Davis Family

New hair cut...

2010-08-26T08:00:00.002-07:00

Everyone who knows Lindsey knows that she HATES to have her hair done. So I decided to cut it short again. She LOVES her new hair. I love it because it is so easy! She takes after her momma & will probably have short hair forever. Bryan didn't want me to cut it but he likes it now. This is Linds this morning waiting for the bus to come. All smiles excited to show her bus driver & friends at school her new hair!

(The back...I think I did pretty good for not going to school!)

This is just a funny picture of our CRAZY kiddo....Sadie! She is such a NUT!! She keeps us on our toes & laughing the whole time. She has Kelsey's sun glasses on & she thought she was pretty HOT STUFF!!!

Zeppelin....

2010-08-26T07:24:00.004-07:00

Saturday August 21st we took Zeppelin to his new family. This was a VERY hard thing for us to do. He was a part of our family for 3 years, but neither Bryan or myself had enough time for him. He was such an AWESOME dog! We miss him dearly, but he is in a good home with other doggy friends & 3 little boys to play with him. These are just a few pictures of the girls helping dad give Zep a bath before Bryan & I took him to Sioux City to meet his new family.

This is Zep giving me a love! He was such a mommas boy. He would always jump up on me & lick my face & it was like he was giving me a hug. (Makes me tear up just thinking about it, but he is in a good home with people who LOVE him & can take really good care of him!)

Bryan Bathing his boy!
The girls got in their suits & helped daddy give him a bath.

Our boy! Man we miss him!

Kelsey & Linds saying goodbye.

After saying goodbye to Zeppelin Bryan & I stopped at the River Boat Casino & ate away our sadness with some yummy food.

(We had to keep the sunglasses on cause we had red eyes from crying...at least I did.)

We were so lucky to have had Zep for 3 good years. We loved having him in our family. The move to Nebraska took a lot out of us & with the Winter here being what they are he needed to be in a better home. Bryan works so much & it was just a lot to take care of & the poor boy spent too much time on a chain. In Arizona we had enough room that he could RUN free all day! Anyone who knows Zep KNOWS that he LOVES to run! We were very blessed to find a good family for him & they said we can come see him anytime. Which I think we might have to since we miss him SO MUCH!!!

1st Day of School....

2010-08-16T07:39:00.004-07:00

BACK TO SCHOOL!!!!!! Today was the 1st day of school. Lindsey went back to pre-school for her speech class & gets to ride the bus & Kelsey started her 1st day of Kindergarten!!! My babies are getting SO BIG!!!

I can hardly believe that Kelsey is in school ALL DAY! They were both so excited to leave that they woke up bright & early at 6 a.m. & were all dressed & ready by 7. Kelsey waited for our neighbor, who she walks with, for 45 min. Just waiting by the door. Lindsey did about the same thing but she waited for over an hour by the front door & then once she saw her bus she bolted for the door. Sprinting to the bus yelling "by mom...be safe & have a good day!" She was so dang cute! I hope they both have a great day.

Showing off their new back packs. Lindsey had to have a princess one.....
...& Kelsey wanted a Hello Kitty one.

Here is Lindsey RUNNING to the bus.

Getting on the bus & meeting her new bus driver. I almost cried watching her drive away. That part was hard last year too!

Beating the Summer HEAT....

2010-08-11T07:16:00.002-07:00

I forgot to take pictures of them playing outside in the water but here they are cooling down before bed eating a Popsicle. (check out the sewing mess in the back...hehehe)

The heat is different here than it is in Arizona. In Arizona it is just HOTTER THAN HECK here it is HOT & HUMID!!! This day was particularly bad. But we have really learned to like the humidity...all though my hair sure doesn't!!

Oh man this kid is a complete crack up!!! She just keeps us laughing all the time!! She HAD to wear this headband & would FREAK if anyone took it off of her!! I wish they could stay this age FOREVER!!! I mean LOOK at that face how could you NOT laugh!!!

Aprons...

2010-08-11T07:09:00.002-07:00

All who know me know that I LOVE to sew...well craft period...simply because I am WAY too cheap to pay for something I know that I can make myself for a fraction of the price. I also LOVE a challenge. Well this was my new obsession & challenge....Aprons. I started out with kids ones & now that I know what I am doing I am making Adult sized ones. I have a few nephews that I am going to make tool belts for (I'll post pics once I finish them). Poor Bryan got a bit tired of the sewing mess & my craze so I retired it for a few weeks.

I made these for my sister Allison's girls. I sewed a pocket on the front of each of them to hold Scissors, & Pencils.
The pink Camo ones are for Kels & Linds.

Neighborhood Block Party...

2010-08-04T10:20:00.013-07:00

I am FINALLY getting around to posting pictures of our neighborhood block party we had last Tuesday night. We have such great neighbors & it was a blast. It was so much fun!!! We had so much good food & great company! Our neighbor Carolyn had all the food set up in her driveway, we had the whole street barricaded off so that no one could drive down our street & all the kids went wild in the street. We had bikes, scooters & water guns. They all had a BLAST!! Then about 8:30-9 p.m. a fire truck, ambulance & a motorcycle police officer all came. Each of the kids got to go in the fire truck & try on the oxygen masks (Kelsey was too scared to even sit in the truck but she did climb in...ONLY if daddy was right next to her..funny girl.) that they wear & the firefighters gave each kid a fire hat & coloring book. They also all were able to take a tour of the ambulance & the police officer let all the kids sit on the motorcycle. My girls loved the motorcycle...it reminded them of papa LaMar's motorcycle in Arizona. (Sadie was alseep by this point..she was running up & down the street just CRAZY & out of her skull tired....sad that she missed the fun tours though she would have gotten a kick out of all the lights!!)

This is our neighbors little girl & my girls just ADORE her. They are moving to Tuscan & we will really miss them!!

Lindsey sporting her new hat!!!

Lindsey testing out the stretcher....not cool!!! (Just kidding)

Ambulance tour....

Kelsey being scared of the big fire truck...But Daddy was there to tell her she's fine.

Lindsey & the Oxygen mask...She isn't afraid of ANYTHING!!!!

Look at how SOAKED she is...they got in a water gun fight rght before this. It was a VERY humid & hot night.

We are truely blessed to have such great neighbors & friends here in Nebraska. The midwest is different the the west coast. They just do more family stuff & I LOVE it!!!

Misc. Summer activities...

2010-08-04T10:20:00.003-07:00

Everyone knows how much I LOVE to do crafts!!! But even more than that I LOVE to spend time with my girls!!! This past month I have started babysitting 3 little girls about the same ages as my girls. So needless to say we need allot of things to do to keep them all busy.

