his frozen tostino's pizza's every now and then, oh and mini pizza pockets, and pizza hot pockets.

#9.What is his favorite sport?

To play or to watch? To play it would be hockey, even though he hasn't played for a long time because of his knee's. To watch it would have to be football - I'm learning to like it...or at least tolerate it.

#10. When and where did you first kiss?

Haha, it was the night we met so sometime in April of '07, at Dudley's house, on his cuddle bag.

#11. What is your favorite thing to do as a couple?

We like to eat out a lot. Sometimes on dates with friends but usually just by ourselves. We go to Ruby River a lot for our date nights. If you were to ask him this question I think he would say we like to fix up our house. Which is fun but personally I think eating out is more romantic.

#12. Do you have any kids?

Just our puppy Nala. Maybe we'll have kids in a few years...a FEW...that means 2 or more, just so you all know.

#13. Does he have any hidden talents?

He really likes to work with wood. He likes to build and refinish things and they always turn out beautifully. Oh and he is very funny. A lot of people don't know it but he can do amazing impersonations of Jim Carrey or Adam Sandler, and a few other people but those 2 are my favorites.

#14. How old is he?

He is 27 (and just for those of you that know how old I am and don't want to do the math, it's about a 6 1/2 year difference. It just makes it fun because we grew up in different times.)

#15. Who said "I love you" first?

Jake. And he reminds me that every now and then. He said it after about 3 days, I think it was. I said it back almost a week later. I just wasn't as sure as he was I guess. Plus, his was sort of an "accident". He said it when was saying bye to me on the phone one night and then text me right after "Do you realize I just said "I love you"?" It was so cute.

#16. What is his favorite kind of music.

He likes country but for some reason hasn't listened to it since we've been married. He also really likes Metallica, which was a big turn on because that's what was in his car the first time he drove me somewhere. When he's in the car by himself he just listens to what I call "Blah" aka 1160 AM talk show stuff.

#17. What do you admire most about him?

How he is so caring and loving, to everyone. He loves his family so much. He gives the best hugs and my moms love it (maybe cuz I don't hug them enough, I don't know) and I love how sweet he is with my little siblings and his nieces and nephews. He is going to be a great dad, which I am so excited for (but that doesn't mean we're having kids soon!).

#18. What is his favorite pass time?

TV, watching TV, oh, and did I mention TV? As he would say "It relaxes me". I'm not a big TV watcher, I just get bored. He could watch it all day long and be just fine.

#19.Will he read this?

If he does it will only be because I'll tell him I updated the blog and he has to look. He's not as into the whole blogging thing. I like the computer, he likes the TV (which is fine by me, more time on his lap top for me!)

#20. Who do you tag?

I am going to tag.................Emily Mason and Allyson.