Happy July 4th with the Dalbys!!!

 On Chris's Birfday... the day before the 4th, Kristina drove the girls and I to the airport so we could head to Colorado!!!  The girls were SOO excited for our travel plans and SOO excited that they got to go on the airplane!  This was my first time flying with both the girls by myself.  In the past I have STRESSED when I just had one of them.  I didn't even worry for a second this trip.  Both of the girls are at a good age that I knew they'd do fine!  Plus... now that I'm experienced I knew just to have plenty of bribes and shows on my laptop to keep them occupied!

Can't you just see their excitement.... haha... I loved it!

 

The push pops, gummy worms, and Strawberry Shortcake movie totally worked!  They were great!  Their favorite part was taking off and landing.... oh the landing!  You know how you scream and holler when you are on a roller coaster or some other ride... that's what they were doing!  It was really funny, cute, and embarrassing all at the same time!

 The next morn was the 4th!  I was THRILLED to wake up and go running in the non-Arizona heat... it. was. awesome.  And I have only missed a day since!  Then my parent's ward had a pancake breakfast and Grandpa, as tradition, was in charge of the pancakes or as we like to call them... "Dadcakes."

McKenna was thrilled they had her most favorite toy to play with... rocks... such a novelty! :)

 

And Adyson Isabelle was thrilled with the Dadcakes!

 They were both thrilled just to be outside not in AZ heat!!!

 After naps we headed over to the park with Grandma, Uncle Ryan, and Peanut!

 

 

 The girls thought it was the most fun thing in the world to "walk" Peanut... even though we really know that Peanut walks them! :)

 There were no fireworks for us this year since 99.9% of the state was in flames.  Instead we had a night in with mom's homemade pizza and I made a flag cake.  My Dad said he was "Pleasantly shocked" at how good it was even though it was just a cool whip topping hahaha!  And yes... there are 50 "stars" :)

 After putting the girls to bed me and all the boys headed over to see the new Spider Man and my madre offered to stay home with the sleeping babes!  So nice!  Thanks Mom!  Shockingly I, the girl, was the only one that enjoyed the movie... who woulda thunk?!  Not me!

The brother's were MORTIFIED that I wanted a picture in the theatre... too bad hehehe My Dad even had to take it twice, and this sadly was the best one because we were all cracking up!

If it doesn't make it onto the blog did it ever even really happen????? :)

It was a great 4th and I'm so glad we were able to spend it in CO!  More trip updates to come!

Chris Update:  He spent His actual birthday at the first day at the hospital! Then that night he said he treated himself to a Chinese buffet.  I think his exact words were "I could have written a book titled... "The sad story of the morbidly obese, alone customers at a Chinese buffet."  Kinda sad!  Happy birthday honey :)  The 4th he wanted to make sure he was on the night shift so he could see any excitement the fireworks might bring in!  (My parents thought that sounded kinda morbid to be excited about injuries but hey... the boy's gotta get experience somehow! Apparently they had an entire area sectioned off for burn injuries. 

Happy 4th everyone!  Hope you didn't spend it in the ER :)

An Early Birthday!

On July 3rd Chris will be 28! Unfortunately he is leaving for his first audition rotation for the whole month of July so we can't be with him. :(  He just left a few minutes ago but I'm trying just to pretend it's not happening!  He will be in Tulsa, Oklahoma so wish him luck and send good vibes his way!  It's pretty nerve wrecking to have to make such a good impression!  To do an Emergency Medicine residency you have to have 3 letter of recommendations from 3 different EM residency programs.  It is also a chance to check out a program you are interested as well as get in good with them!  He will also be doing a month in Las Vegas, Nevada and Springfield, Massachusetts.

To celebrate his BIRTHDAYNESS early, Friday we went to dinner at Texas Roadhouse with Kristina, Parker, and Derek!  Of course it was a blast with such quality company :)

I had told the girls before we went that Daddy would have to sit on the horse saddle and we could all say "Yee haw!"  They took a zillion years after our check to finally bring it but don't you worry.... we waited!

Then we came back to our place for cake and ice cream.

Chris blowing out the candles...

Kristina and Parker came with gifts... a card and gift card to YARD HOUSE (Yum) for Chris and like always.... they spoiled the girls.  Kristina had been board studying and Barnes and Noble and she had told me earlier that there were these princess books by the front of the store that she always saw and thought of McKenna and Adyson.  So her last day studying there apparently she couldn't resist!  We are so lucky to have friends like them in our lives!  They really have become family to us and we love them so much!  They have been McKenna and Adyson's adopted aunt and uncle!  We can't wait to party with them at their wedding in June!!!!!  Kristina won't be living in AZ for 4th year and just like Chris leaving... I'm just pretending that it's not really happening... it's much easier that way!  I HATE goodbyes.

