QT

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Some of you may be wondering what the heck QT is, unless you live in AZ then you know that QT/Quick Trip is the best gas station in the world and I really really miss QT.

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QT the gas station is not what I am referring to in this post though.

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QT for this post means that while my parents were visiting we went on a QT/Quick Trip!! It was SOOOO FUN!! It was two years ago that we went on a QT to Mt. Rushmore with my parents and my kids loved it so much that we have been waiting for the chance to do it again.

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Where did we go this year on our QT?

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Well.

Lets see if you can tell from the first two pictures.

Does anyone know??

Members of the Davis Family, your guesses don't count, we've been there too many times!!

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Ok, I will put some more picture hints. If you don't know where we went after looking at the rest of these pictures then you really need to crawl out of the hole you live in and go on a vacation! I have lots of good recommendations if you need one!

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This was the best part of the WHOLE DAY!

If you have ever been to this vacation spot and not seen The Bar J Wrangers then you missed out on the real experience of being at this vacation spot.

Just an FYI, seeing the Bar J Wranglers is a must when you visit this place. My kids have seen them 5 or 6 times and love it more everytime!!

This child was so so so happy to bet let out of the car and the rest of us were just as happy to give our ears a break from his screams!

My dad wrote this on the car when we stopped at Old Faithful. ( I just gave you a BIG hint about where we were!) Hayden really was not the best traveler, not good at all! Noisy doesn't even come close to what he was! This was a long 12 hour day in the car though and Colb and Cam did pretty well.

When we told Colby to read what GPa wrote on the car this is how he read it;

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Colby, minus Cam plus Hayden are very Noisy!! --- Kinda funny!

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I think that for my boys, the best part of the whole trip besides seeing Bar J, was staying at a hotel. They love it! They hang out in Gma & Gpa's room and prank call their dad in our room. They pretend to be Burger King or Joes Pool Hall and Colby has perfected his Eastern Indian accent! Mark loves to play along and answer the phone and this year Hayden even got in on the fun and learned how to answer the phone and say Hello!

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I want to send a SPECIAL THANKS to my mom and dad for going on this trip with us and putting up with our LOUD, whinny, hungry kids. Lets plan on another one in two more years! Love ya.

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editors note; I am using this * as a line break between my paragraphs because for some reason blogger squishes the paragraphs together and I don't like that. There needs to be SPACE so that you don't read it as one big run on paragraph. Get my idea? You know, like it helps the post feel more like I am telling you in person when there are pauses and stuff. Right? Ok, I feel better with that cleared up!

He's Popeye the Sailor Man...

Everybody sing!!!

He's Popeye the Sailor man, toot toot, he lives in a frying pan/ garbage can (you choose!)

I don't know the rest of the song..... sorry

Now that you all will have the Popeye song stuck in your head for the rest of the day, I will post some pictures of my Popeye baby!!!

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Hayden loves suckers, or as he says..."huckas". He usually doesn't last very long with them because he bites the sucker off the stick pretty quickly and we have to take it away. In these pictures he is almost done biting the stick in half and so the suckers is bending upwards pushing into his lip. We thought he looked like Popeye!!

we'll take it...

RAIN that is.

For the last week or so the weather has been not so much like summer. And the forcast is not predicting anything different for the next week.

Growing up in a cattlemans family I have learned to NEVER curse the Rain.

It could be worse, we could be in a drought.

Bring it on Mother Nature, we'll take all the rain we can get.

At least until the rivers and lakes start to flood us out, then I will curse the rain!

View from my back door

View from my front door
At least the GREEN GREEN grass is lovely to look at.

Come August I know I will be wishing it was raining again!

Tummy, Tummy

Mr. Hayder baby is currently obsessed with "tummies". He loves to tickle tummies and his brothers are ususally willing to let him tickle them. But when he looks at me he will say, "mom, no tummy?" How does he know?!?!

