Seeing (and being) Santa

Jesse with Santa after the "Christmas Carol" movie in Fillmore
Halle with Santa after the movie

Halle with Santa at the library in Fillmore

Jesse with Santa at the library

After seeing Santa so many times, Jesse needed a "santa beard" all his own so my mom made him one out of yarn. He thinks it's pretty cool.

Hanging out with the Warners

On Sunday, November 1st, Ben and Shea blessed their new baby - Emery Dawn Wade. She's such a good baby and it was a lot of fun to hang out with the Warner family for the day!

Boston loves his little sister but he loves to have his picture taken even more
Kristen, Ashley, and Josh

Jamie, Jack, Grandma King, Shea, Emery, and me (in my defense, I was feeding the baby when everyone else was eating. That's why I'm the only one in the room with food)

Halloween 2009

Baby Jade as a Ladybug. We didn't actually see her on Halloween, but she is dang cute in her costume!
Ty chewin on his straw

Kairan was more woried about opening his sucker than having his picture taken

Batman and Batgirl with their bags of candy

Here are the cutest superheroes in all of Fillmore

Chandler's "incident"

So a couple of weeks ago, my cousin Chandler was getting ready to ride his horse up Logan canyon when he was bucked off. The horse was freaking out and Chandler landed on his face. He got up and the horse calmed down. He felt fine, but his co-worker told him to get in the truck. They loaded the horses and went to the Emergency Room. In the ER, they checked out all his wounds and discovered that he had broken his neck. It was a crack in the bones that keep the vertebrae separated and if left untreated, he could develop severe nerve damage. His surgeon scheduled his surgery for the following Sunday (3 days later). Here are the pictures from the trip to the ER (WARNING: there are some pretty graphic pictures below):

Surgery went really well and they were able to place a plate and some screws in between the vertebrae to stabilize them. He has to wear a neck brace for 3 months, won't be able to work for a while, and doesn't have a lot of energy. He is doing remarkably well for what he's been through. He shouldn't have any long-term effects other than the scars. He is a VERY lucky guy!

His face healed pretty well and the cut on his head is working on getting better

Such a happy patient - he wanted to escape the hospital the day of surgery - no such luck

These are the screws in his neck

And this is the view from behind

Drugged up

The scar from the surgery (sorry the picture is so small, it's from my phone)

More Davis family fun

On Sunday, we all celebrated Grandma's birthday in Fillmore. Here are some pictures from Sunday. Baby Jade is getting so big and is the center of attention for sure!

Jade and Uncle Nick

Jaxon taking his turn holding Jade

Jesse, Alisca, Jade, Halle, and Whitnee
Aunt Bonnie and Jade
Jadeth puts Jade on his shoulders and she rubs her hands on his hair. She giggles because it tickles her little hands! It's soooo cute!!

Look how big she's getting!!

Halle trying to get Jade to crawl

Jesse & Halle's Birthday Celebration

Halle and Jess with the cakes their mom made. She is so talented!
Jesse with his Wolverine Claw that he has BEGGED for every time we go to WalMart!

Opening their presents

Jesse's Firefighter cake

Halle's Dora cake

Jesse turned 5 on October and Halle turns 4 on October 13th so we had a joint family party for them on the 1st. They got lots of presents and were really excited about everything they got. I love these two so much and am so glad they had a good birthday!

Silly kids

Wolverine aka - Jesse
Halle was extra silly this day for some reason

In memory of my hero

With the NFL season officially underway, I get a little sentimental regarding my fallen hero, Sean Taylor. I will never forget the day that Justin called me to tell me that Sean had been shot and was in surgery. Later that day, when it was announced that Sean had passed, I truly felt like I had lost someone I cared about. He was a great football player and a role model. I watched him all through college at "THE U" (Miami) and when he was drafted to the Redskins, I became a 'Skins fan for life. You are still missed Sean and there is no safety in the game that plays to the level you did when you were still with us. RIP #21 - HTTR

Who is this cute girl?

It's BABY JADE!! She's so much fun and so super cute!

I had fun with her and her mommy on Friday!

Warner family bonding time

On August 1st, we had a family reunion for the Warner side of our family. We spent the day at the Wildlife Park in Fillmore. Aunt Leslie had squirt guns, stickers, bubbles, hats, and treasure chests for the kids. They had lots of fun with all of the activities she had planned. We also had some good food that I couldn't eat because I was recovering from a bad case (and my first) of strep throat. It's not much fun to be surrounded by good food and have it hurt so bad to swallow that you don't get to partake of any of it :(. Look forward to seeing all of you again next year!

Jesse and Halle with their bubbles

The kids doing their crafts

Cute Brynlee showing me her stickers

Halle with her treasure chest she decorated

Jesse in his hat he decorated

The kids squirting Matt. They attacked Matt and Mark which was great for the rest of us!

Boston was soaked by the time the day was over!