CHRISTMAS 2009

I wanted to give a really quick recap of Christmas for our family this year. My favorite story involves Porter and Dave. Porter spent a few days of the season trying his best to be eligible for the "naughty list." Of course don't we all sometimes deserve to be on the "naughty list?" :) Anyway, on one of these days Dave told Porter that he better stop or he would have to call Santa. Porter who did not even pause to think ran over got a pencil and a piece of paper and sat down at the table. He proceeded to recite as he wrote on his paper, "Dear Santa, my dad is being so mean! Can you please call him and tell him to be nice............"

Tracking Santa on Christmas Eve

Porter spent a great deal of time under the tree just like this

We took this picture for my Grandparents who gave us these matching shirts. Everyone including extended family on the Porter side received one. They say Forever Together. I love them.Surprise!!!!!!! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa for the Wii........... I think they like it!!!!

I love this picture of Porter with his new bike - his helmet is a little tight :)

Kaden and his new bike

Colton and his new bike

I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!!!!

So these are the things that I've had to confiscate from Porter just today. I just had to chuckle at the vast variety....

hammer (yikes), nerf gun (does anyone remember my eye being almost shot out), aloe vera ???, and chips (of course)

wonder what the rest of the day will bring??

If Kaden Was An Alligator

In the summer time I have my kids do journals. I give them topics and they write about it. I found this in Kadens journal and it made me laugh. I gave them the topic "If you were an alligator......" Here is the translation.

If I Were An Alligator

"If I were an alligator and if you got to close I would jump out of the water and get you and it won't be pretty and who nows (knows) what will happen but I'll probly (probably) eat you so watch out I'm an alligator and this is all true."

I love boys!!!!!!!

Ok - how cute is this? :)
****For the record so no one thinks we are bad parents...

Colton was only holding this gun for the picture******

Thanksgiving 2009

Thanksgiving 2009 Recap....

We have never hosted a Thanksgiving dinner before and let me say it is a little bit stressful. I will forever appreciate the work that goes into preparing for the big day. Our day started out with my obsession that EVERYTHING MUST BE CLEAN!!!!

I had to pull out my inner Drill Sargent......

mixed with a little bit of my inner Mary Poppins......

Dave and the kids were a huge help and everything got done!!! YAY!!!

We had our friends the Barringtons come over along with Dave's cousin and her husband. We had a pretty good spread of yummy food. I was highly impressed with the way things turned out except for this little number...............

What the #@*&!! is this you say....... Well ... It is a fried turkey. Yep fried as in FRIED!!!! Those of you who know my husband and his cooking of meat know that he has a phobia of serving it undercooked. He is afraid that we will all end up with some sort of food related bacterial infection if he does not thoroughly cook it.

I was thinking we would cut it open and all we would hear is "poof" and all that would be left inside this little number would be bones. Luckily I was wrong and there was some meat left - VERY WELL DONE!!!

Thank heavens we had another baked turkey to serve along side this beauty.

This is Patrick. Porters new found best buddy. In fact, Porter was ready to pack his bags and move into the Barrington house because Patrick offered him these things...

1. $100 a day allowance

2. No rules

3. Pepsi on your cereal is allowed

4. Play outside all day

and on it goes.....

But I'm pretty sure that these little sweeties would not appreciate a new brother hyped up on Pepsi.

This is Amelia

This is Rachel
I sure love these boys of mine.

I have been very blessed to be their mother.

I am so thankful for them and my cute husband.

Oh Porter..... the new and upcoming photographer...... I went to upload my pictures and found some wonderful works of art........... Here is one of my favorite photos

Strategically placed???

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Then we have the photos that I took of him at his request. I did not pose him. This is all Porter. :)

Hmmmmm.......................

I took this one just because they are cute. I came downstairs to find this adorable sight. I had to throw it in here.