The 5 Randall's

This and That

2011-11-30T13:23:00.002-07:00

This morning Porter and I were outside with the dog when I noticed that his zipper was down. During the summer he wears shorts with elastic waste bands and doesn't have to worry about zippers. It takes us a few months to get use to zipping them up again come winter time.

I told Porter that it looked like he didn't zip his zipper up. He said, "No, it just falls down." I said that "it doesn't fall down, you don't zip it up". He said to me with a straight face, "Maybe it's just scared of heights." I tried hard to hold in the laugh. I asked him where he heard that from. He said that someone told him the other day that it looked like his zipper was scared of heights. I explained to him what they meant by it. I've been laughing all day about it. He's too cute.

I received a text message today from a girl who would like to take Trevor to the Christmas dance next week. To be continued...

0 for 2 +1

2011-04-24T16:22:00.005-06:00

So, not the best way to start off the BASEBALL season.
Porter's first game was on Thursday. So to the ball park we went. It was COLD! I hate cold baseball weather. Porter is doing the machine pitch this year. Much different than t-ball. He plays on the "BIG" field. The same one his brother plays on. So we have the baselines drawn up to the real 1st and 3rd bases, then Porters 1st base sits about 2/3 the way up the baseline, so they've shrunk the ball field.
Porter got up to bat and got a hit. YEAH! He starts to run to 3rd base, goes back the other way and heads to 1st base. Not his 1st base. The one that Trevor uses. His coach brings him back to show him where he needed to stop and then tells him that he is out and points for him to go to the dugout (along the 3rd base line). He runs as hard as he can around all the bases, is heading for home plate. He was so excited and his other coach finally catches up to him and says, "You're out. Go sit down." It was so funny. He did get 2 more hits too, but never scored.

So Friday night, 9:00 pm, was Trevor's game. I dropped him off for batting practice around 8 pm and then came back up for the game. As I pulled up, guess who was on the mound warming up to pitch? Trevor. I was so excited for him. He pitched a good game (2 1/2 innings), unfortunately, there was no fielding help. He struck out his only time that he got up to bat. Oh well. They've dusted off their cob webs and will have a better games this week. We've got 4 to play this week so we will be plenty busy.
So my +1. My friend is in charge of the snack shack up at the ball park. I asked her last year if she could use Natalie's help. Never heard back from her. So Porter was playing against her sons team and she said to me, "Does your daughter still want a job?" YEAH! So I think she's just a substitute, which I think will mean a lot of last minute positions, but hopefully that will work out for her. It just means for me, one more commute up to the ball park. Oh well.

RUMBI'S

2011-04-22T12:23:00.003-06:00

So, Porter and I went and got take out from Rumbi's today. I didn't have extra money for drinks, so we were just getting our food and leaving. I called ahead of time and was told 15 minutes and it would be ready. We ran a couple of errands before hand. Got to Rumbi's just a little early. Used my coupon and paid $10.33 for our 2 meals. GREAT DEAL!
They said they were having problems with making the rumbi rice and it would be about 15 more minutes if we wanted to wait. Sure why not I said. They guy said, "well let me get you a couple of drinks then why you wait". Better yet. Then he said, "Would you like some chips and salsa why you wait?" Sure!
We waited and ate our chips and salsa and talked. I love that Porter kid of mine! He is so very funny. He had seen a commercial on the TV today where someone was saying that their Dad delivered a baby. He looks at me and says, "Why can't our Dad do that?" Anyway, on with my Rumbi's story.
We sat and waited and the time flew by. The guy came back to me and said, "I'm really having problems with the machine. Can I get you white or brown rice, noodles, fries instead?" So I chose the rice and they went and put it together. The cashier lady came out and gave me a coupon for a free meal. I looked at her and said, "You don't have to do that." She looked at me and said yes we do. They got us our meals. They all THANKED us, I think there were 4 or 5 of them there. Then we came home to eat.
I couldn't believe it. We were treated so well. I HIGHLY recommend going to RUMBI'S. They know about customer service. Perhaps I should look there for a job?

CA 2011

2011-04-10T15:59:00.011-06:00

We'll what we thought was going to be a wonderful trip, turned out to be a wonderful trip after all. However, here is the beginning of it.

As we were approaching Cedar City (Mile Marker 75) we heard a pop and Craig could not get the gas pedal to work. We pulled over to find out that the fuel line had blown. I called 411 and got the tow truck there within about 15 minutes. He proceeds to give me a number to a car rental and informing me that Cedar City closes down at 5:00 pm. It was 4:45 pm. No one was going to drop everything and fix our car?
So we called the Enterprise who didn't have anything larger than a sedan. Called Avis, they had a car that would work. He meet us at the Ford dealership and he took Craig to fill out papers while the kids and I took car of the car and paying the tow truck driver. The highlight was being able to ride on the top of the tow truck into town and getting the looks from everyone. Very fun.

Made it into Laguna Beach about 1:00 am. Very tired, yet grateful to be there. Got beds set up and waited for the Sullenger's to arrive. Saturday we went to the Orange County Swap Meet. Love it! Then took the kids to the Beach for some water fun. It was cold but the kids didn't even care. They had so much fun. We have to work on the boggy board with Porter. Next time he'll get it. I love this picture of Porter. What's cuter? The freckles or the sand all over his face? So much fun!

We went to Conference at the Stake Center on Sunday morning and watched it online in the afternoon. Then it was back to the beach for a nice LONG walk. So fun. Of course Porter couldn't resist the water and wound up with sand all over him. Lucky his Dad was there to carry him home. Sand hurts when it's down there.

Monday we introduced our kids to "Newhart". Remember that show? Natalie is a huge fan now. She tried to convince her cousins to watch it with her, but they were not interested. Oh well. We had a relaxing day. I did laundry, we went and got something to eat and went for a drive. Then Porter and I went to the park.
Porter meet a friend at the park. The boy asked him where he lives.
Porter says, "Utah".
Boy, "Why are you here then?"
Porter, "We are staying at Frank and Linda's beach house. Do you know Frank and Linda?". Boy, "You mean Frankie?".
I laughed hard. So cute.

Tuesday we went to San Diego with the Sullengers. We stopped at the SD Temple. Then went on to the Mormon Battalion Fort. Porter and Em got to dress up.

Brian got some AWESOME tickets for us to the Padres vs GIANTS game. So sad that my Giants lost, but it was a lot of fun to be there. I forgot how much I LOVE going to see a major league baseball game. It was the home opener for the Padres. They even announced that Trevor was there. They all cheered for him and everything. I am so ready for the baseball season to begin with my boys. PLAY BALL!

