The Roberts Family

The amazing Porter and his Spanish speaking abilities.

2012-01-26T11:38:00.000-08:00

January (things we love)

2012-01-25T10:47:00.000-08:00

Max loves to have a messy face and I love to be with Max.

They love to read books

Max loves to sleep...ok, actually I love it when he sleeps

Max loves to get books and sit on this little couch. He loves to read to himself.

Porter loves his picture taken...doing ANYTHING.

Barry and Max LOVE Diet Pepsi

Porter Loves underwear on his head...ok, not really.

Porter LOVES to cut up his own cheese and eat it almost every day.

Porter's conversation

2012-01-24T10:14:00.000-08:00

Porter looks at his shoes and said, "Mom, this is all jacked up."
"What?" I said as I laughed. "What does that mean?"
"Well mom, What does Jacked up mean?" as he stares at his shoe. "Mom it means that the shoe is like this all messed up and ripped."

Maxwell is ONE

2012-01-11T15:14:00.000-08:00

Porter made the cake for Max.

Porter decorated each cupcake.

Opening his gifts.

Oh, my sweet Maxwell has turned one. I seriously can't believe how fast it went. I can't imagine our family without you Max.

Max, you are such a fun little kid. You make us laugh now with your little chiklets as teeth. You love to bug your brother and you LOVE junk food. You love to cuddle and you love to be held. You ALWAYS want to hold my phone and throw a fit if you don't get your way. You could walk if you want to but you choose to not to.

You have been such a blessing in our lives and we appreciate each day we have with you! We love you MAX!

Things you learn from Sid the Science Kid

2012-01-11T14:37:00.000-08:00

Porter was watching Sid the Science Kid.
He said, "Mom, listen to me." OK
He breathes in and says, "In Hell." He breathes out and says, "Out Hell."
Again breathing in and out he repeats, "In Hell...Out Hell."

Sid was saying,"inhale, exhale."

Well done Porter! Well done!

Christmas 2011

2012-01-11T14:29:00.000-08:00

Christmas morning. I had the camera ready to go. Porter came in to see the presents. He looked at them and then ran into his room. He changed his shirt into this blue one (because the other shirt was "bugging" him.) Then he immediately goes and get scissors and asks me to cut the tag off. This shirt has been worn many times, but today (Christmas morning), it must be off immediately. I accidentally cut a little too much and made a hole in the shirt...oops. Then after presents were open he had to change again, and then again cut off the tag.

Max and his new toothbrush

Porter opening Max's gift. I think Porter was more excited than Max.

Giving thanks to daddy for his truck.

Christmas Eve

2012-01-08T13:33:00.000-08:00

Christmas Eve we had breakfast at Grandma and Grandpa Roberts. Then we did a white elephant exchange. It was a lot of fun! Faye got this electric plunger (wish I had a picture of it).

Boondox...We have been going here on Christmas Eve since Porter was born. It has been a lot of fun! Tickets, tickets and tickets

Mr. Max

2012-01-08T13:06:00.000-08:00

Well I have let it grow out. I didn't think I would like it, but Barry just loves the long hair and the cute little curls. I agree, it is cute, but it is almost time for a cut.

My little troublemaker...climbing up into the dishwasher. He thought he was so funny

Gardner Village field trip

2011-12-15T10:17:00.000-08:00

Max reminds me of the kid on Christmas story, with his arms sticking out. IT WAS FREEZING!

Zoey, Nash, Porter, Kyle, Korbin

Preschool field trip to Texas Roadhouse

2011-12-13T15:20:00.000-08:00

The Preschool crew and a few more. Porter wanted to wear his cowboy hat to this. I told him that cowboys wear Levis. And looky here, Porter is wearing Levis! YEA!!!

They shaped dough and then they cooked it for them to eat.

Porter was punching in orders.

My buddy

They got to take a tour of the kitchen.

They gave each kid lunch (mac and cheese), bread and honey butter; silly bands; and a free meal to come back.

Basketball Camp

2011-12-13T14:44:00.000-08:00

Porter and his Buddies, (Nash and Korbin) got to do Basketball camp for 3 days. He loved it.

After the camp was over they would always go and play on this at the rec center.

Max (still in his pajamas) playing on the rock wall.

Things that happen

2011-12-13T14:29:00.000-08:00

Just another broken bowl that Porter accidentally dropped. I took a picture this to just remind me of how many things have broken lately. When Porter breaks things (on accident of course), he always says, "It's OK mom, It was an accident." The saddest one lately was the Christmas candy jar. Not that it broke necessarily, but because Porter was SO excited to get it out. I told him what it was for and that we could get some candy and put it in the jar. Well he took the jar, got his left over Halloween candy; put the candy in the jar; and then put the jar on the counter. A couple days later I hear a BIG Crash in the kitchen. I jumped out of bed to see what happened. He had woke up and went right for the candy in the morning. Well, he just slid it right off the counter and onto the ground. (Poor little jar and Poor little Porter). His candy jar was gone.


