The Weather Outside is Frightful...

This week we took a trip to Las Vegas to cheer on BYU at the Las Vegas Bowl. How cold does it get in Las Vegas? VERY!! WE bundled everyone up as much as possible and went out to show our team spirit.I love this little red nose.

Go Cougars!!
The girls had their pom poms but after awhile it was just too cold to keep them shaking.

After the game everyone rushed the field so we had to join them.

Jose's brother, Ernie, joined us and we met up with Casey a great friend from our BYU days. Final Score: Oregon State: 20 BYU:44. Enough said. It was a great game, the cold and wind just make for a better story.
The girls were real troopers. They cheered, sang the Cougar fight song and didn't complain. What more can we ask for?

nine

Nine years!! I can't think of someone I would rather spend my days with. Thank you for the love, support, happiness and laughs. Happy Anniversary!!

Gingerbread, Yum, Yum!!

I've made a gingerbread house every year for as long as I can remember. It is something that I have always loved to do. I don't know if I like making the houses or eating all the candy more but none the less I look forward to it every year. Cherish loves it too. Every year she counts down the days to the event. Izzy isn't too sure about the cinnamon bear. She spit it out. Oh well more for me. Those are my favorite.
I couldn't believe what a great job Cherish did. She was so thoughtful about where she put everything.
Izzy made sure she licked every single piece of candy before she put it on the house. She has acquired quite the sweet tooth. She has been know to scale furniture to get to advent calenders. I found her the other day laying on Cherish's floor with the cover ripped off a now empty advent calender with chocolate dripping from her chin. If I say no she will find a way to get it herself. I need to watch out for her. She is going to keep me on my toes.
Thanks Grandma for making this happen every year. We love it so much. Thank you! Thank you!!

It's Raining, It's Pouring

I got Izzy dressed to run to the bank this morning and she took one look at herself and said, "I'm Strawberry Shortcake." She wouldn't let me call her Izzy. I had to address her by Strawberry Shortcake. My little girls is a funny one.
She was so excited about the rain I had to let her play in it. She was too cute. She kept running out into it and then giggling.
I love her precious little smile. She is such a ham. When ever she sees a camera she says cheese and dishes out this cheesy smile.
What little one doesn't love to catch rain on their tongue? If all of these raindrops were lemon drops and gum drops, oh what a would it would be...

Better Late Then Never

Now that it is almost Christmas I thought I would share a little of our Halloween pictures.



The Friday before Halloween Cherish's class got to dress up like a character out of a book. She picked Camila Cream from A Bad Case of Stripes.

Cherish was a Fairy and Izzy was a Bee. They were so cute. Cherish didn't have any idea what she wanted to be and so we made the best of it and recycled parts of her costume from last year. For Izzy everything was exactly the same.

Welcome Baby Porter

My Sister just had her first little guy. He was born Sunday, October 25 at 11:35 PM. Her due date was December 2 so he came a little early. He just wanted to keep Mommy on her toes and show her who is in charge. He is doing well and is healthy but because he is so little he is in the NIC-U. They are hoping to bring him home in about two weeks. Congratulations Matt and Tiff!! I love this picture of them. He is so tiny, only 4 lbs 7 oz, but oh so cute.

A Bad Case of Stripes

For school Cherish had to dress up like a character from one of her favorite books. She picked Camilla Cream from A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon. It is a great book that I highly recommend to anyone who hasn't read it. She said her favorite part was when she got to school everyone was talking about her and wanted to ask her questions about why she was painted in stripes. She LOVES to be the center of attention.
At least the stripes weren't permanent. She couldn't stand the itching so she had her teacher help her take the paint off at their first recess.