Michael - on the day he was set apart as a missionary

This is a picture taken right before Michael was set apart as a missionary. It was a great day! One of our good friends, President Dennis Smith set him apart. The Smith’s gave him the suit pin he is wearing in the video (below), which stands for “Endure to the End”. We all had dinner at their home after that. I was grateful Laura Lee, Marc and Addie could come. Thank you Marc and Laura Lee for being so influential in Michael’s life. He looks up to you in so may ways!

Video of Michael entering the MTC

This is a beautiful video that my son Jeffrey made for us. Jeffrey dropped off Michael at the MTC and we were so grateful to see it like we were there. This video goes right to our hearts!


Michael MTC Video from Jeff Davis on Vimeo.

GUESS WHO'S ENGAGED!!!!! YEAH!

We are thrilled to announce that Ryan and Sarah Davidson are engaged to be married on December 30th, 2008 in the Idaho Falls Temple. They will be married by William's father.

We are so excited to have Sarah join our family and we love her so much!

Congratulations to you two! We couldn't be happier!

To see Ryan and Sarah's story visit their cute new blog: ryan-sarah.blogspot.com

8 Random things about me (Lynda)

I have been tagged again. Here goes:

Theses are 8 random things about me.
#1. I am a romantic at heart. I love romantic movies, music, sentiments, letters, etc., I have learned however that most of the time I need to be a realist in rearing a family.
#2. I love musicals- any kind. I like them better with good dancing! I recently went on a movie watching spree and rented movies with with Judy Garland, Audrey Hepburn, Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Ester Williams, etc., and had the time of my life.
#3. I have never mowed my lawn. I have gotten behind a mower before and done some mowing but have never completely done it. (I don't like doing it either. Maybe that would change if we had a riding lawn mower?).
#4. I color code my scriptures and have about 18 categories. I have done this for about 25 years now and wouldn't know how to mark my scriptures another way. When marking them, I mark every word a color. Crazy, huh?
#5. I enjoy exercising! Every time I am introduced to a new form of exercising I am intrigued and learn to really like it. Right now I am into "Zumba" which is a Latin dance class which is geared to make you work up a sweat and yet feels like a dance party. I love Yoga, Pilates, Cycle (Spinning), Step, Walking, and like Swimming and running. I teach Yoga, Pilates and Cycle sculpt right now at the YMCA.
#6. I needed to get reading glasses this year. It's the pits! Enjoy your close vision while you can!!
#7. My secret wish for my family (before I was married) was for us all to sit around the piano and sing songs together. Talk about faulty expectations!!!!
#8. One of my "favorite things" is cards and letters of any kind. I love sending them, receiving them, reading them. I love to receive them from children, family (hint, hint) and others.

Miss Addie

Addie at 19 months old. Her hair is now growing!! Yeah!

Fun times!

I looked out the window the other day and this is what I saw! I had Tanner go take a picture of this cute scene.

It's autumn time!

Our family walked to the local "pavilion" where we took these pictures. Actually many of you may not know that our village use to hold the record for baking the world's largest pumpkin pie. I just looked it up on the internet and it looks like someone in South Africa may have beat the record last year. Anyway, these pictures were taken just a block from our home. (Note the pumpkin man patterned after a snowman.)

This fall has been incredible so far. We have had the windows open since about the middle of September. The weather outside is 79 degrees right now and it's 7:00 PM on October 15th. The flowers are still in bloom and the trees are just starting to change colors. I don't remember a nicer fall in Ohio.