Davidson Family Happenings

Easter 2009

2010-01-11T20:28:00.001-08:00

Here is a picture of our three angels for Easter last year. They have all grown so much since then. I will post more recent pictures soon.

Picture of Halen

2010-01-11T20:24:00.000-08:00

I just realized I forgot to post a picture of Halen. He did not get to go to Disneyland with us, we just figured a 22 month old would not enjoy it very much. Here is our big boy!

WE ARE ALIVE!!

2010-01-11T20:14:00.000-08:00

We are alive and we are moving again!!! Alot has happened over the past year. In May we went on our trip to Disneyland and had the time of our lives!! Terralyn is in First Grade and loving it. Champ is looking forward to Kindergarten next school year and he is turning into quite the social boy. Halen is growing bigger, bigger every day. He is talking very well and he thinks he is the boss and quite grown up, thank you very much. I am still working at the physical therapy clinic and Terry is now working doing night security until he can find a job flying helicopters. I will post more and details.

I am HORRIBLE!!

2009-06-11T13:35:00.000-07:00

Yes I see that I have not posted zilch in a long, LONG, LONG time. I am AWFUL. I will start blogging again. I know that most of you have given up, but I will start again and catch up. So much has happened so for those that are interested keep tuned!!

A Little Help Please!

2008-10-13T22:32:00.000-07:00

Alright so I know I am horrible at posting as of late but for those of you that still do occasionally drop in to see if I have posted anything I am asking for your help. I have entered Terralyn and Champ in an online photo costume contest, which the winner of gets a free trip to Disneyland. I am asking all of you to please follow this link: http://www.mix969.com/pages/disney-photo/ to go and vote for Terralyn so that she can go to Disneyland. She has been asking to go for as long as I can remember. All you have to do is go to this link and then click on the "Vote Now" button then put in your e-mail address, then click on the 5 and under age group, then click on Terralyn Davidson, then click on the submit vote now button at the bottom of the page. I am also asking that if you can to spread this request to your family and friends, the more votes the better!! I would REALLY, REALLY, appreciate all of your help, as well as a certain 5 year old little girl!! THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH!!! (The reason why I am asking everybody to vote for Terralyn and not Champ is so that all of the votes go to one kid, thus boosting our chances to get more votes and win)

My Big Girl!

2008-09-05T23:24:00.001-07:00

Terralyn started school in August and she absolutely loves it. She has informed me that she has a boyfriend and his name is Kelby. She told me that she wants to kiss him. She told my niece the other day that Kelby said that he was going to kiss Terralyn's friend Christin, and my niece said "Eww, gross, don't you think that is gross Terralyn?" Which Terralyn replied "No, I think it is romantic." I love my daughter, she is sooo boy crazy. She comes by it rightly I suppose!

The Big 1!

2008-09-05T23:15:00.000-07:00

Halen turned 1 on July 3, and I feel bad for the poor kid because we did not have much of a party for him. A. We had just moved back into town 2 days earlier, and B. It was the same day as Terry and I's 10th anniversary. Also we were not even in our own house at the time, we were temporarily living at my sisters house. I am so glad that Halen is my baby boy, he is such a happy go lucky baby, although he does get pretty jealous when the other kids have all of mom's attention and he is not getting any. He will come and try to push them off my lap.

About a month after Halen turned 1 he started walking all over the place. He is now trying to run so that he can keep up with his brother and sister. This picture was taken when he really started walking.

Champ's Birthday

2008-09-05T23:07:00.001-07:00

OK, so I am way behind in my blogging, but Champ's birthday was June 3, and he turned 3 years old. This is a picture of him with his birthday cake, nothing to exciting, but it is what he wanted. We went swimming at my sisters community pool then went back to her house for cakes and presents. I am so very happy that I am blessed with the opportunity to be Champ's mother. Yes he is trying at time's but he is so much fun and he loves his mommy dearly! (Major Momma's Boy)
Another side note is that Champ is POTTY TRAINED!! Yeah, well he still wears pull ups at night but other than that he is doing great. Nothing was working then I finally told Terry that I think we should just put him in underwear, and sure enough pretty much since the day we put him in underwear he has been doing very well, HAPPY DAY!

Terry is 35!

2008-09-05T23:04:00.000-07:00

Today is Terry's birthday and he turned 35. He thinks that he is sooo old, but I think he looks alot better than alot of men his age. I love him so very dearly and I am so very blessed that Heavenly saw it fit to lead him to me. Happy Birthday Handsome, I love you!

That Looks Comfy!

2008-09-05T23:00:00.001-07:00

Ok this is not the most comfortable way to sleep, but apparently Terralyn thought so. I had gone and done a massage this day and she had gone and opened my massage table up and thought is would make a great home!

WERE HERE! KINDA!

2008-07-07T22:08:00.000-07:00

Hello all, we are finally here in good ol' AZ. We have been here for about one week now and we are so happy to be back. Right now we are living at my sisters house, but this coming weekend we are moving into our house. Anybody feel like moving this weekend?!! I will post more stories and pictures once we unpack our computer. Halen had is first birthday on July 3 so I need to post those pictures. We are so happy to be home!!

We're coming back to AZ!!

2008-06-05T07:17:00.000-07:00

Terry and I have decided to move back to AZ. We are leaving Texas on June 29, and hope to be back in AZ by July 1st. We are very excited to see family and friends. Terry has been especially "giddy". I am very sad to be leaving my sister here in Texas, her family has become such a huge part of my life in such a short time. We are sad to leave those we love behind, but we are excited to see those that we love at home. We will most definitely have to have some sort of big party when we get back. By the way, Terry and I's anniversary is July 3, any takers on watching the kids for us while we go out?!! =)

Terralyn is Ariel.....

2008-05-12T08:47:00.000-07:00

You Are Ariel!

Headstrong and fiesty. You have a mind of your own that's full of romantic dreams about the world around you. Exploring exotic places is your ultimate dream, and although you can be a little naive you'll realize that there is something to be gained from your family's wisdom.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

.....and she couldn't be more thrilled!

