A Long Week-that ended well

It started with colds-

that turned into coughs-

Rattle your chest can't stop coughing

that turned into fevers-

That turned into missed days of school.

Meaning many many hours of Nick Jr. and Disney-

that turned into restless long cough filled nights

That turned into ear infections

Which means antibiotics.

Which means gatorade-and runny poop.

Which means- This MAMA and PAPA are TIRED!!! Will it end! They are getting better-but me oh my....

That sweet Dougie of mine texted me a sweet note on Thurs saying we had a hot exciting date. A break from our crazy life.... And that it was! He took me to a Chinese Acrobat Show...it was amazing, spectaluar, out of this world! Each act started strong and awesome and just got better and better! Well...

until we got the text from the best BABYSITTER IN THE WORLD! Our neice Becca said

Grant pooped on the ground!

Poor girl!! AWFUL! She deserves a prize-

Who knows if she will babysitt again!

And the boys have been in big boy beds for a week now. If they nap in the day-up till 10-11!!! WHAT! NO way...

If they don't nap right to sleep at 7:00....except for the times when clark falls asleep on the couch at 5:00. 

I'm ready for a new week....please

 Here are some images from google from the show....highlight of my week!!

Big kids-girls turn 6 and boys into big boy beds

Our sweet girls turned 6 this Monday! And it just so happened that they had the day off from school-sweet! We decided to invite our 2 best girls to go to Makutu's Island for the day and then have family over for desert that night. Up top is their door decorated for their day.

Their first doll house...it's a little smaller than I envisioned but they love it-and their barbies kinda fit?

 Avery, Abigail, Audree & Olivia

The boys spent the day with dad-Clark was all tuckered out when we came home. This is RARE...our kids don't fall asleep anywhere but their beds

Audree requested chessecake-why yes! The no cook kind:)

Sprinkle cake for Olivia

Next-the boys have some new best buddies-our twin neighbors Cash and Walker! They love playing with buddies-they don't know which name goes with which-so they just say, "Cashandwalker" All one word, when revering to either of them...cute things.

We had some left over carpet from our new shop and the boys built a race track...

Lastly-phase 1 of our boys growing up- They turn 3 soon and have been in cribs now this whole time with tents. Phase 2 and 3 potty training and getting rid of binkies will come soon. Grant has been climbing out of his crib for the past few nights-we don't want him to hurt himself-so tonight was the night for big boy beds!

 It was like a party tonight-everyone was so excited about the boys moving to beds! The girls made such a big deal about it.

Let's hope I survive-these almost 3 year olds are about to put me into a mental institution!

New years holiday

We had a lovely break with family and fun! For New Years my nieced Chloe was getting blessed so we had the Davis family in town with us. Also my sister Janiel and her cute kiddos spent a few days with us as well. She and her kids had been to the Phx zoo so off we went!

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Don't you love this Grantie Boy!!! What a crack up....

 After our fun filled family time we spent a few days camping in the desert. I am not a camper girl-but slowly and surely I am finding my love for the outdoors. We have a new toy hauler camper and borrowed some 2 seater Polaris Razors and went on two 3 hour rides. I must admit that the desert was beautiful! We found some petrogphyls and had a picnic too.

 

They LOVED riding...

Donuts for breakfast

 A cool cave with Javelina tracks...

Radom Iphone pics-girls in the front yard-and New Years Night pics...

Christmas

Here is our card for the year-it was cut out in the shape of the white lines...totally adorable! Merry Christmas to all of you and the role you play in our lives...We are grateful for you all!

Christmas morning the kids awoke at 7:45....it was so much fun to watch their faces and experience our first Christmas at home.

After presents and playing it was off to church which was lovely...My new calling is the primary chorister which I love! The primary kids sang a sweet lullaby for the congregation. It was beautiful. Then onto to Thatcher for a few days of family time!

Doug went hunting-I bought a new tree and ornaments!

Call me crazy but I took the boys to the girls classrooms for their Christmas parties...I asked the teachers what I could make-One said sugar cookies, the other said Rice Krispie treat COAL! It kind of goes with their personalities. Needless to say-we spent more time in the room with the sugar cookies. And boy howdy was I tired at the end!

We also went to my sweet Aunt Alayne's house for a family party-these 3 girls loved dancing to the songs.

Christmas-Ness and Readers

We are enjoying the spirit of this time of year-just a quick update on the littles. First of all, we have some readers in the Davis house! Sweet little 5 year olds sounding out sight words, and started to put letters into words. We have loved watching them read and grow. Here is a picture to document their cuteness.

And who doesn't LOVE the Elf on the shelf-the girls are so excited every morning to see what crazy thing the elf has done in the middle of the night.

Here are some I-phone collages-we have a sweet park close by that we have been enjoying.

 

Here we are at the temple lights, at the movies with Granmmy Davis, our cute stockings over the fire, and riding a pony at the mall.

 

Here is my  half-bath bathroom redo-Anyone want this stencil? I am sooooo done with it...About 6 hours and never again! This is the same stencil that I used in the girls room-I used Martha Stewarts Metallic paint-Gold...I LOVE IT! The wall is like a pretty aqua/robins egg blue... And my sweet Dougie was so helpful and finished it up for me last night while I was out on a Girls Night....that man-he sure is awesome.