Anya's Adventure in Medicaland

So, many of you know that Anya hurt her leg earlier today. We had the pleasure of waiting for a long time to see a few doctors and get many x rays. The final verdict is. NO BROKEN LEG

So we are happy to know she sprained her ankle. Well, that is, we are happy to know that she didn't do anything more than sprain her ankle. Thanks for your calls and prayers.

David and Heather

First Snow of 2007

Anya hasn't seen snow before and was quite... moved by it. Enjoy...

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See the kids enjoy the great outdoors together!

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First Snow 2007 from David Sycamore on Vimeo.

Sycamores build a house!

We did! We built a house! A little one. A sweet and tasty one too! We have now done this for 3 years I think. Our tradition is to make a gingerbread house at the beginning of December, usually to the First Presidency Christmas Devotional.

This year in addition to the fun of confectionery building, we also made wassail and Heather made Gingerbread men. Wassail, we discovered, is actually apple cider. Who knew? I always thought it must be this weird old English drink. Here come to find out it's just the same old tasty, sweet, tangy... This is making me kind of thirsty. Well it would be a let down if it wasn't so good.

Gingerbread cookies are pretty tasty too. Funny how kids tend to give those little cookies life. Of course it helps when they just watched the Shrek Holiday Special. Santa as a gingerbread eating monster it an interesting thought. Well we had a great time. Enjoy some photos of us enjoying. Oh, by the way, Heather did NOT make the gingerbread house. It was a kit. She'll feel bad if you think she's that domestic.

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A Wicked Weekend Getaway

Heather and I were able to take advantage of Shir... That is we were able to take an overnight trip to Chicago while Aunt Shirley graciously watched our beautiful and sometimes very noisy children. We had a quiet and romantic trip to Chicago.

As a side note, we discovered that much stress was averted thanks to our new toy, the Nuvi 200 GPS direction giving thingy. We found that not being overly afraid of getting lost made the trip much nicer. Printed directions are great until you miss a turn. This thing just reroutes you on the fly!

We stayed at a nice hotel and went to see the Musical Wicked. The music was very good and we enjoyed the twist that the show put on the tale of Oz that we all know from the Wizard of Oz. Thanks Aunt Shirley. The kids loved being with you and Grammi, and we loved having you visit.

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Troy and Amy who lived in Chicago for several years while they were going to law school and developed a taste for Chicago style pizza. They recommended that we stop in at Giordano's while we were in town. We did, and found it to be really a pizza pie. The following video and pictures are really mostly for them. Sorry you couldn't be with us!

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Eating at Gordito's in Chicago from David Sycamore on Vimeo.

Building Bears and other Such Stuff

While Aunt Shirley and Grammi were with us this last week, we got to do quite a lot. The kids had fun building bears with her and the older kids had fun getting away on a romantic getaway and seeing a show. Can you guess who had more fun? More on the trip next post....

We went together to the mall and built bears and saw Santa Claus and then we left. It was an interesting experience to build the bears and pick out their clothes. Of course we didn't build only bears, we built a reindeer, a stegosaurus, a dog, and a bear.

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Bear building sounds quite complicated until you do it. Then you learn that it's not so hard after all. Bethany is our resident bear making expert. You may learn all about how this interesting and useful activity is accomplished by watching the following informative and very interesting interview with Bethany. She also discusses some stimulating events that occurred during our time with Aunt Shirley and Grammi.

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Bethany Talks about Building Bears and other Stuff from David Sycamore on Vimeo.

Thanksgiving!

This year we had the Dastrup family over as well as Aunt Shirley and Grammi (my grandmother on my dad's side). We had a great Dinner together and enjoyed talking while our kids enjoyed playing with Anna and Michael. After dinner, we put up our Christmas tree and decorated it. Turned out pretty well if I do say so myself. And I do... Say so myself that is.... Anyway enjoy the pictures.

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We talked to the kids about Thanksgiving a little, but it ended up being more about waiting to eat. I guess you take what you can get. Oh, and be sure you make it all the way to the end for the best moment! Password: zippy


Thanksgiving 2007 Kids from David Sycamore on Vimeo.