The Phillips

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Snow Day!!!

So it's been a little colder and snowing a lot here in the BIG city!!! So we decided to finally post pictures of Ethan playing in the snow with his best buddy, daddy!!! This was between christmas and just before Steve had to go back to school. Thanks to Sharifa's parents we were able to get Ethan out into the snow and we're sure glady that they were willing to let have their sled and finding Ethan some snow-pants!! That was a fun day and we're glad we got to do that!! Ethan really loved to walk around in the snow and had lots of fun!! Ethan and Sharifa are going up to her parents' house next weekend and Ethan might get to play in the snow with Grandma and Grandpa McClaskey, that is if there is going to be any snow. We're just so excited to be seeing them 'cause it's been a while since the last time we were able to see them!

Getting ready to go out and play in the snow!!!

Ethan posing for a picture while he just got out of the car!

Daddy was making snowball and throwing them at Ethan, he thought is was very funny!!

Just having fun walking in the snow!!!

Here is a video of Ethan and Steve having fun on the sled!!! If you listen very closely you can hear Steve ask Ethan if he wants to go again and Ethan will say 'yes'!!!

At the end of a few sled rides down the hill, Ethan loved to hold his daddy tight!

Ethan posing for the camera on his new sled!! Isn't he just a cutie!!!

Ethan posing again, you can see his beautiful smile!!!!!!

At the end of the day we were still happy and ready to have a rest/nap!!!

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Ballroom Weekend!!!!

Okay so you all know that Sharifa is helping out a friend with a Ballroom dance team and she really loves it. It makes her miss dancing a whole lot! This past weekend she went down to a competition with her team and they did pretty well!!!! Here are a few pictures of them enjoying the competition! We hope you enjoy all that you see. In the next few weeks we, the ballroom team, are going to another competition and Sharifa will be able to see her parents!!! She's so very excited 'cause Ethan will be able to go with her and she won't have to worry about missing him for a day or two!!!!

Here is the Pre-teen class that sharifa teaches!

This is another pre-teen class that she just helps with!

Here are some couples from the Foxtrot that Sharifa help teach.They're waiting to go out and get their award

Here's another couple!!!!

*There was another team there, but Sharifa forgot to take pictures of their costumes, they were really good looking. They competed a country swing, it was a great job!!! Sorry that she didn't get pictures for you all to see!!*

Sunday, January 4, 2009

The BIG 26!!!!

We hope that all of you had a great year last year and hope that you all enjoy the new year! To start off the new year right we enjoyed the time with family and friends, then we started with some birthday parties!!! So the first birthday was Steve's and we had lot's of fun. One of our friends decided to give him a zip-lock-bag full of air cause he's and old "fart" he thought that was very funny. Well, here are some pictures of all the things that he recived. Thank you all that gave up some time and effort for making this a specail day! Steve really loved all that you all did for him! We love you and hope to hear from you soon!!!!

Steve is opening up his gifts from family and friends!!!

We are Cowboys fans so thanks to Sierra and Matt for the home-made Plaque, Steve really loves it !!!!!

Ethan gave daddy some deodorant and decided to take it for a "test smell"!!! He also went in on a gift with mommy and got daddy a huge football judge!!

Here is Steve's cake. He wanted to have cheese cake so that's just what he got. Sharifa wanted to make a football field for him so she worked hard on the cake. We had a hard time trying to get the field goals put together, so we hope that you thinks it's a good-looking cake any ways!!!

Here is Steve with his cake!!! Can you see the numbered candles?? What an old fart!!!

Friday, December 26, 2008

Christmas Day!!!!

Okay so we promise that this will be the very last post for the day!!! These next pictures are of the whole Phillips clan. We had a really great and a little bit crazy time. We started out with some breakfast and then went to presents, that really got crazy!!! Then we had to get some family pictures since there were a few new people that were added on to the clan within the last two years! It might have been crazy, but we sure do love spending time with those that we don't get to see that often! We hope you enjoy these pictures and that they make you laugh as much as they make us laught!!!!!! Happy Holidays and we hope you have a safe and wonderful new year!

Here are Brad and Claire's two out of three kids; Sadie and Drew with Ethan!

Grandma got the kids lots of things and lots of books; here is Ethan checking out his new book!

Ethan is trying to catch a ride on the back of Drew's bike, but we're not sure Drew really wanted Ethan to tag along.

Ethan is not use to sharing things, but he is learning now with Darwin (the monkey).

Ethan unrapping his present all by himself. What a big boy!!!!

Since unrapping presents got a little crazy we got only a few pictures at the begining. Both Ethan and Drew got a fire truck from Uncle Matt and Aunt Sierra. Thanks guys Ethan really loves his!!

Ethan and Drew riding their bikes and having fun without fighting!(YEAH!!!)

Steve and his brothers/brother-in-law got some old fashioned sports card from Dad. Thank you, Dad for all the time you spent finding these!!!!

Finally when all the fun is done, Ethan and Steve decide that they want to play with Aunt Ashley and Uncle Dave's Wii. Also, Ethan thinks it's time to hang out with no pants on!!! Next to Ethan his a toy car that they (Ash and Dave) gave to him, Thanks guys for everything!!

Our Family Christmas

So we know that everyone has a lot to say and see, but we had three christmases so we want to post all of the christmases. Here is our own little family Christmas morning. We really enjoyed spending some quite time together. This was the first Christmas that Ethan seemed to be excited about. Here are some pictures of our little family!!