Going through pictures

Here are pictures of some of the fun adventures I've been on since I joined the Davis family. We love doing stuff as a family!


Enchanted Night --- March 2008
Carrie & I were invited to the premier of Enchanted. We wore our princess gowns and convinced our nieces that we arrived in a horse drawn carriage.

The Sweet Retreat --- Summer 2009
The Davis girls (minus Carrie) and the Mecham sistas spent a fabulous day and night shopping, laughing, painting nails, and jumping on beds in Park City.

New Years Eve --- December 2009
Tradition: Chinese food at lunch.
Later that night we partied
at Melissa and Joels!

Birthday Parties

We ALWAYS get together for birthdays.

Picture: Some of the fam at my 22nd this year.

Christine's concerts
We usually go to dinner or dessert after.

Second official Davis Family Reunion ---
Summer 2009

We all traveled to Logan to stay at Devin and Jill's house. We saw Annie Oakley - the most amazing play, NOT! Went jet skiing, tubing, sunbathing. Played Mario Kart on the Wii. Ate lots of fruit.
Pushed the green box out of the sand. Laughed a lot.
Devin never ceases to amaze me.

Halloween --- October 31st Every Year

The Staheli's always come to visit and trick-or-treat at our house. We love to see their costumes.

Carrie & Taft's Wedding --- July 2008
I met Taft this day. He's a pretty solid guy from what I know. He makes Carrie very happy and I am still getting to know more good things about him all the time. They moved to Germany just a couple weeks after they got married .. so we haven't spent much time yet with him.

I love our pictures from the wedding. I just LOVE the one of me and Christian (our nephew. I also love our family picture because it has EVERYONE in it!

1st Annual Davis Reunion ... Seven Peaks --- Summer 2008
Christine went down the freefall. We drank lots of Snapples - thanks Britt. Some of us got sunburned. We soaked up the sun and enjoyed being with each other.

The End

Thursday, Friday and Saturday I went on a snowmobiling trip with the treatment center I am interning at. We had a really great time and had some awesome experiences. I went snowmobiling very little and took it easy when I did go, but I still enjoyed playing in the snow and playing games with the girls and staff. Our chef from the school came up with us too -- so we had great food all weekend.


I was sad to miss Brian's birthday on Thursday. I got up extra early before leaving for my trip and made him Fried French Toast. It's REALLY healthy and exactly what I should be eating while I'm trying to watch my fat intake. Then Saturday night we went to Red Lobster to really celebrate. He wanted a shrimp platter for his birthday ... so that's what he got. I opted for a non sea swimming dinner. It was a fun night!

Birthday Boy!

My man is 25 tomorrow!
03.04.1985

Happy Birthday Brian!!

I love him SO much and am SO lucky to have him!

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A BOY!!!!!!!!!!!

I took pictures of the pictures the Dr. gave us so that I could post them for my mom & dad. Sorry they are so fuzzy!

I attempted to label some things ... hopefully it helps.

So he is laying down here on his back (left side of pic) with his legs up in the air (right side of pic) and his little goods just hanging out there in the middle.

This one takes a minute to figure out ... He is facing you with his right arm up against the side of his face. You can see his right eye and his nose, but the umbilical cord is covering his left eye.

Just a handsome profile shot.

I love this little boy so much.

Ultrasound ... Tomorrow

Our niece Ashlyn (above)decided that ....

if the baby is a boy his name should be
BABY TRANSFORMER

if the baby is a girl her name should be
BABY BALLERINA

We find out the sex tomorrow!
I can't wait ... probably won't sleep tonight.


Our other niece Sofie is qualified to do the ultrasound herself ... here she is "checking her baby".

we are having a BABY!!!

we are 12 weeks pregnant and the baby is due
JULY 13th!!

we couldn't be more EXCITED!!

DAD

We have lot's of friends & family that follow our blog & read about our lives... but 1 of my favorite followers is my dad. I just wanted to post a shout out to him.