Hula, Hula!!

2008-05-11T21:22:00.000-07:00

I had to post this picture. Terralyn came down stairs wearing this smashing outfit that she came up with all by herself!! Yes, that is underwear that she is wearing as a shirt, isn't that hilarious?! She was dressing up like a "hula girl". One year when she was an infant we dressed her as a hula dancer for Halloween, we even had the little coconut bra. Well Terralyn would use that to dress up with when she got older so we decided to just toss it. The underwear is what she came up with as an alternative.

Terralyn being glamorous!

2008-05-11T21:14:00.000-07:00

Alright this is Terralyn, being like, totally 80's awesome!! This girl loves her 80s music. I told her that I wanted to take a picture of her with her "makeover" and she didn't want me to at first, then I told her that she looked like the kind of girl that Bon Jovi would have fallen in love with, then she said, "OK fine, then maybe we can send a picture to Bon Jovi". Then after I took the picture's Terralyn asked me if she thought we could find Bon Jovi's address so that we could send him a picture. She is so funny!!

Champ, one silly boy!

2008-05-11T21:08:00.000-07:00

This is Champ with some mascara on that he put on all by himself. I was doing Terralyn's make-up and Champ came over and helped himself to my mascara.

Halen, What a Boy!!

2008-05-11T20:57:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of Halen eating black licorice!! This boy loves his food, if you couldn't tell by his cheeks!

I am Free Spirited!!

2008-04-30T18:27:00.000-07:00

You Are Pocahantas!

Free-spirited and wise. You have a strong passionate spirit that touches and changes all who know you. The wisdom and common sense that you have is really what guides you through life. Even so, you also have a very playful side that loves adventure and excitement.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Terralyn's 5th Birthday

2008-04-23T19:53:00.001-07:00

Today is Terralyn's 5th birthday. She had alot of fun, Terry and I surprised her and took her to get a "Little Diva Makeover" (that was our present too her). She really enjoyed it and she think she looks like Hannah Montana in these pictures. Then this evening we had a birthday party for her. We played in water and ate cake, and ice cream. My niece, AliEmme, made the birthday cake. She did such a cute job. She made four little dome cakes and on each of the dome cakes was a picture of a different character that Terralyn likes. One was Hannah Montana, one was Bratz Dolls, one was Tinker Bell, and then the last one was Barbie. AliEmme did a very good job on the cake, we loved it, thank you AliEmme. Happy Birthday Terralyn, I love you and I am so glad that you are my big girl!!

Terry in Action!

2008-04-20T20:53:00.000-07:00

I thought it would be fun to post some pictures that I do have of Terry flying. These pictures were taken back in August when he took his mom for a flight. Terry is currently back in school to get his instrument rating. He is still looking for a helicopter pilot job, if anybody hears of anything let us know!! =)

Holy Orange Hair!!!

2008-04-20T20:47:00.000-07:00

I had taken this picture quite a while back, but I had taken it on my film camera and just had the film developed. I was at the store and decided to buy some silly string for the kids and their cousins, well one of the cans that I picked up was not silly string, it was colored hair spray. After we had done this we went too my sisters house so the kids could show off their hair and her little boy, Billy (who has hair that is almost this red), was kinda freaked out by it all. It was fun and the kids had a blast with it.

Halen Loves to Eat!

2008-04-20T20:44:00.000-07:00

Halen had his first taste of Sloppy Joes the other night, and boy did he like them, he also thinks it's great for the skin!!

Easter 2008

2008-04-08T20:30:00.000-07:00

This is a picture of the kids in all of their Easter finery, aren't they adorable?

This picture was taken right after the kids did their Easter egg hunt. I think that they had fun, they especially loved the candy part.

Halen, what a sweetheart!

2008-04-08T20:22:00.000-07:00

This is Halen in the same hat that Champ has on in his picture, I just couldn't resist putting it on Halen too.

Yes, this is Halen and I at the beach, Halen liked it except for the wind.

This picture is too cute. We went grocery shopping and they gave all the kids a balloon, well when we got home Halen was pretty tired. He was laying on the floor playing with his balloon and next thing we know he fell asleep. So precious!

Yes, he is adorable!!

2008-04-08T20:14:00.000-07:00

This hat came from Terry's Grandpa Davidson, whom in a way Champ was named in honor of, so we decided it would be fun to pose him with the hat. Don't you just love his grin?

When we went too the beach a few days back Champ had a lot of fun, but I'm not sure if Champ left any sand on the beach. (notice all the sand in his ear)

Champ was helping Terry put dishes away and he started building a tower, and he was very creative in his stacking. He was so proud of himself!

Beautiful Girl!

2008-04-08T20:06:00.000-07:00

A few weeks back we went too the beach, and we had a lot of fun. This is Terralyn flying a kite at the beach.

Terralyn wanted me to get her makeup out and this is the SMASHING result!

I did two little top knots on the top of Terralyn's head and took them out the next day and this is what she looks like with an afro!! This picture just cracks me up, I love it!

Boys and Their Toys!

2008-04-08T20:03:00.000-07:00

This is Champ and Halen playing with their Tonka Trucks. Champ has just started getting interested in his Tonka Trucks, Halen really likes the wheels!

St Patricks Day!

2008-04-08T19:58:00.000-07:00

These are pictures of Terralyn and Halen all decked out for St Patricks Day, Champ was taking a nap. Terralyn and Terry went too the store and picked out these cool clover cookies. Halen really liked the cookies.

I've Been Tagged By My Niece!

