I'm Back...

It has been over two months since my last update on my blog.  I went to Las Vegas for 10 days for the Miss Rodeo America Pageant.  I had a great time, however, I missed my family so much.  It was very hard to be away from them for so long.  When I returned home.  My wonderful husband and the boys had totally decorated our house for Christmas.  The laundry was caught up and the house was spotless.  I am so blessed to have such a GREAT husband that loves me so much, and that does so much for me.  Not long after I returned home, we had a little bit of a scare.  Greg told me that I needed to take him to the emergency room, because he had a blood clot in his leg again, and that he felt like it was moving up his leg. Well we went and found out that he does have another blood clot in his leg, but that it is the superficial kind.  The diagnosis was to increase his Coumadin, keep his leg elevated and apply heat packs.  He is doing better and the pain is starting to subside.  

We were able to spend some time together as a family for the holidays and we went down to Salt Lake on the Frontrunner to see the lights at Temple Square.

It was a great night and it was nice to focus on the Savior and the true meaning of Christmas.

Every year on Christmas Eve, the boys get to open one present, and every year, surprise...it is pajamas.  They actually look forward to it.  The boys had a good Christmas and they were so grateful for all of their presents.  

We had an amazing Christmas and we are so grateful to be able to spend the holiday with our families.

Cole, Dylan and Cooper 

Grandpa Dave and Grandma Glo 

Me, Tysen, Russ and Shelly 

Grandpa, Ashlyn and Rod 

Caden & Jared

Morgan, Colton and Cooper

The BYU/UTAH rivalry is alive and well in the Cypers Family.  Grandma Tam got each of the kids a sweatshirt with their favorite team on it.  

We would like to tell all of our friends and family how much we love them and we wish you all the best in 2009. 

Never A Dull Moment...

We have had a CRAZY day. Colton has been complaining that his stomach has been hurting for the past three days. We took him to the doctor last night, and they sent us to the emergency room. They admitted him at 3 a.m. and operated on him this morning to removed his appendix. He has been so brave, and he is doing great. We will probably get to take him home today.

Unfortunately, he has to miss a Halloween Party with his friends tomorrow night, and he is missing a skit that he is supposed to be in at school today. He feels pretty bad about that. But we are just happy that he came through the surgery so well. Nothing is worse than having a sick child and not being able to make him feel better.

The doctors and the nurses have been so great, and have taken such good care of Colton. We are so grateful for all of their help. Also, thanks Aunt Mindy for taking care of Cord and Cael for us.

A Day on the Farm

Recently Cord, Cael and I were able to go on a field trip to a dairy farm. Cael's preschool class went to the Wadeland Farm. I have to say, that I have never seen so many cows. While on the farm, we learned that they milk over 1200 cows every day, and a calf is born every day on the farm. WOW!!!

The farm has a full time veterinarian on staff. He was telling the kids all about how he takes care of all of the sick cows.

Cord and Cael loved the calves. Notice all of the flies in the pictures.

Cameron and Cael were checking out the cows in the milk barn.

A funny thing happened when we were inside the milk barn. Cord was getting as close as he could to check out what was happening. Then one of the cows kicked and flipped its tail, and guess what landed on Cord's face right above his lip? That's right...Cow Poop, as Cord put it. Then without hesitation, he wiped it off of his face and on to my jacket.

Happy Birthday Colton

Colton turned 12 years old last Thursday, September 18. After school and football practice, we invited his grandparents over for cake and ice cream and of course presents! Colton is such a great boy, and he is a BIG help to his mother. He is so responsible and very talented. He also has a great personality and loves to play practical jokes on everyone. He is a BYU fan and loves to read. Earlier this week he was selected as one of the 12 Peer Leaders for Hooper Elementary School. The selection process consisted of writing an essay and an interview with the Principal and the sixth grade teachers. Colton is a wonderful example to his younger brothers. I love him so much and I am so grateful that I am his mother. On Sunday, Colton was ordained a Deacon in the Aaronic Priesthood. Greg ordained him and his Grandpa Dave, Grandma Glo and Grandma Tam were there to support him. Unfortunately, Grandpa John could not be there because he was in the hospital being treated for a blood clot. He recently had some surgery and well, blood clots kind of run in the Cypers Family. This makes three blood clots for John, Steve (Greg's brother) has had one and Greg had one in his leg that broke off and went to his lung. I am happy to report that John is at home now and on the mend. I am glad that Tam followed her instincts and took him to the hospital right away.
Greg is such a great Dad, and a wonderful example for his boys. It was a pretty emotional experience for him to perform this ordinance for his oldest son.

I am so grateful to have wonderful parents that support us in everything that we do. They are great grandparents and we are so blessed that we get to spend so much time with them.

Cael's First Day of Preschool

Monday was Cael's first day of preschool. His teacher's name is Miss Brenda. He was so excited to go. I was informed that I needed to take his picture on the porch, just like I did for Colton and Cooper's first day of school. Look how grown up he is. And yes, I cried...my baby is going to preschool. I cannot believe the change in him after going to school just two times. He has not stopped talking. He loves to tell Greg and I about the songs that he has learned, the sound the letter "O" makes and the story about the Old Lady who swallowed the fly. I am so proud of him, he is such a good boy and he always has a smile on his face.

Go Cougars!!

Last Saturday, Colton and I went to the BYU game. We left right after his little league football game and made it to Provo and got the car parked 30 minutes before the game started. I thought that we had it made. All we had to do was pick up our tickets at the Will Call Window...We ended up waiting in line for about 40 minutes to get our tickets. Colton was so frustrated, he didn't want to miss a minute of the game. Did I mention that he is a True Blue Cougar Fan. We only missed the first couple of minutes of the first quarter.

The game was so much fun. The best part is that we actually know one of the BYU players. Andrew Rich, he is a Defensive Back, and he is a Sophomore and he played on the special teams kick off. Colton was watching for Andrew on every play. Greg coached Andrew in Little League Football for four years.
Colton was a great date. We really had a good time together. I am glad that every once in a while that I can spend some one on one time with the boys.
I told Colton that if we are going to go to the games, that we had better learn the BYU fight song, because I think that we were the only ones in the stadium that weren't singing it. Oh Well, we will be better prepared for the next game.

Cord's First Day of School

Cord statrted Kindergarten yesterday. He has been counting down the days until he finally got to go to school. He looked so grown up when I took him to the school to drop him off. He did great, he wasn't nervous or anything. He went right in and hung up his back pack and found his desk. Then he turned to me and waved goodbye. I told him bye and that I loved him and then I went out to the car and cried. I am so excited for him, I am just so sad that time goes by so fast. I keep telling Cord that I am going to start stcking books on his head, so that he will stop growing up.

Cord has a great teacher, her name is Mrs. Cragun. We also found out that my Kindergarten teacher, Miss Kawaguchi is going to be helping out in his class. I was so excited to find this out. Miss Kawaguchi was my favorite elementary school teacher, and I was LUCKY enough to get her for the second grade too.

After Cord got home from school, I asked him what his favorite part of the day was, and he was proud to report that it was riding the BUS home.