Davis Five

Home, Sweet, Home.........

2011-10-28T15:10:00.000-07:00

Saying good bye. This was hard to do. We loved this end of town and feel as if we left a piece of our hearts there in our sweet little home and in our very favorite part of town.

So ready to begin the new family adventure of moving to a new town into a BRAND NEW HOME!!! We enjoyed all the little experiences you have while doing so. They poured the foundation so fast, I didn't have a chance to take a picture of our empty lot. Ready or not.

Walls going up!

"Raise the ROOF". It was nice to visit and not have to worry about getting drenched in the spring-time down pours.

Getting ready for siding & Shingles.

Getting ready for stucco.

Finishing touches inside and out.

Finishing up the landscaping.

YEAH! Three months later we have a beautiful new home. It was fun and nerve-racking customizing everything. But, I must say I LOVED pouring my heart into this home. I also love the fact that I picked everything from tree & rocks to the texture on the walls & type of light bulbs I wanted. It was a tad bit overwhelming at times but, I must say it was a good stress in the end. If I could choose something to stress about, I'm glad it was something that ended up with a beautiful home in the end. We are SO happy to have moved where we did and have truly enjoyed each and everyone of our new neighbors and new friends we have made so far. The kids LOVE their school, riding the bus, their new kittens, and most of all the impressively kind kids here. Not to mention the awesome ward we have moved into, we feel SO blessed. All of this has made our switch and change so smooth. Royce and I feel at home with the kind people that surround us and are enthusiastic about all of the changes we have made in the last year. We continue to look forward to our bright future.

Merry Christmas All!

2010-12-15T22:29:00.000-08:00

We have a fun little tradition of giving the kids a new ornament to open the night we get our tree. This ornament represents something about them from the past year. They are also the lucky first ornaments that get to go on the tree. So without further a-due here are the ornaments for 2010's:

Baily- Schroeder and Lucy from Charlie Brown's Christmas. For one Baily loves snoopy and for two she started Piano this year. You can also push a button and he plays "Waltz Of The Flower". I liked it so much I almost bought it for my snoopy loving self.

Taylor received a perfect ornament, a Mommy Beaver giving her toothless child beaver a tooth. The best part of this ornament is if you push the button it sings the classic song "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth". If you notice Taylor is just as toothless as the little Beaver in the Ornament and she sure gets a kick off of that song.

Luke is easy peasy he loves anything even remotely boyish. So I went with Buzz Lightyear since he is a BIG fan and of course as you all noticed him sporting a rather fancy Buzz costume this year for Halloween. To Infinity and Beyond!

Well here we all are at the end of another amazing and eventful year. We are so happy to have survived 2010 as we continue on to 2011 with a smile and with anticipation of what new exciting endeavors we are to encounter. Here is a quick update on each of our success of 2010:

Royce- Robie Creek, Mt. Borah survivor, and Graduating from BSU.

Kate- Robie Creek, Robie Creek, and Robie Creek. Oh, and I turned 30!

Baily- Soccer rock star, Piano, and lots and lots of friends.

Taylor- Art class, Piano, and an amazingly witty sense of humor.

Luke- Potty Trained, starting to write letters in the alphabet, and is truly an awesome kid.

Royce and I also Celebrated our 10 year Anniversary! Wahoo!

Merry Christmas All, we wish you all the very best this holiday season!

2010-11-30T13:26:00.001-08:00

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Happy Hallowing!

2010-11-02T21:07:00.001-07:00

Toy Story 3 Theme going on with my kiddos. I thought I would take my most likely last chance to do theme costumes this year. Surprisingly it was their idea to match. They tried to convince Royce and I to be Mr. & Mrs. Potato head ( I think it would have been so fun), but Royce wasn't interested in joining in the Toy Story band wagon ( I can't really blame him). So I decided to come up with my own costume (complements to Savers) with Disney in mind. I found this random home made dress- I took off the bows and stitched on little white polka dots, buttons, and collar. The kids and Royce loved it and I was pretty please with the result myself.

So here is Barbie, Minnie, Jessie, and of course Buzz. We had a lot of fun and I REALLY loved all of our costumes this year. There is just only so many years left of buying adorable costumes and trick or treating. I will enjoy every moment and make it last as long as I can. I sure love these kids SO stinkin' much!

I hope you had a

hApPy HaLloWeEn!

Pumpkin Harvest

2010-11-02T20:42:00.000-07:00

This is our yearly tradition-Harvesting pumpkins. The kids have so much fun each year planting, watching them grow, harvest, and carve.

Hauling the pumpkins to the front yard.

One

one.

We love our little Pumpkins.

Happy Birthday Taylor!

2010-09-24T10:33:00.000-07:00

Taylor Turned 7 this month and had a great Birthday complete with a Barbie cake, presents, ice cream and family.

Taylor requested Barbie stuff, Pegasus webkin, Rapunzel and her horse, build a bear clothes, and of course her favorite Taylor swift Barbie.

