Instead of our usual "brag" letter, this year I'm having everyone check out our blog. After all, this goes into much more detail and has more pictures! So, I've decided that I need to do an individual blog about everyone in the family. Seeing as my Christmas cards are going out tomorrow, I'd better start.
Scott started a new job last May. He now works for GE Healthcare. It's part of the big GE that was started by Thomas Edison. There are a lot of perks, working for a big company. First of all, GREAT benefits. We have better healthcare now than we've ever had. Would have been nice, when Zoey was born. Anyway, he likes it and it's another step in the direction he wants his career to go.
Scott's really gotten back into mountain biking this year. He used to go a lot when we were first married, but life got busy, and I'm not much into riding down mountains! Go Figure! But there are a group of guys at work that go once a week in the summer time after work and he's been hooked. Again.
This was Scott's forth (?) year with University of Utah football season tickets. He goes with a friend and his brother, David. He loves to go, even when they don't start off too hot. We are definitely known as Ute fans in the neighborhood! People have threatened to paint a big blue "Y" on our lawn, but it hasn't happened yet! You sissies! (I only say that, because we don't send Christmas cards to our neighbors, we bake them something instead. So, we're perfectly safe!)
Scott's been getting into shape this year. He goes to the gym most every morning and has dropped 20 or so pounds so far. I'm very proud of him! He's been jogging and lifting weights and watching his diet. Go, Honey!
Scott teaches the oldest boys in Primary. He's been doing this for more than 3 years. He's really good at his calling. The boys love him.
Scott's a great dad. Zoey LOVES him! She just loves to sit in his lap or have him toss her in the air. Scott took Porter on the Father/son camp out this year and Porter still talks about camping with his dad! He's a big help to me, now that Regan and Hali are both so involved in dance and piano.
Scott is a great husband, too. He makes me laugh. I love to laugh. He's my best friend and I love to spend time with him. We will celebrate our 12th wedding anniversary in January and I doesn't seem like that long. I'm not an easy person all of the time, and he's really done a good job of handling me during some bad personal times. I've married a very SPECIAL person.
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10-10-11
Zoey and I were talking about my parents.
Zoey: Grandma likes to give me lots of kisses.
Mom: Yes, she does. So does Grandpa. And he kisses just like this. (I gave her raspberries on her cheeks, just like my dad does.)
Zoey: Yeah, Grandpa doesn't know how to kiss like normal.
4-22-2011
Zoey: People are going to look at me with my finger nail polish and say "Wow. She looks like a pop star!"
11-21-2010
The kids found a Christmas ornament that we bought before Zoey was born that had all our names, except hers.
Zoey: Where is me?
Mom: You weren't born, yet.
Zoey: But where is me?
Mom: You were still in Heaven.
Porter: Yeah, you were with Jesus.
Zoey: Oh! I LOVE Jesus!
Then her face just fell and she said, "but He died for us."
I guess even at four they listen!
10-06-2010
Zoey watched the movie Beauty and the Beast for the first time today. During the moment that the beast turns into the prince, she slapped her hands over her mouth like she couldn't believe such a great thing could be happening. When the prince dramatically turns around to show his princely side, she got this really puzzled look on her face. Then said to me, "Him looks like a girl!"
3-14-2010
A couple of minutes into sharing time, Zoey tells her teacher, "Her keeps talking and talking all the time!" Then she climbed onto her teachers lap and fell asleep.
1-26-2010
Hali was pretending she couldn't talk. Porter walked over to her and slapped her face.
Mom: "Porter! Why in the world did you do that?!"
Porter: "Well...she was going crazy!"
1-5-2010
Bought a new movie and inside the DVD case was an advertisement for Chuck E Cheese.
Porter: This movie was brought to us by Chuck E. Cheese!
12-25-2009
Porter: Look, Mom, Santa filled our stocking with care!
12-9-2009
Porter: Mom, there was a commercial for a Christmas Special and I want to watch it now.
Mom: Porter, I don't think it's on now and I don't think I'll find it on demand.
Porter: But Mom, I want to watch it!
Mom: I know Porter, but I don't think I can help you.
Porter: But Mom, I'm special.
11-4-2009
Zoey: I like you, Mom.
Mom: Well, that's good, cuz I like you, too.
Zoey: Porter likes Dad.
Porter: That's right Zoey! I do like Dad! Except when he get really mad at me. Then he kind of freaks me out.
4-10-2009
Porter: My brother said I can't eat broccoli.
