Friday, February 12, 2010

My 6 year old GIRL

So this is our 16 year olds room, and ........
here is our cute 6 year old girls room! Every day before she goes to school, she gets her room all tidy and neat. I went in there this morning to take this picture. She gets all of her animals all set JUST right. How cute it she? She does such a great job. She must not be related to any of her siblings, because their room does NOT look like this. Even though she has the comforter on upside down, I say she makes a pretty mean bed! I love that girl!


Monday, February 8, 2010

Inspiration

I found this family's blog through a friend's blog, and it has sucked me in. It is such a sad story about a tragedy they are facing with their little boy, but I find I am so uplifed by their story. Troy keeps asking me why I keep reading this, its so sad...but this woman and family are amazing. They inspire me in so many ways. Their faith and strength is awe-inspiring. I cannot imagine how hard it would be to keep that faith during a time as this, yet I know there would be no other way. It makes me want to hug my kids a little longer, be a little more patient with them, and love them more.....

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Happy Sweet 16 Disnee

Well, yesterday was D's 16th Birthday!! Wow...It was a crazy day. After school we did the presents and sang to her and she blew out the candles...then they had to eat dinner before the girls had to go to a basketball game to cheer. We had to get a babysitter to come over because it was our ward's Valentines Dinner. Troy and I went to that and had a fun time. So after the game, we were able to eat her cake. Days around here are crazy!! She is going to have to wait until March for her party! We promised her a party, but she is so busy, she cant find a day to do it until then. Poor Troy said it finally hit him that she is going to be dating....he is struggling!! haha..poor dad! So here is Disnee with her presents. Disnee laughing at her dad's comments on the card...he was talking about how the boys better look out, since he's not afraid to go back to prison!!

Disnee and Brooke got one gift to share....an XM Radio for their car!! Spoiled!
Disnee with her Jonas Brothers cake Sixteen Candles!!!

Can you guess what her wish was???

We are so thankful to have such a great girl as Disnee to be our oldest child. She is so great and is such a good example to her siblings. Here are 16 things we love about Disnee!
1. Such a sweetheart
2. Loves to have fun with her family!
3. LOVESLOVESLOVES the Jonas Brothers
4. Has a strong testimony of who she is!
5. Loves to listen to music
6. Loves to sit and browse on the internet all day!!
7. She is in Student Council at school
8. She is a cute cute cheerleader!
9. Has lots of friends-she's very fun
10. Very thoughtful
11. She is an excellent driver!
12. Loves being with her family
13. A great seminary student!
14. she is smart..still in the top of her class
15. Much to her parents happiness, she is not boy crazy!!
16..and last...She is has such a great heart!! Of Gold!!
We love you Disnee and are so proud of you! Happy 16th Birthday!!

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Happy 15th Birthday Brooke!

So today is our Brookie's 15th birthday!! holy cow...She is such a beautiful girl inside and out. We are so blessed to have her in our family. Today she had to go to school, and cheer practice, and then after that we made her orange chicken for dinner. She then got to open her presents and eat her cupcakes. Here she is with her gift pile...
One thing she LOVES is hersheys chocolate! This was from Jalan-well, one of his 3 or 4 gifts he gave her...

Also a favorite of hers...what a goofy girl!


Then I made her chocolate cupcakes with pink frosting..to go along with her pink and black birthday theme she wanted....



I was playing with my camera and got this cool shot

Here are 15 things we love about Brooke:
1. She has soooo much energy!
2. She is silly and always has fun
3. She is gorgeous!
4. She is a great example to her friends
5. She is not afraid to stand up for her standards
6. Is such a cute cheerleader
7. Loves to read
8. Gives great talks at church
9. has enormous feet and toes!
10. But her body is sooooo skinny!
11. loves to play with her younger siblings
12. is still a kid inside
13. is excited to start to drive!!
14. LOVES her dad
15. she has such a special spirit that she touches so many people and doesnt even know!
Happy Birthday Kalee Brooke....we love you so much!!

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

San Antonio!! The wedding!