My 2nd attempt at a Barbie cake. I tried to make it without having to cut her legs off. After making up two cake batters, baking in a bowl, and 9'' round cake pans this is as high as I could get the dress. Different then what I mentally pictured but it all worked out and Taylor was satisfied.

Happy Birthday Taylor! We love you and have enjoyed every moment of having you apart of our family!

Stuck Like Glue

2010-09-21T22:03:00.000-07:00

Well since I dedicated a post to the girls and Royce I thought it only fair to add a quick post for my buddy. This is the sweet face I get to spend my day with. I must say I have immensely enjoyed my time with this little buddy. Luke and I have become quite the pair from our time we get together without anyone but ourselves. Even though we get excited to go get the Sisters from school we try to hide how much fun we really do have while they are away. I must say this is a special thing to have since I have never really had alone time with the little guy until now. I truly, truly enjoy it. Party on Luke.

Back To The Books

2010-09-21T21:32:00.000-07:00

Welcome routine, everyone is back in school.

Baily's 1st day of 3rd grade.

Taylor 1st day of 1st grade. All day wahoo TT!

Bring on Homework. Baily likes to get all cozy before she starts into a good book.

I can't say Taylor is enjoying her homework so much as Baily has enjoyed the fact that Taylor now has homework. Taylor's a good girl and does it without complaint anyway.

We are also ecstatic to say Royce is back in school for his last semester at BSU and will graduate in December. YiPpiEeeEe! We are so stinckin' proud of him and are SUPER DUPER excited for this chapter to close. We cannot wait to see what next chapter awaits us.

God of Miracles

2010-09-05T22:20:00.000-07:00

Oh, how grateful we are to have the knowledge of this glorious gospel and be apart of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day saints. A title I hold very dear to my heart. Which all of this brings us to the knowledge of our merciful, loving, eternal Father in Heaven and our Dear Savior. Without this comfort and strength I don't know how I would have handled the following:

Royce- Mt Borah

Me- The Beast

The troop that stuck it out with Royce through it all. Special thanks to Mike Rockwood for everything (he knows what he did).

Before it all began

Royce-A picture from a distance of where it happen (after the fall).

Me-Receiving a call that changed my life and began MANY prayers for strength.

Royce- Realizing help was not coming anytime soon they decided to "hunker down" as Royce describes it.

Me- "Hunker down" to me meant my Husband was not coming home. Lots of tears, phone calls, and realizing things were a lot worse then I first thought and trying not to think of what might possibly go wrong to an injured man sleeping at night in 30-40 degree weather.

Search and Rescue came about 7:00am the next morning, spotted them and contacted the Army which showed about 9:30am.

Checked out by the EMT's and with a huge relief finding out he is going to be okay.

Army arrived to bring him home to his awaiting family. Words can't express what happen after that.

Home safe, sound, and recovering from the entire experience. The whole of his injuries are; broken ankle in two places (which now is recovering from surgery with two titanium pins), broken tailbone, burns on hands and legs and backside, and lots of scraps and bruises which are all healing very nicely. To tell you the truth, we are ALL recovering from this experience. This has shed a whole new light on life and purpose in this world and the world to come. It has reminded us of our Heavenly Father and his eternal love for us. It has strengthen our testimonies of the spirit and our ability to listen and act upon it's counsels and more importantly to live so we are capable to do so. We are so grateful to our friends, families, and our ward family. Everyone has been so incredibly supportive through all of this from the beginning to the end. We love you all and will forever hold each and every one of you dear to us forever. Thank you so very much.

Oregon Coast Summer fun!

2010-07-11T22:14:00.000-07:00

We went to the Oregon Coast this summer for our Davis family reunion- vacation. We spent our week going to the beach everyday multiple times a day catching hermit crabs, roasting Marshmallow s'more and hot dogs, looking for shells and beach treasures, going to BJ's and getting my favorite ice cream and salt water taffy's, Yummy Moe's restaurant, Kite flying, wave chasing, running 5 miles along the ocean shores (twice), visiting a small branch ward on Sunday, Whale watching and seeing a Japanese sun fish instead, Newport's aquarium, going to Hanger's outlet mall, checking out the art fair in Bend, playing in the soft sand at the sand dunes, and of course spending lots of time playing games and laughing with the Davis family.

Royce and tuckered Luke at Devil's Churn

Off to hunt Hermit Crabs

Some of the many Hermit Crabs we found. They had to get a new batch every day since they didn't live much longer after being caught. I have to admit I kinda felt sorry for the little guys. They did keep my children very entertained.

Hermit hunting. Cooper, Baily Taylor and Luke at Devils Churn.

Taylor got a hold of the camera and snapped a few shots. I think she did a superb job if I do say so myself.

Baily being chased by the waves. This one always has room for adventure.

Above left: Luke having a hay day in the sand.

Taylor enjoying the hole home we dug for her in the soft

warm sand dunes sand.

Baily and myself saying farewell to the ocean until next time what a beautiful state.

