Happy Birthday Boys!

The month of July was pretty much non-stop birthdays in the Davis house. It started with Audrey's on July 1st and continued until July 26th with the boys 3rd birthday. We were lucky to have Grandma and Grandpa Davis here to celebrate with the boys. The boys love reading books with Grandma and Grandpa, esp when its about tractors.

Later in the week we took Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Mitch and the boys and met up with Aunt Candis, Uncle Joe, Cousin Alexis and Aunt Becky at the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point. It is a huge museum full of very cool dinosaurs and all sorts of fun things to do. The boys loved playing on the water tables with Uncle Mitch.

Later that day we enjoyed a great birthday dinner with family, and of course had a delicious cake that Mom baked. Penn had been chomping at the bit to play with the train cake toppers for weeks, but he patiently waited for his birthday which is quite the feat for Penn.

Tractors and Dinosaurs are great and all, but the boys real obsession are trains. Penn and Logan have become fanatical. The most exquisite melt downs I have ever seen have involved trying to pull the boys away from train museums. So we thought it would be a good idea to bring the trains to them. After dinner, a big surprise was waiting for them downstairs. A train table complete with Thomas and Toby trains. The boys were so excited. Even Audrey wanted in on the action. Penn was less enthused about Audrey's participation.

Penn and Logan must have walked about 4 miles around the table that night. When it came to bed time there was no way the trains were leaving the boys sides.

It was a great day, and the boys still love playing with all of the gifts they received. We are very grateful for the boys and the color they bring into our lives. Penn is a very passionate soul with a flair for the dramatic. He can also be very loving and kind. Logan is a total goofball and says some of the funniest things. He is also very good with Audrey and loves to make her laugh.

Well we made it through the terrible two's. Now we just need to make it through the lesser known infuriating three's and we should be home free.... right?

Our Adventures

We've had so many adventures the last bit. This isn't comprehensive but here are the highlights (yep there are a lot of highlights).

The boys got to ride in a parade with Grandpa Gudmundson. They loved the four wheelers and waving the flag.

Grandma and Grandpa Davis came for a visit. It was wonderful to have them here. We visited the Kennecot Mine. What an impressive sight. Those truck tires are huge (over 12 feet in diameter). The trucks that ride on them are gigantic.

The mine was nearly overwhelming. I guess the hole is so large you can see it from space.

While Mitch was visiting we talked him into riding Antelope by Moonlight with us. It's 22 miles, in the dark on the island. There were over 1,200 riders! It was a lot of fun. Mitch was amazing ... he was on a borrowed bike with zero training and was able to keep up really well.

We've been to the zoo with the Bingham's and my sister Candis. It was a great day. The moving dinosaurs were a little much at first but they all warmed up. Audrey really enjoyed the monkeys.

Sitting on the tiger was fun but they were all anxious to get off and actually see one. This is the best it gets when taking pictures of 4 three yr olds.

We've visited Uncle Sean and Aunt Monica. The boys formed the cutest little superhero squad ever! They kept saying things like "To the Rescue" or "Come on Superheros". Logan is Spider man and Gavin is Wolverine.

They loved visiting Uncle Sean at the fire station. They got to sit in the fire truck and look inside the ambulance.

And finally we've spent numerous hours out back playing in the pools. Audrey thinks she is done with the little pool and ready for the big one. The only problem ... She's not, it gets a little rough in there.

We've loved the summer and are sooo grateful it's not over yet. Here's hoping for many more adventures, maybe you should join us!

Girls Camp

Last month, yep I'm a little behind, I had the amazing opportunity to go back to girls camp. This time as a leader. It was great, really great. We have such an amazing group of girls. It was great to participate in numerous inspiring devotionals, a faith fall and testimony meeting around the camp fire. I loved singing camp songs again and even learned how to "Ride that Pony". This blog is mostly to share our roll call we did for the stake. It's not the best quality but you get the idea. What a creative bunch.

A huge thank you to my in laws for staying with the kids while I was gone, it's great having such wonderful family.