Happy Birthday Madison!!

Madison is a teenager ......... how did this happen?????


Madison got pretty good on the wakeboard this year.

Madison started playing basketball this year and really loved it.

She loves to play frisbee.
Madison is a straight A student. Here is her 7th grade photo.

Bouncing Baby Boy

We did not have a johnny jump up for the girls and now I wish we had. Treven really likes it. The only problem is that sometimes we cannot get him to support weight on his legs- all he wants to do is jump, jump, jump!

Halloween make-up

Make up done by Brock himself --
















Make up done by Tara --

Trip to the Jazz game

We got to go to a preseason game this year. 6th row. Boys had a great time. Brock wanted a treat but I told him we had to wait for half time - so 5 minutes later he told me he had to go to the bathroom really bad. As soon as I took him up he said - "so since we are up here we can get treats now, right." Sneaky kid

Sadie and Abby - Soccer 2009

Sadie and Abby had great soccer seasons this year. They both played both offense and defense and Abby played goalie several times. They have a fantastic coach and we enjoy watching them play on those crisp autumn mornings.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween from:

The Man in the Yellow Hat and Curious George

Harvey Unga

Ginny Weasley

Susan Pevensie

Curious George

I Should've Been A Cowboy

IT'S FOOTBALL TIME

GO COUGARS!

Wish we were all here!

Some new family pics

These boys are pretty handsome!

Making the most of the end of the Summer.

We spent the day hiking in Rocky Mountain National Park. Here is Treven on his first hike. He doesn't look all that comfortable to me but everyone swore that he was happy and comfortable. He must have been fine because he enjoyed the whole 3 1/2 hour hike without making a peep.


Here are the girls just before we got to Alberta Falls. Nicole looks a little nervous because what you can't see next to them is a 100 ft vertical drop.


After the hike we went on a tram ride in Estes Park. We were lucky to get a ride since they were about to close and their credit card machine had just broken. Sadie could barely contain her sinister laughs as we sped up the mountain.


Here we are at the top with Estes Park about 1100 feet below.

And here is the amazing view from the top.

Ashley and Nicole get crafty

Here are the letters Ashley made for Treven


Here are the letters Nicole made (with some help from Ashley of course).

Camping in Wyoming

The girls climbed this interesting rock formation we found while hiking around in Wyoming.

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Family Photos

Madison's First Swim Meet

Madison's first swim meet was today and she did great. Her team won the medley relay quite handily and she also won her backstroke race.

Here she is doing the freestyle.

Happy Birthday Abby!!!!!

Abby is now 10 years old! Can you believe how old she is getting? Abby and Howard went to a fishing derby for her birthday and she caught like 5 fish. They were no whales but just as fun to catch.

Treven's Blessing Day

Treven was blessed today, June 7th, 2009.

More smiles

Treven is a very happy baby and just keeps smiling more and more. He is also our most mellow baby (so far anyway). He'll just hang out and watch everyone for a long time without causing a fuss.

First Smiles

Treven has started smiling and we can't get enough of it. Unfortunately these moments don't last long enough for us though. It might be due to the fact that when he starts smiling we all rush over, crowd around him, and stuff cameras in in face ... but I don't know.



Sadie has a knack for getting good pictures of Treven and for a while she was the only one to actually catch him smiling on camera. This is one of hers.


Treven is excited to see some pictures of his closest cousin Emily. So far they have been somewhat lacking :) (hint ... hint)

Treven arrives home.

Treven and Nicole finally arrived home today and Treven immediately relaxed and fell right to sleep. Linda sent Treven the bouquet of cookies that the girls have enjoyed munching. It is good to be home!

Announcing Treven Lee Porter

Born: April 1st, 2009
Weight: 8lbs 14oz
Length: 22in




Nicole and Treven are doing great. The girls were so exited to see their new brother.


Treven hang'in out under the heat lamp.