Diane's Fun Family Blog

Birthday dinner date

2012-02-03T22:03:00.000-08:00

I had a very good birthday this year. I went and shot my bow, went running, Burke took me out to dinner at Macaroni Grill, and then we had cake with the kids. (Kendra was on a date and Kaden was at a sleep over.) We had a really good time.

Christmas 2011 !!!!

2011-12-26T10:46:00.000-08:00

Christmas, as always was perfect! We always have a good time and our kids are always fun. Kendra got her camera, Hadley got a snowboard, Kaden got a Green Machine, and Ryan got a scooter and Legos of course!

Mecham Christmas Party 2011

2011-12-18T21:27:00.000-08:00

Good times at the Mecham Christmas Party. With Grandparents that had 14 kids, there are always lots of cousins that you have no idea who they are, lots of family that we only see once a year, and lots of excited kids to see Santa.

Brothers in Braces

2011-12-15T10:14:00.000-08:00

Kaden got his full braces.

Now all of the boys have braces. I need to get a picture with all 3 boys together with their braces!

Jesus Birthday Cake

2011-12-10T10:29:00.000-08:00

Ryan wants to bake Jesus a birthday cake this year for Christmas. He's so cute.

Kids are so cute!

2011-11-14T13:59:00.000-08:00

Ryan came to kiss me good night the other day and I told him, "You are getting so old." He said, "So are you, mom."

Halloween dress-up

2011-10-30T21:46:00.000-07:00

We had our Marshall Halloween party tonight. We all love dressing up and most of us keep our costumes a secret until the night of the party.

Burke was a sheep farmer and I was his sheep!

Kendra was me when I was in high school on the Las Chalitas Drill Team. Hadley was a Goth skateboarder.

Kaden was a nerd and Ryan was the Energizer Bunny.

Marshall Halloween Party

2011-10-30T20:53:00.000-07:00

We know how to have fun. Some of us keep our costumes a secret until we show up. This year Stan grew his hair out for about 4 months for his costume but wouldn't tell anyone what he was going to be. We bring food and play games. This is one of my favorite family traditions.

My Mighty Hunters!

2011-10-28T12:06:00.000-07:00

Hadley shot his deer yesterday! They were only on the mountain about 15 minutes when they found it. He shot him, it went about 30 yards, all the boys helped gut it, and they went home. It was fun to listen to the little boys talk about watching Burke gut the deer. Everything's an adventure when you're a young boy. Hadley was so proud. This was his second deer. His last one was a small two point...This one, a monster. :)

Pumpkins

2011-10-26T22:03:00.000-07:00

We loaded up the kids and Clay to go to the Big Red Barn in Santaquin. We went on the hay ride, Ryan ran through the little maze alot, and we got our pumpkins for the year. On the hay ride back to the barn, we were all having fun and laughing, when Ryan told me, "Don't laugh so loud mom, we're not the only one's here." I sometimes forget how loud my laugh can be but I didn't think I was being that bad. Then he told me, " I guess it's ok if you laugh as long as they don't mind." Ryan always lets you know what he thinks, bless his heart. It was a little cold but we all had fun. Then we got an ice cream cone and went home to carve pumkins.

Lagoon

2011-10-16T21:15:00.000-07:00

We went to Lagoon with Penney and Todd and my brother Kelly. It gets funner each year the older the kids get. I can't keep up with them any more. But I can watch them have fun all day.

Ryan's Braces

2011-10-05T16:12:00.000-07:00

Ryan got braces on his top four teeth and he looks so cute!
He likes picking the colors of the rubber bands that go around the braces.

The Dirty Dash

2011-09-24T20:26:00.000-07:00

My friends called and invited me to run in the Dirty Dash. It is a 10K run with obstacles, in the mud. Then Burke joined a team with a guy that I work with and they ran it too. We had so much fun. We started out cute and clean, and ended up filthy and smiling!

Me and the Girls on the Sportz Dogs Team

Burke, Me and some of his team. Good clean fun.

Kaden's 11

2011-09-19T15:36:00.000-07:00

Kaden had his 11th birthday. He got rollerblades and we had the family over for cake and ice cream.

I like to ride my Bicycle

2011-09-15T15:47:00.000-07:00

Burke bought a road bike and started biking. He has really liked it. It took him a little while to get used to the equipment and the shorts but he has really loved going for the rides.

Baby Owen

2011-09-11T19:46:00.000-07:00

Kendra went over to Penney's house and took pictures of baby Owen. He is about 8 weeks old and the pictures turned out so cute. These are some of my favorites.

First Fly Fishing

2011-09-04T22:05:00.000-07:00

I had a GREAT day!!! Stan and I went fly fishing. We are both beginners at this but we did pretty good. I caught two, Stan caught three, and I had a couple other fish bite that I didn't snag fast enough. When I caught the first one, Stan took the hook out for me because I don't like holding the fish when they wiggle. Then Stan went to the car and I caught my second fish. I had to take the fish off myself. The fish wiggled, I squeeled, dropped the fish, took the hook out while it layed on the ground looking at me with one eye, and then threw him back. Both me and the fish were tramatized! I love fishing! It was an awesome day.