Wednesday and Thursday we spent at D-LAND. It was wonderful to have Porter tall enough to ride the fun rides with us. We meet up with our friends the BURNS and had some fun with them in the afternoon on Wednesday. Trevor was the big man on "campus" knowing 1/2 of the people at the parks. It use to be Craig who knew everyone, now it's Trevor. Like father, like son.

Friday we went to HOLLYWOOD BABY!
Pictures by the HOLLYWOOD sign,
walk of fame, two great restaurants (Pinks and Phillipes - really liked Phillipes!), followed by the LA Temple, Rodeo Dr and Venice Beach. Oh yeah, and a LOT OF TRAFFIC! What is up with CA drivers not using their turn signals. UGH!

(The Sullenger's call Porter "P-Diddy". This is Sean Diddy Combs Star)

It was a GREAT vacation. So sad to see it come to an end. What's worse? Reality hits tomorrow. School, work, cleaning, laundry... I want to go back.

Hello world

2010-12-19T13:07:00.008-07:00

Yes we do still exist. Why I don't get on here and write more is beyond me. Perhaps it's because I started blogging so my parents could stay caught up with us while they were on their mission. Perhaps it was because all my scrap booking supplies were in boxes for umpteen years. Who knows. I do miss it and I miss reading everyone's blogs. I guess with facebook I feel like I'm "caught up" with your lives. But that's not really the case. On facebook I get the "cliffsnote version", not the whole story. So here I am again.
Life with the Randall's is ever so crazy. I'll try catching you up one at a time.

Craig is staying busy. We hope we have survived the worst of the economy and that we are on to higher ground. We KNOW that we have been so blessed. He has not had to shut his business down. He did downsize from 4 of them to just 2 now. He is serving as the EQP in the ward and is ever faithful with his service to the Lord. He has gotten us a step closer to our basement being finished. My craft room is actually a room I can do things in. It's not finished yet, but progress is progress. I wish he could take off a week from work and just finish it. That's not going to happen. Craig even took some time off to attend many of Trevor's football games this year. YEAH! I do love this man of mine. He means so much to me.

Trevor started his sophomore year. High school???? Where did the time go? He joined the football team this year. He was a little hesitant at first, but when he decided he gave it his all. He wore #76 and even recovered a fumble ran about 30+ yards before someone finally took him down. His dad was there for that game. It was even more sweet because it was against Viewmont. He also played baseball over the summer. It was an exciting year for him. I was very proud of his decision he made to not play in 2 of the tournament games and attend Youth Conference. He returned from Youth Conference and was able to help his team finish the tournament and win the Championship. Such a great experience for him.He is quite the sportsman and is ALWAYS showing his good sportsmanship. He is becoming such a responsible young man. I'm amazed at how he has grown.

Natalie is in 7th grade this year. She is a 7th grade officer at Mill Creek Jr High. She absolutely LOVES IT! She is my go to gal. If I need help with anything, she is there for me. She absolutely loves crafts and fashion. She keeps saying she wants to be a fashion or interior designer when she grows up. Her goal with school this year is to get a 4.0. She is close and is a good student. She is working on homework for 2, 3 sometimes even 4 hours after school. She is very disciplined and sometime is too hard on herself. We are working on that one. She is the FRIENDLIEST girl ever. She always has been. She is the babysitter extraordinaire too. She is trying to save up for a Nook. She absolutely loves her brothers. I love to see the relationship with her and Trevor. They have become more friends with one another. It is AWESOME!

My Porter just turned 6 years old. I can hardly believe it. Time goes by so very very fast. He is a busy busy boy. He loves to play and go and do. He is in Kindergarten this year and has an amazing teacher. Mrs. Gallacher sings to these kids and teaches them all sorts of songs. He comes home singing a new song while doing homework. I LOVE IT! He has lots of friends and loves to have "late nights" with them. He has started reading and thinks that he should be able to read ANY book he has. His favorite things to do is play ball (basketball, baseball, soccer or football - it matters not), play with friends, ride bikes/scooters, play the Wii and be OUTSIDE. He has always been my outdoors boy. He played soccer and baseball last spring. On his baseball team was a boy names Isaac who's 2 older brothers were on Trevor's baseball team. It was nice for Porter to have a friend to play with at all the games. Isaac is now in Porter's kindergarten class and have become great friends. Porter is the baby of the family, who isn't so baby-ish any more. He a young boy.

Porter is wanting a pet so bad. The rule is, when the basement is done we will get a pet. For Porter that is too long to wait. So during the summer he collects bugs. He has had more than one grasshopper that has stayed with him all day.

As for me, I am trying like crazy to keep things taken care of for everyone else. I help Craig with office work down at his business. I take the kids to and from and from and to. I am still working 30 hours/week at the U. My calling for the last 2 years has been Stake YW Camp Director. It has been amazing getting to know so many people from the Stake. It has been a lot of fun too. I'm struggling more this year with it though. I'm not sure what my purpose is this year and I'm not sure I can and should be going to camp. My current job ends in September. Girls Camp in the 1st week in August. It's one of those things I keep praying about, but I'm sure not getting any answers. Hopefully something will click with me soon. It was fun to have Natalie at Camp with me last year. I have been enjoying my hobby room. It's fun to put things away and organize them then be able to go right to them and use them when needed. Everyone needs a hobby room.

With it being less than a week before Christmas, I hope that we will all remember the true meaning of Christmas and be able to carry a Christ like attitude with us to the new year.

STRESS!

2010-03-04T09:26:00.003-07:00

Ok, so I sat down yesterday to do "homework". I had before me Porter's Kindergarten registration forms, Natalie's Jr High School registration forms and then Trevor brought in his High School registration forms. Holy crap. Three kids in three different schools. All the schools are new to them. I might need to go on some serious caffeine for next year. Either that or have some GOOD chocolate on hand. Yikes!

No braces

2010-02-25T14:54:00.003-07:00

So, I took Trevor to his usual ortho appointment today. I decided to go in and wait for him today. When he went to check him in, it said 45 minutes next to his name. WHAT? So I waited, didn't ask any questions. He came down about 30 minutes later with NO BRACES on. YEAH!!!! They never said anything to him or I about this happening today. What a nice surprice.

I think he look fabulous.