THIS...hmm this is my phone. WAS my phone...until the dog got to it. No phone calls for at least a week or more until I got a new phone. It also happened the weekend Barry was out of town with the scouts. So I had no phone at all. Moral of the story...DON'T GET DOGS!

Porter and Max

2011-12-13T14:05:00.000-08:00

This is Max's favorite spot to be. He climes right up there and will play. Lately he takes the drum stick and smacks it against the bricks.

Porter got a sled for the snow. Well there is no snow right now and so this is what works best. He pulls Max around the house in it and Max just loves it!

Max's chariot.

I am surprised Max didn't fall out on this trip. Porter got Max laughing.

Porter making Max Laugh. Porter loves to make Max laugh. He also likes to tease his brother a lot too.

Porter made a hut. He made it two levels. The bottom level was for his "work stuff" and the top level was were he "slept and ate."

Max looks huge here. They love taking a bath together. The other day Porter thought Max should be a fish. He shoved Max's head down in the water so he could be a fish. Very creative, however, Max I believe would rather be an air breathing animal. After he came up he was choking on the water that was forced down his nose and mouth. I think he would be better at being a dog and not a fish for a while.

Swimming at the Rec Center

2011-12-10T10:26:00.000-08:00

Gingerbread house making

2011-12-10T09:54:00.000-08:00

Heather's house (huge improvement from the years past)

Porter's house

Melinda's creation

Micah's house

Porter and his OCD

2011-11-04T10:24:00.000-07:00

I have to write these down before I forget...I don't know how I will ever forget. I don't see an end in sight...but just in case. :)

Porter does NOT sleep with a pillow case on his pillow. Every time I put the pillow case on his pillow he takes it right off. I have officially stopped trying.

He folds his blankets up to the size of a 8x10 folder. It has to be perfect with no edges sticking out. It had to be his green blanket, but we have lost it. Surprisingly this has not been a huge issue, because Max has a SUPER soft blanket that he is "willing" to sacrifice for.

Levis are against his religion. Heaven forbid he ever wears a pair again.

Pants are an issue. Last year he would wear "squishy pants." This year we are struggling to find a pair of pants that don't "BUG" him.

He wears basketball shorts daily, because the other kind of shorts bug him. He rotates between two different BYU shirts and occasionally he wears another shirt.

Winter time he still wears flip flops, shorts, and t-shirts. He says this year he will wear snow pants (Is he going to wear these every day)?

Church is a HUGE issue. His church pants "bug" him. Lines everywhere (places you wouldn't even think) "bug" him. We battle putting them on and as soon as church is over the shorts go right on.

SOCKS....every time he gets a pair of socks out (this is usually just on Sundays) they have to have NO LINES, and NO HOLES. This is what he says, "no lines, no holes." It is really hard to find socks without the sewn line at the top. BUT we have deceived our little tiger and found some socks that have "NO LINES" OH and it can't have words on them either...so hanes, stop advertising your socks ON YOUR SOCKS.

Shoe laces...Heaven forbid any part of a shoe lace touches his skin. Well if that happens you might as well just close up for the night. This is traumatic and must be dealt with immediately. Shoe laces are tied in a big old double knot and then shoved under the shoe laces; so not one ounce of the shoe lace will bounce around and touch him.

BIG breakthrough though is he doesn't wear PJs every second of the day. He now just sleeps in the clothes he has on and calls them his pajamas.

WHERE does this come from?

My Max and creative Porter

2011-09-22T22:56:00.001-07:00

So Max just had to help me. In what way, I don't know. BUT he had to help. He had to help eat the cookies, oh ya, that is what he helped with.

He is just so fun to have around.

WAIT...IS THIS FUN???? HMMM

YEP, THIS IS MY MAX. This was A DAY. JUST A DAY. Not a great day; not a happy day; but is was A day for the both of us. We were all ready for bed time. It couldn't come any faster that day!

BUT all days have humor it them right. (sweet max had just thrown out all these "sticks" all around my bathroom. I left the mess and continued on with the day. So cute little Porter brought me in my bathroom. He told me that he had made something. Oh was I in for a surprise. Yes he had made me something indeed. He had made a tampon ladder. WOW, just amazing...WOW. what more could I say. It was breathtaking! I look forward to many more days like this!

First day of Preschool

2011-09-22T22:39:00.001-07:00

First day of Preschool. Zoey, Porter, Nash, and Korbin

Cute little ants!

