Metro Tint

Today we get to see this Uncle!
My kids are so excited to see Uncle Mark & Aunt Tish and Lauren. They drove up to Idaho to get Lauren and move her back home and are stopping by today on their way back to AZ. We only wish that their other four cute daughters were with them too. We don't get to see them nearly as much as we would like to.
And when you live so far away from home and family it is such a great day when some of them come to town even if it is for only a couple of hours!


****UPDATE: Uncle Mark, Aunt Tish and Lauren never made it to my house yesterday.
STUPID SNOW!!!!!!!
We were SOOOO SAD we didn't get to see them. Come up again guys, we missed you and hopefully the weather cooperated better today and you get home safely!

Day 21

I'm afraid that the days of snow are not far away. Today was cold and a little snowy.
At least I have these two boys to shovel for me! Look how good they were way back in Dec. 2005.

Colby's first lost tooth.
January 2006

Colby, Cameron, Jacob
October 2005


Colb and Cam and the birthday cake they made for their dad!
December 2005

Cameron 2005

Saved the best for last!!! Isn't this the cutest kid?! Hayden reminds me so much of him, personality and all.

Flashback: Thanksgiving 2004

Colby
Colby, Bayli, Cameron, Maison
I can't even believe how old these kids are now. I really wish we could spend this Thanksgiving with them.
Love you Kent and Lisa and kids. I hope Cali treats you well for the holidays.

Cameron, all tired out from a long day of hunting, for what I'm not quite sure!

Bayli, Johnathan, Colby

Cookie Turkeys, a Davis family Thanksgiving tradition. Now the kids like to make one for each person that will be a dinner and write the names on little cards to set on the table as seat markers. I just picked up all the stuff today to make them. Only 4 ingredients needed and no prep for mom, you buy everything premade! So easy.

My son, Rod Stewart....

I think he could give the celebrity singer a run for his money in the CRAZY HAIR deptartment. Hayden just wakes up this way, doesn't even have to try and no gel or hairspray required.

I love it!

Mark took the kids just now to take some brownies to some friends. I am supposed to be making dinner while they are gone. But here I am, blogging instead!
Don't tell him!

I have a cold too. It is getting worse everyday. Today I feel totally wiped out and drained of any energy that I may have had. I could pass for Rudolph too, my nose is so bright red from all the blowing.

Yesterday I had some good news though. My mom and dad are coming up to our house for Thanksgiving!!!!!!!! YEAH!!! We decided a long time ago that we were not going to make it to AZ for any of the Holidays until after the baby comes. So to have my mom and dad come up here is GREAT news for us!

Ok, I better get back to dinner. As long as it's ready when the boys get home it's all good right?!

Have a great evening.

***UPDATE: after finishing this post I put a pan with some oil on the stove and turned it on to heat up a, then I went to the bathroom. Forgetting that I had oil warming on the stove I started reading the new magazine that I had just put in the bathroom. oops.
Pretty soon I could smell the smoke, then the smoke alarm.
I ran out, opened the doors and windows and turned on a fan in an attempt to get the smoke out.
Little did I know that the alarm system that was installed by the previous owners was still hooked up to alert the fire dept when the fire alarm goes off. I knew that alarm was going off because it was very loudly saying "FIRE ALARM FRONT DOOR, FIRE ALARM FRONT DOOR ,FIRE ALARM FRONT DOOR!" but I had no idea how to turn it off.
Pretty soon the alarm stopped so I left the doors open and the fan blowing and returned to fixing dinner. But then I hear a car drive up and walk to the open garage to see who it is.
Any guesses???

It's the police and a fireman! Oh boy did I feel dumb. I told him it was just the smoke alarm and that all was ok. He wanted to know why the alarm was going off in the first place and then said, "were you fixing dinner?" like, we get this all the time; women fixing dinner and smoking out the house.
I apologized and explained that I didn't even know the alarm called them and that I would learn how to turn if off before it happens again. He says, "well, you need to take care of that soon because if it keeps happening we will have to issue you a citation." Then he asks me my name and says are you related to Cory Davis? Yeah, Marks cousin who is a county deputy. I reluctantly say yes we are related because I know that he will tell Cory then Cory can tease Mark! Great!
Anyway..... the officer and fireman leave and I get back to dinner again.
Mark and the boys arrive home about 10 minutes later and want to know if I burned the dinner because the house stinks and is about 40 degrees from having the doors open! After explaining what happened and Mark laughing at me, his phone rings. It was his friend Jason who is a firefighter and was on his way in the fire truck to our house when the police officer said it was a false alarm!! Great! The whole town is gonna know. Not to unlike living in St. Johns I guess.


