18 long months

I know I'm more than a week late, but here they are! My mom and dad are finally home! Holy cow! It's been a long 18 months. Since they've been gone 2 of their grand-babies were born, we got a dog, Porter started walking, Jack became potty-trained, the Delta Center has changed it's name to Energy Solutions Arena, Dave grew out his hair, Mark Eubank and Dick Norse have retired, the Moores and now the Kimballs have a Wii (not to mention guitar hero!), the Marshal and Lindsey moved to Chicago, the Legacy Highway is well on it's way, Catherine fell and broke her wrist, I have died my hair black and back to blonde, Spencer shaved his gotee once and re-grew it, Frank has been on 178 trips (I can't back that one up)... what else has happened? (please comment and tell me what I've left out.) I feel like so much has happened, but being with Mimi and Ed is so normal and comfortable and fun... some things never change. WELCOME BACK, MOM AND DAD!

Zoo Day

A week ago Jack, Porter and I went to the Hogle Zoo with Jen, James, Ben, Drew, Joey, Dave, Jana, Zolie, and Mandy. It was great fun, mostly. There was one instance where Jack lost his shoe, but Ben found it for him. (How do you lose a shoe at the Zoo? We're lucky an aligator didn't eat it!)
We're so glad Dave and Jana and Zolie were here to spend some time with us. We sure love them!

Easter

I know these aren't the best pictures (is that an alligator on Jack's head?!) but these are the best of the bunch. (Pathetic I know... they're just naughty boys... what else can I say?) I wanted to make a page, though, because when else, besides Easter, can I use flowers and ribbons and frilly stuff? (I tried to keep it non-pink!)

Happy Birthday, Porter!

Our little Porter's 2! We had a fun day with the little guy. We started his birthday with presents... a ball, a lawnmower-bubble thingie, a couple movies and (the jewel) an Aquadoodle. We took the kids to the movie theater... we saw Horton Hears a Who and loved it. Then we had a birthday dinner for Porter complete with waffles, sausage, hashbrowns, juice, (Porter loves breakfast) and of course CAKE! He got a bubble machine from his aunt Jenny and that really got the party started. They played with it for over an hour... even the neighbor kids came over for a piece of the action. It was really fun... especially for Porter. I'm sure he had a great birthday.

March '08 is FINALLY here!

Words cannot describe how much my parents mean to me and Spence and the boys, or how much we have missed our Mimi and Ed the last 18 months. Only TWO more days, guys! See you soon! I can't wait.

Spencer Harris

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It's spring spring spring again!

The minute it gets almost warm, the boys have to be outside in a mound of dirt. Porter spent the day rolling in, throwing and eating it.

Ready..........................Aim.................................Fire!




Poor Charlie. I can't believe this picture... if you look close, you can see the dirt cloud in mid-air and the poor dog is bracing himself for the dirt storm that's headed for his face.



Nothing like a nice dirt snack. (I hope it was dirt... Charlie may have got a little revenge afterall.)

Whadda ya think?

Look how cute these pictures turned out! They really were kinda lame, mediocre pictures and I put a "toy camera" filter on them and TADA! I LOVE THEM! Hooray for Photo Shop and the miracles it brings about!

Paint that on your thighs!

The other day, I found THIS on my kitchen counter. Someone got out a whole stick of butter, rammed a fork into it, poured syrup all over it and then proceeded to consume it! You can't really see, but there are little bite marks. (I just threw up a little bit in my mouth.) I'm sure one day I'll be glad I snapped a few pictures.