Tara's Wedding

My sister Tara and my new brother-in-law Brigham (a.k.a. Pig)!  Can't believe my little sister is married!

Soccer Season

This is only the first game of the season and I'm already posting pictures...so expect more!  I don't get to play much soccer anymore, but I still love it!  So I'm playing vicariously through my kids. 

They started out the season great!  Briggs had a goal and Sophie rules the defense.  Tyler is assisting with the coaching and I try to take the pictures when I'm not chasing Sawyer after he runs out onto the field.

I love soccer season!

Easter

We had a bit of a rough time getting a cute Easter picture with everyone looking and smiling this year.  It didn't help that we had just gotten home from church and were supposed to be at a dinner somewhere else in a few minutes.  We had a few wardrobe malfunctions as well.  Briggs would not hear of not wearing his suit coat even though it's sleeves are about 6 inches shorter than the sleeves on his shirt underneath.  Ah well.  I tried.  And I still think they're cute!  Maybe next year we'll get that perfect photo?

Porter's 4th B-Day

11 Things We Love About Porter

1. Porter has over 101 different facial expressions.  They're hilarious and it isn't hard to tell what he's thinking!  He can do really cool things with his eyebrows.

2. He loves to sing, sing, sing...and when he doesn't know the words...he makes them up!  Our personal favorite is, "Take me out to the ball game.  Take me out to the crowd.  Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jacks, I don't care if I never get back.  For it's FRUIT, FRUIT, FRUIT FOR THE WHOLE TEAM if they don't win it's a CHANGE..."

3. He's got an impressive vocabulary and we love his adult-like phrasing as in, "Mom, how many times do I have to tell you?" and "My blankets are messed up and now they're all frustrated!"

4. He can do 9 straight hours of sound effects with his cars, guys, and swords.

5. He dresses himself...in 3-4 outfits a day.

6. He's convinced that he WON the childrens 1K race on base last month and keeps reminding us about it and how great it was.

7. He loves to help Mom in the kitchen!  He's a great baker.

8. We thought Briggs was a talker, but Porter has probably got him beat!  He can go on, and on, and on...but the funny part is that you can't just listen, you have to watch because he uses his hands to show you exactly what was going on, where people were, how the car was driving, etc.

9. He runs to give his dad a hug when he comes home from work and will say things to me like, "I love you little mommy!"  I think I love that he calls me 'little' as much as that he says he loves me!

10. He's the third child and gets away with much more than the first two...and he knows it!  He's called me out on being a push-over!

11.  He loves to have Tyler kneel down with him to say his prayers at night.  His prayers are really sweet...and really funny, and they go on, and on, and on...

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day 1K

The Saturday before St. Patty's, the base had a 1K race for kids and a 5K for adults.  Sophie and Briggs were signed up for the race, but Porter was a last minute addition - which is why he is running in crocs - but they all did great.  It was fun to watch them and Porter was pretty amazing for a 3 year old.  He was tearing it up!  I ran the 5K with my friend MaRae and certainly wasn't tearing it up, but we did beat most of the moms with baby joggers anyway!

The other day Porter hurt his leg while playing and came to me crying.  I said, "PORTER, DO YOU WANT ME TO KISS IT BETTER?" 

 

He replied, "NO." 

 

"WELL WOULD YOU LIKE A KISS ON YOUR CHEEK INSTEAD?"  

The answer was still, "NO."  

But I persisted!  "WELL WHAT IF I NEED A KISS ON MY CHEEK?"

 He thought about that for all of 2 seconds and answered, "WELL THEN DAD CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT!"

Basketball 2009

Basketball was really fun this year.  Sophie and Briggs got to play on the same team which made it quite nice for us!  They had fun and both did a great job.  It was especially fun to watch Sophie rule the key.  She is quite a bit taller than all the other kids and loved defense.  She always had a huge smile on her face once her opponent stopped dribbling and she could just tower over them with her arms up, rendering them helpless.  Briggs was really confident by the end of the season and was getting comfortable dribbling around people and putting up shops.  He was the very youngest on the team, so it will be really fun to watch him next year.