Thanksgiving!

We celebrated Thanksgiving with our family in Utah this year.  Jason's brother and his wife were kind enough to host dinner and we had fun talking, stuffing our faces, playing Xbox Kinect, and then stuffing our faces some more.  A few photos of the fun:

Livi ready for dinner to start . . .

 

The kids showing off their dance moves . . .

 

Jason with his TRUE love . . .

Jason with his second love. Just kidding (sort of). . .

Livi all dressed up as a princess . . .

Ethan loving some dessert . . .

Our family truly has so much to be grateful for.  Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

So Observant . . .

Tonight we were playing UNO with the kids, and we had a most enlightening conversation . . .

Shanna: How come you guys are growing up so fast?

Olivia: I'm growing up fast because I want to be a mom!

Jason: If you're a mom then you have to clean up lots of poop all the time.

*silence*

Joshua: I'm glad I won't have to clean up poop.  I'll be a Dad, and I'll be at work all day.

SO. TRUE.

#4!

We are so happy to announce that Davis baby #4 will be joining our family in May . . .

We couldn't be more excited, and we're certain this little one is excited too.  I mean, who wouldn't be excited to join THIS family? . . .

It will be an adventure, that's for certain!

Our Half-Birthday Princess

Our little fashionista turned 4 and 1/2 yesterday.  Oh Livi . . . I never met a little girl who so firmly believes that she is a princess.  We love her more than she'll ever know. Happy Half-Birthday sweet girl!

Trick or Treat!

We had an AWESOME Halloween this year.  A few photos of our fun . . .

The kids painted pumpkins:

All dressed up for the Lehi city Halloween Party:

Ethan as our little sheriff . . .

Olivia as Little Red Riding Hood . . .

And Joshua as Anakin Skywalker . . .

(As a side note, I mentioned to Joshua that maybe he could be something different next year.  Like NOT a Star Wars character.  He gave me the most confused look and said, "Why would I ever do that?")

Trick-or-treating:

The kids checking out their candy stash:

Happy Halloween everybody! We hope you had a good one!!

One Dollar

Five weeks ago, the kids and I struck a deal.  It was the best deal I've ever made.  Joshua and Livi agreed to keep their rooms clean (Which entails making their beds before school, keeping their clothes and toys cleaned up all day, and then vacuuming and dusting before bed each night).  In exchange for their hard work?  One dollar a week . . . I kid you not.  I have not cleaned my kids rooms in FIVE WEEKS!  If only I had thought to start this sooner.  All those wasted hours picking up legos and itty bitty polly pocket shoes . . . Ah the freedom!

Family Pictures- 2011