Valentine's Day Quote

Valentine,

I love you for your mind.

And the way you use it to make your body do stuff.

So Sad

From this picture you can see how long Cohen's hair has gotten, and from previous pictures you can see how cute it was......WAS.  While I was at work one day last week Alan cut it all off.....it was so sad.  He looks totally different.  He is still cute, but I am going to grow it back out.

Christmas....finally

It took me awhile but I have finally got around to posting Christmas. 

We had a really fun time.  We played in the snow, went to Pine Valley, did our family Christmas party which was super fun, and of course my kids LOVED Christmas morning.

 

Christmas Project #2

For FHE we decorated wood ornaments for Grandma's tree.  I think they turned out really cute.  Elyza and Cohen loved it, and it was quick and easy.  We just used glue and glitter.

Christmas Project #1

First project me and the kids did, was make Christmas cupcakes for Claire's birthday.  They turned out cute, and were really fun.

Elves

I have to totally give credit to Tasha for this.  Totally funny.

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Christmas

I am really excited about christmas this year.  We put our tree up the week of Thanksgiving, I have all of my shopping done, we went to see Santa, and I have tons of activities planned for the kids.  We are decorating ornaments for Grandma tonight, then next monday we will be decorating a gingerbread house, we will hopefully get out to see the Tuachan Nativity, and our Family Christmas party will be really fun. ( Elyza has to sing a song, so we need to work on that too.)  Hope everyone has an excellent holiday season.  Hopefully I'll get around to posting before Christmas.

Finally

I finally got around to recovering my kitchen chairs.  I bought the fabric several months ago, but just recently got it done.  As you can see, the old covers, which were only suppose to be for christmas lasted 2 years.  They are really gross.  I also got fabric for my zebra ottoman.  It  is really dirty too, but, I haven't had time to do those ones yet.  I'll let you know.  When that gets done.

Surgery

Alan had another surgery on his foot on Friday.  They went in and took out all the hardware.  12 screws and 3 plates in all.  He was pretty delerious after the surgery and was calling all sorts of people, saying I have no idea what.  Not much different than usual I guess.  But he is doing good now.  He just needs to take it easy until Tuesday, then he will probably end up wearing a boot for about 6 weeks.

Errands

We were out doing errands and Cohen was just so cute.

Hats

Just thought I would post some cute pictures.  They are always walking around in Alan's hats.

DESK

When we were in SLC this past weekend we went to IKEA on our way home and picked out a desk.  My mom and dad headed up that way in his truck just a few days later and picked it up for us.  I love it, it fits in our little corner perfectly.

Dave's Wedding

We left our kids at Alan's parent's house for the weekend, just after halloween, and headed up to SLC for Dave and Sarah's wedding.  It turned out really fun.  We got some shopping in, and tons of ppl from st. george were there.  And as you can see Alan and Bubba got a little carried away decorating his car.

Halloween

Elyza and Cohen had a fun Halloween.  They dressed up as Tinkerbell and Peter Pan.  We made the treats that Ashlynn blogged about.  They turned out yummy, good idea, thanks.  Then we went to Alan's parents house were they went trick or treating with all their cousins.  

Preschool Stuff

Elyza's Preschool did a field trip to Staheli Farms for October.  It was really fun.  Claire goes to the same preschool so they got to hang out together all day.  It was really fun.  They also did a really fun Halloween party in class.  I have pictures, but her teacher has already posted some good pictures on her blog.  So if you want to see them, check out her blog here.

Stuff

I have tons of new stuff to post....I'll be back later.

Pandora

I think I have blogged about this site before, but since I have started working more, I use it all the time! It is so awesome. You just type in your favorite song or artist, and it will create a radio station just for you. You can remove songs you don't like, and add songs you do want. It is all custom made, so every song is a good song. I love it! Check it out at Pandora.com

iMac

I finally got my new computer! I am so excited. You can check them out here.

Above View

We went to Kurt and Ashley's open house today at Above View Flight School. It was really fun. They had all the radio station's there, and hot dogs, drinks ect. Then they took Elyza, Claire, and Cohen up on a ride. They had tons of fun. Check out their site for school info, or for scenic flights.

Thriller

We are going to Tuachan on Wed. 29th for Thriller. Anyone want to join us, get your tickets here.
We will hopefully also bet doing dinner either before or after. Come and join us. It will be totally fun.

Dirty Sexy Money

I love this show. Watch it.

Wednesday's 9pm

Dave & Sarah

I received Dave's wedding invitation this last week. Awesome engagement photo. Congratulations guys, hopefully we will be there. Nov. 1st!