Bountiful Baskets

2010-02-13T09:29:00.003-07:00

Okay, so for months I have enjoyed lots of fresh fruits and vegetables for cheap, thanks to a site called http://www.bountifulbaskets.org/. If there is one near you, it's worth your $15 every week or two. It's a fabulous deal. Sometimes there are new foods that we get to try. It's every Saturday or every other Saturday, depending upon location. Here's what we got today.

Just in case you can't see everything I have 3 grapefruits, 1 honeydew, 1 pineapple, 1 bag of spinach, 7 ears of corns, 9 bananas, 1 acorn, 4 tomatoes, 1 box of strawberries (they smell so good), 8 apples, 1 cucumber, 6 yams. Not too bad for the price.

They also offer yummy breads (the 9 grain is the best) for about $2.00 a loaf and they also have "special" packages that they put together for an additional cost. We really like the Mexican one they do.

5 year old

2009-12-24T08:46:00.003-07:00

Ok. For a 5 year old he sure is funny. We are sitting here watching Dinosaur Train on PBS this morning. Here's our conversation:
M: "I should take you up to the museum by my office"
P: "No."
M: "It's the dinosaur museum where Dr. Scott (on the show) works"
P: "Oh, have you been there before?"
M: "Yes. A long time a go when I was a little girl"
P: "Oh, so the dinosaurs were dead when you were a little girl?"

The other day I had asked P to come and help unload the dishwasher. When we were done he looked at me and said, "Do you owe me one now mom?"

We sure are excited for Christmas morning. Merry Christmas EVERYONE!

Baby?

2009-11-20T15:43:00.002-07:00

We'll some of you know, and some of you don't. So, I'll just make it official. No we are not expecting but yes the stork should be coming soon. Let me explain.
Since the first part of October we have been in the process of trying to help my cousin by fostering her infant son (4 1/2 months now). I don't know how many of you have been through this process, all I can say is "it's hell". If someone doesn't like you or thinks that you are unfit then your done. Person A (DCFS agent in SL County) and Person C (Kinship specialist in Northern Utah area) don't talk to each other, they don't even know each other, they go through me (Person B) to get to each other. Their is no one there to help me through this process. They just keep wishing me luck. Holy crap! I certainly think the needs some fixing.
On November 30th @ 9am we will finally have our home inspection done. We were hoping to have the baby with us for Thanksgiving, but that's not going to work out. We hope that once Person C comes, it will only be a short period of time until the baby comes to us. I've heard that it can happen the same day. We'll see. We'll keep hoping and praying for a quick resolution to all this.
At least I have a week + to finish getting the house ready. Locks on doors, door knobs on doors, railings on the deck and front porch... It will all come together.

1st T-BALL game

2009-04-23T15:33:00.005-06:00

I absolutely LOVE baseball. I always have and probably always will. T-BALL is the best of all. It is baseball at it's best. The things we'd all like to do when we play, but can not because we are now adults. Enjoy the pictures, and if you can, come watch one of the games!

I think that one of the reasons I love the t-ball game so much is it's teaching the kids to love the game. Everyone is a winner.

Everyone hits.

Everyone makes it on base.

(I love this picture of all the kids from the other team bunched together to get the ball!)

And Everyone scores

Even if they are crawling on their hands and knees.

EASTER

2009-04-23T14:55:00.007-06:00

Here are the pictures from Easter Sunday at the Dave Gudgell's. The kids ALWAYS have fun with their cousins.
That is the BEST ever.I know these pictures will get to my mo m.

I CAN

2009-04-18T12:10:00.003-06:00

I am so sick of the rain. I want spring here. We haven't been able to practice or play baseball much because of the crappy weather.
So here we are today, Saturday April 18th. Two practices that overlap each other. That's okay, as long as we get it in.

Porter feels like such a big kid playing baseball. He could not figure out WHY he got to take the shirt and hat home today. So cute. He KNOWS he can run faster than anyone on his team and he KNOWS he can throw the ball farther than anyone on his team. He has this I CAN attitude with EVERYTHING he does. His one problem with baseball in touching all the bases. Why does he think he can jump over the bases? I love watching T-BALL! Can't wait for soccer in the fall...

Trevor is a very hard working baseball player. He tries so hard to do whatever he can to help out his team. He's ALWAYS encouraging his team mates and congratulates the other team when they do something great too. He has the BEST sportsmanship of anyone on any team any where. I can not tell you how much that means to me as a mom. I'm very proud of him for this great quality he has on and off the field.

I'll post pictures later this week. Porter has a game Tuesday and Trevor on Thursday and Friday. It will be a fun and crazy week full of the GREATEST GAME IN THE WORLD.

Porter & Twilight

2009-03-26T19:49:00.002-06:00

So, Porter is the funniest kid. I just laugh at him none stop. As we were driving down to St George last week, he kept asking me if I was going the right way. I pretty sure I've got it covered. At about Beaver he perks up and says, "Yeah Mom, you are going the right way". Then as we got closer to St. George he started recognizing his mountain, Emily's mountain, Meagan's mountain.... Way too cute.

So of course while the kids & I were there, TWILIGHT came out on DVD. We watched it Saturday night, then Sunday afternoon, then on the way home on Monday (we'll Natalie & Porter did). So Porter's new obsession is Vampires.

Fast forward to today.

Porter cut himself while trying to cut an apple. He comes to me and says, "Mom, look I'm bleeding". Me, "what happened?". P, "I was trying to cut the lucky thing off the apple". Me, "oh". P, "At least we don't have any yucky vampires here." I couldn't keep a straight face. My sweet little boy. He just keeps me laughing.

This, that and the other

2009-03-13T08:54:00.004-06:00

I've got to update this with that and the other. Here is what is going on with us Randall's the last little while. Since the last blog was PORTER, here is what NATALIE & TREVOR have been doing.
Natalie insists on wearing a pony tail every day (I hate that) and looking like a teenager. She even brought me in a magazine article that said, " teens favorite hair style is..." and yes pony tail's won with 41% of the vote. Great. Ok, just make sure it looks good. On Sunday she came upstairs with this new outfit on that she created. Was I ever surprised. The skirt my mom made before her and my Dad left on their mission. The vest is what Natalie got for Christmas from them this year. So cute. I was so excited that she put it all together. Of course she could look cute in a garbage sack. She's just that way. No fair.This week she got the news that she has been waiting since Kindergarten for. She was chosen to be a library assistant for next year. She is VERY EXCITED. Talk about a perma grin. She was 1 of 16 people chosen for this honor (trust me at her school, it is an honor). Mrs Thompson (Mrs T.) had over 40 applications this year. There are only 2 5th grade classes with about 56 students total. So clearly the majority wants to have this honor.
The rules are; they have to be going into 6th grade next year, they have to be willing to spend some recesses learning the Dewey decimal system and shelving and...., they have to have a letter of recommendation from someone other than a relative (thanks Karen for that one), they have to fill out the "job application" and than be interviewed by Mrs T. That is a lot of work.
Natalie did it!! And we are so proud of her! When she sets her mind to something she gets the results.