Camping trip up to Skyline

2011-09-22T22:31:00.001-07:00

Barry, our driver...on the road. Towing the trailer and the four wheelers. We borrowed my dads and then we rented one. It was so much fun.

Porter, with Barry's glasses on. He just gets so excited to go camping.

Cute Max

After a LONG four wheeling trip, we stopped and had lunch. Everyone was just covered in dirt.

As usual Max it trying to eat Porter's cantaloupe.

Cute Porter

I love just how dirty his face is.

The dirt boys!

Smiles!

This is a great pic of how dirty Porter was. I have no idea how the dirt just stuck there. Every night he got a bath and the very next day/ next second, he was covered in dirt. He was in heaven.

No, Porter does not have tan feet.

Barry fishing with Porter's pole. Just love this pic.

Grandma hanging out with the grand kids. So cute!

Grandpa Roberts had a fish on his fishing pole. He was so nice and let Porter reel it in.

Porter and Barry cooking up the fish. Porter helped Barry gut it and clean it up. They seasoned it and threw it in the fire.

Porter ate the WHOLE fish. It was so cute to see him eat his "first" fish. He is also so TIRED! Both Porter and Barry are exhausted.

Max doing the army crawl in the trailer.

This is how we drove the 4 wheeler. I just strapped Max to me. Almost every time he feel asleep. It was so cute!

My view of Max as we were out.

Cute boys!


Porter and his gangsta pose.

Porter said, "okay everyone, it is time to stop for a snack." We stopped and he immediately gets a granola bar out and chows it down. I think he was a bit hungry.

August adventures

2011-09-22T22:02:00.001-07:00

Max and Mom

This is my favorite. For about a month Porter would label everything. Although the only word he really writes by himself (without me telling him how to write it) is Porter. So we just have labels of Porter all through the house. He did label our bedroom door; max's bedroom door; and his bedroom door (I was really glad about that because sometimes I get lost). I finally took them down, but it sure was fun seeing those cute papers cut and taped all over the house. Porter just loves to cut and write...oh and use TAPE!


Rylee got to stay with us for a couple of days. It was fun to have her. Porter just couldn't get enough. I love this picture because they are covering porter with sand WITH his towel on. Very creative!

This is their hot tub.

Max eating...as usual.

Police picnic. Taylor and Porter both made cars together.

Grandpa helping Porter

Grandpa and Max

Porter doesn't like face painting...but he loves it on his arm. He covered this with a plastic bag every night he took a shower. We FINALLY just had to wash it off...oh what a sad day.

Barry was at scout camp. Porter drew our family with chalk on the driveway to welcome Barry home. Well chance would have it that there was a downpour right before he came home.

Cute Max! I just love this kid!

Muscle shirt and in and out food! I think I love this kid too!

June and July Fun

2011-09-22T21:31:00.001-07:00

Porter and Daddy making brownies

Cousins having fun at East Canyon

The boys had their swords and cotton all over them. It was great!

Mandy and Max... (M&M)

Reservoir fun

So this was a cool thing. There was a fund raiser for Denny (Camille's "adopted" brother). It was really neat to see all the support he has. It is amazing to me that from so much heart ache so much faith, tenderness, and love comes from it. www.dennyandwendy.blogspot.com

Aunt Mandy...our photographer!

Muttin' Bustin' Porter

2011-07-21T12:36:00.000-07:00

A fun week

2011-07-21T12:22:00.000-07:00

We first went to Raging waters with Jared and Camille. Porter and Kloe LOVED the pizza and had it all over. It was so funny! They both must have been really hungry.

Max just chillin' as usual when we go swimming. He doesn't really like to swim; so I had to put him on top of the tube the whole time. He liked that part

Next it was time for the Rodeo. Porter got to Muttin' bust! He was so excited. We had been practicing on the dog and on mom and dad. He loves it. This is a significant picture because Porter is actually in levis. I don't think he has worn levis in OVER a year because they "bug" him. So I told him cowboys wear levis and a cowboy hat. He then tucked his shirt in and said, "Do cowboys tuck in their shirt?" That was a first too! So here is a picture of the boys getting ready for the rodeo

After muttin' bustin'...he got a medal and a hat! Good job Porter. It was so fun to watch!

One of the two days at the reservoir. We went two days in a row. It is so fun and Porter just loves it up there.

Kloe and her pizza again!

Max is under this pile of blankets somewhere! This is what he did at the reservoir (sleep).

After Church the boys playing

Cute Max

Daddy sleeping

A visit to Great Grandpa's house

Porter feeding the ducks/geese at sugar house park.

Porter snacking on the bread.

Costco trips with the boys and their FoHocks. Porter is always pulling some kind of face. He cracks me up.

Porter being silly. He said that the bucket was his hair and the handle is his beard.

Max just always thinks Porter is so funny! I love how he laughs at most of the things Porter does.