We will defiantly make this a tradition.

Oh How Time Flies.....

2010-05-27T21:34:00.000-07:00

So this is for all of you who had faith in my every 6 month up dates. Here is what us Davis' have been up to the past 6 months.

This is Baily and her girlfriends at her 8th Birthday party. I know the big number 8. It's been very exciting.

My family Christmas eve Christmas party.

Christmas morning with the girls and their American Girl Dolls. Santa was good to them this year. I made the girls each a suitcase full of doll clothes made from their old clothes that no longer fit them anymore. Very cool project. It was a lot of fun.

Luke wanted a red fire truck from Santa. Well and of course cars.

The BIG day. Baily was Baptized in January by her Dad. It was a very special day spent with loved friends and family.

Royce and I had a blast thrift store hopping looking for cross country skies to outfit the whole family. If you know my hubby then you know he like a good project.

We went to Idaho City to test out our finds. It was a success.

Taylor sliced her pinkie finger nail and finger right in half all the way to the bone. She had to have her nail removed and her finger sticked back together. Doctors said her finger would never be the same. Thanks to a lot of prayers she and her pinkie are as good as new.

Royce and I started to train for the "Race to Robie Creek" 1/2 Marathon in April. We did it and have still been enjoying running and training together for our future races.

Luke was forced into potty training boot camp. He survived and we are happy to announce that he is officially diaper free. Hip Hip Hooray!

We spent Easter at Gamie and Grandpa's new home. The kids loved their adventures with Grandpa looking for stray golf balls. I guess I need to mention that their backyard is a back 9 tee box.

Royce's Birthday celebration. The kids helped make the cake and signs.

This is a common sight at our house. The kids trying to keep their Dad home from school. I can say this "Good bye 16 credit semesters". We only have one more semester to go. Yippiee!

Luke turned 3!

Yet another cars Birthday party. To jazz things up a bit I made a Cars "Airplane" cake. Those of you who speak Cars you will understand. This kid loves his cars.

Baily playing soccer

Nothing melts a Mothers heart to hear their humble daughter tell you "I lOVE taking the ball from people. It's my favorite thing to do. I love it!" Music, sweet, music.

Family fish night!

Baily caught a fish using her fly Rod, Taylor caught many treasures along the path walk ways, Luke would cast, reel in, cast, reel in, good memories and a good spring tradition.

Latest news is my Dad WON the primaries for county commissioner. GO GRANDPA!

Fall at it's BEST!

2009-11-07T08:17:00.000-08:00

Luke so called "watching" his sister's soccer games.
Baily LOVES playing soccer. She gets so jacked when she has a game.

Baily at her last soccer game for the season.

Taylor likes soccer. she's not as passionate as Baily but she does enjoy running around with the herd of girls.

Taylor gets real focused while she plays.

Luke and Oakley

We came home from the soccer games to a yard full of leaves.

Taylor

Baily

Our house in full fall bloom. I love the fall for this reason alone.

Our little Pumkins

2009-10-27T19:36:00.000-07:00

We carved pumpkins from the pumkins we grew in our garden (only 4 of 17).

Baily's Edward Vampire pumpkin (I have a very creative daughter)
Taylor's Pet Shop Pumpkin

Luke's Yankee Jeter Pumpkin

Royce's Big Surprise Pumpkin

Finished Product (I loved my surprise)

Happy Halloween!

YES.......We are still alive and Happily kicking.

2009-10-03T14:45:00.000-07:00

This is another update into our life the last few months. Yes, we are all still alive and kicking and loving the the upcoming school year and fall filled with routine and uncoming holidays. So here is what we have been up to while I have NOT been blogging. Enjoy!

4th of July Downtown parade
Family BBQ 4th of July

The kiddos

My Boys

Lagoon Summer Vacation. Luke didn't like the Ladybug Bop very much.

Cousins preparing for the waterfall

We all had so much fun

Reunioning with the Davis' at Big Smokey

Royce, Brett, and Jed prepping for a jog

The Davis' bunch

Jerome Fair with Gamie and Grandpa

Happy Birthday....... Addy, Kate, and Dad!

Back to school for Baily

First day for Taylor

They both had a great day and are excited for the year

Taylor's 6th Birthday and was loving every minute of her Littlest pet shop party

Happy Birthday Taylor

She also had a fun time partying with her classmates at school

She had a super great Birthday

Labor Day at Willow Creek

Luke caught a grasshopper by the river

Baily with Grandpa's Metal detector

Taylor's turn looking for gold

We all had a great labor free day!

Catching up with the Davis'!

2009-06-26T10:20:00.001-07:00

Since my last post we have kept busy with many fun adventures. The first adventure was for Royce and his Robie Creek experience. He ran The Race to Robie Creek which is a 13 mile run. 8 miles up hill and 5 down. We are sure proud of his hard work!
We celebrated Royce, Luke, Gamie, Grandma Moore, Nate, and Ben's Birthday in April and had many parties to show for it.