Trevor is learning that same concept. School has been a struggle for him most of his life. So much that I even put him in Sylvan (don't waste your money or time) years ago. He is finally getting it all. I am so very thankful for this. In the past few weeks he has had 2 tests that he has come home and studied for and gotten the results we were looking for. Math test 97%. Science test 86%. WOW! I love it. Way to go Trevor!!!!!!
Last night he had a band festival with 3 other Jr Highs in our area. Millcreek (his JR HIGH) was the largest. They have over 120 students in there advanced band. One Jr High had 10 students, another had about 25 and the 3rd one had about 75. Crazy numbers. We have an awesome band instructor who really does a fabulous job - Thanks Mr. King for all you do. Sadly, Trevor has decided not to take band next year and try his hand in art (which I've have recently found out he has a talent for too). It will work out for him and we are happy to support him in this decision. Here are some pictures of last night. He noticed I was taking pictures and tried his best to hide.

I don't know what his friend Zach is going to do without him sitting next to him next year.

We have baseball tryouts tomorrow. I am soooo ready for baseball season that I even signed Porter up to play. And, Trevor is going to ump some of the t-ball games. We will be all baseball all the time. YEAH!!! I'll post pictures in the next few weeks.

The many faces of Porter

2009-03-02T18:24:00.007-07:00

Okay, I know he's spoiled. But, I always remember to take his pictures when he's done something soooo dang cute. The older ones don't do so many cute thing anymore. Here is what Porter's been doing lately.
1. The hat. He had to wear the hat to bed. Then to school the next day. So funny. I did take it off of him after I took the picture.

2. The bubble hat. What can I say. He LOVES his bubble baths.

3. I LOVE my older kids. Especially when they pitch in and help out with reading to Porter at night. This is such a great picture of Trevor reading to Porter. So sweet.

4. Then there is the SOCCER GAME with his Dad. Craig had just walked into the house and Porter said, "Come play soccer with me Dad". I couldn't resist a picture or 32. It was great! Don't ask me who won though.

Natalie's birthday party

2009-03-02T18:14:00.003-07:00

We'll here it is finally. It's been 2 weeks ago that Natalie turned the big 11. Craig & I took here and
10 friends to Robintino's for lunch. Despite 2 spilled drinks, I think all of them really enjoyed themselves. And hopefully so me of them learned to use some manners. Here are some pictures of her party.

LOUSY LOUSE

2009-02-07T10:09:00.004-07:00

Okay, I've had enough. Lice is not what I call fun. Poor Natalie.

Thursday night Craig & I came home from a friend's birthday party (way fun!) and the first thing out of Nat's mouth was, "I found a bug in my hair". I started looking in there and noticed MANY moving bugs through out her hair. So in my PJ's I headed down to Rite Aid at 8:50 pm. (Love that store because it's close by and NOBODY is ever there.) I grabbed a bottle of the NIX and home I went to Nat and her nests of bugs. I washed her hair and put NIX in it for 10 minutes and we sat and waited. Then we combed and combed and combed. Each time I was combing, I was pulling out bugs. Probably 2 dozen in all (that I could see/tell) I sent her to bed about10 pm and of course all I could do was itch my head. Sympathy scratches I guess. Didn't sleep well at all that night.

The next morning I called her teacher (my neighbor) and told her what was going on. The whole class had their hair checked by the school nurse. Natalie had a day off from school (which of course she was upset about - she had 2 tests and an Valentine art project that they were working on). Natalie and I worked on cleaning EVERYTHING in her room and everything she had been wearing or touching or anything that had touched her stuff. Everything was washed, scrubbed down, disinfected etc. No stone left unturned.

Last night we found 2 bugs again. That was all. Today I pulled out more dead ones. Thank goodness. They are the ugliest things. I'm hoping that we have all of them. She is sick of being cooped up inside. I did take her and Porter to Nielson's for a frozen custard (drive up). Sorry Mom, no lemon custard - it was Oreo last night. I'm hopeful we are on the mend. I NEVER want to go through this again.

Porter Girl?

2008-12-31T17:15:00.000-07:00

Natalie has always wanted a little sister.

I guess this is really what happens when I leave Natalie in charge!

Oh me, oh my.

Chrstmas is St. George

2008-12-30T20:08:00.000-07:00

Guess what Trevor, Natalie and Porter got for Christmas????

What a different kind of Christmas for us. It was a lot of fun. We headed down to the Sullenger's Tuesday evening and returned on Saturday. Craig even got in 9 holes of golf for Nana's B-day. Life is soooo good when you get to golf the day after Christmas.
My kids enjoyed being with the cousins. I'm sooo glad that they still like each other and want to hang out with each other.
Wednesday morning the Mom's got a few hours off to get some pedicures and lunch. It was wonderful. Just what I needed. We had Christmas eve at the Sullengers. Grandma Great, Georgia & Leonard and Heather and Garth & family all came over. Brian cooked RIBS. Oh yummmmm. (I still need the sauce recipe please). We enjoyed one anothers company and even opened some gifts.
The kids wouldn't go to sleep, so I had to stay up extra late to get everything ready for Christmas. Of course the kids woke up early too. They were so excited they just couldn't wait. Oh well. We had Nana & Pa on Skype with us when the kids were opening up their gifts. That was nice to be able to include them. I know you can't guess what Santa Clause brought me, so I'll try and help you out. Last year I got this great camera. This year I received this great ZOOM lens. Wow, what a difference it makes. Can you tell????
Liz & Brian's neighbor and his daughter were baptised Christmas night. I had met them when I went down over the 4th of July, so I went to the baptism too. It was such a wonderful experience to have on Christmas day. Not something you get to attend every year.
We came home and played games, watched Mama Mia and then the lights went out. It was kind of fun. We ate Ashley's GREAT cheesecake and sat around.
Friday us Mom's took the kids shopping (no great sales). The boys were off golfing. Then we stopped by Jumping Jacks for the kids to play around. They do enjoy that. That night we went to the rec center. Brian took the kids swimming, Liz and I walked the track and Craig watched football in the foyer (cable went out at the Sullengers after the lights went out).
We got up on Saturday morning and got packed up and left. We did do a stop for lunch at IN and OUT Burgers. My favorite. My kids like it too now. Even Porter ate all his cheeseburger. He usually eats chicken nugget's.

