Davis Family

Easter Sunday

2011-04-25T11:18:00.000-07:00

We had a ton of fun at my sister Adriana's home on Easter Sunday. We were able to take some video of some more well wishes for Dallin. You are loved Dallin!

Well wishes...

2011-04-25T07:31:00.000-07:00

One of Josh's best friends has returned from his mission and stopped by for Dallin's farewell, I was able to get them sending Josh a little message.

And the Count down begins...

2011-04-14T19:39:00.000-07:00

I don't know why it's so crazy everytime we have a big whatever at our house. Why do I feel like I need to take on new projects and get everything in order? Crazy, I know...

So we have 12 days left with our wonderful son Dallin. I can say that now because I really am already missing him and he's not even gone yet. I have certainly kept busy with preping everything to have everyone over on Sunday. Open invitation by the way for all that wish to accompany us on Sunday April 17th 11 am for Dallin's non "Farewell" Food and visiting at my house after, all are welcome.

Wish I had some pictures to share, but my camera is MIA. So, coming soon pictures of all the great stuff we got at Pomeroy's and a little shout out for this store, best kept secret... it was affordable one stop shopping especially for missionaries.

Thanks to all that have sent so much love and support our way. We truly love and appreciate all of you.

Camera Woes

2011-03-28T22:07:00.000-07:00

So I've sat down to blog at least three to four times and everytime I realize I don't have any pictures. I lost, misplaced or had my camera stolen. So no pictures or blogging until I can figure this out. So...until we meet again.

Wow, busy weekend

2011-02-21T09:07:00.001-08:00

So after a week of seeing this... nothing!!

We were glad to see this big white envelope from Salt Lake! It's here!!! So at almost 4pm we started to text and call everyone to come over to the house so we can open his call. I had a few things ready to go just incase it came on Friday, but I had to run the rest of the time to get everything ready to go for everyone to come over.

I'm so tired today!! But so happy and excited. Our son Dallin got his mission call! He's going to serve in Guatemala and will be learning Spanish! We love it. Two down, three more to go. It's been so emotional to do this all over again. I thought maybe it would get easier with every one, but it doesn't, it's an emotional roller coaster. It's like having a baby, after your first one you know what's coming and it's just scary. We want to just thank everyone that came to support us and want everyone to know that we appreciate so much love our way. We feel so blessed. Here's the video of his opening, enjoy!

So after all the craziness on Friday after Dallin's mission call, we woke up on Saturday to clean the house so we could have some friends over for a Destination Dinner. Our good friend Alicia put together this little shindig. Our place was Italy and had appetizers. Then we went to the Folau's for dinner and they were a Hawaii theme. The food was excellent and they did a good job setting the mood with their decorations. The last house was the Burrell's and they were Paris and had dessert for us, an awesome chocolate fountain with all kinds of naughty things to dip and an excellent end to a great night. It was a ton of fun and we were glad to be included. Thanks Alicia for organizing it!

Kris and Amber helped me get this all set up and get out appetizers ready to go for our guests. I made bruschetta, Amber brought a large assortment of cheese and crackers and Kris (Kirk) made some delicious meatballs. Good Eats!!

After a game of Italian charades, the loosing team had to sing and Opera for us...

I have to say, they did a good job!

Happy Birthday Dallin

2011-02-14T09:29:00.000-08:00

So we celebrated Dallin's 19th birthday yesterday. He requested Chinese food and cheesecake, so eventhough it was a lot of work, it was great to see him happy and excited about his mission call. We are waiting, waiting, waiting... it's almost here! Bishop let us know that it was in the mail!!! So, he's guessing it will be about a week. So Friday, hopefully we will know! Such exciting times. I'm just a little sad Josh can't be here to see him off, but we know they both wouldn't have it any other way. Love my boys!

Angela's Birthday

2011-02-11T08:17:00.000-08:00

So Angela has become very aware of birthdays. She counted down for a week..."four days before my birthday..." "Do you know what day it is in two days?..." etc. So on Monday February 7th, our little girl turned 7 years old!!!! Boy I'm getting old. She's in first grade and loving it. Loves her friends, family and really loves getting presents. So on Monday we made pizza and chocolate cake (at her request, so glad she shares my love of chocolate) and had some of the family over. She loved it and was so happy! She's growing up so fast, I don't even want to think about it, but I am enjoying see her love life. Happy birthday Angela, we love you.

Welcome 2011

2011-02-11T08:14:00.000-08:00

I guess I'm a bit late for new year's resolutions, but late than never. I really enjoyed blogging when I was doing it, and now it's just a distant memory. So here's to a new year of hopefully capturing a few precious moments with my family and friends! Wish me luck!

Busy, Busy, busy....

2010-06-28T11:37:00.000-07:00

Well, I finally have a week that I'm not totally swamped. So I'm going to try and post some recent and not so recent events. Eventhough Dallin in now married with 5 kids I guess I should talk about when he graduated from Seminary and High School.

We are so glad that they do Seminary graduation by Stake and not with the whole school. It was a neat and very spiritual program. The speakers all did a great job and the spirit was felt by all. Glad to be in good company with good friend that we love and care about. Chaz and Bo are among a great group of boys that Dallin loves to hang out with. All great boys, all planning on serving missions. It's so conforting to know that he has such great friends.

Graduation night is always crazy, mostly because my family is always so great to come and they love to PARTAY!!!!!!

It took us a while to find him, but once we did, it was silly string attack! Good job Dallin on a great year. He also recieved a 2 year tuition scholarship to Central Arizona College and will be taking a semester of school before he leaves on his mission. We are very proud of him and all his accomplishments.

Both Dallin and Kenyon recieved their Eagle Awards this year. It was great to be able to celebrate both at the same time and it was a beautiful ceremony. We are so blessed to have such a great scouting program in our ward. We have great leaders that are very dedicated to the boys and the scouting program. Great job Dallin and Kenyon!!!!

Now the younger boys are following in their footsteps and are right on track to get their scouting awards and achievements. Good job Eric on getting your Bear award.

The end of the school year came along with lots of concerts and plays. Ammon and Eric had their first Piano recital this year. The boy standing next to them is not a just their friend but their teacher. Thanks Tanner on a great year, the boys are learning tons.

Angela had her Kindergarten concert. I won't lie it was long and caotic, but she was so proud and happy and well was the Star of the show, if a say so myself. :) She will be starting first grade this year and I will be all alone all day, what to do? what to do?

And lets not forget Girls Camp. It was an absolute blast, I loved every second of it and I'm super glad its OVER!!! The stake staff was wonderful, the girls were fantastic and our guest speakers were out of this world. My niece Amber was one of the speakers and she did a fantastic job. Thanks Amber for being willing to do that for us, and thanks to my sister-in-law Stephanie and Amanda and Amelia that came down to help and support her. It was great to have my family up at camp. We also had Lisa Thurber that did an awesome job, she really related to the girls so well. Sister Westergaard also came up to talk to the girls about the scripture and knocked out of the park. We had a University theme: University of the Strong and Courages "USC" and had a blast with it. We had a pep ralley, graduation, battle of the bands, ward competitions, and so much more. We had great cooks, good food and a ton of fun. I'm glad that I was able to be under the direction of my friend Kim Skinner that is an awesome leader to these girls in our stake, along with all of her presidency. They are fantastic ladies and I am priviledged to have been able to work with them. Thank you ladies for a great girls camp experince.

I know this is a potpourri of stuff, but maybe I can keep up from now on.... ok, I'm laughing too.

It's Time...

2010-03-26T18:35:00.000-07:00

Okay so I've been a big slacker and haven't posted since November, so I'm going to try and catch up, maybe. For Josh updates go to his mission blog see the link on the right. November and December ended up pretty busy with weddings in addition to all the family things going on. I just updated the look of my wedding website and blog so check it out (see link on the right).

Hey maybe I can catch up okay I'm just getting started....
Christmas was great with the kiddos, it's always great to spend some time with our family and then going to visit with the Grandparents. Abuela's house is always fun we had our traditional Mexican Christmas meal and even had a pinata this year the Kids loved it!

The kids all dressed up and did the Nativity and then all the kids participated in a mini talent show. It was great.

The Next morning we went to Grandma's for Christmas day and had the so yummy albondiga soup that she makes and we kept eating all day. Sorry I forgot my camera so I don't have any pictures.

Dallin had a busy winter with wrestling. He was the Heavy weight wrestler for Queen Creek High and he did really well this year. He took 3rd place in Regionals, he qualified to go to state and his team took second in the state championship tournament. We are really proud of him!

Dallin was also asked to go to Sadie Hawkins Dance. The girl put a huge garbage bag of shredded newspaper on his bed. He was supposed to find the name in all that mess!

Dallin aswered back with a box full of fortune cookies in which one had his answer: He said Yes!

They were so cute as nerds for the dance.

A few updates down... a few more to go... I hope it doesn't take me 6 months to do it.

Consumed....

2009-11-06T11:30:00.000-08:00

Never mind...

New blog for Josh

2009-10-02T16:30:00.000-07:00

I've started a new blog for Josh to post his mission information, letters and pictures he may send from his mission. Check it out! http://elderjoshuadavis.blogspot.com/

Picture Day

2009-09-25T08:34:00.000-07:00

Usually picture day for our family is, how can I put this...HORRIBLE. But, yesterday we had a family picture day and it was sooo nice. My friend Kim Skinner (photographer extraordinaire) offered to take our family pictures, since this will be the last time my family will be all together for a few years. I think I have been just blessed to have everything just fall into place. I found all the shirts for everyone at one store at a great price, the weather was great, the photographer was very patient, and my kids actually co-operated. Usually by the end of a session, I'm saying something like this (In my best devil voice I have) "If you guys don't cut that out and look like a happy family for this picture I'm going to knock you into next week" or something like that. I know, I should be nominated for a mother of the year award, I know...

Seriously, the pictures turned out so good and I'm so grateful that we have this great reminder of our family. Thanks Kim for this awesome gift.

These are some of the pictures she sent me to preview, I can't wait to get the pictures and go get them printed.

My latest craze...

2009-09-06T16:08:00.000-07:00

So this is my latest craze... Acrylic style necklaces. I found these yummy acrylic beads online, at different stores and other jewelry I've taken apart. I have been making jewelry for a while now, but I've really fallen in love with these cute beads in all kinds of bright colors. I've made these for Angela now that she has started Kindergarten this year. And a few for me too ;)

Aren't they soooo yummy! I love them and they make great gifts too. Call me and we wan do a bead party!

Ward Camp-out and First Day of School

2009-08-31T06:36:00.000-07:00

We had our ward camp-out a couple of weeks ago and we were glad that we were able to go this year. We hadn't been able to go for 3 years because we always had a wedding on the weekend that the ward was camping out. So we decided last minute that we were going to try and go up early. We ran to the store got all our supplies, packed up and were ready to go on Thurs, then we remembered we had all kinds of things going on so it was put off for Friday morning. We managed to leave by 7 am and off we went... It was a little over three hours for us to get to the camp site that was up above Payson. It was so beautiful up there and the weather was great. It even got cold at night. Since the kids were anxious to go I asked them to pack all the sleeping bags and blankets and pillows, well when it was time to go to bed we discovered that they had only packed 3 sleeping bags, 1 blanket and 4 pillows... somehow that just doesn't add up. Despite the cold, hard night we managed to have a lot of fun.

Kenyon and Ammon were very helpful getting our Old School tent up with the help of the guys from the ward that were already there. Everyone was so helpful helping each other as everyone arrived, I love my ward.

Everyone had a ton of fun. There were games planned for the kids, volleyball, tug-of-war, a scavenger hunt and there was a zip line there that the kids all loved.

The Tug-of-war was hilarious, it began as boys against girls and only the kids were pulling... After the boys got beat two or three times...

Brother Jones decided he needed to help the boys not get their butts kicked...

Then it was on! All the men and women got involved as well... and the winner is

The girls!!!! Now we know where all the strength comes from in our ward.

The kids had a blast playing volleyball...

...and doing the scavenger hunt.

And the adults even got to play a little volleyball... It was a blast! The night before we was a fireside and got to visit with friends.

The next morning the Elder's quorum made a delicious breakfast and cleaned everything up too! I'd like to sign up for that plan every year.

We all had a great time and we're glad we got to enjoy one of the Castlegate ward's family traditions.

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL.....

First day of kindergarten for Angela this year. She is going in the morning, which I thought was going to be impossible because she's such an night owl like her mother and definitely not a morning person, but she would get to be in school with her friends and I would be able to trade off carpool, so we're doing it. She has been doing such a great job. She was grumpy for the first week or so, but she's used to it now. We're proud of her and her great attitude about the whole thing. she is stylin' for school everyday and has a matching necklace for each outfit, what have I done.... I created a monster! Well at least I get to have fun in the process.

Ammon started his first day of middle school and as you can tell he is a cool cat! He is loving school and all the social stuff that go with it, he was made for school.

Eric John was also excited to get back to school. He is doing really good in school right now and is growing and enjoying life.

I had to go snap a few pictures at school and make sure they found where they needed to be at. Why do mom's get so worked up over stuff like this?

