Davis Fam Five

What do my girls have in common...?

2008-07-29T10:17:00.000-07:00

... a love for Polly Pockets!

With an age gap of almost 6 years,it's not often these two share any mutual interests, so imagine my surprise and delight to see this scene this morning!

the family that boogie boards together...

2008-07-21T20:24:00.000-07:00

I'm not sayin' it was pretty, but it was fun!

We looked like the Incredibles! "Honey, where's my Super Suit??" "NO CAPES!"

More Super Hero friends!

Tennis camp

2008-07-14T13:27:00.001-07:00

Savanna and Jackson at tennis camp this last week-end.

"Action Jackson"

Look out Maria!

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Savanna is actually hitting a water balloon, look for the splash on the left!

oregon coast '08

2008-07-10T08:08:00.001-07:00

The Burtons and Davis'sssssss

Boogie Babes

Boogie Boys--didnt last long without wetsuits

Oregon Coast---When the tide was low, we took a walk around this point to explore the tide pools and caves.

Grandma and kids

savanna recital photos

2008-06-17T09:27:00.000-07:00

finally an update!

2008-06-13T08:26:00.000-07:00

A couple of you (Liza and Savanna) have mentioned I need to update my blog. So since my last post in December here is a quick recap---Troy, same old same, same, has now moved onto hard or expert on the Guitar Hero and anxiously awaiting aerosmith GH. Aime---again, same old, same old, driving kids to endless lessons, volunteering at the school, popcorn friday, asking the meaning of life, reading this and that and the other. Savanna---officially a teenager, turned 13 in March, boys, dancing, texting. Jackson---almost 10(next month), got the avid reader award in his class, testing for black belt in TKD, loves playing outside with the kids in the hood. Little Miss Madi---never a dull moment, has joined the reading world and loves Pixie Hollow books, also loves playing outside for endless hours with the kids in the hood.

It took a long time coming but summer is finally here, I hope. The kids are out of school and the weather seems to be turning nice to bring me out of my funk!!

happy new year!

2008-01-06T10:17:00.001-08:00

christmas photos!

2007-12-26T12:00:00.000-08:00

Hope all of you had a holly, jolly Christmas! We had a great day and it even snowed! Here is a look at our Christmas!

During the day on Christmas Eve we took the kids to see Santa, Savanna was THRILLED!

The girls in their Christmas Eve jammies and Madi showing her musical toothbrush (it was about this time that Madi turned sour as she learned everyone only got 2 prizes during our bingo game)

Jackson showing off his snowman,and no Jackson isn't a GIANT, the snowman was very, very small but hey, we were just happy to have snow!!!

Troy is my Guitar Hero!!!

Madi with her friends Hannah and Lauren, having a very WebKinzy Christmas!

jackster tkd

2007-12-16T09:17:00.001-08:00

Jackson has been in TKD for 2 1/2 years. The belt system goes yellow, orange, green, purple, blue, red, brown, poome, and then finally black. Yesterday Jackson tested for his poome belt. He normally isn't nervous at testing but this time he was visibly shaking. He did really well and now he is one belt away from getting his black belt. Good job Jackster!!!!

holiday walk through the neighborhood

2007-12-11T14:17:00.001-08:00

So Troy had a pretty good idea the other night, "Let's walk around the neighborhood and look at Christmas lights." Before he sat down and got interested in something on T.V., we all hurried and got on our warm coats, hats, mittens, etc. and headed out with candy cane in hand and fancy-shmancy hoilday spectacular glasses (they make the lights look like snowflakes, Santas, or stars.) Anywho, someone had the brilliant idea of caroling. None of us was too keen to sing to strangers so we walked to our friends house where I remembered they were having their Hannakah celebration. We tried to remember Adam Sandlers song but all we remembered was , "Put on your yarmulke, it's time for Chanukah" (ok, i'll admit I had to just look up those two words, and good thing I did, I was way off)). We moved onto jingle bells. They loved it, we apologized fro crashing the party, headed home and had hot chocolate. Good times!

pressure

2007-11-27T13:24:00.000-08:00

As you know we moved this summer. I loved my old neighborhood and still have friends there. And I love my new neighborhood but I am finding out this year about the pressure of the outdoor Christmas decorations. Sure we see funny movies about it but I am here to tell you it is real. i live next door to the Griswalds!!! Lights, and lights and more twinking lights, plus lawn ornaments (pluto and penguins to be exact) and it plays music. So with the sunbreak today (sunbreak is a NW term, when the sun peeks out from the clouds, we all yell "SUNBREAK" and rejoice!), I am semi-Griswalding my house. Actually, not even close, but just enough to be in the holiday spirit and not be known as the neighborhood scrooge. And with any luck, Troy will put the icicle lights up this week-end(it truly is his least favorite thing to do---EVER!)

thanksgiving photo!