Moral of the story- don't blog or use the bathroom while you are supposed to be cooking dinner!

Book Reviews

I was finally able to finish my book on Sunday night after everyone was in bed.
It was GREAT!
Catching Fire is the sequel to The Hunger Games, both books suck you in. The story is unlike most other books I've read. I won't reveal much, but I will say that sometimes I found myself wondering what was wrong with me that I was enjoying the crazy story in the books. Did anyone else feel that way? Yet, you can't put them down! If you read them you'll understand what I mean. I'm pretty sure there is going to be a third book and that it will come out next September. If you are looking for some good Holiday reading do yourself a favor and read these!

Last week I also read this book, (below). It was really good and an easy read. I just saw on her website that they are making a movie out of it. I will have to see it.
The story line in the book is based off the Grimm's Fairytail Story of Rumpelstiltskin.
As far as I know there is just one book. It's not a series.


Ok, so I did a lot of reading last week!
But I have been wanting to read this one for awhile and when the library finally had it in I couldn't pass it up. Promises To Keep is a follow up book to the Hearts of the Children series and Children of the Promise series by Dean Hughes.

I started reading Children of the Promise about 10 years ago and loved them so much I bought all 5 books in the series. Then Bro. Hughes came out with the next part of the story in Hearts of the Children, also with 5 books and I have all of them too.
If you are going to have a whole lot of time during the Holidays read these books! You can even borrow them from me if you want!

If anyone has any good book suggestions for me to pick up PLEASE pass them on. I have a trip coming up and I will have LOTS of time to read. Four days without kids or a husband = lots of time to read and shop with my mom and sis-in-laws!

Design Mom Giveaway

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And when you win remember that since I am having a baby soon you could use your winnings to get my baby girl something great!!
Thanks.

Day 15.  Note to self: don't start a new book on a weekend when all of the family is home and very demanding of mom's time and attention. 

So I haven't finished the book I started.  I can't get in 5 uninterruped minutes to read it.  Tomorrow when it's just Hayden and me home I will have more time. 

I can't wait!

Day 14.  I started a new book today, don't have time to post due to the fact that I can't put the book down!  I will resume posting when I'm done.
Which will probably be tomorrow because I can't put the book down.
Oh,  and I will tell you what the book is when I am done!

A Royal Announcement

HEAR YE, HEAR YE

The three Princes of Davis Castle are proud to announce the not to distant arrival of a Princess who will be joining their family.

Prince Colby, Prince Cameron and Prince Hayden are so very pleased to share this announcement with the world.

The King and Queen share in the Princes' excitement and can not believe that a Princess will finally grace the halls of Davis Castle. It is certainly something that the Queen had given up hoping for and she is not quite sure she should really believe it until the child is born and she sees for herself that is really is a Princess. The King is very excited and has no idea what he is really in for when the Princess arrives and he is immediately at her mercy!

With only a little over 12 weeks until the arrival of the Princess, the Queen is busily trying to prepare a room, complete with pinks and purples and darling princessy things. It is quite an overwhelming task as there are just way to many pink and purple things to choose from.
One thing is for certain though, and that is that this next Valentines Day will be the best one the Royal Davis family will ever have!

PRINCE COLBY
PRINCE CAMERON

PRINCE HAYDEN

Making her Royal arrival in February 2010

Day 12

So far 12 days down, more than 12 to go until November is over!

Be sure to check out and enter the giveaway that TAMN at Seriously So Blessed is doing.

And CJane is doing one too on her Guide to Provo blog that you can access from her regular blog.

My friend from CO Susan is doing a giveaway on her blog too, you can find her HERE.

Design Mom also does regular giveaways too.

I've been thinking of doing one myself only I don't have great sponsors to donate their stuff to give away so sorry doesn't look like I will really ever do one! Just a fun thought.

Hayden and I tackled the messes in the basement today. Well, I tackled them and Hayden made them bigger! I did get a lot done though and it feels really good to have it done. I guess there is some good in having nasty weather, it forces you to stay inside and get things done!
Still no snow thank goodness. It's supposed to come tomorrow though.
For some reason I am really anxious to take down all of the Fall decor and put up Christmas. Is it too early for Christmas stuff? Because that could be tomorrows indoor project. My husband would die though, especially if I set iTunes to play my Christmas play list! Oh, I think I will, Christmas music while it's snowing outside, I might even have to light the Christmas candle.