Check this handsome devil out! Happy Birthday Royce!

Easter and all of is glory. We had Lots of hunts and family time, it was great!

One of the three April Birthday Parties.

Fishin'

Luke and his 2nd Birthday!

Opening Mack his favorite toy

I ran the 10k famous potato race. Royce and I are working toward Ketchum Back country which is a 10mile & 16 mile. We are looking forward to it.

Baily and her end of the year program.

She did great and had a blast doing it!

Taylor at her dance recital. She loves doing stuff like this and I love that she does!

Royce and I with our little star!

Family Night at the Bowling Alley

2009-02-12T19:21:00.000-08:00

Royce & Luke team bowling

Baily and her first strike!

Taylor had a few struggles with her first bowling experience. Her ball jammed & she knocked over the bumper pads. All in all she had a good time.

January's random snapshots!

2009-02-05T11:12:00.000-08:00

We love weekends when Baily doesn't have school.
Yes, that is a CLEAN pair of his sisters underpants.

Baily loves to strike a pose.

Luke in his football stance.

Taylor is modeling her apron that Grandma Marj made her.

10 Things to do on Christmas Break

2009-01-03T13:21:00.000-08:00

10 things to do while you are Christmas breaking:

1. Computer Playing

2. Dog snuggling

3. Mom snuggling

4. Binki juggling

5. Snowman making

6. Time-out taking

7. Snow wrestling

8. Church going

9. 4-wheel sledding

10. Fort making

We had so much fun on Christmas break, we wanted to share many of the things we got to enjoy!

We wish you all a Happy New Year!

Santa Came!!

2008-12-28T17:39:00.001-08:00

Luke with his book, Baily with her Guitar, Taylor with Elizabeth her doll
Oakley with her bone!

We all had a wonderful Christmas. We were all blessed with the gifts we wanted. Royce a fly fishing reel and gear, me a Nano and clothes, Baily a guitar and misc. toys, Taylor her American doll and misc. toys, and Luke balls and trucks. Aside from all of these wonderful gift. We mostly have been blessed with the gift of the gospel and a knowledge that we have been given the best gift of all, from our Brother Jesus Christ, and we are eternally grateful for Him, and the happiness that this knowledge brings into our lives. We are thankful for everyone and their thoughtful gifts, cards, and treats. We are also thankful for our families and friends, you all make life that much more rewarding.

Thank you, we love you all!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BAILY!!

2008-12-28T17:13:00.001-08:00

Baily turned 7 and celebrated it High School Musical style. She wanted everything High School Musical. So a pencil was about as creative as I got for a cake.
The cake was a yummy success!

Grandpa Garry, Grandma Marj, Karen (My Dad's sister), Grandpa Morley, Gamie, and all of us had a good time partying.

Baily received lots of fun High school musical gifts such as Barbies, lip gloss, gum, clothes, sweatshirts, megaphone and a.....

a giant Sharpy doll. She also recieved a Donald Duck (she loves Donald) complament of Addy Fay.

Baily most of all asked to have her ears pierced for her birthday and so her birthday wish came true. She was elated about it and very brave, no tears were shed.

Family Christmas Parties!

2008-12-28T16:48:00.000-08:00

The Morley family got together Christmas eve for a gift exchange and dinner. We all watched the Christmas Story. Our family favorite.

Baily and Grandpa Morley

Taylor and Uncle Ben. Ben is so good to let the kids smother him. He really loves it.

Santa likes to visit Grandma Marj & Grandpa Garry's house for the Davis family Christmas Party. Baily could have gone without the visit.

Taylor loved the opportunity to make sure and tell Santa what she wanted.

Luke went stiff so he didn't have to sit with Santa.

Building a house for Mr. Gingerbread man

2008-12-17T08:38:00.000-08:00

Making gingerbread houses for Family Home Evening.
Baily building her house to perfection.

Luke wasn't quite ready for the deluxe version. So he worked the graham crackers.

Taylor worked very hard on her house and was having so much fun. Taylor sure did enjoy the candy part of the project.

Luke started with an empty graham cracker and candy. Finished with just an empty graham cracker. I kind of expected that.

Taylor with her masterpiece of a gingerbread house. Notice her cheeks are full of the remaining candy.

Baily with her gingerbread house of perfection. She was very pleased with the end result. They all had a blast making their gingerbread houses. Now the trick is keeping them from Luke.

Oh, christmas tree, how lovely are thy branches.....

2008-12-15T13:26:00.000-08:00

Every year we give the kids a new ornament when we decorate our Christmas tree.
Baily ate more candy canes then she put on the tree (note the hyperactive poses). Taylor was more concerned with placing the ornaments high enough so Luke wouldn't ruin them.

We only put up a few ornaments due to 20 month old Duke the destroyer. It doesn't take long to decorate 1/2 a tree. We finished really fast.

We wish you all a Merry Christmas from our home to yours!

