The Davis Family Updates

Nathan and Cressalyn had their school pictures done in early October. But the guy who did them didn't do a good job. Both kids said they weren't given time to be ready and were told not to smile. So both pictures turned out poorly. Their faces were contorted! What a shame! And to the turn of $29.75 each! So we waited for word about retake day.

We got a call that not enough people wanted retakes so we would have to settle for a refund. Ok. We got the refunds this week. Tonight we went into "town"...Watertown...and took Nathan to Olan Mills and Cressalyn to WalMart. Why couldn't we do them both at one? Glad you asked! Only one package per family per month can be purchased at each place! Ugh! So to get the best deal we had to either wait a month to do one of them or divide and conquer. So that's what we did.

Here's what we found: WalMart has the better deal! For $13.88 including tax we got nearly 3 times the amount of pictures as we did from Olan Mills! OM was $6.95 plus shipping and tax for $12.76. Note to self and everyone else, WalMart does a good job for a good price!

Now we have friends who's livelihood is totally dependent on KMart (Olan Mills is inside KMart.) So to know that we would support WalMart sends them into cardiac arrest. So don't tell them!

Cressalyn wore makeup for the first time today! It was a great time between mother and daughter as the first makeup lesson was given. The father is still having some difficulty with this fact that his baby girl is a young woman.

The kids are heading Boston for Logos5 this December for the youth convention. They are doing several fund-raisers. Nathan helped move 4 truckloads of firewood today. Kenny is collecting bottles and cans from the community to be redeemed at the Redemption Center...where he works. Cressalyn is looking for a baby-sitting gig or other type of work. Please pray that all the funds needed come in! This is always a special time in the life of a teen and we want to see all 3 go!

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Love you all! Have a blessed Sunday!