I have started a 'Preschool' program for them. I use the word preschool loosely because they do learn but it is more for fun. On Monday, Wednesday & Friday we do our 'Preschool'. Each day we work on a different letter & with that letter we do a craft that begins with that specific letter. for instance the pictures below are from our letter 'B' day & we made Butterfly puzzles & Bumble Bee Magnets. The girls colored the pictures of the butterfly & then glues it to some construction paper & then cut them out into different shapes. They had so much FUN!!!

Here are the girls trying to put it back together.

Finished puzzle!!!

I couldn't figure out what to use for wings, so we used plastic bags. The girls got a kick out of gluing it all together & figuring out where all the Pieces fit together. We put a close pin on the back so it can hold things while on the fridge.

I will try to post some of our other letter projects.

Coon Reunion...Service Project!!

2010-07-13T09:01:00.003-07:00

Thank You to my AMAZING Coon family!!! This year was the Coon reunion & the Theme was 'Service'. They all gathered together & fixed up mom's house! What a great family!!! As you can see my mom's house was in need of some work. While mom was in the hospital The boys put a new roof on her house. It was a lot of hard work & they are amazing men!! After they finished that the WHOLE family painted the outside of the house!! They are all so great & as Brenda's daughter I am so thankful!! =)

(I stole the pictures from my Aunt Jill....I had already left for home & forgot to take pictures..oops!! So thanks Jill!!)

With all the craze on the roof this was the ONLY casualty!!! Someone went through the roof....oops!!! But it is all better & now we have Something funny to add to the slide show at the next reunion!!! =)
Grant & Rob's little girls Hannah & Gloria hanging out in the back yard.

Alice, Katie & James, They all works so hard!!

Ron & Grandpa Coon Painting!!

Laurie Workin' HARD!!! I love this woman!!!

& FINALLY the AFTER!!!! Thanks again to all of you who helped!! You are ALL AMAZING!!!

4th of July...

2010-07-13T08:33:00.005-07:00

One of the ONLY things that I have to say about the 4th of July here is 'CRAZY'!!! I mean complete MADNESS!!! There are very little restrictions on fireworks here in Nebraska. So needless to say it was like World War III!!! We had so much fun!! We met at a friends house for a BBQ & then Fireworks. It was AWESOME!!

This is my friend Jen's son Garrett. He had this princess Boa on & I HAD to take a picture of it before he took it off!! Too funny!!

This is Jen!! She is AWESOME!! She will probably KILL me for posting this picture but I HAD to!! She is AWESOME!!! =)

The group...

Notice all the fuzzy dots on this picture...well that is all the ASH from all the fireworks!!! I am telling you it was AWESOME!!!

Bryan & Lindsey lighting off a Roman Candle!!

My friend Alison & her son Parker & Lindsey!!! I LOVE this kid he cracks me up!!!

The BBQ!!! (My luggage got lost on my flight so that is why my hair is braided & pulled back!!! Nice huh!?)

Sadie LOVES the piano!!

Bryan & Mark (Jen's Hubby) BBQing!!

We are so lucky to have such great friends here!!! We are sad to have so many moving away right now!! At least we know Jen & Mark & Alison & Jeremy wont be moving anytime soon!!!! =)

Grandma Donna's Visit...

2010-07-13T07:57:00.008-07:00

Grandma Donna cam for a week & a 1/2 visit to Nebraska!! The girls had so much fun. I was very blessed to be able to go home to Utah for a week & Donna stayed with my kids. That was great! I don't know the order of the pictures since I wasn't here but Donna was really good at keeping the girls entertained with lots of crafts, a spa day & she bought them a Buzz light year slip'n slide!! She was great at taking lots of pictures too.

This is at the park right by our house.

On our back porch...

Sadie RUNNING though the house...notice how everything is blurry...She is CRAZY!!! =) I LOVE IT!!!!

Sadie doing Pull-ups!!

These are the cute Too-toos Donna bought the girls & the candy Lays from Hawaii.

Donna made Kelsey a pink cake for her Birthday.

THE ZOO!!! It was so hot & crowded that Donna didn't even get to see 1/2 the Zoo & she was still very impressed!! We LOVE our ZOO!!!

FIRE WORKS!!!! Nebraska is AWESOME!!!! There are very little restrictions on fireworks!! The 4th of July was like World War 3!!! Bryan was in HEAVEN!!!

Spa Day!!

The girls had so much fun with their Grandma & were VERY sad to see her go!! Once Donna thanks for all the great memories & the time with my family in Utah!!

Utah Trip...

2010-07-07T10:29:00.011-07:00

I was so blessed to be able to go to Utah & spend a whole week alone with my family. No KIDS!!! My mother-in-law spent the whole week in Nebraska with my kids.

As soon as I got there the FUN began.

LAGOON!.......

Anyone who knows me knows that I LOVE roller coasters!! They can't go high enough or fast enough for me!! =) Natalie, my mom & my cousin Curtis & I all went, it was a ton of fun!! I am pretty sure that Curtis now thinks we are ALL NUTS though...especially me!!!

Here we are on the Farris wheel....one of the ONLY rides I hate!!! ONLY because it goes in circles & that makes me sick!!

Natalie was EVIL & kept spinning it!!

Natty & I before the ROCKET!!!!

My mom's FAVORITE ride....Rattle Snake Rapids. I was the ONLY one not too THRILLED about getting wet & who got SOAKED? ME!!!! =)

Waiting in line for my FAVORITE ride.....WICKED!!!! It is AWESOME!!!! I could ride this one ALL day!!!!

Natty & I ROCKING out in the back of my mom's car on our way to Lagoon.

Sunday my mom had a BBQ with all our family up in Utah at her house. It was great to see everyone. Curtis was AWESOME he cleaned up after everyone. He even had on Natty's apron! It was so funny!

Shara & Todd & Mickah just moved to Utah. (look at Todd's face...what a DORK!!)

I had so much fun in Utah!! It really made me miss my family!!!

Shopping Cart RACE...

2010-07-07T10:25:00.002-07:00

I found this shopping cart at a garage sale a few weeks ago & this is what my kids LOVE to do with it.....SHOPPING CART RACE up & down the hall!!

Swimming....

2010-07-07T10:19:00.003-07:00

We decided on afternoon to walk down to our friends apartment & go swimming with them. It was fun but I didn't realize truly how far it was!! But they girls had fun & we all got to cool off.

Check out how tired they both are. Sadie's poor eyes!!

Kelsey's 5th Birthday Party...

2010-07-07T10:05:00.004-07:00

Kelsey Kissing Brevan & telling him thanks for the present!! They are gonna get married!! =)

Kelsey & Brevan again. They are like 2 peas in a pod!!

Eating cake out on the deck!!

Getting hosed down by daddy.

Mom, Erika & Jeremy filling up water balloons!