School Shoes 2011

2011-09-04T21:10:00.000-07:00

It's a new school year. The kids started school a couple weeks ago. Kendra is a mighty senior this year! Hadley is in 9th grade, Kaden in 5th, and Ryan in 3rd. I can't believe how fast time flies. I had to work on the first day of school and all of the kids leave at different times in the morning, so I didn't get pictures of the first day of school. But this is a picture of the school shoes.

The boys custom ordered their shoes online. Kaden went wild with the colors. Ryan's are the green and blue, and Hadley's are the blue and black. Kaden and Ryan's shoes even have their names on them. Kendra just got moccasins, which she calls mossicans.

Timpanogas Cave

2011-09-04T00:03:00.000-07:00

Me and the boys hiked to Timpanogas Cave today. It's only 1 1/2 miles one way but it's all up hill. But the boys were fun to hike with and didn't complain. They were so much fun to be with.

Poor Kendra had to work at her new job! She works at Sunroc in Springville and so she didn't get to come with us today. It sucks to grow up and not get to always go play! And Burke didn't go because he is in Colorado with my dad on a bear hunt.

Inside the cave it was only about 45 degrees and so we had to wear jackets. Hadley is wearing the backpack in front because they make you, they don't want you bumping into the cave walls with your packs. Kaden wanted so bad to pee in one of the bags they give you in the cave that turns the pee to crystals. He thought it would be cool, I talked him out of it. The boys really thought the cave tour was interesting and had a good time.

On the hike back down, I don't think that the boys stopped talking for two minutes. I love when they do that. I can listen to their stories all day. It was a good time. No T.V., no video games, no computers. Just me and my boys and their great personalities. The picture on the bottom right is Ryan stretching his legs. He kept having to stop and bend down to stretch his sore legs on the hike down. I thought it was cute.

2011 Trip to the Zoo

2011-09-03T23:19:00.000-07:00

Stan and Shandy invited us all to go to the zoo with them for Zoee's 6th birthday. The weather was hot. We all made fun of Kendra for wearing a long sleeve sweater. We had lots of laughs and tons of fun.

Are you ready for some football?

2011-09-03T23:09:00.000-07:00

Kaden and Ryan are in football this year. Kaden is in tackle and Ryan is in flag. They both love it. Football's not my favorite sport but I love watching these two play.

Favorite sayings

2011-09-03T18:06:00.000-07:00

One of my favorite things Ryans says right now, "For peeps sakes!" One of my favorite things Kaden used to say...when he was almost 2 years old is he would call you a 'poopy biaper'.

'New to me' TV stand.

2011-08-30T23:03:00.000-07:00

I bought an old dresser off of the internet. I gutted it, rebuilt it. Painted and re-stained it. I was pretty proud of how it turned out. We needed a new TV stand in our bedroom and it turned out better than I thought it was going to. Here are my before and after pictures.

'Gall' that sucked.

2011-08-07T07:40:00.000-07:00

I had my Gallbladder removed 5 days ago. Not my favorite thing I have ever done. I have been kind of sick with it for about a year but the last month I have been in alot of pain and been very sick. I went to see the surgeon and he said, lets take it out tomorrow. It was probably good to get it done fast so that I didn't have to think about it too much. I'm doing better now. Hopefully I feel much better in the long run.

24th of July weekend

2011-07-26T07:06:00.000-07:00

We did alot of fun stuff for the 24th of July this year. We started out by going to the movie in the park. The city did it across the river at the ballpark. We watched 'How to Train Your Dragon'. The whole family went, Stan and Shandy, Kelly, my mom and dad, and all the kids. We set out blankets and camp chairs and had all of our treats ready. Then...as soon as the movie started, my mom and dad got up and headed home. They said they just came to visit with us before the movie. Then they went home and watched the same movie we watched in the park! They are so funny sometimes.

Our next adventure was the Fish Rodeo. They had a man-made pond at the city park and filled it with 500 fish. The kids had to get in and catch the fish with their hands. Some of the kids scooped them up with their baggies. Bad thing about it, there was no catch-and-release. We had to take the fish with us. Kaden wanted to cook his but since it only had one eye, I talked him out of it.

Then we had the 3rd annual Backyard Campout! We had a barbeque, played volleyball, spray painted tie-die T-shirts, shot off fireworks in the front yard, and watched the movie 'Rocket Man' outside. It was great weather this year for sleeping outside.

When I grow up...

2011-07-23T07:45:00.000-07:00

Ryan told me that he was going to have a sexy wife. I said, "your wife is going to be sexy?" He said, "Yep, I'm going to have a sexy wife and she's going to be a vet, 'cause I love dogs!"

Payson Lakes!

2011-07-22T09:12:00.000-07:00

Amanda and Rachel planned a day for all of our family to go to Payson Lakes last weekend. We went for a picnic and to play. When we got there, the weather was a little cool and it was sprinkling just a little bit. But as soon as we got to the beach...in to the water the kids went! Kendra was in Idaho, staying for a few days with her grandma and my niece, Myriam came with us. It stopped sprinkling but the sun didn't come out much but it was a perfect get-together.