Angela is having so much fun at school and is so happy she got to be in school with some of her friends. I hope they can stay friends long enough to have some pictures of them when they graduate High School... Now I'm crying! I love watching my kids grow up and have great experiences in their lives, it's what makes getting up every morning worth it.

More firsts, they keep coming...

2009-08-30T07:52:00.000-07:00

On Saturday we had Dallin's eagle project. It was a long time in the planning. It was mostly a lot of me getting after him to call people, to do his write-up, to go get signatures and on, and on... But after a lot of prodding and poking we finally got everything in place for his Eagle Project day on Aug. 29th. Like always our ward is FANTASTIC in supporting our scouts in all their activities, especially on the Eagle Projects. We had a great turn-out and most of the work got done. Dallin is installing a chain link fence and compost box for the Simonton Elementary school. It's to block off their new gardening area. The school has implemented this neat program for the kids to participate in and we were very excited to do a project that would directly affect our community. Dallin was great in directing people and trying to be the director for the day. He is not finished yet, but Monday we will finally be done. The project is mostly completed, we just need to put the chain link on the post the everyone helped to install.

We started with a clean slate and after a little measuring and leveling....Let the digging begin!

We had quite a bit of digging to do, about 12 holes, 20" deep on some very hard dirt, but everyone was so willing to help

and seemed to even have a bit of fun... Look even long time rivals from Mesa High and Mountain View came together for a good cause.

Some of the holes were not quite where they needed to be so we did some more digging... and after much sweat and many blisters, the guys got to pour some cement to have the posts stay in place. Thank goodness my Dad was there, he was our expert on site to make sure everything was going to be done right. Thanks Dad for being willing to take a day and help Dallin.

Everyone, young and old was involved and we got the work done. I thought it would take us all day to do, but it was done in about 2 1/2 hours. Great job everyone!

We also had some refreshments that everyone got to enjoy. Thanks mom, Lanette, and Rachele for bringing the yummy treats so everyone had the strength to work!

I am grateful for a good ward where the Bishop knows the importance of the YM program and for calling great leaders that do a wonderful job with these boys. We will have 9 eagle scouts by the end of the year. What a great accomplishment for the families in our ward. I'd like to also thank Hurricane Fence Co. that was so generous in donating almost all of the materials for the chain link fence and my dad's company, Guardian fence for donating the rest of the materials needed in finishing the the project. Thank you everyone that was involved we couldn't of done it without you!!!! I'll post the pictures of the finished fence on Monday when we finish.

A time for firsts...

2009-08-26T13:33:00.000-07:00

You would think that at age 40 all the excitement of "firsts" are behind you, but I've come to realize that they just don't end. Thank goodness that lately they have been great firsts like my first son leaving on his mission. Here are some pictures of him on the day he opened his mission call. He received his letter on a Thursday, but couldn't open it until Saturday because his brothers were at a scout camp outing. Well I invited my family and some ward friends to come be a part of the reading of the mission call. I asked everyone to be there at about 1:oo pm, his brothers didn't get home until almost 4 pm. Needless to say there were a lot of people ready to leave. It was such a crazy day because my sisters had a big work party that they were hosting at my sister Adriana's house and they wanted the whole family there, my sister-in-law Amy had a big YW activity, and all my friends all had stuff to do as well so I was very anxious to get this done and have people leave for their activities.

So we played a couple of games to see if anyone could guess where Josh was going to be called to and we had a map so people could put a pin where they served their mission.

Everyone was waiting and anxious to find out where he was going and to leave to their activities.

My younger boys Ammon, Eric and Angela were so excited that they made a balloon drop from a garbage bag and a small bag of balloons they found in the closet. It was a great day!!

Here's a video of when he read his calling. Enjoy!

So when the festivities were over, I have never seen people leave to fast. Everyone cleared out like a stink bomb went off. Well let me the first to say....LIARS, YOU'RE ALL LIARS!!!!

You guys lied so good and for so long!!

My sweet, but very sneaky hubby and my over-achieving, but adorable sister-in-law had been planning a surprise birthday party for ME :) for a very long time. And I have to say that I was very surprised. I had no clue, especially having been so busy with Josh's mission stuff. And I wasn't only surprised at the party, but who was there and how SPECTACULAR Amy and my sisters, and sisters-in-law made everything look. Women after my own heart. It was a full out sit-down dinner, with floral centerpieces, chargers and place-card for everyone, material hanging from the top of my sister's balcony and Chinese lanterns with jewels dangling from them, and a professionally made cake by April from Designer cakes by April with these awesome fancy jewels cascading from the top.

Shelly Flores from Flowers Unique made these beautiful centerpieces

The cake was FANTASTIC! and tasted soooo good as well.

Amy spared no detail it was so wonderful and so fun to have all my family and friends there celebrating this special occasion with me. It made turning 40, not so horrible. My sister-in-law Dyna put together an awesome video of pictures of me and my family growing up, my kids on video tape saying they love me (I have proof now), and my parents and their sweet memories of me when I was born and a small child. My brothers all roasted me and had a few nice things to say as well. And I want to thank everyone that had anything to do with making such a neat day for me. I almost didn't show up because I was so tired from Josh's thing that I wanted to skip out on the work party the Gary and Chad were supposedly doing for their new company. The thing that surprised me the most was how calm and collected everyone was during all of this craziness. I felt bad and repented for having such a bad attitude about going to my sister's house. All my crazy friends were even there. It was such a great surprise. My boys and all the older nephews where dressed up like waiters and waited on everyone, served our meal and helped clean up after is was all done. We had a blast! Thank you, thank you , thank you, for caring so much about me.

So much to blog... so little time

2009-08-04T20:30:00.000-07:00

I'm so behind on blogging that I don't know if I'll ever catch up, but I'm going to try. Today I'm posting a bit about Josh, his mission and the generosity of so many that have helped us stay on track to get him out on his mission.

The days that I think I'm going to seriously hurt Josh because he's part teenager/part adult and some days acts more like a teenager, I read his acceptance letter for his mission call. I'm going to post it because it was so neat to see that he really does want to go and serve the Lord.

Letter:

I am pleased to serve the Lord and the people of Mexico, I look forward to dedicating all my effort and attention to preaching the gospel of Christ to those that would hear it. I have a testimony of the restored gospel and of Joseph Smith and have been preparing to share that glad message to the humble souls that hunger for that knowledge. I know serving is a big part in my own salvation and hope that baptisms and faithful new saints will be a by-product of my labors. I anticipate this opportunity I have been given with much excitement.

With Love,

Elder Davis

We are so proud of him and that he is preparing to go on his mission. We have been blessed already with Eric finding a job, my wedding business is starting to fill up for fall and winter and the days that I just cry because I don't know how we are going to pay for his mission I get phone call for business, a dear ward member calls to let us know that they will buy all his shirts, others have given Josh money to help him prepare to get ready to go or my family reassures us that they will help us any way they can I know the Lord is blessing us already. We are so grateful to be a part of this gospel and to have our son help take this that makes us so happy to others that need it in their lives. Thank you to everyone that has been such a good influence on us and our family. We love you and hope we can some day repay all the generosity that you have given us.

Opportunity to serve

2009-05-07T10:02:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone, I want to close this auction out on Friday. So hopefully we get some more bids and raise a bit more money for the Randall family. Last day to bid Friday!!!!!

Opportunity to Serve

2009-05-01T10:32:00.000-07:00

We got news about the following yesterday and wanted to pass along an opportunity for service:

"There is a family in our neighborhood, the Stewart family, who's daughter and her husband (Shannan & Monti Randall) lost their precious newborn baby boy last week. Below is the information for an auction/fundraiser being done in their family's behalf to cover the funeral costs. Please keep the Randall Family in your prayers."

I was able to get a few things together for donation, if interested here's a link to the family's website www.inhonorofharry.blogspot.com
These are the items I'm donating. If you have an opportunity follow the above link and bid on these to help out this family. We love you all, thanks.

Easter Happenings and so much more...

2009-04-18T01:45:00.000-07:00

This is a long post so bare with me. I don't get much computer time these days so I take it when I can. This has been a very busy past couple of months. I wish it were full of weddings and work, but we'll take what we can. Starting with March...This was one of our weddings in March. This particular one we decorated top to bottom. We had two other weddings we helped with, but much of the work was done by the families. Though I have to say that one of the daughters did the flowers for this wedding and they turned out so cute.It was very classic, but with a splash of color... Lots of color. I love my job!Some of the stuff I spent my time with was redoing this baby changer for my friend Kris. It was Melissa, and it was brown and very dated, but a bit of trim, and some paint will do wonders, even for old beat-up stuff. It turned out so cute!! Good job Melissa and thanks for all the help.As if I weren't busy enough, I belong to card club that we now do quarterly (Yeah!!) It makes for crazy times, but I love all my awesome cards I get to have when it's all said and done. These are the ones I did for this months.Even though, we had been busy, we got to go away for a weekend to a Lodge in Heber. Our friends Jessica and Newell invited us to their parents lodge. It was so beautiful and not so much because of all the neat stuff, and gorgeous property, but because of the loving spirit that is felt there by friends and family. Thanks guys for thinking of us. I came with it's very own lake that the kids has a blast swinging on the rope and fishing, even Angela caught a huge fish.It had a very nice kitchen that I admit to coveting......and some very unique and beautiful features to the building. My favorite part were the rooms, because each room was named after ancestors in their family and was filled with things that they owned and loved. What a neat place and what a good time we had.And then it was back to reality and back to school and the daily chaos. Eric and Ammon both made Honor Roll... ...and Ammon also received Student of the Month recognition. Good job guys!!!
We also Celebrated Eric's 42nd birthday. Happy Birthday honey!! I tell him all the time he's looking more and more sophisticated with all the gray hair, his new name.... "the Silver Fox"We celebrated with dinner at Baci's an Italian restaurant in Queen Creek (that by the way is fantastic) the day before his birthday and it was a long wait, but well worth it.

After we came home for some dessert. It was a fun night!On Eric's birthday Saturday the 4th, we participated in the Queen Creek's annual Salsa Challenge, of which Eric is a past champion. He didn't win this year, but he'll be back next year to take back his crown.
It was also Queen Creek's Easter celebration. The kids had fun running around, eating and participating in an Easter egg hunt.

One of the best happenings this past month was Josh receiving the Melchizedek Priesthood. We had the opportunity to do it at our home and invite friends and family to witness this wonderful occasion with us. We are so proud of Josh, for being worthy of this wonderful blessing.

We know he will make a great missionary soon. Mission update... still trying to get all his medical appointments done so we can submit his paperwork. He has his last appointment this week, then the papers are off and hopefully we don't have to wait too much before we receive his calling.

Easter was tons of fun this year. The kids got to go on several Easter egg hunts and i got to eat tons of Easter candy. I love Easter candy, yes even the gross peeps. And I wonder why I can't lose any weight.
I made these cute platters for my sisters and my mom for Easter. I got the idea from my friend Lettie from card club (thanks Lettie, I had a ton of fun doing these). You find neat looking plates, candle holders and a little E6000 and voila, you have a very cute cake stand. This one was my favorite, though I think they ALL turned out very cute. Angela, Ammon and Eric have definitely had their share of candy these last couple of weeks. They have had a ton of fun, and I wish I could say they are all sugared out, but I know that's not the case.
On Easter Sunday we got to go with my brother Lamoni to eat and have an Easter egg hunt with the kids. We also went to my sister-in-law Heather's home to eat some more great food. I have pictures of all the happenings, but you won't be able to see them until I get my camera back, I left it at Heather's, like I leave so many things. I'm glad I don't have any more pictures, because this has rambled on way too long. So, for now... to be continued...

Freaking Out!!!

2009-03-13T15:44:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of Josh filling out his paperwork for his MISSION!! I'm happy, scared, excited, and sad all at the same time. I have all these questions floating around in my head; have I taught him enough? Is he prepared mentally and spiritually for this? Where is he going to go? Will he be safe? and well... I could go on forever. We're really proud of him and of his choice to serve a full time mission, we know this will be an experience that he will remember forever and that will help him become the man that we always knew he would be. We love him and are so excited for this opportunity that is coming so fast.

Happy Birthday Ammon

2009-03-13T13:23:00.000-07:00

Just a little note to say Happy Birthday to Ammon. He's 11!!! What is going on, why is life moving soooo fast! I know it's a bit late, but still very heartfelt. We were just asked to do a spotlight on Ammon for the scout newsletter in our ward and I made Eric write it and he did a great job so here it goes:
Ammon is fun loving and also seems to always be sporting a smile. He is a friend to all and tries to make everyone fell they're included. Some interesting facts about Ammon: He's an entrepreneur (he sells his toys at school), he wants to participate on American Idol (or any high profile talent Show), he has a lot of interest in being a gourmet chef (or at least eating gourmet), he loves to participate in any and all sports, and he plays the clarinet. Ammon will be part of the 11 year old scouts and was able to participate in the Scout Day camp this year. We're excited that Ammon got this early start to his Eagle and proud of his accomplishments in cubs, especially his Arrow of Light. We look forward to being a part of and watching his progress.
Ammon is a good students and gets Honor Roll most quarters.He loves to participate in all social events at school and church...He loves scouts and loves to be around friends and family. We love Ammon and know he will be successful at anything he decides to do in life. Happy Birthday Ammon, We love you.

