Dinosuar Cyrus!

Uncle Jake helped Cyrus invent a strange device for transforming 

Cyrus into a dinosuar. You have to see this to know 

what I'm talking about. It's hilarious!

Just another day of "Cyrus and Jack playing".

We've had a special request from Cyrus to have more videos on the computer for him to watch.

Since his videos of "eating sugar" and "nursery rhymes" we have had to search back through our blog history to see the other videos we've posted before.

This video is simply the lives of Cyrus and Jack. Cyrus has already watched it twice, so I'm sure it will be worn out very soon, just like the others!

My first opera experience

I've never been to an opera but I managed to sing in my first opera. I really enjoyed learning how to move around on stage and the whole experience was so much fun. 

I was so relieved after the performance when everyone only had wonderful things to say about attending their first opera. They enjoyed the show much more than they expected to.

 

I look forward to performing in another opera sometime in the future. I'll let you know when that happens!

The wonderful adventures of Cyrus the Great

This morning Cyrus was so funny telling stories 

and learning to open the brown sugar jar. 

He is one smart boy, and very entertaining.

You'll get a kick out of these.

Cyrus has been saying and singing many rhymes and here 

is a video of just a couple of them. I had to get them on video to remember 

these adorable moments.

Happy Halloween Batman!

Cyrus, you make an amazing Batman!

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Batman Cyrus spent all Halloween day

rescuing Boise from all the

Halloween candy. He will be disposing

of it slowly over the next year until he saves

Boise from the Halloween candy again.

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Trunk-or-Treat was the best ever because Cyrus

played with Logan and Adam.

Becca, Mom and Dad took him around to all the

candy stops and Cyrus thought Grandpa Clown

was the star of the show.

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All that rescuing and trunk-or-treating

is a lot of work for a little Batman.

Cyrus crashed before he got to sort

through all of his hard-earned treats.

What a day!

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We can't forget the Harvest Party

at our ward with Alfy the Clown and the

frisby toss the weekend before.

*Cyrus had a blast*

Cyrus is going to have a little brother!

Sometime in March our second little baby boy is going to be

born and Cyrus will become a big brother!

Cyrus is a great helper. It will be wonderful to have a

little helper around when the baby comes.

His favorite new chore is scrubbing the wood floor

with the brissely vacuum accessory. His second favorite

chore is holding the dustpan after I sweep. He helps fold the

towels, cleans the toy room, and lots of other things!

Cyrus may just become the most loving, best sharing

big brother in history. He loves to see how people react

when he shares what he's eating or playing with.

We always give him a great big thank you and a hug.

Although we've been teaching and telling him about being

nice for a long time, he's now really grasping what it means

to be "nice". He uses this idea of sharing to remind us

how to share too. If we have something he's not supposed

to play with, he always says "Please share Daddy!" or

"Please Share Uncle Jake!". Hopefully he'll keep

sharing when the baby comes along!

If you've had patience to read this far, you can cast your

vote on the five boy names we're choosing from!

But just so you know, majority doesn't win...

We just want to know what you all think! :-D

1. Darius 2. Corbin 3. Gabriel 4. Cael 5. Gideon

Fun day at the Fire House

Jake is volunteering with Eagle Fire and he invited us to

attend their open house today.

We went and had a blast despite the freezing windy weather.

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We all got to sit inside the fire truck. It looked awesome inside!

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We watched as they demolished this entire car.

It used to have a roof! I now know that I will be

safely extricated if I ever get stuck in a car!

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Jake gave us a tour of all the feats he had to

perform to pass his physical exam.

Lex and Cyrus took their shot at this thing...

whatever it is! It's harder than it looks.

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Now that we're finished with our adventure at the Fire House we have one handsome Deputy Fire Marshall on our hands. He's always keeping us in line.

*Plug for Jake and the Eagle Fire: Go to Haunted Woods this year where they will be volunteering!

Susan's English Toffee

SPECIAL REQUEST!

I want to have as many people as possible try out this

recipe and TELL ME how their's turns out.