Rob brought his canoe and Janet brought their paddle boat.

We had hot dogs and pot luck and hung out at the lake all evening.

The kids had fun playing in the water, even though it was a little cold.

Magical duct tape

2011-07-21T22:20:00.000-07:00

Kaden has found the joys of duct tape. He has made everything from wallets to, my favorite, flip flops! He asked me to buy him a roll of duct tape at Home Depot one day. He was so excited about all of the things that he could do with it. I thing that the whole roll lasted him about a week.

Another catcher

2011-07-21T22:16:00.000-07:00

I have another catcher in the family. Ryan loves it. He spent about 6 hours just wearing the gear around the house the one day begging everyone to go pitch to him again.

Little boys like to play

2011-07-20T21:29:00.000-07:00

Burke watched Ryan sit in the driveway yesterday smashing ants with his thumb for 2 hours. It amazes me what little boys love to do.

Worms

2011-07-16T16:38:00.000-07:00

Last night I got the boys out of bed at midnight and we went to look for earth worms. Our neighbor runs a gas station and told Kaden that he would buy them from him for $1 a dozen. We grabbed our mud boots and flashlights and hit the fields. It was a little disappointing because the fields weren't wet enough and we didn't find any worms. But we had a good night-time adventure anyways.

18 years

2011-07-10T09:45:00.000-07:00

Yesterday was our 18 year anniversary. Burke bought me flowers, took me to the dump, and then we had a barbecue with Todd and Penney. His sister Penney is about to have her third baby and they came over for dinner. When we went to the dump I stayed in the truck while Burke unloaded. I told him I didn't have to help because it was our anniversary. We had a good day but really, we had already celebrated on Monday when we took our family to a Salt Lake Bee's baseball game. It was on the 4th of July, they did fireworks afterword, and it was one of our best anniversary's.

High Adventure

2011-07-06T23:13:00.000-07:00

So, Hadley made it back from the High Adventure trip with the young men. They had a very interesting trip. The first day they went river rafting on the Green River. The next day they went to go river rafting again, Hadley was getting his stuff out of the tent, the leaders did not do a head count, and they left Hadley. He came out of the tent, everyone was gone, so he spent the next few hours taking a nap 'till they got back. He took it well. Good thing he has such a good personality. That night one of the leaders used gas to start the fire and lit himself on fire. They rolled him on the ground and dumped water on him. He was hurt prett bad. He spent the weekend in the hospital until they came home. The next day, cliff diving and water skiing on Flaming Gorge. Even with all of the problems, they all agreed it was the best trip they have been on. Hadley said that it was definatley "High Adventure".

Socks

2011-07-03T22:40:00.000-07:00

Kendra has a weird kwirk when it comes to socks. She always wears two pairs at the same time and they never match. She just takes whatever socks she finds in the laundry and puts two on each foot. We have to buy her twice as many socks for school because she goes through them fast!

A Coke with the Kids

2011-07-01T15:02:00.000-07:00

Hadley is with the young men this weekend on the Green River rafting trip. So me, Kendra, Kaden, and Ryan went to Walmart today. Ryan had some money and wanted to buy some more Lego's. Then we went over to the hospital. UVRMC is the only hospital in the world to house this Coke machine. It is one of nine in the state. It has a touch screen and has over 100 flavors of pop. The boys have been begging me to go try it. Yep...we drove all the way to provo for a coke. :) We had a good day.

Mesa Verde Day 3...Arches

2011-06-25T10:39:00.000-07:00

Day 3 of our family vacation we checked out of our wonderful hotel and headed for home. On our way though we had one more stop, Arches National Park. When we got there we were all tired from driving and vacationing. Our first few stops to sight see, we jumped out, looked, took a few pictures, and got back in the car. But then we got to Sand Dune Arch, we hiked, played in the soft sand, sat in the shade. Zoee did sand angels and everyone had a really good time. It was a nice break out of the cars. The kids slept the rest of the way home. When we asked all of the kids what their favorite part of the vacation was they all said it was Sand Dune Arch.

Mesa Verde...Day 2

2011-06-18T21:42:00.000-07:00

We made it...Mesa Verde! It was very impressive. We did some hiking to get into the ruins but it was easy enough that 4 year old Griff was able to keep up. There was lots of trails and ladders to get around and out of the ruins. We all had fun and the day was amazing. It was well worth the whole trip.

I loved being with all of my family. Looking around the Indian ruins was a great vacation but being there with my family was what made it the best. After Mesa Verde we headed back to the new hotel. It was MUCH better. It had an indoor pool that was warm and clean. We all swam the rest of the evening, had dinner at Denny's and settled into our much cleaner, nicer rooms for the night.

Mesa Verde Trip..Day 1

2011-06-16T22:51:00.000-07:00

Day One...Lots of driving to get to our destination in Cortez, CO. My whole family went on this trip to see the Indian ruins in Mesa Verde. Half way there we stopped at The Whole in the Rock near Moab, UT. The Whole in the Rock is a place that a man built a home into the rock mountain and now it has a souvenirs shop and a petting zoo. We stopped there and looked around, let the kids shop for souvenirs, and let the kids stretch their legs. We had more fun there than we thought we would and the kids loved it.