February...month of love, celebrations and many happenings

2009-02-15T22:02:00.000-08:00

Angela started the month out with a birthday on the 7th. We made these cute invitations for her friends to come to a fashion show. We invited 16, yes 16 5-6 year olds to help her celebrate the special occasion. My kids get a party on their 3, 5, 8, 12, 16, and 18th birthdays. So they know on the other years not to ask for a big to do. We converted the living room into a beauty salon and fashion runway for all the models that attended.

This was Angela's very sassy outfit that she sported on the runway. We had quite the spread of pink food and munchies for all the girls to eat.
A great time was had by all and Angela was in heaven... Okay so was I, can you tell I've waited a long time to do the girl thing. I LOVE IT!!! Happy Birthday Lala, we love you!

I barely finished cleaning up from the party when I remembered, oh yea, I have card club this week. So hear is what I did. I made wedding invitations for one of my brides that is getting married in May and I made a few extra pouches to make my cards with while I was at it.

I found this great plastic-like paper with the cool swirls and voila cards for card club.

On Tuesday we attended the 3rd grade music concert that Eric John participated in. He had a blast and they did a good job with the patriotic theme.

Then on Friday the 13th, it was Dallin's birthday. 17!!! Now that's scary. How does time go by so fast? The picture above is from a year ago. Look, he's still growing.
I like to make my kids their favorite meal for their birthday, so of course Dallin picks something complicated. He wanted Chinese food, so egg rolls, fried rice and chicken skewers it was. Funny story...

We like to grill the chicken, but I ran out of propane and we only had about half a bag of charcoal, but since it was for his birthday and we wanted it to be extra special I asked Josh to get the coals going. I finished the egg rolls, I made the fried rice, I also made sugar cookies that turned out great (thanks Rachele for the great recipe) ...the chicken was marinated and ready to go. Eric finally got home and was ready to grill. He kept going in and out and no chicken. almost an hour later he comes in with 3 little skewers of meat, so I ask him, what it taking so long. So I go outside to see what all the fuss was about, I could not believe my eyes, there were literally about 30 coals, about half lit and a grilling area of about 4 inches. I had to just walk away. I turned the oven on and stuck the chicken in. It's funny now, but not so much for our hungry tummies.

Anywho, Happy Birthday Dallin, I love you.

Valentine's Day did prove to be any less busy. I woke up to a phone call at about 8 am from the food co-op Bountiful Baskets, I signed up for it this week and despite my large note on my mirror, I forgot. I had to literally run out the door (you don't want to know what I looked like) and over to the park area where they were waiting just for me, Loser! Needless to say I was grateful for the phone call. It was a great basket, everything was fresh and beautiful. I look forward to all our meals this week.

It was also Eric's Dad's birthday. He had to spend it at the hospital. He's been really sick. He has cancer, diabetes, a pace maker and to boot broke his arm 4 weeks ago. The healing is slow, but steady. We hope he can recover and be home soon. Eric has been staying with his Dad off and on at the hospital to give his mom a break. His mom is so tired and such a trooper, she never complains and is always tending to her hubby. Eric truly believes that this is the reason he is out of work right now. He has been such a help to his parents. He's a good son.

We went to our ward's annual marriage fireside. It was great. I love that our ward does this.

We went to dinner and a movie after and called it a night.

I have to say that Eric is a great husband and even though he was tired from being at the hospital all night he still wanted to take me out and spend some time with me. He's a good man.

I hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day.

Super Bowl Mania

2009-02-01T14:06:00.000-08:00

My kids have been so excited about the super bowl game. Ammon didn't have a cardinals shirt on Friday for school spirit day, so he drew the cardinal's logo on a sheet of paper and clipped it to his shirt. so today as I was making food for the game, they made their own shirts.

A few fabric markers, some old shirts and voila, Cards shirts. It's a simple thing, but they'll remember this for a long time. Hopefully we'll be able to do this several times.

GO CARDS!!!!

Late nights, diet coke, and good friends...

2009-01-22T12:04:00.000-08:00

So, I went to Hobby Lobby yesterday with my friend Kim. We found way too many cute things. She found some great material to finish her office curtains and Blinged Out Pom Poms to die for. I found more cute Valentine's Day Stuff. So we decided to do a little trade, you know, I scratch your back and you scratch mine, well, more like I'll sew your curtains and you do my Valentine's tree. They both turned out SPECTACULAR! Thanks Emily for all the help.

Take a look...

How did I possibly live without a Valentine's Day tree until now? We found these cute slim trees at Walmart on clearance for $5. Add a few finds from here and there and voila!! Life is always better with glitter!

New Year, New Resolutions

2009-01-21T08:20:00.001-08:00

Or so I thought... Is it too soon to give up on New Year's resolutions? The Mora family is doing a Biggest Loser challenge between all the brothers and sisters and in-laws, well not all of them because a few would probably disappear if they lost any weight. The first few weeks are so hard, you're hungry, tired and grumpy, but I guess you the whole being healthy thing I guess is worth it. ;) So if you see me eating brownies, hamburgers or junk food knock it out of my hand.

It seems like Christmas was so long ago. I finally got everything put away and now it's on to bigger and better things. Valentine's is coming and it's been fun doing a few projects to add a few cute touches to my home.

I found these acrylic photo frames at the .99 cent store and was able to cut it up to different sizes...

...this is what I came up with, I used some letters I found at the Target $1 spot and......cute ribbon and paper from Michael's and Hobby Lobby...... and some note cards to give to the ladies I visit teach.I set out a few other things I had from before. I'm trying to get a Valentine's tree done, inspired by Kim Skinner (see her blog) and fun things here and there.

I guess since I'm trying not to use my mouth as much might as well use the time doing something else.

Some of my other resolutions are:

1. Blog more often.

2. Use a softer voice

3. Take more pictures

4. Read more - (mostly scriptures)

5. Enjoy the moment you're in, instead of thinking what's next.

6. Say I'm sorry first

7. Have more quiet moments

8. Stop procrastinating

9. Cook more meals for my family

10. Appreciate all my blessings, because I truly have so many.

Happy Belated Birthday Kenyon

2009-01-07T19:16:00.000-08:00

In the midst of a lot of craziness in December Kenyon turned 15 on December 23rd. Kenyon was so small for so long. Now he has just grown so fast these past couple of years. He has out grown 4 pants sized (in length not width like me) So in honor of his birthday here are the top 10 reasons we love Kenyon...

10. He is so smart. His knowledge and command of the English language is amazing.

9. He is kind and loving.

8. He has a great laugh.

7. Eric says he has great koolaid lips (full, round and red)

6. He is a good priesthood holder and always honors his priesthood.

5. He is very service oriented and is always helping someone out.

4. He is a loyal friend.

3. He has a quirky sense of humor (unfortunately influenced by dad)

2. He loves his family.

and the # 1 reason why we love Kenyon is

He belongs to the Davis family and it would not be complete without him.

Happy Birthday Kenyon, We Love You!!!

Happy New Year!!

2009-01-07T18:24:00.000-08:00

I've already started the year off bad. But here's to new year's resolutions and new starts. I hope to be able to keep up with my posts and family happenings. I'm using this as my journaling and I'm very behind. So here's December in a nutshell...

I started out soooo good. My tags for card club were done on time, I had half of the presents I needed for my kids all purchased and set aside, including Kenyon's birthday present....
Went to lunch for Gini's Birthday...Had a blast and always love the food at Crackers & Co. Happy Birthday Gini, you're a great friend!!!

I had two weddings in December, one the weekend before Christmas and one two days after Christmas. Needless to say I didn't have a lot of time for very much, but now looking back glad it's all over with.

I hosted two parties at my house. Bunco at the beginning of the month and a small reunion with friends I grew up with. It was fun seeing everyone again and planning more with people we have all kept in touch with.

Every second I could I would try and finish all the gifts for family and friends. I did these frames for the Davis family sisters-in-law......made these for a few friends...Made advent calendars for my sisters and Mora sisters-in-law (sorry no picture)

On December 23rd we spent the day with Kenyon for his birthday. He wanted chinese food for lunch and he hung around with Eric and me while we tried to cram the last of our Christmas shopping. Here's my mini shout-out for Kenyon's Birthday. He turned the big 15 and has officially become a full fledged teenager. We love you Kenyon!! We celebrated Christmas Eve at my brother's house and did presents a little different this year. We did a modified white elephant gift. For the kids 11 and under we brought a new $10 gift wrapped for the kids to choose from. We drew numbers but we didn't have them take it from each other, you know trying to avoid counseling in later years. As you can see the anticipation was almost too much to bare...

But eventually everyone had a turn and we had a lot of very happy customers. The teenagers had to bring a gift that they either made or had to give up something they owned to give to someone else. I have to say that they did a great job with all of their gifts. My favorite was Josh's Ultimate survival kit, he rounded up a compass, pocket knife, hot spark(to start fires with) and a first aid kit. He took a piece of foam and cut a spot for each piece. It was a big hit and the boys even traded back and forth a few times. Hopefully we'll do this every year.
The adults did a traditional white elephant. Some of the gifts were very funny. We had a $10 limit so it was very interesing to see everyone's gifts.We were happy to have my mom with us just 10 days after complete knee surgery. She has been doing so well and recovering nicely. We also had a nice dinner at my sister Adriana's home for my dad the weekend before. It was nice to have my dad with us for a little while.

In the mist of all the chaos, I did enjoy Christmas, the kids, family and friends. I love this time of the year even with all it's crazyness. I'm grateful for all my blessings and for all the love that surrounds me. I hope this year will bring everyone lots of love and blessings all year long.

Thing to be grateful for...

2008-11-30T11:30:00.000-08:00

I guess I better get at least a few things posted before I get so behind I'll never want to do it again. We had a great Thanksgiving. We usually have two dinner's to go to but, this year the Davis' didn't have a get-together. Though I missed seeing the family and my mother-in-laws stuffing, It was nice not having to rush all day long.

We have had a very relaxing weekend and I'm grateful for my family. The Mora's got together at my Brother Lamoni's house. And had all the food we could eat and then some. We have most of the traditional Thanksgiving things like turkey, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, but we also have Mexican food traditionally served at Christmas time like pierna (pork roast), black beans, jicama and peanut salad, and some years we even do chiles rellenos, but not this year.

The Day was so nice you could see the mountains so clearly I had to take a couple of pictures.

I'm grateful for the earth we live in and for the freedoms we have in this great country.
I'm grateful for my family, even though they hate taking pictures.Grateful for my brothers and sisters and that they open their home to all of us to celebrate these special days.

For a home to live in especially in these difficult times (but I'm especially grateful for the decorating part of it)

For talents and friends that make me remember them. I was asked to dance last week. It was lots of fun remembering the steps and choreography, but my knee didn't appreciate it so much.

I'm grateful that my mom taught me the love of crafting among many other things. I do it as much and as often as I can. I attempted to do a boutique this year and these are some of the things I did.
Christmas wreaths...

Joy and other type of signs... It was lots of fun making them.

Grateful for good schools that my children go to and that they still celebrate the Holidays.
This was Eric John's class and their thanksgiving feast.
Grateful for lazy days with the kids and simple things like making ice cream in a bag.
Especially grateful for little surprises like Dallin coming home the other day with a shaved head. After I got over the shock, he explained that the whole football team did it in Honor of a friend battling cancer, and they did it to lift up his spirits. He passed about a week later and the kids were all very strong and decided to dedicate their playoff football game to him.

Red was Loren Merkley's favorite color so they all wore red the whole day...Even for their game. The cheerleaders cheered for him and I'm sure that his family truly appreciated it. I proud of all the boys. Good job Bulldogs!!!

There are so many things to be grateful but more than anything I'm grateful to know my children walk in truth and righteousness.

Hope you had a great Thanksgiving.

Free Sonic Ice

2008-11-09T15:40:00.000-08:00

I love that we finally have some sweater weather, now that it's November. That was a long hot summer. So today as we were eating dinner guess how surprised I was when we heard and saw this outside (don't look at our ugly, dead grass). It was so funny to hear the kids say it was Sonic Ice falling. So I took my cup and filled up! J/K... Though Eric thought it would be funny to go get a handful and throw it at the kids INSIDE MY HOUSE, and I wonder why my kids don't behave. We have such crazy weather in Arizona, I love it!!!

Halloween Happenings

2008-11-04T15:04:00.000-08:00

A little late, but better late, than never... Halloween was great this year a little laid back.

We started the Monday before Halloween with some pumpkin carving at a friend's home. We had some delicious soups, bread bowls and lots of fun getting in the Halloween Spirit.

Good to know even the cool teenagers can still get into to the spirit of the Holidays...Halloween Day... we went to our annual block party. I think it gets bigger and bigger every year. The kids were ready first thing in the morning, I'm sure it was agonizing waiting until sun down to get started. Miss Angela dressed up as, what else, but a princess, Cinderella to be precise and loving all the cute things she got to wear. Ammon and Eric, I mean clone troopers invaded our home and were ready to demand candy as ransom. They trick or treated to their heart's content...

...The kids had a candy auction with all their loot. It was funny seeing all of them sitting in a circle with their pile of candy holding up candy to the highest bidder.

and then at about 9:00 pm we had some of my family and some friends over for some grown-up fun. I of course had way too much fun decorating...

