Oh no.

My camera is broken.. I know what's a scrapbooker/wanna be photographer like myself going to do?! Who needs pictures every time? I have my cell, which helps and I think a plan for a different camera for me to use is in the works. Happily, Rah Rah came over and visited us last night, played with the kids and brought little treats for each of them. She has one she doesn't use that I may use! I know I'm in love with my family when going through the daily events of the day I glance at them and wish I had a picture of them right then to capture their personality, cuteness, and overexcited way of doing things. Joseph and Celia especially emphasize their excitement with all they do. Emmy are Spence are teasers and both so bright and aware. Brian cracks me up almost constantly, I really do need a video camera, but it wouldn't be the same. I fear I'm just going to have to remember most of our lives together and let those times increase exponentially my understanding, love, and compassion for them. I think our plan for the rest of the day is going to be going a little garage saleing, a ride, some cleaning of the girls room and date night for Brian and I. We're kinda excited to go to a dinner/authors book review. Richard Lyman Bushman's( whom we think is a shirt tail relative)book, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling. I'll let ya know how it goes, probably no picture though. Life is exciting and wonderful, I don't want to be stuck behind a camera all the time, but maybe just enough to later on jog my memory of the Happy life I've lived.:)

Ready, Set, Cozy!

It was a nice cool morning today. I thought about wearing a jacket to church today, but convinced myself it was a little premature for cozy fall cover ups. The chapel and classrooms were freezing though from the AC they had pumping for what usually is a very hot time of year. School is in session, its almost September and I am getting excited for Autumn. My attempt to make soup today was thwarted by a salt spill however, I did make enchiladas with jalapenos, which yummy smell permeated the house. I have my candle all ready to burn in my room and I do admit I even started looking at Halloween costumes in a magazine. I think Celia Jean would make a darling Little red riding hood, which she already had the perfect red cotton jacket with a hood! The children will make crafts and have parties, and just enjoy the time as young kids. I love the warmth of comfort food, sweet smells, the excitement of preparing for and celebrating Thanksgiving, Harvest, Halloween, and Christmas. Its more time to make memories with the children and really return to being home together and feeling cozy! Some may say they'd take their vacations in the summer over a bowl of soup in the fall, but not I. Its going to be a wonderful season and I'm welcoming it with open arms.

Where'd they go?

The Kids were up and ready to go before 7am so I decided to find something we could do at that hour with all the kids. I thought watering the plants would be great. Here are so pictures of our early morning adventure~!

Celia was having an adventure on the side of the house with dialogue, then I asked her to stop and she froze in this pose for me to take a picture.:)

Celia Jean loves flowers and plants. It lights up her day!

Happily Lounging around~ It was great seeing Spencer smile.



Our Emmy is growing up so fast!

Today we visited Rah Rah and Papa's home to check on and water a few plants while they are away. The kids were so happy and enjoyed the yard, its too bad I think they expected to see you know who?! Celia asks where'd they go. Luckily we had been to the cabin and to visit the Davis great grandparents so they knew where they went and was satisfied.~

Hot August Days~

This is fashion hairstyling by mom necessitated by lack of air conditioning..:)

Bobby Pins are a lifesaver. Its the only way I can actually get all my hair up without it falling out after two minutes.~

We always stop off for a Pepsi for Bri, today we all enjoyed Drinks with a lot of Ice! Emmy put wild cherry in her sprite and was the envy of the rest of the car!

Lady Bugs

Oh to be a kid again. It is so beautiful to see the look of amazement over nature and all its wonderful creatures. Today I went outside to check the garden and noticed some ladybugs were feasting on my zucchini/squash. I was slightly annoyed, but changed my perception of the situation when I saw the delight of Celia and Joseph playing with the lady bugs. They liked Celia's pink silky pajamas and landed on her back! I love how happy these two were and remembered how I love the sweetness of my darling babes.

Wii Play~

Turning down the blinds for better game viewing.~

Emmy has her fist ready showing Celia to punch! We were laughing and so excited when she got a point!

I love how Celia is so happy and fun around the house. This morning after Spencer left on the bus she was wanting to go to preschool right then! Emmy is good to help distract her and she set up the Wii for Celia to play boxing. It was so entertaining to see her try and hit and she jumped around and danced. We all love Celia Bear. She has such a high pitched voice and is such a mom so loving and caring to her dolls, and calls everyone their names plus bear. She even saw a picture of Christ and called him Jesus Bear. We're so glad she is in our family and being around her is one fun moment after another!

And many more...

Brian and I celebrated our Fifteenth Wedding anniversary last Wednesday. I clearly remember the day we got married and all the busy schedule and fun we had. But even more then that, its been a great time hanging out, working hard, striving to be better with Bri since we've been married. Since we had just gone to San franscisco and had our ocean getaway fun and we had just got back from visiting our second favorite place, the cabin, it seemed only fitting to go out around here to celebrate. We headed to Lucilles Resturant in Rocklin, it was yummy and exactly what I was looking for, they had a great deal on a dinner for two including dessert! We went and saw GI Joe, I love action films and its so relaxing to go and see a movie for us. The best part of the night though was getting diamond stud earrings! I tease Brian about how much I like jewerly, but it was a fantastic pleasant suprise when we picked them out and took them home. Luckily, they have screws on the back! A family heirloom I can pass on to my daughters. Even after that the thing I treasure most is our temple marriage and being sealed to our family forever. Hooray for the gospel.:)

Waterfall Hikes

We hiked up to two falls this year. The first one was off the Alamosa river route. I don't think its very well known. I didn't have a big pocket so Emmy carried my camera and when we got there she didn't have it lol. Its extremely green there and rains everyday, so we didn't get pictures after we found my camera on the ground where she needed to crawl under a tree to move on hehe. The next day we headed up to Zapata Falls near the great sand dunes. Its on Mount Blanca which is 14K in elevation. We weren't near the top, but its a great sight and a fun hike.:) Celia hopped on Brian's shoulders for most of it. I wonder what ever happened to the backpack we used to use to hike Emmy and Spence all around??

