When it comes to living our lives, Christ doesn't make up the difference. He IS the difference.

David Johnson Allred was born on May 25, 1976 to Clayton and Vickie Allred in Provo, Ut. After two days of labor, he weighed in at a whopping nine pounds. He lived in Orem for two years, Vernal for a few months, and then the family settled in Meadow Utah until David finished third grade. In 1984 the family moved to Moab where David spent 10 years picking peaches in the orchards, building boxes, forts & bonfires. He loved to bike and climb the slick rock trails, and was active in Cub and Boy Scouts. When he was 15 he earned his Eagle Scout and was active in the Order of the Arrow. He attended Grand county high school from 1990-93 where he was on the basketball team. In 1993, the family moved- this time to Fillmore where Dave took state in the 4x4 relay for Millard high (They still hold the state record). Dave graduated with high honors from Millard High in 1994. He attended Snow College one year prior to his mission to the Philippines. Dave loved his service among the people in the ...

On January 31, some friends of ours- Dan and Robyn Cummings- came down to visit for the day. While they were down, they made arrangements for Dave to take a few runs down the slopes and Brian Head footed the bill. It was a lot of fun for all of us. Dave was euphoric and probably could have gone on forever, but it's a good thing he quit after a few runs. We'll never forget this day. It was glorious!

Caden has turned into quite the skiier. He is excited to resume lessons in a couple of weeks.

See how much fun he's having!

I think that it's horribly boring to put an entry without photos, but I haven't downloaded any photos since we moved in November, and I still don't know where my camera chord is. Oh well. Jacob is anxiously awaiting Wednesday, March 4th, 2009. That is the day that Dave will be baptizing Jacob. Only 38 days left! Dave has been fairing well considering the circumstances. He has been maintaining his weight, and he just had a blood transfusion Saturday, which has added some color to his face and some interresting spontanious lyrics to familiar songs. We've been joking and asking him, "Who's blood did you get?" because he certainly has been acting a little strange- but funny.

This is the adoreable orphan that we took on as our own. (Amazingly she looks just like me!)

We went to the pumpkin patch and picked out our own pumpkins & carved them.