...we played a game called Would you Rather? It was sooooooo much fun and so funny. It's just a serious of ridiculous questions that you have to choose from. For example:

Would you rather Be trapped in an elevator packed with wet dogs -OR-with 3 sweaty, fat men with bad breath?

Would you rather Have 5 bottles stuck on the fingers of one hand for a year -OR-a bucket stuck on your foot for a year?I Know... so silly but so much fun. The way you win the game is by doing challenges. Oh, lets say like... Lap water out of a bowl like a cat

...or dance only to the tune of your own humming

...or make up your own, like make all the guys do a Samoan dance... SOOO funny!!!

Needless to say, we had a blast. I love Halloween, Family and Friends, what more can you ask for.

Forgotten Pleasures

2008-10-18T16:18:00.000-07:00

Recently, I was invited to go a community yard sale. It was so much fun. We found tons of great stuff, some of it was even brand new, in the boxes and everything. I had forgotten how much fun it was to do this. You find some great things at a great price. I have big plans for the stuff I found. I loved it so much that I went this week again. Check out some of my finds.We found two ex consultants, one for Lia Sophia and one for Pampered Chef. I loved the jewelry. The red necklace is still in this years catalog and retails for $110, I got it for $10, Score!!Brand new Pampered chef stuff, all this for $5Found these remote control cars for my boys, for Christmas, Shhh, don't say anything. They were a steal.Several knick knack stuff.Practically new stadium seat. All three for $6. This is too much fun.This week's finds: these cute shelves......cool scooter for the boys...... and this awesome table for my room. I'm so excited, I might just finish my room. I'll show you later.
I got a few more fun things, but these were my favorites. I love going to garage sales.

Why...oh why do people like to suffer...

2008-10-17T18:26:00.000-07:00

The kids are on fall break this week and we decided to go to the fair. The Paynes, McLaws, and the Davis all went. We went on Wednesday for $l ride day. We had lots of fun the kids liked getting on the rides and just being crazy. Okay I have to say that Lanette Payne is CRAZY!!! She loves to get on all those wild rides. Now, you would think that a thirty something woman would not be subject to peer pressure anymore, but Nooooooooo... I for some insane reason agreed to get on a stupid ride called G Force. I am not a ride person. I get sick, my head hurts for a week after and I just really don't know why people pay to be tortured that way. I have to say that I did it. The kids saw and heard me reduced to a bumbling idiot, screaming bloody murder and well, with absolutely no dignity left at all. I will NEVER get on a dumb ride again. And, my head still hurts!!!

Can you believe I was on this stupid thing!!!! Never again. And yes, I'm a huge chicken.

BUNKO

2008-10-09T01:37:00.000-07:00

I had bunko tonight. It was at Melody Williamson's home. Cute home, great food and good friends. My night started as any other bunko night, I was on my usual losing streak. Then, the stars aligned and lady luck decided to throw me a bone or dice anyway. I had 7, seven, count them SEVEN bunko's. Now those of you that play bunko know that that's just crazy. I still can't believe it. Things like that never happen to me. I a loser!!!
Here's my proof. I haven't yelled so much in a 48 hour period. First the SYTYCD show and then Bunko, I'm losing my voice. I ended up picking the gift I brought because I loved the jar so much. Guess where I found it...Hobby Lobby. It was a good night.

So you think you can dance, dance, dance...

2008-10-09T00:44:00.000-07:00

I have a permanent grin on my face. I got to go to the 'so you think you can dance' tour last night. My sister-in-law Heather called me a couple of days ago to ask if I wanted a couple of tickets to the show, because she had a concert to get to. Mmmm, let me think about that? Umm.. YES!!!!!! Thank you Heather for thinking of me. I absolutely loved it!! I invited my friend Amy that is such a huge fan, but she couldn't come so I called my friend Kim (also a huge fan) and she "sacrificed" and was able to come. We were on our way when my sister Adriana called and asked what I was doing, as soon as I told her I knew she would freak out and sure enough as soon as she found out where I was going, she began to scheme how to get there. So before I ever even arrived she was able to locate tickets off of craig's list, get them and get to the Jobing Areana before I ever even got there. She's crazy!! But I'm glad she was there. Here are some of the highlights. The Jobing Arena was packed. Kim and I went a bit early to get a bite to eat and everyone had a long wait.So we ended up at Sweet O. It was very delicious, I would definitely go back. We had a great paninni, salad and caramel pecan chocolate cake. Here's my crazy sista, with her kiddo's. I'm sure she wanted to be on stage with them, she's a great dancer.It was a full house, every seat was taken. Joshua and Katie are...like they like to say on the show... Sick!!! They are so good, in such good shape and the dancing... GET OUT!!!Gev and Chelsie's dance, amazing. I do have to say, he's very tiny. The guys are all good. The three best dancers are definitely Will, Joshua and Twitch.Even though it was three hours, it felt like 10 minutes. I wanted it to keep going. I could have watched them all night. Joshua and Katie in the very fun jazz number.I love the very weird and quirky dance that Mark and Courney did. Mark is a lot taller than he seems on TV.Twitch and Katie's door dance was insane. They are so good. My definitely favorite dance of the whole season was Joshua and Katie's Balliwood dance, so I felt a little jipped at the group dance. It was still awesome. It seemed to be over way too fast. I absolutely loved the show.
Thanks Kim for coming with me and making it a fun night. All the the good pictures were taken by Kim and her amazing photography skills. Thanks for sharing. I think I'm going to have to make this a yearly tradition. Ammon was definitely bummed he didn't get to go. Next year Ammon I promise.

What's gotten into me...

2008-10-06T23:12:00.000-07:00

So unlike my usual self, I have been on an organizing kick. Surprising I know, I'm a self admitted slob. I'm a messy crafter, cooker and doer of all things. Organization is not one of my talents or strengths. So for me to organize stuff is a huge accomplishment. My closet was one of those things I kept putting off. There was a small path to our clothes and if I needed anything from "the pile" I had to go diving to find anything. So here are the results of my weeks worth of work (and help from good old Amy)...

It's mostly my craft stuff. It's the only room I have to put stuff in.
I know exactly where everything is and no more diving, for now anyway. I have to say that I have a lot of crap. I kept only what I use and gave away what I knew I was not going to need. The Achievement day girls in our ward got most of the stuff. I expect to see some cute stuff soon girls.
But the organizing didn't stop there, oh no, the garage was also organized and in much need of cleaning and purging, and did we ever purge. We got a trailer full of garbage and a truck load of give away stuff. Funny story about the trailer. Josh was at work, Eric was at work, so that only left me to take the trailer to the dump because it had to be back to the rental store. So after a 45 minute wait at the AJ dump I was assigned a spot to "back into"... well I don't know about you, but I don't know how to do that. So after several unsuccessful attempts to back-up with the trailer I gave up and was going to have Dallin and his friend Chas carry the garbage over. The lady came over to me and said "you can't dump there"... to which I said "I know"... to which she then hit her intercom walkie talkie and informed the driver of the tractor that was compressing the garbage..."we need help backing up here"...I wanted to die!!! And every guy at the dump was laughing at me...so the guy comes over backs up my trailer so we can throw our garbage away. It was quite embarrassing, but worth the humiliation to have a shinny clean garage.

Now I know where all my tools are at. And I can actually park my cars in the garage...

...Oh wait no I can't, the boys now think they have a man den they can "work out" in and get all buff......including a workout board and everything. What am I going to do with these boys.Today's project was making peach jam and replenishing my year supply. I think I probably need a few more boxes.

Halloween is in the air...

2008-10-05T23:46:00.000-07:00

I had card club at my house this week, so I made sure to have all my Halloween decorations out. I had a blast getting my stuff out and displaying some of my new finds this year. Love the glittery cat I found at Hobby Lobby (only $10) along with my stuff I already had from last year. Found the cute orange balls for my apothecary jars at Designer Boulevard, 40% off.
Last years clearance skulls I glittered...

...and my cute signs, with glitter of course. These were my very simple Halloween cards, I just ran out of time to do very much to them.They open up to write a spooky love note. Don't you just love the holidays. Starting in October I just have way too much fun. I feel a costume party coming on..
This is some of the fun we had last year playing fear factor, marshmallow stuffing contest and costume contest.
We had some good sports willing to do some wild things, oh like see how many raw eggs you could crack in your partner's mouth, Gross!! but, so much fun.

Conference weekend

2008-10-05T22:48:00.000-07:00

I have to say that I love conference weekend. We get to hear the best messages from the Prophet, we can do it in our PJ's and we spend time with our kids. We love this family time. Like President Monson likes to say... It's time to make some memories... We have a few traditions we do for the Sunday session. I try to always have a notebook, or some kind of coloring packet for the kids. The older boys take copious notes because they play conference trivia the Tuesday after conference against the YW in the ward. They make sure to record all conferences and even go back and review the broadcasts. I'm grateful for good youth leaders that have these great traditions for the youth in the ward.
I make Cinnamon rolls for every conference and the kids love them.

I wish I could say that they are all sitting quietly listening and learning, but more often than not, this is the scene in our home. Bodies strewn about everywhere and enjoying whatever stuff they got for conference. It's a good day.P.S. Our ward did a conference kick-off this year on Friday. They had a pot-luck dinner and several activities for us to do. The YM did a cute video about all the ward happenings. It was a lot of fun and such a good idea, I hope we do it every conference weekend.

Running with the wrong crowd...

2008-09-21T15:29:00.000-07:00

So we're sitting home Monday night minding our own 'binuss' when we get a knock at the door. What happened after that was just so crazy, I still can't believe it. It was 6, count them 6, uniformed policemen (one woman- I think?) with a warrant for Eric's arrest. Now, you ask yourself, what could Eric have possibly done to warrant a warrant, well he, unbeknowst to us, did not (or so they claim) pay an off-road riding ticket he received over a year ago, back in April of 07, when he went riding with my brothers and family. We never received the notice to appear in court, but my friend Amy took care of it back in August of 07. Come to find out, the guy that reduced the fine (originally $125) to $25 did not follow through on his paperwork, so the check sent to pay for the fine just sat around in their office. So, instead of sending a letter or court appearance or even a collections call they decided to send in the swat team to round up the very dangerous off road rider - you know how dangerous those guys can be. I was livid!!!!!!!!!! and in disbelief at their attitude and lack of understanding. They made us pay the full amount of the original fine or else they would have to arrest the teddy bear that is my husband. Good to know that my tax dollars are going to good use. How much do you think they spent that night; 3 different government departments, 3 cars, 6 salaries to collect a $125 dollar fine? It's crazy!!! I still can't believe it.

This is the only picture you get, the cops wouldn't take a picture of us for my blog, so rude!!

Happy birthday to my Sister, yes another one

2008-09-16T16:54:00.001-07:00

I know it's a little late, but with lots of love. September 8th was my sister Adriana's Birthday and as I try to keep up with some blogging traditions here are the top ten reasons why we love our baby sister Adriana: I know, September is 09

10. She is very kind and tender hearted and will do anything to please you.

9. She is the Fashion Diva of the Mora Family.

8. She is always done-up and looks great.

7. She is very generous and giving.

6. Her smile lights up a room

5. She can have her babies and be in her tiny jeans within 6 months

(I don't love her so much for this one, I'm mostly jealous)

4. She's a peacemaker

3. She's a good friend, mother and an awesome sister.

2. She loves the gospel.

And the #1 reason we love Adriana is:

1. She is an important part of the Mora family and we would not be complete without her.

We love you Adriana, Happy Birthday!

Happy Birtday Onca

2008-09-02T23:29:00.000-07:00

August 31st was my sister Veronica's birthday. Her nickname is Onca, we have called her that ever since I can remember. My mom said I couldn't say her name very well as a toddler and so I pronounced it Onca and so she was dubbed. Thank goodness I didn't call her something else.

So in celebration of her 37th birthday, here are the top ten reasons why we love my little sister Onca: 10. She is the organizer of all family gatherings.
9. She is the organizer of all things period; closets, drawers, rooms, etc.
8. She is super smart.
7. She is very passionate about doing what's right.
6. She is in great shape and can say she has run a marathon or two in her day.
5. She is a talented teacher, pre-school right now, but has taught High School, she was stopped at least once a day and asked for her hall pass.
4. She can accomplish whatever she sets her mind to do.
3. She is the guru of all self-help books
2. She is an avid reader, especially of the things of the gospel.
The #1 reason we love Onca is:
1. She Loves, loves, her family and would do just about anything for any one of us. We love her and are lucky to have her as part of our family.

Happy Birthday Onca!!!

The things I do instead of the things I should be doing

2008-09-02T22:29:00.000-07:00

I was asked to be on the Super Saturday committee. I'm in charge of two projects that I made. the cute 'joy' sign out of 12 x 12 wood squares and way cute wooden letters thanks to my good friend "Joann's" and an Advent calendar out of a clipboard, got the Idea off of one of my favorite websites, splitcoaststampers.com. You need the close-ups to appreciate the dimensions...
...the style...
...the pizazz...
I love all the prep work I have ahead of me to get all the stuff ready for Super Saturday on the 13th. I should be sewing the material for my upcoming wedding on the 6th......or maybe drilling the holes in the over 40 signs I need to get ready...or start cutting and printing all the stuff for the advent calendar...Instead, my cute friend Amy came over and we......made our BOO sign for Halloween, you know you just can't have too many Halloween decorations. I love it! As I was looking for the paper and supplies for the JOY sign above, I found this way cute Halloween paper and I just couldn't resist.
And no BOO sign is complete with out some Martha Stewart Glitter...
...Paper from the Wal-mart of scrapbook stores, Scrapbooks Etc.