2007-11-22T22:54:00.001-08:00

I hope everyone enjoyed their Thanksgiving and they got plenty of good food. I have to admit, my dinner was quite tasty (little pat on my back!) I am so thankful for my cute family. Each kid each is so unique and I am proud of them all. Troy and I have been married 15 years and I am so proud of our accomplishment. I am thankful for him and the husband and father he is to Savanna, Jackson and Madi.

This picture is all of us doing our best "Madi" face!

thanksgiving

2007-11-21T12:17:00.000-08:00

So Jackson just said to me,
"What do you call a potato that smacks you?"
Me: "Uh, smashed potatoes?"
J:"No, 'smack potatoes' !"
Jackson smiles, I stare blankly at him...
Me:"You just made that up didn't you!"
J:"Yeah, just this minute!"(His face is beaming with pride)

So just thought I'd pass on the holiday spirit, before I start chopping, peeling, stirring, and mixing. I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving wherever you will be tomorrow. We have a sign in our house that says, "In every way and everyday, cherish family, friends and tradtions." HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!!

my baby is 7!

2007-11-10T09:18:00.001-08:00

Yes,it's true, my baby is 7!! She had a great birthday yesterday full of sugar, friends, family and presents!!!

more halloween pictures

2007-11-02T07:56:00.001-07:00

We had a Pirate, Harry Potter, and an East High Cheerleader (High School Musical) and

Krash was a golfer, we called him Bagger Vance.

halloween was a success!

2007-11-01T09:54:00.001-07:00

Costumes were cute, no accidents, no drama, good weather and judging by the "candy mountain", I consider Halloween '07 a huge success! We live close to an old cemetery and Jackson has been talking about running through the cemetery on Halloween since we moved here. Troy took Jackson and Madi. Madi got scared on the corner before even getting there. Jackson got a few feet into to the cemetery and decided not to take Troy up on his dare to touch a gravestone. There's always next year!

(I'll post more pictures later, apparently everyone is trying to download their Halloween photos because I keep getting errors!)

happy halloween!!!

2007-10-31T08:05:00.001-07:00

We managed to get the pumpkins done last night and the kids were helpful in the disgusting, cleaning out of the pumpkin. Hope everyone has a Happy, Safe Halloween and I better see some costume pictures tomorrow!!!

fabulous fall

2007-10-30T16:26:00.000-07:00

It took me so long to carve these pumpkins...Just Kidding, the big one weighs over 1, 000 pounds. The biggest one we got was 26 pounds and it still isn't carved. We will be working on that tonight!

This Fall was certainly busy but it is beginning to slow down. Football and soccer are now officially over. Both kids had their last games on Saturday and it was a nice surprise by Grandma Ruth to come see them.

thanks ash for a great week-end

2007-10-18T08:14:00.000-07:00

Ash and the kids, including Krash.

Ash at the pumkin patch, football game and a couple action shots of the kids

A couple shots in Portland

My niece Ashley came out to visit us this week-end. We kept her busy with the usual Saturday activities---football and soccer, plus the pumpkin patch. At home the kids took turns entertaining her playing Scene It, coloring and reading stories. Monday before she left we caught a quick lunch in Portland, showed her around the city a bit and then we had enough time to stop by IKEA. Thanks for coming to see us Ash, we love you!

i am NOT smarter than a 5th grader...

2007-10-03T08:13:00.000-07:00

I am not embarrassed by this, I know it is true. I stopped helping Savanna in math in 4th grade. As per my statement in my last post, I asked if I spelled 'poring' right. And in fact I did not. I did however look it up and the correct spelling would be P-O-U-R-I-N-G. That's right, that would be referring to the rain coming down right now and probably won't stop 'til mid June. And here are some pictures of the muddy boy after practice. Unfortunately, it will probably be the 1st of many muddy practices.

ya'll are smarter than me....

2007-10-02T18:15:00.001-07:00

I know you are all smarter than me and probably already know this, but if you click on a picture, you can view it in a larger size. I stumbled upon this looking at Jackson's football pictures so take a look, up close and personal! Poor guy, I just dropped him off at football practice in the poring(is that the correct spelling?) rain, (yes, rainy season has begun in the NW). That's devotion! So back to the picture thing, if you click on my birthday picture at Red Robin, you can see Savanna's shiny new braces. Oh the joys of being 12 again!

oh captain, my captain!

2007-10-01T13:36:00.001-07:00

So as a 3rd grader, you are kind of low man on the totem pole in football. Jackson doesn't get a lot of playing time so this week when he was chosen as captain I was really proud of him walking out on that field to meet the opposing team and shake hands.(#80 on the left)

happy birthday to me!!!