What a fun Birthday party!!! Filled with great friends!!

Random life moment...

2010-06-15T11:40:00.007-07:00

This month has been VERY crazy for me! So I am going to attempt to catch up on the little things in life that seem to fly by & the ones that make life so great! 1st off next month on the 3rd our Kelsey is turning 5!!!I can hardly believe that she is turning 5! We have been so blessed to be her parents! She is seriously such a great kid & I am one lucky mom!

This is a funny moment where Bryan was playing a game on the Ipod & all 3 girls were MESMERIZED!!!

Getting ready for a nap with mom!! I had some tooth issues & ended up in alot of pain & having it pulled. So while I recouped the girls were great & took naps for me so I could rest.

Sadie eating some eggs with Daddy! She is such a NUT!! She makes the funniest faces & has the BEST personality!! She cracks us up!

Lindsey being a monkey on the back porch.

Daddy gave Sadie a RED Popsicle & her mouth was all numb & she kept sticking her tongue out at us & giggling!! Lindsey was trying to clean her up for mom in this picture.

This is a classic Bryan move. He had a T-bone steak for dinner one night & who got to clean the bone? NOT Zeppelin....SADIE!!!! She was in HEAVEN!!!

Our little Princesses...

2010-05-29T19:18:00.006-07:00

Our little Princesses!!! Today was such a gorgeous day. My little sis made these tutus for my girls for Christmas & I am just getting around to taking some pictures of the girls wearing them. We went down to the park by our house & snapped a few pics of the girls & daddy!! Sadie was a terror & would NOT sit for a picture of all 3 girls together so I only got one of Kelsey & Linds. I did however get a few shots of Sadie playing with daddy! He sure LOVES his girls!!! I am so lucky to have such a GREAT man!!!

I totally need a new camera but I quickly snapped this shot of Sadie racing past me!! The Little stinker knew mom was taking pictures & she just wouldn't have it!!!

But she sure does look cute in her TUTU!!!! Thanks Aunt Nat!!!

This last picture is one that Kelsey took of Linds!!! I couldn't find my camera this morning & when I did it was in the girls toy room. Kelsey is obsessed with taking pictures. All she wants for her birthday is a purple camera. I told her she will have to wait till Christmas. But she is actually pretty good at it. So here are just a few pics I found when I turned my camera on.

Wes' Visit to Nebraska...Part 1

2010-05-12T07:35:00.010-07:00

Wes came to visit us for a week! It was great to see him. Grandma Donna sent a package with him for the girls. They each got a Arizona T-shirt & lots of other fun things. Here they are eating dinner in their new T's.

We LOVE the ZOO here!! So of course while Wes was here we had to take him to the Omaha ZOO!!!

Bryan & Wes behind the waterfall on the rope bridge in the Rain Forest building.

This was HILARIOUS!!! I was trying to take a picture of them & they both pull this on me!!

It was SOOO HOT!!!!! I thought my clothes were going to be permanently PLASTERED to my body!!! YUCK...HOT & STICKY!!!

Walking around the bottom of the rain forest on the "Trail".

Also while Wes was here Sadie decided to grab the exhaust on the Lawn mower right after daddy had just finished mowing the lawn. So it was nice & HOT!!! She burned her poor little hand pretty bad. I put some burn free cream on it & wrapped it so she wouldn't get it dirty or mess with it. She was so good & NEVER cried!!! She kept saying "ouchy" & showing everyone her bandage, but other than that she never cried!

Wes' Visit to Nebraska...Part 2...

2010-05-07T09:27:00.008-07:00

Here we are at the Pedestrian Bridge in Downtown Omaha.

After we walked across the pedestrian bridge in Down town Omaha we went to this GORGEOUS park. Wes & Bryan played catch & the girls rolled down the hill. It was so much fun!

Kelsey playing catch with Dad.

Kelsey too this picture of Uncle Wes kicking the ball & she also took this picture of me sitting in the grass at the park.

We got rained out at eh park so we went to eat at Famous Dave's BBQ.

Wes & his MASSIVE root beer!!

Wes' Visit to Nebraska...Part 3

2010-05-07T09:03:00.007-07:00

Here are some pictures from Lake Manawa. We through rocks in the water & the boys played catch.

This picture cracks us up!! Look at Sadie's look on her face! I wish I knew what she was thinking right here. She is such a NUT!!!

Bryan was EVIL & through a HUGE rock in the water & got all of us wet! Look at how soaked Lindsey is & boy was she mad!!!

This tree was super cool! It was MASSIVE & had this AWESOME hiding place in the base of it!

There was this family there fishing & they had this cute Beagle puppy. It brought back a lot of fun memories for Bryan & Wes of when they were growing up & they always had Beagle puppies around.

We LOVE this park in Plattsmouth.

Mom & dad riding on the Marry-go-round....I almost PUKED!!

Check out Wes' SWEET new ride!!! hahahaha this was HILARIOUS!!!

Right before we took Wes to the airport we went to walk around the temple & the Pioneer Cemetery.

Don't even ask WHAT my kids are doing!! =)

We had so much fun with Uncle Wes here! It really makes us miss having family close.

Bryan's Trip to Washington...

2010-05-07T08:57:00.002-07:00

I have been really terrible at keeping up on our blog lately. Bryan went to visit Dustin & Andra in Washington on April 18-21st. He had so much fun with them. They went riding 2 of the days & Dustin & Andra showed him around the GORGEOUS area that they live in. Bryan came home wishing we lived in Washington. I have more pictures to post but they are on Bryan's laptop. So for now here are the ones he emailed to me while he was there.

China Hutch...

2010-04-21T20:21:00.002-07:00

Well while Bryan was gone I had planned on finishing A LOT more projects but this is the only one I finished.....My China Hutch......I was tired of the all over white. My dishes just blended into the cabinet. So I painted the inside a barn red (that I mixed myself.) & then sanded the edges for a warn look. Next I did a "rub" technique. I used a Dark walnut stain & worked it into the corners & wiped it all over the remaining cabinet (this made my arms hurt really bad. I forgot how much work this was.). I am so thrilled to have it done & Bryan wont be able to tell me NO!! hehehe I am EVIL I know!

BEFORE:

AFTER:
GORGEOUS right?! I will take better pictures with better lighting tomorrow. I just wanted to get some pics of before I forgot. =)

Play day....

2010-04-19T21:30:00.007-07:00

Since Bryan is in Washington for the weekend & then after that he will be in Idaho, I have a CAR!!! YIPPEE!!!! So today we went out for a play day with my friend Erika!! Who by the way is AWESOME!! She has totally made moving to Omaha Livable! Thanks Erika!!!