My dad is an incredible man! He is one of the hardest working people I have ever known. He is also one of the most intelligent people I know. He can figure out how to make or build or wire anything if you give him a few minutes. He is very creative and loves to design things like landscapes and BBQ islands and tile works (like his amazing shower). He is an excellent cook and enjoys concocting new recipes .. some of my favorites are squasage (a corn, squash, and sausage mixture) and various marinades for steak and chicken. My dad is also very entertaining .. he is a really great storyteller. For as long as I can remember I've seen my dad reading his scriptures in the morning everyday. He loves the Gospel and never hesitates to let you know that. When us kids were little we would "frazzle" with my dad, basically a tag-team family wrestling match. He may be 48, but he still gets down and frazzles with Reedo.

Dad I love you and can't wait to see you for Christmas!

All in ONE update

1st up: Brian has an offer.

After weeks of interviewing, Brian charming the company with his wit, a fly back to Baltimore, and a lot of prayers, Brian was offered his first job by Black & Decker.


The Job: Leadership Development Program where Brian advances through 4 different jobs learning various skills. In a few years we hope for a corporate position.

The Benefits: A decent salary, dental/vision/medical/life insurance, a FAT '09 Chevy silverado, free gas card, free insurance and maintenance. This will be nice because the truck is for company and personal use SO we can use it for anything - even a cross country vacation!


2nd: Thanksgiving with the Hallows clan.

Unfortunately I was the worst at taking pictures and came home with only 2 that Dallyn took.
Brian and I brought down birthday presents for Dallyn and Reed from the older siblings. Danny and Ari gave Reed this wicked awesome gun set that shoots felt balls.

Brian and Reed kept each other occupied ...

Dallyn and I spent Thursday night in Walmart. It was a career first Black Friday for both of us. This is us at probably 3AM camping out. We scored some good deals ... can't list them though til Christmas!

Thanksgiving Menu:
Brett's Tri-tip on the Green Egg
Smoked turkey
Mama's secret recipe stuffing
Creamy mashed potatoes made with condensed milk
Corn with mo' butta
Green beans with even mo' butta
Butt crack dinner rolls
Brian's cranberry sauce
I scream you scream we all scream for
ice cream PIE
Lisa's apple pie

3rd: Ward Christmas Party

We had lot's of fun at our Ward Christmas Party. B & I were asked to sing with his parents at the party. We enjoyed good food, good friends, and good music. I was in charge of cupcakes. My target: the kids. I made a Christmas tree out of cupcakes. (At one point there was more candy underneath to look like presents.)

4th: The Santa Run

About a month ago Ari and I decided to do the 5k Santa run. We had a training plan - it failed miserably. I do not do well running - Ari does. We had lot's of fun though! I LOVED running it with Ari.

We started the run Jolly & Merry.

The Grinch made an appearance.

There were lot's of running Santas


This is how we ended the race!



5th: History of Creativity Project

I built a "gingerbread castle" using the architecture of the gothic cathedrals. The project started fun but ended in tears. I began the actual construction on Tuesday of last week with the goal of finishing Friday night. I ran into some serious setbacks: icing didn't work, icing that DID work ran out way too quickly, things took TOO long, etc.

By Sunday night I was sobbing while I glued on gum drops and candy canes. I didn't realize how loud I was crying .. pretty soon Brian and Britton came down stairs and helped me finish. I was SO grateful. I turned in the damn thing this morning and happily threw it in the garbage after my teacher had graded it.


I could continue updating all day long... but for now I need to finish the semester. 3 more days of classes, 1 week of finals. Then NO more classes as an undergrad. Just an internship, then a diploma, then hopefully lot's of $$$.

JEWELRY

Hey ... I found this cute jewelry site off of my friend Brittany's blog.

Go check it out ... there is a big jewelry give away this week! Super CUTE stuff!!

http://ardesigns.blogspot.com/

Wedding Day!

Making their first appearance as a married couple.... Mr. & Mrs. Bond


Ari was absolutely stunning! So Beautiful!!

The HALLOWS Family
(Dallyn, Me, Hot Husband Brian, Dad, Mom, Reed, Ari, Danny, Jarem, Lucy, Camilla, Sofie)

Me, Dallyn & Soapy

Me & Cousin Coco

Mimi, Soapy, Lulu

they call her GOOSE

Mr. Reed

Such a busy body

Gorgeous Ari & Gorgeous Gammy

Reed, Jarem, Danny, Ari, Dallyn, Me

Cousins, Aunts, Uncles, Grandma --- Hallows Clan


We had such a fAbULoUS weekend!

COUGARS!

way to go GOUGARS!!!