Top Chef

Stella is really into helping in the kitchen these days. She wants to help out with everything. She (and Porter) love to help make cookies. Tonight Mike was making a new soup and Stella wanted to help cut onions even though they make her have "sad eyes". Funny! Mike let her use a butter knife and help out, she was thrilled.


Wiping away her "sad eyes".

Poor little P-man came down with the flu this afternoon, of course I was the lucky one who was holding him when this all went down and ended up covered in his sickies! He ended up falling asleep on Mike's lap this evening.

And this morning we didn't have a single snowflake in our yard...what a difference a few hours make! This was taken from our front window looking across the street. Not sure how much snow we ended up with, but it does look pretty!

Mr. Potato Heads

Porter is really getting into playing with the Mr. Potato Heads. We were playing this afternoon and he started putting the glasses on himself and it was hilarious (to me at least!), so I had to go grab the camera. I took a few other photos of them as well playing today.

Making their Potato Heads.

4 Eyes!! (and yes, he does have food stuck on his neck!!!!)

In deep concentration...

Ta Da!

Porter working on his Potato Head

Choo choo...

Watch out Michael Jordan!

Nothing but net.

Stop taking pictures, Mom! (Porter came up to me with the lens cap and put it on, guess he was done with the photo shoot for today!)

Slumber Party!!!

Last night we had Hannah and Haydn spend the night, the first time Stella and Porter have hosted a sleep over. They really played well together and had lots of fun. Mike and Stella went to the video store yesterday and Stella picked out Wall-E, but Mike was the only one who actually watched the entire movie, the kids were too busy playing.

They each made their own individual pizzas. Haydn only put black olives and sauce on hers, no cheese---That's my girl! :)

Enjoying their pizza.

Watching the first few minutes of Wall-E.

Jumping on Stella's bed and trundle bed. Hannah and Haydn slept in Stella's room. Stella ended up in our room (go figure!) and of course Porter was in his room.

This morning painting some beautiful pieces of art.

Two Headed Burrito

Another wild night at our house! Mike rolled the kids up in a blanket and they had a blast from the past. It was so fun to see them having such a good time with their daddy.





A shot of them from the other morning that Mike took.

What's This About Global Warming???

We got a nice little snow last night. Stella has been itching to play in it all morning, but Mike is working today so we had to wait until Porter was down for his nap. I'm pretty sure Porter wouldn't want to be out in it for long!!

Enjoying an icicle.

Her eyes are in there somewhere!

Sliding down the big pile of snow at the end of the cul-de-sac.

Queen of the Snow Mountain!!!

Bubbles Bubbles Everywhere

I took some pictures of the kids tonight during bathtime.


Stella Claus


I asked Stella to smile nicely for me and this is the best I could get!

I picked up this pink sleeper for Stella's bear "Vada-Bear", as she calls it now, the other day at Target for .79 cents! She loves to dress Vada-Bear up in her clothes which are obviously way to big on the bear, this fits much better. She was so excited when we got it b/c she has pink jammies, too. She told me "Me and Vada will be matching!" :)

Porter's version of a horsey!!!

Stella loves to read to Porter and he loves it, too. So sweet!!

Family Fun

We had a wonderful time with Mike's parents and brother here. Chris flew out today and Steve and Linda left on Thursday. I'm sure they are happy to be back in warm and sunny Arizona!!
Here is Grandma and Stella putting together a gingerbread tree.

Ta Da! The finished product!!

One day Linda, Mike and Porter all ended up in the same shade or orange which was really strange since it's not a real popular color, so I had to take a pic since they all coordinated!!! :)

Here is Uncle Lewis....er, I mean Uncle Chris reading to the munchkins. We started calling him Uncle Lewis b/c his plane ticket had some issues on the way up here and they had him programmed in with the name Lewis.

Grandpa and Stella playing Doggie Bingo.

Porter and Stella cuddling on the couch one morning.

Mike and Uncle Lewis playing with Stella's Magnatiles...this was even after the kids had gone to bed, they really are fun to play with!!