New Blog!

Hello everyone! I don't know exactly how many people read my blog, but for those of you out there, I started another blog! The new blog is going to be full of information and tips for every woman to use. It will also have links to related sites! I'm hoping that this will generate some sort of revenue for our family... if not, it's still fun to blog! But please take a look at it, and pass it on to everyone you know! Word of mouth is the best! Check it out at The Busy Mom Handbook!

Happy Anniversary!

I can't believe it's already been 4 years since Chris and I got married. Time flies! It's been great, and I am really glad that I found such a wonderful man. Since we've been married we have had two kids, bought 3 houses, moved over 5 times, made several friends, been camping so many times I can't even remember, and most of all, we've never let our love die. So here is to four more glorious years.... ok and like 50+ more after that!

Oh Christmas Tree

The other day I was looking at our Christmas tree and realized that it looked very very bare! I mean we don't really have that many ornaments anyways, but it looked like half of them were gone! I didn't think that much about it, but later when I went to plug in our tree lights I saw about 15 ornaments clumped together on one branch in the very back on the bottom part of the tree. Then I realized what Kaylee was always doing when she went missing for awhile.

Kaylee the Dramatic

She makes one beautiful Snow White!

But an even cuter dead princess!

A busy week all wrapped up!

First off let me say, Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. Hope everyone had a great day! I had so much fun on Thanksgiving. It was my mom's birthday, Happy Birthday Mom, and almost all of my family came in town because my sister got married on Nov. 24th. It was a big day of family, food, and fun!

Kaylee also went to our neigbor's birthday party that was on the 21st. It was at the place called "Pump it Up" and there was just this enormous room filled with all these blow-up obsticle courses and slides and fun stuff. She had a blast and then afterwards we went to Chik-fil-a. You can see Crew sporting the lovely birthday hat.. How cute!

Kaylee and her cousin Brady were flower-girl and ring-bearer for my sister's wedding. They are so cute together, they look like they could be twins! Kaylee got to walk down the isle before my sister and throw rose petals. It was hilarious because she would only throw one petal at a time, and the whole walk she probably only let down 5 petals!

Here is the beautiful bride, Heather on the big day, just before we were about to go out! I was the maid-of-honor, and I got to hold Mark's wedding band and her flowers during the ceremony. It was a great one too!

Here I am all gussied up with my flowers in hand. I felt so pretty, kind of like I was going to prom or something.

And of course Chris was just as handsome as ever. He helped out so much while I was doing my duties as maid-of-honor. Thanks hunny, I love you!

Oh NO! What have I done?

So I got Chris an Xbox 360 for Christmas, and I gave it to him early. He loves it! Almost too much! This video I found on You Tube pretty much sums up what's going on around here! haha!

Crew and the Box

This is just proof that it doesn't always matter what is in the box! Kids just love what the toy comes in! This was so funny! Crew still does this everytime I give him the box of links to play with.

Rocky Point, Mexico!

This past weekend we went to Mexico! We stayed in an awesome 2 bed/2 bath condo in this cute resort called The Sonoran Spa Resort. We went with our neighbor's Chad and Lisa. We also took our other neighbor Meagan. She usually babysit's the kids when we go out so we thought we could bring her along so us adults could do some more fun stuff at night while the kids went to bed. It worked out great. We had a blast! Here are some of my favorite pictures.

Kaylee went swimming in the ocean and she had a great time. She also made sand castles and searched for sea shells. Crew didn't go into the water... it was a little chilly. He had fun being outside with everyone though. He played in the sand for a little until he started putting his sandy hands into his mouth. The picture with Chris is from our balcony at the condo. The resort had huge pools and spa's and it was right on the beach!

We did so many fun things! We rode the bannana boat and that was crazy! I am still sore from being thrown off!

In this picture we are at this restraunt that is ontop of the water! This is Meagan with Kaylee and Crew. She had a blast too. She was so helpful it made the trip so much fun! Thanks Meagan!

Family Photos!

This last picture is hillarious! Lisa was wearing this tank top that had sequins all over it and Crew was totally distracted by them! It was so funny! I know I'm saying this alot, but we had such a great time! Thanks again Chad and Lisa!

