BIG NEWS!!!!!!!!

 Hip hip horray!! We just closed on our NEW HOME! Keys are in hand and we are getting to work! A beautiful 5 bedroom custom home in South Gilbert one mile south of the new temple!! We got everything we wanted...more space, No HOA, land for Doug's business, a basement and a pool! WHOO HOO! Who's coming over to party? Now onto the fun stuff...packing/purging and moving...bleck! Who wants to watch the kiddos?

We are so sad to leave friends and family close by. We have LOVED being in the Parkwood ward and can't believe the time has come for us to move on. Our little 1500 sq foot house is busting at the seams. Don't forget about me friends...and come to play!

Here we are hot and sweaty and the final walk through...the boys got in the pool:)

Who wants to come sit on the porch with me?

Doing a happy dance over here!! YEE HAW!!!

The 4th and Summer Fun

I have been lacking in the picture department/blogging lately....it is just too dang hot to lug around my big camera and taking pictures. But we have been swimming, going to the movies, the mall, the library, having playdates, and trying not to kill each other. Let's face it two-2 year old boys is rough. The fighting, pulling hair, biting, and taking each other toys gets old. But they sure do some cute things as well and I know this too shall pass. Doug has been BUSY and we are grateful for the busy time even though me and the kidlets miss him.


 Here was our fabulous 4th! Pulling weeds in the backyard, swimming in the jacuzzi, and eating a yummy desert!   Jello Preztel Salad...YUMO! Here are the highlights-Cousins

The boys are pretty cute busting out the "CHESSE" every time they see a camera.

We were just hanging out together and I noticed that we had some unruly weeds in the backyard. So I soaked the ground and started pulling. Little did my Dougie and my sister know that this is how they would celebrate:)

Delish

Thankfully we lit off our own little fireworks on the side of the house. We drove down to Apache Junction to watch theirs and we waited for an hour but it was too windy....bummer. Olivia was so sad-she had been counting down the minutes until she could see big fireworks.

Just had to put this one in here.....this is what you get when you have older sister's...baha

Davis Family Campout 2011

This year for the Annual Davis family Campout we headed up to Showlow to Fools Hollow Lake. Our favorite Mt. Graham was closed....we had a safe and fabulous time! Some highlights were, cooking and cleaning up only one meal,(we take turns), watching the kids at the lake, playing games, sleeping in the cool camper, catching up with people we never see, squirt gun wars, going into town to see Cars 2, yummy food, cooler temps, and being with our favorite people!


I am too lazy to organize the pictures-so here you go..out of order
This was the boys favorite spot-throwing a rock on the river bank....hours of fun

Brave fishergirls-so glad we had some cute Dogs to entertain us!

 We love Grammy and Papa

Our view of the lake-it was fun to have a lake so close!

 Camping=Relaxing

 And dirty faces....

Camping is games with cousins

 This campsite has a cool old play set...such fun for the sweeties

Feeling brave swimming in the lake

 More lake moments

Squirt gun wars with Grammy and cousins- a great way to cool off! Notice Olivia squirting up Grammies shirt! BAHA!

I shouldn't even share this-I look quite the sight-3 days with no shower. Here is our Eternal Davis family after a sweet spiritual thought by Grammy-We love our Family

Grandma's house is Fun-So is Les Miserables

2 Weeks ago we headed to lovely Thatcher to my Mom and Dad's house for the week. She just bought a new home and we wanted to help her move in and get settled. We also spend the week at the "Do-Jo" learning karate at college for kids camp. What a fun thing to look forward to every day. The girls had a  great time and I think we will go back every year, the boys were sad that they couldn't participate. We also went to the movies, played with cousins, ate at our Favorite hometown restaurants...it was a great week!

Here are my girls with some of my Cousin's children. So crazy....and dang cute

Keee-ya! Learning the moves...

Cousins and Sensay Jones...:)

 We came back up to Mesa and spent a fun filled weekend all together as an extended family. My parents bought us tickets to the fabulous Les Mis and we enjoying a night at Gammage. We were almost in the last row on the highest balcony, but my little camera and crappy lens took these pics....not to bad huh? I looked through the camera to get a closer look at the actors for most of the play. The music was incredible.

 Here we are! With my Mom's adorable sister Aunt Karla. I wish we were closer...she is so beautiful and sweet.
"God on High hear my prayer....In my need you have always been there."

Bop to the Top-Dance Recital

 

 The girls have such a great time each week at Miss Laura's Dance class. We love her so and are happy that she is our cousin and we get to see her outside of class. The girls had their big recital on stage a few weeks ago...I think I smiled the whole time. Little 3,4 and 5 year olds on stage do the CUTEST things...I loved watching all of their cute moves. 

The girls were so excited to wear makeup...just like Mom. Can someone tell me they went a grew up on me?

Such lovely ladies

The didn't miss a beat. Although by the time the performance started Olivia had smeared her mascara everywhere...oops. And the headband stained their forehead...funny things.

Here's our cute cousins Laura and Sarah...

Our little group. My sister's sweet friend bought the girls flowers too...awww. And our Regiane came down just to watch the girls and Aunt Allie came to support the girls as well. So much LOVE!

We hope we can keep up with Miss Laura's fun!

Memorial day adventures...Exploring Arizona

I am too lazy to make collages so you get all the pics in their big glory...sorry about that)

 

 For Memorial Day the weather was incredible...mid 80's for May is CRAZY talk. Doug is getting quite fed up with all this dreamy weather us Arizonain's have been having, but I secretly love it. So when Doug didn't have to work I said, "We need to do something outside!!" Facebook to the rescue. I asked my lovely friends on Fb for suggestions, and many said that the Boyce Thompson Arboretum in Superior was a fun thing to do. I have drove past this place a million times and always wanted to stop and I am so glad we did! It was like a beautiful Garden of Eden in our desert.

We saw jackrabbits, butterflies, and many lizards. The kids were in heaven....

I thought that it would just be desert plants, but there were so many different types of plant life. All labeled and beautiful!

They had a little childrens area that we spent some time in...really pretty...

Boyce Thompson bought the property in the 1930's and some of the original buildings were standing still...

 Spring blooms

Here are the sweeties next to the garden...

They had an amazing herb garden. The mint leaves and lemon leaves were so divine...makes me wish I was domestic and had a garden...

Ahh....what a cool place to explore! And almost right in our backyard.
We headed on the down the road a few miles to another place we have heard about for years. They make some dang good tortillas, fresh daily with no preservatives.

The place was a little shady..I'm sure many health code violations weren't adhered too, but oh man....that was some good eats! Beans with lard yeah buddy....and chips and salsa.... The girls also had to go the bathroom in the "Lounge" and that was quite an adventure. There were some folks already getting their drink on at 12:30 in the afternoon.

We came home happy and tired and fed our ward missionaries and called it a day. What a happy day indeed!