Dear Tooth Fairy

Dear Tooth Fairy,

I am so excited. I lost my first tooth. My tooth has been so wiggly for a long time. I was eating dinner, and my tooth was really wiggly. I was eating noodles, and it fell out. It was very surprising. I had a good time losing my tooth. It felt kind of weird. I wasn't even scared! Thank you for giving me all that money. I cleaned my tooth a lot. It was good to have you get my tooth.

Love,
Stephanie







Stephanie was so excited about losing her first tooth. She was afraid that it would hurt, and she didn't want to touch it after it came out. If you click on the pictures, you will see her stunning brown eyes, her angel-kiss freckles, and her adult teeth that are already growing in behind her wiggly teeth. We hope the next tooth will fall out tomorrow.

It is hard to believe that our baby has reached another neat milestone. She is growing up so quickly.

Southern California Trip-Take Two

Two weeks after our trip to the LA area, we headed back down to Anaheim for the Davis family reunion. We had a great time getting reacquainted with Doug's family and meeting many family members for the first time.


Stephanie and her long-lost twin, Cynthia (second cousins) had a great time playing together. Everyone was surprised with how much they looked alike. For those of you who might be confused, Steph is on the right. HEE HEE


The only alone time during the weekend for us was when we stole a few minutes to walk along the beach.


Thanks Benj for the pedicure! My toes looked awesome. With 22 plus people in the rental house, I was needing a little one-on-one attention.
Love, Stephanie


Darrel Davis family


Elvis made a special guest appearance on Saturday night. The older adults went wild as they sang and danced to the popular music that they remember first-hand. The middle-aged fans were in awe of how similar Elvis looked to the old videos and movies that they had seen re-runs of. The young kids laughed and danced with excitement as some crazy guy played funny music while dressed in silly clothes. They had no idea who Elvis was. Yes, indeed! It bridged the generations. Thanks, Elvis!

AN ENORMOUS THANK YOU!!!

JUST A QUICK UPDATE ON LIFE IN THE DAVIS HOME. ON FRIDAY AFTER A FEW DAYS OF DISCOMFORT, THE PAIN IN LAURA'S BACK AND ABDOMEN BECAME TOO MUCH TO TAKE. WITH THE HELP OF SOME PERSISTENT FRIENDS, LAURA FINALLY WENT TO THE ER ON FRIDAY NIGHT. SHE WAS PASSING A STONE FROM HER KIDNEY TO HER BLADDER. SHE WAS SENT HOME TO WAIT IT OUT.

WE WANTED TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HELPED OUR FAMILY OUT THIS WEEKEND. THANKS FOR THE MEALS, FOR LOVING AND WATCHING OUR CHILDREN, FOR THE PHONE CALLS AND VISITS. MARTHA, THANKS FOR GETTING THE TROOPS LINED UP TO HELP US. WE ARE GRATEFUL TO HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL FRIENDS TO COUNT ON WHEN THINGS ARE TOUGH. WE HOPE THAT THE WORST IS BEHIND US, BUT WE WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.

WE LOVE YOU ALL!
THE DAVIS FAMILY

Missing Amanda

Where or where has Amanda Gone?
Or where or where can she be?
Tell me where or where has Amanda gone?
Or where or where can she be?


This is the most frequently asked question of the summer. Where has Amanda been all summer? I ask you-where hasn't she been this summer? The list of travels and adventures for Amanda include:

-trip home to Illinois-She flew home alone to spend time with family and friends. Her time included:
**time with Grandma Candy-great fun! She took two sewing classes and a cake decorating class. She rode the train to Chicago to see Wicked. She had a sleepover with lots of her cousins. She stayed up late to scrapbook, watch movies, and play with her cousin, Mackenzie.
**time with Grandma and Grandpa Fligge in their new Nauvoo house, eating Nauvoo fudge, and playing with the animals.
**time with Big Abby and Bobby swimming in their pool, getting pedicures, going go-carting, etc.
**time with Ethel and Steve Applegate cooking fudge, touring the Lincoln museum in Springfield, watching the critters in their wooded backyard, and early morning breakfasts out with Steve and his friend.
**time with Cris and Jeff Braun eating out and playing mini-golf. Way to go Jeff for beating Amanda at golf! What a great host!
**time with other family and friends doing fun summer stuff. She attended the Nauvoo temple with her friends and cousin. Amanda spent the most time of all at Culver's eating yummy custard ice cream.

After her trip to Illinois, we spent the week in Anaheim playing on the beach, at a science discovery museum, at Downtown Disney, and goofing off as a family.

She was home for about a week, and then we went to Anaheim again for a family reunion.

She was home only long enough to repack her stuff for girls' camp this week.

So when people ask, where has Amanda been, I grin and think, where hasn't she been? I want to thank everyone who has made this a fantastic summer for Amanda. This has been her most memorable summer of her life. THANK YOU!!!

As for me, I do miss Amanda. She is a great daughter and a wonderful friend. I can't wait for her to be home so that we can do some fun summer things together, too. Love you, Manders!!! See you on Saturday!!!

PARTYING AT THE PATTENS'

With summer in full swing, we have spent a lot of time with family and friends. We always enjoy hanging out with the Patten family.