15 Boys in MY HOUSE!!!

Yesterday we had a very long over-due birthday party for Colby and Cameron. Counting my three boys there were 15 boys total. And the crazy thing is, all of the boys live on our street. How are there 14 boys (not counting Hayden) between the ages of 5 and 9 on one little street?

My greatest ever sis-in-law Emily was in town and came to help out, THANKS SO MUCH EM!

We survived the party although my house is quite a mess I am still to tired to tackle it so it may stay a mess for awhile!

Hayden thought the party was for him! He was so darn cute hamming it up trying to get the boys to laugh at him. He seriously had the time of his life! When the party was over and most of the kids were gone, I picked Hayden up and told him it was time for a nap. The look he gave me and the act he put on is indescribable! I'm glad Emily was there to witness it because it was great! He acted like I was totally ruining his life and was so so sad.

They opened presents.... Bakugan, Bakugan and more Bakugan. Their perfect gift!

They threw water balloons even though it was windy and raining.

They decorated Cupcakes.

They sang Happy Birthday.

They had a very FUN day and I am so happy to have the party over with!!

18 Months Old

This little dude is 18months old now. And he is HUGE!!

31lbs 34.5 inches tall

He loves basketballs and tummies and loves to torment his big brothers.

He only lasted 20 minutes his first Sunday in Nursery but we'll keep trying!!


Oh, and he finally walks!! Yeah!! That's the best news in his whole 18 months. We were getting a little worried that he wasn't walking and he was very grouchy all day everyday. But now that he has discovered the freedom of walking he is back to his happy self and so are we!!

Lots of new posts today.

I am trying to catch up.

Behind is what I get when the weather is great and I have lots of flowers to plant.

So I will probably be behind all summer!

Colby's first Pinewood Derby

I put this post on Colby's blog today but I also wanted to include it on my blog.

Do I really have a child that is old enough to be making Pinewood Derby cars and holding the flag at a flag ceremony? Really do I?

Wow! I guess I do.

I will brag about him though, he is so handsome and did a great job with the flag and the Pinewood Derby. Even though he didn't take first or even second or third he had fun and was a good sport.

After the first race and his car came in second he walked up to Mark and said "huh dad, looks like this car wasn't so fast after all."

Oh gees. What do you say back to that?

STRIKER the Car

Gorgeous Valley in the Spring

When your view is this great it is not such a chore to mow the lawn! Seriously it is so gorgeous here right now. I can almost forget that winter here really stinks. Almost.

Dink WaWa Peas

On Saturday Mark and Hayden and I worked in the yard ALL DAY! All the work is totally worth the effort though. I love all the flowers on my front porch, it makes it such a nice place to hang out.
After all the flowers were potted they needed water. How do you turn on the hose and not expect your 18 month old to want to play with the water? So of course Hayders ended up with the hose. He was so cute trying to get a "dink wawa" he kept missing his mouth and getting the top of his head with the hose. I am just greatful that the days are finally warm enough that he can play in the water, I love it!

This is him holding the hose, not me!!

6 Years Old!

How is this boy already 6? Seriously this has been the fastest 6 years of my life!


Cameron is such a cool kid. He has the greatest personality and sense of humor. His favorite pasttime is quoting movies. You should test him out next time you see him.



Happy Birthday ROONSKI!! We love you lots.

Love this rug

I have been looking for rugs to match my house and need something that will also hide dirt pretty well. After looking and looking and looking and looking and looking.......you get the picture.

I finally found these great braided rugs.

They are made by Capel and come in so many gorgeous colors and sizes. I even found a retailer in Provo.

Yeah!

Can't wait to see them on my floor.

Spring

I like to read this blog, and she asked her readers to post pictures of Spring on May 1st. Yeah, I know it's not May 1st but I was out of town so May 3rd will have to work for me! I do have one confession to make, I took these pictures last year. Spring has been very very late in coming to our town this year, my tulips haven't even opened yet, so, I had to cheat a little!! Hopefully soon there will be Spring here and I can post new pictures.