2007-10-01T13:16:00.002-07:00

September birthdays rock---Happy Birthday to Suzette, Caitlin, Elise and me! The kids had school off so my intention was to sleep in. Madi kept bugging me, "When is your birthday going to start?"..."This is boring!" So i got my toes done later that day with a couple of friends, Brandy and Hope. I got them painted Jacksons football colors and his number---#80! We went to Red Robbin for a family birthday celebration where Madi was kind enough to tell the waitress, "It's her birthday!" Ha ha, jokes on mom!! It could have been worse, only couple of balloons around my ears, at least it wasn't a sombrero or giant foam cowboy hat. Then it was Baskin Robbins ice-cream cake for me!!

The next day we did the whole football/soccer thing with the kids and then it was adults night out with the Karps!
(It would appear we have switched partners but just for the picture.)

hug your little ones

2007-09-26T08:17:00.000-07:00

We got some sad new from Utah this week. A friend 's little 4 year old daughter was killed in an accident in her own driveway on Sunday. Hug all your little ones and those not so little. Make sure they know how much you love them!

let the games begin!!

2007-09-11T08:25:00.000-07:00

After a fun and busy summer, I was ready for Labor Day and the end of summer. Now it looks like we are in for a busy and fun fall as Madi plays soccer and Jackson is in football.
Jackster #80, sideline talking to coach

Jackson #80, bottom right

She shoots...

...she SCORES!

"Did I do that?"

Suzette & Bentley Wedding

2007-08-27T22:05:00.000-07:00

Krash is Ready for Some FOOTBALL!

2007-08-15T21:01:00.001-07:00

Seriously, i am NOT one of those people that dress up their dogs---ha, just kidding! I love dressing Krash, he is my baby!

are you ready for some football?

2007-08-13T21:46:00.001-07:00

I don't know if I am ready for this but Jackson started football. Today was Christmas Day in the football world---the day they get to wear their pads and start hitting! So far so good, he is still having fun and hasn't been hurt except for the usual bumps and bruises. He told me today he wants to be on the Red Knights team because they have cheerleaders!! What happened to my little boy? I will keep you posted on the season!

Life's A Beach

2007-08-07T07:20:00.000-07:00

What can I say, life is rough when you have to spend time on the Oregon Coast. We have been busy driving back and forth the past 3 week-ends while my mom rented a house in Lincoln City. It definitely is not the beaches of Southern California but that works to my advantage. I have yet to sport a swimming suit on our beaches. If you come out to visit, leave the tiny bikini at home---pack your yellow polka dot hoodie sweatshirt instead! This past week-end we had a fast paced, jammed packed week-end with the cousins---games on the beach, exploring tidepools, hiking up huge sandhills, good food and lots and lots of laughing! My kids are so sad to see them leave but they will be reunited in a couple of weeks when we go to Utah for Suzette's wedding!

Three in Seattle

2007-07-19T09:16:00.002-07:00

I took both of these pictures in Seattle, the first in 2005 and then the other just last week. I love comparing pictures and see how much the kids have changed or stayed the same.

Pigs of Seattle

2007-07-16T21:48:00.000-07:00

Is Anyone Else Excited?

2007-07-12T07:45:00.000-07:00

Ok, you won't find me waiting for the book in full witch wardrobe but we have reserved our copies and I have to say I am just as anxious as the kids.

Harry Potter Movie

2007-07-11T21:27:00.000-07:00

So Harry Potter #5 opened today. I took Savanna and Jackson, thought Madi would be a little too scared and we met some friends there. We had Jelly Slugs, Exploding Bon Bons, and Bertie Botts Every Flavor Bean. I wouldn't let them eat the beans once the movie started. I could just see Jackson getting a vomit, booger or earwax flavor and run out of the movie toward the toilet! Now I read the book, twice actually, just got done rereading it aloud to Jackson. I know all those true Harry Potter fans are screaming, "It's not the same! They left out this, and this, and this..." Blah, blah, blah!! First of all the book is over 800 pages!!! I wouldn't want to sit in a movie that covered every single detail, we'd be there a week! And secondly, I have learned to not compare the books and the movies. I enjoy both in different ways.

Blogger?

2007-07-10T14:03:00.000-07:00

Does this make me a blogger? Ok I am new at this and really am only doing it because I think I have spied on you all long enough. I feel a bit voyeuristic but now it's your turn to spy back on us. So here goes...The Davis Fam Five consists of myself, my husband Troy and our 3 kids---Savanna 12, Jackson 9, and Madi 6. More to come but for now I must refill the kids snowcones and it sounds like there is drama in the kiddie pool---Bye, for now!