Dad: You don't have a brother
Porter: Jesus is my brother and he told me I can't eat it because I'm allergic to broccoli.
For the record, Porter is not allergic to broccoli.
4-3-2009
Porter: "When are we moving to St. George?"
Mom: "We are not moving to St. George. We are going on vacation."
Porter: "Oh."
Mom: "When you move, you go somewhere else and you never come back."
Porter: "We're never coming back?!!"
4-1-2009:
Right after swimming lessons
Porter: "On no! I have Grandpa Hands!"
Mom: "Don't worry. They will go away."
Porter: " I guess I can't do swimming lessons anymore, because I don't want Grandpa Hands again."
1-24-2009:
Porter: "What happens if you get a nasty president?"
Dad: "Where did you hear about a nasty president?"
Porter: "I went to the North Pole and a penguin told me that if you get a nasty president, then you die."
(And just for the record, we haven't said anything about President Obama being nasty.)
Zoey and I were talking about my parents.
Zoey: Grandma likes to give me lots of kisses.
Mom: Yes, she does. So does Grandpa. And he kisses just like this. (I gave her raspberries on her cheeks, just like my dad does.)
Zoey: Yeah, Grandpa doesn't know how to kiss like normal.
4-22-2011
Zoey: People are going to look at me with my finger nail polish and say "Wow. She looks like a pop star!"
11-21-2010
The kids found a Christmas ornament that we bought before Zoey was born that had all our names, except hers.
Zoey: Where is me?
Mom: You weren't born, yet.
Zoey: But where is me?
Mom: You were still in Heaven.
Porter: Yeah, you were with Jesus.
Zoey: Oh! I LOVE Jesus!
Then her face just fell and she said, "but He died for us."
I guess even at four they listen!
10-06-2010
Zoey watched the movie Beauty and the Beast for the first time today. During the moment that the beast turns into the prince, she slapped her hands over her mouth like she couldn't believe such a great thing could be happening. When the prince dramatically turns around to show his princely side, she got this really puzzled look on her face. Then said to me, "Him looks like a girl!"
3-14-2010
A couple of minutes into sharing time, Zoey tells her teacher, "Her keeps talking and talking all the time!" Then she climbed onto her teachers lap and fell asleep.
1-26-2010
Hali was pretending she couldn't talk. Porter walked over to her and slapped her face.
Mom: "Porter! Why in the world did you do that?!"
Porter: "Well...she was going crazy!"
1-5-2010
Bought a new movie and inside the DVD case was an advertisement for Chuck E Cheese.
Porter: This movie was brought to us by Chuck E. Cheese!
12-25-2009
Porter: Look, Mom, Santa filled our stocking with care!
12-9-2009
Porter: Mom, there was a commercial for a Christmas Special and I want to watch it now.
Mom: Porter, I don't think it's on now and I don't think I'll find it on demand.
Porter: But Mom, I want to watch it!
Mom: I know Porter, but I don't think I can help you.
Porter: But Mom, I'm special.
11-4-2009
Zoey: I like you, Mom.
Mom: Well, that's good, cuz I like you, too.
Zoey: Porter likes Dad.
Porter: That's right Zoey! I do like Dad! Except when he get really mad at me. Then he kind of freaks me out.
4-10-2009
Porter: My brother said I can't eat broccoli.
Dad: You don't have a brother
Porter: Jesus is my brother and he told me I can't eat it because I'm allergic to broccoli.
For the record, Porter is not allergic to broccoli.
4-3-2009
Porter: "When are we moving to St. George?"
Mom: "We are not moving to St. George. We are going on vacation."
Porter: "Oh."
Mom: "When you move, you go somewhere else and you never come back."
Porter: "We're never coming back?!!"
4-1-2009:
Right after swimming lessons
Porter: "On no! I have Grandpa Hands!"
Mom: "Don't worry. They will go away."
Porter: " I guess I can't do swimming lessons anymore, because I don't want Grandpa Hands again."
1-24-2009:
Porter: "What happens if you get a nasty president?"
Dad: "Where did you hear about a nasty president?"
Porter: "I went to the North Pole and a penguin told me that if you get a nasty president, then you die."
(And just for the record, we haven't said anything about President Obama being nasty.)
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- I'm a stay at home mom of four kids. I love being a mom! It's a constant source of entertainment to me. I started this blog to keep my family, all of whom live in different states, updated on our lives. But this blog has turned out to be one of my creative outlets! All my pictures are taken with blogging in mind. It's a pretty sad thing.
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