Javen's Talk

        Javen gave his first talk in Primary on the 12th of February, and he did a wonderful job! He was very prepared and went right up to the stand and started to say his talk without me! Everyone loved his talk and said that he did such a good job. And with the Primary Presidencie's permission, we recorded his talk so everyone could see.

Javen's Talk

        Daniel was a righteous man. He was very wise, and was a friend to the king. Some bad men did not like Daniel and they wanted him gone. The bad men tricked the king into making a new law. No one could pray to God for 30 days. If anyone prayed to God, they would be thrown in the lion’s den. Daniel did not like this law. He loved Heavenly Father and went home to pray.  The bad men followed him home and saw him praying. They told the king and the king was forced to throw him into the lion’s den. The king hoped that God would save Daniel. The next morning the king went to the lion’s den and asked Daniel if he was OK. Daniel said, "yes", and that God had made the lion’s nice. God blessed Daniel because he was righteous.  I can be blessed when I choose the right.

We are so proud of you Javen, you gave a wonderful talk!

Adventures in Arizona

The Mesa Arizona Temple

My Thumbsuckers

        Starting this last week, Coralie has started sucking her thumb.

 I was taking so many pictures of Coralie sucking her thumb, Javen decided he wanted to do it too. Thats my silly boy!

Santa is real! - A Christmas Miracle

        Every year on Christmas Eve Santa Claus comes to my mom's house and gives out early Christmas presents. He also asks each person there what they would like for Christmas. This year (because I have a 2 month old baby) I asked for a "silent night. "

Santa, Mrs. Claus, and Roy'l

Santa laughed and said, " I do not see that happening tonight, maybe by January 6th.





    

     
          On the morning of January 7th I woke up to hear Coralie stirring and to my surprise it was already 6am! She had slept 8 hours between feedings on January 6th! Santa is real, and he gave me my Christmas wish.





       

  




 

Coralie's Beautiful Dress

        Coralie was given this beautiful dress this Christmas from Grandpa Kevin. I love it so much I wish I had one for myself!

       This is the first smile that I have been able to capture on camera.

Javen is in Primary!!!

         As of this last Sunday Javen is officially in Primary! He was a little hesitant to go into the primary room, so Casey joined him to make him more comfortable. There is a very large sunbeam class this year, a total of 14 kids! Although there were only 8 of the 14 kids, I was told they were still very active. During class time Sister Merrill (Javen's teacher) asked all of the kids to say their names and then say that they were a child of God. When Javen's turn came to do this, instead of just saying, "I am a child of God, and my name is Javen" he said, I am a child of God, and my name is Javen Roy Dover."

        Now what I have to say next might surprise some of you...Javen received the reverence award for the junior Primary! This means that during singing and sharing time Javen was the most reverent out of all the kids. He was able to choose a prize and chose Mountain Dew chapstick. I am so proud of my little boy and am excited for all that he will learn in Primary.

Our 5th Anniversary

Some how 5 years have flown by since Casey and I were married back in 2006. To celebrate this occasion we had a weekend getaway in Gold Beach, Oregon. We stayed at the "Inn of the Beachcomber" and it was fantastic! We had a fireplace, king size bed, a spa on our balcony, and an ocean front view.

And yes this is sunny weather at the Oregon Coast. It was amazing!

While we were at Gold Beach we went on a jet boat ride up the Rogue River, and it was so much fun! We saw sea lions, eagles, osprey, and otters on our trip; we were hoping to see more, but the other animals decided not to come out and see us. 

At one point on our trip the guide took us into a small canyon and spun the boat around to create some waves. The first time that he did it was great, the second he underestimated the waves and they came right over our side of the boat! We were soaked from the waist down and it would have been worse if we did not have our coats on!

Half way through our trip we had lunch in a small town called Agnes where you could only get in or out of there by boat! Our lunch was provided by a family in their house that they had lived in for 4 generations! We had a homemade lunch of fried chicken, mashed potatoes, biscuts and then a dessert of ice cream with marionberry topping.

While waiting for our jet boat to come back and pick us up, the family's dog came down to the boat ramp with us carrying a stick. To our surprise the dog went a little up stream and drop the stick in the river and jumped in after it! The dog was playing fetch with its self!

This ride was wonderful and we plan on doing it again whenever we make it back to Gold Beach!

We spent some time in Brookings and went to beautiful Harris Beach.

Sadly all good things have to come to an end and we had to go home, but we made sure to have some fun on the way. We stopped in Bandon and spent some time at the Safari park, there we saw many large animals (lions, tigers, and even bears oh my!) This was so much better than the zoo, the animals were very close to us and up and about. We heard a lion roar and got to pet a few not so dangerous animals. The best part of the experience is that we got to play with baby tigers! They were so cute and so much fun. 

 

We had such a great time on this trip and it was so nice to have a weekend alone together. I am so glad that I married by best friend 5 years ago and I look forward to many more years together!