Porter takes Max lots of places. Max seems to enjoy it!

Silly Porter

Max at his usual place by the stairs. He loves to put his feet up on the railings.

Porter and his cars. Ever since he started playing with toys he has always loved cars. He would line them up in a row. He hasn't changed much; except now he has a skate park (the bumbo) for the cars to go into.

Porter's computer art

2011-07-21T11:04:00.000-07:00

My boys lately

2011-07-13T14:14:00.000-07:00

I love this of Maxwell...so funny!!! His eyes are so dang blue! His hair, needs ANOTHER hair cut.

Most days Porter will climb into Max's crib when he hears him wake up! Max ADORES Porter. He just loves him and Porter loves Max too! They are great brothers!

Max has been rolling around like mad lately. His favorite spot to end up is by the stairs. He gets his feet stuck...sometimes he cries and most the time he just plays there. He is such a cute little bugger latley!

Porter loves being with his Dad every second he can get. We found his lawn mower at a yard sale and he gets it out every time Barry mowes...so cute!

My two cute boys! I just love being a mom. I really do enjoy being a mom and am so grateful to have these cute little stinks in my life!

Porter ALWAYS pulls Max up on his lap. He always carries him places and plays with him. Mind you Max is more than half his weight...He flops Max around like a rag doll; it is pretty funny.

Oh and they both have Porter's spiderman T-shirts on. I just always throw on Porter's T-shirts on Max, because I can't find any his size. One day the boy will be dressed....one day!

MAXWELL! aka Smilly

According to Porter, Jesus is cool

2011-07-01T12:36:00.000-07:00

Porter was making a track for his cars and had a pretend lake in the middle of his track.

Porter said, "I'm Jesus...Can Jesus walk on lakes? Can he walk on lakes and float like boats and not sink?"

I said, "Ya, he walked on water."

Porter replied, "Oh ya, that is cool, I'm Jesus, so I can walk on lakes."

This is such a great message! Enjoy!

2011-06-30T19:50:00.000-07:00

More of Porter's thoughts

2011-06-06T13:05:00.000-07:00

Today we were cleaning up his cars and Porter said...
MOM, do you know what you always say to me?
What?
You always say to me PUT YOUR SEAT BELT ON...AND IT MAKES ME MAD!
Oh really?
YES, and it makes me really, really mad!
OK, thanks for sharing!

The boys

2011-05-19T21:23:00.000-07:00

Scooter Trip

2011-05-19T21:13:00.000-07:00

So I took Max, Porter, and his friend Nash to Mcdonals. We walked there. They rode their scooters and did a great job! It was at least a 3 mile round trip and they did a great job!

Taking a break

Porter played Indoor soccer

2011-05-19T21:03:00.000-07:00

Porter played indoor soccer this year. It was great! GREAT entertainment!

The team (missing a few) Don't ya love Barry's face in the background.

Coach Cathy and the team

Porter and Daddy

Max enjoying the game

This is my favorite. Austin would always start the game like this. It was is running pose.

Porter's Prayer

2011-04-12T15:51:00.000-07:00

Dear Heavenly Father,

Bless that no danger will come and bless that no monsters will come. But if they do that Daddy will kill them.

Bless that I can stay up late; cuz Daddy always lets me.

AMEN

Free Mcdonalds for a year...oh ya!

2011-04-12T14:37:00.000-07:00

There is a new Mcdonalds that is being built right by our house. In front of the Mcdonals was a sign reading, "The first 100 people at 6 AM get free Mcdonalds for a year." (OK, a little misleading, because it is one meal a week for a year.) But anyway...FREE, right?

So Elisa sent me a text. She wanted to know if I was in. Really? Were we really going to do it? She then reminded me that we stood in line for the Price is Right at 2 in the morning, so why couldn't we do this? She was totally right...we could and we would.

So the plan was to wake up around 3 AM Friday morning. We thought that would be plenty of time for the 6AM line. Well, trailers and tents were already lining up and it was only 5 PM Thursday. Elisa and I decided we needed to "scope" things out and see where we could put our tent, etc. for the night. It was 6:45 PM and we get to McDonalds. The line had ALREADY formed. What the crap? It isn't even midnight. So we put our names down on a paper list (which is the "line") and sign a wavier. We are now committed to stay in the McDonalds parking lot until 6 AM the following morning.

Well, I had baby max with us. We had no food, drink, sleeping attire, or entertainment to help us through the night. We made a plan to RUSH home, grab the essentials and bolt back to the parking lot before the do a random check in.

We were able to get all the basic needs and make it back by 7:30 PM. We made it. The first check in would be at 8:00PM.

Baby Max "just lovin' it" in the Mcdonalds parking lot. He was a trooper. He fell asleep around 10 PM and Barry came and got him at midnight. I guess he was a little too warm.