2008-03-13T19:18:00.000-07:00

Ten Years Ago.....
Terry and I were dating and I was waiting for a proposal, which happened about a month from now 10 years ago. I was living in Arizona with my sister Dayle, and I was working at a chiropractor clinic.
5 Things on my To Do List Today....
1. Play with the kids.
2. Give all of the boy's haircuts, including Terry.
3. E-mail my boss about going to work full time.
4. Make breakfast and lunch.
5. Go to Work.
5 Snacks I Enjoy...
1. Oreos with Milk
2. Fruit Salad, made with yogurt.
3. Snickers
4. Corn Nuts
5. Popcorn with parmesian cheese sprinkled on top, my niece Hannah got me into that.
What I Would Do If I Were Suddenly A Billionaire...
1. Buy Terry his own helicopter so that he can start his own business.
2.Get out of debt.
3. Buy a house.
4. Replace at least our Cadillac, it is on it's last leg.
5. Take a family vacation or two.
6. Visit family.
7. Buy a cabin in either Sedona or Lakeside/ Pinetop
8. Buy all of my family gifts and help them out with whatever they need.
(These things are not necessarely in the order I would do them)
Places I've Lived...
1. Arizona, Show Low, Tempe, Mesa, and Joseph City for a little while.
2. Idaho, Sandpoint, and Lewiston.
3.Texas, Houston
Job's I've Had...
1. Cleaning Houses
2. Cleaning Hotel Rooms
3. Wal Mart Associate
4. Babysitting/ Nanny
5.Godfather's Pizza, counter help
6.Health Food Store, store associate/ massage therapist
7. Chiropractor, Receptionist and Massage Therapist
8. Az Brite Carpet Care, Receptionist
9. Healthsouth, Receptionist
10. Dynamic Rehab, Receptionist
11. First Choice ER, Receptionist
5 Things You Don't Know About Me...
1. I wear contacts.
2. I was in the play "The King and I"
3. I don't like it when people bite their nails.
4. I was engaged once before Terry. Didn't last long, I knew we weren't right for each other before he even proposed, I was just in denial. Glad I did not go through with it, I would have been misserable.
5. My husband dated my sister, that's OK, we would not have met or married if he hadn't.
Now I Tag... Lindsey Vincent, Liz Roberts, Charmen Johnson, and Crystal Earl.
This was fun, thanks for tagging me Rebecca!!

Terralyn, what a GIRL!!

2008-03-12T21:58:00.000-07:00

This is Terralyn in the tree in our front yard. After this picture was taken she had me go inside to get her "fairy wings" so that she could be a fairy in her tree home. She has such a great imagination!

These are some ears that Terralyn got from Build a Bear. Terry takes the kids to the mall to play on some of the days that I work. Terralyn liked her bunny ears, but not as much as Champ.

This last picture is of Terralyn today. Yesterday I noticed that her cheek was looking swollen and I felt on her jaw that it was swollen and it hurt when I touched it. I wasn't sure what it was because the night before right before bed time she had fallen and I did not know if maybe she had broken something. I wound up taking her to the emergency room that I work at and they did x-rays and they were negative for any fractures of the jaw or spine. The doctor suspected either a bug bite or oral infection. This morning, Wednesday, she woke up and her eye was swollen, and her upper lip was swollen, it looked like she had a black eye, minus the color. We wound up taking her to her pediatricians this morning and he suspects that it is just an allergic reaction to a bug bite. He prescribed some medicine for her and it seems to be helping so far. You can tell from this picture her face on one side is swollen, this is even after it had gone down quite a bit. My poor girl, I felt so bad for her. I am just glad that all is OK.

Champ, My Boy, My Boy!

2008-03-12T21:45:00.001-07:00

Champ has absolutely no fear, well maybe a little, but I fear that he will even grow out of that too soon for my comfort. We have a big tree in our front yard and Champ asked Terry to put him up in the tree, Champ absolutely loved it, if you couldn't tell by the big grin on his face.

Terry is so good with the kids. One day while I was working he took them too the mall to play and Build a Bear was having a promotion going on and they were giving away these bunny ears for free. The kids came to visit me at work and I thought it was too cute to see my little bunnies. Champ loved his ears, we had to repair them several times.

This is Champ's handy work. Can you tell what this is? Any guesses? This is a piece of pizza with a WHOLE container of parmesian cheese dumped on top. We had decided to have a picnic in the living room on a blanket and Champ disappeared into the kitchen and before I realized it he had done this. I guess the kid really likes his shakey cheese/ parmesian cheese!!

Halen, too cute!!

2008-03-12T21:34:00.000-07:00

Terralyn thought it would be so much fun to dress Halen up, she really, really wants a sister. She dressed him up all by herself, of course the dress came off as soon as dad came home. I just had to post this picture because both of their grins are too cute.

Look Ma one hand!! Halen thinks he is big stuff. He likes to stand and hold on to things, as you can see in this picture he even gets a little daring and sometime uses just one hand.

Halen loves to be outside. I always put him on a blanket, but he seems to find a way to the grass and tries to eat it. There has been more than one occasion that I have pulled leaves or grass out of his mouth, silly boy!!

THE BOYS!!

2008-03-12T21:30:00.001-07:00

I love this picture of THE BOYS!! They all have mowhawks, well faux-hawks anyways. We keep telling Champ that we need to cut off his mowhawk, and he gets mad at us each time we tell him. Eventually it will come off, soon, it's getting so long it will hardly stand up anymore.

I am Elizabeth Bennet!

2008-02-22T19:12:00.000-08:00

Take the Quiz here!

You are Elizabeth Bennet of Pride & Prejudice! You are intelligent, witty, and tremendously attractive. You have a good head on your shoulders, and oftentimes find yourself the lone beacon of reason in a sea of ridiculousness. You take great pleasure in many things.

Terralyn!

2008-02-21T22:06:00.000-08:00

I have always been impressed by how well Terralyn colors, but as she finished this picture then moved on to the computer I became very impressed that a 4 year old colored this picture. I think she colors very well for her age, OK so the dog is very colorful, but also very imaginative.

Terralyn has become obsessed with playing on the computer. Her favorite web sites are pbskids.org and barbie.com, although she calls it barbie.tom and pbs.ord. She is too cute, she also does very well at navigating the sites all by herself. Of course I have to pull up the sites for her but other than that she does very well.