All the kiddos. Its great to do things as a family.:)

Taking a rest, its nice they have benches at the top!

Bri & I took turns going to the falls so the other kids could play in the stream and enjoy the water.

Celia & Emmy being friendly~

Bottom of Zapata Falls

This is the cavern on the way into the waterfall, there was so much rock, it really is beautiful and the water was so loud in there.:)

Me before the climb in further

I've always loved waterfalls. Tommorow is Brian and my 15th Wedding anniversary and we went to the cabin for part of our honeymoon. We went hiking all over looking for waterfalls back then and even this year's family trip to the cabin included, you guessed it, waterfall hikes!

Family time~

Grandma Jean and Joseph sure enjoy each other's company. Joe loves the stones and the clay pottery there and was so cute when asked if he needed money for clay since he loves to sculpt he said, "I have money" and pulled out some change out of his pocket hehe. He is so sweet and always remembers the visits there and wants to go back soon!

In Albuquerque we visited Granddad Davis and Grandma Jean. Spencer hung upside down on their recliner and Emmy was talking and playing with him. Brian took this cool picture of these happy Siblings. They get along very well together and Emmy is the best at helping with Spencer and his challenges.

Emmy is smiling at the fun of the game, Joe was starving he thought, so it was nice once he got food and drink, we could enjoy the triple play, home run, and fireworks afterwards! We also saw myriads of dragonfly and two bats, and a beautiful almost full yellow moon.

These two can't stand too close or it turns into a wrestling match!

Brian and the crew moving water, they dug a canal and made a pool with high walls, one of the benefits of having an engineer dad I think is you get awesome sand and water construction.:) Sand Dunes Colorado

I feel so happy and blessed. I love all the sweet moments of cute things our children say, or the hugs and appreciation from the little ones. We went out as a family yesterday like we usually do and had fun searching for Family Dollar in this area. We found So many in Colorado and the kids love it, because they were spoiled mainly, getting toys, books, treats, clothes, you name it each time we past one. Luckily, they are way inexpensive, but the kids always seemed to find something. Celia even said more Dora and pointed to one store we almost past. I can say I'm relieved that we don't have one near us. (not for 120miles our map quest query said.) We all went into Brian's work and picked up the River cats tickets, its fun and interesting with everyone following in line like little ducks.:) I wish, yeah my kids are busy and wiggly, but we seemed to make it in and out without too much fuss.

We decided to stop by the temple grounds which is pretty close to Brian's work. There was a huge conference going on for Single Adults for the whole state. I laughed when the guy in charge of parking sarcastically said " I can tell you're here for the singles conference." It was such a nice walk around the temple. I especially loved the feeling of togetherness and love we had there. Families can be together for ever and that place with all our little ones is a little part of heaven on earth. It is so beautiful and peaceful.

With school coming up tomorrow, its nice to enjoy the last bit of quality and quantity time together..:)

Beautiful Colorado

Our Davis Cabin~ Its our home away from home. Built By Brian's Dad Granddad, and him as a little five year old hitting nails into a stump. They did a great job and what a treat it is to go and enjoy the national forest there, memories and beautiful areas surrounding it in southern Colorado and New Mexico.

Beautiful Buck we saw near Trujillo Meadows. Needless to say I was excited and it was great interacting with him and his girlfriend as we went for an evening ride in the woods. We ended up seeing 6 deer that night.~

Mooo, Celia was pretty excited to see so many cows in the road.. this was just a quarter of how may there were, its difficult to get good pictures from the car.:) A view of Platoro where we picnicked

Been a While~

Each July we go to the Davis Cabin and Pass through Utah. It was great to see old friends. WE sure enjoyed visiting with the Jensen's. Its fabulous we knew each other so well and how our families can pick up where we left off and really enjoy each others company. The kids love playing in their backyard. We also headed for the old neighborhood. It sure had changed, there was even a new play area at the park we used to lived across the street from. Spencer loved it.:))

We visited Nanni I wanted to take a picture with the girls with her, Its so nice to be with your great grandmother. After living near Nanni and Poppi for several years then moving away, it feels nice to visit and reminisce. We are so glad to see she is doing well and in a beautiful place.

Celia is so Happy and excited about everything all the time, so to our delight she was saying in her singsong way CELIA Celia name..as she saw the marker for Celia Susanne Lemmon. Brian and the kids love to go through cemeteries and remember our ancestors past. Its not usually for me, but we did have a nice time finding 6 or so prophets, many relatives, and a lot of pioneers with a special gold mark on their headstones. Different I know, but its what we do.

After two weeks of vacation we are home. Being out of town with the whole family is an interesting vacation though! We had a wonderful time and it is really nice to bond together, see each others personalities and tolerances for one another grow hehe.