Embellishments from the Making Memories line......And you have yourself a BOO sign, taaadaaa!!! I'm afraid this will be my last blog entry for a while, I have a lot of work to do. So bring me some diet coke and come help me get some work done, yes I'm talking to you!!!
P.S. I told you we got a fish from our last wedding, and it's still alive, I guess since the bread crumbs didn't kill it, it deserves some real fish food. I really don't like pets. It's stinky and so much work, with the having to feed it every day, I have 6 kids I don't need one more fish mouth to feed. Here kitty, kitty, just kidding!!!!!

What to do, what to do...

2008-08-21T13:15:00.000-07:00

It feels like I haven't blogged for a long time. When it rains it pours, and that's what my life has been like the past few weeks. I had two weddings two weeks in a row. I babysat my nephews Hudson and Colton for a week in between the two weddings, I have to say (as much as I loved having the babies at my house) I'm so glad I don't have babies any more. I've forgotten how much work they are, you know with all the eating and taking care of them that you have to do.

The two weddings I had could not be more different. The first one we have affectionately dubbed it the sprite wedding. Cute summery colors with limes and lemons and touches of hot pink. This was a fun one to do. I now have more lemons and limes than I know what to do with, but when life hands you lemons... well you know the rest... throw them away. J/K ;)For the second wedding we had baby blue and black. The centerpieces were vases with fish in them (I ended up with one of the fish, that the family was so kind to give Eric John) but I know it's just suffering in the small vase its still in and the strick diet of bread crumbs, because I keep forgetting to buy fish food. Anyway, my battery died after snapping this picture and well this is all you get.The kids went back to school. Hallelujah, Hallelujah, Hallelujah... Love the kiddos, but I'm very happy they're back in school and being productive again. Kenyon started seminary this year, he's a 9th grader and loves seminary. It's early morning so four of us from the ward takes turns carpooling. Long days when its my turn.Angela doesn't go back to pre-school until September, but she wanted to wear her new school clothes as well, so here is a preview. Too cute, thanks Krissy for the cute blouse.Went to lunch for Rachele Oram's birthday to the new Gecko grill in QC. We had a great time. Emily couldn't come and Tiffany had to leave early that day so we photo shopped them in the picture because they were there in spirit. (I'm not very good at it yet, but I'm working on it)
Many cooking days over the summer. Ammon has become our soux chef he wants to help for every meal. Here he is with dad making Tyler Florence's potato chips. They were delicious. This was our last meal of the summer before school started, you know the last meal before the prison sentence...

I was in charge of the barbecue (from scratch) also a Tyler recipe... ... and corn bread. It was all very delicious.
Primary Activity Day was a Missionary Day. They had lots of fun doing door approaches, decorating a can to save money in and other missionary activities. We have an awesome primary presidency.

So how do you get your kids to eat their veggies... you make it fancy, call it a fancy name and serve it on real plates (not paper plates) We had Cobb salads and pork chops a couple of nights ago and usually I can't get them to touch the salad bowl, they ate every bit on their plate. Not only did they eat it all they loved it. They said this was the best salad they every had, go figure, all I had to do was separate all the parts.

I have also received a new calling, I am a nursery teacher. This Sunday will be my 4th week and I love it. The kids are so cute and the nursery coordinator Stacey Gillespie has it running like clock-work. I'm glad its very structured and organized, the kids do so well this way. Well, I know its a lot to take in all this info and fun stuff, hopefully I won't fall so far behind any more. I do love blogging, but it's almost as bad as a baby, you have to feed and take care of it all the time.

Card Club

2008-08-02T10:51:00.000-07:00

These are the latest cards for card club. It next Tuesday and they are all done. I wish I could say that i am just very organized and have them all ready to go, but the reason and only reason they are done is because I thought it was last Tuesday. So guess when I was getting them done? You're right, Monday night. So my lack of organization worked to my advantage for once. Because I procrastinated (or so I thought) I had to use stuff I already had. This is what I was able to come up with.

I'm just glad that they are done!

Home and Garden show

2008-08-02T09:56:00.000-07:00

Yesterday Eric, Angela and I went to see my brother Lamoni's booth at the home and garden show at the Cardinals stadium. That thing is Gi-normous, very cool. My brother owns his own Trim carpentry company and was participating in this years show. He made some cool stuff for display and they seem to have been having a good time. They were very happy to have my sister-in-law Amy there, being their #1 sales rep. She's great at approaching people and letting them know about the company. She helped me when I did a wedding expo and she was fantastic. Except she does get flustered with cute guys (call me and I'll tell you the story).

They can do some neat stuff. He did all the panels in the back and the pillars on the sides. Happy and waiting for customers.

So we were getting ready to leave, so I asked Eric to text Dallin and let him know that he needed to find a ride home or ride the bus because we were not going to be home. The next words out of his mouth were: "how do I text" So I showed him how to do it and he sent his first text ever. Congratulations honey, welcome to 21st century. The football field was huge and ready to be rolled into the stadium. Eric was trying to look like a football player, but he just looks like he need to relieve himself. ;)I still can't believe that they can roll that huge field in and out of the stadium. The things we can do now a days are amazing.We went and got a bite to eat at Johnny Rockets after and had a good hamburger and fries. I thought Angela would look so cute in the hat they gave her, but she did not think so. She is such a princess!!!

Breaking Dawn...

2008-08-02T08:52:00.000-07:00

I started reading the Twilight book series this summer and if you're a fan you know that the last installment just came out last night. A group of friends and a couple hundred other crazy and obsessed women, youth and children where in line at Wal-mart last night at Midnight. I'm happy to say that I got a book and look forward to reading it.
Many ladies were all matchy, matchy with their "bite me" t-shirtswe had to make our mandatory Sonic run before we went to stand in line. I Look a little too happy. Diet coke drunk.Yes, there was definitely a line and some of our friends were at the front of the line. You should have seen some of the dirty looks we got.So at precisely Midnight, the books were released and we were off... You should have seen the melee, women punching and scratching, yelling "No, Edward is mine" fighting over the last book, I only had to shove two kids out of the way for mine. Just kidding!!!! It actually was really boring, everyone waited their turn, got their book and it was over in about 5 minutes, with plenty of books left over for the smart ones that went to bed and decided to go in the morning, this just sounded more interesting. I was kind of hoping for more action. Well, maybe next time.

19 years and counting...

2008-07-16T01:00:00.000-07:00

Today (yesterday really as late as it is) is our anniversary and I wanted to post earlier, but not having a scanner really puts a damper on posting pictures you don't have digital copies of. So we went to the local Wally World and got some scanned. It was fun reminiscing the fun day July 15th was 19 years ago. Have you seen My Big Fat Greek Wedding? You know the scene where the whole family is at her house getting ready, video taping everything, being loud and preparing food, well that was my house the day I got married. It was my immediate family plus all the aunts and uncles helping out with one thing or the other. I really loved that day, maybe that's why I love doing weddings so much. As is in true character, I was late to the temple getting started, but it was beautiful and so peaceful being there. I don't remember much of that day, just that I was happy, scared and glad to see so much family and friends there. The reception was insane! There was probably about 500 people that attended the reception. We had food, fun and as is customary in any traditional Mexican wedding, dancing, dancing and more dancing. We had a live band and everything. I think my mom and dad went a little over-board, but it was definitely memorable.

I was happy and excited to start my own little family and now looking back I know why. I didn't know what the future held in store for me but I am grateful for all the ups and downs we have had and are going through, it only makes us stronger. I love my husband more than words can say and the beautiful family we have become these past 19 years. Happy Anniversary Honey.

Now a blast from the past and you are not allowed to laugh!! (makes me want to cry to see my skinny self back then, funny thing is that I thought I was big back then, what I would give to have the body back- I won't give up food though so I guess its not coming back)

Engagement photos from the local JC penny baby! Do you love the very calculated head tilt.

Times long ago and bodies long gone, we both enjoyed doing the same type of things, now replaced with family activities and less strenuous moves.

Go Eric! He was quite the basketball stud, still is just lower to the ground these days.

We had four bridal showers including this one that was for couples. It was at my friend Rebecca's house and she had Eric get in a huge box and wrapped it all up like a present and had him pop out of it. It was hilarious, I was a little disappointed it wasn't a Chip-n-Dale dancer ;)

Did I mention it was a Mexican Wedding. We always have the dollar dance. Everyone loves coming up and pinning money to your clothes for a few dances. I didn't mind so much after we counted all the money, over $700 that we used for our honeymoon in Puerto Vallarta courtesy of Mom and Dad Davis (Thank you for the wonderful trip)

This was the Mora clan it seems a long time ago. I cherish these times we had together.

The Davis' were in utter shock at the amount of people in attendance (can you say culture shock) and more than the amount of people the amount of time they stayed. I remember my father-in-law giving up at about 10:00 pm, the dance lasted until midnight.

I know it doesn't seem like it but I was melting when we took these pictures, who gets married in the middle of July. I love that we have these memories that we can share and all the friends we have met along the way. 19 years seem to have just gone by so fast I can hardly believe it.

Nerd Alert!

2008-07-13T01:00:00.001-07:00

The boys were able to work a couple of days last week with Brother Cox in the ward, they got paid this week and as money tends to do (you know burn a hole in your pocket) they went and bought rock band. I don't know there's something about fake playing instruments that I think is just not right. It's really funny how intense they are about it. They think they're so cool. Skylar got a job at the movie theaters, so he brought over a little present for the boys. I love movie popcorn, but this is ridiculous. Thanks for sharing Skylar.

Okay, one more thing about my birthday

2008-07-10T22:41:00.000-07:00

Did I mention it was my birthday ;) So my friends from the old hood took me out to lunch yesterday for my birthday. We went to Oregano's for pizza and pazookies (sp?) It's great to see the gals I hung out with so much. I hate being so far from them, I keep telling them that they need to move out by me. We had a great time visiting and catching up. We gave the waiter a run for his money, he definitely earned his tip. Everyone seriously spoils me way too much. They all came bearing gifts and lots of love. I can't believe I forgot my camera so I don't have a picture of my friends, but one of the girls did manage to get a picture with her camera. I'll have to share it later. I got a this great mirror. Big cupcake pan. Bath and body works. A very cute sleighrides sign, can't wait until Christmas!
All of this way cute jewelry. I loved it. Even though I make jewelry, I almost never make it for myself. Thank you Shelley, Jennifer, Sarah, Gini, Kaydee and Heather for a great afternoon.

Keeping busy

2008-07-10T22:18:00.000-07:00

Well I don't have any weddings this month so I have some free time on my hands. You would think I would take advantage of the time and clean my closet, organize my wedding room or maybe clean out my garage, but nooo that would be way too productive. I have to say I've had fun helping a few friends out with stuff. Made a cake for Bunko.
Made Pizza for the fam. I don't know watch out Mr. Bianco.
Made some jewelry
Did an invitation for one of Lala's friends. They turned out cute. I think I'll have craft night one of these days all are welcome to come. I just love the crafts

Wow, why did I wait so long...

2008-07-08T11:35:00.000-07:00

So I know I'm a bit slow sometimes catching on to things, you know things like trends, fashion, fads etc. But, I'm really glad I've finally caught on to this one. I just finished the first book in the Twilight series and I LOVED IT!!!! I've started the second book, and am about halfway through, I'm so tempted to call someone and have them just tell me the whole story, I'm such a slow reader. I'm sure Eric would love that too, since I started reading the books I kind of go into my own little world and it drives him crazy. Any ideas how to keep a husband busy while I read. So I may not be available for the next couple of days while I finish the books. I'm glad a read them before the movie came out, I've been on to the official website for the movie trailer and it shows all the characters. I think they did a good job with Edward and Bella, the others, I'm not so sure yet. I really like being in the loop now about the "vampire" book, it's lots of fun. Here's the website if you want to check it out. http://www.twilightthemovie.com/

Happy 4th of July

2008-07-06T10:24:00.000-07:00

So for the first time in I don't know how many years, we didn't do anything with my family or any of our friends this year for the 4th. But, we had a very full day none-the-less. We got up early to go to the ward breakfast, it was well attended and it was nice to visit with friends.

What is up with that pose? She is just too sassy!

the Elder's quorum did a great job with breakfast and they had plenty of food. Good job guys.We went to the movies to a matinee and watched wall-e, well the three older boys watched Ironman (they are just too cool for a kiddie movie.) It was a cute movie and the kids loved it. Angela was especially excited about it and talked through the whole movie. 'Where is he going mom'; 'where's wall-e?'; 'Why is he sad daddy?'; etc. you get the picture.
We had Bahama bucks after the movie and enjoyed that very much, I particularly love the oasis, with ice cream of course. We then parked along the road on Ocotillo to watch the schnepf farms firework spectacular. They do a great job with the fireworks. Angela was so excited all day and fell asleep before they started. So in the morning when she woke up she said..."Mom, I missed the fireworks!" Maybe next year. It was a nice, relaxing day and the boys didn't complain at all about spending so much family time together. Next year I'm throwing a party! you're all invited!

