A Very BYU Birthday

Amy's 20th birthday landed on a BYU game day. With the exception of BYU losing the game, it turned out to be a very fun day for Amy. Lisa and Tyrel helped us cook up a very yummy breakfast. Amy got to open presents and hang out with us for a few hours until she had to go get ready for the game.

Even the field crew must have known it was her birthday. Check out what the field says. Funny.

After the game she got a big, furry kiss from Cosmo.



Lisa made her a BYU football cake, and after the game we went to her apartment to have cake and ice cream with her roommates and friends.


The Birthday girl with the fam. Fun Day!

Summer 2010

We had quite an eventful summer this year--unusual for us. Lisa was due in July, and on June 17 the nice ladies in Rock Springs threw her a baby shower. Amy and I went and we took this picture right before we left for the shower. Lisa's belly was slightly enormous.


A few hours after we got back from the shower, Lisa's water broke and little Orrin was born the next morning. Good timing for me and Amy. We got to be the first ones at the hospital to greet him.


I spent the better part of a week helping Lisa with the new baby. Just days after I got home I got appendicitis and had to have an apentectomy. Dumb. Two weeks after that, we took off for New York to go visit Scott and Heather and the girls. SO MUCH FUN!


We visited all the sites around Buffalo including Niagra Falls, Palmyra and the Hill Cumorah Pageant, and Amish country. And no vacation would be complete without visiting the Birthplace of the Grain Elevator. :)

But mostly we just spent a lot of time with Scott and Heather, Rylee and Piper. Rylee was pretty much attached to my hip the whole time. Love those little girls!

When we got home, Tad and Teri and the boys came to visit. We enjoyed having them here. While they were here, Amy's car (Whitey Rodriguez) died. He's been such a loyal friend to her that we decided to have a fiesta for him to celebrate his life.

Teri made a pinata for the fiesta in a miniature likeness of Whitey. (She had a little help from baby Badger) We parked Whitey in the back yard, rolled down his windows and blasted Spanish music.

After the kids took their turns hitting the pinata, Amy got her turn. When she knocked it off it's string, Tad kept throwing it at her until she smacked it enough and it broke open. The kids loved it!

Scott and Heather were visiting her parents in Ogden, so they came down for a day and all the cousins got to be together for a few hours. This is a horrible picture of the kids, but I love it because they are actually all together.

Just a couple weeks ago, we traveled again to Rock Springs and saw little Orrin get blessed. A good way to end the summer.

Road Trip to Rock Springs, Wyoming

Amy and I took a road trip to Rock Springs to visit Lisa. It was a quick trip--all in 24 hours, but we had a really fun time. We started the day with Lisa giving Amy a great cake decorating lesson. She taught her all the basics and made her practice before she did the real thing. Then she turned her loose on the cake and this is how it turned out. She made a "get well" cake for Matt because he had been admitted to the hospital that day for stomach pain. (He's home now and doing better) He got to see a picture of the cake. We got to eat it!

Such concentration!

Cute cake, Amy!

Lunch at Applebee's

Nice bathroom mirror shot. (The only way we could take a picture of all 3 of us.)

Lisa and Amy. Lisa still has 7 weeks left. Baby Orin is going to be a rather large boy. :)

BYU Graduation

We had three kids graduate from BYU today. Well technically, two of our own plus Regina, our daughter-in-law. Russ graduated in Construction Management, Regina in Exercise Science, and Lisa in Early Childhood Education. That makes 4 out of 5 that have graduated from college. Way to go you guys. We're proud of you!

Regina, Russ and Lisa

Russ

Reggie and her Junie B. Jones jump

Not a bad 6.5 month pregnancy jump by Lisa!

Davis family tradition of Jumping for Joy

Reg and Russ

The graduates with their money leis.

Fun Day!

Cougarette Nationals

There are those who think I don't blog much and nag me to do more, so finally, here's a new post.

On April 9, the Cougarettes went to Daytona Beach and won the NDA College National Dance Championship. Amy was thrilled. It was an awesome experience for her. It sounds like the Cougarettes were very respected there, not only for their awesome dance skills, but also for what they stand for. Great learning experiences for Amy.

After their big win, they walked over to the beach and took some great pictures.

Family Fun

Amy's birthday was last week, so we all went bowling to practice for the big Davis-Lang bowling tournament on New Year's Eve. As usual, we all stunk. We are bad bowlers. We were hoping Regina would be a fantastic bowler. We now know that she is truly a Davis, but we still love her.:)

We've had a lot of fun going to BYU football games and spending some time together. We've had fun getting shakes at the hospital and eating Reggie's "smart" cookies.

It's been really fun watching Amy and the Cougarettes. She's loving BYU!

Keith Sasine got to come home from Air Force Academy to attend General Conference. He got to go the BYU/USU football game and spend some time with Amy afterwards.

Keith took Amy to two sessions of Conference. All the cadets wore their dress blues. It was good for her to get a little taste of military life.

Go Cougies!

The Cougies got to perform in their first official performance at the BYU football game. Amy was excited, but nervous. They danced at the tailgating party and then in the street by the stadium with the marching band. It was fun to see them, but really weird to see Amy out there with them. It's still hard to believe she's a Cougarette. She had a blast!

Amy and Telley Smith, also a former Minerette

Go Cougars! (The football team didn't listen)

With the old people

All five of our BYU kids!