Porter Family: Lots of Holiday Fun!!!

Daddy always gets the privilege of carving the pumpkin with the kids. He does a great job. The kids all love to help but I think Zachy enjoyed digging out the seeds the most

For Halloween this year (L to R) Aria was a beautiful lady bug, Samuel was the best Spider Man I've seen and Zachy was the cutest dinosaur ever.

We always go to Great Grandma Spackman's on Halloween. We love this tradition as we get to spend time with her and she has the funnest bags of candy for the grand kids.

Travis's birthday was on November 3rd. I fixed meat loaf (obviously he's not hard to please) with a chocolate cream pie. His parents were able to join us and that's always a treat. Zachary must have had a big day as he fell asleep during dinner. It's nice to take a day out and remember Travis. He has brought so much joy (with just a little bit of stress :) ) into my life. I look forward to celebrating many more birthdays with him.

I got to go to Oregon (where I grew up) and visit for a few days. It was so much fun seeing my old high school and seeing and visiting with dear friends. ( L to R) Me, Wendy and Kathleen

The Moore Family is like my second family. Kathleen (far right) and I have known each other since 7th grade. Amer (middle) is Kath's little sister and we have become great friends as she came to Utah for a bit and lived with me. I will always cherish the memories I have with them both. I know we have many more memories to create and I can't wait.

My brother Jay lives in Oregon so I got to see him and his family while I was there. I was lucky to get one picture with him and thank him for taking the time to visit with me. He is doing well and guess what?? He's a grandpa and he loves it.

(L to R) Elsa, Me and Gabby. It was so fun to see my nieces. Elsa is the proud mommy of Porter (pictured later with grandma) and Gabby is a Junior this year and is on the dance team. I got to watch her dance and I'm not bios or anything but she is the cutest one out there.

(L to R) Felix (my nephew), me and Samuel. I hardly saw Samuel while at my brothers house as he was off playing with Felix the whole time. Thank you Felix for entertaining my son.

(L to R) Great Aunt Tami, Porter and Grandma (Tammy) This little guy is spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa with lots of love.

Gracie is Kathleen's daughter. She is the sweetest thing ever. The thing is that she is only 11 years old and only has 1 or 2 inches more and she'll be taller than me. I told her that I'm going to have to wear higher heels next time.

The funnest part about my trip to Oregon is that Samuel got to go with me. It was so much fun to have him there with me.


(L to R) Samuel, Brady and Brooks (Kathleen's boys) Sam had so much fun playing with the boys. He played hard all day long and thanks again Brady and Brooks for playing with Samuel.

Samuel had an extra special experience. The captain of the plane invited Sam to come sit in the cock pit before the plane took off. He got to press some buttons and levers. The captain even gave him a special hello over the intercom. Thank you to that captain. It made Samuel's trip.

We had Thanksgiving in Arco, ID at my parents church. We had tons of yummy food and lots of fun. I wish I would have taken pictures of the table decorations. My sister Amy did such a good job. My mom put some games together for the grand-kids to play. (L to R) Ty, Briton, Samuel and Jackson. This game they had to run to a chair and sit down on the balloon and pop it. There where many more games likes this and the grand kids had so much fun. Thank you grandpa and grandma for hosting this years Thanksgiving.

This is Samuel trying to pop the balloon. I didn't get any pictures of Aria and Zachary as they were sleeping most of the time. We were going to say with my sister Maria all week end but end up coming home Friday morning as they had ear infections and strep throat (as we found out after we took them to the doctor when we got home). I felt so bad for them and they are doing much better now.