After more driving, the kids were excited to reach the hotel. We were not that impressed. The hotel was not as nice as the pictures on the internet made it look! :) But it had a pool and the kids were excited to swim. We got on our suits and found that the pool was dirty, cold, and the pool towels were hard to hunt down. But we swam anyways. Griffin cleaned the pool with the help of uncle Kelly. We decided not to stay two nights there. The pool was too cold for the kids and we felt that we would prefer a cleaner, nicer place. We found another hotel to check into the next day.

That night Kelly suggested that we go bowling. (There wasn't going to be any night swimming, the pool was cold in the daytime!) The bowling ally wasn't far from out hotel. It was so much fun. A great end to a long, fun day!

Silly girls...Mustaches are for boys!

2011-06-11T22:25:00.000-07:00

On our girls trip to St. George we also did our toes, went shopping, and went out to eat. The one night we went to Pizza Hut for dinner and they had a gum ball machine with mustaches in it. For fifty cents a piece we all had a good laugh at dinner...we usually do. We just enjoy getting out and being together.

Girls Trip 2011

2011-06-10T22:03:00.000-07:00

Our girls trip this year. We went to St. George to see the plays at the Tuacan outdoor theater. We go every year and try to see both of the shows that are playing. This year was 'Grease' and 'The Little Mermaid'. I liked both shows but Little Mermaid was the best. My favorite show that I have ever seen there was 'South Pacific'. We saw it the first year that we went on our girls trip.

They Call Me....

2011-06-07T20:49:00.000-07:00

Ryan has been a boy with many names. When he was born we couldn't think of a name for him. So for two days he was 'Baby Boy Davis'. Then we named him Ezekial and we were going to call him Zeke. He was Zeke for two more days until his uncle Stan said that there was too many mean things that rhymed with Zeke. He then became Ryan Kaleb Davis. When Ryan was about 3 or 4 years old he decided that we all needed to call him Fry Guy the Master. We had always called him Fry Guy but he added the Master part and he would correct you if you didn't call him that. Then about a year ago Ryan and a friend would play cowboys and Ryan would come home and tell us that his cowboy name was Randy Hart and his friends name was H.D.

Young Love

2011-06-04T21:45:00.000-07:00

8 year old Ryan said, "Abbie's almost my girlfriend. By almost, I mean not even close...but I'm working on it but it's really hard because everytime I talk to her, she leaves."

Your never too old....

2011-06-03T21:16:00.000-07:00

Your never too old...to fall out of bed! Kendra fell out of her bed this morning, but she didn't fall far. She hit her head on the night stand that she built in woodshop this year. :) The gash isn't deep and hopefully it will be gone in a few days...poor thing. If this happens again, though, we might have to build her some side rails. :)

Hadley's 14th birthday

2011-06-03T21:07:00.000-07:00

Hadley loves t-shirts that are strange or funny. So for his birthday I made him a cake with one of the t-shirts that he wants for his school clothes this year. The shirt reads 'Paddle Faster...I think I hear Banjos.' Everytime Hadley reads that shirt he laughs. Hadley has always had a great sence of humor.

A letter from Kelly in '09

2011-06-03T08:44:00.000-07:00

This is a picture Kelly sent to me and the following is a letter that Kelly sent me after he went on vacation during the time he was living in Afganistan in 2009.

'How's it been? I made it back from Bali. It was nice; it kind of gave me a chance to recharge my battery. I saw a bunch of very old Hindu temples, went for a bike ride starting at one of the volcanoes and down through the rice fields and then of course diving. I did 13 dives. There were stingrays, barracuda, sharks and all the other tropical fish. It was nice. I hope things are going well for all of you there. I'll talk to you later. Oh ya, I’m sending a picture and if you think that I’m wearing a dress I’m not! It’s a shura and they made me wear it to get in the temple.'
Kelly

TEETH

2011-05-30T22:56:00.000-07:00

Kendra was born without a tooth in front, she had to have braces and an implant. Hadley had to have his pallet expanded to make his mouth bigger and then had to have braces. Kaden had an extra baby tooth and an extra big tooth, had to have them both pulled. His mouth was big enough but his teeth were spaced too much, he gets braces this year. Ryan has to have a lip bumper on the bottom to make his bottom jaw bigger, a pallet expander on top, may still have to have teeth pulled to make room, and will have to have full braces later. My poor kids never had a chance at a perfect smile without the help of an orthodontist.

Race for Red 5K.

2011-05-21T13:26:00.000-07:00

We all ran the 5K that the hospital puts on for heart health awareness. We all did our best and had so much fun. I am so proud of all my kids for running.

