Happy 27th Birthday and Valentine's Day!

Happy Birthday Lex!


*This is my handsome husband on our honeymoon.*
Lex, I'm the luckiest girl in the world to have found you.
Happy birthday on the 13th of February.
I LOVE YOU!

This is a picture of us while we were dating.
It was taken just a few days before our first
Valentine's Day together.
We've had an amazing time since, and our
6th Valentine's Day together will be just as wonderful!
Happy Valentine's Day my love!!!

Special Thanks

A special thanks to Jessica, our wonderful neighbor, who came over and took this fabulous picture! I asked her to take a picture of us so I could put it on our blog, and she did a fabulous job. What talent!!! THANKS JESSICA.

Cherished Moments

As Lex and I await the arrival of our second little boy,

we find ourselves cherishing

every moment we spend with Cyrus.

He has been such an amazing blessing in our lives.

It's very clear we've learned more from him

in the last two years than he has from us.

He makes us laugh every day.

He must be getting bored of just having

the two of us around, because he can't wait

for his little brother to be born in March.

A very special Christmas present

Cousin Logan bought Cyrus the special Christmas present he was hoping for. Cyrus got two goldfish; Nemo and Lilly. He also got two porcelain fish for the tank; a shark named Mr. T. and a blow fish named Big D.

His excitement hasn't died down since the first day he got them. Every morning when he wakes up he uses the "potty" and then we feed the fish. All through the day he checks up on them and watches them to see which fish is watching back.

Christmas Cheer!

Since Cyrus understands the concept of Christmas much more

this year, it was wonderful for Grandma Case to have a

special Christmas message about Jesus' birth and the

Wise men on Christmas Eve. Cyrus learned that we get

presents on Christmas day because the Wise men

gave Jesus presents for his birthday,

so we give presents to remember Jesus.

All that said, Cyrus loves Santa!

From the time we set out our Christmas decorations,

Cyrus was so excited for Santa to bring him

presents on Christmas day. Santa certainly

didn't disappoint this year.

Santa brought Cyrus his very own cook book, measuring cups

and spoons, and this wonderful Santa apron, hat and oven mits.

He broke them in baking with Grandma Case,

and he's already used them three times since.

Snow Snow and more Snow

We arrived in Ashton for Christmas to find more snow than Boise has ever had at one time. The boys spent a great deal of their time out in the cold; fishing, swinging, riding the snow plow, sledding, and more swinging!

Madison and Cyrus practically wore the swing set out. That was the sure way to keep them both entertained, even through frustrating colds and a short spell of the stomach flu.

That swinging business is hard work. Grandpa Case swung Cyrus until he was out cold!

Getting ready for Christmas

Lex and Cyrus drinking hot chocolate on top of the roof! They were taking a little break from our first annual outdoor Christmas light hanging. We finally got them up for our 5th married Christmas.

The first snow of the year. Snow was much more exciting for Cyrus at two years old than it was at one.

Our first true blue Christmas tree. With all the blue and silver decorations, it turned out to be much nicer than I ever expected.

Results are in: "Who does Cyrus look most like?"

From a total of 45 votes, the final result for our pole
"Who does Cyrus look most like?" was
Daddy 27 (60%)
Mommy 18 (40%)
Congratulations Daddy!