NO MORE CURLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Okay, I know that everyone will not be happy about this but, think how I feel. On Saturday, my husband thought I was taking a nap and I wasn't and I came out and saw what my husband did. HE CUT Cash's beautiful curls off. I MEAN OFF! I was mad at him because I was going to get it trimmed this week. BUT NOOOOOOOOO, Ben and his stubborn Syphus side (Sorry, but true) had to go and copy his brother Alan (He too cut his sons curls off) and do this.
So no more curls. But I will be growing it out again and this time Ben will not be allowed to go near him and his hair EVER! NOT FUNNY!

Christmas and much more...

So Christmas has come and gone. Oh what fun it was. It was a really quiet one during Christmas week. To start off we went to Ben's parents house on Christmas Eve. Well, that day Wendy had left a pot of chicken to boil (for chicken noodle soup) and left to go shopping. She returned home and the house was full of smoke. We are very grateful that the house did not start on fire. So the house smelled of smoke as we celebrated the Eve. It still smells of smoke. We call it the smoke house now. We also found out that my mother had fallen down my sisters stairs and broke her back and spent a good portion of the day at the hospital.

Christmas morning was early for us. We had the joy of my little sister Whitney and her boyfriend join us. Cash was so excited for the presents he got. A digger, more train tracks and trains, DVD's and some clothes. Small Christmas but a very good one. As we got ready to go to Ben's parents again, I was in a hurry and went to reach for the Listerine bottle and instead grabbed the Mr. Clean bottle. Yes, I mouth washed with it. NOT smart I know! I was dry heaving for about a half hour and have had sores in my mouth ever since.
We had breakfast and hung out until we had to go to my grandma's for dinner. So it was very quiet Christmas for us.
My parents returned from S.L.C. on Sunday with my sister and her two kids. And I was so excited to see and be with them. Then that Monday was Benni's 31st birthday. We went to Red Robin for lunch and he was at the doctors. That night we had a birthday dinner for him at his families. It was a very fun evening. I want to say thanks to all that donated to his generator fund for his birthday.
That evening we found out that my mother fell again down my grandparents stairs and broke her tailbone and more of her back.

On New Year's Eve Ben and I went to a movie and then home. Not to exciting. On New Year's Day the Strong's and all their kids came down. We went to Jumpin' Jacks. The kids had a ball. And we played the Rock Band which my dad and Ben loved. My mother had to have back surgery on Friday. It was a small procedure to help heal her back correctly. Painful non the less. She is doing well though.
The holidays were good and enjoyable. We hope everyone had a good one also. I will put more pics from the holidays up later.

Christmas Preperations...

Well we all know that this time of year really is not so fun. Shopping (I HATE IT) and doing decorations (BEN HATES). But with kids you somehow have to find the umph to do it all. This picture cracks me up. Since Ben wasn't there I threw (Literally, had to do it with my dad) my parents in with my kids. Cash is so funny because he is always smiling. And my mom says she looks like a Santa helper. I told her she looks like the "Newsies!" It was an adventure that evening. With all the snow and family cheer (NOT)!
We had the opportunity to have some family in town that we rarely see. It was really nice to see them. But I am sure they are glad to go because staying with our grandpa, is not all that fun. I want to say a huge thank you to you two people who took care of grandma. It was a huge break. Thanks!
It will be a real quiet Christmas day for us because my parents are up north with my sister and her family. I am so sad because I was suppose to go up but I did not want to drive by myself with my kids in the snow. And let me tell you it is snowing. Not just up there but here in sunny St. George (not really the last 2 weeks have been snowy and cold and wet).
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO EVERYONE FROM US SYPHUS'S!

Cash says byebye to the binky

The last couple weeks have been a rough one for us because we took the binky away from Cash a week and half ago. And he has been a monster. Even though you may not see it in these pics he has been a very naughty boy. We love him and are very proud of him. The doctor told me to get rid of it. So after bath time one morning we threw the binky in the tub and said "Bye Bye" to the bubbles (he says bye to them every morning) and the binky. It has been rough because it takes for ever for him to go to sleep and when he starts screaming, we can't just cork him anymore. NOT A FUN ADVENTURE!
Ben and I had the opportunity to go to Las Vegas overnight on Saturday and we invited our friends Travis and Ivette and their 3 kids. We had such fun time with them. It has been a long time since Ben and I enjoyed ourselves and the kids. I want to let them know that they are inspirations to Ben and I. They make their lives about and around their children. And the simple things are what are most important. It was so fun and we didn't do a thing. It was funny when we first got there Trav's oldest son said, "This is the nicest and coolest place he had ever been." Tavis had agreed. It was nice to go places with people who appreciate stuff. Travis and his wife were impressed with it all. So I must give props to WorldMark and my family for being part of it.
We went to Macy's to get food so we could cook instead of going out and eating and it was so funny because Travis was shocked to see how cheap liquor was. Then we headed to Bass Pro Shop. It was fun to show Cash the big fish aquariums. They had a mermaid in one and she scared Cash.
Then that night somehow, we ended up watching Ben and Travis laugh, until they cried, about Ben's shirt Chuck Norris Extreme Hunting.
And most of these pics were of the next morning of the dad's and kids in the kiddie pool because it was the warmest place to swim. It was so cold outside. People thought they were crazy. It was fun to see Cash dump everyone's clothes in the pool. So when they got out the had nothing warm to put on.
I love my son and he is a joy to watch grow up!

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Gabby is...

I thought I would put these pics up from last night to show off the joy we get from Gabby. She now has learn to growl (the video will show it. Be careful there is spit up at the end). And she loves to be a character with a huge cheesy smile. For the first 5 months of her life she was not so much fun. She cried all the time and it was really sad. Now she is a whole new baby. It is nice to end our evenings with this instead of crying and whining. She is our little piece of joy with so much personality. We love her!!!

Giving Thanks to Thanksgiving...

Well, it was a great Thanksgiving for our little family. We did Thanksgiving dinner with Ben's family on Thanksgiving day. We had the opportunity to have Nana & Papa Great Syphus to join us. Our little Gabby was so tired all weekend. She missed most of her naps every day. Then on Friday we did Thanksgiving dinner with my extended family on my mother's side. We had it at a church. It was a good time. I will post video on how our family is. It is a real treat. As you can see everyone is doing happy faces even though we are all full. We had lots of laughs. On Saturday Ben took my whole family to the Little Black Mountain Petroglyphs. It was very fun. We found one of the GeoCache boxes. It was cool to see how far back it went. We found a log and it was 2002.
I just want to say that I am very thankful for one thing...family. Life is not entertaining without them. I love my family so very much. Even though it has been a rough year for us. I am very grateful for each and everyone of you. I love you all. It was kind of sad because my sister and her little family didn't come down. But they were there in our hearts. I hope everyone's Thanksgiving was a good as mine was. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!