Mom's Surprise

My mom came from Kentucky for Christmas. Amanda and Meredith knew she was coming but though she was coming the 22nd of December. On December 11th (Amanda's 14th birthday) after just walking through the door from school I told them that Porter wanted them to "find him" in the closet....but mom was really hiding in there. They were very surprised and excited to see mom. They haven't seen her since August 2008 where they left her in the hospital.

Family Pictures

We haven't taken family pictures in a REALLY long time, so I decided to get some done on Tuesday. There were very few good ones due to the fact that Porter didn't have a nap that day.
I can thank the decorative blog for that. We spent many hours at Heidi's house while she taught me the tricks of the trade and Porter was exhausted from playing. As you all can tell my blog is a little more festive than it has been and it's all thanks to Heidi who may just be one of the most creative people I know. She will be paid with a trip to Hawaii around the year 2020. Can't wait!

Trick or Treat

Porter was an "awmy duy" (translation: army guy) for Halloween. He didn't quite fit the role this year.


These are the three of us as pumpkins. Mike's is a dinosaur and then me and Port are just normal ol' pumpkins.

Mommy Day Halloween Party

Last Friday we had a Halloween Party for the kids. Porter was an army guy. He learned to Pose from his aunts Meredith and Amanda (who happen to be frequenters of America's Next Top Model).

The Party was Awesome. Heidi's mom came as a witch and made a witch's brew with the kids, they didn't blink the whole time she was there! They had a great time. I love all these guys they are so cute. Their little personalities are so different. They are all a RIOT (in more ways than one).

Then that night we went to the pumpkin walk where the line was 30minutes to an hour long! Porter went from dancing like crazy with his friends to crashed out on our shoulders for the whole walk. He didn't even make to see one pumpkin. Still sleeping in our arms two hours later, we got him home and too his bed and he mumbled in his sleep "where's a pumpkin mom? Talmage!" and then he was out for the night.

Trip to Logan Utah

Mike and I met and fell in L-O-V-E.....love, in Logan, Utah. Logan is the PRETTIEST place in the fall so we went up there in September with Porter. We had lots of things planned. Cafe Sabor, a hike at 1st damn, a family picture at the railroad tracks where we took engagement pictures, a trip to the Bluebird Candy Store. By the time we got there, we were starving so we ate at Cafe Sabor and about ten minutes of waiting for a seat and Porter was ready for a nap...you know what that means: a short/long lunch and hop in the car and head home. While we waited we took some pictures and Porter and Mike searched for bugs in the bushes. That is there new thing. It was a great day, we had a lot of fun and we DID drive around and look at the campus and the house we almost bought and our old apartments. AND then we took a trip to the candy store. If any of you want to give us a gift, we love chocolate carmels. Just FYI. :)

Halloween PartAy

Welp. Our friends Jesse and Mish had a slammin' party saturday night. We went as legos. There were lots of creative costumes. Jesse and Mish had some pretty wack wigs, that made everyone laugh. Then our friend Trish and her baby Maggie were Wilma and Pebbles. It was So much fun! Thanks guys!

FYI...not that great of make up

Hey guys got my make up and i LOVED IT at first. but now i notice that it doesn't last all day and it turns into different colors...it mostly just doesn't last as long as i'd like. :( BUT some of my friends like it...like Cascia and Shelley. Hope i haven't miss led anyone. If you've gotten it and are satisfied, let me know cause--i'm doing my own little survey. Overall I just don't believe that Nordstom's wants to buy this stuff.