She has the CUTEST boys. Kelsey LOVES her oldest Brevan. She calls him her "husband". It cracks us up because they hold hands & on Saturday when we went to the park together then gave each other a goodbye kiss. hahaha It is adorable!!

So today we went to the Zoo & then after the Zoo we went to Erika's house & let the kiddos play at the many different parks they have in their complex. We all had so much fun!!

This is the kiddos hangin' out with the Orangutans.

This Orangutan was HILARIOUS!!! he kept spitting & making "Fart" noises at the kids!! They got a kick out of that!

Kelsey & Brevan on te Gorilla.

Lindsey & Jace.

The Sea lion pool.

I REALLY want this bench at my house!! All of you who know me, you know that I LOVE butterflies!!

Kelsey & Brevan (Her "husband") holding hands while walkin up the hill! SO CUTE!!!! They CRACK me up!!!

This zoo is MASSIVE!!! WE have been here a dozen times already & STILL haven't seen everything!!! I LOVE IT!!!

Sadie Chillin' in the stoller.

Erika, Brevan & Jace chillin' on the Giraffe.

Oh man this was too funny!! Sadie was OBSESSED with the sand. I tried to move her & she WIGGED out on me!!!

Playin' in the sand with her bucket & shovel sh found!

Oh man she is CUTE check out the tongue!!!!

All the kids playing. Brevan is pushing Kelsey on the swing!
So we had such a fun day today!!! That is until we got home!!! I was out watering our plants in the front yard & Sadie disappeared. She had gone over to play in the neighbors planters. I had my neighbors all looking for her with me!! Man she gave me a heart attack!! I was in tears & FREAKING OUT!!! She is going to be the death of me I swear! She is such an escape artist. Thanks to my sweet neighbors for all their help today!! Very amazing people. I sat in the rocking chair & just held her, even though she was still COVERED in mud!! I was SO stinkin' scared!! Man I LOVE my girls!! I would DIE if anything happened to them!! They are the greatest thing in my life!!!

On a funny note...........I keep forgetting to post this. Kelsy says the FUNNIEST things!!!! She is HILARIOUS!!! So I always tell the girls that they are "Slower than Molasses." Because they ALWAYS take their SWEET LITTLE TIME to do things. So the other day we were out for a walk & I had to stop to tie Lindsey's show & Kelsey says to me "mom hurry up your slower than 'my ass is'...." hahahahaha oh man I about died!!! She was trying to tell me that we were slower than 'MOLASSES'!!!! hahahaha I mean how funny is that!! Well you probably had to be there but hey, It was funny to me!!

Something new...

2010-04-14T14:30:00.000-07:00

I am so excited to tell you all that I have been invited to participate in a craft blog with 2 of my good friends from high school. They are both so stinkin' creative I LOVE it. I felt honored when they asked me to be a guest blogger & then last week they emailed me & asked if I would post every Wednesday. So today was my very 1st time posting. Please go on over to :

http://thecleverchic.blogspot.com/ & Check it out!! This is so much fun!!

Easter...

2010-04-04T19:01:00.006-07:00

April 4th 2010:

This year Easter Sunday fell on conference weekend. Which was GREAT! We really enjoyed spending the weekend together as a family & spending lots of time outdoors & to top it off hearing from our prophet! Here are some pictures of the girls when they woke up to find their baskets full!!

It was such a gorgeous day outside so we decided to take a drive during the break in between conference sessions. We found this great park in Platsmouth (SP?). The girls had so much fun & so did Zeppelin.

Sadie was so stinkin' cute on the swing I HAD to put allot of pictures of her laughing!!

(That is Daddy & Zeppelin in the back ground.)

There was actually a Merry-go-round thing at this park. I haven't seen one of these in YEARS!! This was my FAVORITE thing to play on at the park when I was a kid. I LOVE THEM!! My girls thought it was pretty great too. They kept yelling "GO FASTER, GO FASTER!!!!"

This slide was HUGE!!!

I was SHOCKED that Kelsey would climb all the way up there & go down without me having to climb up & save her. She is NOT a fan of high places.

Now Lindsey on the other hand....I had to PRY her off of it when it was time to go home!!

Sadie wanted to go down the slide so bad.....So I climbed all the way up & Daddy handed her to me & here we are at the bottom!! hahaha it was so funny!! I didn't think we would go THAT FAST!!! We FLEW down that slide!!! hahaha look at my face!!

Nebraska Wild Life Safari.....

2010-04-04T17:45:00.007-07:00

Saturday April 5th:

This Saturday for our conference weekend we decided that in between conference sessions we would drive down to the Safari park in between Omaha & Lincoln. I packed us a lunch & some snacks & we were on our way. As soon as we got there I handed the girls there PB&J sandwiches & unbuckled them & we were off.

Our 1st animals were the elk. They were so cool!! Kelsey & Linds kept trying to do an elk bugle! I think they watch the animal planet with their dad too much!!

Check out how close they are to our window!!

Next on our ride were the white tail deer.

Then you drive through the wet lands which had ducks, geese, frogs & turtles. We think there was a beaver or two but we never saw them but there was a beaver home farther down the road.

Sadie road on my lap because we were driving so slow she was getting crazy in her car seat. Check out the buffalo. They were so close & the girls were freaking out!! They all LOVE animals so much.

After the buffalo we got out of the car & went on a hike to wolf canyon & the black bears. Daddy is lifting Kelsey up so she can see.

Here's the Bear!!

See the black dot by the tree, above Kelsey's head? That is the bear & how close we were to it.

Daddy lifting Linds so she could see the bear.

Checking out the Wolves in Wolf canyon.

Look at how close the wolves were when we walked farther up the trail.

There is another wolf in the corner by Daddies head.

Kelsey took this picture of Dad & mom.

Walking back down the trail.

Sadie running FREE out of the stroller. She is a complete NUT!!!

TAG!!!!!

Daddy & his girls!!! (Sadie looks like poor Linds may be hanging on a bit too tight!!)

We had so much fun together as a family on our little adventure. We love spending time together out doors. Heavenly Father has blessed us so much this year & we are so grateful. Plus we live in such a beautiful place & have such gorgeous girls!!

Spring!!!!!

2010-04-04T17:27:00.002-07:00

Here is my first flower popping out of the ground in my back yard! My tulips are coming up around it now too & in the front yard!

It has been so nice out that the girls have been playing outside ALL day!! It is wonderful. Here the girls are playing with the chalk. Kelsey is OBSESSED with hop scotch! It cracks me up.

The pictures don't do it any justice!! I is SO green here & it just keeps getting greener EVERYDAY!!!

Funny things about Sadie...

2010-03-29T11:20:00.003-07:00

The other night I wwnt into check on Sadie & found THIS.....

