{Welcome Home Elder Udall}

My sweet brother came home from his Mission last Thursday. He served in Mozambique Africa and did an amazing job. He came home a righteous man who is ready to love and serve. It's so crazy to have him home. These past 2 years went by really quick for me...and for him. He had an amazing mission and translated for an apostle, was an Assitant to the President and taught the little kids primary songs. (sorry to brag but I am so proud!)
What a sureal experiance for us and him....

Here we all are waiting for him at Sky Harbor....my sister made the kiddos these shirts that said "We love you" in portguese.



And then there he was...tall righteous, handsome Elder. My mom felt complete having her only son back home.




Here is the group that came to greet him. And the grandkids...he had 2 new nephews that he had never met!



What a happy reuioun.....I am so proud of you Chris....what a great brother and example you are!


At his homecoming us sisters decided to sing him a little diddy...We made up our own words to "He's coming to America" by Neil Diamond. We had some great choreography and lyrics.....we can't wait until the next time we can make up a some words to a song.
We also learned "I am a child of God" in Portuguese for him......the girls even learned it! It helps that we have a live in translator...:)

WICKED Wednesday....

Doug and I went to see Wicked the other night with alot of my extended family...what an awesome play! It was my first time seeing it and I loved it all! I need to go and buy the soundtrack for sure!

4 month old boys

Our sweet boys turned 4 month on the 11th of this month. Mr. G weighed 17lbs. 3 0z.
Mr C. weighed 16lbs. 9 oz. Whoo hoo for some big boys! They are so cute these days....kicking, smiling, cooing, holding their link-a-doos, giggling and still such amazing sleepers.
Olivia said to me today..."These boys have been with us for alot of days." I told her yes they have isn't it fun? She repsonded, "I want them to be my brother forever!"

It's moments like these that remind me how lucky I am...

4th of July Fun

This year we had our great friends the Allen's over for a bbq, games, swimming and fireworks. I just Love a summer bbq with corn on the cob, chips and hamburgers....ahh. YUM!
Me and the girls also made a 4th of July cake that was equally delicious! What a great way to celebrate our freedom!

Helper girls, Mommy dates and no more room left on the walls

Here are some pics of my favorite helper girls. I love this girl Regiane....she has been the biggest blessing in our lives. She loves my kiddos so much and is so good to them. She keeps me laughing all day and helps me with housework so I can feel like a sane mommy....I don't know what I would do without her.





Audree loves "The brothers" but is not as into them as Olivia....I thought it was so sweet when she was tickling Clark to make him laugh...

I was hanging pics on the walls and the boys were fussy so I asked Olivia to read the boys a book that she was reading....how sweet! Don't you love their little faces?

I took the girls on some individual mommy dates this past week. I wish I was able to do this more with them...they are so cute when it is just us 2 out together. With Olivia I went to Walmart and got some groceries and with Audree we went to Savers and got some deals. I hope to continue this tradition that my mother did with me for many years to come....

Here are some pictures that I had printing big for my walls...I absolutly love them! I have no more room left on hardly any walls except for the hallway.

I love this picture of my sweet kiddos....hanging in our living room...



From our bedroom/office....



The boys room...(I was feeling mighty crafty when I made these...the boys were just a few weeks old)


My 2 favorite pictures.... big in my living room....


And just because...my sweet baby boys....so cute!

Bumbo Boys

The boys have better head control these days and we have been trying out the bumbo seats lent to us by my awesome friend Jayne http://jjcluff.blogspot.com/.

They are really such good babies...we call them "the Brothers" around here....

I can't get enough of their smiles!

Makeup Mess.....

We have a new behavior/chore system in our house...it's called Davis dollars. Anytime the girls do their chores or are extra kind without being asked they get a davis dollar. If they are naughty they get one taken away. At the end of the week they get to choose prizes from a basket, or go to the dollar store and spend their dollars. The girls are forever getting into my makeup so I suggested that they use their moolah to buy some makeup at the dollar store. They have had fun putting on makeup everyday....Curtis and Abigail were over on Saturday and they enjoyed the makeup as well...


Don't you love Mr. Curtis's face?


O loves her makeup!


A is such a little poser sometimes....cute thing!

Camo....for our Dad

To my sweetest Doug....Who would have thought that our life would turn out like this? Thank you for being the most amazing dad ever. I know that the Lord sent us all of these babies because you are such an amazing supporter and helper.

I wish I could have made you a steak...with all the fixin's....but instead you got a crock pot meal with Rhodes rolls and you were just as happy. Thank you for teaching our children about the outdoors, about the gospel, and how to be kind and generous.

I couldn't do this without you....Love you!


Here is a new picture for his wallet.....{notice the long sleeves on the boys}



The other night the boys had a bath and needed something to wear....so doug found these camo onesies he bought when we found out we were expecting boys. They were long sleeve so what did he do? Cut them off of course!!! The girls loved wearing the new wristband and the boys looked Oh So Macho in their cut off tee's...









I asked the girls to make a funny face...this is what I got....





This is Doug with the boys outside of tree in front of our house....2009


Here we are in 2006, same tree, pink camo this time...


Also I wanted to send a shout of to our sweet dad's. We love you both so much. Thanks for being such great fathers....


(Note to self....bust out the camera more when family is around....this is the only picture I could find of our dad's....it's from 3 years ago...ouch!)

5 years ago today.....

I was sealed to my best friend and the love of my life.

I'm so glad I asked him to Girls Dance my Junior year.

I'm so glad he was brave enough to pick up the phone and call me 6 years later.




In 5 years....
We bought our 1st home and our first minivan ( which is now full)
Had 4 children...what great blessings they are to us.

I never thought I could be so happy.... I love you Doug!

3 Month Pics

Here are my little men...they turned 3 months yesterday....I am so in love with these sweeet cute boys.

Sweetie Clark...did not want to be on his tummy...maybe next month we will get some tummy pics.







Smiley Grant







Sorry for the repeat...those of you who look at the photog blog. I have friends in photography land that don't have my family blog...

One of THOSE Mom's....

My girls have never been to any classes before. This week they started swim lessons and love it! Half-an-hour, M-Th.

I was the only mom with my camera out...snapping pics of the girls at their first swim lessons...not only a camera but my honkin big guy. I realized I must look a little crazy when the instuctor is starting his class and I am still out there... I looked around and realized I was one of those mom's!