The Elderly at The Dublin

Even years later, The Dublin still has not changed.

Why, you ask, were the elderly allowed to even enter such a place?

The band, man, the band.

Smug

Noah's proud moment -mastering the straw.

Daddy's Socks


I know where these go, I just can't figure out how to get them on!!

Portland or Bust

We took four days to drive back to Portland from Phoenix. We stopped in Page, AZ and toured Antelope Canyon. The boys were too young to take a boat tour of Lake Powell. Boo Hoo. Antelope Canyon was cool though. We then went to Zion. Beautiful!! Drove straight though Nevada. We stayed the night in Bend and had breakfast with Matt's friend Shad. Then off to home! If feels great to be back! It's a little cold though....I am such a sissy now!

Zion National Park

Tyler was mad that he couldn't stick his head out of the window on the tour bus.

This was the only time they were both happy at the same time. But what boy wouldn't be happy throwing rocks into a river?

Collin wasn't feeling very well so he decided to stop for a rest.

Page, Arizona

Tour to Antelope Canyon

Collin stayed up for most of the night so he had a hard time staying awake.

Collin the Tool Guy

We had an early birthday party for Collin in Phoenix with his playgroup friends. His friends Lindsey and Maura gave him this John Deere tool belt with tools. He loves it!!!

Water Boy!

Collin has been taking infant swimming lessons from our neighbor Julyann. She is incredible! The kids love her!!! Collin gave her a lot of resistance at the beginning but by the end he didn't want to get out of the pool. Now he is a proficient floater and is beginning to roll and swim. He loves this new found skill. At the beginning of his lesson he jumps off of the steps to swim to Julie. These pictures are from his last day where he had to swim in winter clothes.
This video is after we took his clothes off. She is trying to make sure he has a correct posture for his float. As you will see, he has little patience for her. He just wants to swim!

Swinging with Mike at Turtle Park

Checking out the Zoo

Easter

Picnic at Red Rocks

Yahoo! Brownies for breakfast!

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Cheese!

Isn't this where everyone puts their underwear when they are going to the bathroom?

Zoom Zoom

Collin's favorite thing to do now is take the horse trike outside and go up and down the sidewalk as fast as he can. My favorite part is the tongue!

Happy Easter, One Week Late!

Since everyone was sick last week, we decided to postpone celebrating Easter by a week. Matt and I didn't think it would be very nice to give the boys Easter baskets filled with chocolate bunnies, emmies (M&Ms), and jellybeans, only to take it back until their little stomachs could handle it! So we told the boys today was Easter, got them dressed up, went to Mass (perk: we missed the Easter crowd), and came home to find that the Easter bunny had come, brought the boys baskets, and hid eggs in our backyard. Tyler was so excited. He found the eggs as fast as he could. Collin would find an egg, eat the contents (jellybeans) and move on to find another one. Problem was that Tyler was too fast. He had found most of them so Collin just took from Tyler's basket. Smart kid!

sidenote for Barbara: The boys were great at Church! Tyler was even kneeling and standing when he was supposed to. And Collin only shouted "Hi Mama" a dozen times even though I was sitting right next to him. Progress!!

Visit Us, If You Dare!

Molly and Ana came to stay with us for spring break. We had a repeat of Thanksgiving when the whole Davis family was here. It started out on our trip to Sedona. Molly got Collin out of his carseat and he thanked her by puking on her in the parking lot of the hotel. He seemed fine so we trekked on. We went to see the Grand Falls, 30 miles outside of Flagstaff. Mapquest said it was supposed to take an hour to get there from Flagstaff. We thought that must be wrong. We realized why the hour time frame when we found the last 8 miles were on a rough, dirt road. These falls are part of the Little Colorado River and it only flows in March and April. Some years it doesn't flow at all. This was pretty cool but out in the middle of nowhere! We went back into Flagstaff and had dinner at McDonalds. We then found a hotel because there were none available near the Grand Canyon. To kill time we decided to take the kids to the park. Molly decided to stay in the hotel because she had some indigestion from her McD meal. Ana stayed, too. So Matt and I took the boys to the park where Tyler puked all over the play structure. The other parents grabbed their kids and skittered away like roaches to light. Tyler wanted to know why everyone was sad. We went back to the hotel to find that Molly had puked. Both Molly and Tyler were sick all night long. Tack on to that that Collin had diarrhea. Matt and I felt sorry for the poor woman who was going to have to clean that room. The smell was horrendous! We still decided to go the Grand Canyon. We had made it this far and Molly really wanted Ana to see the it. The trip was fine but Molly and Tyler slept through most of it. We strategically placed Molly and Tyler by the doors in case the need for a quick exit arose! Fortunately, it didn't! Molly stayed sick for a few more days while Ana and I got it, promptly puked and felt much better. Sound familiar, Davis'? Despite all the sickness, we had a great time with Molly and Ana. Tyler and Collin loved having all of Ana's attention and can't wait to play with her when we get back to Oregon in May.

Here are some pictures from our trip. (no puking pictures. I didn't let Matt have camera!)

Sedona just before sunset

Collin didn't think the last 8 miles on the dirt road were so bad!

Mike, Paige, Molly, Ana and Tyler

Grand Falls

Our road marker showing us the way back to the main highway

Collin thinks he is just too cool

Grand Canyon

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