How Ironic...

It is Christmas Day, The last few weeks have been very busy. Oddly enough after 8 years of marriage, we finally got Christmas cards for all our friends and family. They are still sitting in an envelope in our house. :-)

Also for the first time in our marriage Naomi and I both took vacation the whole Christmas week. It, so far, has been amazing to spend so much time with family.

Last night Santa came very late. I stayed up trying to cook a "simple" breakfast. Naomi found a crock pot recipe for french toast. Needless to say 4 1/2 hours on high and that thing was far beyond edible. Not a single child would eat it, even with syrup.

So we did the only thing exhausted parents do. My wife went to bed and I let my children eat all they candy they wanted. My 18 month year old did ask for a yogurt, which I gave her. Funny story, that ended up all over the carpet. The joke was on me.

Tonight we went to see "grandma puppies". We had a wonderful time. Both Naomi and I took naps at some point. We got home and put the kids to bed. Naomi and I were falling asleep watching a show and all the sudden Hyrum woke saying he felt sick.

We are no stranger to illness. But he didn't have a fever. I tried to help him use the bath room and then he went back to bed. Only to awaken 5 mins later saying, "I feel sick". So I took him to the bathroom again. I asked him to try to go number two, only to realize that all day my son was going commando.

He came out, I got him a bowl, just in case he needed to throw up. The moment I gave him the bowl he threw up something that resembled a whole days worth of candy. It was more like candy cane colored.

I told Hyrum to sit next to mom. She was watching Warehouse 13. In the episode a person was murdered in the opening scene. He immediately asked, "did he die?". Not wanting to freak him out Naomi says with all the confidence of a sage, "No. He got sucked into the ground and is now enjoying hot chocolate and cake with his friends in an underground house."

Immediately after this statement, the main character declares, "Wow, that guy is totally dead." The only thing I could do is laugh and think how ironic.

A Child's Wish

Dear Giant Universe,

Today's message comes from my son Hyrum who just opened his birthday present from Grandma Toby's (AKA Grandma Davis) ten days late. Ironically it was not due to her sending the gift late. It was because she gave it to me and I left it in the back of my car for ten days. We called Grandma this evening, however, he wouldn't come to the phone to say hi and got in trouble. He was so sad so he now is going to have me write his message to Grandma.

"I want you come to my house to have Christmas togeder. And to have a nap over. Minecraft togeder to and I love you grandma and granpa. That's it. That is all I wanted to say"

Grandma is bringing back the 80's and my little Maddy sports it so well :-) I couldn't not pass up posting this way cute pic!

Why you bring protection to bed...

This beautiful girl is Adele. She is four years old, is super smart, and is one of the joys of my life.

This evening I was laying on my bed. To be precise I was curled up on my side on the far left side of the bed. My wife was on the other side on her back watching a show on her phone with Zoe on her left. Adele wanted up so she went on my left, my wife's right.

Adele is still sucking her thumb. We per our doctor we continually encourage her not to. My wife decided to tease her and put her hand over Adele's mouth. She said jokingly that instead of trying to stop the thumb, we should just plug up the mouth. My daughter then licked my wife's hand vigorously. My wife quickly removed her hand and Adele laughed out loud.

With out missing a beat my wife said, "oh man Adele! I just used that hand to scratch my bum!"

Then my wife was laughing and Adele was yelling, "Ew Ew Ew" While she did that she flailed around and like a horse, did a back kick and nailed me in the family jewels.

I cried.

Needless to say, remember. When you go to bed you may need protection :-)

Christmas tree, oh Christmas tree, how lovely are they many many many branches

As any young family with two working parents. Naomi and I often feel a little worn out. After 

Thanksgiving we started discussing our Christmas tree and when to set it up. If you did not know, last year we moved out of our larger home and downside to a smaller apartment (which is paid for due to my wife working as a property manager for a wonderful company). Our tree is a little big for our space. Last week my wife mentioned that perhaps we shouldn't set up a tree this year. Another week went by and we hadn't done it yet. So coming back from a work trip, I wen to safe way and purchased a small 4' tree thinking that a small cheap tree is better than no tree at all. Ironically, that very night my sweet wife cleared out a ton of space and set up our large tree. Due to my laziness I decided that this year we would have two trees. So, there you have it, we went from being yule tide grinch's, to getting more into the Christmas festivities. 

Getting Lost

Maddy, Adele, and Hyrum July 2014

Back in July our family started randomly driving. We ended up north on highway nine in Mount Vernon Washington at the Big Rock Cafe. There our family stopped to eat and get gas...

This sign was on the side of the building. My wife and I were cracking up. One of my favorite quote was from their menu. Note this is really a mini grocery, restaurant, bar, and gas station. It is in the middle of no where. So knowing that here is a paraphrase of what was in their menu. 

"We understand that our prices are more expensive than Walmart. If you don't like them, go there and stop telling us. If something is not stocked, it is because we don't have it." The sarcasm and clear frustration over years of being asked and told the same thing made me grin and landed the clear explanation into the menu. 

 There fries had to be one of my favorite fries I have ever had, not to mention their "bucket of fries" actually comes in cool mini buckets. The deep fried Oreo's are excellent, and so is their wide range of unique pizza's. If you ever get a chance, go get lost, and run into Big Rock Cafe & Grocery 14779 State Route 9, Mount Vernon, WA, 98273. 

Hey, Hey, Ben

This is more of a personal rant. These are the pictures of my children roughly about the same ages. I remember walking the halls with them. Feeding, burping, loving them. I even changed their dirty drawers. And now my soon to be 7 year old, Hyrum, is always trying to call me Ben. Gosh darn it, I worked hard, and sacrificed a lot to be a dad. I always stop and and ask, "Hyrum, what is my name?" He says, "Daddy" I then tell him "that is right and not to forget it." It is like Rodney Dangerfield said, "I get no respect, no respect at all" :-) 

Zoe May 2014

Adele 11/30/2010

December 2012 Madeline

Hyrum October 2008

A Maddy Sandwich

Just as most nights in the Davis home, we ended up with at least one little person in our bed. My wife wanted to make the bed and start folding clothes this morning. As I walked in she was making the bed over our daughter. She said, "I am making the bed over her so she doesn't have to wake up." It was just a cute picture.