She was naked!!! She just thinks it is the funniest thing to strip & throw her clothes on the floor!! I swear, She is such a Funny kid!!!

The next day she came to me with MARKER all over her face!! She thought she was so pretty like it was her make-up!!

Sadie LOVES to help mom!! Her favorite thing to do is throw her diapers in the garbage!

Ferris Wheel...

2010-03-22T10:54:00.003-07:00

On Saturday we went to Scheel's sporting goods store in Omaha. It was really neat. They have a Ferris wheel in the middle of the store & Kelsey & Lindsey & I got to take a ride. The picture quality is kind of poor but we forgot our camera. So all we had was Bryan's cell phone. Kelsey was so funny! At first she was so nervous & was dead set that she was going to fall out of it & insisted that I hold onto her tight! Lindsey on the other hand was THRILLED!!! She wanted it to go FASTER & HIGHER!!! She must get that from me because I LOVE roller coasters & thrill rides! Sadie was so cute, waving at us from the ground. Every time we would pass she would smile all big & wave & yell "MOM!"

This is a Rondom picture. I had to take it though. For those of you who knew Kelsey as a baby will notice how much Sadie is starting to look JUST like her. I took this picture of Sadie's hair right before church. Check out those CURLS!!!

Kelsey & Lindsey getting ready for church. They are the best of friends!

Catch up post...

2010-03-20T15:59:00.009-07:00

Now to cram our month of March into one post. We have had a busy month & I am terrible at keeping up on this blog. So here we go.

I finally found Easter dresses for the girls that I LOVE! I found them for an AMAZING price & I couldn't make them for cheaper then I paid for them. I wanted to go with a bright poke-a-dot theme this year. Which ended up being hard since they are all 3 in different sizes. Kelsey is in youth sizes, Lindsey is still in Children's (Barely) & Sadie is in Toddler. I am sort of OCD & they all have to coordinate. This was funny because when I bought them Bryan says to me "What are we doing on Easter that is so special that the girls need a new dress?" Silly man!! Doesn't he know that girls get new dresses on Easter & Christmas!! hahaha =)

So this is what we came out with.

Kelsey's Easter Dress:

Lindsey's Easter Dress:
Sadie's Easter Dress:
All 3 together:

Next, Sadie has been the funniest kid lately. Last night she kept insisting that Daddy needed the stool from the bathroom. She kept bringing it to him & giggling.

She also was obsessed with brushing poor Zeppelin's hair. He was so good & just sat there & let her torment him.

Here she is running from me with Kelsey's panties. She has been obsessed with her sisters panties. She REALLY wants to be a big girl like them.

Here she is trying to put them on. She is so stinkin' smart!! We are truly in for it with her!

This is just a sweet picture of my baby. She is getting so big!!

Bryan's mom sent us a Valentines day package. It had 2 bottles of Matta's salsa (which lasted not even 2 days.), these super cute & comfy heart Jammie's for the girls, an outfit for Sadie & TONZ of sweets (like these lollipops.)!!

Have I mentioned how much we LOVE the ZOO here? We went to the Zoo with one of our good friends from our ward. They are such a great family. They have 6 girls & Joani is the most amazing mom. Such a great example to me!! I have truly enjoyed our friendship. Her husband (Austin) is in the Air force & they are being transferred in June. We will be very sad to see them leave. Here is a picture of Kelsey, Hope Healey & Lindsey in the Aquarium.

This is Joani & Hope. We could spend ALL day in the aquarium.

On the 5th of March we went to Sioux City Iowa with Bryan. Bryan was going to go alone so he rented a car so the girls & I would have a car all weekend. Then once he got there he called me & said "Hey why don't you & the girls hop in the car & come stay the night with me in this nice hotel?" So we did. It was a 2 1/2 hr. drive but the girls did really well & we had tons of fun. Then on our way home the next day Kelsey & Lindsey rode with dad in the rental car & Sadie & Zeppelin rode with me. The highway shut down about 1 hour away from home due to a roll over car accident. WE got to see the helicopter fly in & out with whoever was in the car. Sadie sat back & watched a movie & didn't make a peep. This is a picture of the accident as we drove slowly by after waiting for over 45 min.

Kelsey & Lindsey in the rental car making faces at me behind them!

Kelsey & Linds making faces at me while stopped at the gas station.

Jumping on the hotel bed.

Zeppelin's Doggie bed that the hotel provided for us.

Sadie running to hug dad when he got back to the hotel after meeting with a customer.

Project #1: Dining Room Table

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FINISHED PRODUCT!!!

Before I sanded the edges. Notice how shiny it is...that is because it is STILL WET after OVER 12 hours!!!!
Building a house with Daddy!

Lindsey was building the railroad tracks.

I love this face!!

This is how our Sadie Lynn eats!! She refuses to sit down.

Before the paint went on. We had to putty a bunch before we could paint.

ALL THE PUTTY!!

WOW things take FOREVER to dry here!! In Arizona it would have taken a matter of hours to dry but NO we live in NEBRASKA & it took OVER 24 hours to dry!! I just barely finished the table today & here it is Tuesday!! I guess that the dry heat is good for something!!!

So Saturday my amazing husband helped me fill all the cracks & seams in the top of the table & he sanded it smooth for me! I am so lucky to have him!! Then once all the putty dried we painted & the painting didn't take long at all. It was so fun to work on a project together.

While we were waiting for the putty to dry the girls enjoyed a new gift from their Grandma & Grandpa Davis. They sent them the Linkin' Logs set. We all sat down as a family & tried to make a house! It was really fun. I forgot how hard they can be though.

Project Weekend....

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I have vowed to be a better blogger!! I have so much I want to remember about these 1st few years of my girls lives. I always LOVED how my mom could remember exactly how old I was when I said something or did something silly. I want to be more like that. So here is to my VOW to being a better blogger.
Yesterday I started a 'New' System with Kelsey & Lindsey. I say 'New' Because I have tried it before but have not succeeded so we have tweaked it & now I believe it JUST may work!! We have started a new Chore system. I want my girls to learn responsibility at a young age & to also learn the value of money & how hard it is to earn it. So I printed of a chore chart & for everything they complete in that day they get a sticker next to it. Once they have received a sticker for every space they get $.10. I thought that was too much but it has proven to be PLENTY!! They have yet to earn anything except stickers. Then at the end of the month if they have completed their "chores" willingly & have behaved well then they get their new piggie banks I found at Target for $1. I was so excited.
So Kelsey says to me today..."mom I have been working REALLY hard to earn my stickers....when do I get the MONEY?" Oh sweet Kelsey!! She CRACKS me up. So I explained to her that once she had earned her money I would give it to her. She then told me.." Well when I get my money I'm going to save it so I can buy something BIG." I think she is getting the idea.

