Friday, November 26, 2010

Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! Out here in ol' Virginny we had a tasty good time at Nanna and Papa's new house. We're so glad they moved when they did, because there really wasn't space at their old house or our current house for everybody and the food. Here's some pictures from the feast:


Nanna, Logan and Jack, carving the turkey and "testing" it to make sure it's safe...



JJ and Logan helping out....just kidding. They were on kid duty, and the kids were running in circles when this shot was taken. This is Nanna and Papa's living room.



Nanna getting the tasty stuffing out...





Papa and the Butterball





The feast!!!

I was historian, so sorry! No photos. I look pretty much the same. No obvious baby bump yet...although after I eat it sticks out a little bit. I'll post a picture when there's something to show!

I hope everyone had a great Turkey day! We missed our family out west, but we'll hopefully see you soon!

Monday, November 15, 2010

Better People

I haven't posted in a long time, so I feel like I should, but...I have no pictures! While my sons are still adorable, and growing up way too fast, I haven't been very active with our camera, so their lives remain digitally undocumented.

This month has been a transition, because Logan has finally switched over to his "permanent" shift at work (this was originally going to happen in August, then October, then late October, then November 1st). We've been very excited about this change because it gives us a SCHEDULE! Now when someone asks if Logan and I are available on some Thursday night several weeks from now, I can say with much more authority "Yes!!" (or no). Logan is now working night shifts, which is much better than it sounds. He goes to work after the boys go to bed, and gets home shortly after they wake up. He says good morning to them, talks a bit about his night, and then goes to sleep for a few hours while the kids and I start our day. Luckily he sleeps like a rock, so the noise in the front room doesn't bother him. He usually gets up around 3, so he still gets to play with the boys and participate in other activities (he's currently helping to coach the SVU wrestling team). It seems like he has a lot more days off, and his schedule is now such that he gets a three day weekend every other week!

I told a friend of mind a few months ago that I was looking forward to this schedule change because it would make us "better people." What I meant was that we could have a schedule, and set some good habits in place that we've been lax on the past few years. So far, so good--the boys now have a very predictable bed time, and they're getting really good at going to sleep! They're usually asleep by 7:30, so I almost don't know what to do with myself after Logan goes to work. Plus I am much better at cleaning the kitchen (it's some weird psychological thing about wanting Logan to see that it actually can be clean, so I do it right before I go to bed and he gets home before it looks like a disaster area again). Almost three whole weeks, and still going strong.

Anywhoo, that's been the biggest event this month. Aside from helping Nanna and Papa move, which was an adventure, but I'll save that for another time.

G'night!

Friday, October 29, 2010

Halloween!! (Almost)

This week has been full of "Halloween-y" activities! On Tuesday we found some pumpkins at the local Food Lion (couldn't quite find a local pumpkin patch...better luck next year!), and Wednesday we carved them up. Thursday we made sugar cookies using the Halloween cookie cutters Grandma Rae Rae sent us (so cute!). Today was the "Halloween Spooktacular" in downtown Buena Vista and Lexington, so we got the kids all dressed up and took them to the local businesses for some spoils. Logan was helping to direct traffic in Lexington, and the boys were very excited to see him while we were out and about! Carolena went with us to Lexington, and Nanna and Papa joined us in Buena Vista.


Getting ready for going out! Peter Pan and the Cuddly Lion


Papa and Jack in downtown Buena Vista


Peter Pan showing off his candy


Walking through Lexington (it was very windy!)



Making sugar cookies


A messy job, but someone has to do it!



The finished product




Carving pumpkins with Daddy



Tommy didn't like the inside of the pumpkin very much....



Neither did Jack....



The finished masterpieces!!

Buena Vista is having trick or treating tomorrow (Saturday), but I haven't decided if I'm going to take the boys out or not. After all, they aren't really going to eat most of what they collected today...(since Logan and I already did)....guess we'll see!

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

First Picture


Announcing Davis Baby #3! Estimated time of arrival is May 20th. Logan and I are betting on another boy. Any other guesses?

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Family Photos video

I totally stole this idea from my friend Holly Hirt, but it was so cute I couldn't help myself! Below is a slideshow presentation of our fall family photos. Enjoy! :-) And, oh, there is music too!

More Family Photos!

So, I'm having a hard time uploading my family photos to blogger, but check out my facebook profile to see some more of our family photos!





Saturday, October 16, 2010

Temple Trip!

Today was Stake Temple day, and our stake presidency challenged the entire stake to attend, so it was packed! The boys and I went up with Nanna and Papa, and we traded off kid watching during the day. It was a long day (and not exactly easy to amuse children on temple grounds!) but it was great to be there!

Some cute photos of the boys :-)


Tommy was SOOOOO excited to see his friend Josh there!


They had fun playing together :-)



The boys knocking on the doors (no one answered)



Tommy really wanted to go in....



Aren't they adorable?!