Update on The Syphus Family...

My, oh my, how time flies! Crew is already over 6 months old! He's scooting around and really really wants to just get up and run with Kaylee. He's starting to get a cute little personality too! He used to not care if Kaylee took a toy away from him, but now he starts to cry! Oh my goodness- here we go again!

Kaylee is just too funny! She's talking in complete sentences now and just absorbing everything around her. It's a good thing, but it just makes me and Chris have to work that much harder to make sure she's absorbing the good and not the bad! She still loves anything princess, and right now her movie of choice is "The Little Mermaid."

As for Chris and I, we are doing great! This picture was from when we went to the fair. We let Kaylee go on the Carousel all by herself! We watched her go around and each time she came by we all waived and she waived back. She had a blast. This is the best part of being a parent... making your kids happy! It can be the best feeling ever!

Happy Halloween!

This past week and a half has been so busy! We have been doing all sorts of fun stuff! We went to the fair, we did trunk-or-treat, and of course Halloween! We had a block party on Halloween night filled with fun games, crafts, and food! It was awesome! Kaylee was Cinderella, and Crew was an adorable little pumpkin! They had a blast! Their cousins Brady and Alina came trick-or-treating with us too!

Kaylee and our neighbors, Chad and Lisa, carving pumpkins.

Cinderella!

Pumpkin!

Alina as a cute little butterfly!

Brady as a dragon!

Playing the bean-bag-toss at the block party!

I've Been Tagged!

The rules:
A. The rules of the game are posted at the beginning.
B. Each player lists 6 facts/habits about themselves.
C. At the end of the post, the player then tags 6 people and posts their names, then goes to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

1. I have two adorable children named Kaylee, 3, and Crew, 5 mo.

2. I must confess that I am at times a little OCD. I am crazy about cleaning...sad, I know.

3. I love to find interesting recepies and test my culinary skills.

4. I am check my email probably 4 times a day... busy busy! (I sell stuff on Ebay so I am constantly answering questions, check it out sometime. My ebay name is syphcs).

5. I am very ambitious and love to start new projects all the time... the only problem is that I get easily distracted so my projects usually go undone for a long period of time.

6. I love to excersize and push myself to new limits. I like to enter into competitions because I am really... I mean REALLY competitive.

Tag! You're it- Becca, Laura, Heidi, Ashlynn, Kristen, and Annie

One Busy Week!

This week was so much fun! The in-laws came to town and we had a blast! I'll try to go in order of the week's events...

1. Bike Ride to the park: One morning I woke up and the weather was nice so I decided to take the kids to the park. Not the park down the street but the park at Vistancia. It's this glorified community that is a few miles from our neighborhood. It has an awesome recreation area with pools and parks. So I packed the kiddos into the bike trailer and took off, not really knowing how far it was mileage-wise, but I didn't think it would be that far. It was a little over 6 miles away... not that bad, but pulling the big tub of concrete behind me(the kids in the trailer), made it really difficult. Especially going up the hills it took to get there. It was an incredible work-out and every once and awhile Kaylee would throw in a remark to "Go Faster Mommy!" HA!

Once we finally got to the park we enjoyed a nice breakfast that I packed and played on the neat equipment that the park consisted of. Crew loved the swings, and Kaylee didn't want to leave.

2. Arizona Science Center: When the in-laws got in town we had a few things planned. Going to the Science Center was one of them. It is located in down-town Phoenix, and Chris' sisters don't really get to see stuff like that very often. I thought it would be fun! It was a blast! We spent almost 5 hours there! We went to lunch for some of that, but it was a good time. I forgot to bring my camera to this unfortunately.

3. Wildlife World Zoo: On the second day of the visit we went to the zoo. This was also really fun, but the tempature was starting to go up and we were worried that it might get too hot for the little ones. We went early in the day and met up with my sister-in-law Erin and her two kids, Brady and Alina. Kaylee and Crew were outfitted with hats, sunglasses, sun screen, water bottles, and toys. They also got their own strollers! How spoiled are they?

Here's Erin with the kids ready for a day of fun!