Dad of the Year

2011-05-18T22:50:00.000-07:00

I got called in to work last night. We finished up late and I had to work this morning. So I slept at the hospital in our sleep room. It really makes me miss home. Yesterday while I worked, Burke took two kids to the orthodontist, went to work, picked up the house, made them all dinner, and made a midnight run to the grocery store for a sack lunch for Ryan to have for school tomorrow. Through out the first of our marriage, Burke never did dishes, never did laundry, and didn't always know how to deal with the problems that having kids brings. Now, with the long hours that I have to work, he has been a great help. He does dishes, laundry, and is a loving dad that helps me more with the kids than I ever imagined he could. After this week, he's definitely getting Dad of the Year.

Learning to Walk

2011-05-16T20:57:00.000-07:00

Kendra was 10 1/2 months old when she learned to walk. She wouldn't really crawl before that, she rolled to where she wanted to go. Hadley learned to walk before he learned to crawl. He was such an easy-going baby that he didn't care if he crawled, he just sat on the floor and played. When he did learn to walk he didn't want to let go of our hands, so my mom would put a golf ball in each of his hands and then he would walk by himself. Kaden did an army crawl. One arm bent in front of him pulling his body behind. Then he learned to crawl using one knee and one foot. Uncle Stan and uncle Bryce then taught him to walk across the countertop at our house in Genola the day before his 1st birthday. I think Ryan just learned to walk trying to keep up with his older sister and brothers!

Paint some toes...lose a child.

2011-05-15T19:47:00.000-07:00

Sunday dinner at my moms house, us girls painted toes while we were there. This is a picture of what I painted on Kendra's toes. When we left, Burke and I were in separate cars so some of the kids went with me and some with him. When we got home me, Burke and Kendra were sitting in the front room talking and eating cookies. Kelly pulled up and Hadley got out of his truck! We had left him at my moms and hadn't noticed! Poor Hadley...Good thing he has a good sense of humor.

Jr. Prom :)

2011-05-15T19:39:00.000-07:00

Kendra's Jr. Prom. She was so beautiful! Her and Clay looked amazing and they had so much fun. Before dinner they had time to waste and so they went to Sportsmans Warehouse in their formals! They ate dinner at the Olive Garden and after getting pictures taken at the dance they watched movies at one of their friends house.

Game Night!

2011-05-15T19:29:00.000-07:00

Our second family game night went well. Lots of card playing, laughing, and treats.

The kids had fun running around playing and watching movies.

Now that Kelly is home from Afganistan it was a good excuse to get together. Fun was had by all. :)

A Perfect Mother's Day

2011-05-08T18:52:00.000-07:00

Woke up this morning and Hadley cooked me breakfast. Then me and Kendra laid on my bed all morning watching 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'. We all went and fed the ducks at Salem pond.

And then we went up to the cement pond in Spanish fork to see who could keep their feet in the cold water the longest! Afternoon nap and then dinner at my moms with everyone. It was a perfect day. :)

Kaden's Track Meet

2011-05-05T22:18:00.000-07:00

Kaden ran in the Hershey Track meet today. He was so excited for the day and ran so good. It was fun to watch. He had a baseball game tonight and by the time he got home he was beat.

Dirty Dishes

2011-05-04T12:12:00.000-07:00

Dirty dishes, full laundry room, messy bathrooms, but instead of staying home and getting it taken care of I went with Burke up the canyon to call for turkeys. We didn't see any but had a great hike and the weather was very nice! We had fun and as always the stuff around the house will wait. :) Had dinner with the kids and then went shopping with Kendra, Hadley, and Ryan. Then I went and watched Kaden pitch again at his game. Burke is coaching his team again this year.

Color Festival

2011-05-02T10:32:00.000-07:00

The kids went to the Color Festival in Salem last month at the Krishna Temple. They were a mess! Kaden and Ryan weren't so sure that they liked it. It is very messy and stinky, they told me. But I think they were still glad that they didn't miss out on the action. If you can't tell from the messy faces, it's Kendra, Hadley, Kaden, and Ryan. And the two in on the right in the back are Kendra's friends, Clay and Shelby. My mom took this picture. They always make a trip over to grandma's to show her how cute they are! :)

Waiting for Kelly

2011-05-01T08:19:00.000-07:00

Less than two weeks before my big brother Kelly should be home from Afghanistan. He is over there doing electrical work for an independent contractor. He also did this same kind of work in Iraq a few years ago. Just out of high school Kelly was in the army so he is used to being in different parts of the world. But he is ready to come home right now. He has a house in Provo.

2011-04-29T20:35:00.001-07:00

Watched Kaden pitch at his baseball game last night. He is so cute out there. I love watching baseball but when my little boy is out there pitching or catching my nerves are on edge the whole game.

2011-04-26T19:55:00.000-07:00

Hostess cupcake memory...When Kendra was a little girl she thought that the squiggly white lines on the tops of the cupcakes was her name in cursive. She's now 17 years old and still has Santa give her a box of cupcakes for Christmas. :)

There's a Hostess outlet store in Spanish Fork. Last year Hadley and his friend rode there bikes to the store at night after it closed and did some dumpster diving. They came home with a backpack full of old, smashed Hostess donuts, pies, and muffins. They thought that they had found a gold mine. The next week Ryan and Kaden made me drive them down to dumpster dive. We weren't as successful.