Davis Look-alike Meter

2008-12-08T13:29:00.001-08:00

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Geneology

Davis Look-alike Meter

2008-12-08T13:23:00.001-08:00

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Printable family tree - Roots

Davis Look-alike Meter

2008-12-08T13:18:00.001-08:00

MyHeritage: Family trees - Genealogy - Celebrities - Collage - Morph

Gone fishin'

2008-12-02T16:42:00.000-08:00

Royce (above) and his good buddies Chris (below) and Brad went on one of their overnight fishin' trips. They had a grand ole' time. Chris' wife Audi is one of my best friends and Aundi and I also enjoy their fishing trips. It gives us an excuse to have a future girls night out. Aundi, it's our turn!

Yes, I am a Huge fan of Twilight! Look out here it comes.

2008-11-13T10:49:00.001-08:00

GO BRONCOS!

2008-11-09T16:56:00.000-08:00

We had the privilege of watching my niece Little Miss Addison while My Brother Nick and Sister-in-law Amy went to the BSU vs. Utah State game Saturday night.
The girls always have way too much fun with Addison. They smother her with lots of love and attention.

Luke and Addy are our smallest Bronco fans!

Luke, Grandpa, Baily, Nick, Addy, and Amy all enjoyed a second round of game watching. Every one came over for dinner and Pie after the BSU game. And of course BSU won!

Baby Buddies!

2008-11-07T14:10:00.000-08:00

When we lived in Kuna we made life long friends with two families. We have continued our friendship even though we no longer are neighbors. We have experienced newley married and becoming new Mommy's together and learned the tricks of the trade all together. That is a life experiance that you can't say good bye to.

Taylor, Aleah, and Addison (born within days from each other)

Corbin, Isam, and Baily (also born within days apart)

We cherish our long time friends and look forward to many years of fun with them in the future. These kids are the Best!

I love you Amber & Mandy, thanks for everything!

Duke got a hair cut!

2008-11-05T13:11:00.000-08:00

After Luke sported Jack-Jack's spike for Halloween we decided to buzz the poor kids hair. I think it turned out pretty good. He defiantly looks like his daddy now! "Cheeee" he says to the camera.

This is the only still picture I could catch of his buzzed head. This kid is on the constant move (except when he sleeps) so pictures are hard to take. If you notice in the Halloween pics, I am holding him in place.
He loves his puppy dog Oakley, he is giving her kisses through the glass.

Trick or Treat

2008-11-01T09:02:00.000-07:00

We started out trick or treating at Grandma Marj's and Grandpa Garry's House. Then we went to Royce's Grandma and Grandpa Moore's.
Baily was Hannah Montana

Taylor was what she called "Camp Rock the mean girl". They didn't have a wig for the Camp Rock nice girls so she wore a Hannah Montana wig with a Camp Rock outfit. None of us know the name of the girls on Camp Rock so we all just called her Camp Rock. Taylor always makes up her own costume last year she was a Rainbow unicorn princess fairy.

Luke was Baby Jack Jack off the Incredibles.

Here is our little Jack Jack trick or treating. He loved it. He ran door to door holding his bag out saying "teeee" and running off to the next house leaving his sisters to say Thank you. But NO ONE was allowed to even touch the bag of treats with out a loud squealing scream. He at 18 months old enjoyed it every bit as much as his older sisters.

Baily and Taylor took out just a few seconds to pose for their Dad to capture the essence of the fun night of Fun, goodies and of course memories. After we finished with trick or treating we went to Royce's Grandma Mary's house and enjoyed spending the rest of the evening with her talking about the evening events. We ALL had a blast!

Happy Birthday Grandpa Garry! We Love you!

2008-10-20T20:57:00.001-07:00

Grandma Marj (Royce's Mom) and Luke at the party.

Baily and her very best friend and cousin Alyssa.

We celebrated Royce's Dad's Birthday October 16th. He turned 60 and is as young and full of life as he ever has been. All 17 grand kids were there to wish him a happy Birthday.

Baily and Taylor had fun having Emma, Alyssa, and Lillia around for the weekend. They just love it when they come to visit. These girls just can't get enough of each other.

Grandpa Garry and his Mother Grandma Mary all enjoyed the party. We are all so grateful for Garry and his unselfish love, service, hard work and most of all his strong example to all of us. He is one of the kindest people I have ever met and I am grateful to be apart of his family.

TAGGED!!

2008-10-12T20:18:00.000-07:00

Okay, I have been tagged compliments to Jamie Burnham I have to spill 6 quirks about myself. So here is goes:

1. The number one quirk that most people know about me is that I pick and bite my lips. I will do it until they bleed. I know it is really gross but I have done it for as long as I can remember. I have tried to stop by putting chap stick on and keeping them moist but it just slows me down. I have come to accept this about me and embrace it, it is not going to change.