Everyone in this shot is looking at all the little monkeys. There were so many different types it's crazy!

One of my favorite things was being able to feed the Giraffes! They had this sort of dock that jets out into their living area where you can go up and feed them little pellets of food. Kaylee didn't really enjoy doing it because I think the large tounge of the giraffe scared her.

We also went on a little train ride that was very interesting. The train conductor gave us information on all the animals as we passed by them. It was interesting and we got really close to some cool animals. This is one of my favorite pictures.

4. Racecar Drivers Beware!: Our neighbors Chad and Lisa invited us to go do some racecar driving. There is this indoor track with little go-carts and an awesome track that looks crazy hard to drive. Chris did awesome of course! The carts can get up to speeds of 45 mph and I think Chris was going at max speed. He came in first both times they raced. It was pretty sweet!

5. Backyard Campout: Last but not least Chris and Kaylee camped out in our backyard. The weather is great the sky is clear and stars are everywhere! The only problem.. our neighbor just planted winter grass and it smells of manure! This is why I stayed indoors... also to be near to Crew if he were to wake up... Kaylee loves being with her daddy. They had a great time. Now Kaylee wants to sleep in the backyard every night! We definately have a Syphus girl on our hands here!

Eclipse

Alright, I finally finished this book. It was breath-taking! I think the reason I took so long to finish this one is because I just didn't want it to end! I can't wait for the next book to come out! For anyone out there wondering if they should read these books... do it!

IKEA

My sister-in-law, Erin, and I took a little trip to IKEA today. We took her awesome van and loaded up all the kiddies. It's a pretty far drive from where I live. The kids had a blast being in the car together. They made so much noise!

We ate lunch there and they have this cute little cafeteria. It was actually pretty good food! Alot better than my days of school lunches! For the first time Crew sat in a high chair and he ate lunch with us! He loved it... he looked like such a big kid! Brady and Kaylee sat in the kids area that was full of tables and chairs just their size, not to mention toys all around and Curious George playing on a DVD player! Lucky!

I did get some pretty cool stuff while I was there. I ended up with some stuff for Crew's crib, as well as the cool rug that Becca inspired me to get. I really wanted to redo the kid's room and spread the toys into the guest room, but with a little cleaning and organization I managed to make everything fit into just their room and it seems so much cleaner now too! If only Kaylee would keep it that way!

Family Reunion Campout

This past weekend the whole Syphus family (minus Alan because he had to work) went camping on the North Timp Point of the Grand Canyon. It was incredible! Spencer just got home from his mission so we went to celebrate his return. The weather was very nice. Cold in the mornings and night but the day weather couldn't have been better! We did so much stuff. The first night we got there we just set up and ate dinner, then went to the look out point less than a mile away from camp site and watched the sunset. It was beautiful! We forgot to bring our camera to that unfortunately.

These are the creators of the Syphus Family. Doug and Wendy. Aren't they cute?

The un-married kids of the family... We're so glad you're back Spencer! It was like you weren't even gone... still the same old "Unky Spunky!"

Kaylee really enjoyed riding the 4 wheeler with dad and me. Unfortunately when we went for our ride I got lost with Amanda and Kaylee aboard. We ran through some mud and got so dirty. We finally made it back to camp after two unsuccessful attempts to find the right way.

Laura and Mr. Cooper, Tasha and Mr. Cash, and Ben and Mr. Cash



Cohen and Kaylee after they took an awesome ride on the rope swing that Jesse put up.

Doug and I took a bike ride on the Rainbow Rim Trail. It went up and down canyons and along side the rim of the Grand Canyon. It was pretty intense, but it was kind of fun. We only did 5 miles of the 14 because everyone else was just waiting on us to go see Point Sublime.

This was at Point Sublime. It took us two hours on a bumpy road. It was only 25 miles away from camp, and the trip made me car sick. But once we got to the look-out it was all worth it! Chris is such a poser, but he's totally cute!

Me and Crew standing on the edge of the Grand Canyon. It was super windy and I couldn't get my hair out of my face to get my picture taken. It was beautiful and so breath-taking. You could even see the Colorado River from where we were.

Isn't he just so cute!?