PRESCHOOL PROGRAM 2008

2008-12-20T09:37:00.000-07:00

You know by the title that this is going to be good. Preschool programs are always so enjoyable. You look at all the kids and think, "thank goodness that one is not mine." You know you do. Just admit to it. So Craig quickly spots the boy who is grabbing himself. Whew! It's not my kid.

Porter was front and center stage for his program last night. We really want to THANK Mrs. Eggett (teacher) for placing him there. He always has to be the center of attention.

So as the program started, I could tell that there was going to be trouble with him and the little boy next to him (Blake). Oh yes those two little mischievous boys. The two of them start out by boxing each other, Mrs. Eggett is playing the piano and her sister in law and 2 nieces are singing this song.

I had put pants on Porter that I thought were his. WRONG! They were his friends and they were too big for him. We were in such a hurray I told him to just wear them and that he'd be fine. So he's up on stage constantly pulling his pants up. When him and Blake start boxing, Porter decided to show him his underwear. The pants didn't come down too far, however... Craig claps his hands together so loudly (in the middle of the song) and told me to get up there and get it taken care of. Great! I think I was more embarrassed over the clapping of Craig's hands then Porter and his pant issue. After all, this is what really what makes a program memorable. Don't you think?

It was a very cute program. Porter now is really into the reindeer's and their names. It's very funny. He'll ask me when we are reading a book or watching a show, "Which reindeer do you think this is?" He knows all of their names.

Santa Clause came too. It was really our home teacher from our ward (Chris Glad). The kids got very excited and Porter ran over their first to sit on his lap. So this morning at breakfast he was asking me when he could get on the computer and talk to Santa. I told him he talked to Santa last night at his party. He said to me, "No I didn't, that was just Uncle Chris dressed up." I laughed hard. He's too smart for me. I'm going to have to try and stay 2 steps in front of this child.

Porter's Birthday

2008-12-17T19:00:00.000-07:00

4 years old!! Wow, that has really flown by. This year we went down to Kangaroo Zoo. This exhausted most of the kids. Here is my FAVORITE picture of my 4 year old boy. So cute.

The Zoo was filled with kids. All the ones we invited too. We had the place to ourselves (not on purpose). We had about 20 friends and family members there. The kids got to run around and play for the first 1:45 minutes. That was almost too long. I had kids wanting to go home and some that got hurt every 2 or 3 minutes. I think after about an hour they were really all ready to eat dinner. Oh well.

We started them out the carrots and celery sticks while we waited for the pizza to arrive.

We moved onto Porter's highlight of the day, the PRESENTS. He had waited a very long time to open birthday presents. To him this was the symbol that he was really 4 years old. We were in the BUG room. They had cute little tables and chairs for the kids. These kids went through 3 large pizzas that were double cut. They were HUNGRY.

He received a remote control truck, auqadoodle mat, movie tickets, money for McDonalds, trucks, dinosaur and book, shark, alligator, buzz light year gun, walkie talkies, punching bag, a puzzle and a pair of PJ's. All the gifts were very generous. He has been in his room ALL afternoon going through each of his gifts.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY PORTER. WE LOVE YOU!

NEW CAR!

2008-12-01T19:55:00.000-07:00

We'll first off I don't want anyone to think we turned to the other side. We are still BIG UTAH fans.
Car colors have nothing to do with who you root for. But when your husband calls you at work and asks you what you think and if you can meet him for lunch to go look at cars.... you don't just ignore him, you jump out of your seat and you are gone.
So here it is, the new car. And YES, it does fit in the garage. YEAH!! Porter likes the back row all to himself. It's pretty nice too because they made it into a "theater" style seat so it's up higher than the middle bench. I'm going to have to add some RED to it somewhere though. Any suggestions????

My sister Liz thinks we need to tell you the type of car. I was thinking we'd just have people guess. I could sell tickets and the winner will get... Never mind. It is a USED 2008 Ford Expedition XLT EL (extended length). We were going to go with a 2007, but Craig (no, not Anne) changed his mind at the dealership and decided to go with this one so we have the extra room in the back. Big test for Anne will be tomorrow when I go to work. Will it pass everyone approval at work????

Scale

2008-11-17T12:27:00.001-07:00

The correct way to weigh yourself!

I can't believe I was doing it wrong all these years.

WE MUST SPREAD THE WORD.

How many 'Bob's' does it take to build a deck?

2008-11-08T09:30:00.000-07:00

So, how many Bob's does it take to build a deck????

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2 'Bob's' and 1 Bubba.

Porter has been waiting 2 days for Jeremy Roberts to come and build the deck. He has walked all over the boards and jumped from the pile of them too. Now he is out with Jeremy & Craig learning how to build the deck. And boy does he have 20 questions for them.

He even made me put on his "Buzz lightyear" hat - just like the guys AND his "Bob the Builder" tool belt, with screwdrive (can't find the hammer). He is taking this deck building very serious. He doesn't even want to play with friends today. Which is amazing considering he has been grounded all week and hasn't been able to play.

Hopefully he'll learn all that he'll need to so that the next deck we need to do, we can assign it to him.

Aha moment

2008-10-29T10:29:00.000-06:00

Okay so many of you know that I've been doing weight watchers for about a year now. It's been a good thing for me and I've lost about 40 pounds so far. I've purchased new clothes to go along with the new size that I am now too.
So last week I was doing laundry and pulling the levi's out of the dryer and folding them. I pulled out a pair of levi's and looked at them for about a minute trying to decide who's they were. They were ladies jeans, but too big for Natalie but they looked like they were about Trevor's size. All of a sudden it hit me that they were mine. It is nice for me to be able to see the change in me too.

HALLOWEEN TIME

2008-10-12T14:02:00.000-06:00

The tradition for the past 7 years has been going to the Pack's Pumpkin Farm in Farmington for our pumpkins. Last year we were given a load of pumpkins from G&G Randall and our neighbors, so there was no need to go and get more. We'll on Friday night, while we were eating our Taco Soup for dinner, I thought we better go to the farm tonight BEFORE the snow flies over the weekend. Next week it will be way too muddy. So we bundled up and headed out. I love going there. They have a hay maze for the kids. Porter really liked that because he could do it all by himself. Trevor was excited just to get the biggest pumpkin he could find. Then I decided that while we are here, we might as well go through the corn maze. That is always so much fun. What a fun - spur of the moment event. Aren't they always the best? Now go and take your family to the pumpkin patch!