2. I wash my hands ALL THE TIME. I wash them until they crack and bleed. I wig-out over germs. I cannot stand to go very long without washing them. Especially when I am cooking or cleaning. I will wash them even after switching the laundry. I try not to think about how dirty everything is and how many dirty hands touch things I touch. I would make germ freak one of my quirks, but I like to think that it is not a quirk. It is a safety issue and so I am not going to qualify it as a quirk. Just the compulsive hand washing qualifies under the quirky category. I just feel so much better when my hands are fresh and clean and soft.

3. I am a freak with movies. I get so involved while I am watching them, it's like I am right there. I jump and squeal and squeeze things. It is so lame, I hate it but I just can't stop myself. I think that is why I like comedies or love stories. Because if I watch a scary movie or intense movie I just flip the whole time. My family thinks it's hilarious and always want to watch freaky stuff with me. I love to watch movies with Denise my cousin-sister because she does her own weird things during movies so I am not the only freak. We freak together, it's GREAT!

4. When I start something or get involved with something I get obsessive. Anything from my calling at church, shopping for summer/winter clearance clothes, or even books and hobbies. If I start something and get really into it, look out! I go crazy and can't stop until I feel ready to.

5. Number 4 leads me into this one. I would say that I obsess over good deals. Food and clothes, but mostly kids clothes. Man when those summer/winter clearance sales hit I become a mad women. Royce gives me money and I go crazy for the best deal out there. I will buy something and find the same thing $2 cheaper buy it and take back the other. I work my tail off to get the BEST stuff at the cheapest price. I make a detailed list and stick to it and won't stop till I get everything from undies to mittens and sock and coats. I have done this for 7 years so I have become quite good at it and know exactly when to buy. I have come to love having things on hand when it is needed. The best part is knowing that I got it so cheep, very gratifying.

6. And last but not least I would say another known quirk of mine (which was inspired by my quirk #5) is that I like name brand things. But not all name brand thing. I am a picky name brand lover. When above I say that I like the BEST at the cheapest price I wasn't kidding. And I work my tail off for those items. I have specific brands of things that I use and wear. I am very specific with fabric quality. I watch sales like a hawk so I can acquire those things I like at the price that I like it. I will use other things or wear other things but I will be honest it bothers me when I am not using what I love. I am very passionate about my favorite things. And very loyal to specific stores. I find what I like and I stick with it.

Okay here comes the fun part. I get to tag 4 new people to spill 6 things about themselves. And they spill and choose 4 more people ect....... So here they are Brenda, Amber, Ashley B, and Jodie. So Have fun and I look forward to learning more about you, Amber especially you. You need to update your blog little lady.

Disneyland is the happiest place on earth!

2008-09-27T20:58:00.000-07:00

Disneyland is the happiest place on earth ( just ask my kids). We just got back from Disneyland yesterday and we had a blast! We spent 4 days experiencing everything we could.
Luke enjoyed everything as well. And NO is was not too young to experience it with the rest of us. He may not remember it but he did almost everything we did. He loved it! It was great!

We had dinner with Goofy at his kitchen. I defiantly recommend this. It was one of the funnest things we did. The food was good, there was about 10 different characters, and it was interactive. Goofy spilt his dishes and the kids got to make music with them.

We also went to a princess coronation were they taught the girls how to dance and act like a princess. We also went to Ariel's Grotto and had lunch with 5 different princesses. I am sure the next time we go we will not have to do this, so we got it out of the way. The girls loved it, Luke not so much. He slept threw it. Princess move and talk pretty slow. This is all what Taylor loved she just dance right along with those princesses.

Luke's favorite buddy was Pluto. He loved that dog. Pluto let Luke smack and pull on him. I think that is why he liked him so much. Luke would bark anytime he would see Pluto, which was a lot. Pluto seemed to be everywhere.

These two were the funniest. The girls loved them especially Baily. Donald is Baily's new favorite thing. We had fun trying to get as many autographs as we could. That was fun too. The kids liked doing that.

Toontown was fun. The kids made mouseketeer hats. Which I think is a tradition for everyone that goes to Disneyland. This them on top of Donald's house. Baily was in heaven.

My Mom came with us to Disneyland and boy were we glad to have her along. It was so nice having three adult and three kids. I am glad that we got to share these memories with her.

This is what Luke looked like on every ride. He learned how to pull the lap bar down and he would leave his hand right there. He LOVED the rides, even scary ones. My kids loved them all. Of course this was the only time Luke would sit still.

Riding rides was fun. We all have our favorite. This was not one of them but for some reason it was the only one we could actually take a good picture of. We all would say that the Toy Story 3D ride (in California adventure) was up there on the list of favorites for all of us.

We went to two parades while we were there. The Disneyland parade which was amazing. And the California adventure one which was pretty fun too. the difference was of course the Disneyland was very fancy and longer. California one was fun not as fancy but it had all the pixar characters which was cool.

This was us in front of California adventure park. Which was a blast but of course you just can't beat Disneyland.

This is us in front of the most famous Disney castle. We loved Disneyland and would do it all over in a heart beat. The memories we made are priceless and will not fade in time. Our kids were great and we have not regrets.

