Porter's Birthday

This was a few months ago, of course, but I still wanted to share. We made a "fruit cake" out of watermelon, bananas and bluberries (his favorite) and his cake was frosted with strawberry icing made from real strawberries, hence the pink color. I'm not wishing he was a girl..ok maybe.. just a little, thank goodness I have a little niece.

BEFORE:

DURING:

AFTER:

One of the Girls

Porter and I are having a great time in St.George. Happy Valentines Day!

LOVE YA,

Tid-Bits

I'm home alone, with all the time in the world to do some blog catch up and have no idea what to say. So here are a few of the things that have made our family smile lately.

A visit to Seattle to see cousin Olin.

Baby Porters First Christmas.

Building Snowmen.

and, Handsome Dudes in Suits.

O Holy night, Batman!

Every nativity needs a few superheros, don't you think?

The Christmas Spirit

Tristen still believes!! (see previous post)


The Christmas Spirit

I'm Gettin Nuttin for...

Do you Believe in Santa?

I do. In fact for the past five years I have worked closely with the man as one of his helpers (aka:personal shoppers). This year we got things done early, no waiting till the last minute. I sat the boys down before Thanksgiving and helped them make lists. Then we narrowed it down to one gift each and they wrote beautiful letters to Santa with drawings and all. The one thing Tristen wanted:

Wolverine Claws!!!

Being the great helper that I am, I found a great deal on Black Friday and purchased them right away. Next, we had to come up with the perfect hiding place. Josh thought of it first, and at the time it seemed perfect, but this morning all my hopes of a Christmas Day surprise were dashed. The boys came rushing into my room screaming "Mommy, we found Tristen's Wolverine claws!!"
What!?.. How!?.. Who?...
It took me a minute to even remember were we hid them, then the boys led me to the spot. Josh's guitar case lay open with the Wolverine box snuggly inside.

What do I do now? Please tell me. How do I fix this?

Santa is going to kick my butt when he finds out.

Thanksgiving Past

Thanksgiving is my holiday. For some reason Thanksgiving dinner ends up at my house more years than not. It seems to be centrally located for my family and was an easy place for Josh's family to gather while Robert was in Law School. Last year we had nearly twenty people stay with us. This year it will only be Josh's parents, but I'm still looking forward to having family in our home. Here's a few things I may or may not miss:

-Anjuli's pumpkin drink and cranberry sauce, she really is one of the most creative cooks I know.
-Rob and Janette cooking the Turkey, I never have to worry about the main dish when they are invited.
-My oven on fire, OK so it wasn't that bad but I'm glad Aaron and Rob figured it out before I ruined dinner with the fire extinguisher.
-Cousins!!!
-Naked babies rolling on my floor, I know Phen's an old man now but last year he had the cutest naked bum.
-Auntie Drea, she is this calm laid back presence in the midst of chaos.
-20 people, one bathroom ...no need to elaborate.
-Being Thankful for warm socks.

Happy Thanksgiving, I Love and miss you all.