Practice

So Kaity turned 8 years old two months ago and she still hasn't been baptized. She is absolutely terrified to put her head all the way under the water. We tried to get her to practice in the hotel pool over spring break but she shrieked and yelled until I thought for sure we would be thrown out of the pool. Yesterday we went over to a friends house and they let us use their pool for practice. I told Travis that he just had to force her under because the dress I bought her two months ago is getting small and we are not putting this off any longer. Well daddy and grandpa are a bit more patient than I am and so they nicely convinced (bribed her with a treat from 7-11) to give it a try. After the first dunk she was fine and begging to "go again daddy!" What a stubborn little stink she is!

Brayden's Fifth Birthday!

Saturday was Brayden's FIFTH birthday! Where did the time go?! I can hardly believe that he is 5 years old already! It sounds strange to me when I say that. Saturday we went with grandpa and grandma Davidson and uncle Bryce to Animal Kingdom. That is Brayden's favorite Disney park (mine too) and he has been talking about going there for his birthday for the past month. I was so glad that he picked animal kingdom instead of magic kingdom like Kaity because by two o'clock in the afternoon you have pretty much done everything. No hanging around ALL day waiting for fireworks wishing for a nice shady spot to take a much needed nap! We got soaked on the rapid falls water ride and then dried out nicely on the coaster Everest. We even convinced grandma to ride although, I don't think that she enjoyed it as much as the rest of us! We finished the day off with pizza, cake and presents! Happy Birthday Brayden!

Tribute to Travis

Okay so Travis knows that I am not a card giving person with my gifts. I figure the little blank tag on the bag the present comes in is good enough. Travis however, is a major card giver. He spends hours finding the right card and then takes more time to write on the inside. I have decided for our anniversary today I would spend time thinking of the top 25 things that I love about him and make it into his card. It goes as follows.....


I LOVE...

1. that you try to never say no to me
2. you make sure that my car always has gas in it
3. you make the phone calls that I don't like to make
4. you tell me the truth if I ask you "do I look fat?"
5 you will go to the store in the middle of the night if I have the munchies
6 you help Kaity with her math homework every night.
7. you are a very good dad
8. you always call me to tell me that youare on your way home
9. you ask me if I need anything on your way home-a diet coke for example :)
10. you love Disney as much as the kids and I do
11. you like to go to the craft store with me- oops! probably shouldn't have told that one!
12. you let me put up the Christmas tree way earlier than you think anyone should
13. you go to work everyday to support us and let me stay at home with the monsters
14. you know exactly which tampons to buy for me at the store
15. you learned to tolerate diet soda
16. you know that my favorite flowers are tulips- not roses
17. you only listen to my music when we are both in the car
18. you let me take a bite out of your taquito before you eat any of it
19. you don't mind that all the chocolates in the box have a bite taken out of them
20. you let me squeeze the toothpaste in the middle of the tube everyday and quietly fix it
when I am done
21. youare willing to cut your manhood for me
22. you drive the crappy car and let me drive the nice one
23. you open the shutters and bring me my phone before you leave for work very early in the
morning
24. you are willing to leave the hour long line at disney that we have already stood in for 45
minutes to take Brayden to the bathroom so that I won't miss out on the ride.
25. you tell me you love me fifty times a day!

Happy Anniversary Travis!

10 YEARS and COUNTING!

APRIL 17, 1998
OUR FIRST HALLOWEEN
THE GRAND CANYON
I can't believe that ten years have flown by! It seems like it was just yesterday that we were married in the Salt Lake temple looking forward to our future. Looking back I never would have imagined that I would end up as blessed as we are. We have lived and experienced many different places. We have watched the rain fall and fall some more in Seattle, built snowmen in the Glacier mountains, watched the cacti bloom in the desert and the sun rise and set over the ocean. We have two beautiful, healthy miracles that we didn't know we would be lucky enough to have, and we have the knowledge that we will be a family for eternity. We may not be rich and famous, but we have abundant wealth in all that really matters. I am looking forward once again to our future and the next ten years.

WARNING!! THE FOLLOWING IMAGES MAY BE UNSUITABLE FOR THOSE LIVING IN COLDER CLIMATES!!

I kept laughing at Travis wedged into Brayden's tire. I told him he looked like Shamoo. :)


THIS IS THE ONLY WAY TO TRAVEL!!!!

This is my new favorite outfit of Kaitlynn's that mom made for Easter.

Please know that this post is not a brag rag like Aleta's Christmas letter, but an entry for my own personal journal!! We are so fortunate to live in this beautiful state even if it means putting up with the occasional hurricane and high homeowners' insurance. :) We spent the past 8 days in Panama City Beach in the panhandle of Florida. We love Sarasota but I think that Panama Beach is our new favorite spot. I found us a condo right on the beach and let me tell ya, that is the ONLY way to vacation at the beach. I love riding the elevator to the ground floor and stepping out onto sand. No carrying armloads of crap from a parking spot across the street and a mile down the road, and when the inevitable whining of "I have to go potty" starts, you leave your towel on the chair already provided for you, ride the elevator back up, grab a diet coke while waiting on your child and ride back down to the beach. I have learned how to vacation! I was in paradise. I was able to finish reading two novels while Travis and the kids finally mastered the kite flying business. It only took them 7 days, 2 kites and the help of the beach attendant to reput the kite together correctly before they finally had liftoff. It was worth all the aggravation to see the look on Brayden's face when it finally took off. It was hard to pack up and come home but the real world awaits us tomorrow. If only I was a millionaire....

EASTER!

Saturday we took the kids to what I thought would be "just an egg hunt." Turns out it was much more than an egg hunt. The town of Winter Springs put on an Easter Carnival. We ended up staying for a few hours- much longer than the 10 minutes I was expecting- and had a blast. The egg hunt was divided up into ages so every 15 minutes there was a new hunt. The kids had lots of fun playing games and of course eating all the required junk food! Sunday morning they woke up to more junk food courtesy of the Easter bunny and finished the day off with lunch at grandpa and grandmas house. The weather was beautiful! Not to hot and humid. Definitely a wonderful day to be together as a family and celebrate the wonderful gift we were all given by our Savior.

Kaitlynn turns 8!

I can't believe that my little girl turned 8 years old! This will probably be a boring post to read but since I am not a scrapbooker or a faithful journal keeper this post is for me in place of writing it in my actual journal.

Saturday we took Kaitlynn to the Magic Kingdom for her day as a princess. We let her have her face painted which we never let her do- and for dinner we let her have a turkey leg. She has wanted a turkey leg from Disney for the past 3 years so Saturday Travis took her to the concession stand and she came back with a turkey leg the size of her arm! She was so excited and ate the WHOLE thing! Grandpa and grandma met us after dinner for fireworks and the electric parade. We were freezing but had a good time.

Sunday after church we had her birthday party where she stocked up on new Hannah Montana stuff. Sadly, daddy convinced mommy that it was time to let her have her own decorative style in her bedroom so we bought her all new, horribly ugly, over the top, bright colored bedspread, pillows, rug and accessories. Hot pink, purple and silver sparkles galore! Yuck! I guess I should be grateful that she didn't want it to be red white and black checkers like I did at her age.