Aidan & Addison & their parents!

Gma Dee-Dee's Birthday!

2011-03-25T15:41:00.000-06:00

It was fun to all go to lunch for Darlene's Birthday. Especiall since Grandma passed only months later!

Halloween

2011-03-25T15:40:00.000-06:00

The boys were "Frankenstein" and the girls were "LadyBugs"! It was fun to have our first Halloween party at our new house & to go trick-or-treating in our new neighborhood.

More of summer 2010...

2011-03-25T15:38:00.002-06:00

Baby Esper!

2011-03-25T15:37:00.000-06:00

My sister had her baby girl at the end of June! Esper Julie Holmes!

Feb 2010 - More of our family portraits!

2011-03-25T15:35:00.000-06:00

Addison's Blessing

2010-02-08T17:05:00.000-07:00

Yesterday we blessed Addison. Bryan gave her the blessing and it was so awesome to have family & friends there with us. Addison's dress was made from my moms wedding dress & I even used some beads from my moms dress to make Addi's bracelet. She is such a beautiful girl & I'm so grateful for her!

January

2010-02-08T16:45:00.007-07:00

Here are some pictures from the month of January. We didn't do much, just hung around home trying to get into a new routine!

This is Daddy's secret weapon! Holding her under her armpits bouncing her!

Brother loves giving sister kisses!

Christmas Day!

2010-01-12T14:31:00.006-07:00

What a fun year it was! Aidan was so into unwrapping his presents & excited to see what was beneath the paper. Both sets of grandparents & Granny came to see him open his presents. He was spoiled of course & still loves playing with all his toys!

His very own transformer!

Legos!

His very first remote control car!

20 sided dice! It's a geek thing!

Yay Assassins Creed!

A cute bowling set! Maybe this will be a career for him!

I love what Santa brought me!

I think she was going to eat me!

Christmas Eve

2009-12-31T17:35:00.004-07:00

We had Gma Dee-dee and Pa-Pa Roger over for Christmas Eve dinner. Earlier Aidan & Daddy built a gingerbread house. They had lots of fun. Aidan especially loved eating all the candy!

Playing in the snow!

2009-12-18T15:35:00.003-07:00

We love baby sister!

2009-12-14T14:15:00.002-07:00

Our little girl is here!!!!

2009-12-11T14:24:00.006-07:00

Addison June Davie arrived Monday, December 7th at 7:36 p.m. weighing 7 pounds & 19 & 1/2 inches long. We are so excited she is here!

SU! Halloween Party!

2009-11-02T15:43:00.004-07:00

A few days before Halloween Stampin Up had their annual Halloween Party! Bryan of course dressed up & Aidan was a little apprehensive at first when he saw him! He also was a little unsure about Gma Ju-Ju! Their costumes were awesome! Oh & Bryan won for best costume!

Halloween!

2009-11-02T15:31:00.005-07:00

This Halloween was so much fun! Aidan actually got the concept this year & we had a blast taking him trick-or-treating. We stopped off at our neighbors, then went to Bryan's parents & then to my parents house. We wrapped the night up in Daybreak with my sister & her family. It was a very fun night!

Ambulance & Hellicoptor!

2009-11-02T15:25:00.003-07:00

Another fun thing we did in October was to tour the new Riverton Hospital where I'll have Addison. They had an ambulance that the kids could get in & push the buttons & a hellicoptor that they could also sit in. Aidan got mad when he couldn't ride up in the hellicoptor! Maybe someday little man!

Tractors and Pumpkins...

2009-11-02T15:21:00.005-07:00

Gma Ju-Ju & Pa-Pa Dallas took Aidan to a pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins. Aidan's favorite part was sitting on the tractors!

Cornbelly's

2009-11-02T15:08:00.005-07:00

A few weeks ago we took Aidan to Cornbelly's! He had a blast running through the corn maze, watching the pig race, riding the tractor train, and all the other fun stuff.

My 1st attempt at digital scrapbooking!

2009-10-12T21:12:00.006-06:00

This is the book I created for Gma Ju-Ju & Pa-Pa Dallas. Gma Ju-Ju is going to add cute text & then have it printed so she has a book of her Aidan!