I love being a mom & I am so blessed to have 3 beautiful, healthy girls.

Something Random & FUNNY!!

2010-02-22T12:24:00.005-07:00

Sadie NEVER stops cracking us up!! She is so full of energy & life. I LOVE IT!! She is such a spirited little girl. I love this age. From birth to about 2 years is my favorite age. They are so pure & sweet! They are just developing their little attitudes & personalities.

Well our sweet Sadie is a lot like her big sister Kelsey. Kelsey would always so things that were so random. Like When she would put on Bryan's Beanie & then she LOVED to dress up in her dolls clothes & run around the house all crazy. What a NUT!! Well Sadie has started this thing where she shows us her teeth & squishes up her nose up & then blows air through her teeth really fast. Only last night she decided that she was going to have a plastic spoon in her mouth while she did it! Bryan & I were DYING with laughter! She kept walking around the family room with the spoon in her mouth & she knew she was funny, because she would turn around & look at us all cheesy!! Man I LOVE being a mom!! I am SO BLESSED!!

These pictures don't even do it justice. She was so funny!

Ok so this is a better picture of how much weight I have lost since we moved here. This is me at 20 lbs gone & 30 left. Since this picture I have lost 5 more & so I only have 25 lbs left to loose! I feel great!

Sadie got this Glow worm doll from Christa, while we were in Kansas for Christmas. It lights up & plays soft music. She LOVES IT!!! She will NOT go to sleep without it lately!! It cracks me up. She will have her bottle in one hand & her worm in the other. I use to have one like this when I was a kid too. It is funny how somethings keep coming back.

Omaha Zoo...

2010-02-22T10:55:00.010-07:00

We had a really fun weekend as a family. 1st Bryan & I FINALLY were able to go out ALONE & do something for his Birthday that was 2 weeks ago. We went & saw Avatar. It was really great. Then when we got home we went & bought a Zoo pass for the year. Then we walked around the Omaha Zoo & had so much fun FREEZING our BUNS OFF!! The girls thought it was pretty cool too. Then we went shopping & bought some well needed clothes since we have both lost so much weight. NONE of our clothes fit us! It felt really great to get out of the house & spend time all together. Our girls ALL slept VERY well that night!

The Omaha Zoo is pretty crazy. They have different themed buildings & this is the 'Rain Forest' one. It was my favorite. VERY humid & sticky but Really COOL!! This is a picture of a Amazon fish. It was MASSIVE!! I mean like a shark or something. It looked freaky with its teeth & funky red striped.
Sadie & mommy behind the waterfall.

Daddy & Kelsey & Lindsey going over the bridge.

One of the many waterfalls.

This Monkey was HILARIOUS! It kept following us! I thought it was going to jump on either Kelsey or Bryan at any point! But he never did. Thank heavens I think Bryan would have lost it!! Just kidding Kelsey totally would have though!

This Gorilla was so funny too! It kept trying to put this big orange ball on his head.

The Orangutan's were my favorite part. They kept swinging from the tops & slamming into the glass & prancing around after all hyper! Sadie was laughing so hard. Lindsey would run every time they would get too close to the glass. She thought that they were going to break through! hahaha silly girls!

The 'Aquarium" Building was SO COOL!! They has so much to look at!

This is a sea horse. Lindsey was totally intrigued by it.

This is the Jelly fish tube without my flash on. They glow in the dark! So cool!

Jellyfish Tube with my flash on.

They have a tunnel that you walk through & you can see all the fish & sharks an sting rays swimming above you. The girls would have stayed in there ALL day!

The 'Finding Nemo' showcase. That is what Kelsey called it. It is the Coral Reef room.

The Penguins Tank was AWESOME! They had this bubble that the kids could climb in & the Penguins would swim right up to it & the girls got a kick out of that.

Sadie LOVED the Penguins!

Trying to hurry to the next building without FREEZING!!

We had so much fun at the Zoo. I can't wait till spring & summer so that we can actually see the entire Zoo & not just what is indoors.

February 2010....

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Laurie & Marty & Katie & Sarah came to visit us this last weekend. We had such a great time with them here. Katie & Sarah are so great with my girls, not to mention that Laurie is AWESOME!!! Laurie brought all the stuff to make Valentines. The girls had so much fun cutting & coloring their very own Valentines! Laurie is so great. I am so lucky to have her so close. I wish they were closer but we'll take what we can get. Marty, Laurie, Bryan & I went to the temple together on Friday night. That was an amazing session. I am so blessed to have a temple so close! Here are some pictures from their visit.

Sarah, Sadie & Katie.

Sadie eating peas, Banana bread & Yogurt!!! YUMMY!!!! She was trying to share with Aunt Laurie!!

Valentine Men!! Oh they had so much fun making these with Laurie!

Ok so before Laurie & Marty came I FINALLY finished my house!! I still have to finish my bedroom but that is not a HUGE priority. So here are a few shots of the house all decorated. I will take more of the other rooms soon. This is our living room down stairs & I am standing in the toy room part to take the picture.

This is our little peak-a-boo spot where you can see the front door from down stairs.

The toy room area behind the couch, down stairs.

Another toy room shot.

The living room fireplace.

This is what the living room looks like from the bottom of the stairs.

The family room from the view of the dining room.

This is another picture of the family room from the top of the stairs. That wall had me frustrated for a VERY long time!! I could NOT get the pictures arranged right. It about drove me crazy!!

Sadie playing downstairs with Zeppelin.

Mom trying to take Sadie's coat off. She is FINALLY walking & is so hard to catch now!

Bryan standing in front of the fireplace downstairs with Kelsey & Lindsey.

I have lost 18 lbs since we moved here (the shirt doesn't help make me look smaller but I didn't want to change!).....

Bryan has lost over 20 lbs!!!! Go us!! We still have a bunch more to loose but we both feel tons better!!

January 2010....

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Here is a look at our backyard from our back door. We have a HUGE deck & a very nice big backyard. Our girls were dying to play in the snow. So we FINALLY let them. They had so much fun & all but froze!!

Lindsey all dressed to go play!
Mom getting Kelsey all dressed to go play in the snow.

All bundled up!!!

They didn't even dare to get off the porch because our backyard had so much snow we didn't even know how deep it was!

Dad throwing them into a pile of snow!

Snow angels!!

Zeppelin going CRAZY in the snow!!

Sadie was DYING to go have fun in the snow too! But

The move....

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December 2009....THE MOVE!!!!

I am so very bad at updating my blog. I didn't take any pictures while Donna & Lamar were here moving us. I couldn't find my camera. So I copied some of the pictures from Donna's blog. So they are kinda out of order but they are here! We are so very blessed to have had ALL their help with our move clear across the the country!! Donna was a HUGE help with the girls & unpacking boxes & I could NOT have unloaded that truck without Lamar!!! He did it all!! We are so thankful to them & all their help!!!

