Uncle Danny is Home!

We are so glad that Uncle Danny came home safely from his mission. We had a ton of fun gathering as a family to hear his story, but I think Bryan had the most fun. Danny went to the same mission as Bryan, so they had tons of stories to swap! Danny even brought home some pictures of people that Bryan had baptized that were still active in the church. Danny brought us all gifts from Guatemala including these nice shirts! This is Bryan, Danny in the middle and Ben.

Grandma Heaven

We are so glad that we had a chance to see Mom before our trip to Utah. I know she loved having the babies around. We are so greatful for all that she has done for us!

Blessings of the Spirit

For those of you who have not heard my crazy neighbor story (this is only one of many crazy neighbor stories that we have) here goes: Last Wednesday morning as Bryan left for work, I took our garbage can out to the curb. I watched Bryan drive away, then stop and back up. He tells me to look at our neighbors garbage can. Sticking out the top of his garbage is our wagon! Now this wagon has been out in our "garden" for about a year now. True enough our "garden" looks like a garbage heap because it is full of cement pieces, rocks and weeds. But our wagon had been half buried with dirt and rocks, so our neighbor apparently dug it up in the middle of the night (we actually heard him doing it, we just didn't know what the sound was at the time), and put it out in his garbage can!! We were quite upset. Then later that day I saw him again in our "garden" digging up rocks and dirt and throwing them away. Well a few days later, Bryan was outside installing our new tether ball pole when this neighbor approached him and told him that he needed to clean up that dirt pile aka garden because he is worried about our kids falling on it and getting hurt. He said that he tried to take care of it for us, but it was to much for him. (he is older and has had a stroke so he only has the use of one of his arms). Anyway, it is a little bit freaky that he feels so free to dig up our garden, but I just realized that I do not feel that he poses any threat to our family. I am grateful that we have the spirit to guide our actions. I know that the spirit warns us of danger, and comforts us when there is safety. (this is by far not the strangest thing our neighbor has done by the way, but the rest will have to wait for later!)

All I want is my two front teeth??

Well, I am not sure that the Davis kids agree with wanting their two front teeth right now. I told my kids several times during dinner on Saturday to "CALM DOWN!" They of course obeyed right away, but somehow disaster struck anyway. Nathan had decided to eat dinner sitting in a baby booster chair, with the tray attached to it. Through some sort of rowdy play, the kids had pulled his chair (with the unstrapped chair on it) out from the table. Trevor then tickled Nathan's feet causing him to lean forward. I turned around to "calmly" tell my kids to calm down again just in time to see the booster chair, with Nathan in it, fall off the kitchen chair. He of could not catch himself with his hands because the tray was attached so he decided that his two front teeth would be the next best thing. That is right, he landed face first and bit a hole right through his bottom lip.
I would like to be able to tell you that that was our only painful front teeth story right now, but alas, it is not. During our weekly Settlers game with the Tuckers last night, we were dealing with a very cranky 2 month old Ashton. Bryan was joking when he said maybe he is teething, but as I looked closely at his mouth I could see two bottom front teeth budding through. At least that explains the crankiness. So teeth are on the bad list right now.

Before/After

We had a great Christmas this year. The kids woke up at 7:00 and came and got Bryan and I. We let them tear down the paper walls that we had built to cover up the front room. About one hour later we were done. I think everyone got what they wanted. Trevor had asked Santa for a Wii, but was a great sport when he realized that he had not gotten one. He was really happy with what he did get. We are always surprised at what my kids name as their "favorite" presents. Trevor's was his pokedex, which is a little hand held thing like Ash from pokemon carries around with him and tells you the details of all the pokemon. It also has a few games he can play on it. Kaylee's favorite present yesterday when I asked her was her doll set that came with a high chair, car seat, etc., but today it is her art set that she got from Grandma and Grandpa Tucker. Nathan's favorite is hard to determine. He says that it is his vtech computer that he got, but I think he has played more with Trevor and Kaylee's toys, which makes it hard to know what to get him for his birthday in a few days. Bryan and I are excited to play all the new games we got (we got several of them including the expansion pack to settlers!) Thank you so much to all of you who so generously gave us presents this year. We missed seeing everyone (except those we saw on the web cam, thanks Charlotte!!), and cant wait to see you all sometime soon!) Merry Christmas!!

Christmas PJ's

Merry Christmas to all!! The kids once again were so excited to open one present on Christmas Eve. They were anxious all day wondering which present I would pick for them to open. I hope she will pick this one, I hope she will pick that one. I had to laugh to myself as I wondered how it was that they didn't know it would be PJ's once again. Just a couple of hours before bedtime, I wrapped the presents and put them under the tree, it was then that it hit Trevor, he said, "oh, I know which present you are going to pick, it is the same thing we have done every year" He was disappointed that it was "only" pajamas, but he was really excited to see the sculls and his name printed on the shirt. Thanks Mom for making them for me this year. It really was a life saver.

Blocked field goal sends BYU over UCLA in Las Vegas Bowl

We had a great time watching BYU play this last season over at Barlow and Andrea's house, and it all culminated with a dramatic win in their bowl game. You should have seen us as we all jumped around hooting and hollering in both this last game and during the BYU/Utah game.

This is my Dad and I wearing our cougar heads during the BYU/Utah game

Here is Mom and Nathan supporting the team.

GOOOOOO Cougars !!!!!!!!!

To see the video of the blocked kick click here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvQp19omSws