Barry said, "he was a melted taco when he got home." oops.

The rules were to stay in the parking lot; check in when they randomly called your name; and stay until 6 am the following morning.

Well, luck would have it Grandma had taken Porter for a sleep over, so I didn't have him. Lucky Max got to hang out with us until Barry got back from the Jazz game at MIDNIGHT. BUT we got to stay in the car the whole time. It was great!

Jessica came around 8:15 and she was 116 on the list. We were bummed because how were we to know if people would drop out. Well at 10:00 PM they did a random drawing for anyone after 100. They drew out 20 names to me in the running of free Mcdonalds and good old Jessica made it! YEA!

First check in was chicken nuggets. They were really warm. It was great because it was freezing. Snowing throughout the day and night. Next check in we got apple pies. The morning check in was egg mcmuffin, hash brown, and diet coke. AND last but not least was the last check in for our grand prize. A free punch card for Mcdonals meal once a week for a year.

Jessica, Heather, Elisa, and baby Elliot (brought down by Troy for a night feeding). Funny huh!

Morning breakfast and almost time to go home. It was freezing cold. It had snowed a lot that night.

Jessica enjoying the hash brown and drink.

Elisa sportin' the egg mcmuffin.

The drive through. This is where we would check in and get our food! It was so funny.

What was I thinking. I had my flip flops and luckily I grabbed some socks before I left. Now who doesn't sport their flip flops and socks like this?

It was great. Three moms in a minivan, laughing all night. Here is to Mcdonalds for making a fun night.

2011-04-01T12:16:00.000-07:00

Pictures from Feb-March time

2011-03-28T07:41:00.000-07:00

Mom's B-day balloons

2011-03-21T22:16:00.000-07:00

FUNNY STORY

Valentines day we were in St. George. So instead of putting B-day balloons on the grave we decided to send them up to Heaven for Mom’s b-day.

So Mandy, Brad and I got the kids outside and we were ready for take off. “Happy Birthday to mom…” as the balloons head to heaven.

Porter’s Balloon was a success…Kamaile’s and Gracie’s balloon….well that is were the story gets good

The balloons were tied together and created a lovely little hook that wrapped itself around the power lines right outside Mandy’s house. POOP!

The kids, (especially Kamaile) kept saying a prayer out loud that the balloon would make it to Grandma Janette.

Us adults were like, please just get off those dang power lines so they won’t be there forever. Prayers were said all day long, but the balloons lingered.

The following day the balloons were gone. We were COMPLETELY shocked. How the crap did they get untangled and off the power line? Prayers were answered. For most of the day were just in awe that they really did make it to Heaven.

NOW THE KILLER FUNNY PART WHERE MANDY AND I COULDN’T STOP LAUGHING.

Mandy found this video randomly on her friends facebook page. Ya just had to be there.

Porter's 4th Birthday

2011-03-16T15:46:00.000-07:00

Porter is four years old now.
He had a great three days of celebration.

Day one..
He got to invite only 4 friends, (I am a mean mom) to his friend party. He wanted all his friends to come...maybe next time.

He wanted a GREEN cake all to himself. I don't think he ate any of it.

Day two (his real birthday) he opened his presents from his fam in the morning and grandma & grandpa in the evening.

Day three he got a yummy birthday cake made by Grandma Roberts and TONS of fun toys from grandparents, aunts, and uncles!

PORTER YOU ARE LOVED! You are such a great kid! You bring just love to everyone you are around. You are a great big brother.
Some fun things you do are:
- You ride your bike and scooter all the time. You think you can do "wheelies" by lifting up your front wheel off the ground 2 inches. You also go off curbs and stairs at the skate park.
-This year you played indoor soccer. The last game you scored 2 goals.
-You love to lift up your 3 month old brother that weighs 15 pounds. You like to be a big help and carry him around.
- You are VERY giving and kind. This is the best thing I love about you. You would do anything for anyone.
- Just this last month you have switch from wearing your pajamas night and DAY to wearing clothes. BUT you now sleep in the clothes you want to wear the following day. This way you don't have to get dressed in the morning. You are very creative this way!

We love you Porter and we are so happy you are in our family!

PHOTO SHOOT WITH MAX AND PORTER

2011-02-25T00:11:00.000-08:00

 MY SUPER AMAZINGLY TALENTED SISTER WAS SO KIND 

TO TAKE SOME PICTURES OF MY CUTE BOYS LAST WEEK.

SHE DID SUCH A GREAT JOB! THANKS MANDY!

TO CHECK OUT HER WORK, CLICK THIS LINK

Cherry Tree Photography

WARNING: LOTS OF CUTE PICTURES AHEAD!