What are men compared to rocks and mountains?

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Royce and a bunch of his buddies climbed Mt. Borah August 30th. He enjoyed having fun before school started and he had a blast. They plan on making it a tradition. I wish them all the best!

Chris Lords (one of Royce's best friends growing up), Brett Davis (Royce's younger brother), and Royce.

Royce, Brett, James Mower, Sam Lungren, Ben Lungren (Royce's very Best friend from forever and ever), and Tom Lungren.
These are all good friends that Royce grew up with. Mike Rockwood is taking the picture, he and his wife Suszette are close friends of our.

Summers end!

2008-08-21T13:56:00.000-07:00

Summer ending is always bitter-sweet of course we all miss the summer fun filled days. The trips, not having to go to school and of course all the summer activities that winter just doesn't offer.
The girls and Oakley. You can tell Oakley is a lover.
My Birthday was fun I got to celebrate it with Royce which was wonderful. He took me to Yin Ching's my favorite Chinese food restaurant and then to Mams Mia. Royce of course didn't enjoy it as much as I did. And many thanks to Brett Royce's brother that just came home from his mission, he babysat the kids. He even offered. The house was still standing when we got home so I was very impressed.
I was so happy to end the day with Nick, Amy, Addison, and of course with Royce and the kids. It was the perfect ending to the perfect Day. Thank you to everyone and their phone calls. I think a phone call on your Birthday means more then any gift.
The handsome devil him self scooping the ice cream for the party. Royce and the girls made me Breakfast, a birthday sign and a cake. It was Awesome!
Of course the benefits to the summer ending is the bounty of fruits and veggies from our garden and a few orchards we visit in Nampa. Look out, the canning season is just beginning. We sure do enjoy the fruits of our labor for many months after, it's great!
Taylor found a friend Caterpillar while we were picking corn. She named him Wall-E. He still sits in a jar on our counter. He is surviving on a fresh leaf everyday.
Luke is cleaning up pine needles from a pine tree in our back yard. He picks it up and put it into the pale.
He dumps it into the trash can and of course on himself.
And he is happy, a job well done!

Jerome County Fair! Yee haa!

2008-08-20T09:14:00.000-07:00

The Jerome Fair was a blast for the whole family. The girls loved the shebang! We ate cotton candy, Carmel apples, corn dogs, we enjoyed the petting zoo, rides and of course the parade. What a fun summer adventure. We did miss Royce, he had to work. It didn't stop us from having a blast the whole week long!

The fair begins with a parade on Grandpa's float.
We went to see the Twin Fall temple. What a Wonderful opportunity for my girls I am so glad we went. We will remember this forever.
Luke wasn't sure about the petting zoo. He did love the animals once he warmed up.

Baily lost her front tooth at Gamie's. We discovered that the tooth fairy leaves triple the money when you loose your tooth at Grandpa's house appose to Mom and Dad's house.
Taylor just loved her Teddy. She bought Teddy at the local dollar store.
Luke loved riding on the Mari-go-round.
The fair was way too fun, complete with cotton candy and balloons.
The girls and the petting zoo!

Fun in the Summer Sun! (this is for you Amy)

2008-08-20T09:08:00.001-07:00

The Davis family had a great reunion in Hagerman. We all had a blast swimming in the natural hot springs!

Celebrate the 4th

2008-07-09T15:19:00.001-07:00

We all had a blast spending time with family on both sides for the 4th. We went to Jed and Brenda's house for a fun pool party and BBQ. After Jed's we went to Nick and Amy's were we spent time eating again, bat mitten, and of course fireworks. The fireworks show was excellent (thanks Nick)! The girls love to tease and torment Uncle Ben, so I had to capture Uncle Ben with all his little girls. We all had so much fun! Thank you Nick, Amy, Jed, and Brenda! We love you guys!

Davis Family Intro

2008-06-30T00:21:00.000-07:00

This summer has been a great summer so far. We are grateful to have so many fun adventures to encounter this summer like, welcoming the classroom bunny star into our home for the summer break, and eating lots and lots of snow cones at the local tropical snow shack. We bought an older home 3 years ago and just finished re-modeling it and making it our own. We had fun and we are glad it is over. Well, at least until the next go around of to-do's. We are excited to announce that Royce's brother Brett is home from his mission in Argentina and we are excited to have him home again. Some other things we are looking forward to doing this summer are, visiting Twin Falls and taking our kids to experience the new Twin Falls temple. I had the sharing time this month in Primary and we talked about the importance of temples the whole month of June. I think it is great to have this opportunity for our children to experience the beauty of the Lords work here on earth. We are also going to go camping at Big smokey which has become a new family tradition. Although I am not looking forward to taking Luke our little dirt eating Machine. We also have started riding bikes again and I love it. There is something about getting on a bike that makes you feel like you are 10 yrs old. I just love it! Maybe I have been in Primary for too long. I am grateful to live in a town where everything is a bike ride away. So we have been working with the kids on their Bikes because they are just not busy street ready yet. 10 year old Katie is all over it. But the kids, not so much. So to sum it up we are all doing fabulous! Enjoy your summer!