Outside of the visitors center at the Winter quarters Temple. Freezing our BUNS OFF!!!

Here us what the Pedestrian Bridge in downtown Omaha looks like all covered in snow. That is the Missouri River.

Eating breakfast. Aunt LaNae gave Kelsey a Snuggy for Christmas. She was so funny with it!!
Bryan & Sadie at the temple's visitors center.

Sadie is helping grandpa put together the bunk beds! So stinkin' CUTE!!! I could NOT have done this move with out all of Donna & LaMar's help!!

Here are the girls breaking in the new stairs with a mattress slide!! Too FUN!!!

Donna was so great. She played with the girls & also helped me a TON with unpacking. What a trooper!!

Bryan & LaMar shoveling the driveway...AGAIN...& talking to our new neighbors.

This is a look down our street. LOTS of snow!! This picture doesn't even do it justice!!

Donna & Sadie waiting in the warm moving truck while we shoveled the 4 feet of snow drift in our driveway!!

We left Marty & Laurie's house earlier that day & this is what we pulled up to. We had a HUGE storm over Christmas & you couldn't even see our front stairs or even the railing. LaMar is trying to shovel a walk way to the garage so we can get the kids inside. It took us about 3 hours to get the whole thing shoveled. Good thing Bryan had the thought to stop at Wal-Mart on our way in & buy some shovels. I don't think any of us expected to find THIS much snow!! The picture doesn't even do it justice. When we were done shoveling the stack of snow on the left was over 7 feet tall!!

WELCOME TO NEBRASKA DAVIS'!!!!! =)

Bryan took his parents to show off his new office. This is what it looks like! Gorgeous!!!

This is the front desk.

Donna & LaMar leaving Mesa Christmas Day to bring us our things. What troopers!!

Man I miss those palm trees!! Never thought I'd say that!

Christmas.....

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We were so very BLESSED this year!!!! We moved to Nebraska & Bryan started his great new job, we found a house with in a week of being here & we had our amazing Aunt Laurie & Uncle Marty & their AMAZING family have us for Christmas. Laurie spoiled us rotten with good food & entertainment. She made my mom's rocky road fudge & I think I ate the whole tray!! SO YUMMY!!!! The Girls had a great time too! Sarah & Katie were AWESOME!!! They took Kelsey, Lindsey & Sadie everywhere. I don't think I even changed a single diaper while I was there. We had a WONDERFUL time.

We spent Christmas Eve at Laurie & Marty's & then Christmas Day at The McKendrick's house for a wonderful dinner & great fun!!!

Here is a picture of Sadie on Christmas Eve. We were just getting ready to eat & I looked over at here & she was nodding off. So i grabbed the camera & this is what she did.....

....Passing out....

.......Trying to open her eyes, not quite ready to sleep yet she still has some more gold fish to eat......

...eating a gold fish in her sleep.....

....& she FINALLY gives up!!!!!

Oh man that was sure funny to watch!!! Pictures just don't do it justice!

Marty, Katie, Lindsey & Bryan. Bryan was explaining to Lindsey that Santa was coming that night so she needs to eat all her dinner!!

Sarah spread some oats all over the front yard so that the reindeer would find their house. I thought that was a great idea.

Kelsey & Lindsey watching Sarah spread the oats.

Nicci, Matt, Sarah, Sadie & Katie.

Katie & Sadie & Kelsey's head.

Katie was so good to Sadie! She was always holding her & making her laugh.

I couldn't decide which one of these was the best picture because they are ALL pretty FUNNY!!!! This is Christmas Eve after dinner & we were getting ready to open our 1 present under the tree. We put our camera on Laurie's book shelf & set the timer. It was too funny!!!

Opening 1 present each on Christmas Eve.

Laurie had this Santa tin that had all theses goodies in it & she could NOT get the lid on!! It was SOOOO FUNNY!!!

Kelsey & Sadie in their new princess PJ's.

After we opened presents Laurie has this cool bell set. They are a bunch of pipes that have been Numbered & cut to certain lengths so that when they hare tapped with a nail they play a certain note. Then she held up a poster board with the numbers written on it. We all took a pie & a nail & When Laurie pointed to your number you would tap your pipe. It was so COOL!!! We played a whole bunch of Christmas songs. We all laughed & had a great time.

Here is their beautiful tree & all the loot!!

Nicci was worse than all the little girls. She was so antsy to get down stairs. Here they are all waiting at the top of the stairs to come down & she what Santa brought!!

The girls got this GREAT stuff called 'Moon Sand' For Christmas & Laurie & Nicci were so cute playing with them!! They made such a mess!!

Eating dinner at the McKendrick's on Christmas Day.

Christa has these awesome dogs. They were so good with all these people there & esspecially Sadie. They just let here hug them & ride them & kiss them. Here she is taking Shamous for a ride. He was a great dog!!

Matt, Nicci & Christa on the couch whatching the girls opn their gifts from Michael & Christa (Matt's mom & dad). It was so VERY nice of them to give us all gifts!!

Sadie got a Glow Worm & she is so in love with it!! She just kept kissing it & hugging it!! She was all smiles all night!

The Elders were there too & the girls kept on tickleing this one Elder! Poor guy!! Kelsey sure thought he was pretty funny!!!

Sadie & Shamous again! They became pretty good friends that day.

Our New House....

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I know it is hard to see since I took them at night but these are pictures of the front of our house.

This is the basement. There is a living room with fireplace & to the right.....

There is this fun little nook. We are going to turn it into a play room for the girls.

Upstairs there are 3 bedrooms & 2 bathrooms. Here is the hall bath.

There is this fun little nook above the bath tub for putting decorations. I think I know what to do there!! =)

Mater bathroom....

Master bedroom, with this cool vault to the ceiling.

Back bedroom...ths pictures make the rooms look small but they are pretty good size rooms. I couldn't get the whole room in one picture....

Middle bedroom/office.

Kitchen......

Dining room (the sliding door goes out to a HUGE deck)....
& finally the family room upstairs.

I can't wait to get all of our things put in our house. It will feel good to make it our home. I'll post pictures as soon as we get it all set up. Now to get all ready for our trip to Kansas for Christmas. Laurie has been so fun. She keeps calling me & seeing what we want & need. Heavenly Father sure has blessed us this year!

Winter Quarters Temple.....

2009-12-20T16:55:00.009-07:00

Today we went on a family drive to the Winter Quarters Temple in Omaha. What a gorgeous Temple & such an amazing story. We watched a movie on the pioneers & the girls were able to dress up like pioneers & try to pull a hand cart! They thought that was pretty cool!

