Kaeli's BIG day!

On Saturday, Kaeli was baptized and confirmed a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints! She looked so pretty in her white dress. We had a houseful of family who came to be apart of that special day.

Kaeli was baptized and confirmed by her daddy.
Kaeli looks like an angel!

Isn't it GREAT to be EIGHT!!!

It's official! Kaeli Ray is 8! She feasted on her favorite for dinner...Ramen Noodles...chicken flavor! (I was burnt out from doing such a difficult meal, but I'm recovering :-) She also had a chocolate chip bunt cake with cool whip and strawberries! Yum!

What a pretty girl! I snapped the following shots right before school this morning. You may not see the snow storm billowing just beside her, but she was cold. We thought she was a "spring baby" but I guess that term isn't legit for March if you live in Utah.

Kaeli is just as BEAUTIFUL on the INSIDE! She is such a wonderful EXAMPLE to her family and her friends. Ever since Kaeli was in preschool her teachers have said that she goes out of her way to be KIND to those who need a friend. She the "#2 Mommy" in our household and takes such good care of her siblings. Kaeli also loves to LAUGH and be SILLY. Be careful not to get her started because you just might catch her contagious giggle. Kaeli is also our little TUMBLER and now can do up to 8 handsprings in a row. She also loves to draw & color, play with her friends, and read. We are blessed to have her in our family!

Tie-Dye PARTY and Ear Piercing!

Kaeli had a birthday party with friends on Saturday to tie-DYE for! Call me CRAZY to tie-dye with a bunch of 8-year olds! But believe or not we had ZERO fabric-dye fatalities. The guests each brought a white t-shirt to dye. After I showed them how to "tie" the fabric they choose their own colors and went dye-happy. After that Aaron took the rowdy bunch downstairs for a few games all of which included balloons; carrying, popping, bouncing...you name it they played it! Then they feasted on pizza and soda pop, cupcakes and cherry ice cream, and topped off the party with opening presents and chasing Aaron :-)

Oooooh! Tie-dye cupcakes! Or at least that's what I hoped they looked like!

Tie-dye MANIA!

Yeah...PRESENTS!

After the party, Kaeli and I went on THE date of all dates...

a mother/daughter date...

a date of high anticipation...

a date of becoming the the rightful age of 8...

a date of getting EARS PIERCED!!!

... followed by a trip to the Marble Slab Creamery :-) Here is Kaeli immediately after getting her ears pierced. You can see the pain is already forgotten and the "don't I look CUTE!" has set in!

Congratulations Kaeli! You sure ARE cute!

Creating = A Happy Me

My latest goal is to make more time to be creative. I love to create! I just don't do it enough. So whether it be painting a picture, rearranging my living room, (finally) updating the look of my blog, writing a post, planning and throwing a party, refinishing furniture, or sewing curtains for the girls' room I will be happier (see video in the right-hand column). Here is my latest creation:




Aren't they girly? We needed them to make the room darker for Sara's afternoon naptime. I still haven't gotten the flash on my camera fixed so the pictures aren't great. I forgot how much fun it is to make something :-)

Why Mormons Build Temples

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It's that time of year again...

...when strawberries go on sale!

...and all your available tupperware is used up for freezer jam :-)

so HUGE!

Sara is my big HELPER during the day. Above you can see she is helping sort the socks (what? you can't tell that's what she's doing?). She randomly puts them in piles and even puts little piles on the table as if she were setting it for dinner, so each person has a little pile of socks for their place setting. She is so ready to be big. In fact, yesterday she told me, "Mom, I am HUGE!" I had to laugh and I agreed. She's been doing some huge stuff lately, like using the potty for both #1 and #2 and staying dry all day! She also moved out of her crib a few months ago! She is always following her siblings around mimicking their behavior (not sure if that's a good thing) and insists on doing things all by herself. Although she's "super huge" we hope she stays small for a little while longer :-)

Shout out to Dr. Seuss!

Dear Dr. Seuss,

Happy Birthday! Thank you for writing such wonderful books and bringing out the kooky, rhyming creativity in us all. You have inspired generations! And you have made reading so magical & FUN!

Love your admiring WHO's,
-The Davis Family

P.S. Your birthday is on the same day as our "Sam I Am", of which he is very honored!

Look who's NINE!!!

TA-DA...

Sam turned 9 years old yesterday! I am still shocked that nine years can go by so fast. If you think about it, Sam probably only has 9 more years left at home with us. How sad is that! But on a lighter note, Sam had the coolest birthday ever! He opened some fun presents (like a remote control truck, a spiderman skateboard and a WSU hat) and he was also thrilled to get new socks (the boy goes through socks like no other!). Here he is posing with his sisters:

Here Sam is ready to blow out his candles. Do you love his castle cake or what? So, before you think it doesn't look that spectacular I must add that I decorated that cake with only things I could find around the house. I raided Sam's legos and found some plastic trees and windows. I also found plastic rocks and used a graham cracker and toothpicks for the drawbridge. Resourceful, ey? Sam loved it so I guess that's all that matters :-)

What a HANDSOME 9 year old! He looks so grown up and so small at the same time! I wish I could just freeze time and keep him little. He has informed us that he wants to be called "Sam" and not "Sammy" any more. Of course he told me that I could still call him Sammy if I want, because I guess I have mommy privileges. I think he'll always be "Sammy" to a lot of us:

Just too cool!