You want me to do what?

2008-07-06T09:46:00.000-07:00

So we're sitting at church today and Angela is not feeling so well, so I brought her home and she's resting. So I thought to myself would it be okay to blog if I'm supposed to be at church? So here's my justification... I'll blog about last Sunday. I was asked to substitute for the primary chorister last week. Now I know you all think that I can do just about everything, but singing is not one of those things, so I thought to myself, "I wonder how many people they asked before they got to me?" They must have been desperate if they're going to Molly for music, I guess they figured the young-ens are resilient and will bounce right back. I may not be musically talented but I surely can make things cute! So we had a 4th of July musical review, complete with fireworks, flags and oh yea, music. We did a punch-out board that were the "fireworks" that had the song inside, then we played a guessing game with the song that was chosen. I also had the star hat I made for the teachers to wear when their class sang the loudest; the teachers LOVED it. Though I was a little embarrassed when I had to sing I did have a great time with the primary kids last week.

More about me..

2008-07-02T16:33:00.000-07:00

Okay, I promise this is the last post about my birthday, but it was a great day, here are some of the great things I got to do. We also celebrated Emily Welchman's birthday, a month late, but still with lots of love. Went to lunch at Cheesecake Factory with my awesome group of friends from around the hood. They are loud, fun and a blast to be around. Good thing I fit right in. And my friends know me well they all pitched in and got me a gift card from Hobby Lobby (good friends always feed your addictions)
Rachelle, made us these way cute aprons for our birthday! Rachelle your the Bomb!

My hubby took me to Pizzeria Bianco in down town Phoenix and it's true, the wait was 2 1/2 hours, but worth the wait. The restaurant is about the size of my living room with a wood burning oven the owner had brought in from Italy. The owner is always there making the pizzas and you can tell he takes pride in his work. He's been featured on the food network, Martha Stewart and other shows and has been named the best pizza in the country. So take a look, what do you think. It was crunchy, smokey and delicious. He uses all local ingredients, including olive oil from Queen Creek Olive Mill. I'd go back every week if I could. So if you have a few hours to kill, head on down and try it out. Call me I'll go with you.
Thank you to everyone for being so nice to me. Love you all.

Some of my favorite things...

2008-07-01T09:32:00.000-07:00

So today is my birthday! Glad to be able to say one more year that I'm in my 30's. I can't believe all the wonderful things life has brought me all these years. I truly am blessed to have such a wonderful husband (who by the way made me breakfast in bed today), good kids and wonderful friends that love me so much (despite all my shortcomings). Well enough of the mushy, here are some of my favorite things...

I Love, love shopping for anything and everything... especially at my new favorite store Hobby Lobby (you have to say it in sing song, Hobbbbyyy, Lobbbyyy...)

I absolutely love going to thrift shops and antique stores. One of these days I'm going to do that for the whole day, shoppe to shoppe until I drop. Anyone welcome to come.

I Love going to lunch with my friends, it's great to do it for special occasions, but I love going for just no reason at all, but to be with my friends. I so enjoy going to the temple. Feeling the peace and love of our Heavenly Father. It's like a warm hug and pat on my head, It's all going to be just fine...I Love my family not just all the good times we have together, but for the everyday things we do together. For the woman they have helped me become and for the unconditional love I get everyday from each and every one of them.I Love my Savior for all that I have, for his sacrifice for me. For the love I feel when I kneel in prayer and for the peace I get in my heart when the answers come.

Life is truly wonderful when you are surrounded by so many blessings, good friends and great family. Even though I get teased for how old I am, I'm grateful for all the years I've had on this earth surrounded by love.

Bountiful Baskets

2008-06-28T08:16:00.001-07:00

I just started this new co-op. It's called bountiful baskets and you pay $15 and you get a basket full of fruits and vegetables. You get what you get, you can't pick and choose, but so far its been great stuff and for the money, it's awesome! Anyone can join. They also have bread, honey and other things. It's run by volunteers that divide all the stuff up and they have different pick-up areas all over the valley. I go just around the corner of my house, so it's so great. I think we're going to be grilling some veggies today ;) Here's the link if anyone wants to join, I highly recommend it. http://bountifulbaskets.org/ Anyone have a good beet recipe?

Birthday Lunch

2008-06-27T11:27:00.000-07:00

I had some awesome leaders for girls camp. My camp assistant was Sarah Merkley and I've gotten to know her and lover her. It was her birthday a couple of weeks ago and we've been trying to take her to lunch ever since. We finally got it all set up to take her to lunch this Wednesday, then I get a call from my lovely sister and says everyone is going to be out of town next week for my birthday so they want to take me out on Wednesday, yes the same Wednesday, but do I say no or let's do it another day, nooo, are you kidding, lunch, friends and gifts, I'm there. We went to BJ Brewery for Sarah's birthday, it was an early lunch because she works at the Chandler Mall and had to work that day. Funny story: Mayann (left) and Kris (right) ordered chicken sandwiches, but didn't get any chicken in them, Mayann noticed she didn't have any chicken but Kris had eaten half of her sandwich before she ever noticed. The manager fixed the problem and didn't charge them for their meal, score! I had a great time visiting and enjoying each others company. I left the Chandler Mall and went to pick up my mom and headed out to Cheesecake Factory in Phoenix (in Phoenix because it's halfway between the girls that live in Mesa, Queen Creek, AJ and Surprise and El Mirage) I don't know if it was all the food I ate but I was very giggly and had a ton of fun that day. We also celebrated my sister-in-law Xio's birthday that is also in July. My mom and sisters spoiled us that day.
Left to right: Veronica, Me, Mom, Xio, Adriana, Amy and Dyna
These are the gifts I got that day. I feel very spoiled and loved. Dyna gave me the cute black bag with storage and kitchen stuff all in black and white damask, Xio gave me lotions and black and white jewelry, my mom gave me a gift card from mervyns, Amy gave me doll house stuff (for the doll house I'm making with my daughter Angela, mostly for me, but I guess I'll let her play with it) and my sisters Veronica and Adriana gave me an Ipod nano(score) and the cutest bling purse key chain. Thank for all the awesome stuff, they love me, they really really love me.

Playing catch-up

2008-06-27T10:13:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the projects that I've had in the last couple of months that I just didn't have time to post. My dinning room area finally was completed in May. This is what it looked like for a long time, but I am grateful its done. My sweet brother Pelon finally got it done and I love the results.

Before

After - Don't you love it!!!!

and my family pictures wall, turned out great. I've had the stuff for a long time and it finally got done for Eric's Baptism party we had. Thank you Tiff & Danjee, Kim, Cathy and Kris for helping me get everything done. I had gotten a little behind because we were preparing everything for the camp fundraiser and 3 weddings. You know, just messing around, nothing to do.

I did want to mention and show the cute towel that my friend Sandi Short brought for Eric and my niece Jysele's baptism gift. She had their names embroidered on the towel and the baptism date. Sandi You're the Bomb!

Among my many shenanigans, I also am part of a card club. I keep meaning to take pictures and post them and then life happens and I don't, so here are the latest cards, I've given away half of them already so it's not all of them.

I really liked my the baby girl one, I put a bracelet in the flower that the baby can use. I know it's crazy to do so much, but I love doing it, keeps me out of trouble.

Happy Birthday Gary

2008-06-23T16:19:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was my brother-in-law's birthday and I wanted to wish him a very happy birthday. I have known Gary since we were teenagers and I love him like a brother. So I thought it very appropriate to write the top ten things we love about Gary. So here it goes: 10. He is a very patient and loving husband and father to his family.
9. He is very funny and easy going
8. He loves my mom's turkey at Christmas time (it's really pork, but no one has the heart to tell him)
7. He's great at reaching things on the top shelf, thanks to his orangutan arms
6. He's an awesome basketball player and loves to play golf.
5. Did I say he was funny
4. His knowledge of the gospel is very profound and is a good gospel doctrine teacher.
3. He has become part of the Mora family and embraced us all as family despite our craziness.
2. He is a hard worker and willing to share his talents with those around him (especially come tax time for us)
And the number one reason why we love Gary is
1. Our family would not be complete without him.

Happy Birthday Josh

2008-06-23T16:07:00.000-07:00

It's official, I'm an old lady. I have a full grown adult child now and I'm freaking out. We love Josh and all the wonderful moments he's brought into our lives. There's something special about your first born, they're the guinea pigs, the experiments that you hope turn out okay. I have to say we had a successful outcome. The boys went on the pioneer trek last week and the reports I got back were all stellar. In particular, Josh's Pa (trek dad) came up to us while we were there and said that Josh was amazing, we would not have made it without him and I hope my son is just like him when he grows up. What a wonderful tribute. He has been a good son, helper and example to his brothers and sister. We are proud of his accomplishment in his life so far and we know he will have great success in all he does in life. Despite his parents he turned out to be a good boy. We love you Josh and hope you had a great birthday.

Happy Belated Father's Day

2008-06-18T12:02:00.000-07:00

We enjoyed a pretty relaxed Father's day this year. On Saturday we went to my sister Adriana's home in Surprise to celebrate. It was a lot of fun. Now that Krispy Kreme doughnuts are open again(ooh that sounds good right now) I bought some for all the Dads, especially the ones that live on that side of town. It was really funny seeing them write on their boxes DO NOT TOUCH, THESE ARE DAD'S. We had a little fun with the daddy's and had them do some competitions, fastest tie tier, fastest diaper changer, lego maker etc. you know stuff all dads should know how to do. The kids had a blast watching them be funny. A good time was had by all.
I am grateful for a good dad that raised me with love and was a good provider, for a husband that is a good priesthood holder, a wonderful father, loving husband and my best friend and for a loving father-in-law that has raised a generation of good men that honor the Davis name. Thank you for all you do. Happy Father's Day.

Pioneer Days

2008-06-18T11:51:00.000-07:00

My boys Josh, Dallin and Kenyon left this morning to the pioneer trek. They had to be at the church building by 4:00 am (yes, am). They were all dressed in their pioneer best and ready for what I hope is an experience of a lifetime. I have to say that Josh really got into the part, he went on his own to get special clothes and even bought a complete suit for the Dance. CRAAZZYY! It only took us two days to get them packed up and we hope they have a good time, I know we will with them gone for a few days ;) Eric and I do get to go for one day and help with teaching them a cooking skill. We will be making fry bread, yummy.

Notice the full beard on Josh. He's been growing it out for two weeks now.

Don't work so hard Dallin, you only have to leave in four hours. Like pulling teeth.

Hobby Lobby is open for business

2008-06-18T11:27:00.000-07:00

My absolutely favorite store is now open and have to confess I've been there twice already. I know you are probably asking yourself how can this be her favorite store if it just opened on Monday. Well, I have been going to the only other store in AZ out in Peoria. I know a little crazy, but well worth the trip. So needless to say I am sooooooo happy it is now on this side of town. If ever a store was made for me this is it. Just thought you might like to know. I predict making cards in the near future.
Here are some of my latest finds from the mother store.

Busy Month...It's going to be a long one...

2008-06-17T18:27:00.000-07:00

Well, I guess I'd better catch up before I get so far behind that I won't want to do it at all. I haven't been blogging because my computer has been acting up again. Right now I'm using it with a huge fan on it so it doesn't overheat and shut down on me. It's a lovely site, my wobbly table and a huge fan on it. Just as luck would have it, the part that was just put in a few month ago gave out again. ANYWAY....

You thought I was joking!

GRADUATION

One down five to go. I can't believe that I'm so old. Didn't I just graduate a few years ago? Josh's graduation was really great. We had family and friends come to the graduation and the little get together afterwards. I have to say that Queen Creek did a great job on the graduation ceremony. The speakers were all very good and it all went quite smoothly and they even had fireworks at the end of the ceremony. It was great. Josh is happy to be done with this phase in his life and moving on to what comes next. Mission. I'm freaking out. It's such a happy, sad and scary thing. We're working hard on keeping him on track this next year. He received his Patriarchal Blessing last week and it was so beautiful. Brother Dupriest (stake Patriarch) is a wonderful, kind loving man and we appreciate his dedication to his calling.

CAMP

Camp was so much fun. Glad it's over!!!! This was definitely a new experience for me to be totally in charge of camp this way. I've been a part of girls camp for years, but never at this capacity. I have to say it was a lot of fun, very stressful and tiring, but worth every moment I had with the great girls in my ward. Our theme was Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful, Stand Tall as a Daughter of God. We had lots of fun with the theme: Flowers of all kind, beauty stuff and a lot frilly things, just up my alley. Needless to say I had plenty of crafts and activities for the girls to do and they loved it.

The Fourth year girls had a Super activity the day before all of the girls arrived. They got to go horseback riding. LUCKY...

These are the cute t-shirts we had this year. My good friend Eva Flake designed the logo and the girls picked brown and pink for the colors, great combo!

Crafts, crafts and more crafts. They did slinky bracelets, decorated journals, made decoupage jars for testimony night, and a framed temple picture. The girls loved it. Skit night was a blast. We had a beauty pageant. The girls were given a bag full o junk that they had to make a gown out of, provide a DJ, and do a commercial with all their stuff. The girls were hilarious and did a great job. Even my shy little 1st and 2nd year girls let loose. It was awesome.

