Soccer Fun, Wedding Planning Craziness, My Adventures and Just Being a Family.

Oops! I guess its been a while since our last update!

Miss Dalia started soccer last week! We're pretty sure she is enjoying it and she actually picked up the concept pretty quickly. Here are some photos we would like to share of her big soccer game debut!

The wedding planning is coming together!! September 10th is approaching and I can hardly wait! There's this ugly rumor that planning your wedding is so much fun and exciting. Exciting, yes... fun, well I am waiting for that part to come :) Right now, I stress out about everything and have joked a couple of times that the evil bridezilla is slowely coming out. I am sure Mark would secretly agree with this. Really, I just can't wait to marry Mark and continue on our amazing journey!

Recently, I competed in an adventure race. Have you heard of them? Well, let me tell you it was easily the hardest thing I have done in a very long while! Basically, its a lot of hiking, paddling and climb rock after rock after rock. During the race, I was cussing up a storm in my head and absolutely hating life. It really was extreme and tough ( and it was a beginners race!!). My legs were jello, my back was aching and all I wanted was a cocktail and a swimming pool. Once I got home and showered, I realized I am absolutely crazy! BECAUSE I thought, okay I will totally do that again! :) Here are some pictues from that race.

Getting ready to go!

Oh Boy! Here we go!

Maybe this wasn't a good idea!

Nope! this wasn't a good idea!

The water was freezing! and paddling with your arms is killer!

Not even close to the end!

As your can tell our family is doing quite well! Everyday we grow closer and stronger together. Yesterday we went to our nieces first communion, as I sat there in church next to Mark and Mark's family I really couldnt help but feel so blessed. Anyone who knows Marks family knows they are truly great people. I think that's one of the things I love most about our relationship we both love each others families. My sister's come over once or twice a week just to hang out and its nice knowing that they love and view Mark as their brother and can rely on him for anything. This is what life is all about, so blessed we are.

The Kohut's

(more pictures we would like to share)

Dalia and my mom making Easter themed cupcakes

She loves this stuff!

All done!

Miss Bella smiling as always!

Aunt Debbie helping munchkin skate :)

New Year and New Adventures!

Happy New Year everyone! This year has already been eventful. We are planning a wedding!! I am already in trouble with "the moms" for being behind on stuff. No worries though, between the two of them this will be an amazing wedding for sure!

Mark and I recently took the munchkin on her first quad riding adventure! First, we must show you her quad riding outfit!

So funny!

She had an absolute blast! In her words "this is awesome!" Mark had a great time as well. He was getting some pretty sick air on the table tops and having so much fun racing around the track. Simple family trips like these are the moments that mean the most. Below are some more pictures we would like to share with you, enjoy!

If there is one thing we are quickly noticing about munchkin, its that she LOVES arts and crafts. The other day my sister (aunt chels) made her a baby blanket for her new baby doll, so munchkin decided it was time for her to learn how to sew. Aunt Chels helped Dalia make another baby blanket for her dolls. I think Nana has a little mini me on her hands!! Time for her and Nana to start some projects! Here is the blanket Munchkin and Aunt Chels made.

Mark and I will be going on our own BIG adventure next month as we head to Hawaii (Maui to be exact) for the first time. We are both so excited to go and are counting down the days. I am excited to go zip lining and snorkling and Mark is excited to check out the golf courses and do some surfing. Mark keeps threatening me that he is going to wear the Borat bathing suit on the beach and I am starting to get concerned that he is not joking. For those that don't know what that is, please let me share what this image could look like. Hotness!!!!!

By the way, the Chicago Bears and the Greenbay Packers are headed to the NFC championship game. This week we will be mere enemies until the last play of the game. No matter the ending though, one of our teams will be going to the Superbowl and we will both be rooting for the same team to win. Can you tell we love football.

The Beginning of Our Family!

Mark proposed!!! wait.. I guess I should say Mark and Dalia proposed. The proposal was absolutely perfect! Here's the story, it was Christmas Day and I was exhausted. It was only noon but really I was beat so I was taking a nap on my parents couch. My mom came and woke me up and told me that Mark needed me to get Dalia in the shower and I should probably just jump in as well. My thought, seriously.. no seriously I am napping. So I get up and jumped into a freezing cold shower because everyone had showered before me. Needless to say I am not a happy person at this point. Then it felt like it took forever for Dalia and I to get ready and Dalia was starting to throw a bit of a fit because she wanted her hair curled and it just wasn’t curling. At this point my sister walks in and takes Dalia using the excuse that her boyfriend was here and had gotten her another Christmas present. Ok! Now I am beyond annoyed and I know I am going to hear about it all day that she wanted her hair curled. Soooo I am still in my parents room and my mom is having all sorts of conversations with me and I am trying so hard to pay attention to her but really I just want to go down stairs and get munchkin so we don’t have tears later . Finally, my dad hollers from the stairs and asks my mom to come down (yes!! I am finally getting out of this room). I walk down the stairs and WAIT.... Marks nephew is on my parents couch.... Wait.... my dad is standing there with a camera.... HOLY MOLY THE ENTIRE HATCH AND KOHUT FAMILY IS HERE!!. and reality hits me!! THIS IS IT!!. Mark takes my hands and says some very special words then here comes the munchkin BOX IN HAND!! ( I am shaking at this point and I am pretty sure I am no longer breathing) Miss Dalia gets down on one knee and says " will you marry my daddy"!! Ok all self control is lost!! I am crying and hugging both of them!! and said YES!!!! not a dry tear in the house, I can promise you that!! Honestly, it was more than what I could have ever asked for! Mark did such a wonderful job planning and picking out the ring. I'll say it for the rest of my life, he has been the biggest blessing and I am so thankful for him and Dalia.
So now our family journey begins, I couldn’t be more excited about it. I absolutely can’t wait to be a Kohut and really can’t wait to hold the title of Mark Kohut’s wife.
<3 Bethany