Happy Birthday Mom!

 

Rachel - My favorite thing about Mom is her steel trap memory.  I am amazed at how well she remembers everything she reads.  She is a fountain of knowledge.  I am also honored to be her daughter - that distinction carries with is a responsibility to honor her by living the best life I can but it also carries the perks of being related to such an amazing person.  I love how she is always there no matter what is going on.  I know she would drop everything if I needed her.  There is no better mother, friend, mentor, adviser and woman that I know.

Josh - My favorite thing about Mom is whenever we get into an argument,

it always turns into a discussion about the gospel and principals.
Some of my best learning opportunities come after an argument.

My next favorite thing about mom is her willingness to serve. As I'm
writing this sick in bed, mom is getting me Ginger ale and crackers
from the store. Mom is always willing and ready to serve and teach
others by her example. I love you mom

Kristin - I love mom because she has taught me almost everything I know. She is loved and admired by so many people and I am lucky enough to call her mom. She's the best thing that ever happened to my life! - Kristin

Natalie - Some of my favorite things about mom are:

1) How learned she is,

2) How in touch with the spirit she is,

3) When she tells a joke and is so proud of herself,

4) How hard she works for everyone.

Taylor - Abbi is one of the BEST  grandmas In the whole wide world! She teaches so much and sacrifices almost everything she has for all of the classes she teaches. YOU ROCK ABBI!!!!- Taylor

Dad - The Lovely Rebecca of Poway is my hero (actually heroine, but I'm afraid the uninitiated might think that I use heroin--for the record, I never have, and never will). She is truly one of the most remarkable people i have ever known. She is so REAL. She is, through and through, exactly who she portrays herself to be. Becky is a person of great personal virtue and integrity.

She often jokes that when we were first married I thought she was some backwoods country bumpkin, and I was a sophisticated easterner. Well, admittedly, there may have been a little bit of the European traveler in me, and I might have viewed her upbringing as "simpler" than mine, but little did I realize that I was marrying the female version of Elder James E. Talmage. She loves the Lord, loves his gospel, and loves learning about gospel truths and everything else under the sun that is of any significance. I definitely married way above myself, and I'm doing my very best to keep up with my beloved Becky. She never ceases to amaze me.

Jacob - While I should thank her more often than I do, Mom doesn't need thanks or praise to do what she needs to do. She's a woman of conviction and is always pushing full steam ahead towards her goals.

Elder Davies (AKA: Trevor): mom has raised mom has made me, without mom i would be nothing!  is that good?its a poem i made up right now?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TREVOR!

                                     T - tenacious, terrific, totally out of the ordinary, talented, teacher, teddy bear

                                     R - radical, radiant, role model, rugged, respectful, representing,

                                     E - excellent, energy, extreme anything, example, elder, electric

                                     V - very special, vague in his letters to Rachel ;), voracious appetite for brownies

                                     O - outstanding, out of this world, over the top, outrageous, obedient

                                     R - righteous, right, relaxed, rocks, remarkable, reckless, ready - rockin

If you asked each member of the family to tell you something special about Trevor they may write a book.  From the time he was a baby he captured our hearts and the heart of anyone who came in contact with him.  He is truly one in a million and a unique soul.  He is everything that is good and fun in our lives.  Plus he is serving a mission and bringing the joy of the gospel and the joy of Trevor into the lives of the people of Colorado.  While we miss him like crazy he has become larger than life to us while he is away.  He is now "perfect" Trevor in our eyes.  I couldn't have asked for a better brother and a greater gift for having him in my life.  Happy Birthday Trev!  We love you more than you will ever know.  Even though we are all miles apart goographically we are all close in eachother's hearts.