Jaiden & Grant's Joint Birthday Celebration

Grant is absolutely in LOVE with Grandpa!

My dad can't even walk into the room without hearing "Hi "pan-pa"' over and over again.

It is very precious to see this relationship blossom,

since the two older kids were nothing short of obsessed with Grandma.

Guess who's 8 & he feels GREAT!

Grandpa was a super good sport and put on the wrist band with Chris to ride the rides with the

kids so Mom & I could have a break and just observe and take pictures. It was so nice to enjoy the celebration instead of running around for most of it. Thank you Grandpa & Daddy!

Guess who is almost 2!?

Grant had a wonderful time on all the rides he went on!

He seems to be a little thrill seeker doing "arms up" and everything!

The best part was he couldn't stop giggling through each ride.

Jaiden is always a jokester and you can see Chris was having fun in the background, too.

Grandpa & Dreya having a blast!

They went on the bumper boats, go-karts, rides, and arcade and that was just the beginning!

Jaiden & Grant didn't know it but I had the house decorated and ready for a family party with cake and ice cream and presents, of course! He even had a couple buddies show up just in time to enjoy the fun. We think the day turned out perfectly - I just wish I had taken more pictures to remember it, hehe.

Easter 2011

HAPPY EASTER

For the first time ever I made the kids Easter baskets and they turned out ok!

Dreya recruited a little help from Daddy to find eggs

...some she found on her own

Jaiden searched everywhere!

He usually wins big in these events, being the oldest has its perks!

Dreya was determined to try her best...

There was a HUGE upset this year and Dreya ended up finding the silver egg,

which made her the BIG winner!

Well, it's that time of baseball season again,

Little League Day at Angel Stadium!

The game started at 12:30, but everyone on Jaiden's

team arrived at 10a to tailgate under the

"Big A"

(And boy could this group party! SO FUN!)

from left to right, Kyle & Sarah with Elliot, Tiff & Chris with Jaiden & Grant, and Rich and Denise

We have been with these great folks for the past 3 seasons! Next season will be a draft, so chances are Jaiden & Elliot won't be on the same team again. It will not be the same without them!

Chris in our nose bleed seats

The only shot of the 3 kids that was decent. I'm learning that with 3 is gets harder and harder to get a picture with all three looking at the camera, let alone looking good, haha

(It looks like Denise is smacking Dreya on the face,

but she was just brushing her hair out of her face.)

Jaiden being a good boy and Dreya cheesin' for the camera as usual.

See the sky in the background, we were a few rows from the very top!

Gotta love those little league seats, hehe

Momma got Grant to sit still long enough to get this shot.

Its not an easy thing to do these days.

Another typical Dreya moment.

They had fun hopping from row to row with all the

kids on Jaiden's team and dancing to the music!

I caught Chris giving me some love

This was our 4th Little League Day @ Angel Stadium, and we have learned one thing:

You don't go to Little League Day to enjoy the game.

If it's not seat hopping and sillyness, then it' begging for cotton candy and ice creams or nachos.

Fortunately, the kids all get to walk on the field before the game and experience first hand what their baseball idols do for a living. It's a really amazing time for these little guys and we are happy to come every year to do it.

Dreya's Music Performance at School

Dreya's class had been practicing for a long time and it showed! They had sign language, hand motions, and even some dance moves, it was so cute. That's Dreya in the plaid in the front suring her groups time on the microphone.

A nice moment between the boys while we were waiting for the performance to begin.

love those baby blues

This is a good one with my folks and the kids! Dreya was a little whiney after the performance, she was very tired from coughing all night the night before. Her asthma has been such a pain recently, but hopefully is will calm down soon.

Ashton Tyler Davies

Announcing the birth of Ashton Tyler Davies!

On January 24, 2011 @ 3:05pm, weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces, 20.5 inches long, Little Ashton entered the world and made Mommy Lauren and Daddy Dave the happiest parents on earth.

I had the pleasure of meeting him a couple weekends later and he is absolutely beautiful!

We can't wait to watch this little guy grow! He is absolutely perfect in every way!

Flashback from fall

Chris:28, Tiff:26, Jaiden:7, Dreya:5, Grant:1

I just found this picture on our computer from Dreya's Fall Festival at school. I forgot we took it, but it is one of the best pictures I have found of all of us!

I remember we had just come from an evening soccer game of Dreya's and she had to change into her costume in the car. Oh, the life of a busy family!

(Pretend the editing job is no so bad, hehe!)

Very "late", but at least not "never"!

The time has come for me to put a blip on the Blog radar! So much time has passed, but I just wanted to share some photos of our family over the time that has passed. I hope to do a better job at keeping up at this.

Chris and I had a wonderful Valentine's Day in Temecula! It was two Valentine's days ago. This year he surprised me with flowers, and it was just the peaceful evening I needed.

Jaiden & Chris' favorite pasttime is going to car shows! Anything to do with cars, from classic cars to monster truck shows, and they have a blast doing it! This weekend they are planning on going to an extreme motorcycle show called "Nuclear Cowboys".

Here's Dreya enjoying a special moment in Preppy-K. She absolutely loves school and is learning so much. She has has a bit of a rough time since the new year with her asthma. The Dr.'s are choosing to run some more tests to try to manage it better. We are hopeful that they will find answers very soon.

...and last but certainly not least, here is Grant. It has been wonderful watching him change from an angel baby into an inquisitive toddler. He has definitely faught his way into a role in our family and we love watching him find himself. Jaiden loves making him say things like "Call of Duty" and Dreya, as the picture shows, loves spending time playing with him, and occasionally covering him in glitter. He is a wonderful baby and we can't imagine our family before he came along.

Some other exciting updates:

Chris gained full-time employment with a local company called CTS. He works tons of hours and is more than happy to collect tons of overtime. It is just the blessing from God that we needed to get ahead on some bills.

Jaiden is playing in his 4th season of baseball. It is awesome to watch him improve and see him celebrate when he makes a great play!

Dreya just signed up for Soccer Camp in the Summer AND Fall Soccer! She has become our soccer girl and Tiffany couldn't be more happy about it.

Grant is loving the bond that he and Momma have developed now that Daddy is back to work and big brother & sister are in school all day. It's possible that Mommy is spoiling the heck out of him, but the jury is still out on that.

Hopefully it won't be another year before I update this again...

*fingers crossed*