Porter Boy

2008-09-20T13:37:00.000-06:00

So, my friend Cami is watching Porter for me one day a week. She has a little girl his age and they play and get along great. Nat took up Porter's bike the 1st day she watched him. Let me tell you, we had taken off his training wheels and he couldn't ride it. So Cami spent 5 minutes with him and now we can't get him to stop. First thing in the morning all he wants is his bike. Before coming in at night - BIKE. He loves it. It's funny to me that we tried to get him to learn to ride this 2 wheeler and are not successful with it. Cami comes along and 5 minutes later she's got him doing it.

The next thing that he's been wanting is a pet. Any pet will do, just a pet. What is a mother going to do when she doesn't want a pet in her house? I've notice that there seems to be an abundance of grasshoppers at my house this year - where are those darn seagulls? So the next best thing, boys. I've convinced Porter, and his friend Josh, that if they catch them they can keep them outside as pets. We'll so far we've had 5 pet grasshoppers. This one that Porter caught today really liked him. Porter was taking him for walks, jumping up and down with him and pushed him in his truck... I just laughed and finally grabbed my camera.

The last thing that he has done is started preschool. He loves it! He comes home everyday singing a new song. Some of them I remember from Natalie's day at preschool. Other's I have no clue. He takes this school thing very serious and enjoy's playing school, with his buddy Ben, after school is over. I laugh at them. They are very funny about it. After the 1st day of school, I asked him to go and hang up his picture on his door. This is where I found them. On the door knob. I laughed and thought how cute is that. He has lots of new friends at school. Some of whom I went to school with their parents. Scarry!

LIFE IS GOOD WHEN YOUR NAME IS PORTER!

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

2008-08-25T18:53:00.000-06:00

Well, there are just some things that we parents look forward to in life more than our kids do. Of course at the top of our list is the FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. How wonderful a day it is. We've had a fun summer, and now it's time to get back to work. Trevor thinks he's too old for me to still be taking his first day of school picture. I've got news for him. WRONG! He was so handsome this morning. We do need to work on remembering to bring home all our stuff that parents need to look at. He wasn't very thrilled with it, but he wasn't totally negative. It will get better when they actually start getting into work.

Natalie of course was up and ready in no time. She had a hard time going to sleep last night and woke up about 5:30 am. She'll be out tonight (hopefully early). Our neighbor is her teacher and she is thrilled to be in her class. She found her desk and all of her friends. She has 3/4 of the kids from our ward in her class too. That will be fun. She looked so cute in her NEW school outfit. What will she wear tomorrow?????? She already has her homework for the week done, except for reading. She's going to do fine in 5th grade. I get to go and help out on Thursday's (when Porters at preschool) with MATH! I loved doing this for Colleen when Trevor was in her class, and will continue to help her out when & where I can.

Then there is Porter. He'll start preschool on September 9th. Not soon enough. Oh well. He got up and dressed and got his stuff in his backpack (Thomas the train, of course) and was ready to go. I kept reminding him that his school doesn't start today. That did not matter. So after we found Natalie's desk and spoke with her teacher, Porter looks at me and asked, "Mom, where's my desk?" Colleen got a chair out from the table and told him he could sit there. Then when Natalie put her back pack outside, he had to hang up his too. He also insisted that I get a picture of his back first, then his front. He's too funny! If we do it his way, then nobody gets too upset. Isn't he cute! I'll write about his first day of preschool in a few weeks.

Hope we like the 2nd day of school too.

Driveway and porch

2008-08-07T16:15:00.000-06:00

Porter blowing bubbles on the new porch.

Well I thought I'd better blog while I have a minute and give you the updated pictures of our house. It's all CRAZY around here. 6:30 am we have guys here with big machines and hammers. Just what everyone wants at 6:30 AM. We park our cars on the street or over at the neighbors house. It will be getting better in a few weeks, right? Check out the porch too. We LOVE it. I had Trevor bring out the chairs and that is where you can find us most evenings. It's so relaxing. I'm also loving the food storage room. I actually know what I have in there. It's nice and organized with room to spare. My favorite shelf is my rotating shelf (the black one on the right side). It stores so much food! I can't wait until after canning season to see if where I will store everything.

Four more

2008-07-18T09:52:00.000-06:00

Well, wouldn't you know it. I get one kid out of her cast and the next week I'm back at the Doctor's office putting stiches into another kids head.

Yes, Porter. The back of his head. And once again, it didn't happen at my house. He was at the neighbors jumping on the trampoline. The little girl pushed him off and he landed on some cement. Oh well.

Porter was very brave while they numbed up his head and had the 4 stiches put in. I told them (from the last experience) that I did NOT want the staples. Last time they stapled it, he couldn't put his head against the couch or his pillow. It was very uncomfortable.

Next Saturday we will have them removed, then we will shave his hair.

Summers half way over

2008-07-12T07:40:00.000-06:00

Holy crap! Where has the time gone? I'm realizing that it's the middle of July this week, and soon, very soon, I'll be at the back to school sales and have to pay way too much for my kids to get "free" public education. Great!

I can't remember what I wrote about last, except it had something to do with Trevor's baseball. Sorry if I'm repeating myself.

The day after school Natalie went to a birthday party for Chloe Wesche (a friend of hers who lives up the street). They were out side on the monkey bars when Natalie fell and land on her hand. She stuck it out there for awhile, then ended up at my back door in tears. We got the ace bandage, an aspirin and kissed her better and sent her back to the party. I didn't think much of it. By the time she really came home from the party, it was pretty swollen. Sunday was church and it was Still swollen. By Monday I finally gave in and took her to IHC (they have an xray machine). The Doctor likes to refer to it as a 'squishy'. Natalie & I laughed at that one. It sounded like something from a Dr. Suess book. It was not a full break, it just compounded down together. Very common. We took the xray's and made an appointment with Dr. Giannini for it to be set in a cast the next day. Way to start out the summer!

She did get her cast off on Tuesday. It got so bad when the kids went to St. George, that they ended up duct taping it to keep it together. She's very glad it's off, but looks a little like a zebra now. I had the Doctor look at her ear while we were there and she has a hole in her ear drum. Oh my heck. What is next with her. We know it wasn't there in March, when she had her yearly check up. So we are hoping it closes on it's own. In the mean time, swimming is tough for her right now. She gets water in it and it just hurts. We go back next month & we'll see what they say.