MAX WASN'T TOO HAPPY DURING THE "LOVE YOUR SIBLING" MOMENTS

AND THERE WAS ONE PARTICULAR TIME WHEN WE ASKED PORTER TO

"HOLD MAX'S HEAD"

WE HAD TO TAKE A PICTURE B/C THIS WAS THE OUTCOME :)

TOO FUNNY!

THE END!

Porter's thoughts

2011-02-05T07:42:00.000-08:00

HOT CHOCOLATE
I was making hot chocolate this morning for both Porter and I.
Porter asked, "Mom how many calories does hot chocolate have?"
"50," I said.
"hmm, can boys have 50 calories?"

I guess calorie counting starts at a young age...who knew?

NO MESS
"Porter, you need to clean up your mess," I said.
"I didn't make any mess."
"So this oatmeal isn't yours?"
"Well, I am all done so I don't have any mess," replied Porter

Don't ya love his world. So when ever you are done eating there is no mess as long as you are done.

Porter and his amazing style

2011-01-28T21:26:00.000-08:00

So basically I just don't really care that much about what Porter chooses to wear. He just LOVES his Pajamas. Nothing has changed in over a year (still wearing his pajamas everywhere we go). Or if I make him actually get dressed he will come right home and change into his pajamas without any hesitation. He hates wearing his levis. So it is either pajamas or "squishy pants" (work our pants) as he calls them. Well now his shoes and socks have really made a turn for the worst. It is winter and this is what he chooses to wear out to dinner. Oh my sweet child.

One month old today

2011-01-28T21:03:00.000-08:00

SLEEPY MAX

SCREAMING MAX

...AND AGAIN SCREAMING MAX

Time goes fast. Maxwell is one month old today! He is getting cuter by the minute. We call him chunky monkey or our chubby baby because he is finally filling out. Porter is so cute; he has picked up on this and says in his cute 3 year old voice ,"Hi chubby baby." Not really knowing what chubby means.

Cousins

2011-01-24T21:30:00.000-08:00

Sydney and Maxwell are 2 days apart. Syd is so dang small compared to tank Max

Cute

Cute Chapman girls

Rylee and Porter playing games

Fun pictures of the Family

2011-01-24T21:12:00.000-08:00

AWE

How do you scream?

Porter being the cute BIG Brother

Sleepy time

My boys...Porter and Max, just chillin'

Maxwell

2011-01-06T20:18:00.000-08:00

Here are some more pictures of Max. He is now one week old. I still can't believe I have two kids now. It has been a lot of fun.

I love this picture of Porter. He is just so cute. He held him for a total of 2 seconds and then he was done. It cracked me up.

Cute little feet.

This ornery face crackes me up.

He is here

2010-12-31T14:19:00.000-08:00

There is no turning back...Maxwell Chapman Roberts has arrived. Here is to learning everything over. At least I didn't forget the art of changing diapers; however, I have forgoten how dang many they go through. If anyone is up for practicing their diaper skills, please let me know I will be more than happy to give you some time.

Parenting

2010-08-17T20:22:00.000-07:00

Sleeping bags and stairs...what a combo

2010-07-27T13:38:00.000-07:00

Remember the days of sleep overs, sleeping bags, and stairs.

Porter and his friends were "sliding" down the stairs with his blanket. SO... I thought I would upgrade him to the turbo slick sleeping bag.

REST

2010-07-20T21:25:00.000-07:00

After a long weekend of camping.

No more training wheels

2010-07-15T16:40:00.000-07:00

No training wheels; I am so proud of my three year old boy! He caught on really fast.

Good Things to Come

2010-06-20T21:40:00.000-07:00

Good Things to Come

Defense in Basketball

2010-06-10T20:15:00.000-07:00

We are watching the basketball playoffs in our home.
The crowed is yelling "defense, defense."
Porter joins in..."Jesus, Jesus."

Very close Porter, very close.

Jesus picture

2010-05-19T12:48:00.000-07:00

We have this picture in our room. Porter looks at it today and said, "He has a gun."
I got a good laugh at that.

Skateboarding with Porter

2010-05-17T20:00:00.000-07:00

I got this skateboard at a garage sale. Porter said,"Oh thank you mommy, can we go to the skate park?" I thought it was so funny.
My little three year old is growing up too fast.

Triathlon

2010-05-16T19:22:00.000-07:00

SWIM, BIKE, RUN!!!!

This was so much fun!
Here is a picture of both of our killer bikes and our knock out hair. Me, with my 1980s 10 speed and Traci with her mountain bike! Oh ya, the best bikes out there!

Cookies

2010-05-13T17:28:00.000-07:00

There were two cookies on the counter

Porter said, "Is your tummy full mommy?"

I said, "yes!"

