Christmas Program

Porter had his first Christmas Program last night it was the cutest thing! Porter gave me the ol' thumbs up and tried to give Mike a wink, which ended up being a couple of blinks.

He kept putting his arms around Logan and Talmage, which they didn't like, then Talmage tried to hold Porter's hand, which he didn't like. It was cute. I can't believe my son is in performing in Christmas programs already!

Sorry Chalyse, it's way past my bedtime, so I'm gonna skip editing you out of this one. Thanks for always being Andrew's buddy, even though you look like you hate him in this picture, I know it's not true. :)

this video has porter giving me the thumbs up, it's toward the end if you don't wanna watch the whole thing.

Welcome Home Tradition

Yesterday was a big day. We had preschool, then we got dinner ready for Heidi B.'s fam, and then there was Porter's Christmas Program. I went to the store in preparation for din din and when I came home, I noticed this ordinary looking laundry basket...

J:"Dad, where's Porter?"

M:"I don't know." (Pointing to the basket.)

J: "Babe, you never know where Porter is, I guess I'll just get this laundry done and then start looking for him."

J: "AH! I thought you were lost!"

Later I went downstairs and found a mostly eaten bag of chips, which explain the orange face and fingers.-dead giveaway.

Porter always hides from Mike when he's coming home. It's usually an easy one...the closet or behind the couch. This one was pretty creative.

Delivering Presents

Last night Mikey was working Papa's so Porter and I delivered little gifts to our friends. Andrew was asleep in the car seat. So Porter and I drove around the neighborhood, just the two of us (and sleeping Andrew). He sat up by me and ran so carefully up to the doors so he didn't slip and fall. It was so cute! I laughed out loud in the nice warm van. I am pretty sure Porter had a good time, cause he kept saying "I love you, mom!"

My little baby is now so big and old. It has gone so fast. He is at a fun age, he can do most everything by himself and we even have some pretty good convos. I can't believe he is gonna be 4!

Drum Roll Please.....

We have decided where we are going for MED SCHOOL! I typed in the name of the town into GOOGLE IMAGES and these are what I found. Can you guess???

I'll give you some hints, here were our options:

A. Des Moines, IA

B. Glendale, AZ

C. Kirksville, MO

D. Parker, CO

If you guessed C you were correct! I would NEVER have dreamed that I would end up in Missouri. We all called it MISERY when we were growing up in KC. And now, here we are. Even when applying, we SWORE up and down, AZ would be the place for us. Especially during the winter time. But, alas. That is not our plight.

It turned out to be the better school over all. There is a bonus! It is close to my family! I have lived in Utah for 9 years, it is about time I get on back to my "ruts". PLUS the boys might get a little accent! :) YAY...my two little hick boys...oh so cute!

I'm SOOOOOOO proud of you Mikey! You have worked so hard and I am proud to say after six years of undergrad, you've progressed to grad school! AHHH...what a relief. I don't have to dump you after all. :) JUST KIDDING! I LOVE YA BABE! Way to go!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

Remember my sis, AMANDA?!? She is 15 TODAY! I MISS YA BABE

and Remember my friend, Heidi, who adopts? She just got sealed to her son, Lincoln, three months ago? She got another baby. Romnee Emma Bird was born this morning! YAY! I can't wait to meet the little cutie.

Chalyse's Birthday

For Chalyse's Birthday Mike Hall took her ice skating and shopping for some jeans. A dream come true. Heidi had planned on watching her kids for the night, but she got the call that she was having the baby that night, so we moved the party to our house. Mike set up the tent and we popped them some popcorn they watched Kung Foo Panda. They had lots of fun, but after Elle Bell went to bed, the boys were scared of the basement. So we moved them upstairs. We put a mattress on the floor in the kitchen and the boys fell asleep almost instantly. It was fun to have a "sleep over" that ended at 9:30pm.

Opened the Presents

Okay, Santa, I hope you're not mad, but we only made it TWO DAYS without opening what you brought us! :)

Two Sundays ago we woke up to Porter begging (again!) to open what Santa brought him. Mike said "okay" before I could even say "NO! WAIT!" Porter had the wrapping torn off! I said "WAIT FOR ME TO GET MY GLASSES ON!" and he politely did. :)

But that was so much fun, that we kept saying "one more," and all of a sudden all of them were opened! :) It was a great time, though! Lots of fun being the kid again.

Thanks for the gift cards, the scentsy stuff, the computer and army guys, the ball popper is sweet! It's a good thing Andrew can't play with it yet, cause there would be some fighting with Porter. :) And, we saved the Christmas Eve stuff, so we have SOME surprise! Thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much! The gifts were JUST our style. Who would ever know exactly what we needed and wanted! hmmmmm...... THANK YOU!