Costumes, Ties, & Ice Cream Pizza

At our ward Christmas Party (amazingly) Hudson put on a costume.

He even changed costumes.

He didn't make it to the stage though. It was too much. We were amazed that he even put one on.

Take a good look at this picture. Zoom in if you can.

Brigham tied that tie all on his own.

I've been coaching him and he's been practicing since he got some real ties for his birthday.

Happy Belated Birthday to Hudson!

Danee graciously made him his "ice cream pizza" for his birthday "cake".

Brooklyn's Response

I thought this was too good not to post.

This is Brooklyn's response to my trip report.

Rest in Peace DMW Rocklin

At the end of November the Rocklin Dinner MyWay (formerly Dinner Time) closed its doors. Five years after we embarked on what ended up quite the roller coaster ride, the lease came to an end and the Rocklin store shut its doors.

It was quite the ride.

Belated Happy Birthday to Rex

What?

Yeah, I'm cool.

My dad took me to Leatherby's for my birthday.

I really liked the clown sundae.

I like food.  Especially chocolate.

Brigham Rocks!

Brigham's tough!

This is him finishing a 5k in about 37 minutes.

He couldn't walk for 2 days.

If only we all could be so strong.

Emmelyne's Skiing Story

Today it's a story about Emmelyne.

Take a good look at this video. It's quite rare.



You see when I took the three older kids on their first (and so far only) ski trip almost two years ago, Brigham and Emmelyne took a half day lesson. Being the Father of the Year candidate that I am, I snapped a few photos, shot a few videos, and then went skiing.

When I came back a couple of hours later I looked around for Emmelyne. One of the instructors then asked me, "Are you Emmelyne's dad? She's asleep in the lodge."

What?

"She said she was tired and wanted to sit down for a minute. Next thing we knew she was laying down on her jacket and fell asleep. We've never had that happen before."

So the video you just watched is the only evidence that Emmelyne really did ski that day.

We need rain in the valley and snow in the mountains!

Make it a great day!

Loch Leven Lakes (from September)

In September, Brooklyn & I went on an overnight backpacking trip with our friends the Smiths. I love the above picture!

Brooklyn, Shaylin, Mark, and Brooklyn's attitude all posed for this picture.

Yes, that is the moon. Yes, this picture was taken while we were still on the trail. Yes, that means we were hiking by moonlight. Sorry, twilight fans, there were no vampires.

While I'm here I'd like to share 3 great things about Brooklyn:

1. She likes to pretend that her dad embarasses her
2. She's very excited about turning 12 soon (although she's sad to leave Primary at Church)
3. She's still my little girl (even though she grew 3/4 of an inch in the last two months and is now 5'2")

Blog Takeover (& Hudson)

Hi all! Charles here. I know there hasn't been much activity here on the Davis Family Farm blog. Honestly Danee's kind of been busy. If you don't already know she has 5 kids and a way tougher life than I do.

Anyway, I thought I'd help out on the blog side for a while. We'll see how long this lasts. I'm guessing things will be pretty succinct from me.

I have two questions for you this morning:

1. Should I be worried that I found Hudson lying on the couch this morning at 5am-ish (sorry Danee, I didn't pick things up before the picture, but at least there's scriptures lying around)? He's five, very independent, and I'm a little worried that he is no longer coming in to our bed when he wakes up in the middle of the night. Should I be worried?

2. I used Picasa to upload these photos to the blog and make this post. Is that what you use? Is there something better out there?

Happy Holidays!