Porter said, "OK, I will eat these two(cookies) I guess."

Thanks Porter

Happy Mother's Day

2010-05-10T10:54:00.000-07:00

My New Life

Click above to watch video

Wind Storm

2010-04-28T12:38:00.000-07:00

Herriman's Wind + gate to fence = no gate

A Pee Story

2010-04-27T09:13:00.000-07:00

Porter was going Pee in the toilet (he kept going and going) and said,
"At what time will the pee stop?"

Fun with Porter

2010-04-26T07:51:00.000-07:00

Fun with Band-Aids

2010-03-06T17:34:00.000-08:00

Who knew band-aids could be used for more than one purpose? Too bad it didn't last longer.

Porter and Kamaile (the stunt couple)

2010-03-06T17:23:00.000-08:00

My Pajama boy

2010-02-10T12:45:00.000-08:00

Dinner time and Porter is still in his Pajamas. I know, who is the mom? But really, I don't care. If he really wants to stay in his pajamas all day long, good for him. I would too! It is a good thing we have a surplus of pajamas.

We were watching my niece Kloe one day. She was sleeping so we put her on Porter's bed. Porter just wanted to be right by her.
Then Porter decided he wanted to read Kloe a book. It was really cute.

Porter set this up to eat on. I love that he always wants to put up his feet.

My Pajama boy

2010-02-10T12:26:00.000-08:00

Barry and scouts

2010-02-10T12:18:00.000-08:00

Barry went to Wood Badge. He worked hard and received his Wood badge award. I think he had a lot of fun doing it and learned a lot too! Good job Barry!

Things Porter says

2010-01-25T15:20:00.000-08:00

Instead of uh-huh for yes, he will say uh-uh (like no).
yesterder = yesterday
ewaxing = relaxing
piderman = Spiderman
pot = spot
Picy = spicy
earing fection = ear infection
fink = think

We call him Larry sometimes. It is hilarious. He says, "I'm not Rarry, mommy is Rarry." or "I'm not Rarry, you are Rarry." It is really funny, he does not want to be called Larry

Marbulous, pajamas, and Spiderman

2010-01-25T15:12:00.000-08:00

This is Porter to a “T.” First, with the Spiderman shirt. He loves Spiderman. I don't know where he got to like it so much but he does. He has never seen the movie or any cartoons with Spiderman, so it is kind of funny. Second, his pajama bottoms. Porter will change out of his pajamas to get into another set of pajamas. He would go to church in his pajamas if I let him. Third, he loves playing Marbulous. This kid could play this game all day long (oh wait, he does). He loves it. We need a room just devoted to Marbulous.

Marbulous, pajamas, and Spiderman

2010-01-25T14:51:00.000-08:00

Bike Riding

2010-01-25T14:50:00.000-08:00

Water break

Being silly

Porter first learned to ride his bike at Walmart. He would ride each one his size. I would always ask him which one he liked the most (so I could get it for Christmas). Well, he would always choose the pink one with the basket in front and the baby carrier in the back. Too bad for him, I opted out of buying that one and went for Spiderman. I think he still likes it.
Today was the first warm day, so we took the bike outside. Porter wanted a ramp, just like the older boys next door. So this was the best I could come up with. He loved it!
I love his outfit...pajamas, moon boots, and helmet. Doesn't get better than that!

Just "ewaxing"

2010-01-25T14:49:00.000-08:00

Porter set up this gig and I asked him what he was doing. He said, just "ewaxing" (relaxing).

Bike Riding

2010-01-18T11:46:00.000-08:00

Just "ewaxing"

2010-01-18T11:33:00.000-08:00

Porter set up this gig and I asked him what he was doing. He said, just "ewaxing" (relaxing).

Christmas Time

2010-01-12T20:24:00.001-08:00

How do you sleep?

2009-12-16T14:45:00.000-08:00

Porter had been playing in his room before he FINALLY fell asleep. He will not sleep with his pillow case on either. Funny kid!

How do you sleep?

2009-12-16T14:01:00.001-08:00

Porter had been playing in his room before he FINALLY fell asleep.

Christmas time

2009-12-15T14:48:00.000-08:00

Family Bowling day

2009-12-04T14:44:00.000-08:00

This was fun to watch Porter. He would pick up these 8-10 pound bowling balls all by himself and tell us to go away. He wanted to do this on his own.

Bowling

2009-12-04T10:22:00.001-08:00

Grandma Swenson's 90th B-day

2009-12-03T15:51:00.000-08:00

Grandma Swenson's 90th B-day

2009-12-03T14:39:00.000-08:00

Aunt Carrolyn's 70th Birthday

2009-11-18T12:16:00.000-08:00

Aunt Carrolyn wanted to go skating for her Birthday! She is such a great aunt and I have really enjoyed being around her. When I was younger she really cared for us and loved us so much. She helped out a lot when my mom died. I love this lady!

