Bee Charmers.....

Doug was mowing our lawn for like the first time in months and saw a few bees swarming around. He threw a ball into the Bougainvillea plant that we have and tons of bees came out! ACK! Scary! So we bought some raid and the next day found this.....HONEYCOMB! This is a fake rock that was left here when we moved in with tons of honeycomb and honey dripping out of it! Too bad it was poisned with Raid or we could have eaten it! HA!

My girls the photographers....and some firsts...

My girls have a little play camera that they use to take pictures. One day they were pretending to take pictures of each other and we were waiting around for our friends to come over and play. So I thought why not get out the good camera and let them try! Here are some shots that they got....I was holding it and they pushed the button...Fun to have pics of us....don't you love their expressions!?

O took this one.


A took this one.




And Sadly, Audree cut her hair for the first time on Sunday. I was planning for my calling and she found them while I wasn't looking and SNIP! Here she is right after I found her....look at that guilty face!


And here she is this morning....her beautiful locks! Sad huh...oh well. My mom said that I used to cut the neighbor kids hair!



And I also threw up for the 1st time this pregnancy......horrible!! I forgot how much I hate it! And I don't just throw up once...it's mutiple times all day long! I am taking 1/2 a unisom and B6 at night to help....wish me luck~

Davis Family Campout....Mt. Graham

Here are some cute pics of the girls on Mt. Graham with our family. They had a great time fishing, 4-wheeling, hiking, shooting guns and being with the cousins. Doug is such a great dad and does so well with them. Olivia is our new little tom boy these days. She gutted and ate the fish that she caught and hardly ever wears dress-ups. A on the other hand won't wear anything but dress-ups! They slept good at night, but didn't have naps during the day. I can't wait until next years camping trip when I can go!















Baby news...went to the Doctor yesterday and our due date is April 1!! HAH! Fun huh! He is totally all for trying a V-bac too( Vaginal birth after c-section). Which I would love to try. I am 7 weeks and still feeling gross...as long as I sit down and keep shoving whatever food I can in my face I feel better.

What to do, What to do.....hum......

Dougie took the girls camping with his family this weekend, I was sick of traveling and had a wedding and 2 other shoots that I had already set up. I know that they will have a great time though...I'm a little sad to miss it....
I think I will go to the movies, edit some pics, finish Breaking Dawn, and just relax. Ahhh....doesn't that sound like fun! YAY for a break! WHOO HOO!

What's been going on

(WARNING>>>LONG POST!)
We had an amazing time in Thatcher with my family at my Granmother's funeral. It was so wonderful to be there together celebrating her life. It was hard to watch Grandpa but it was lovely to be there to support him as well. Here is the most touching image of the weekend for me.





While we there there we also told our paretns about the baby and they both didn't get the shirts right away. Both moms said, "Yes Audree I love that shirt, that's right you are the big sister to Livvy" It wasn't until I started rubbing my belly that they got it.


After the funeral we were able to go visit my cousin Lisa and her cute kids for a few days. We got to do some super fun stuff. Swimming, playing the mud, making puppets, going to museum's and walmart. Not to mention the fun time that Lisa and I had at night, shopping for maternity clothes and going to the movies. Here is a a few pictures from our trip. I wish I would have taken more though!








Some neat bubbles that you could play with at the museum


They had this awesome stage with music, lights, and curtains. The kids could dress up and Audree just loved it!! She is my dress up girl....everyday she is in new dress ups, and thanks to cousin Courtney we just inherited some more!






If anyone has been around Audree you have seen her do this. She loves to perform and she always takes a theatric bow at the end....tada! I wonder where she gets it from??












Aren't my girls the sweetest!!





On the baby front, I am 6 weeks and feeling it. I look like I am 12 weeks though and already doing the rubber band thing on my pants. It's like my body remembers how to be fat right there. I feel ok as long as I sit and eat. But nothing sounds good you know? A & O have been kissing my belly and talking alot about the baby. They say it's a sister....we will see..


PHEW! Thanks for reading this far!

Lately........

I have been chomping on these......






Layin on this.......









And peeing on these....





Any guesses?




Audree and Olivia are going to be BIG SISTERS!!! WHOO HOO! Baby 1(or 2) is due in March....I hope I don't get too sick!

Tribute to my Grandmother

My grandmother passed last night at 7:20 after battling Lung cancer for the past 8 months. Grandpa gathered everyone around her around 7:00 and the family was able to sing "Love at Home" as she passed. Could there be a more perfect passing? My grandpa was giving a blessing by his sons shortly thereafter. We have know this has been coming for a while, it is bitter sweet though. She got to celebrate 60 years with her husband on this earth....and more in the eternities.

Here they are on their wedding day! She totally fit into that dress her whole life too...cool huh!


My sweet father wrote this about his mother...
"Leona was a very noble women. We asked her what her favorite calling was and she said "Being the mission Pres wife". She loved the missionaries as I'm sure you love our son. The only difference was that they were less expensive. She was fearless when it came to missionary work. She lead the mission in handing out copies of the Book of Mormon. When Chris' grandfather was bishop and stake president, they had 1 or 2 extra non-related children living with them all the time. A total of 32 extra children lived in their home, 16 of them living there for more than 2 years. She was the "mother of the world." When Kenyon was temple President, they had never felt closer. Kenyon gave over 1200 patriarchal blessings and Leona typed them all, including Chris'"







I was talking to Doug the other night about all the wonderful memories I have of my grandma....here are a few....
*Her homemade bread...yum!
*The sleepovers we would have at her house, she would give us backrubs and right before we would fall asleep she would give us a swat on the bum!
*I could go to them with anything at any time. When I was dating a guy I would ask for advice from her.
*She loved working hard. She would mow the lawn pull the weeds and make lunch for everyone that was around.
*Playing 10 to 1 with her and the family....this was always so fun!
*When we were little she would take us to the Thrift Store and we could buy a little something for ourselves.
*She also used to take us to the old Thriftee and buy us a 10 cent bag of popcorn.
*She always complimented me on how I mothered....this meant alot coming from a mother who brought 9 kids into this world.



I know there are many more...but for now that is all. I am most sad for my dad and his siblings. I am so thankful for the atonment and the knowledge of this gospel.
Thank you Grandma for an awesome Legacy!

The viewing and the funeral are this weekend in Thatcher. I am looking foward to being with family and celebrating her life!


Many of my cousins and family have written some amazing tributes too....here are some of them.

www.denabean.blogspot.com
www.stoddardstuff.blogspot.com
www.acrichardsonfamily.blogspot.com
www.candjmcneill.blogspot.com

More 4th fun....shooting pics

So I didn't want to take my big camera with me on a hike to go shooting with the girls. So my brother-in-law let me take some pictures with his. This is the girls
2nd time shooting guns....they quite like it! Which makes me happy because I never knew how to shoot a gun until I met Doug, and guns, hunting and all that will always be apart of Doug's life, I'm glad we can make it apart of our family life. (Was that like the biggest run-on sentence ever?) So here you go....the gun doesn't kick much...it's only a 22 and Olivia especially wanted to keep having turns.







This is how I shoot (Not)....but a great pic none the less!

Last night....

Dougie put together this for me!! YAY!! I am so excited! It's a super nice one from Costco! Can't wait to use it!


While I ate this.....


Do you think I am going to lose any weight? HA! Here's to hoping!