It's easy and delicious so print this recipe and when you

have a few spare cooking minutes,

PLEASE TRY THIS:

SUSAN’S ENGLISH TOFFEE

1 cup butter (Land O’ Lakes BAKING Butter during the Holidays)
1 cup sugar
3 tbs. water
1 pkg. milk chocolate chips (Ghirardelli, Belgian, Hershey’s, or anything I suppose!)
2 cups sliced almonds

(The trick is figuring out exactly how long to cook the mixture. I’ve cooked it too long and it hardens too fast but sometimes I don’t cook it long enough and it doesn’t set up as well. So just keep trying until it’s just right!)

-Use a heavy skillet. Melt butter and add sugar and water on medium high heat.

-Stir continuously with wooden spoon and when mixture just begins to turn to a lighter yellow/very light brown color, remove from heat and stir 1½ cups sliced almonds into the mixture.

-Spread evenly onto a cookie sheet.

-While still hot, sprinkle chocolate chips over mixture. As they melt, lightly smooth the chocolate over the mixture. Then sprinkle remaining ½ cup of sliced almonds on top.

- Refrigerate overnight and when toffee is hard break it into desired sized pieces.

Easy Peach Jello Jam

This is the recipe I used to make my peach freezer jam.

Print it off and save it for the next time you have extra peaches.

I think it's delicious!

EASY PEACH JELLO JAM

6 cups mashed fruit
3 cups sugar
2 (3 oz.) packages jello peach gelatin
1 tbs. lemon juice

1. Mix fruit and sugar in a large pan
2. Bring to a boil for 3 minutes
3. Add Jello
4. Freeze in freezer containers

Makes 3-4 pints

Our new daily routine

Lex and his business partner Don started a logistics company

and they are at work by 7AM!

This is Lex hard at work at the new office.

So we have all been going to bed earlier

and waking up earlier.

I get up when Lex leaves just before 7AM

and Cyrus wakes up about a half hour later.

The other day Cyrus and I watched the sun rise together because he woke up at 7:28AM. He surprisingly just sat and watched out the window with me for a good 15 minutes while he woke up.

Peach and Pear Processing Extravaganza 2008!

Our wonderful new neighbor Jessica brought her daughters Lane and Evyn and went with Cyrus and me to pick peaches and a pears.

Grandma Bassett helped me get all of mine canned. It was so much fun to learn all about how she does her canning. I also froze some to use for peach cobbler and made some AMAZING Peach Jam with a recipe my mom gave me.

Cyrus was my big helper through the whole process. Thanks Cyrus... and everyone else who helped!

We're having a baby!

We are excited to be expecting another baby...

due March 16th. We will find out if it's a boy or girl

on October 27th, but Cyrus is already certain it's a girl.

Let us know what your guess is!

Jana took my first pregnancy picture in her new studio

she put together upstairs. She always does a fabulous job!...

but I always feel so goofy getting my picture taken all alone.

A great big thanks to MaLea who gave me her winter maternity clothes. I would be freezing already if it weren't for her. THANKS YOU!

Cyrus' 2nd Birthday: the Pirate Party

ARRR... Matey! Please please, I want some pirate presents, and a Thomas the Train and some Transformer toys!

Make a wish! mmm... Delicious!

Cyrus adores all his aunts and uncles.

Karlee got Cyrus an AWESOME Pirate Mr. Potato Head,

Aunt Yeeta and Uncle Kirk got him a Cozy Coup,

and Logan got him a Transformers set with a movie.

That household is definitely the most guilty of spoiling him.

THANKS TO EVERYONE

FOR ALL THE

WONDERFUL PRESENTS!

LOVE, Cyrus

Fun in the new house!!!

Don't Cyrus and Jack look so big and handsome?

Since we've moved into our new home, Cyrus and Jack have been

playing together all the time since Jack has been building

up his toughness and Cyrus has been building up his kindness!

Big Summer Move

What a relief to have our move over with and to finally be unpacked and settled. As most of you know, we loved our other house! Unfortunately it was an investment that wasn't paying...
but we are now in another wonderful house and still have such amazing memories from the old house.
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Just before we moved Cyrus got an awesome big boy hair cut.
He looks so big, and as a matter of fact, he is so big!
At his two-year appointment, he measured in the 90th percentile for his height.
He also knows more words and speaks in better sentances
than any other two-year-old I know!