Derek has also been an adopted uncle!!!  The girls love him and we are so glad he is going to be here this year!

Happy early birthday to Chris!!!!!

Philly

 Last Monday Chris and 3 classmates/friends left for Philadelphia to take a practical exam board test.  He left at 7:30 in the morning and took a 4.5 hour flight.  There is a 3 hour time difference from here to there so they arrived at dinner time, studied, and went to sleep!  The next day they had to be at their test at 4:30 AM our time!  They had to do 12 mock patient exams... that's a lot!  After doing that all day long they hopped on a plane to come back home!  They had a 2 hour layover in Denver and then Chris got home about 11:30 that night!  When he got home he was... EXHAUSTED!  What craziness!!!!!!  Here's to hoping for great results!

I asked Chris to take some pics and he did... one pic... of a philly steak sandwich....gee... thanks sweety :)

The girls and I tried to keep busy while he was gone.  In 112 degree weather that is no easy task.  McKenna has been begging me for days to paint rocks.... yes.... paint rocks.  Not sure what made her want to do this but I finally gave in.  

Here's some pics... my question to you is... WHAT WAS I THINKING!

 Needless to say... their last stop of the night was the bath!  This was their THIRD bath for the day!!!

Yay for painting rocks!!?? :)

The one who almost got away...

Yesterday was Father's Day!  

We had a great day being able to skype our fam's and tell both our Dads how much we love and appreciate them!  But my favorite part of the day was being able to celebrate Chris... he is the one who almost got away!

The girls and I started the day by making Chris french toast in bed and bringing him his gifts.  The girls had made him stuff and we got him a laptop cooler thingy since his laptop is constantly over heating.  McKenna was SUPER excited about her present for him... she had talked about it all week.  What she most wanted to give him was ROCKS!  Hahaha... it was so cute.  She was SOO set on giving him rocks!  We then went to church and had people over for lasagna and fruit pizza!  As we were all sitting around talking after Lisa was asking about our dating each other before marriage!  

I think it's kinda a funny story since starts with me coming home from our first date and saying to my favorite cuz... "Eh... it was fun... but it's not like he's my husband or anything!"  Then we ended up dating for about a month and I broke up with him.  THANK HEAVENS Chris was persistent with me because like I said... he almost got away!

HE IS AMAZING and I thank my Heavenly Father every day that my babies get to have HIM for their daddy!  He is wonderful and way more than I could have ever dreamed up!

Love you Chris!

Happy Father's Day!

Love, Wifey

Bikes

A little while ago the girls were invited to a bicycle parade party!  SUCH a cute idea!  It was an adorable party!  But as we were getting the girls ready for the party we realized they had totally outgrown their bikes and it was kinda pathetic!

Adyson Isabelle loves her some cake :) ...

McKenna after... a little worn out :)

We thought for a while we should get the girls new bikes but the party confirmed the decision!  So we told McKenna she could use her birthday money she had in her princess piggy bank as well as both she and Adyson earned marbles for a month to earn the rest of the bike!!!

The marbles shockingly actually worked and when they finally earned their last marbles they were so excited!

McKenna now loves her new princess bike and barbie helmet!!!  Adyson is now riding McKenna's old bike (poor second child) but was thrilled with her new princess helmet and bell that we put on the bike!!!

Both of the girls are still working on learning to ride their new bikes but they'll get it soon enough :)

Our Week in a nutshell...

 We had a fun week that started with Memorial Day.  My friend Rachel invited us to go to the zoo and so while the hubbys stayed home and studied we went and had a great time!  McKenna is... well... obsessed with Zurik!  Yes, this is the Zurik that was her "first kiss" hahaha.  Whenever she talks about him she MAJORLY blushes!  It is so funny.  She always get a huge grin on her face and when she picked her nose, Chris told her that if she does that then he will tell Zurik... SHE FLIPPED at the thought! TOO FUNNY!  Good thing he's possibly the cutest little boy ever!

Adyson LOVE that the monkey was sitting by her!.. you can't really see him but he's sitting right behind her :)

 

 the best part of this pic... the fact that Adyson is right in the MIDDLE of a sneeze hahaha!

 Then on Wednesday our summer of movies began!!!!  I LOVE this program!  It rocks!  10 weeks, 10 movies, for $7!  Score!  This week was Happy Feet 2 and Chris joined us as well which made my day!

I also recently broke out the sewing machine my mom gave be for Christmas.  I was TERRIFIED of the thing.  I pretty much faked my way through my sewing classes in college and I haven't sewn since!  But I wanted to make my sister a car seat cover for her baby boy and so I just did it!!! I LOVED making it!  It was so much fun and I realized I actually like sewing when it is not a mandatory school project :)  

And the best news is that I officially have a new nephew!!!!!!!!  

 Logan Maxwell Davis is here!  I can't wait to meet him in person and SQUEEZE him!!!!!