February Fun

 Good morning, and welcome back to round two of our Davis Family 2024 year in review!!  On this fine morning of January 3, 2025 we will be looking back on February 2024.  I'm sure there were lots of things that happened in February 2024, but I didn't take very many pictures of them.  What's really funny is that yesterday, at the end of my January post, I stated that I should make it my new years resolution to take more photos.  Well, I went back and read the last post I made which covered December 2021, 2022, and 2023, and at the end of it, I had basically said the same thing, that I needed to take more photos.  Maybe I should listen to myself because I didn't take a lot of photos this year either (with the exception of April and May, but we'll get to those later)

Anyway, enough of my rambling, lets talk about February 2024.....

Meow-meow had to go in for traction every day until he got his brace.  That made it challenging because Meow-meow tested into the gifted program and moved to a new school for the school year, and that school was located up next to Hill Airforce Base, and the doctors office was clear down in Sandy.  It made for some very long drives.  Once he got his brace, it got easier and we only had to go down once a week, but that was still a lot of taking him out of school and driving all over creation.

He greatly disliked the traction part of it all.  I don't blame him, because that looks highly uncomfortable.

Tiger Lily has a natural gift for wrestling and was on the Davis High School girls wrestling team.  This was her first year competing and she took 5th place in the state finals.  We are so proud of this girl!!

This is after winning one of her matches.

Nathan is aspiring to become an author.  He's written two books that he's self published.  They are awesome books, you should go read them.  My favorite is the Persian Asteroid.

He went to the Life the Universe and Everything convention and made some new author friends

Meow-meow got his torture devic.....I mean brace, his brace, he got his brace.

He's such a trooper.  Those braces are so uncomfortable.  I know, I speak from experience.

Side view. 

I got a new mid-life crisis.  Say hi to Moby II

He's pretending to be "Bat-cat."  Such a serious look, and Cocoa Bean is eyeing him warily.  And yes, I know my room is messy!!  I was still trying to recover from all the surgeries I had the previous year, plus my blood pressure was all out of whack (we'll talk about that later as well.)

And more P-day facetime with Elder Davis.

Speaking about Elder Davis, here are some of the photos he sent me during the month of February

I guess cats want to hear the word of the Lord as well.

We got two emails from Elder Davis in February and here is what he had to say:

From February 13th he writes,

Hous it going everyone I hope all is well. This week was pretty straight forward. We found the secret to success with finding on bikes. We got some friends one Date . We best be praying for them. Talked to this cool guy who who said he might die, ended up being a very level headed guy a few days later. His name is David. Got some girl scout cookies, they were good. My bike tire popped. So that sucks. I did do a wheelie for a little bit so that was maybe why my bike tire popped now that I think of it. It was worth it tho. Met a kid with a skateboard. Did some tricks but not to hard cause I was in dress shoes. Went on an exchange with elder audd. Who is newer than me, he's a stud. Been making a song on my guitar. Learned how to solve a rubix cube! (That one is to you grandma deem) elder Hammys bike got hit by a car. He was fine his bike was a little crooked. Did some service. Uhhhhh. I am still alive and kicking so no need to worry about me. Starting to love my area now. Played more pickle ball. Broke 3 shoe laces. Love it when the aglet gets stuck in the tie when you untie it, and then you think you best pull hard on it to fix it. Womp womp. Elder audd tried to eat a whole banan in one bite(he spat it out the window and the lady next to us prolly thinks we are weird now). Had zone conference, where the fire alarms went off during someones talk to us. We evacuated the building for like 10 minutes while we chilled and ate doritos. Then everything was good so we continued with zone conference. Fun stuff. Anyways here's some cool photos, hope you all enjoy the wonderful time and space god gives you. He lava you all. I miss you all greatly!

Alma 27:17-18 "17 Now the joy of Ammon was so great even that he was full; yea, he was swallowed up in the joy of his God, even to the exhausting of his strength; and he fell again to the earth. 18 Now was not this exceeding joy? Behold, this is joy which none receiveth save it be the truly penitent and humble seeker of happiness" 

how can you seek to be a truly penitent and humble seeker of happiness?

-Elder Davis

From February 27th he writes:

Ey. What's up everyone. We been chilling out here in sin city. Nothing really new, my back tire broke  which sucks but thus really cool maintenance guy at one of our apartment complex, gave us a bike that's in pretty good condition. In the mean time, I used a silly gold bike that had the entire arm and peddle fall off so that was fun. Other than that life is good. Drove some, biked some, walked some. We met some crazy peopleas usual. And we are about to have a baptismo. We had a person jump into the middle of the street with brother Swenson. Other than that we been chilling. The transfer is almost up already which is just so crazy. I hope I stay in Deseret inn. It's a sweet place to be. Hope all is well and that you all where ever you may be, are having God's love with ya.

Elder Davis out

Enos 1:4-6 "And my soul hungered; and I kneeled down before my Maker, and I cried unto him in mighty prayer and supplication for mine own soul; and all the day long did I cry unto him; yea, and when the night came I did still raise my voice high that it reached the heavens. 

5 And there came a voice unto me, saying: Enos, thy sins are forgiven thee, and thou shalt be blessed. 

6 And I, Enos, knew that God could not lie; wherefore, my guilt was swept away.

How else can we fill our hungered souls?

That's it for February 2024.   2024 will get more exciting, I promise.

And we're back!! 2024 year in review. January 2024

Holy Cow!!  I cannot believe another whole year has gone by and it's time to do my year in review for 2024.  Didn't 2024 just start like yesterday or something?!?!?  But here we are and it is January 2, 2025 and I'm getting ready to tell ya'll about how 2024 went.  Hold onto something because 2024 was a wild ride.  So, without further ado, let's jump into the Davis Family 2024 year in review.