Luke the Duke

2008-06-30T00:01:00.000-07:00

The Duke is our little wild man. Luke loves life, he tries to do WAY to much in one day. He loves to reorganize all of my cub boards and clean out all of my drawers. But we love that he is so active. Luke turned 1 in April and has made a lot of progress throughout his first year. He crawled at 6 months, walked at 10 months, and has been running ever since. He is obsessed with ball and eating dirt, so needless to say we have a 100% boy on our hands. He copies baseball when it's on t.v. when they throw, he throws. He points to the basketball hoop during sacrament meeting and says ball, ball. We love his enthusiasm. But he does have some annoying eating habits. He is the most pick eater I have ever in countered. He has been since we first started food. If he does not like it on the first bite or if he doesn't even like the look of it, it goes on the floor. We are working on that. Other then that we all have just loved every minute with this exciting new member of our family. He loves to snuggle his Mama, pester and chase his sisters, and play and wrestle his Dad. He runs to the door when Dada comes home. We love our little tough guy.

T-T (Taylor)

2008-06-29T23:38:00.000-07:00

I cannot think about Taylor with out a smile coming to my face. That girls is a blonde ball of fun. She has finished her second year of dance. She had a dance recital and it went very well. She had a fun time in teacher Sherri's dance class. She will not start Kindergarten until next year so we still have another year of fun together before I ship her off to school. She is very smart for her age. She could possible make it in kindergarten, but it is best to wait on these things. Taylor starts soccer this fall with Baily and we are all excited.
Taylor is quite the girl. I have never seen so much love come out of such a little person. Sometimes I have to remind myself that she is only 4. She is the kind of child that will give you anything. She just loves making people happy. It doesn't matter if that requires for her to put herself on the line. She loves to be home. She has an enormous imagination and loves to play all day long. Taylor is always going at her own pace and is in no hurry (again I have to remember that she is 4). We all love Taylor she is the one that keeps us all laughing. I am so grateful to have been blessed with such a kind, happy, giving little spirit. She is defiantly the light in our family.

Baily Bug

2008-06-29T23:15:00.000-07:00

Baily has had a very eventful year so far. She finished her first year of kindergarten with flying colors. She is excited to start first grade in August. We are so pleased with Baily's accomplishments. Not only does she do well in school she also finished playing t-ball this year where she was an excellent slider. I do have to say she was the only kid on the team that continued to slide into home every time. We are all excited t-ball is over and on to soccer. Baily has met many new friends, one of which is her classroom bunny "Star" that we have taken home with us for the summer. Baily moved up to a 20" bike and is re-learning how to ride well. And of course Baily also finished her swim lesson already this summer. I am happy to say that she is not afraid of the water and she it trying very hard to practice her strokes every time she gets into the water.
Baily is an excellent little girl. She tries hard in everything she does. She is not afraid to try new things and she continues to surprise me at how hard she works to please her parents. I am so grateful for this obedient spirit. She has been such a wonderful help around the house and with her siblings. She is a true first child. I am so thankful for her determination and love. What a treasure she is.

Mama Mia

2008-06-29T21:33:00.000-07:00

Hello, all I can say about what I am up to is pretty much posted all over this blog. These kids are my pride and joy. I am fortunate to have the opportunity of loving what I do. I can honestly say I wouldn't want to be doing anything else. When I am not taking care of these Blonde beauties I am squeezing time in with my friends. Which resently was Jana Jill Capps. Whom is one of my very best friends in the whole wide world. She came to vist me and we played all day without kids. It was Awesome. And I also spend lots of time with Denise Brian who is my Cousin-Sister and I cannot forget my friends Cathy and Suszette. They are my sanity. That is of course when we can still away which I do have to admit is not very often. I am also the primary president in my ward so that keeps me pretty busy. I have been Primary President 2yrs in Oct. I have been learning very much from this calling and I am grateful for this opportunity. I do have to say that of all the callings that I have served in, this one has taken the longest to adjust to. Which again has been a great learning experience.

Family guy

2008-06-29T20:53:00.000-07:00

I would like to mention what is going on in the life of our favorite fisherman. Royce is doing well. He is still working for the City of Boise and he is enjoying it. He also enjoys spending time with family and friends casting those bugs around. He has been on a few trips already this summer but I would have to say that his favorite trip is with his kids. They recently went fishing with Royce's brother Brett that has just come home from serving 2 yrs in Argentina. Royce, Brett, Baily, and Taylor all enjoyed each other while they tracked through swamps, weeds and creeks. The girls don;t mind a bit. They just like spending time with their Dad. The girls fly fished with their very own rod, reel, and flies. They tied their very own flies and each caught a fish with their very own flies. What a good Dad! That's why we love Him.