Uncle Cyrus

At the end of February we had a very special visitor stay with us for the week...Uncle Cyrus! Cyrus was a college roommate of Matt's and one of the most wonderful people we know. We were so glad to have him stay at our house and especially excited that it was for four days!

He got in late on Monday night so Tuesday after work we went out with the girls to Maggiano's for dinner. The food was great and the girls immediately fell back in love with Cyrus. It's been several months since Cyrus was last in Phoenix but during dinner Hayden sat on his right and Ellie sat on his left. I can't say that Cyrus enjoyed it all that much but I know that the girls sure did. That night he also gave each of the girls a singing Ernie doll (of the infamous Bert and Ernie) and their love for Cyrus continued to grow.

The next few days were spent at home (me home with a sick Ellie) and then dinners with Matt's parents one night and out a Culver's another night. Cyrus also made a trip to the Grand Canyon (which is a little crazy since neither Matt nor I have ever been) and came back with snow globes for both of the girls. While he was here he also got us hooked on Lost. While I'm convinced that we're going to be annoyed during the entire series and with the ending, we are still hooked and can't wait to get through it. And Cyrus, we will be waiting for your dissertation upon our completion of the series.

Hayden was LOVING her talking Ernie doll from Uncle Cyrus.

Cyrus had recently returned from a trip to Australia where he visited an aquarium.
Hayden was totally digging the fish and shark video he took.