Trevor tried out for all stars at the end of the season. He had family and church commitments the first 2 weeks (which of course were when the games were), so he didn't make the team. What a good kid. He finished his summer school a few weeks ago at well as summer PE. We got his report card this week that said he received a C- in math. YEAH! That was the hard way to get it though. Hopefully next year it will be better. I haven't talked to him much in the last few weeks. Uncle Brian came and picked them up on June 28th and took him and his siblings back to St. George with him. By Thursday I think my boys were missing me. I was missing them too. They had played hard and had a good time. We stayed until Saturday, then headed for home. Monday afternoon he headed to Smith & Morehouse for scout camp. He'll be home this afternoon and boy am I glad! I think his sister is too, since she has had Porter duties while I was at work this week. He's got a couple of weeks off, then starts in with summer band the last week of the month.

We had the Maverik monster truck stop by our house one night. My brother in law works for Maverik and had it in St. George for this that and the other. They brought it back up, and everyone got to go for a ride. It was fun too to see everyone eye us and we drove around. That thing is a monster.

We also went up the canyon for a picnic dinner with the Sullengers and Baggetts. It was a lot of fun. I forget how truly GREAT the GREAT OUTDOORS are. The kids just play and everything is cool and content. I really do enjoy it more then I let on. Craig keeps talking about a camper. I may have to give in, after my remodel it complete.

Speaking of which, I have walls & a floor, but not ceiling/porch. Craig worked, while I went to St. George to pick up the kids, and got the main water line replaced as well as all the dirt distributed to the neighbors that wanted it. He got a ton done. He's such a good hard worker and he'll never understand how much I truly love and appreciate everything he does for us. I'm hoping for the ceiling/porch soon (like this week) but Craig still has to fix the gas line and then we have to get it inspected and then get the concrete guys here. It will happen soon. Especially since on Monday it's suppose to RAIN. I have a feeling that my basement will be getting water in it. I hope we still have our big tarp. I just don't know how we will keep it down. I'll have to figure that out.

Porter is Porter. He had gone to cousin Alex's birthday party before he left for St. George. He told me this week that he "didn't want to go to Alex's birthday party next time." I said why and he said, "I don't like his girlfriends". We'll sooo sorry about that. I'm sure he will change his mind next year when the invitation comes around again. I'm sure he had that on his mind for a week + and wanted to let me know. He is a very funny boy who still tries to be big like the other kids.

He took swim lessons at the first of the summer. Of course he went off the diving board the first day. He really does well. I think I'll try him in one more round this summer and then it's off to preschool for him. I still don't know what I'm going to do as far as baby sitters this year. My two neighbors that helped me in the past, will have their kids on different schedules than Porter because the are both older than him in school. Something will work out, right?

I got brave and took off on Liz's little cruiser that she got for Mother's day. Oh wow. That is fun. It doesn't go more than 30 mph and it gets her to and from school or to and from the girls friends house etc. It is way fun. I may have to put that on my wish list. My other wild hair that I got was reading the TWILIGHT series. Oh my heck. I have lost myself over the last 10 days. I am such an EDWARD fan. I am down 38 pounds now. I still am going slow but I have realized the secret. I HAVE to write everything down. That make such a difference to me. So simple and stupid. What ever it takes though.

We had the funeral for Aunt Jeannine yesterday. She is my mom's aunt who we all LOVED very much. Since my mom was suppose to speak at her funeral but is on a mission in Hungary I volunteered to give her talk for her. I am so glad that I did. Great memories were shared. I took Becky down with me and we just rattled off all sorts of memories we had. Seeing our "cousins" again (2nd cousins) was great too. Eva Jean was such a kind & loving person. She truly gave, gave & gave some more. She didn't have a lot, but she did give a lot. What a great day it was. We even got to drive by my Great Grandpa Vincents home. Wow, what great memories!! The Spanish Fork cemetery is so big and I remembered the entrance to it, once we got there. I probably hadn't been there since 80 or 81. It was nice to be "home".

We'll it 9 am and I've got sharing time to finish preparing for tomorrow, as well as a house to clean and laundry and grocery shopping and who know what else is in store for this day. Hope all of you are well. ---Anne

It's outta here.....

2008-06-11T19:27:00.000-06:00

BASEBALL...

Baseball is the best game in the world. It's a team sport that requires you to do your personal best each and every game. When you do your personal best, you can be the hero and win the game, or perhaps it can motivate your team mates to step up there game. It can be the best self esteem booster ever. It takes a team to win yes, but you can be the driving force behind your team. I've always loved baseball. I always will.

Well tonight Trevor's game was the ROCKIES vs the Red Sox's. And even though we lost 9-5, what a great game it was.

(this is him stealing second)

#12 is Trevor Randall (aka SLUGGER - that's the name he had printed on the back of his shirt). First up and he gets a double. He started a little rally for his team with that. He went on to score too.

Second up, 2 men on base, 2 outs. Guess where he took it? Not just over the fence, but into the trees and into someones back yard. Such a beautiful hit. His 2nd HR on his little league career. His team still lost, but boy was it encouraging for the other boys. It was so fun to see everyone congratulate him.

Steve Wilson came up to me after the game and said that he "thinks the ball has finally landed". I should have kept the camera going, but was so excited I forgot too.

I am so very proud of my son and his hard work with baseball this year. He has been asked to try out for the all star team again. We will see if it works into his schedule. We will try out for sure and then make a decision then.

He received his 3rd "game ball" from his coaches this year. I really think that Craig coaching his team last year helped him realize that he can succeed in this game. He started this year right where he left off last year. It's been SOOOOOOOOOO much fun to watch him be the best that he can be, each and every game!

1st week of summer

2008-06-07T15:54:00.000-06:00

Wow! What a 1st week of summer it has been. Natalie went to a birthday party on Saturday and broke her lest wrist on the monkey bars. Way to go!!! So Monday I spent 1/2 day at the insta care to learn that they call it a "squishy". What the heck? We got a good laugh at that. The bone has not completely broke. It was a compound fracture. It hasn't slowed her down at all. We had it cast on Tuesday by our Dr. It's water proof so she can swim this summer (if it warms up). She'll get it off July 8th. The first night she had it on, she had an itch that wouldn't go away. We finally got the butter knife to take care of it. She did manage to start piano lessons this week with it on. She's very excited to be able to start playing again.