This is Terralyn riding her "princess" bike, and don't you just love her out fit? She thinks that only boys wear pants so when I make her wear pants because it's cold she puts a skirt over them.

This lady that I work with brought some clothes for Terralyn and in with the clothes were these boots, she calls them her "Rock Star Boots". So today she is dressed as a Rock Star, and of course she chose her own out fit. She is too funny because the other day I was at work and Terry called me and said Terralyn was crying real tears and wanted to tell me something. Well Terralyn got on the phone and she was so hysterical I could not understand what she was crying about. Finally she gave the phone back to Terry and I asked what that was all about, and this is what he told me. Terralyn was very sad because the musical group Jon Bon Jovi is no longer touring and not singing in concerts any more. Terralyn had heard the song " You Give Love a Bad Name" on the radio and she has been singing just part of it over and over every day. Terry even pulled up a video off of You Tube to show her the group. Well I guess she had said she wanted to watch them in concert and Terry had the unfortunate assignment of breaking the sad news to her that Bon Jovi is no longer touring.

Champ!

2008-02-21T21:57:00.000-08:00

Here is a really good picture of Champ's mohawk. I love it, I think it fits his personality to a T.

Alright, this is a little motorcycle that Champ got and he just love's it. He is constantly wanting to ride his "yin, yin" as he calls it (because motorcycles say yin, yin). Of course it is not motorized, but I am still afraid for him. He likes to do wheelies with it as well as he will hop off the motorcycle and will grab it by the handle bars and flip it backwards. As he does this he says "look mom, I am doing fwips." He is obsessed with motorcycles and firetrucks. He is always digging out his toy motorcycles and fire trucks. For valentines day we gave him a book about fire trucks and he loves it, he asks us to read it too him every night.

Halen, my baby.

2008-02-21T21:42:00.000-08:00

Halen want's to crawl in the worst way. He get's from sitting to this time and time again every day. He will be crawling before we know it.

Here is Halen in Terralyn's stroller. I don't think this was built for a 22+ pound baby!

My chubby baby getting all clean! He loves his baths.

Halen is too cute, and I just love this picture of him. He is getting his top two teeth in and so he has been doing alot of this lately. Halen is a very good baby, and we are so blessed to have him.

Life in General

2008-02-17T12:22:00.000-08:00

Life is going pretty good. We have been very busy lately and I have had no time to post. I have been working a lot of extra shifts and Terry has been helping my brother's at my sisters house. They did alot of work in just one week. They replaced almost all of the siding, and redid almost the whole fence, and she has a BIG back yard. It is a picket fence too. It looks really nice and Terry is very glad that he does not do manual labor!! But it was good for him to be working, especially during this time that he is layed off work. So thank you Brita for the opportunity to keep Terry busy.
I have tomarrow off so I will try and post more, with pictures this time, tomarrow.

My Little Leprechauns!

2008-02-17T12:15:00.000-08:00

I got this mailer at home and it had this web address on it to make my kids into leprechauns, it is too cute. Take a look!

http://lwm.cachefly.net/www.innerleprechaun.com/lepregram/20080216/14368432165139.html
Terralyn

http://lwm.cachefly.net/www.innerleprechaun.com/lepregram/20080216/14360432141134.html
Champ

http://lwm.cachefly.net/www.innerleprechaun.com/lepregram/20080216/1437723219457.html
Halen

Enjoy!! You should try it out too!

Just So You Know!

2008-02-04T21:32:00.000-08:00

Well Terry got some really bad news on Sunday. The company that he works for, Silverstate, has shut their doors effective 5 p.m. on Sunday. So what does this mean? Terry is out of a job. Poor guy, he is so bummed. He almost has the hours he needs for his next big job but not quite. The lame thing about this is that the owner of the company was very sneaky about the way that he closed the doors. He waited until everybody was watching the super bowl and then he sends out a company wide e-mail saying that he was shutting the doors. Well not everybody checks their work e-mail from home. Terry only found out Sunday because somebody at work told him because they happened to get a little bit of a heads up and they then checked their e-mail to find out what was going on. So now they have security guards at all the doors, and nobody can get in to get their belongings. The security guard at Terry's work was nice and let him in to get his stuff. I could go on and on about all the sneaky things that the owner of the company did but I will spare you all. I am just glad that I have a job and that for right now their are some extra open shifts that I can work to help compensate for Terry's missing income. Terry will be going to a helicopter job fare at the end of this month to try and get a job. He has also been checking some jobs out on line. I know the right thing will happen and the Lord is aware of us and blesses us. If you all could pray for us we would appreciate it. Thank you.

President Hinckley

2008-01-28T12:08:00.000-08:00

I just love this picture of President Hinckley and his wife, this is what I like to imagine that their reunion was kind of like last night. We will all miss President Hinckley, but he has lead such a full life. We love you President Hinckley, and thank you for all that you have done for our welfare.

Champ? Champ? CHAMP!!!!

2008-01-17T21:28:00.001-08:00

My boy, I don't know what to do with him somedays. These are just some of the things that he has done just this week. It's not a good thing when it's really quiet and you wonder, "where's Champ, and what is he doing?" So then I holler " Champ, what are you doing?" And he hollers back "Nothing!" That's when you know he just might be lying!! So you peel on around the corner and these are the things you stumble upon. Starting from top to bottom: 1. Champ has a blue tongue in this picture because he thought it would be fun to rub his spider man stamp on his tongue (like stamp pad stamp). Picture's 2 & 3. Champ loves the Desitin, I don't know why, but it is never a pretty site when he get's into it. Here it is in his hair and on his arm, it is also on his pants and my carpet. Picture 4. Champ was in the kitchen and I was in the bathroom and usually he follows me but this time he didn't, I knew something was up. I went into the kitchen to find half a bottle of my dish soap in my muffin pan, nice. Then Picture 5. I was helping Terralyn on the computer (she has gotten hooked on computer games on line) and Champ once again was being very quiet and I turn around and he had taken this bottle of lotion and smeared it all over Terry's TV. We had a crack on the front of the TV that the lotion got into and now we have a lovely spot on our TV from this. Champ also had lotion all over his clothes. Boy this boy works fast. One other thing that I can think of off the top of my head is that we were at the store and I have to put the kids in the back of the cart and I had to buy some conditioner. Well I picked up the conditioner, and silly me I put it in the cart with Terralyn and Champ (Halen rides in the front). Well Champ opened the bottle of conditioner and before I knew it had it smeared all over his head and half of his sisters head. I love my boy, but boy does he keep me on my toes.

