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.

I am really learning basketball now. I scored the 1st basket for my team!

BASKETBALL

Guess what guys? I am on my school basketball team! My first game was today and it was crazy. We lost, but it was fun, and besides, I made a great play. When the other team threw the ball to the person I was guarding, I jumped up in the air and caught the ball! Basketball is pretty fun.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME!!!

Last Friday was my birthday!!!!!!!!!!! Me and my family went up to the cabin. We had so much fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I got some really cool stuff for my birthday, like this way cool set to make this super cool convertible!!!!! Isn't it awesome? It has a lot of functions too. It is way awesome!

Logan sleeping again!

Brocks first day at Kindergarten

Thought I would post something - I will try to post more.

BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You will not believe this!!!!!!!!!!!! My mom is having a BABY BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm having a BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! A BROTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Knock knock! Is anyone there?

Why are the only ones posting and commenting me and my Dad? We never see you post or comment anymore.

Mount Rushmore Trip

Here are a few sample photos from our whirlwind, spur of the moment trip to South Dakota.

Guernsey Wyoming - Pioneer Wagon Wheel Ruts

Bear Country

Bear Country is a drive through wild animal park near Rapid City, SD. We saw elk, arctic wolves, timber wolves, tons of bears, cougars, etc. It was very cool to see these animals up so close.

Cosmos Mystery Area

It's amazing what your brain does when gravity doesn't appear to be pulling you in the right direction. Seriously the minute you walk into this cabin you WILL be dizzy.

Mount Rushmore!!!

Mount Rushmore was awesome! A must see for everyone.

Sylvan Lake

Sylvan lake is a beautiful lake surrounded by really cool rock formations located in Custer State Park. The girls had a blast scaling all the rocks. This is the lake you see at the end of the National Treasure 2 movie.

Needles Highway

The needles highway was the last thing we were able to see at the end of our day in South Dakota. There were several long narrow tunnels we drove through that were narrow enough that we felt we needed to fold in the mirrors on the car. The picture below shows us on top of one of these tunnels. Again, the girls got pretty good at rock climbing at the end of the day.

Another cousin, ro sibling,etc!!!!!!!!!

My mom is having a BABY!! Isn't that awesome?! It is so cool!!!!!!!!!!

Guinea Pigs!

The 6th grade has class pets now! I get to take care of them for the entire Labor day weekend. The black and white guinea pig is named Atila, and he is the other class' guinea pig. The other brown one, Peanut, is my class'. I like to hold them a lot. Peanut is so squirmy and is always hiding from me. He is scared.

Important Announcement!!!! (Really Important)

Guys, I really would like your birthdays!!! Also if you know Anyone else'sb-day, please let me know!!!

Happy B-day Dad!!!! Or Howard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, guys. My new name on the blog is gonna be football lover now.

1st day of school

Today was my first day of school. Early, huh? 6th grade is different, you have more homework, you have a homeroom teacher, and you keep switching classes. Also, can you tell me your birthdays? You'll understand why on your birthday.

Baseball game: Colorado Rockies vs Arizona Diamondbacks

Guys I went to a baseball game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It was so cool!! I went with my Dad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got a hot dog so big it was like 2 hot dogs stuck together!! The game was really close!! Rockies won 6 to 5! Rockies hit 2 home runs. We were so close to the front seats! We could see the players really well!!! We had LOADS of FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! At the game my dad bought me a black baseball with a weird plastic coating on it! It had Colorado Rockies written all over it! The Rockies played really well. One Rockies guys lunged for and caught a super fast fastball!! We had the funnest time!!!!!!!!

Poudre Canyon Camping Trip

We went camping at Chambers Lake this past weekend and stopped to see Poudre Falls on the way home. The night before there was a massive downpour which hit just as we were finishing dinner. We were lucky to have our trailer with us and we spent the night listening to the rain crash into the top of the camper as we played Yahtzee. The next day the girls had fun fishing at the lake even though they didn't catch anything.

There are actually people that kayak down these falls if you can believe that. The pictures of the falls don't really do it justice, they are pretty thrasher.

madison

wow pretty dress madison!!
heehee

Lizard

This is a lizard we tried to catch in Moab! If you grab its tail it will fall out and wiggle and the lizard can run away and grow another on! Also it is crazily fast, so we never caught it, but we caught a slower baby one!