Six Years and Counting!!

So it's been six years since our wedding day! The past six years has gone by so fast and some days we can't believe it's only been six year since that happy and sunny day!! This year we decided to take a cruise to celebrate. Neither one of us has been on a cruise and we are so excited to be taking one with just the two of us. We are leaving a little later than planned because Steve still has classes until the 8th of August, but we will be gone for at least 5 days!! We also thought it would be nice to let the kids have a little vacation too, so they are going to be spending the week with the McClaskey grandparents and have lot of fun. We will post up pictures from our fun trip, both of us and of the fun the kids have (as long as the grandparents take lots of pictures)!

Independance Day!!!

For the Holiday Sharifa and the kids went up to Idaho because Steve had to work and there wasn't any family around town. They went to the parade with Grandma T and Grandpa Steve and really had an enjoyable time. There were a lot of really cool floats and the kids go a lot of candy to get them on a sugar rush. Later that day they came home so that they could spend a little time with daddy at the fireworks show. It turned out to be a great show and Ethan really enjoyed it!! Daisy was a little jumpy at the big boom sounds, but she never cried! What an amazing little girl!!! We hope you had a very happy Independence Day and we are very grateful to live in such a great country!!! Thank you all that keep this country safe and free!!!
We thought this was a great float to honor all our heroes!

Ethan in his red, white, and blue gear.


Daisy loves her new flag.

This float was done by a lot of different religions together. Sharifa's parent's stake was apart of putting this together! There were a lot of other blankets made, but they wanted to use the blankets that had red, whit , and blue.

We thought it was cool to see the horses decked out for the season!

Airplane came by during the parade. Ethan thought it was great to see them fly by.

Daisy and Ethan switching places, Ethan loves to be pushed by Daisy and she loves to push him! In the back are Sharifa's parents.

Daisy dancing to the music!

The kids enjoying the beautiful day at Grandma's and Grandpa's

Daisy poured water all over her outfit at the end so we had to let her run around naked so that it could dry. Silly girl!!

Ethan enjoying riding the tricycle that mom used to ride when she was his age.

Steve waiting for the show to start.

All of mommy's kids.

Ethan is excited to see the fireworks

Daisy not sure what's happening

Playing ring-a-round the roses while waiting for the show to being.

Playing tag.

Ethan enjoying the fireworks. He really loved them and shouted every time they went boom in the sky! What a crazy kid!!Daisy is not sure what to think. She was a bit scared.

The fireworks

A Visit to the Farm

On Friday we were able to have a fun filled day with both of our kids. First, we took Ethan to see Pixar Cars 2 (that's the way we have to say it or Ethan corrects us). He has been wanting to see this movie for a long time. He got all decked out with his Lighting McQueen clothes and shoes, he was ready! Daisy stayed with the grandparents cause we thought she would get scared with the loud sounds the cars make, plus she wouldn't enjoy it as much as Ethan sure did. She really enjoyed having all her grandparents attention!!! Second, we went to a friend's farm to see animals that neither one of our children have seen. Steve has a friend that he works with who works on his family's farm and has invited us to come see the new baby animals. It's been kinda cold and really crazy with everything. We finally got the time to take the kids out to the farm, but the baby animals weren't so little anymore. The kids really enjoyed spending some time with the animals, petting them, holding them, and just plain loving them! We had a little fun too, seeing the joy on their faces. We really would like to go back next spring (hopefully there will be a spring) when all the new little babies are born. Fingers crossed!!! The two cute ponies that were on the farm. Daddy trying to get Daisy to pet the puppy.

Daisy checking out the baby goat.

Ethan checking out the baby goat, trying to get the nerve up to touch it.

Ethan petting the chickens!

The chickens were a BIG hit. Once we got to them both kids went crazy!!! They wanted to pet and chase them around. Both of them tried to get into the chicken house! The chickens Both kids enjoying watching the chickens. The sheep and goats Daisy taking a walk around the farm! Trying to get to the water to play in it! Silly girl!! Ethan made Gene (Steve's friend that was kind enough to invite us) carry him around cause he got tiered of walking. Ethan checking out the pigs. Daisy petting the nice horse. Ethan with a little puppy. We had a hard time getting him to let the puppy go back to it's mommy. A cute dog with two different colored eyes. They had really nice calm and loving dog there and we all wanted to take one home, but we don't have anywhere for the guy:( ! The BIGGEST pig on the farm (800 pounds!!) !

Time With Families

So a few weeks ago we were able to have some of Steve's siblings come to Utah for vacation. It was fun to let the kids get together and play. We think they really enjoyed spending some time together. Ethan and Drew are so much a like it makes us laugh and wish that they lived closer together so that they could get together to play more often. It was so good to see everyone and see how much the little ones had changed. Steve's parents had a bbq for everyone to get together, updated the Phillips family pictures, celebrate a cousins birthday, and just let the kids get to know each other. The following week we went up to Idaho Falls so that Steve and Ethan could go see the opening baseball game of the Raptors vs the Chuckers (the Idaho Falls team). Grandpa Steve went with the boys and was so nice, he payed for the game and some treats. "THANKS GRANDPA STEVE!!" We stayed the night with her parents and really enjoyed the fun we were able to have with them. The kids and Sharifa are going to spend the 4th with them this weekend and are so excited to see the grandparents again.(We'll take lots of pictures and post them later.) We won't get to stay for the big fireworks show because we want to see the fireworks with our dad!! Here are some pictures of the fun time we were able to have with both our families! The older kids(and Uncle Matt, who is a kid himself) playing.
Our cousin Jackson.

Our new cousin Beckett.

(This is the first time we've seen him awake. What a cutie!!)
The boys of "adventure"! Ethan enjoying the baseball game with Grandpa Steve!
Grandpa Steve and Ethan!

Basketball finals

So nothings exciting has happened to our family, so we haven't had anythings to post. With Basketball finals here we decided to watch them together and the kids love it, especially Ethan cause he gets to stay up late and hang out with dad. Here are a few pictures of the kids playing while waiting for the game to get started. We're not really routing for one team over the other. We're just happy that the Lakers are not in the finals! The boys wearing their juries! What great looking boys!
Daisy getting into the action. She really loves to play with her brother and with any kind of balls.

The kids playing ball together

Ethan with his own ball.

Daisy making a slam dunk.

(With the help of Dad)