Cornelius Chronicles

 Rebekah sent me photographic proof that she is still alive while away at college.  She's doing a fantastic job in her classes, working as a TA, and playing hard with her cyber competition buddies.  Rebekah's my hero!  College is THE BEST EVER!

We got a trailer hitch added to the new electric car and had to spend the day in Ogden while we waited for the work to be done, so we did the best thing ever.  We had a fun day with Dad!  Diana and I took him to the Dinosaur museum and park for lots of Dino fun.  Then we went to a dinner in Ogden Canyon for a yummy lunch.  We had the best time together just hanging out with the best Dad ever.  Thanks for a fantastic day, Dustin and Diana! Just a couple of fun Diana moments. I think this will be the only snowman we see this super dry, warm winter.    

A quiet gerbil moment with our man Jay.  What a sweet little guy.  I can't believe he's 5 years old!   We got a fun new cushion fort set and have all sorts of fun creating with it.  I'm so glad I scored this gem of fun and creativity on sale from Costco.  I think we're going to love this for a long time.  

This handsome guy surprised me with 3 beautiful bouquets to brighten up the house and make it smell beautiful through some of the darkest months of winter.  What a fun surprise!  And the best part of these beautiful arrangements is that Loyd created them all!  He's so talented and creative.  I love it!  

Kevin Dee Phillips and Family, July 2019  This past year I wrote a family history article every week to share with my family.  I emailed it to my nephew on his mission, texted it to my siblings and mother, texted it again to my kids and husband, texted it to my interested nieces and nephews, and texted it again to my cousins on the Young side of the family.  It was a really neat experience.  I guess God thought so too, so He inspired my bishopric to ask me to talk last week.  Below is a copy of the talk I gave and photo's of my ancestors I mention in the talk.  Enjoy! The Year of Family History by Audrey Cornelius Sunday, January 11, 2026, 9:00 AM Sacrament Meeting     By way of introduction, I'm Audrey Cornelius.  I grew up in Morgan.  Kevin and Mary Jan Phillips are my parents.  In 2020, Dustin and I moved our family back to Morgan to be close to my mother after my dad passed away.  Dustin and I met at BYU.  He was my ho...

It's that time again.  Diana and I took Rebekah back to school for another amazing semester of higher education.  Good luck, Rebekah!  You're doing amazing and you are in an amazing place!  Drink it all in! Future Cougar All photo opps were at Diana's request.  She loves her picture taken.   

   Diana has a very special talent.  She is able to color all over herself with markers and not get a single ink stroke on her clothes.  She loves her clothes and does not what to make them dirty.  She does think that drawing on herself makes her pretty and she especially feels pretty when she draws on herself to make herself look like a tiger.  Grrrr!  Careful, this kitty has claws! Funny Diana Big Cat Story: Diana runs up to me pointing to her knee.  "Mommy, Mommy, Mommy! A tiger scratched my knee!  No, a baby cheetah scratched my knee!  No, a GIANT cheetah scratched my knee.  Baby cheetah's are cute.  Giant cheetah's are mean."  I carefully inspected her injured knee.  There was no visible scratch.  That little detail did not stop Diana from telling everyone she met for 3 days about her brush with near knee decapitation from a giant cheetah.  :D (Jan. 2025, age 3 yrs)

Xavier has been begging to learn how to ski for the past 2 winters and this year I relented.  Royal helped me buy and fix up some great ski equipment to get Xavier started and Royal and Karen have donated a ski day each to teach him the ropes as a beginning skier.  Xavier is a man with a passion!  He's gone on his own with a few friends a few times already and he has only owned his own skis for less than a month!  I think he loves being in nature with good friend, seeing beautiful vistas, plus the adrenaline of speeding down a snow covered hill is pretty awesome.  I'm so glad he can find another fun hobby and he is so excited to share it with friends and family.  Top of Powder Mountain Ski Resort Action shots from Solitude Ski Resort with Uncle Royal and Aunt Loretta.  

On Christmas Eve John kept careful watch of Santa's journey on the NORAD Santa Tracker until bedtime.  He's pretty sure he saw Rudolf in the the night sky just minutes before bedtime.   Good thing it's 60 degrees outside because the kids lost their voices and the best thing for scratchy throats is a nice cool creamy popsicle. Diana got a cute doll bunk bed complete with bedding made by Grandma Phillips.  When she saw it under the Christmas tree she exclaimed quietly, because she lost her voice, "Oh!  That's for me and Grandma to play!" John refused to tell me what he wrote to Santa for Christmas.  I was sweating bullets all season long worried I wouldn't figure it out and he would be disappointed that Santa hadn't followed through.  This was especially worrisome because it might be the last year he truly believes in the magic of Santa at Christmas.  It turns out my last minute grab of a a bay blade spinning top from the birthday gift box at midnig...

Bekah's home for Christmas Break!!!!!  You know what that means?!?!  Lots of fun craft time fun in the kitchen!  Bekah is the best!  We miss her while she's away at school, but we're proud of her and the effort she is putting into her college experience.  She's amazing! We also decided to start another home renovation project.  Dustin is busy moving walls around to turn 1.5 closets into 3 amazing closets!  It's going to be a game changer around here!  Wish us luck and speed!