Emily and Thayne- Nesting!!

Emily and Thayne have entered "The Nesting Zone"!  They got their darling house on Marie Avenue and have begun to make it a home!  Thayne is super handy.  He's great at overall general destruction, he can lay tile, pull up carpet, remove the asbestos ceiling, sheet rock and paint- all while remaining cool  handsome in the work shirt his father in law made him wear!!!

There is nothing as satisfying as making a "home", and imagining all the years of family and happiness that will surely come.  Congrats to the Davis's!!!!

         

                                                             

Weekend in New York!

Mike surprised Ashley with a trip to NYC for their fourth anniversary, and had enough frequent flier miles to get Judi and Sophie out to babysit!!! Our plane arrived in a storm at 3:00 a.m. and at about 6:00 a.m. the welcoming committee in full regalia was ready to play!!!!

 We loved the Children's Museum and spent the day there- in Sesame Street, riding trains, shopping at a grocery store, and our favorite spot was the butterfly garden!!

 Since it was so stormy we stayed inside and had a pajama party, watched Barbie movies, danced, ordered in pizza, and made a ba-zillion crafts!  Here sweet little Haven is showing us two of her stained glass butterflies that she designed, and cooked all by herself for her new butterfly room!!

 This picture will only be funny to those who understand the fact that Sophie has worn our "Bourne To Run" Ragnar relay shirt for the last two years- daily...To Mike and Ashley's horror- here are all three girls in the lovely top!!!!

Sophie and Haven played non stop for two full days... She is such an attentive and fun aunt!  We also discovered that she is "the baby whisperer!"  She could calm Brooklyn and get her to sleep like no one else!!!!!

We love our little angels and can't wait to see them in a short three weeks at their daddy's graduation from Medical School!!

EMILY AND THAYNE'S NEW ARRIVAL!!!!!

 Labor and delivery was difficult and lengthy, but in the end it was worth it because Em and Thayne now have a healthy, bouncing baby mortgage with adjoining yard work, taxes and utility costs....  What could make a couple happier?! Apparently nothing, because Em and Thayne have been on cloud nine for weeks!!! They never wanted to leave the area that they spent the first blissful year and a half of their marriage.  They love their ward and all their new friends, the gorgeous park, the proximity of the mountains...They even love the wagon wheel in the front yard- (which out of respect to the pioneers will be reverently removed.....)  I can picture all my dark, blue eyed, over achieving- genius grandchildren scampering politely about the yard in perfectly matching ensembles..... Bring on eternity!!!  Congratulations you guys!!!!