And Emily and Lindy I think, besides my mom who doesn't count, you two are the only ones who picked up on the hidden message from yesterday!
Yes it's true. And to let you in on a little more of the secret; Emily, I will finally get to use all of the great stuff from my shower in CO!

hear the wind blow

Somedays I really wish that I were a good writer/storyteller.
Today I really do.
If I was I would be able to describe how I can hear the wind blowing outside, hear it whistling through a crack in a window that isn't closed tight. I may even say that I can feel the snow in the air, I know it's coming. Maybe not today, but it's close.

As I was sitting here listening to the wind and wishing I were a good story teller some thoughts popped into my head about my ancestors. Now, if you know me you know that I think about my ancestors on a daily basis and love to learn all I can about them. But today the thought was; what if one of my female ancestors was a good story teller and could tell about a cold, windy November afternoon? Her house was very still and quiet because she had just put the 2year old down for a nap. And she sat down in her rocking chair to catch up on some knitting and she could hear the wind blowing through a crack in her window and could feel the snow in the air. She knows winter is close to showing it's nasty snowy cold face and she does not look forward to it. Maybe she would think about the upcoming Holidays and think that atleast winter does have those to offer. Thanksgiving, Christmas, two boys and her husband with birthdays, as well as her own birthday. Deep into the winter she looks forward to the birth of her fourth child and Valentines Day. Yes she has lots to celebrate during the winter, it's just to bad it comes with cold weather and snowy roads.

That's as far as I got in my thoughts about how cool it would be to read a story like that written by my great-great grandma and see just how similar her life is to mine. Only difference is I sit down in my quiet house to catch up on my blogging not knitting! Maybe someday my own great granddaughter will have a day just like today and she can enjoy reading this when she sits down in her quiet house to catch up on .....?? (who knows what life will be like 40 years!)

Almost Forgot

Ahhhh.....I almost forgot to post something today.

But, I didn't. I'm still on a roll.

We had a really busy day today. Glad it's almost time for bed.

Just put Hayden to bed, but the other two are watching BYU basketball with their dad. Mark really enjoys watching sports with his boys and I have a hard time saying "NO" even when it puts them up way past bed time.
Boys and dads need that time.
My boys really like the BYU b-ball games because we have a friend on the team, so I guess I really can't say NO.

I guess the only thing for me to do is to get myself ready for bed and go watch the Food Network in my room.

DARN! I hate when thats my only option.

Rewind

Remember when Cameron broke his leg?
I do. It was so sad.
Luckily he doesn't remember it.

(February 2004)

Colby had sympathy pains and needed to have a cast too.

Colby, Cameron & Jacob with Great Grandpa Johnson in Salt Lake.
November 2003

Cameron 2003

Cam's first Christmas 2003

@ G.Ma & G. Pa Heap's house in St. Johns.

Sing

Today in church my boys had their Primary Program.
Thus putting an end to the endless complaints about how much they "did not want to stand up there and sing."
They are counting down the years until they are 12 and don't have to participate in anymore Primary Programs.
Colby has three more and Cameron has five!
And poor Hayden hasn't even started yet.
Yesterday, Saturday they had to go to the church in their Sunday clothes to practice for the program. I can't tell you how many times I heard from both of them that "the Primary teachers were just trying to ruin their Saturday!" Their complaints and attempts at getting out of participating ran the gamut and lasted right up to the last minute.
I had some pretty good laughs.
I can't say though that I don't understand their attitudes, I'm pretty sure I counted down to my last Primary Program too, and I know that Mark did!
It was however a nice program and my boys did their parts very well.
I sure love you Colby and Cameron and I will miss your smiling faces when you are not in Primary anymore.

Holiday Lanes

We did end up going bowling yesterday and it was a whole lot of fun!
Hayden was even a pretty good kid.
I think we are going to have to do this more often. Especially in the winter!

After bowling we had a babysitter come because Mark and I had a dinner date with some friends from Colorado. 4 other couples/families have moved to Utah from CO since we moved. It was great to see them. Mark even managed to get the whole table dinner, drinks and dessert for FREE! That's what restaurants will do for their customers when the server accidentally trips and spills a few sodas all over one of them. Thank goodness Marks shirt and jacket are machine washable! Thanks CO friends, it was a fun dinner and it was great to see you all.