Cupcakes!

2008-01-17T21:09:00.000-08:00

My sister (Dawn) had sent a box with a whole bunch of really neat things for the kids, and in with the box was a silicone heartshaped muffin pan. She also sent some pretty Valentine sprinkles. The kids have been begging me for a couple of days to do this, so we finally went to the store and bought the cake mix and frosting and here is the end result. The kids had alot of fun doing this project with me, especially the decorating part!! YUM! The eating part was pretty good to. Thank you Aunt Dawn for such a fun project, the kids loved it.

Mom got scissor happy!

2008-01-12T19:39:00.000-08:00

These are before and after pictures from the kids' haircuts. Yes Champ has a mohawk!

Halen Getting Bigger, Bigger!

2008-01-12T19:33:00.000-08:00

We had Halen's 6 month check up the other day and he now weighs 22.8 pounds and is 27-1/2" inches long. He had to get 4 shots, no fun. He has the hardest time with his shots, poor baby.

Halen's First Goal Accomplished for 2008!

2008-01-01T20:26:00.000-08:00

I felt in Halen's mouth this morning and he sprouted a tooth for the new year. I am very happy, I hope that this means that he will be sleeping better!! I brushed his tooth for the first time tonight, my baby is getting bigger!

Check it out!

2008-01-01T08:13:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to let you all know that there are other posts that are new in the archives section, I don't know why they went in there instead of on my page. If you click on 2007 it will show all of the posts it should be showing.

Happy New Year!

2007-12-31T21:48:00.000-08:00

Happy New Year to everyone, we love and miss you all. We missed spending New Year with family, but we did have fun with our neighbors. The reason why I have a picture of Terry and I together is because New Years Eve 1997, ten years ago, is when Terry and I started dating. We have been going strong ever since. Terry was so nice and brought me a bouquet of pink roses as well as some other pretty pink flowers, my husband loves me. I am so happy that God has blessed me with Terry to be my eternal companion. I love you Terry!

Terralyn's Creativity, Again!

2007-12-31T21:44:00.000-08:00

Terralyn got this doll for Christmas, as well as a barbie doll from Aunt Brita that had these stickers with it. Terralyn was in the back of the van and we were doing some errands and when we stopped this is the end result with the stickers. If only we all could have smashing eyebrows like this!! I asked her if these were mustaches and beards and she said "No, they are just decorations!" She is too funny, and yes these "decoartions" are still on her baby. Very fancy baby!

Terry's Christmas!

2007-12-31T21:38:00.000-08:00

Terry had a merry Christmas. He got some new flying shoes for work, they told him he needed to wear dressy shoes. So these are what he found that were narrow enough for hime to still use the petals in the helicopter. Terry has pretty fat feet, litteraly. I gave him this Sparky shirt. One of his nicknames at his old job was Sparky, plus he was born and raised in Tempe. He loved everything he got for Christmas.

Kathlyn's Christmas!

2007-12-31T21:26:00.000-08:00

These are just some of the gifts that I got for Christmas. The biggest gift I got was watching my kids have a merry Christmas. I told Terry that all that I wanted for Christmas was a date from him. So he took me on a date Thursday after Thanksgiving. We went to a mexican restaurant and then after that we went rollerskating. We had a lot of fun. For those of you that do not know when I was little I spent alot of time on my back patio rollerskating. I went through several pairs of rollerskates. I had alot of fun, that was the first time I have been rollerskating in years. Thank you my love!!

Terralyn's Merry Christmas!

2007-12-31T18:04:00.000-08:00

Terralyn had a good Christmas. She got what she really wanted, dolly and makeup, and then some. I have posted a picture of her wearing her Sleeping Beauty dress up, but she also got a tinker bell dress up ( I got them around halloween time for $10 each). It was really cute seeing her as Tinker Bell and pushing her baby aroune in it's stroller. So Terralyn!! She to got a cool fuzzy hat and some pretty bling, bling from her aunt. Way cool!

Champ's Merry Christmas!

2007-12-31T16:05:00.000-08:00

This is Champ's fun Christmas. He had all of his candy gone in his stocking before Christmas was over, that includes four packs of 5 pieces of gum per pack. He was having fun. His favorite gifts were a winde up motorcycle that had a ramp that came with it(his daddy had an Evil Knievel one just like it), and he also got a bat. He was "batting" his apple around the room. We finally had to take it away to save our walls, heads, and furniture. He also got some bling, bling and cool fuzzy hat from his aunt. These were just some of his gifts but I only listed his favorites.

Halen's 1st Christmas!

2007-12-31T15:26:00.001-08:00

Halen had a good first Christmas. He got his first taste of candy cane, and he liked it for a little while then it got a little to "hot"/ minty for his taste. His main present was a little baby exercise thing. I don't know if it was more for his entertainment or for mom's sanity! He likes it though, so do his brother and sister. Champ always get's into it and it drives me nuts. Halen also got this really funny shirt and hat from his aunt. Very cute!

Hello Santa!

2007-12-31T15:17:00.001-08:00

We brought the kids to my sisters ward party, because I had to work during our ward party. They got to sit on Santa's lap. Terralyn was very sweet and brought Santa a cookie, that she sampled first. Then Champ was all smiles until he actually got on Santa's lap, then he would not stop crying for anything, poor kid he is traumatized for life. Then we got a picture of Halen and my niece Rebecca together, they were born two days apart. We had a lot of fun, and Champ was finally happy when he got the candy cane from "camaflog", that is how he says Santa Clause.

