Tuesday, December 18, 2012

OMYHECK








Oh my heck.  It should be Christmas winter all year round.  I do NOT mean dirty-snow-February-winter all year round.  I mean Christmas winter.  That period before Christmas when each new snowfall is still a miracle and it's okay to eat 5 cookies a day.   It's a magical time...and here's why...

 MoTab Christmas concert Sunday morning.  As we were ushered to our seats, the usher really checked out our tickets.  "Sister! You are sitting in the chair Mitt Romney sat in last night.  Make sure you really enjoy that chair!"  I did feel almost presidential (I'm pretty sure Mitt feels almost presidential, too).  I really enjoyed that sit...I'm pretty sure the seat was still warm...creepy. Thayner sat in Ann's chair, bwah ha ha ha!  We couldn't have enjoyed the concert any more.  Alfie Boe (famous Brittish tenor) and Tom Brokaw were the special guests and I was blown away by Alfie's singing ability and Tom's talking ability.  If I could ask Heavenly Father for one talent, it would be a beautiful singing voice.  In my opinion, that is one of the more legit talents one can have.  Music cuts through all layers right to the soul.  We were so grateful to enjoy such a touching and beautiful Christmas performance in such an almost presidential manner.

BAM!  In our whole lives, Thayner and I have never placed in a Davis competition.  Let's just say second to our wedding day was last night when we placed 2nd in the gingerbread house making competition.
 I think when a business has an honest-to-goodness Christmas party, they have reached "we are a company" status.  It's basically an IPO in my eyes.  Outfityours.com had its first Christmas party at Rodizio Grill = we are a company!  We got drunk off delicious Brasilian delicacies like quail eggs, turkey wrapped bacon, chicken hearts, pan de queso, and grilled pineapple.  Serious note: I am so proud of Taylor and Thayne for creating and running this company.  They are the perfect partnership and have worked so hard to make this dream a reality and I couldn't be more happy for those two.

 So we found the "Thayne Davis" of Christmas trees the other week.  Glen compares the journey of finding your Christmas tree to finding a spouse.  You search all over for the perfect tree (spouse) and you walk hours and hours checking out all sorts of trees (BYU, high school, stake dances, FHE, ward stare, dating in general) and finally you are just like "what the heck! this one looks fine" and you chop it down and take it home (marriage).  Our journey this year was identical to what happened to us.  We drove for like two hours to the tree patch and saw an awesome part of the river that looked like it had some great trees...we drove past and checked two other places for like 5 minutes each. We both wanted to go back to the river bottom because we knew the ONE was down there.  We pulled off the side of the road, took two steps down to the river and basically ran into the most perfect Christmas tree that has ever graced this green earth = Thayne Davis.  It even looked like Thayne...thick and full and very symmetrical and it smelled delicious.  We chopped it down right away (5 months after my mission) and it is glowing in the corner of the living room as we speak (Thayne gives me eternal joy, happiness, and contentment on a continuous basis and makes my life lovely, but doesn't live in the corner).  I love my tree.

Drool.  Cookie-fest 2012 has come and gone.  First Friday of December was spent elbow deep in butter, sugar, and sprinkles.  Think I'll go have a cookie...nom nom nom!


In conclusion:
Christmas winter = THE best
dirty-crusty-snow-February-winter = still pretty awesome
We look forward to spending Christmas with the families and in Argentina, exploring the major cities and Patagonia to the south.  We feel so blessed with family and friends who are such stellar people.  We feel grateful for this time of year when we can focus even more on the Savior of the world.  We hope to make greater efforts at centering our little family on Jesus Christ who is the best foundation anything can be built on.  

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

I wish I could've seen me....

Quick story. I went to my mom's aerobics class this morning at the church across the street from us. My mother is a stallion and can out aerobicize ANYONE.  That's not what this story is about, but my mom is amazing.  So, I walked home feeling pretty good about myself and there is a thin layer of snow on the roads and on the grass.  Walking across the yard, I slipped and my whole body hit the ground at once = NO grace. I let out a loud "whoooo" as I went down and was up as quickly as I was down.  Then, I pulled the classic "started-jogging-towards-my-door-while-looking-around-to-see-if-anyone-else-saw-laughing-and-shaking-my-head-so-those-people-who-saw-me-die-would-know-I-knew-how-awesomely-stupid-I-looked".  I hope somebody saw it and I hope they laughed and I hope it made their day.  Watching someone fall down is one of my favorite things on earth (as long as it causes no injury and said person is < 35 years old). I really wish I could've seen me.

PS-Thayne wanted me to write this: His professor fell down the other day and broke his shoulder.  This = NOT one of my favorite things on earth.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

losing a loved one...

Our beloved Jeremy Davis ascended into heaven while simultaneously descending down the toilet drain today, December 9, 2012 after a brief struggle with swim bladder disease.  Jeremy is the late pet of Thayne and Emily Davis, who purchased him at Pet's Mart and is survived by his parents and brother, Mr. Fish. Jeremy was an avid swimmer and really enjoyed the fish pellets that appeared floating at the top of his home each day.  Upon his demise, Emily cried like a big, dumb baby for five minutes.  Jeremy lived a wonderful life and brought joy to all those who knew him.  He will be missed.