Baby C's First Pigtails

Charlotte finally has enough hair that I can do something with it! Check out her first pigtails:

How do you force a 3-year-old to eat?

I can't figure out how Scott has so much energy when the kid does not eat! It is a serious battle every time we attempt to have dinner. Today we tried this game: I had him write on our white board 12 things he could have for dinner. Of course each item had to be numbered, since I was trying to play to his numbers obsession. By the way, the reason it looks like he wrote a "c" after each number was because he was trying to add a close parenthesis.

So once the list was created, I asked him which numbers he wanted for dinner. He responded, "1, 2, 3!" So tonight he enjoyed a gourmet dinner of Dino Buddies (chicken nuggets), noodles and green beans. And HALLELUJAH, he ate every bite! So if any of you out there have any other good ideas to get this little boy to eat, I would love to hear your creative suggestions. The numbers thing worked tonight, but no guarantee it will work tomorrow...

Oh, and while we are battling Scott to get him to eat, here is Charlotte digging in the trash, trying to get every last Kix out of the cereal box. Are these kids related?

The Best Mother's Day Ever!

Drew scored major points this weekend... He realized that although it was Mother's Day, the best way to celebrate was NOT to spend it with my adorable children, but instead to get out and have fun with other moms! So Drew coordinated with the husbands of my friends, Keri and Laurie, to send us out on a surprise "adventure" Saturday night. All I knew was that at 3:30pm, I was to go over to Laurie's house. I thought maybe the men would just be watching the kids while we went to the mall to shop. But no... those boys were much more creative! Once I arrived at Laurie's, her husband gave us a paper with instructions of places we needed to go and people to ask for, all according to a specific schedule. Our first stop was to pick up Keri. So with three crazy moms in the sweet Prelude, we cruised Douglas Boulevard to find our first destination. All we had was an address... Eventually we found a bead store where we were to go in, ask for Esther, and make our own fancy jewelry. Check out my cool necklace. Not bad for a first attempt!



After that, we were to go to another address for dinner. We ended up a a place called Pizza Antica in Granite Bay. It is a brand new restaurant with really cool, yuppie pizzas. We loved it! My favorite was the cherry limeade drink. And to finish off the night, we went to an Italian place for dessert. Not only were the activities and food SO great, but the three of us had such a great time chatting and being girls, without having to chase our cute little kids around. Now of course Laurie, Keri and I realize we have to come up with something REALLY good for Father's Day... Stay tuned!

I Met Lavell! Oh, and Allison & Ted's wedding luncheon was lovely...

Besides all the graduation festivities, we were able to enjoy a really nice lunch at Magelby's in Provo to celebrate Allison and Ted's wedding. The event was mainly for Ted's family and friends, but even with just the immediate Syphi Family invited, we filled up at least half the room. Of course there was more singing and roasting of both Allison and Ted, but the highlight of the event for me was meeting Lavell Edwards! And he was smiling! Probably because he is not coaching anymore...Here is the proof:

The Graduation Pilgramage to Provo

Another year, more graduations for both of our families! Kelly graduated from UVSC with a batchelor's in Criminal Justice and Gary (Drew's brother) graduated from BYU with a master's of Public Administration. It was really fun to see all of Kelly's family again and as well as most of the Syphi gang.



We also were able to get the Syphi all together to celebrate Ethan's 6th birthday at Taylor and Sara's house. Thanks to Rachel, we have lots of cute pictures of the grandkids all playing together: