Grandpa Davis's New Puppies

Grandpa Davis had a litter of three new labrador puppies recently, one of each color (black, chocolate, and yellow).  Isaac was a bit nervous to pick them up, but that  is his hand petting the three.  Emrie took right to them, in fact she wanted to hug the little yellow one a bit too tight. Jenna was a good big sister and made sure the kids and puppies were all okay.

Emrie Glamor Shot

Emrie loves to climb the stares and give kisses through the banister.  I didn't have much luck getting a picture of her giving kisses, but she did strike a pretty good pose on this one.

Brushing Teeth, Big Slippers, and Ice Fishing

One of our new rituals every night is a competition for prime teeth brushing space.  Isaac is first, because he actually has a full mouth of teeth to brush.  Emrie, however, wants to get into the action so we have to make room for her.

Isaac found some of mom's big house slippers and was wearing them around the house.  Notice the big boy underwear.  He is now officially potty trained, and before he turned 3 and 1/2.

Christopher had his second winter camp out with the scouts.  Dad went along for fun.  I got to around 0 degrees and we woke up to everything being frozen, including the eggs.  Later in the day we went ice fishing and the sun was bright and we were actually pretty warm.  It was sunny enough that we all got a pretty good sunburn on our faces.  We did not have much luck catching anything, hence no pictures with our prize catches.  Some in the group had better luck, so we all ate barbecue fish that we cooked right on the frozen lake.  Christopher also enjoyed scaling the rock cliff near where we were fishing.

Spokane Trip with Madison Bel Cantos Choir

We recently returned from a trip to Northern Idaho and Spokane Washington with Jenna's high school choir the Bel Cantos.  We made stops in Coeur d' Alene and the Cataldo Mission.  In Spokane the choir had workshops at Whitworth University and performances with Mead High School.  They also performed for the Northwest Music Educators conference in the spectacular Davenport Hotel.  We had a great time in Spokane and enjoyed the Riverfront Park.   Steve and Cindy officially went as chaperones and Isaac and Emrie went along for the ride.  

Matthew sings with Spoken Four at BYUI Barbershop Festival

Matthew has organized a barbershop quartet with some of his friends from school and Vocal Union.  They recently performed at the annual BYU-Idaho Barbershop Festival.  Click here to a video clip on You Tube.

You can also watch Spoken Four rehearse just before the show by clicking here.

A Disturbing New Trend

For the past few months plus we have had a mischievous 3 year old.  He is a lot of fun, has high energy, and gets into stuff.  Well, the past couple of days he is showing Emrie how to do such things as empty drawers, throw things around, slide chairs to get into cupboards, etc.  Also, if he sees Emrie making a mess, he gladly joins in and together they make a real big mess.  Then, when mom and dad see the mess, he will quickly explain "Emrie did it!"

Christopher's 12!

Well, Christopher turned 12 last week and we had a great celebration.  He got some of the typical turning 12 gifts, including new scriptures, plus he now gets to wear a white shirt and tie to church.