2011-04-26T19:38:00.000-07:00

Long two days at work and one more to go. I work in the cardiac Cath Lab at the hospital in Provo. We do stents and balloons for people having heart attacks. We also do pacemakers and other cardiac procedures. I work long hours but I love my job. I work with really fun people. Most of my friends that I work with call me Danger. I've had the nickname since I started my job in the Cath Lab. When I first got the job, someone that I used to work with in the respiratory department told me that I was making a risky move, the boys in the Cath Lab thought it was funny, started calling me Danger, and it stuck.

2011-04-24T20:04:00.000-07:00

Easter turned out to be a great day. The kids woke us up at 6:40 am to do the Easter Bunny scavenanger hunt. Then we colored easter eggs, and then went to uncle Rob's to the family Easter party. Everyone had alot of fun at the party. We discovered that the kids are getting old, though. There was only six little kids that did the egg hunt. Kaden was the oldest and Haze was the youngest. All the other big kids played games and sports.

2011-04-21T08:55:00.000-07:00

Hadley told us yesterday that he took an apptitude test at school the other day. The career that they said he might want to pursue...Big-Rig trucking!!! :) We all laughed so hard. I think Kendra laughed for 30 minutes.

2011-04-21T08:46:00.000-07:00

Prom dress shopping with Kendra the other day. She took the day off school and we went to Salt Lake and shopped all day. I loved it. She tried on so many pretty dresses. She got a long pink dress. She looked so beautiful. She's going to Jr. prom with Clay Banks, the boy that has 17 hound dogs! :) He's a nice kid though.

2011-04-16T18:16:00.000-07:00

Musical beds last night for one of the last nights of spring break. Hadley took 4 movies to his room he wanted to try to have an all-nighter. Kaden slept on the couch and watched a movie, but when we got up in the morning he was back in his bed. Then Ryan decided to have a sleep over in Kendra's room. At 5:30 in the morning he woke me up and said, "Mom, I woke up and Kendra's gone." She was in Ryan's bed. So Ryan finished sleeping with me and Burke went down and slept in Kendra's bed. :)

2011-04-05T21:11:00.000-07:00

Found out Kendra has been sluffing track. She has been parking her car at the track but going to the weight room instead. She decided that she hates track and doesn't want to do it anymore. When I asked her why she kept parking at the track she said, "So I wouldn't get caught!" Too smart for her own good and too much trouble to keep my hair from going gray. I do love that girl, though, she makes me smile.

2011-04-04T19:02:00.000-07:00

We all went out and played basketball tonight for a little family time. It started out as a game of PIG and ended up a game of HORSE because we didn't want to stop playing. It was a good time. As grandma Mecham always wrote in her newspaper article..."fun was had by all!"

2011-04-04T14:15:00.000-07:00

Picked Ryan up from school today (Kaden rode his unicycle home) and asked him what he learned in school. It reminded me of the time that we came home from church and Kendra who was 5 told us all about her church lesson. Then when we asked Hadley who was 2, what he learned in church, he said, "Don't stick Play-Doh in the airplane." Some life lessons are priceless. :) My kids always loved the story of when I took Hadley to Walmart and he stood next to an old man in one of the isles and looked up and him and said, "So, did Santa come to your house, too?" and when the man said yes. Hadley then asked, "So, wha'd he bring you?" :)

2011-04-03T15:13:00.000-07:00

Cute Memory...One time we left the kids home with Kendra babysitting. Kaden was potty training and needed his bum wiped. So Kendra paid Hadley $3 to wipe Kaden's bum and Hadley paid Kaden $1 to stop crying while he was getting it wiped.

2011-03-06T22:03:00.000-08:00

Ryan got baptized yesterday. He was pretty excited and when he got up that morning and got in his church clothes, I told him that he looked really good. He told me that all he needed now was black pants and a black suit coat. Ryan was baptized by his dad and only had to be dunked once. :) One of my favorite things about the day was when Brother Ballard, our 1st counseler, was talking to Ryan and asked him if it was his grandma that was playing the piano. Ryan put both hands in the air in piece signs and said, "Oh, yeah"! Then the best part of my day was when brother Ballard was talking to Ryan in front of everyone and made the comment to Ryan that his dad loves him very much and Ryan quickly said, loud and proud, "And my mom, too!"
It was a good day with lots of family and a lunch at our house afterward.

2011-03-05T16:06:00.000-08:00

Made the kids pancakes shaped like a pistol last sunday. Sometimes I think they are getting to old for dumb stuff like that but they all got a kick out of it.

2011-02-19T21:11:00.000-08:00

Went to the movie tonight with Burke. We saw 'I am number four'. It was a really good movie. And the best part is that it was FREE! I won two movie tickets from the hospital, where I work. When we got home, Kaden had drew a mustache and soul patch on his face with a permanent Sharpie. We acted like we were mad and made him go scrub it off. But when he walked away...we couldn't help but laugh.

