Spanish food and culture lessons with the Websters

Bradley's 17th birthday! Wow, he is old.

Here are a few pics from Brad's great day! 

Birthday Breakfast by Dad... :)

 

  Seminary friends and fun...

 

The best part... at the game he (with the help of a few friends) asked Jenna to Prom.  The had white t-shirts under their jerseys, and toward the end of warm-ups, the just all walked over, and stood in front of the bleachers and took their shirts off! And Brad pulled out flowers from behind his back...  Jenna was totally shocked, and even teared up a little - it was way awesome!  nice job Brad!  You did good... oh and I'm pretty sure that the very long hug meant yes! 

Great day! 

 

St. Patty's Day 2013

Happy GREEN day!  Just a fun excuse to have a little party type atmosphere!  And we always seem to combine it with Brad's birthday!  Fun times! 

A fun afternoon with Linnette and Jason, The Halls, and Mother and Marv - finally back and feeling like things are close to normal again!!

 

 

A sweet experience

 

 We had a great weekend with Taylor.  Such a blessing that we were able to have him in Sacramento and go through the temple together.  He will have a lot of time to have experiences in the Temple before leaving on his mission, both in Utah and California.  We loved the opportunity to be there together for his first time. 
Thanks to the family and friends who joined us... such a blessing to have your love and support. 
So pleased with Taylor, his life, his progression, who he is and who he is becoming.  We are blessed to be his parents. 

Anniversary Weekend get-away

A Call to Serve

We started off 2013 with a bang - on January 9th, Taylor opened his mission call.  I realized that life never really turns out as planned... I have been thinking about this day for 18 years, and when it came time to happen, I wasnt even there... but let me tell you how thankful I am for technology.  We had a feeling he would be getting his call on that Wednesday, b/c we knew it had been switched to "assigned" status.  So we were anticipating it... we told a few people, but mostly we didnt tell people until Wednesday morning when we had found out that it had actually arrived.  Then we set a time; 6:30pm mountain standard time... which was 5:30 here.  Taylor announced to his friends there via facebook, and we announced here the same way mostly.  We had a fun little gathering here (maybe 30 people) and he had a nice gathering there (80+ people).  Once we had all gathered... he opened his call, and read...
     "Dear Elder Davis,
     You are hereby called to serve as a missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.  You are assigned to labor in the Spain Madrid Mission... You should report to the Spain Missionary Training Center on Wednesday, June 12, 2013..."
It was a fun moment... lots of cheers and excitement...  I was watching Bradley and his reaction was priceless.  I have seen Brad's face light up that much in a long time - if ever.  It was neat.  There is a great spirit about the event of opening a mission call!  I was glad so many could share in this moment.  I have always enjoyed and felt blessed when others have included us as they have received their calls, and this was no different - I think a blessing for all!

Taylor, I am so proud of you - the young man you are, the missionary you will be, and the righteous man you are becoming.  I love you more than you can possibly know and look forward to sharing these next couple of years with you - as you serve the Lord and the people in Spain.  - mom

Thanks to Anteres for the up close and personal photos from Provo.  So glad that she and Caleb could be there, as well as Ryan, Jake, and Amanda and kids.

Pics from the night...