Trevor thought it would be fun to teach Porter how to ride a two wheeler. He can do it. The only problem is that he doesn't know how to stop. We'll work on that one before we let him loose. He does not believe in wearing shoes outside. And if he does wear them out side, he doesn't come back with them on. Do you think super glue would work? My kids survived taking care of themselves while I was at work. I hope it gets better though. They seem to get along fine, they just forgot the rule of cleaning up after themselves. Hopefully we can remember that rule this week. Oh well.

Trevor's 1st week was spent at summer PE. He has a lot to do for summer PE but gets rewarded on Fridays by going on hikes up the mountains around here. I really think he enjoys it. It will be

nice for him to stay active for the month of June. He starts this week summer school for math. He struggled with math this year. We hope he can get his grade up to a C-. I also hope this new teacher will work with him and help him to understand this math better. I hope she will also take an interest in the kids. Trevor's biggest weakness is testing. Anyone have any ideas? Sylvan doesn't work. Already tried that.

He played his 1st double header today. That was a lot of fun. He had 2 great hit (one single and one double) and got to base on a drop ball 3 strike rule. The other team kept overthrowing it so he ended up on 2nd base. He only got home once and was left on 3rd base the other two times. He did also strike out once. I had a nice complement from his coach from 2 years ago before the game. Larry Knudson is his name and he came up to me and said that he's playing really well this year. That he's been down at the ball park a lot this year and has been watching him play and is very impressed at how well he does. I made sure that I shared that with Trevor. He was pretty excited that someone has noticed and commented. He was also asked to try out for all-stars. I'm afraid that it's going to be the weeks that he's suppose to be in St. George and Moab (scout camp). I told him that he should try out, and if it does happen to be those weeks, then he's going to have to choose. That's all we can do. It's great that he was asked. His game has improved so much over the last 2 years. It started last year when Craig was coaching his team. I think that was such a HUGE boost to him. It's really fun to see him play baseball! What a GREAT sport it is!!!!

Craig has been busy today. We got the permit from the city and the gas line moved to the east side of our house this week, so today Craig finished the dig. We have no stairs to the front door (I'll have to put out our old mail box for the mailman now) and we are ready for gravel then forms. YEAH!! Of course my big project this week will be to clean out the food storage room. Not looking forward to that. But my biggest question is, where do I put the stuff? Does anyone need anything from my pantry items?

My kids reward this week was going to be to go to Waterhaven for a swim, but instead we choose to try Kangaroo Zoo down on Redwood Rd. It was a lot of fun. BIG inflatable toys for the kids to jump around on. I think Porter liked it the most. We didn't lose his shoes, but we did lose his socks. They also have a little (I mean LITTLE) miniature golf course. It's NEON - like that's going to make it fun - but was just okay. This will be a great place for Porter's Birthday party in December. Natalie said that she wants her there too. We will see if she gets to have one there too.

We'll on to week #2... What new adventure will we have?

LiFe as we LiVe it

2008-05-26T08:41:00.000-06:00

We'll here it is the LAST WEEK of school. For some of us it is very exciting. For others it is torture. I'm not sure which one I am yet. I guess it all depends on the day. Trevor is the one with a lot of summer plans. The rest of us are just moving with his schedule. He has 3 hours of summer PE every day for one month. It starts a week from today. Following that a trip, with his siblings, to St George. Then he comes home for a day and leaves for scout camp with Craig for a week. After that he has 2 weeks of nothing than starts up with summer band. He thinks he is going to teach himself the saxophone over the summer too. I don't know if that will happen or not. We will see. With all that going on we still have to finish up the baseball season too. We have another 3 weeks of baseball and then tournament play. We hope it all works out.

Natalie has finished up her acting class. Next year she's wanting to take gymnastics again. She also wants to start taking piano and has been going through her books and learning new songs. I have a feeling that whatever Natalie wants to do in life, she'll be successful. She does it all and does it well. Well, I'll take that back. There is her room issue. Maybe she'll figure that out soon. I included the picture of her first zit (see previous blog) just to let you know that she hasn't had any more since this unsightly growth. GIRLS!? She got to take her Dad to Mother & Daughter's night on Thursday (I had the flu). She was upset at first, then had a great time with him. Her leaders went all out for them. She loves to go to Activity Days. She also performed in the 4th grade UTAH program. Her group sang, "Utah we love thee". She was so quiet up there. Afterwards she told me that she had fallen and scraped up her knees and thought that they were showing. So she was embarrassed.

Craig has been a busy beaver this weekend. I have my laundry/scrap booking room framed. It is looking good. We think we have everything figured out, including a large pantry for my laundry and bathroom items. It's going to be sweet. We still have the hole in the front yard, but we have to wait for Questar to come and move the meter for us to go any farther with it. I'm also hoping that we get the 2nd bathroom back sooner rather than later. 1 bathroom sucks sometimes. We'll see what happens. I try just to let Craig do what he can when he can. Work is going well for him. He keeps him and the guys busy. Hopefully that will continue. He is going to scout camp with Trevor for 3 days. The scout leaders asked him if he'd come and help out. He is excited to participate in scouts again. He still has no calling (courtesy EQ teacher). We've had the missionaries drop by a few times this week. They are looking for contacts to teach. We gave them some names of people but they want us to do the work and see if they'd be interested in hearing the gospel. I guess this is how it goes around here. We'll see what we can do to help. They are also looking for service projects to do. They saw our dirt pile and were really excited. Unfortunately, there's not a lot for them to help us out with right now. I'm not sure Craig wants to teach them how to do things either. They both said they'd love to learn. So we figure they've never done manual labor before. One is from Arizona, the other from Georgia. They are nice young men. We have to remember that in about 6 shorts years, that will be our son out there wanting to teach and help others. WOW!

Porter's thing right now is Indiana Jones. Oh my! We took the kids and some of their friends to see IJ on Friday. I really liked it, Craig was okay with it. But Porter... he wants you to "sing" the theme song to him so he can do the 'crack' part with his pretend whip. He is so into imagination. He has a mind of his own and knows just what he wants to do. Yesterday I caught him laying on top of the dirt pile out side. It was so funny I just had to take a picture of him. He is also learning to put his pants on by himself.

He still needs some guidance though. He also needs to work on matching shoes. If you'll notice he has on one snow boot and one cowboy boot. At least they are both boots. He is a funny funny boy.

We'll I'll be signing off for yet another busy week. Hope all is well with all of you.

Anne

We'll try this again

2008-05-21T20:22:00.000-06:00

Well I thought I'd start a new blog and see if it will work with down loading pictures. I've got a lot of pictures that I haven't been able to download. I'm going to make this short and just put the pictures on.