What a Crazy Hat!

2007-12-31T15:03:00.000-08:00

Sonic really is better at night! Champ had been sick for two days and when he finally started feeling like eating he said that he wanted to eat Sonic. So we went to Sonic and we made our own "toys", or lovely apparel, maybe we should start a Sonic clothing line.

Posting Time and New Job!

2007-12-19T13:34:00.001-08:00

I am sorry I have not been posting as much lately. I have just started a new job and also the Christmas season has taken all of the time that I normally have at home. I like my new job, I work for a place called First Choice Emergency Room. They are really nice people to work for, very laid back. It is also a pretty slow place. Basically what it is, is a freestanding emergency room. I would much rather be a full time mom, but this job works for now. Once Terry gets his next job we are hoping that I will not have to work any more, except at home with the kids. This job works well with Terry's schedule wich is nice. My sister only watches the kids, generally, only every other Saturday. She is such a sport and so nice to help us out. I really appreciate her help and generosity. I hope that everybody has a very merry Christmas and I will try and post more later. The kids are doing well and doing fun things every day, I have alot of pictures to post once I get time.

My Little Elfs

2007-12-09T11:23:00.000-08:00

You have to check this out, it is too much fun. Thanks for the idea Lynnae. I have my kids as well as my nephew Billy. I will also did one of my Binn's nieces and nephews, I forwarded it too my sisters e-mail and called my niece AliEmme and told her to open it, and she about died laughing. She is too funny! She was laughing so hard she started snorting.

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1256419340 Davidson's & Billy

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1256802909 Binns Kids

ENJOY!! Be sure to have your sound on.

Graham Cracker Houses

2007-12-08T06:20:00.001-08:00

We went to my sisters house and did Graham Cracker houses. I'm not sure if the kids had more fun eating the candy or decorating the houses.

Look My Tongue and One Cool Dude!!

2007-12-08T06:05:00.000-08:00

Halen had just discovered his tongue and he thinks it is so much fun to stick out all the time, it is so cute. We put these sunglasses on him and he just loved them. Usually kids try to take them off but he just sat there smiling, he knew he was pretty cool looking.

We Love Fall!

2007-12-08T05:57:00.000-08:00

We love Fall, especially the huge leaf pile. You don't get this in the Valley/ Arizona. The kids are having so much fun with this huge pile of leaves, and these are just the leaves from our front yard.

Oh, Christmas Tree!

2007-12-08T05:51:00.000-08:00

We got our Christmas tree and the kids were so excited to decorate it that they found what they could to decorate with. I will post pictures of the tree after it is all decorated, for real.

What are Dollar Dinners?

2007-12-01T07:17:00.000-08:00

I have had some people ask "what are dollar dinners?", so I decided to make a post out of it. My family has done dollar dinners ever since I can remember. For a fun family activity when I was little we would have dollar dinners. What dollar dinners are is each person in the family/ group would get one dollar to spend buying food for a dinner. We would go to the store and we would all split up so that we would not know what each other were buying. You can buy whatever you can for a dollar that can be consumed, rather it be cookies, noodles, or whatever. Another rule is that you can not use things from home to add to your dish, except for things like water, milk, butter or spices. Whatever you buy you have to prepare the food yourself and share with everybody, kinda like a pot luck. It makes for a fun and creative dinner. Things are not the same as when I was little, we now use $2 per person. It is really a lot of fun, and has been a family tradition for years. Whenever we have a family reunion we always try to include a dollar dinner.

Purdy Update!

2007-11-29T10:25:00.001-08:00

Some of you may remember Purdy from a previous posting, well purdy is Terralyn's SPECIAL wad of yarn. She loves it, I don't know why. The other day I was in puting Halen to sleep and after he was asleep I came out of the bedroom and Terralyn had "dressed" Purdy up and laid her on the couch with a pillow and all. I about died laughing I thought it was too funny and cute. She cracks me up.

Terralyn, she is funny!

2007-11-29T10:10:00.001-08:00

Terralyn is the dress up queen, or should I say princess. She also loves her makeup. She had about $4 worth of pennies in her piggy bank and she traded them with her cousin AliEmme for real dollar bills. The four dollars were burning a hole in her pocket so we took her to Wal Mart. She picked out some makeup in the little kids section and this is the FANTASTIC result. She even did Champ's makeup, but at least she did his all in blue's. She even put blue sticky earing on him.

Look I can put on my own shoes!

2007-11-29T09:47:00.000-08:00

Champ is getting to be so independent. Everything that needs to be done or that I need to do he follows me around saying, "Me too, mommy, Me too!" It now takes longer to get ready because he wants to try and do everything for himself. This is the first time Champ has ever put his shoes on by himself, and as you will notice, of course they are on the wrong feet. I just love it! The funny thing is that he couldn't figure out how to do the velcro straps so he asked Terry to do them for him and Terry did it. Then a little bit later Champ was saying that the shoes were hurting his feet and Terry came to see why and it wasn't until then that Terry noticed that the shoes were on the wrong feet.

Halen thinks he's BIGGER, BIGGER!

2007-11-29T09:34:00.000-08:00

Halen wants to be so big so that he can wrestle with his brother, at least Champ wants to wrestle with him. Halen can now roll from him tummy to his back, and from back to tummy, if his darn arm would get out of the way. He can also sit up pretty much all by himself. He is still wobbly but getting better at his ballance. He has also just discovered how facinating his hands are. He also loves bannanas, well baby food anyways.

Happy To You!

2007-11-27T12:19:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to Me!!

As my son Champ says, "Happy to you mom." Yes, today is my birthday and I turned 30! WOW! I never thought I would turn 30. When I was little 30 seemed so old. Now it doesn't seem that old! I am also going to steal an idea from Whitney and post on here 30 things about me, at least I will try.

