Boy oh Boy!

The world of our little family once again feels complete.

Welcome to the world!
Darius C Case
March 12, 2009 9:24AM
7 lbs. 9 oz. 20 3/4 in. long


Thank you for coming here and blessing our lives.
You are such an amazing, happy baby boy.
What did we ever do without you?



The day has finally arrived! Darius,
you were so much fun...
busy and bouncy in my tummy
but we are so happy to have you
in the world to hold you and to love you!

Kids Fair 2009

Cyrus had a blast at the fair grounds for the Kids Fair.
Highlights of this day included *spending the day with Katie,
*walking though the petting zoo,


*meeting Dora the Explorer, *petting the reptiles,


*and meeting McGruff the Crime Dog.
We look forward to enjoying the Kids Fair again next year
with Cyrus' little brother!

Happy 27th Birthday "Party" Lex

FEBRUARY 13TH
What a wonderful day!

We had a wonderful time with family and friends
to celebrate Lex's 27th birthday with us.


It was exciting to watch Lex open the present he was hoping for.
Everyone picthed in to buy this dumbbell set and accessories.
Thank you all so much!


All the kids had to try out the new equipment.
They were the best entertainment of the entire night!

7 Things I Love - Tag

I've probably been tagged before but I've never responded to one.
(I'm SO not creative when it comes to something like this.)
I suppose my friend Lisa is right that I am desperately in need of some posting.
It's even more true when my husband, Lex, says
"You need to post some new things."
I guess I've been a little preoccupied lately!

7 Things I Randomly Love

1. (I know it's crazy) The ANTICIPATION of having this baby!
2. Watching a movie with Lex.
3. Wearing shorts.
4. All the hilarious things that come out of Cyrus' mouth. He's one smart cookie.
5. (I must be crazy...) Teaching the Dance Festival Dances.
6. Doing P90X with Lex. I can't wait until I can start up again.
7. Watching Cyrus dance. WHAT A HOOT!

I'M TAGGING:
1. Jana
2. Karlee
3. Kinley
4. Leah
5. MaLea
6. Becca
7. Mandi

Hoe Down Fun

The highlight of our experience for me was
the Hoe Down. Everyone had a fabulous time.


PaPaw Dooby agreed to be the DJ and did an amazing job.
THANKS!
I was lucky enough to teach line dancing.
Whew! What a workout.


The bungee bull was a big hit for Lex and Cyrus and all
the athletes.


There was a short highlight about our Hoe Down on the news.
Check it out:
Hoe Down on Channel 2 News

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan is awesome. We are so lucky we had the opportunity
to meet the Kazakhstan team.


Yevgeniy Barsukov (17) and Beibit Abay (16) were the
two athletes that stayed at our house. It was challenging to
communicate, but they were so patient with us.


The highlights of our entertainment included a tour of the Bronco
Stadium and a three and 1/2 hour shopping trip to WalMart
where wonderful employee Olga spoke Russian and helped
them find EVERYTHING they wanted to take home to Kazakhstan.


Since there wasn't a lot of communicating done at home, they
stayedwell entertained playing Mark and MaLea's Wii.
I suppose that helped them stay in the competitive mode
for their Floor Hockey events to come.

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!

Talking to Santa at the North Pole

Grandpa Peek has a wonderful tradition setting up his

Ham Radio at St. Luke's and letting the children

talk to Santa at the North Pole. This year Cyrus was big

enough to have his first conversation with

Santa over the Ham Radio.

Grandpa Peek and Cyrus

Cyrus and "Scottie" (Santa's Elf)

Cyrus was very excited about the entire experience.

He was so happy to get to talk to Santa.

He was just as excited to see Grandpa Peek! He told Santa

he wants a Goldfish for Christmas and I think

he will be pleasantly surprised. It has been

fun to take Cyrus Christmas shopping this year because

he helps pick out his presents and then forgets

about them once we get home.