The Park

On Friday we went to Tonaquint Park, the weather was perfect, I had my blanket and a book, and we were settling in for a nice long stay, when Elyza comes running up with blood running down her face. She was running and hit her face on the stairs of the playground. So, we drove over to instacare, but they sent us to the hospital. She ended up with 5 stitches above her lip, and her teeth are probablly going to turn grey from getting bumped so hard, and she has a dentist appointment next week.....I hope there is no permanent damage to her teeth.

Cohen's Birthday

Ok, so Cohen's Birthday turned out really fun. We had a ton of people show up, mostly family.
All the little kids dressed up like pirates, and we went and did a treasure hunt in the desert. We had hamburgers and hot dogs, and deserted island pirate cupcakes. I think everything turned out really fun. Thanks everyone for coming and bringing gifts for Cohen, and for everyone who helped. He had tons of fun!

Pre School

And finally my last update, Elyza started pre school, so here is her picture.

Camping Cedar Mountain

The Syphus Family went camping up on Cedar mountain last weekend and it was really fun. Alan and I actually just went up Saturday morning and spent the day, but the weather was nice, and the kids had tons of fun. We also brought out hammock and that turned out fun too. Oh, and I was stung by a bee.

August

OK, so I have been really bad at blogging, but here is at least some of what has been going on. Spencer and Taylor were married in August. Wahoo! It was a really fun wedding, glad I was there. Then, Angie and I took the kids to Jumping Jacks in Washington. It was really fun. The kids loved it, especially on a hot day.

Family Reunion

So we got back from Lava last night and it was way fun. I think we had about 70+ people show up. We had the entire hotel there so it was nice not to have to worry about strangers and noise levels ect. But the kids loved the pools, I think there were 5. They were warm from the hot springs. And the river was right behind the hotel, and we brought tons of tubes for floating the river. It was way fun too. One night we did a horse ride and dutch oven, and had a guy come and talk about family history. Then mostly we just visited people we haven't seen for a long time, and did a lot of swimming. Thanks Dad! Way fun.
P.S. Cohen has been asking for Whitney still. Just in case you read this.

Lava

We are off to a family reunion in Lava Hot Springs ID. It should be way fun. Hopefully I will have some good pictures to post when I get back.

Later

Alan @ Work

One of the reason's why Alan loves his job.
Drive practice in the Hummer Engine.

Fancy Footwork

Awesome

Contest!!

Enter the Guitar Hero Contest at the Casablanca Resort in Mesquite!

When: June 6-8
Register: $75 (includes a 2 night stay.)
1st place: $3000


If I was good I would totally enter, it would so fun!

Furniture

My mom's new chair. I love it.

To go with the other piece she had made by Seville's in town. My mom's awesome.

For Rent

One of my most favorite houses in town was for sale, now is for rent. Find it on Diagonal.

Love

I love this shoe. Get it here.

Hair cut

On Wednesday night Elyza went to town with the siccors, and cut all the front of her hair super short, on both sides. So, we called Angie up and she got a new hair cut. It turned out ok, plus it will be easy for summer.

25 Main

We went and had lunch at Joey and Erin Dye's new place. It's right on main street. It is so good....go and check it out. They have delicious penini sandwiches, pasta, and salads. Also Erin has cupcakes that are good too.....she also does cakes special order.
25 Main Cafe and Cake Parlor.

Baby Mama

This new Tina Fey movie looks hilarious.

Whitney Pockets

The camping trip turned out really fun. We went to Whitney Pockets, just south of Mesquite. While we were there we went to Devil's Throat, and we drove the 4wheelers and trucks about 25 miles down to Lake Mead. The kids found seashells and we had lunch. Chris an Shawn came up from Phoenix and brought some friends so there was a big group....it was way fun.
Oh, and Grandma planned an Easter egg hunt. The kids loved it. Thanks everyone for a way fun time.

Shoes

I love these shoes

Wedding

Nate's wedding turned out really nice. The weather was perfect.

Here is some of the nieces and nephews getting a dice game going in the corner of the temple steps. Awesome.

All the little girls with Audrey

Nate and Audrey.

Cohen, just because he is cute.

Tumbling

We signed Elyza up for tumbling at the Rec center with Wyatt...she loved it...but I asked her if she wanted to do another class and she said she wants to do dance next time. So, I guess the next thing she will do is dance.

Little Secrets

I love country music.

Are you ready?

2 Hr. season premiere tonight! It was hard to get into this show at first.....but last season was so good! Make sure you watch.

Nate and Audry

Nate and Audry....getting married March 1st. Congrats guys.

Christmas

I know I haven't posted forever but I wanted to put some pictures up of Christmas.

Here is Spencer as Santa for my Mom's Christmas party. He makes an excellent Santa.
PJs on Christmas eve.
Christmas Morning.