1. I used to be very shy when I was little.

2. I have been in two plays, 1. The King and I, and 2. Michael McLean's- Forgotten Carols.

3. I love being a mommy, even though I may not be the best mom.

4. I love the color Yellow.

5. I am 5' 9" tall, and my eye's are green and yellow.

6. My favorite ice cream is Ben and Jerry's- Oatmeal Cookie Chunk

7. I love the number 7.

8. I get really grossed out when people chew on their nails, do you know how many germs are under your nails!?

9. I love Christmas music, sometimes I will listen to it even when it's June.

10. I am a massage therapist.

11. I am number 11 out of 12 kids in my family.

12. I love fall, the color changes, the weather, and the smells.

13. I love Thanksgiving, it is my favorite holiday.

14. Ever since I had a girl I like to wear the color pink.

15. I have sung in a production of Handel's "Messiah"

16. I love to get clothes fresh out of the dryer and on cold days lay the pile on top of me while I fold so that it can keep me warm.

17. I love the rain, standing in it, playing in it, the sounds of it, the smell of it, etc.

18. I love to have parties with family or friends, or both, even better!

19. I have the BEST, family!

20. I know how to play 2 songs on the piano and they are: Turkey in the Straw, and Yankee Doodle.

21. I am a good hostess.

22. I try to be thoughtful.

23. I love to scrapbook, does not mean I am any good at it though.

24. I like to help others, it makes me happy when I can help.

25. I love to do Dollar Dinners, so much fun.

26. I love all of my fellow Novembers, you know who you are!! =)

27. I am thankful for the trials that I have had in my life. They make me who I am today.

28. I love the movies, Gone with the Wind, Pride and Prejudice, and the Anne of Green Gables Series.

29. When I was little I used to dance under the rains spouts, when it was raining, wearing only my swimsuit.

30. My three favorite restaurants and their dishes that I like are: 1. Olive Garden- Chicken Con Broccoli, 2. Joe's BBQ- Chopped Brisket, 3. Los Dos Molinos- Beef Chimichanga with sour cream and guacamole. I also love Barros Pizza, the best pizza ever.

Thank you to everybody who has helped make my birthday a happy one, from birthday e-mails, to birthday calls with singing, and birthday cards. I especially want to thank Terry for the wonderful birthday he has given me. Even though we have no money, you have managed to make my birthday special. Thank You and I love you with all my heart, always and forever.

Happy Thanksgiving!

2007-11-23T09:19:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving to all! Yesterday for Thanksgiving we went to the Houston Zoo, it was amazing. We went with my sister Brita and her family. It was cute because it had alot of parts where you can crawl through tubes into fish tanks and look at the fish while inside the tank. You can also get your picture taken from the outside so that it looks like you are in the fish tank. They also had little tunnels and then plastic see through bubbles that you can stand up in and be inside the prairie dog exhibit. They also had and albino aligator, and jelly fish. We went in the morning and the animals were all very active. It was also a very cold and windy day. After the zoo we went and had a picinic and ate hot dogs. This is all a tradition of Terry's family, so therefore now our family tradition. I really like it, it is alot of fun. Then that evening we went to my sisters house for Thanksgiving dinner. We got there and the table was set, good job AliEmme, and she added a really nice extra special touch to each table setting. She had folded the napkins around the silverware and in with the silverware she put a twizzler for everybody. Your probably wondering what is the significance of that. Well this is my sister that had lost her 5 year old daughter, Hannah, just September this year. At my nieces funeral she had a dish of twizzlers put out with a sign that read "Please take a twizzler to join in the celebration of my life" (or something close to that effect) then it was signed at the bottom "Hannah", in Hannah's handwriting. These were twizzlers that were leftover from Hannah's funeral and was there in with the silverware in rememberance of Hannah. It was just perfect, even made me start to cry. I was trying to come up with some way to remember Hannah on Thanksgiving and that was absolutely perfect. Thank you AliEmme for making sure that your sister was remembered on Thanksgiving, she is very much missed.

My Kids!

2007-11-13T19:41:00.000-08:00

Terralyn had her primary program on Sunday 11-11-2007, and she did a great jog. Her part was "My faith in Jesus Christ grows when I am kind to others." She memorized her part after she and I going over it about 4 times. She was the best Sunbeam up there. The Saturday before her program they did a practice and the made apple turkeys (see pictures). Champ's turkey didn't quite make it home in one peice for me to take a picture of it, he bit the turkeys head, plus some of the tail is missing. Terralyn's turkey is really cute she did hers all by herself. Her turkey even had legs, tooth picks with marshmellows on the end.

Halen is getting so big, of course. He is getting to be so responsive. He loves to smile and talk, well baby talk, but it is so cute. He does this little shrieking thing and it is really cute. He loves to be tickled and he loves being in the air. He laughs whenever we lift him above our heads.

Well Terry will not be very thrilled about this story but, here it goes. Champ was getting into my diaper bag and I had some leftover feminine pads, from after I had Halen, in there. I kept telling Champ to leave them alone. Well he left the room and I assumed that he had left them in the diaper bag like I asked him too. A couple of minutes later Champ comes around the corner and well look at the picture. I about died laughing. Mom's really do not have any privacy in the bathroom when they have a 2 year old. They are so curious. It doesn't help that our bathroom does not have a lock on it. Well now that I have thouroughly embarrased my son and husband it is time for me to sign off.

Lost Tooth

2007-11-09T06:25:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Terralyn was eating a sucker in the car and she bit into and started crying. I looked back and her tooth (actually a cap) was sitting in the piece of sucker. So we are having to bring her to the dentist to get the little stub pulled. I don't think that they will re-glue it. I posted a picture of her new smile. I also posted a picture of her favorite outside toy. It is a wad of yarn and she has named it "Purdy". She loves that wad of yarn. I told her we needed to throw it away and she started crying real tears. She has even given "Purdy" a bath. Kids are so funny with the things they get attached to. I also posted some pictures of Champ.

