Shout out to my bro!

Hey here, is also a shout out to Grant-for you see his new movie comes out today! For those of you who don't know my brother played rugby for BYU, and in doing so was recruited to be in some of the scenes in the new movie Forever Strong. I'm not sure how much if any you will be able to see of him, but he was there! We're so proud of you! the only member of our family to appear in a major motion picture;)

things...

So just to do a quick comment on things as of late in our household-
1. finally got completely caught up on my laundry, I don't know about you but this hardly ever happens. I finally got every load done though, and folded and put away in the last few days!! It is a great feeling to not have to think about it AT ALL for a week, and then know that I will only have small to normal size loads to do! Yeah,
2. Finally put the giant pile of cords that has been sitting in the downstairs hallway since we moved away! One of those things you just don't know what to do with! And, by the way is anyone missing some cords? No idea what most of them are for or how we got so many.
3. got to watch my two favorite shows premier!! the office was great-thank you Jim for finally proposing! And also, to you Chuck fans, not sure why they would do this-but the premiere, the whole episode is online at nbc.com, even though it is not on TV till Monday! so I caved and watched it too! It was great!
4. Haven't gone out to eat all week, and have made a real meal for dinner every night!! So proud of myself, even branched out a little into new things!
5. Been watching lots of news on tv, this is sure an interesting predicament we are in huh! I'm not sure if people agree or not, so apologies to them if so, and I am admitting that I don't really know the first thing about economics etc, but I'm kind of confused why everyone is protesting this bailout and is so angry? Yes, I am angry that we are in this mess, it is no fun to have to have a bail out so I can see that anger, but why protest it from happening- like I said I don't really know economics but from what I hear it will be much worse for us if we don't. So do these protesters just not understand that, or maybe it's me, and they are all economists who know it will all be ok without a bailout. I don't know, but all I have to say is that I would rather have some money than no money- and I like my husband having a job. These are big companies going down-this is a major problem. Anyway... we'll see! enough of that rant- too many politics!
6. also, been all over this new Lance Armstrong development! He's coming back people! Incase you hadn't heard, he is planning to ride the Tour de France this year, and it has shaken up the cycling world! We are definitely excited to watch this coming summer! If you want more details, Noah will be more than happy to fill you in! It is kind of complex, what will he do without Georgie! Oh, the good old days!

so that is the rundown for the last little while, just wanted to give a new post...to let you know what we're up to!

We moved-incase we forgot to tell you!

So I apologize for being such a slacker, we had a crazy couple of months; but just incase you hadn't heard- we did move! We just moved about 2 miles away, to a little bigger place, but I still did want to mention it! That means, that even though I've been a slacker and haven't sent it out yet, I will be sending out an email with our new address very soon! Without even meaning too, we have moved when both of our boys have been 10 months old!! I also got a picture of them doing this same pose, which I wasn't even trying to do!! Pretty funny, unfortunately the one of porter is an actual picture from back in the day, and I can't get it to scan right-so maybe another time. But anyway, just wanted to officially let people know, and say thanks to everyone who helped us!! Also, to my boys, who have been such amazing troopers through both moves!! Love you!

Happy Day-

Just wanted to do a quick post as an ode to something delicious! To all of those who enjoy this treasure with me, I was able to enjoy two bean burritos from Taco Maker today!!!!!!! I haven't had one in quite a while, but in attending my cousin's wedding in the Kaysville I was able to pick some up! Yummy Yummy. There is nothing quite like it! Good food and good times:)

Party,Party,Party!!

We were able to attend Noah's work party last weekend, and it was incredible! They really know how to throw a good one! It was during the olympics, so it was all Chinese themed. There was gorgeous chinese lanterns and decorations everywhere-plus a full out chinese menu for dinner. (Also great steaks for anyone who needed both) but they also had a full lettuce wrap bar and potstickers as well as a DELICIOUS crepe bar, sno-cones, popcorn, cotton candy, balloon animals, custom chinese calligraphy, a photo booth, 8 bouncy houses, a climbing wall, pony rides, a sweet employee american idol concert, great give aways ( we won a video camera:) bouncy house boxing ring, face painting, carnival basketball hoop shooting games, and real chinese acrobats! It was so much fun, and Porter especially had fun! Here are some pics from the party!

My first REAL quilt!

So I've been working really hard lately- to make a "real" quilt! I saw this fabric line, and another quilt done out of it, and thought it was the cutest thing EVER! Of course the kit was all gone-so I picked up some fabric anyway and set out on my own! I've made lots of "tv watching quilts" that were just tied and really easy, but I really wanted to do the whole beautiful handmade quilt kind of look. I'm going to put it in Ronan's room, poor Porter doesn't have one from Mom, but I know Grandma is all over that for him, so I'll just go with that. Anyway, I was so proud of myself -I designed the whole thing, had it quilted and then I did a real binding! In the future I think my bindings will be better now that I've done one-but all in all I love it and think it turned out great! So here are some pics!

What a problem solver!

So I just decided to post a little baby picture of Porter since I've been thinking lately how quickly my baby is growing up!!! It is amazing to me every day how much he is developing both physically and mentally. His problem solving skills are really starting to work well. . . the other day he took his shoes off (and he usually wears crocs so his feet were very dirty) and he said "Mom I need a wet wipe, my feet are dirty! I didn't have any on hand ( I know, bad mom) but anyway, so I told him we would just have to wait until we got home and then we could clean them off. He said "well, just lick them Mom!" what a smart little guy huh! Now why didn't I think of that?!!