So we got to San Antonio Texas Thursday evening, and this is what we saw!! No, but really, they had bought these outfits so they could meet everyone at the airport!! Due to crazy busy schedules, it didnt happen, but they did get to show up at the hotel with them! They are such a fun, crazy couple! We loved getting to meet Heidi! She is so amazing, and perfect for Brandon!! We were so excited for the upcoming weekend of events! So Friday, we got to go do some sightseeing around San Antonio. Of course, first stop, The Alamo!! Here we are in front of it. We also got to see Brett for the first time here since he got home from his mission in Nov!
Here was our crew on Friday...Tim and Steph, Nicole, Jed and baby Jett, Troy and I, and Brett..Jack and Val had already went ahead of us...and Hal and Lisa Hall were there taking the picture.

Hal and Lisa at Hard Rock Cafe. After the Alamo, we got to go see the Riverwalk and went out to lunch. We had a fun time! Val, Jack and Brett

Troy and I
Tim and Steph Sorry Nicole and Jed, I guess I didnt get one of you guys:(
Here is Troy again in front of the Alamo
Friday afternoon Brandon and Heidi went through the temple for their endowments. Wow what a great day for the Porter family!! The rest of the family got there Friday....and after the temple, we headed to El Taco Tote for a big dinner and meeting of the families. It was alot of fun and good food!
We stayed up late each night hanging out and talking...Here is Nic and Casey enjoying theirselves.

We had so much fun hanging out and visiting way too late each night! At the temple on Saturday morning was the wedding. We were so excited to be there! It was a beautiful day and the sun was shining so nice!

Look at that handsome RM!! Brett was so cute and so fun! I even talked (forced) him into dancing with me during one of the line dances at the reception!! More than any of his brothers did!! It was so great to get to finally see Brett again!

Is this just a gorgeous couple or what?? And they make the cutest kids ever! They brought little Jett with them, what a cutie!! We didnt even get any pics of him! Well, this couple isnt too shabby either!


Brandon and Heidi just coming out of the temple! Wow what a beautiful amazing day!!

Love!!

They were so beautiful!
Everyone hanging out waiting for pics.

Too bad Casey!! You are too beautiful not to get on camera!! The temple was so beautiful. The angel Moroni was HUGE! We couldnt figure out why it seemed so big to us.

Of course, this is a classic pic....Darryll had to go and help fix her up! At one point, Brandon called Darryll up to help get people set for the pics...I dont think the photographer was very happy about that:)

Mom and Dad Porter and the bride and groom All the siblings

All the boys..wow what a group of great looking guys!! Especially that one the third from the right!! wow!
Here are all the boys and Heidi!! So cute!! I love her flip flops she had on! All of us sisters! We are so lucky to have Heidi join us in our family!

Well, here we are again, with the bride and groom and sisters...look how she has us as blondes and brunettes! haha..I joined the other side since I colored my hair brown!
The parents and the Bride and Groom. Later that night was their reception. It was at this really neat old steak house. It was sooo beautiful!! Here is the room as it was getting started, and we started just hanging out, eating appetizers!
So here is the bride and groom entering the reception, dancing their way in!! Well, except Brandon! it was great! How cute it Heidi???

The wedding party, well mostly Heidi's family, came in dancing and danced in front of us all! They are so fun!!

Ok, so this is in the wrong order..but this is from later in the night, after dinner, but yes, this is Troy and I DANCING!!!!! Thanks Heidi and Brandon for having such a great reception and helped me get to dance with my hot hubby! Yipee!!

Everyone hanging out at the tables. Actually, we had just started dinner, and eating a yummy salad!!
After dinner, there was dancing and the cake cutting, etc.. I guess I didnt get the camera out much after that...I was too busy having fun and dancing the night away!! The rest of the pics I am not able to put on here, due to some graphic scenes of their truck that was "decorated" for them!! They had such a great wedding and reception and we were thrilled to have been able to have attended!! Thanks Brandon and Heidi and good luck!! We love you guys!