2011-02-13T22:43:00.000-08:00

Ryan had his 8th birthday the other day. Sent all the neighbor kids home from his party with helium headaches and sugar induced bellyaches! After Ryan's party he went to his very first day of scouts. He loved it. I had went to the scout store and all I got him was a shirt and a manual and it cost me $50. I hate going there it always costs me a fortune.

Kendra went to sweethearts last night. She wore my dress that I wore to one of my school dances. I told her we would hang onto it and see if any of her kids wear it in 20 more years. Kaden...still obsessed with origami. :)

2011-02-07T07:51:00.001-08:00

Watched Superbowl last night at my mom and dad's house. Kaden, my most competitive kid, was having a hard time watching Ryan win the money off of the 10 cent board. So grandma slipped him $2 as we went out the door so he wouldn't feel bad.
I remember going to their house when Kendra was a baby and my dad and Kendra would always watch monday night football. Kendra's first word was "ball".

2011-02-05T20:55:00.000-08:00

The other day Kaden came home from school and told me that he signed up for the science fair at school. I asked when it was due. He said, "Oh, the science fair was today." He made two oragami dinosaurs and the experiment was, what folds easier lined paper or printer paper. I told him that I would have helped him do a poster board for it if he would have told me about it. He told me that he just signed up to do it today because they gave him free ice cream for doing it! True scientist at heart.

2011-01-23T23:55:00.000-08:00

Had a pretty busy weekend. Took grandpa Mashall up some rice pudding. We visited for a while. I love listening to his stories. He told me about being the switchman for the railroad when he was younger. I've heard the story before but he can tell me them anytime. As switchman, he would have to throw the switch on the railroads to keep the trains on the right track. He was on call most all of the time. Back in the days of no cell phones that meant that if he went to a movie he had to call in and tell them where he was and the phone number to the movie theater. He said he was always getting called out of movies, dinner, and dates. He would also ride the train in the front, up where they would throw coal in the engine. Then when the train got to about Geneva (south Salt Lake) he would have to jump out, wait for the train to go almost all the way by, switch the line, and then jump into the caboose.
Grandpa also told me about when he was a kid and his friend and him went skiing. But they made their own ski's out of the planks of a barrel. Then they strapped them to their feet. But it didn't work very well because the only part of the planks that touched the snow, was the very middle. He said all they did was crash. That was his one and only ski adventure.
Hadley went to merit badge pow wow yesterday. Earned three merit badges, which I think earned him his Life scout. So proud of him.
My little brother, Stan decided that our family needs to get together more...so he invited them all to my house last night for a game night. Janet, Vickie, all of their kids, Stan and his family, and my dad came over. (my mom wasn't feeling well.) We had a full house. Played cards, ate hot dogs and treats, and laughed 'till 3 o'clock in the morning! Then this morning the kids all wanted to go to sundance to snowboard. Tonight I put a quilt on for Hadley. He is getting carpet in his new basement room tomorrow and needs a new blanket on his bed. The one he has now is so old it's see-through.

2011-01-16T22:17:00.000-08:00

Hadley went snowboarding the other day. Burke told him he would be at Sundance to pick him up at 5:00pm. When Burke got up there, Hadley was no where to be found. An hour and a half later we were starting to worry, then Hadley came plowing down the mountain and sat down with three girls. (He's always been a ladies man.) His only comment was, "Can't I stay 'till 9:00".
Tonight Kendra laid in my bed with me and Burke and talked for about 2 hours. She talked about everything from school, going to college, her friends, and everything in between. She has such a cute personality. She was alot more entertaining than the movie we had been watching.

2011-01-15T17:24:00.000-08:00

Took the boys out rabbit hunting today out by Eureka, UT. We asked Kendra if she wanted to come and she said "uh not really, what is wrong with you guys, rabbits are cute!" :) We saw one rabbit...it's still alive. As we drove through Genola we told Hadley about when we lived there and he rode the bus to kindergarten and 1st grade. The bus driver loved him. He never once sat in a bus seat, he stood right behind the bus driver's shoulder and told her stories every day. Grandma Ina used to always tell Burke, "Never tell that boy to be quiet, that boys got a lot to say."

2011-01-14T17:49:00.000-08:00

Kendra received a counterfeit $10 bill at the mall on her 17th birthday and then tried to pay for detention after school. She had to talk to the cops about it and might have to fill out paperwork for the secret service.

Hadley's first Deer!!!

2009-10-24T12:32:00.000-07:00

Hadley and Magan went hunting and got their bucks the same night. They were both pretty happy. This is Hadley's first buck! He was all smiles last night!

Pumpkin Carving

2009-10-24T12:25:00.000-07:00

We got the pumkins carved this year. As usual, we had a good time AND we are glad that it is done!!!

Zoo trip 2009

2009-10-24T12:19:00.000-07:00

Our trip to the zoo was fun this year....well we always have fun wherever we go. :) We went with my aunt and cousins, and my brother and his family. It was a good time.

Kaden's 9th Birthday!

2009-10-24T12:00:00.000-07:00

September 18th 2009, Kaden's 9th Birthday. I built him an old west fort cake but then I couldn't find the Cowboys and Indians....So we used Army guys and it became an army fort! :)

He got a bike and money for his birthday from everyone.