Our Spiritual Night was particularly memorable. We had an Iron Rod Walk and Women of Value came to visit and talk to the girls about how they were their own kind of Beautiful. Everything came together perfectly and the girls had a very powerful experience that I hope they will remember for a long time.

WEDDINGS

I had Three weddings in May on top of everything else I had to do. YW Fundraiser, camp, graduation, Eric's baptism and well you know life. Here are some of the pictures of one of the weddings, the pictures for the other two are coming soon.

This was my Cousin Keisy's Wedding. We had lots of fun doing this wedding especially in the rain. We thought it would never end, but it did. Congratulations Keisy and Jordan.

They have a beautiful back yard.

Love the trailer in the backgroung, I need to photoshop this one.

Well, that's it for now, hopefully I'll be able to keep up this next month. I'm going up the the Pioneer Trek this week, wish me luck.

Happy Mother's Day

2008-05-11T23:42:00.000-07:00

I wanted to wish my mom, sisters, mother-in-law and friends a happy Mother's Day. I got to spend some time with my mom this week, she had a procedure done on her toe. Everything went well and I am happy to report she is up and about now. I wanted to say to my mom that she has been such a great example to me. I am how I am because of my mom. I learned to serve, help, cook, clean, craft, and try all from her. I am grateful for the example she has been in my life and for always being my #1 cheerleader for anything I wanted to do. Thank you for all the years of service in my life and for allowing me to become who I am today. I love you.

Mom Davis I want to thank you for the wonderful man you raised. For the good family you have created and for all of the love and support we have received all of these years. I love you.

Happy Mother's Day to all.

Haircut day

2008-05-05T18:48:00.000-07:00

Angela and I went to get our hair done today. Lala got about 7 inches of hair chopped off. It turned out sooo cute and she loved her haircut. Unlike the other day when I was cutting all of the boys hair and she wanted her hair done too, so I cut her bangs just a little bit, this is what she said when she looked in the mirror: "I look horrible, I didn't want to look like you!" threw herself on the bed and cried. Brat, I know but a cute one. Not the case today. She loved her haircut and was excited about the pictures that are going to go on the pewter (computer). She's had so much fun flipping her hair.

She had a lot of fun posing for her pictures. She's a natural.

Fathers and Sons and Girls Night Out

2008-05-04T22:27:00.000-07:00

On Friday the boys and Eric went to the Fathers and sons camp out up by Payson, they said it was freezing, it got into the low 30's, burrrrrrr. Lala and I went to my mom's and we did some scrapbooking, card playing and crafts. Here's some of the signs that we did. Thanks Gini and Shelley for letting us borrow your cute stencils for our signs, they turned out sooooo cute. This one is my favorite. I have it up in my Kitchen already.
My mom did this one for her living room.
She made this one for her bedroom to go over her headboard.

Not bad for a day without stinky boys.

Eric & Jysele's Baptism

2008-05-04T22:04:00.000-07:00

Well, here are the pictures I was able to take this afternoon for Eric's baptism invitation. Everyone in cordially invited to attend on May 17th at 11:30 am at the Bella Vista Stake Center. My niece Jysele Luna is also getting baptized that day. Food and family fun follows at the Davis home, all are invited to come.

He's so handsome and sweet.

Jysele is so beautiful all in white.

It's Great to be Eight

2008-05-04T06:58:00.000-07:00

Today is Eric John's 8th birthday. He has been so excited about turning eight, he has been reminding me all week. We have a little tradition at our home on birthdays, we gather around the birthday boys bed and sing happy birthday to wake him up. I think Eric John enjoyed it.

Following my birthday ode to my family here are the top 8 reasons why we LOVE Eric John:

8. The sweetest smile ever

7. He tells me he loves me at least 10 times a day

6. He is so thoughtful and loving to everyone

5. He is my official informant when the rest of the boys and Lala are being naughty (does not include himself in the official report)

4. He will share whatever he has with everyone (one cookie or his baseball treat cut into 6 pieces a sight to behold)

3. Loves baseball, playing with friends, pizza, ice cream and all things sweet, just like him

2. Loves to play with Lala, even if it's tea party

And the number 1 reason we Loves Eric John is:

1. The Davis' wouldn't be the Davis' without him

His Baptism is coming up soon. It crept up on me. I've been working on invitations, but they are slow in coming. He will be baptized on May 17th at 11:30 am at the Queen Creek East Stake Center, at the building on Bella Vista. All are invited to come. My niece Jysele will be baptized that same day as well. I'll post their invitation soon.

NACHOOOOOOO!

2008-04-29T00:08:00.000-07:00

Okay, I love that people think of us when they go out of town and bring us back neat little gifts and things, but this one I have to say is by far the best and worst one yet. Thank you Andy for giving Eric even more to be nerdy about. He loved the Nacho Libre mask that our good friend Andy Murrietta brought back from his recent trip to Mexico. Was it to make Eric happy or to annoy me? I don't know if I'm so grateful anymore. Who needs TV when you've got Eric.

We're working on the rest of the outfit. He's trying on his strechy pants as we speak.

Is that the most annoying thing you've ever seen or what? I give up.

Prom Night

2008-04-27T21:54:00.000-07:00

Josh went to prom Yesterday and from the interrogations he's gotten (from mom) last night and this morning, I gather he had a ton of fun and everyone enjoyed themselves. Four couples went together. They went quading in the morning, had lunch at the park and came home to change for the dance. They had dinner at the Bowman's home courtesy of sister Bowman, and were picked up in a stretch limo (something I've never done before) this was courtesy of the Seymour Family. They went to the dance mostly stood in line for pictures. I was disappointed to hear that they don't decorate for pictures anymore, they stood in front of a green screen so the background can be digitally put in later, that's no fun at all, and it was such a cute theme, One Night in Venice. They Danced, rode home in the Limo and got home about 1:00 am all safe and sound. I can't ask for anything more. Well, maybe some money back in my pocket, prom is soooo expensive. But, look at that smile, priceless... Mr GQ
Shantae and Josh at the Stradling's home. (I got permission to sneak over and take a picture)
The pinning of the boutonniere Putting on the wristlet (less pressure than a corsage)

I also thought his way of asking was very cute,

kind of rude, but very cute He bought a big dump truck and filled it with

Honey Buns and attached a little note that said:

I know, slightly inappropriate, all I can say is that I wasn't home and my husband was the one helping him. She answered with a jar full of mints, two different kinds and he was supposed to smell each one , if there were more spearmint it was a yes, if there were more wintergreen it was no, happy to say that it was a yes and our sinus' are free and clear.

I have to add that I'm grateful for good boys that make good choices and for Shantae and her family, that have taught her to be such a neat Young Lady. I'm glad everyone had a good time.

Happy Birthday Pelon

2008-04-25T22:21:00.000-07:00

It's a few days late, but still heart felt. My little brother turned 35 on April 18th. So here are the top ten reasons I love my brother. 10. Tells the best stories about himself and his adventures.
9. He comes and does stuff for me for free (my kitchen still needs to get done)
8. He's a very talented carpenter
7. He loves his family and would do anything for any one of us
6. His house is the party house
5. He is master joke teller
4. He is weak and vulnerable to Jedi powers
3. He is generous and giving
2. He loves veggie tacos, BLT's and waffles
and the number one reason I love my brother is:
1. He's gorgeous and he knows it.

Eric's Field Trip

2008-04-25T22:05:00.000-07:00

I guess it's been a busy week. I went with Eric on his field trip to the Arizona Museum for Youth. It was very interesting and the kids had a great time. We had a grumpy lady as our tour guide, but we had a good time anyway.They got to learn all about art and the different mediums

and create art of their own.
Got to love that cute little face.

Little Picasso

2008-04-25T21:48:00.000-07:00

I know everyone always says that 'their' kids are talented, but I have to brag a little. Angela has become quite the artist, maybe she'll take after her momma yet, I'm trying hard. I need someone to take over the wedding business when I retire. She loves to color and create pictures. This one is called banana slip in the forest. And there's a story behind it too. The banana was in the forest and couldn't find his family, but he did find his family and spent the night as his friend's house.

This one is called Humpty Dumpty and he fell off the wall, she knows because she saw it on Blue's Clues, you know, reliable source of news now a days.
Girls are so fun!

Desert in Full Bloom

2008-04-25T21:39:00.000-07:00

This cactus is in our neighborhood and is just sooo beautiful. I have never seen one bloom like this. It's amazing that something so poky and harsh can produce blooms like this.

It gives me hope that even though I may be very rough at times,

I may be able to have my kids be beautiful blooms like this.

I Love Girls Camp

2008-04-25T21:29:00.000-07:00

As you know I'm the camp director for my ward. We went up to see the cabin a couple of weeks ago. It's in Strawberry, just past Camp Lomia. The Kilgore family in our ward is letting us use their cabin this summer. They have been very generous. Mayann, Tiffany and I went for a day trip to check it out. It was a fun day and I know I'm going to have a blast with all the leaders and girls going to camp. We had brunch at the Strawberry Lodge and it was DELICIOUS,

good home cooking.
I can't wait to go to camp!!!

The Garden Guy

2008-04-25T21:06:00.000-07:00

Eric has been working on our garden. It's looking pretty good

and we actually have some veggies coming.

We have a few strawberry plants, that have had some fruit.

This lonely one is the biggest by far. They are very sweet and juicy.

I wonder who will get to eat it?

We were amazed at how fast the jalapenos grow. We also have cilantro and

tomatoes growing so hopefully we'll have some salsa soon.

The best ones are the squash. Each plant is just full of fruit or blooms.

Can't wait to grill some and drizzle it with EVOO.

The basil has been used regularly. It's great on so many things.

The garden is small, but doing good.

Eric has a green thumb (and other things as well).

Sugar n Spice and Everything Nice

2008-04-25T08:06:00.000-07:00

Angela had her preschool recital yesterday. She did a great job reciting her poem "Sugar and Spice..." Miss Tiffany thought it was very appropriate since she has 5 brothers. All the kids did a great job with their cute poems and songs. What are little girls made of?
Sugar and spice and everything nice

Tea parties, laces and baby doll faces

that's what little girls are made of

What are little boys made of?

Snips and snails, and puppy dogs tails

That's what little boys are made of !"

Out in Lala Land, I mean Left Field

2008-04-09T18:58:00.000-07:00

We went to see Eric's game on Tuesday and well, what can I say money well spent. He plays coach pitch for the Ironbirds and despite a little bout of ADD he's doing pretty good. He's doing much better with his hitting, throwing and catching; and we're working on outfielding. It's hard to hit those pitches from the coaches and want can I say it gets boring out there. Good thing the weather is so beautiful right now "Hey I can see through the glove"

Contemplating about life, or what he's getting for snack after the game The coach at this point is walking away seeing if he can help one of the other kids, this one is a lost cause.

Happy Birthday Eric

2008-04-04T07:42:00.000-07:00

It's Eric's birthday today the big 41, I guess they're all big from now on. What can I say about Eric that everybody doesn't already know. He's a pretty wonderful guy. I would do 41 things we love about Eric, but blogger has a content limit, so we're down to the top ten reasons why Eric is so funny. Here it goes:

10. (Eric John said) He makes funny jokes up

9. (Ammon said) He's just goofy and does things sudden

8. (Kenyon said) I don't know, he's just funny

7. (Lala said) because he tickles me, again and again

6. (Josh said) because he can think quick on his feet

5. (Dallin said) because he thinks just like me

4. He makes me laugh even when I'm really mad

3. He makes his family and my family laugh, even about Mexican stuff

(he IS the secret Mexican, you know)

2. Even some of my friends think he's funny (don't encourage him please)

The # 1 reason why Eric is so funny:

Everybody keeps laughing at his dumb jokes (STOP IT!)

Now for the mushy stuff. Eric is truly one of a kind. He is good all the way to the core. He's a good husband, great father, worthy priesthood holder, compassionate friend and just plain a great person to know. He has dedicated his life to his family. We are who we are because of him. I have learned patience and understanding from him. I have learned that no matter how bad a situation or large a problem seems that we can overcome it with love, understanding and humor. I know I joke a lot about his sense of humor, but without it he wouldn't be Eric and the man I have grown to love everyday more and more. I Love you honey and am very proud of the man you have become. We have grown together all these years and I wouldn't give up a second of it for anything. Happy Birthday Eric. We love you.

Muchas Felicidades Abishai y Marycarmen

2008-03-28T18:14:00.000-07:00

Muchas felicidades a mi primo y nueva prima por su reciente boda. Nos dio mucha tristeza no poder estar con ustedes y celebrar este dia tan especial. Les deseamos toda la suerte del mundo y esperamos poder visitarlos pronto. Siganos mandando fotos de estos momentos especiales.

Gone With The Wind

2008-03-28T09:36:00.000-07:00

Here's some of the stuff I've been wasting time with, that I know I could use my time better, but that I love to do.

Freshest on my mind -

Celebrity Apprentice - Okay, it was the best one yet ever. Loved to hate Piers, Trace was so nice and his song was great (even though I don't listen to country music, I shed a little tear)

American Idol - is getting so good as you can now listen to, I have them on the blog play list for your listening pleasure.

