This is my child

Hello, my name is Gavin. This picture is a testament of my parents cruelty. I will explain why: I had set about that day to do some reconaissance work in the kitchen area that they call the "cubberds". I will be fank with you- I know they hide food up there. Special tasty food they do not allow me to have. So, naturally, I took the bull by the horns, so to speak, and climbed up there all by myself to retrieve some of that delicious contraband. To my bewilderment and horror, I found I had grown much within the last few weeks and my body to cubberd size ratio calculations were a bit off. And so, I cried. I admit it. It doesn't make me any less of a man! I was merely alerting my parental authorities in the way I knew they would respond to the quickest. So, you can imagine my anger and humiliation when, instead of saving me from a very compromising position, THEY PULLED OUT THE CAMERA! The absolute nerve! Suffice to say, I have yet to completely forgive. Now, if you will excuse me, I have some gummi bears that I need to emotionally blackmail out of my mother...

Happy Birthday Dalton!

Happy Birthday to our favorite Dalton!

We hope you had a splendid day!

Its great to be 8, we look forward to hearing about baptism plans...

Its hard to believe, it was 8 years ago when you were the first one in the Holliday family to get the news that big Ethan was going to be your uncle!

We sure do love you!

Post Worthy....

I just finally had something post worthy again to put on the website. I have accomplished, what should be, a life goal for every human being on the planet,......... I got the word "Badong" on air for millions of people to hear. I am very proud of myself.

Just thought you ought to know.

Much love,
Dave

What a week!

Well, our 5 days came and went in a whirlwind!  I am so glad we got to see all of you!  Thanks for all the good times, I know you worked around us a bit and I appreciate it so much!  At the end of our time I know a few things:

• Eden really like to have her picture taken, and she always wants to see the picture when you're done.  
  
• Lucy really does a nice job of playing with hair.  She was very gentle, but Heather is still WAY better than me about letting her do it.  
• Levi is definitely NOT afraid of dogs, he got up close and personal with Toby.
• Heather and Kari are extremely photogenic... sorry I didn't get great shots of everyone! :)
• Gavin has changed more than anyone!  He doesn't even look like the same kid!
• Dennis thinks Dr. Cutty (sp?) is hot and enjoys people taking the time to get to know him.
• Ethan is Harry Potter, Dalton is Dumbledore, Spencer is Hagrid, Bryant is Percy, and Jonas is Snape.  Even still, when Levi says he's Harry, his brothers yell at him and say "No, you're not! Ethan is!"  I'm not sure why Bryant is Percy, but he seems to wear that badge with pride. :)
• Those balls Aunt Laurane made are genius!  Eliza can hold onto it!
• I need to have a girly party with Nola and Paige, we're going to paint eachother's fingernails.  
• I am The Office champ!
• I absolutely have the best family of all time!  You are all such great friends and examples to me in so many ways!  Thanks for everything! I love you all and can't wait to see you again!

Our afternoon at St. Anne's was great!  I really didn't feel like I did much, if anything, but I did feel such a sweet spirit from those people!  Thanks Kari for getting it organized and thanks Adrienne for such fun games!  Thanks Sean, Dennis, Ethan and Richy for helping with all the building and fun.  You guys are all awesome!  How blessed I am to have such a rockin' family!

I'm So Excited...And I just can't hide it...

Hooray! We get to come home for Christmas!  Thanks everyone for being flexible and helping to simplify our Christmas.  It will be so much more enjoyable for us... and I hope it helps others too!

So our plans at this point are:

Service on Monday, Dec. 22 in the evening... either at St. Anne's shelter or at a nursing home.  Hopefully we'll nail that down today.

Tuesday, Dec. 23 we are planning on going to the temple.  I don't know what time yet... but we'd love for you to join us.

Christmas Eve at mom and dad's house.  Do you we have a time set yet?  Is anyone in charge of planning it?  Program, dinner?

Christmas day, getting together sometime in the evening.  Are we planning on doing dinner?   

I'm very, no, I'm extremely, excited to see you all!  Can hardly wait! Love, Kim

Flashback... Tuesday?

I know its not Friday, but we just got a new computer and so I can see ALL my pictures again.  I just found these last night and I wanted to share them with y'all.  My, oh my, these kids have grown.  These were taken in August of 2006.  Enjoy!

Ethan Tag

Here are five fun facts about Ethan Sean Holliday:

1. I really love to play soccer.
2. My favorite subjects in school are Math and Science.
3. I like playing computer a lot.
4. My favorite icecream is Rocky Road.
5. My favorite book is Fablehaven.

Ethan would now like to tag Dalton!