Quote

I heard a really great quote today in Sacrament Meeting that I wanted to share.  The high council speaker said his grandfather used to say this to him.

"Service is the rent you pay on the space you occupy in this life."

Hope you enjoy the quote as much as I did.  I'm hoping to be a better rent payer in the future.  

Fruit Trees = (

We planted fruit trees with Ian and Melissa and the boys and now it's sad to say the deer have been eating them.  I think there is one plum left on the tree and LOTS of the new growth has been nibbled away.  If you have any suggestions to rid ourselves of the deer please feel free to comment.

Our little Sammy is graduating

There is a lady in our ward that did Sam's senior portraits and we think the turned out great. She posted a few of them on her family blog with her story of Sam from working with her off and on throughout the years. Check it out at http://www.davisdata8@blogspot.com.

Fun Weekend

It was really lovely for Ian and I and our boys to visit with everybody over the weekend. Thanks for hosting us Louise, and as always Grace and Emily thank you for your amazing help. We were even able to get an entire night off thanks to you all which we are so grateful for. Here are some photos of Emma's blessing and Faith's shower. Two special girls! Thanks again everyone!

BLESSING

A quick thank you to all who showed up for baby Colbie's blessing and to those who participated in the "circle". It is nice to know we are supported and loved by many. THANKS. -danny, janessa, allan, and colbie

Like Father Like Son

Caleb has been telling Liam, Emma and I all about the law school construction going on...there were a few weeks where there was no progress on it, since there was no state budget. But now that CA has somewhat of a budget, the construction is back on. So today I decided to venture out, and we met Caleb at his lunch break. I had told Liam we were going to see Dad at school, see the choo-choo, and the crane. Liam was so excited! We got there, and he saw it right away...I took these pictures. Like Father Like Son, is all I could think about, as we all know that Caleb loves to watch this stuff, and now so does Liam. How cute!!!



Also these are some pictures from Easter...Liam thought looking for eggs was great. We took him to our complex Easter Egg hunt, and then to our ward Easter Egg hunt. He really liked it when he figured out there were treats inside the eggs. Emma wasnt too worried about the days events, as long as we fed her.

Stairs and lots of them

Well I looked at a few websites yesterday about climbing Half Dome and I began to get a bit intimidated. As part of my so called training I've been walking the stairs in my building. I haven't been terribly dilligent with the stair climbing only going to the 8th floor and opting for the elevator about half the time but after yesterday I decided today was the day. I work in a 24 story building with an additional set of stairs to the roof. Also the distance between the first and second floor is like two floors since the first floor has a two story ceiling so that's a lot of stairs. I will have to count them sometime. It seems to me that I did count them at one time years ago but I have no recall of the number. I have read many books in that stairwell while walking both up and down the stairs. I don't recommend the reading and walking downstairs especially if you wear bifocals. Too easy to fall. I made it to the top today and I'm giving myself a big shout out for doing that. My next goal is to make the trek twice a day to get myself ready for the Half Dome excursion. I'd hate to embarrass myself. You all know how vain I am...