Friends and Fun!

2007-11-07T15:38:00.000-08:00

Yesterday Terralyn's little neighbor friends came over and they wanted to decorate pinecones. I gave them some markers and foam stickers and they went in the back yard. Then Terralyn came in asking for some string, so I gave her some string. Well they hung the pinecones up in the tree as well as decorated some pinecones and threw them over the fence for our neighbor to decorate their tree, wasn't that thoughtful?!! (see pictures below)
Then this morning we went outside so Terralyn could show her dad the pinecones and the kids got their jackets on and we went outside and then I noticed Champ's "gloves". See picture below, it is an oven mit! I love 2 year olds!

Halen, my BIG little boy!

2007-11-06T15:20:00.001-08:00

Today Halen had his 4 month check up and he has gained 9 pounds in 2 months!! He now weighs 19 pounds, and is 25 1/2" long. My big boy! His birthweight was 8lbs 10oz, at 2 months he weighed 10lbs. They grow so fast!

Funny Terralyn Stories

2007-11-06T14:45:00.000-08:00

Terry told me this story about Terralyn. Today while I was taking Halen to his 4 month check-up he said that Terralyn came up to him and said "Daddy, the other day Champ was respecting his poop." Terry said "He was what?" And Terralyn said "He was respecting his poop." Terry said "What was he doing?" And Terralyn said, " You know, he was looking at his poop in the toilet." Then Terry said "Oh, he was INSPECTING, his poop." I just love it when kids get their words mixed up.
Then last month Terralyn and Champ were playing outside in the back yard and Terralyn came running inside and said "Mom, I was hitting the tree with a stick and I heard a whoop, whoop sound." I asked her, "Was it the neighbors dog?" She said "No." I said "Was it the wind?", and she said "No." So we couldn't figure out what it was so she went back outside to play. A few minutes later she came running back inside and said "Mom, I heard the whoop, whoop noise again." So this time I went outside to check it out. She ran over to the tree and picked up the stick and started hitting the tree again, and sure enough there was the whoop, whoop sound. Any guess'? Well it was the sound of the long stick going through the air, whoop, whoop!!

Pots and Pans

2007-11-04T15:25:00.000-08:00

So this morning Champ started grabbing pans from the cupboard and then I had the bright idea of "hey give the kid a wooden spoon". So I gave him a wooden spoon, and before too long he was banging away, hard and loud. Then his sister joined in with pie tins at first until she dented those then moved on to my bundt pans. Thank goodness the bundts ar OK!! They had alot of fun, but mommy and daddy could only take so much noise for so long.

My Niece Hannah

2007-11-03T19:33:00.000-07:00

I'm not sure who out there knows this or not, but my niec Hannah passed away on September 25. She is my sister Brita's daughter. I encourage all of you that want to, to check out her website. I created a link to it in my links section. My sister has been amazingly strong through all of this, and you can learn alot about faith, love, compassion, and service through her journal entries. My niece lived an amazing life, she taught so many people so many things in her short life. I know that I will never forget the lessons she has taught me. As well as the strength and faith that my sister has shown. I moved here to Houston thinking that I was moving here to help my sister, but I think I was the one that needed help and did not even realize it until now. My sister has taught me alot. Her trial of faith is one that I hope I never have to go through, but I pray that if I do that I can show as much faith, love, patience, and gratitude as she has. My brother-in-law, Mike, has also shown great faith and strength. He is such and example to me of accepting the Lord's will with faith, knowing that He(the Lord) knows all. Mike has also been a wonderful example to me of service. The day before Hannah's funeral he was here at our house mowing our lawn. I tell ya, he has so much faith in the Lord and the gospel it amazes me. Thank you for the wonderful lessons Mike, Brita and Hannah, sorry they had to come at such a high price. The world is a much better place for knowing little miss Hannah. We will ALWAYS love and miss her.
Just a little extra note here, Hannah's funeral was absolutely beautiful. Everybody wore white with pink accents. Pink is Hannah's favorite color. It was absolutely beautiful to see, it reminds you that families are indeed forever.

Life Is Great

2007-11-03T17:03:00.000-07:00

Do you ever just look at your life and, even though you may not have much, sit back and say, life is great. I love my life. I have three beautiful and healthy children and a most wonderful husband. Here is my family.

Terry- my husband, he is a helicopter pilot and he loves his job for right now. Right now is transition time for him in his job. He is eventually wanting to fly for border patrol. That is still about another year away, but it is on the horizons. Flying is Terry to a T, if you know him then you know what I mean. Can you say thrill seeker!

Me (Kathlyn)-Well my life right now is consumed with my 3 monkeys/ kids. They are so much fun and I love being a mom.

Terralyn- She is 4 years old now and oh boy is she ever 4. She has quite the little attitude at times, but at other times she can be really nice and cooperative. Overall she is a pretty good helper. There are 2 little girls that live across the street and she has allot of fun playing with them. She will sometimes just sit by our window looking outside waiting for those little girls to go outside to play so she can join them. She is too funny!! We just had Halloween and Terralyn was Cinderella, she looked so very cute. I will try and post some pictures.

Champ-Boy is he 2! He is allot of fun but a handful. He moves from one thing he knows he's not supposed to do to another. He definitely keeps me busy. He is funny though, he likes to repeat everything his sister says. He repeats me as well. Whenever he would do something that he wasn't supposed to, like say pee in his trash can in his bedroom, just to name one, I would say "Holy Crap Champ". The he started saying "Hoolwee Cwap", then I had to change it to holy cow instead.

Halen- He is now 4 months old. He is a very good baby and deals very well for having a sister and brother that almost literally smothers him. He is chubby as can be and he looks just like his daddy, even daddy admits that now.
I will try and be diligent and keeping this blog updated so that my friends and family can keep updated on the Davidson Family Happenings.