To start us out, lets talk about January 2024

We kicked off our year by celebrating our December birthday's.  I know, we celebrated them in January, but it was when we could do it.  I can't believe my Jaina turned 21!!!

We got lots of snow.

Grignard being adorable.  Grignard is one of my two outside barn cats, but sometimes we bring him in to snuggle with him.

Meow-meow was in a play at OPPA (On Pitch Performing Arts) here in Layton.  They performed Finding Nemo Jr.  More pictures to come from that.  I believe this picture is a tad bit out of order because it was taken right after we got home from his play.

I was trying to get started on planning out what seeds I wanted to plant and to get all of my notes made, but Whitley had other plans...

And so did Cocoa Bean.  I just love her little heart shaped nose.

One of the posters from the play.

He played a turtle, moonfish # 6, and a fish friend.

This is right after the play.  He did such an awesome job!!

I love that I can look out my bedroom window and see the Layton Temple!

One of the Sister Missionaries that Nathan served with came into town for a visit.  Yup, I married a giant.

The boys learned how to knit hats in Activity Days.  Surprisingly they all loved it.

We worried that it might happen because I have Scoliosis and Nathan had Kyphosis as a kid and we worried that he might get one or the other.  Sure enough, he has Kyphosis.  But between Scoliosis and Kyphosis, we're glad he got the Kyphosis, it can be corrected.

Correcting it does mean that he will have to wear a brace, and do a lot of traction and exercises.  But he was a trooper through it all.

I found 40 acres for sale in Vernon, Utah.

I want it so bad.

Just imagine all the things I could do on 40 acres.

All the rocks I could find!!

And the best part?  A 40 acre buffer between me and any neighbors that might move in!!  Don't get me wrong, I love all of my 9 neighbors that bump up to my property line, I just don't really care for some neighbors who live across the street from me.  They keep stealing my cats and then making trouble.

With his Kyphosis diagnosis, we took him in to a treatment of acupuncture.  He was a trooper for that too.

And then we also put him into Taekwondo.  He was so proud that he was able to break the board.

And once again I have a helper.  It's a good thing he's a cute helper.

Shots of Meow-meow in Finding Nemo Jr.

Doing a dance.

He had memorized the lines so well that when one of the kids got sick, he was able to step in and perform the roll of Squirt and he just rocked it!!

Back Stage before the play

And to be silly, we sometimes take screenshots of our weekly visits with Jimmy.

Speaking of Jimmy, he is doing great on his mission and will send me pictures when he writes his emails, so I thought I would share some of his photos with you.....

It's been fun watching him grow in his testimony.  A lot of mom's share their missionary's emails on Facebook, and I guess I've been slacking on that so, just for funsies I thought I could share his emails here because they are just awesome!!

From January 24th:

Hello everybody, it's been 1 whole transfer. Went by a little quick, but and the same time it took forever. The temperature is still perfect, I don't know why I keep bringing up the temperature but ido. Good bye elder Graham o7. It's been real, it's been fun, hasn't been real fun, just kidding it was real fun. I miss home and my family. I also miss my old job and my friends there too. It's tough coming out to no one you know, talking to random people who could have done some messed up stuff, and doing it in a nice shirt and tie. But I can't complain Because the blessings have been much greater. I hope everyone at home is doing fine. I am still breathing here, even tho it's hard with all the Marijuana. Also feel free to email me back too. Like I can read everyone's emails that's totally okay. It's how I can communicate. Nothing has changed minus the new companion elder Hammond. I've just been livin the life in God's country. Miss music still. As much as I like the tabernacle choir its not my favorite, I also don't like the youth music, and that's all we listen to out here. We hope to get our friend Fred baptismal soon, and aniya. Our teaching pool has change, as it does weekly. I probably will be loosing my car, making it so I'm on a bike.  So that'll be fun. Also I forgot to say, unless you read the church news you prolly don know that the mission is splitting, so i might get moved ro a new mission. Amyways Got some crazy black guy calling me a "cracka" that was fun, he had a gun aswell. Talked to some people who were searching for "the tablet, which apparently I have already found". Played poker with tootsie rolls and hershe kisses. Met a lamanite, he came to church, no one else did. But hey I found 40 lost souls this week so that's nice. Big thanks to brother Jacobsen, ,  for always coming out with us, even into the Hamptons. Anyways love you all, and email me back please, I got nothing to do on pdays. Also if there's anyone else who might want to read my emails, tell me who they are so I can add them. Alright lov you alls, haves much great days.

From January 30th:

Hello! Welcome to another week. It's been a shorter week because our pdays have changed more time than I change my close in a day. Which is quite a lot, especially on pdays. So far I have been good. Got a bike and now I am biking. Which is good for my legs and will make those transfer fly by. Speaking of this transfer. So far this transfer has been a W. I know this is gonna be a good transfer. Today's pday was much more fruitful than last. We actually played some pickle ball then had some fun card games with cookies. We also have 2 new missionaries I'm our district. Elder audd and sister houghi (chips ahoy). So we got them and me who just got out of training. So a pretty young district. Elder Timothy is our district leader, and Elder Hammond is my companion. He is soo cool. Super funny and has been out 22 months so he about to die. It's also officially summer time already, hitting 75 degrees. Not looking forward to summer. I hope you all are doing fine. Cause I sure am. I'm love you all and miss you all. 

-elder Davis

Moroni 7:13

That's all I have for January 2024.  I didn't take a lot of pictures and I really need to get better at that.  Maybe that should be my New Year's Resolution..........