We went to Pirate pizza Island for dinner and fun.

Kendra's Homecoming pictures.

2009-10-08T13:26:00.000-07:00

Kendra got her Homecoming pictures. I know that I'm the mom and all mom's think that their kids are the cutest....but mine really is! She's a doll. We're having fun watching her grow up even if it's happening too fast. She had a lot of fun at the dance. They went to dinner at Red Robin and after the dance they went to the one boys house and roasted marshmelows and just hung out.

Homecoming!!!

2009-09-14T15:45:00.000-07:00

I think that Lunchbox (Jordan) looks scared. :) I'm not sure that I would trust Kendra to pin anything on me either!

They all looked so good. And from what I heard most of them had fun. Minus some of the drama of teenage life.

Kendra looked so beautiful, we can't believe that she is getting so old.

My Big Buck!!

2009-09-05T22:00:00.000-07:00

I'm so excited!!! Last night we went out for the archery deer hunt. And I was able to take this 3x4 buck. It was an 80 yard shot and I hit vitals with a perfect shot. It felt good! He only went about 100 yards before he went down. He measures 25 3/4 inch wide. He is a good sized buck and I am still smiling about it! :)

The Turtle

2009-09-05T21:58:00.000-07:00

We went the other day to see this turtle. A friend that we know bought this turtle. The kids got to feed him bananas, strawberries, and lettuce. He weighs about 60 pounds and can walk faster than you think! I was also told that he doesn't bite, that was a lie!!! I was wearing flip flops and he kept trying to get my feet, so I let him, just to see what he would do.....He bit my foot.

First day of school!

2009-09-05T21:53:00.000-07:00

First day of school!! Everyone is looking good and feeling good! (Oh, I mean feeling tired!!!) This getting up early is going to kick our butts! Summer is definatly over. :)

School Clothes Shopping!

2009-09-05T21:52:00.000-07:00

We did our school shopping for the year. They got lots of fun, cute stuff. We had fun shopping most of the time. This year everyone knew exactly what they wanted and didn't want. It was fun to see Ryan choose his own clothes this year.

Marshall Reunion

2009-09-05T20:45:00.000-07:00

We all had so much fun at the Marshall family reunion this year. We are just a fun family! We had it up Holiday Oaks in Nephi Canyon again and it turned out really good. The food was great and the night-time laughs by the fire were even better! :) Can't wait 'till next year!

The Idaho Campout !!!! Aug. 2009

2009-08-28T14:00:00.000-07:00

We had ugly T-shirt day. Todd and Penney took the cake on this one!! :)

Everyone had a good time just hanging out.

It was good to have everyone together. We missed Cody and Julianne's family and Adam's family this year.

Big brother in Afganistan

2009-08-18T15:12:00.000-07:00

Kelly sent this pic of himself. My mom said that he is coming home in November. It will be so good to see him.

1st annual Davis family campout July 24th 2009

2009-08-18T15:04:00.000-07:00

Our first Davis Family Campout was a success! We played volleyball, watched the S.F. fireworks, had a BBQ, watched an outdoor movie, and camped out in the yard. It was a blast and there is a good possibility that it may turn into a new tradition. We are a fun family! :)

We set up tents in the backyard.

It rained on us a little in the night.

Camping July 4th 2009

2009-08-18T14:56:00.000-07:00

While camping up on the highline we found old tree carvings of the kids' names.

Camping July 4th 2009

2009-08-18T14:52:00.000-07:00

More Camping Pictures

We went and listened to the band play.

Camping July 4th 2009

2009-08-18T14:47:00.000-07:00

Ryan lost his first tooth! June 2009

2009-08-18T14:33:00.000-07:00

Ryan lost his first tooth and then the next day he pulled out the one next to it too!

Girls Trip to St. George. June 2009.

2009-08-18T14:17:00.000-07:00

This year we saw Annie and Footloose at the Tuacan theater.

Both shows were good. We didn't have to leave in the middle of either one! (Like we should have with Cinderella!! :) )

Kendra did my hair!

And before we left we all got a job at In and Out!! :)

Hike to the Grotto! May 2009

2009-08-18T14:04:00.000-07:00

We hiked up the Grotto this May. It rained on us and then for a minute it hailed on us. We still had fun though. I thought the hike was going to be longer than it was it seemed like we had just started hiking, and next thing you knew, we were there. The kids played in the water for a little while and then we went back. It was a good day.

CAT day!!! May 2009

2009-08-18T13:45:00.000-07:00

Stan took us to play on the big toys! The kids climbed all over the trucks and we all got to drive the rock truck. It was fun. We drove up through Spanish Fork canyon where Stan has been working. We were able to drive the truck through the river, it was amazing. The kids and the adults had a good time. As grandma Mecham would have said...."Fun was had by all!"

Easter 2009

2009-08-13T18:23:00.000-07:00

Ryan's Easter hat!

Hadley and Kaden

Kendra and Griff.

Kendra, me, and my mom.