Summer Days....

2009-09-21T22:01:00.006-06:00

Hanging out with Gracie! I asked them to smile & these are the faces they gave me!

Aidan is totally into putting on our shoes!

Dinosaur museum at Thanksgiving Point.

One of our favorite places to go... Hogle Zoo!

Aidan eating Strawberry Pie!

2009-09-01T11:41:00.001-06:00

Toss your To-Do List

2009-08-25T13:39:00.001-06:00

This is an amazing article:

There's nothing wrong with keeping a "To Do" list. Writing down errands, chores, and other things that you'd like to accomplish on a list can be a helpful tool, especially in remembering the details. The trouble with "To Do" lists is not that we use them, but how we use them. In my practice and in my women's workshops I often hear individuals complain of feeling "not good enough" or thinking "I can't seem to get anything done" and use their never-ending "To Do" lists as evidence for their negative self-evaluations. "To Do" lists usually contain things that you may not remember to do, and rarely encompass all of the things that you always remember and automatically take care of each day. Taking an occasional break from your "To Do" list can help you to relax and gain perspective. Practice acknowledging all of your important contributions that never actually make to a "To Do" list.

Tips for Tossing Your "To Do" list:

Try a "Ta Da" List
Try sitting down at the end of the day and listing everything you did that day. The most important things we do to care for ourselves and our relationships usually never make it on the "To Do" list! Include details of small tasks that you, and others at home or work, tend to overlook (i.e. changed the toilet paper rolls, organized the linen closet, finished a report for a co-worker, talked with an elderly neighbor). Remember to include the small relationship contributions that you have done to enrich the lives of those you love (i.e. talked with a friend about family stresses, prepared a church lesson, took your child to the doctor, made a meal for your family).

Here are some questions to help you get started on your "Ta Da" list:

• What did I do today that no one will notice unless it doesn't get done?
• What did I do today to provide physical or emotional support to someone else?
• What did I do today that made life better than yesterday for myself and those I love?
• What did I do today to take care of myself?
Make a "To Be" Goal

Instead of focusing on tasks you'd like to accomplish, toss your "To Do" list and pick one personal quality or character trait you'd like to practice and improve upon throughout the day. Whether it's demonstrating more patience with your elderly parent, practicing increased discipline at work, showing more trust in your spouse, or being a better listener for your child, shifting your focus from what you are doing to who we are being can help you to feel less overwhelmed by life's details and more confident in yourself.

Here's an alphabetized list of suggested personal qualities for your "to be" goals over the next 26 days.

Remember to focus on only one per day:
Attentive
Bold
Creative
Demonstrative
Energetic
Forgiving
Generous
Happy
Imaginative
Jovial
Kind
Loving
Mature
Nice
Observant
Punctual
Quiet
Respectful
Self-disciplined
Tender
Understanding
Vivacious
Witty
eXuberant
Youthful
Zealous

"No More Than 3" Rule

When totally tossing your "To Do" list isn't practical, try limiting the number of items you focus on each day. Instead of having a running "To Do" list with an overwhelming number of items that need to be done over a period of time, try a daily "To Do" list with only 3 items. Limiting your expectations for each day can help you feel more accomplished than looking at the overwhelming number of items that still remain on the list. Renowned author and business management guru Tom Peters has said that the formula for business success is "under promise and over deliver". That same advice applies to success in the business of life!

Aidan's 2nd B-day!

2009-08-16T15:44:00.014-06:00

Found a great new Application

2009-08-12T17:00:00.004-06:00

I found this application though a friend of mine. It is a program that allows you to sync files between multiple computers as well as being able to access them from any browser. Right now they are running a promotion where you get extra storage for free if you are referred by a friend. Here is my referral link. Get Dropbox Free. If you use this link you get an extra 256MB - 500MB of storage for free depending on the type of account you sign up for. They do offer a free account type!!!

Bry's Graduation!

2009-05-27T09:56:00.004-06:00

Thank you all for coming! Your support means so much to us!

Easter

2009-05-18T13:11:00.003-06:00

Easter this year was so much fun! It was so cool to see Aidan find the eggs & how happy he was when he would find one.