I guess it is a tradition in Omaha that every year there's a gingerbread house display down stairs in the visitors center. It was pretty neat! They have at least 100 different gingerbread houses on display & a scavenger hunt for the kids.

Here is Sadie standing with her face in the gingerbread man!

Kelsey as a gingerbread girl!!

Lindsey as a gingerbread girl!

Kelsey & Lindsey in front of the Nauvoo temple sculpture.

Here are the girls spinning the wagon wheel till it reaches a mile...360 turns I think...they only made it 10!!!

Here we are looking out onto the pioneer cemetery & the temple grounds covered in SNOW!!

What a beautiful temple!!

This is a neat painting of what winter quarters looked like in pioneer days.

This is a model of what one of the homes would have been like back then. There would have been 2 families that lived in each house. It was the size of my bedroom right now, maybe even smaller. I completely admire the pioneers.

Inside the home.

Here are the girls trying to push the handcart.

All dressed up like pioneers. It was so funny, Lindsey wanted to wear all the boys 'Cowboy' clothes!! =)

Getting dressed up!

Outside the visitor center...FREEZING our bums off in front of this gorgeous statue of the pioneers!!! They have statues like this all over Omaha.

Bryan & the girls.

The whole family in front of the temple gates.

I had such a great day! I have such a love in my heart for how brave & selfless the pioneers were. I don't think I could have ever done what they did, Barry my baby, or husband, walk across the frozen river. Truly the Lord works in amazing ways. How blessed we are to have this amazing gospel & knowledge of it in our lives. We had a great day together as a family reflecting on our churches amazing history. What a great place we now live in full of church history. I look forward to this summer & being able to visit MORE church sites.

Nebraska....Pictures!!

2009-12-18T11:43:00.006-07:00

Finally I am updating with some pictures. Here is Kelsey eating some noodles in our Temporary apartment. We finally found a house to rent & we move in on the 23rd. We wont have any of our things with us yet. But we will survive. We are leaving for Kansas on the 24th to spend Christmas with my Aunt Laurie & her family. It will be so fun to spend some time with them. They will be our closest family out here & we are thrilled to be able to spend Christmas with them. Donna & LaMar are bringing our things with them when they come around the 27th & stay till New Years Day. I'll post more pictures as they come. I just haven't been in the mood to snap some pictures. This has been a hard move on all of us. I know it will be easier when we have all of our belongings around us & we are all settled into a house & not bouncing from hotel to apartment to house! Heavenly Father has blessed so much this Christmas. I just can't even tell you how much we have truly been blessed with.

Lindsey posing for pictures in Bryan's & my room.

This is our room. There is a HUGE walk-in closet & a bathroom in it.

This is our sad little Christmas tree. The girls didn't feel like it was Christmas so Bryan came home from work on Monday with this & we set it up for family night & sang Christmas songs. I was going to make popcorn strings & buy some small candy canes to put on it but then we all got sick & I haven't done it yet.

This is the living room.

This kitchen...

The dining room...

The girls room...Sadie sleeps in the HUGE walk-in closet. That sound terrible I know but is is almost as big as this room. I just put her port-a-crib in there & she loves it. The apartment comes with Internet & a home phone. So we brought our computer with us & that has been great for looking for houses & keeping in contact with everyone. The girls get the desk in their room.

Here we are pulling away from the hotel we stayed in that was so GROSS!!!! YUCK!!! Look at all the snow.

Sadie now officially HATES her car seat!!! She SCREAMS BLOODY MURDER if we try to put her in it!! I guess 25 hrs in that thing will do it!!!

Kelsey all bundled up.

The nasty hotel!!!!

The DRIVE......Thank heavens for modern technology!! DVD players are AWESOME!!!!!!

Sadie all happy that I let her free from her car seat while dad filled up the car with gas.

Sadie was so stinking cute...every time we would say a prayer she would fold her arms!! This kid cracks us up!!! Here she is folding her arms.

Lindsey...SO SICK of the CAR!!!!

Nebraska...

2009-12-12T23:54:00.002-07:00

The big move!!

We moved to Omaha Nebraska on Wednesday December 8th 2009. Bryan was offered a great opportunity & we took it. We are so excited to be out here FREEZING our rears off but loving the change. I am so sad to leave our 'HOME' of Arizona & all our amazing Friends & our family but I know this is what the Lord wants us to do & where we are suppose to be as a family. What a great adventure. I will post pictures as soon as I take some. We have been so busy trying to get settled into our temporary apartment & looking for houses that I have forgotten to take that many pictures. We are so blessed to be together as a family & to have a job & a roof over our heads. We miss everyone but will see them soon...hopefully!

11/23/2009.....

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We had so much fun!! Allison, Richard & their kids came down because Rich had a Dr.'s appointment in Phoenix & the kiddos were all able to play with each other. Russell is the funniest kid. He kept pointing at me & laughing. He cracks me up!

After they left I made spaghetti for dinner. Here are some pictures of Sadie's 1st experience with Spaghetti!! Check out the mess she made. I had to bathe her in the kitchen sink because I didn't dare walk across the carpet to the bathroom with her!! Oh she is the cutest thing!!

CHEESE!!!!

New Moon.....11/20/2009

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A few of my friends & I went to opening night of New Moon. We had so much fun!! Katie Dew (in the middle) & I made out T-shirts. Katie's is so funny. She has her face on Bella's body!! So funny!! I am so lucky to have such good friends.

Utah Trip 11/6-11/14 2009...

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On November 6th we left for Utah. Bryan had a few job interviews up there. It was great to spend some time with Aunt Natty & Grandma Brenda. While we were up there the girls enjoyed playing in the leaves. On our way home we stopped be grandma & Grandpa Davis' house. The girls LOVE to go to their house. They have so many fun animals, miniature horses, a mule, chickens & 2 ZEBRAS!!! We couldn't get them to come in the house while we were there. They were both in heaven. We stopped in Page, AZ on our way home & stayed in a hotel. It was such a nice room. There was a hot tub in the front part of the room & 2 beds in the bedroom part. We all had so much fun playing in the hotel room.

Grandma Brenda gave Sadie a candy cane. She was in HEAVEN!!!

November 1st 2009...

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Sunday afternoon after church we went for a family drive. We decided to go walk around Mormon Grove. It was so pretty up there with all the leaves off the trees.

Halloween 2009....

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Ward trick-or-treat party!! They served some amazing chili & corn bread & the girls had so much fun dancing to all the fun music.

Lindsey's 3rd Birthday!!

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Happy Birthday Lindsey!!! We had an amazing party on Halloween for Lindsey's Birthday. Lots of family & friends came. We had face painting & a pinata (Which I stayed up till 3 a.m. making.) & some delicious spiderweb cupcakes. We had SO much fun!!