Hi everyone! Here are some cute pictures from the last month. Kate had her 4th birthday on May 25th (a princess birthday of course). School got out on May 30th and the kids have been having one heck of a summer! (I'm exhausted already). We took a family "field trip" to the zoo last Friday. I braved it alone (without Jeff to help) and it went surprisingly well until the last five minutes when as we were leaving the kids begged to walk through the gift shop and against my better judgement I let them. Needless to say we left 10 minutes later with a SCREAMING Kate-sie loaded on to the top of the shade of our single stroller (she refused to walk and I am very BIG with child so I couldn't carry her). She screamed "I WANT A TOY!" for a solid 10 minutes with crowds of people staring at our little group and me trying not to totally loose it. It's sad when the last 10 minutes can ruin a great 3 hours. For the record, I did not buy her a toy and I do still love her even though in her words I was the meanest mommy ever! And after she fell asleep crying in the car 2 minutes after we were on the road, I could laugh about it. . . sort of.

This week the kids and I have worked on scrubbing, painting and retro-fitting our old rabbit stand into the Aloha Ice Cream Shop for Kira's summer project. She made 40 flyers and passed them out for her "Grand Opening." When she opened that first day at 11:30 she already had a line of about 15 kids (of course 3 of those were her siblings). She made $23 the first day. We had a near meltdown when I reminded her that she had to pay back the "loan" she had taken out from Mom & Dad to buy the ice cream. But eventually she did. She opened again for her 2nd time today (Saturday) and her Allen cousins were over to help. They had a great time and quite a steady stream of customers. They made $14 today. Kira is already adding up how many times she'll need to be open to earn enough money to buy a battery powered scooter. We'll see how long the enthusiasm lasts (although $37 in two days is pretty good money for an 8 year old).

Marly - Most Promising Freshman

Marly was voted Most Promising Freshman (a most coveted honor) in the Poway High Choir Program. She is very excited!!!

PROM

Prom was May 31. Eric went with Caitlin Gardner, and Rachel with Bryan Sabin. The dance was on the roof of the Western Metal Building at Petco Park, downtown. The kids had lots of fun

Conference in Scottsdale

Marc had a five-day conference in Scottsdale AZ last week. We took the 4 little girls with us and left the highschool kids at home. It was lots of fun. My favorite was all the bunnies in the courtyard.

Music Man Video

Rachel's in the middle in the green dress.
Eric's in the back with the girl in the bright yellow dress.

Davis Family Reunion 08 Schedule

All, here is the tentative schedule for the D Fam 08 Reunion.
FAMILY REUNION SCHEDULE

SATURDAY:
OPTIONAL: Anyone who is in town: watch fireworks show in Ted & Cindy's backyard.

SUNDAY:
5PM: Sunday Dinner at Mom & Dad's
DINNER: Manti chicken BBQ, Utah families bring potluck side dishes
Mom & Dad talk a little about their family history

MONDAY:
BREAKFAST: on your own

9AM: Meet at Mom & Dad's for 7 PEAKS
LUNCH: bring in Subway 6' subs. Rent pavillion.

DINNER: Costco pizza, salad, fruit (or Carne Asada/Chicken Tacos)

OVERNIGHTER AT MOM & DAD'S (backyard - tents)
Dutch Oven Desserts
Skit Night (each family prepares a short skit to perform)
Sing around campfire (fire pit in backyard)

TUESDAY:
BREAKFAST: all together outdoors at Mom's (Linda's camp chef)
pancakes, eggs, bacon, OJ

9:30AM: Go up AF Canyon and hike Timp Caves (before it's too hot)

LUNCH: Picnic Lunch up the canyon (decide on food)

7:00pm - Spanish Fork Rodeo (pre-show) begins. All decked out in cowboy attire.

WEDNESDAY:
BREAKFAST: on your own

10AM: Meet at Mom's for LAGOON

LUNCH: sack lunches

DINNER: (at Keri's) pulled pork sandwiches (crock pot), fruit, salad

THURSDAY:
BREAKFAST: on your own

9:30AM: Meet at Mom's for BOONDOCKS (ages 10 & up) 10AM - 4PM
KANGAROO ZOO (ages 9 & under) 10AM - 1PM

LUNCH: Bring sack lunches to Boondocks

4:30 PM: Adults leave for 5:30 PM dinner at Rodizio Grill in Salt Lake (Back by 8 or 8:30PM)
Older grandkids are in charge of babysitting. Play games, paint faces, put on mini- "carnival" outside for kids.

8:30: FINALE: Outdoor movie in backyard (optional)

THE END!

Eric's Birthday

We surprised Eric this morning at Seminary. We had donuts, muffins and orange juice. It was lots of fun. We should have made hot chocolate though. It was 34 degrees, too cold for us Californians. When we got home from Seminary, we had news from BYU that Eric got in. We'll have a birthday dinner on Sunday with Gma and Gpa Davis and Jim and Chanda and kids. Today is the last day of finals at the Highschool, so Eric, Rachel and Marly are all relieved, but now the serious practices begin for MUSIC MAN. They'll be practicing every day except Sundays until opening night on Feb 6.