E-mail from Devin!!!

Devin e-mailed us after two weeks and said that they are all okay.  They had to stay in their apartments, the winds were so strong.  It took two of them to hold the doors shut to their apartment.  One of the windows shattered to pieces.  Wind and rain was pouring into their apartment and his bed was right by the broken window.  It got soaked.  In the morning their apartment was flooded.  The trees were broken and the power lines were all down.  The rice fields looked like a lake/flood.  They don't have power so he went to Ligao City to e-mail us.  He has been doing service projects and cutting up trees with a machete.  He said that he didn't have much time to write but they are all safe.  Just what a mother wants to hear and know that my prayers have been answered.  I am so proud of Devin for going on a mission and serving our Heavenly Father.  I am so grateful that our Heavenly Father watches out for our children no matter where they are at, we are so blessed.

Report from Philippines

Shauntae's friend let her know that her family found out that Elder Devin Davis is okay, and they are without communication.  Wow what a relief to here that.  I love how we get little miracles and tender mercies sent our way.

Devin's Mission Typhoon Glenda

Devin is in Linbon Philippines right now, right where  typhoon Glenda went through.  We haven't heard from him for two weeks.  We have faith that he is okay and Heavenly Father is protecting him, but we haven't received any news from his mission President.  We are sure it is because the power is down.  It is really hard as a mother to be strong, waiting and checking the e mail every day for your boy to write home.  Shauntae has a friend from the Philippines that lives here and her family  lives in the Philippines.  She is going to have them contact Devin's mission President to find out any information.  Until then we are saying a lot of prayers.

4th Of July

We went up to the cabin for the 4th Of July.  We were lucky to have all of our family there except Brett.  He had to work and wasn't able to break away.  We missed him.  It is always fun spending time with the family and making new memories.  I bought all of the grandchildren matching old navy shirts to wear on the 4th.  They looked so cute in them.  As always it was a challenge to get them all in the picture, but we did it!  When Cal, Dustin, and Spencer went fishing,  the kids had fun playing in the water.  They ran through the sprayer on the hose.  We don't even need a swimming pool, this was much funner.  The guys caught their limits and were back for lunch.  We took the girls down to the store and let them pick out a toy.  This has become a tradition whenever they are at the cabin we have to go to the store and get a prize.  It is fun to watch them pick out  their toy.  The next day the girls and kids went on the boat fishing.  Shauntae and Spencer went fishing off of the shore.  Fishing was slow at first but then it picked up around 10:00am.  We caught some really nice kokane trout.   Addie and Paityn each reeled one in they were so excited.  That night we went over to Dave and Vicky's cabin and watch fireworks that they had got at Costco.  We had a great time and good weather all weekend.  The only bad thing was it went to fast.

Wheeler Farm

I was tending Paityn and Shauntae invited us to go to Wheeler Farm with her and the kids.  We went in the morning and it was a hot day.  We were only there an hour and we were all sweating, and had red faces.  Kaydence slept through all of the excitement.  Paisley and Paityn loved all of the animals. They had to get out of the strollers when they saw the ducks.  The ducks and pigeons would come right up to them, they thought they were pretty special.  They didn't know that the lady next to them were feeding the ducks bread.  ha ha  We had a lot of fun thanks Shauntae for inviting us.

Kaydence two weeks old

Kaydence is growing so fast it has been two weeks already.  She is like a magnet,  all of the little kids love to gather around her and give her kisses, and hugs.  It is so cute, they always have to look at her hands and feet to see how little they are.

Feeding Ducks

One day  I was tending Paityn and Paisley and we needed something to do.  We decided to go feed the ducks.  There is a good place over off of 1300 West and close to 5400 South.  I had my mom and dad go to so they could help with crowd control. ha ha  We stayed there for an hour, the girls could have stayed longer but we finally ran out of bread.  They also liked to feed the pigeons because they would come right up to them.  It was a fun day I'm glad my parents could come with us.