Cousins.~

I'm glad that the other Davis family(Lance and Dawn) have a camp their boys go to every year, because it means they get to visit. Dawn, Taylor, and Mason came over yesterday. The boys played in the backyard in the 105 degree weather lol and Taylor and Celia enjoyed inside with us. They were very cute together. I tried taking a picture of them hugging goodbye, but it was blurry trying to capture two three year olds hehe.:)

Relaxing on the American River.

Folsom is so historic and such a great town to visit. Its so neat that after passing over the Bridge into town, there is a turn out to the American River. Its a small hike down to the water on a little path filled with blackberry bushes and big trees. We found a neat spot by the rocks with view of the bridge. Its nice to take our snacks and enjoy it out there. There were kayaks passing by and boats but we enjoyed the ducks and geese the most. I'm glad we have such a beautiful place so close to home.~

Swinging

The day before Father's day we went for a family ride. Brian loves to go shopping for books, so we dropped him off and went to our normal park. It was packed. So, we meandered around until we found this cute little park hidden in a neighborhood nearby. It was a beautiful place and we were happy the play area was empty~! They all liked this tire swing. Some other people came after a while and Spencer got up and started to walk to the car. It was just the right amount of time and fun.:)

Extended School Year~ Its what they do.

Spencer, Celia, and Joseph all get to take the same bus to summer school. I really think they love being together. I can't believe how excited they are. I figured they have been watching Spencer travel on the bus for years. Celia just thinks its what you do. You wake up drink your "greg"(that is what her word for drink sounds like), get ready, and head off to school on the bus. With a backpack of course! She loves to wear one everywhere she goes, which is fantastic for her, just like having a mini occupational therapy session. I love getting all their lunches packed. Providing schedules, and order, including homemade and or packaged food, (eaten together or at school) really strengthens family ties.

My kids are very interested in what each other are into and up to. Emmy loves to hear about Celia's progress and is a real help in teaching her good habits and following through with our goals for Celia. Its amazing! Right now Emmy is determined to teach Celia how to ride a tricycle. Practice a little each day, I tell her. She wonders when Celia is going to get it hehe. Its great to teach Emelie that we can't push her around in her tricycle or she won't feel the need to peddle! Behavioral training at such a young age. Emmy will be such a prepared babysitter hehe:)

Each of my summer school kids get a ID tag on their backpack for riding the bus. It has their picture and their address on it. It makes them feel special and it makes me happy they are taking good care of my little ones while they are away. Joseph says I get two! One for being a summer school kid and one that says I ride with Spencer and Celia to our house! The bus drivers they have now knows all their names and are so nice and I can't help but be grateful for the service they provide to our family. Four weeks of Speech, Occupational Therapy, scheduled times for social interaction, toileting, centers for academics, play skills, and exercise for Spence and Celia's classes just couldn't be any better for them! And Joseph has five buddies in this class from Antelope Meadows and is keeping up his reading skills to make a great transition to third grade. Hooray!

Elephant Ride~

Tribute To Brian:)

First of all I want to thank Jan and Howard for raising such a wonderful son! He is organized and thoughtful and such a good husband, Father, boss, co worker, and great member of our community! A few of Brian's best attributes are that he is calm and level headed. He has a large amount of patience which is completely needed in this family hehe.:) No one is better with Spencer than him. He commands his attention and respect, yet is always loving, kind, and caring towards our sweet Spencer. Brian is the one who leaves church when Spencer acts up and also is the Go To guy when Spencer needs a ride no matter the time of day or night. Brian is observant and considerate. He knows what each of our likes and wants are and gets things for us on a daily basis! He totally spoils us all with our favorite drinks, food, music when we are around him. He does anything to make each of us smile. He is the comedian, clever one who lightens any rough situation and calms us. He is the supporter of our family!! He does a great job. We all are so grateful to have him and hope he has a fantastic Father's Day. We are going to love his best ever steak he grills! Are we blessed or what?!

Fun Friday~

Discovery Indeed!

We loved going to Discovery Kingdom. Misty had season passes and asked us to go with her and we were so glad we went. Spencer doesn't do crowds and lines and Celia was too little for the rides so they stayed home.:) Everything was new for us and what a wonderful variety of things to do! When we got there everyone was excited about the Tony Hawk Ride, a whole lot of twisting and turning like a skateboarder. Emelie let us know how much she loved any spinning rides and we all realized her love for it the rest of the day! She renamed this one super spinning ride (that I couldn't even watch) Awesomeness. Highlights of the day for me were getting completely soaked on the river rafting ride, seeing the tiger show, and riding a huge Elephant! I sure missed the rest of our family, but it was such a great experience!

Matching Eyes~

New Hobbies

Joseph has turned a new leaf! Its not all about video games anymore. He is reading the Hobbit and plans to watch the movie with dad very soon. Also, we had been talking about journal writing lately. Elder Eyring had a talk in General Conference about how he wrote in his journal nightly and tried to think of what the Lord had done for him in his life that day. He expressed what a grateful attitude it gave him and how he gained faith and felt love from our Heavenly Father. Emmy has been writing everyday since Brian's birthday 2007! Being the competitive type that Joseph is and not wanting to be left out Bri gave him a journal and he is recording his daily activities in it! Maybe he will realize what a great life he has since sometimes he forgets all the good and is very contrary! I'm thrilled he is becoming a reader/writer. I'm sure they will help me to remember all these times when I'm older and have lost my memory hehe.

BBQ and Swimming~