The movie Enchanted - It has become one of mine and Lala's favorite. We even sat and made skirts for her and Jadan to watch the movie. It was so cute!

Biggest Loser - Inspiring enough to get up and exercise, but not quite enough to make me stop eating.

Dancing with the Stars - gives me a chance to get my sequence dresses out and dance!

and yes I'm a LOSER I occasionally vote. Well, that's it for now, I for some reason have loads of laundry I need to do.

Warning, Do Not Leave Camera Unattended

2008-03-26T21:14:00.000-07:00

As I was downloading my pictures for Easter I found this ugly mug on it. It's my slightly deranged brother and I guess he thought it would be funny to take these dumb pictures. I guess he didn't remember I have a blog. Who's laughing now!
Don't hate me because I'm beautiful!

Happy Easter

2008-03-26T20:44:00.000-07:00

Easter week (or Easters, as Eric likes to say it) was crazy. The kids had tons of fun doing easter egg hunts, eating candy nonstop and visiting with family. Lala was very happy that the easter bunny left her a dollie and CANDY (I still have one that believes). The teenagers had a special easter egg hunt with money in the eggs instead of candy, all of a sudden looking for eggs wasn't so "dumb". On Sunday we had our standard lesson about the real meaning of easter and why its important to remember our Savior. The kids all are so smart and were able to tell us most of the story instead of us teaching them. I guess they do listen every once in a while.

On your mark, get set, GO!!!All the Mora cousins had fun running around, eating, looking for eggs, eating, playing together, did I say eating?

Easter eggs $2, cute soccer basket $5, candy $3, the look on this kids face, priceless.

Lala only 12 eggs okay.... I think there might be more than 12 there.

Uncle Chad has the last egg, go get it!!! Uncle Chad wasn't so happy!

When kids go wild.

New Website

2008-03-26T20:41:00.000-07:00

We finally got our company website up and running. So go check it out!!! Let all your friends know and get me some more work. Eric and I did the website so there are still some kinks in it. You need to use internet explorer to view it or else its kind of jumbled. Let me know what you think. Heres the link asimpletouch.com

Future Computer Programmer or Politician?

2008-03-21T19:27:00.000-07:00

Ammon has his technology class at school and brought this personal profile home. We got a huge kick out of it so we're sharing. It's kind of hard to read so here's what he wrote:
Next to the picture: Known for being a loyal friend.
Ammon is 9 years old. He goes to a school called Simonton Elementary school in Queen Creek Arizona. Ammon does not go to student council. He likes soccer and baseball. Ammon's dad name is Kamron Eric Davis his moms name is Eleasa Molly Davis. Ammon is known for being a loyal friend and being funny.

Favorite Animals: pups, Duckling, bunnies

Favorite Sports: Soccer, basketball, football, baseball

Favorite Foods: Brownies, soda, Mormon potatoes

Intresting facts about me Ammon:

He has been playing baseball for 5 years.

When he's older he wants to be many things.

Mom commentray: LOL - thought you might want to know that he does not go to student council, likes ducklings and loves mormon potatoes. A well rounded man if you ask me.

Tennis anyone?

2008-03-21T19:16:00.000-07:00

Josh and Dallin are playing tennis at Queen Creek High and doing pretty good. This is Josh's second year and Dallin's first. They are very competitive with each other and if you were to talk to either one of them each would say that 'they' are the better player. Mom thinks they're both good and very hansome in their tennis uniforms. The games are really long so my farmers tan looks really great now.

Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful

2008-03-21T19:05:00.000-07:00

I have a new calling, camp director for my ward. The stake is not doing camp this year, so our ward is taking on the challenge alone. Our theme is Be Your Own Kind of Beautiful. I am very excited to get to adopt all these beautiful girls and also feel a bit of pressure to deliver something spectacular, I'll try my best though. The good thing I was able to incorporate flowers and girly stuff into the theme. Love the fluff. I hope I can do it without going CRAZY, okay it's too late for that, but I really am excited to go to camp and get to know these awsome girls.
Told you I like fluff.

Spring Break is OVER, kids back to school

2008-03-21T18:43:00.000-07:00

We had fun over spring break. We went to the movies, went to the zoo (twice), played games and mostly just were very lazy all week long (well, my kids anyway). Love to have the kids home, but love it even better when they go back to school. We always see the zoo the lazy way, on the tram. Love it!
What do you think, should they be behind the fence?
The first trip to the zoo we went with friends from the neighborhood. The second time we went with family. I forgot my camera, so I have no pics with the cousins.
Got to pet the stingrays and mostly get all wet. The report back from the kids: "they're slimy"
After the zoo we went to whole in the rock to eat lunch and conquer the mountain! And no my kids did not make the whole in the mountain.

Spring Break, gotta love it!!!

2008-03-12T17:20:00.000-07:00

The kids are on spring break this week and though I love not having to wake up early to get to school and worry about homework and such, spring break is a lot of work for mom. The boys think they need to eat 24-7, they all think that they need to be entertained at all times, and clean house? forget it! So I'm grateful for not so busy days to go the park, have some lunch and enjoy this great weather.

Multiple Choice Love

2008-03-12T17:07:00.000-07:00

Last week I was cleaning out Eric John's backpack and we came across this lovely picture. He said "oh yea, I forgot I made this picture for you and Dad for Valentine's Day and I forgot to give it to you, Love you Mom!" and ran off to play. As I read it's contents I got a good chuckle, here's what it read:
Top: I love you mom and dad very mach(much) do you tow(two) love me to?
Side: Please turn the paper when you are done with the question
Back Top: Do you love me please anser(answer) the qestion(question)
Back side: yes, no, maby(maybe), sometimes.
I'm glad he gave me several options to choose from. Mom's answer, all of the above, but mostly always. He can be so cute!!!

Here we go again

2008-03-12T16:58:00.000-07:00

Well, it's baseball season again. Practices 3 times a week for two different teams at two different places and it's only the beginning. I do love to see the boys so happy, though. This is the one sport they do all year a really look forward to it every year, eventhough it make mom's life a living h.... I guess I need to go sock up on gatoraid, sunflower seeds and big hunks (the candy that is) So if you happen to call any given evening around here we probably won't be home, but at the ball park watching our kids grow up way too fast and enjoying life.

End of an Era!

2008-03-04T23:24:00.000-08:00

Well, I guess you have all been asking "how is Molly looking so hot these days?" Here's your answer; aerobics every Mon, Wed, and Fri. with some very dedicated ladies that are willing to come and torture us, I mean exercise and teach us for an hour on these days. We are losing one of our most talented teachers. She does not only teach us plain old aerobic stuff, nooo she teaches us salsa, hip hop, the hairspray dance, we have used the exercise ball, weights and even taughts us tricks with plain old kitchen towels. She's moving out of state and she will be missed. Greta, when we're not hating you, we love you and you will be missed!!!

I don't think I've met anyone with so much energy! (Well, maybe Melissa G. and Amelia R. but I still love you guys)

Grateful for Good Scout Leaders!

2008-03-04T23:10:00.000-08:00

Well, this has been a busy month for Ammon. He earned his bear and is now on to the Weebolos den. I have to brag a little about the great leaders we have in our ward. Brother and Sister White go all out every pack meeting to make it special and this last one was no exception. The theme was Chinese New Year and they had our brand new building all decked out. They made this day special for Ammon and all the kids. A big thanks to Brother Heller and Brother Johnson for helping Ammon accomplish his goals this past year and he had a blast in the process. No matter what else was going on he never forgot about scouts. Thank you, you are appreciated.
We're glad Brother White has no shame (I mean that in the kindest way, promise)
We had a Chinese New Year parade and everything.
Proud mom wih a happy kid, can you ask for anything more?

Belated Birthday Wishes

2008-03-04T22:37:00.000-08:00

Well, I've been without my computer off and on for about a week now, and I'm behind on everything. So hopefully you won't get too bored with all my new posts.

First, Happy Birthday Ammon!

10 years ago, On February 27th Ammon Jeffery Davis was born after a much needed 4 1/2 year break from babies in our family. Needless to say he was welcome with open arms and loved to pieces. He adds so much fun and happiness to our family and is definately the life of any party. His goals in life are to be a part of American Idol and earn his 5 minutes of stand up comedy time in his classroom that Mrs. Welch has promised if he can finish all of his work in class. Lofty goals, I know, Eric is just so proud. ;) With that said here are the 10 great things we love about Ammon.

1. He smiles with his whole body and means it.

2. He is kind and loving to all

3. He has beautiful green eyes that melt your heart away.

4. Funny, funny kid.

5. Loves to tell jokes and be the center of attention.

6. He is loved by all and he loves them all back.

7. He loves to watch reality TV with mom (the best part is his comentary)

8. Whatever he does he does it all out.

9. He loves life.

10. He loves his family and we love him.

Happy Birthday Ammon!!!

2nd:

Happy Birthday Grandma! We enjoyed visiting with you for your birthday. You are as sweet as honey, always thinking of others and going out of your way for everyone. I have never met a person as kind as you. Hope you had a great Birthday!!!

3rd: Happy birthday to all the rest of the Davis family that has birthdays in February: Kyle, Amelia, Grandpa, Hope you all had great birthdays. Sorry if i left anyone out. We love you all.

Oh, Sooo Much Stuff, So Little Time...

2008-02-25T09:13:00.000-08:00

Well hopefully I don't overwhelm anybody, but here are all the updates on the Davis Clan for the past two weeks that I have not been able to post anything. So here it goes...

This was Josh's Cute date for Morp. The report back was that he had lots of fun, he actually danced and talked to Kaitlin. Not only that, but has since gone out on another date with that group. I was starting to lose hope, but he's slowly coming out of his shy shell. (don't say that too fast). And these were the only pictures I got from the whole thing; go figure.

Dallin's "Sweet" (and I use that term loosely) 16 birthday party was a great success. He had friends over for games and fun. Ping pong, foosball(sp?), Wii, and summo wrestling topped the list, along with enough food to feed 500 people ( you know me OCD). I know it seems like we do nothing but party around here but you have to remember I have three kids with birthdays in February.

Now I know Dallin has just the most adorable face in the world, but I wouldn't confuse him, well, lets say for 'A Girl!!!' I got this in the mail a few days ago from the National American Miss Arizona State Pageant addressed to Dallin Davis. "Such a proud moment" Needles to say we all got a huge kick out of this. What do you think? Should he enter?

Got to Love Spirit week at school. It's 80's day and this was what we came up with. Too cool Ammon and Eric!!!

Notice the pinned pants and Don Johnson jacket. This morning he asked for 80's clothes and a fro. After I explained that the huge wild hair from the 80's was not called fro's, he was alright with the spikey hair look.

Eric was just happy to come along for the ride.

Well, you are now up to date on the happenings of the Davis'. Hope you're still there.

Happy Birthday Dallin

2008-02-12T22:54:00.000-08:00

I can't believe how fast time has passed. My kids get older and taller by the minute (In Dallin's case by the second - he is so tall!!!) Dallin turns 16 today, so i thought it would be appropriate to mention 16 great things about Dallin. We are so proud of him, at what a handsome and smart boy he has turned out to be.
1. He's working on his eagle project that he put a lot of thought and effort into. He's gathering all of the lost and found items left at the local schools, cleaning them up and donating them to a local charity.
2. He's a self motivator. Homework, chores, does them on his own. (I only have to yell once or twice with him, all the other boys at least 5 or 6 times) and has taught himself how to play the piano. Good job Dallin!
3. So smart. Nothing but good reports from his teachers.
4. He loves to be the life of the party. Always is in the middle of all social events.
5. Has embraced his Mexican Heritage. (if you don't know the story I'll share it on another occasion)
6. Awsome light bulb changer and getter of all thing up high. He always lends a helping hand.
7. Kind.
8. Honors his priesthood.
9. Obedient (when it really counts)
10. Passionate about what he believes in.
11. Happy and loves to make others happy.
12. Loyal and a good friend to his brothers and sister. (though occational love taps are involved)
13. Has always had a tender heart and stood up for what was right.
14. Funny.
15. Full of energy, oh so full of energy.
16. He's a part of our family and we couldn't be the Davis' without him.

We love you Dallin and hope you have a great Birthday!!!

Decisions, Decisions.

2008-02-11T11:50:00.000-08:00

Why is it that what boys think is cute (I mean cool) is not the same thing that girls think is cute. Anyway, this was Josh's final choice for answering the gal that asked him to the dance. Cute, but Udderly like his father. Poor kid has a long road ahead of him.

Late Knock at the Door.

2008-02-10T09:56:00.000-08:00

Last night we got a late knock at the door and this was left on our door. Josh was being asked to Morp. Needless to say he had a big grin on his face, followed by a perplexed look on his face as to how he was going to answer back. Dad has a lot of suggestions:

1) Anwser back with vegetables: "Lettuce go to morp together. It would be an eggplant idea. You can't beet it."

This was Josh's reaction. I don't think so.

2) Okay then... how about baking. "Muffin would be better than to go with you to Morp."

I'm ignoring you. I can't hear you.

So I guess what I'm asking is how do you shut your husband up, No I mean any ideas for answering back in a hurry. Morp is this coming Saturday.