Mark and Sherin's house

2009-11-18T12:08:00.000-08:00

Porter was in love with the roller blades. He wanted to wear them 24/7!

Mark and Sherin's house

2009-11-18T11:51:00.000-08:00

We went up to Mark and Sherin's house for the weekend. Porter just loves playing with the girls. He loved their roller blades. He couldn't get enough of them. He could only do it on the carpet, but he had a fun time.
Mark and Barry went hunting. It was a freezing cold day. I think the warmest it got was 30 degrees or so. I don't see how they love it when it is so cold. I guess they had a great time because they got their limit and everything. After they got back we went up to Aunt Carrolyn's 70th Birthday party. It was fun. The kids skated and played around. It was fun to see my cousins and catch up.

New York 2009

2009-11-16T13:33:00.001-08:00

Make a Smilebox slideshow

New York 2009

2009-11-13T13:51:00.000-08:00

Halloween Day

2009-11-13T12:00:00.000-08:00

Porter was so cute this day. He went to each door and made us laugh. His Elmo hat would tilt to the side and he made quick short knocks. Very Hilarious!

Porter's Favorite thing he got was SODA. He was so excited to drink his Rootbeer that was all he could focus on and pretty much he was done trick or treating. As soon as he came home he sat right down and started on his pop! Very cute!

Brad, Mandy Kamaile and Gracie stayed with us. It was really quick trip but always fun to have them. Gracie is getting so big, too fast. I really wish we lived closer so we could see more of each other. I miss seeing them more!

After we did the usual and went to Camilles for a fun little get together with the family. Of course Grandma and Grandpa got them pajamas to change into. The kids had a blast!

Halloween Day

2009-10-30T11:47:00.000-07:00

Pumpkin patch

2009-10-25T13:08:00.000-07:00

Porter...Moon boots, ramp, scooter, and wig!

2009-10-25T12:58:00.000-07:00

Camping Sept 2009

2009-10-25T11:59:00.000-07:00

WHERE IS YOUR MOM???

2009-02-18T13:36:00.000-08:00

Mom was doing laundry; seriously it happened in a matter of seconds.

Mom was getting ready for the day.

Permanent marker all over his clothes, body, and (to top it off) my NEW basketball. I am so proud of my little boy!

Mom was on the computer and talking on the phone. I was watching him very closely as you can see. (Great mothering skills)

Mom was cooking dinner.

Lights at Temple Square

2008-12-10T11:24:00.000-08:00

2008-11-21T22:24:00.000-08:00

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

Hanging Porter

2008-10-29T11:54:00.000-07:00

Porter is 1 ½ year old and loves to hang on anything and everything. He loved this!

The Park

2008-10-29T11:41:00.000-07:00

Porter loves the Park.

Beware…too scary for adults, children ONLY!

2008-10-22T19:18:00.000-07:00

We had a sleepover party with a few of my nieces and nephews. They created a very scary haunted house.
This is for you guys!

A Few September Pictures

2008-10-18T13:12:00.000-07:00

Porter loved this slide.

Porter with his HUGE glass and HUGE dessert.

Porter loves his popsicles!
Eating popsicles with his cousins.

Double fisting two different kinds of popsicles

Porter and the double mint twins. Porter made sure that everyone had their blankets.

While I was “watching” Kamaile, she had decided to shave her face. She cut her chin with a razor. ( I am such a great aunt!)

Good old Porter eating his favorite, cottage cheese and grapes.
He is always very clean, and never makes a mess.

Splash Pad

2008-08-12T19:34:00.000-07:00

Splash Park with the Rands.

Porter thought it was so fun to drink the water from the ground.
He kept doing it over and over.

This is him telling us how good the water is.

Porter now does face painting. He is very skilled so if you have a marker he would love to show you how it's done!

Porter's Aerobic class

2008-08-12T14:43:00.000-07:00

We have a very strict workout at home.
There is no play until Porter does his workout!

Summer…eating popsicles, swimming, parades, and having fun.

2008-07-14T11:49:00.000-07:00

Cousins

This was so funny. Angela and I were laughing so hard. The dang ride kept going and going and going. I think I had whip lash the next day.

Porter eating AGAIN… Ya know, it is just self serve around here. We were all done eating and here comes Porter a while later with this pizza. Loving every minute of it!

How many people can fit in a wagon?

Yum

Where did Luke go?

Squash bugs...RRRR

2008-07-14T11:37:00.000-07:00

This happened last year...These dang bugs are killing my squash. I want to kill them! I tried dish soap, any other suggestions?

I really don't like this one!

This is what is left of one of the plants

These are their dang eggs that are on every leaf.