Saturday, January 31, 2009

A Visit





from Grandma and Grandpa Porter...so much fun. I love the way they play with the kids. We went down to Orlando and picked them up. The day before they arrived Brandon and I went to the temple, we went as a family to Downtown Disney and ate at the Rainforest Cafe which was fun. I had the best salad with some awesome pecans. It may not sound like much but I saw someone else eating and stopped to ask them what they were eating (no manners, but it looked that good) and they said they were loving....I did too!



Jungle Chop Salad - Romaine and Iceberg lettuce, black olives, cucumbers, carrots, red cabbage, candied pecans, blue cheese crumbles, dried cranberries and grilled chicken tossed in a raspberry vinaigrette dressing.



Hannah didn't like it when it "rained" in there. She was afraid the elephants were going to come after her.



We stayed in a hotel for two night, the first night was not fun at all cause we were in a room with two small double beds. Hannah and I did not sleep so I knew they had a semi family suite so I said Brandon we gotta upgrade and they upgraded us for free. The suite had a full/queen bed and the a closed off room for the kids with bunk beds and a twin with their own tv. They loved it!



Anyways we took a tourist packed trip home in which we visited the Desere Ranch, an orange grove cause Rhoud wanted to pick an orange from a tree and let me tell you it was an excellent orange. Oh my! Then St. Augustine cause Susan's wanted to go there for some time, we just stopped for a bit but it was nice, the sun was setting, we'll visit there again. And then we stopped by my dad' where Linda had a scrumptious dinner made. So we made a three and half our trip home into a twelve hour trip. Not like us at all, very adventerous. The kids did well thanks to our rigged dvd player and Grandma and Grandpa playing games with them.

slowly but surely... Soccer

catching up on the blog...I'm at the beginning of January and it's only the beginning of February. I am going to try to condense though.
The kids are both signed up for soccer. The season started 1/2 way through December and they're doing pretty good. It seems this may not be their calling in life, but it's fun to watch and it wears them out :)



waiting during Cole's game, soccer is not Hannah's favorite thing right now










catching up on the blog...I'm at the beginning of January and it's only the beginning of February. I am going to try to condense though.

The kids are both signed up for soccer. The season started 1/2 way through December and they're doing pretty good. It seems this may not be their calling in life, but it's fun to watch and it wears them out :)

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

bdays and sleepovers fun fun fun

Melissa decided to come down from the great state of NC for Anya to have her bday party with her cousins. They all had a great time. The best part was that all the kids slept over at Grandma's the night before and all the mom's and dad's went bowling to dinner and played Rock Band...soo much fun. I"m hooked on the drums. The girls were all rocking to ummm what's that band with Gwen Stefani....No Doubt. We ended up having a sleep over at Carmen's. Probably will be the last time that ever happens. It was a great time. Thanks Lissa for coming to share Anya's bday!
Jackson fishing


Jacob helping Anya go fish



It's Momo's and it's as good as it is big




all dolled up



Laura was a little confused about who's bday it was, but I don't think she actually blew out any of the candles

Wild Thangs




So we're not big amusement park people, we've only ever taken the kids to Disney and that was on a dime. I've wanted to take them to Wild Adventures which is nearby but it's just a lot of money. I happened to find a good special they were having and so on Dec. 30th we took off. The kids were just like whatever let's go to Wild Advenures...because they didn't know what awaited them. Cole and Laura are a lot like Michael and I, including enjoying rides. Michael hated them and I loved them. Well, Laura loved the rollercoasters, couldn't get enough and Cole wouldn't step near them, wise man I tell ya. Anyway, we had a great time and will proably go again in the future. They had a great live nativity, that was worth going for. Laura was amazed that hey had a "real"angel and was concerned about her falling.