Porter's turned ONE

Porter has finally turned one. Man where did that year go? I have always felt that he has been older then what he is. He is just a go get'm type. Which has been a treat for us to watch. We are so grateful to have Porter in our lives. He has really made us better people. We love him so much. That's right Porter we love you.
Some things that I have learned from him in just one year.
1. He needs to do it himself. (Really doesn't like help.)
2. You show him how to do something once and he can do it the next time.
3. He loves to be a baby even though he thinks his a big boy.
4. He wants to make people happy.
5. Can sense moods even when there is nothing being said. (Really cute to watch him care.)
6. He loves to play with Penny and tease her as much as he can.
7. Most of all he really loves us. (Even at an early age he shows love.)

What a hike!

Our friends came out from Nebraska and invited us to go on a hike with them. They wanted to go to the Timp Caves. To tell you the honest truth I was wondering how this would go. They are from a really flat state and this hike is not.
They did the hike like it was nothing. They are my hero's! As we kept climbing and we got higher and higher our friend Mandi's Mom Sue got scared. You forget that you could easily fall off the edge there. It was even scary for me.
The hike in and of itself was beautiful. Everything was so green and a little cloudy which helped to keep us happier. If you ever want to go on this hike go in the morning. It was perfect then and not that many people. Also if you want to take your kids I recommend that you wait until they are old enough to really enjoy it and can stay close to you.
Once we finally made it to the cave it was well worth the hike. Being inside was so beautiful. It is amazing what things are inside the earth. I took a lot of crazy pictures. Still I am only sharing a few. When you look back the pictures all started to look the same. Still every where welooked it was different.
We had a great going with our friends Justin and Mandi and their family. Can you believe that it was Tim and my first times to the Caves?! That is right, first time! The great wonders of being in Utah.

Bath Time Crawl

We have a kid that really loves bath time. I was getting him ready one day for his bath and suddenly he heading straight for the bath. We finally got it on camera. This is just one of his funny things that he does before we give him a bath.

Swimming!

One day I thought it would be fun to get Porter outside in his new pool. Lucky for us it is the perfect size for our little deck out in front. We also had perfect weather and the pool was the perfect temperature. Let's go and have some fun!




Porter loved playing in the pool as much or more than we did watching him. It is fun to watch your kid have fun and be themselves.



I think that Tim had more fun splashing Porter. But there is a sad ending to this day. We let Penny, our dog, outside on the deck. You might guess what happened next -- she chewed it up and put holes all over it. So that was the end of that little pool. It was sad because we only got to use it once. However, I did go out to get a new one so Porter will never know the difference. We are lucky he is so young and little that hopefully he won't remember.

A Cute Little Boy

I have to say that I have one of the cutest little boys out there. I think that is why Tim and I take a lot of pictures of him. These pictures are just some really cute and funny pictures of him. Plus, some of his new faces that he just loves to pull.
However, today was a little scary. We got a hard drive to save all of our pictures in case our computer ever crashed. Which you would think would be enough. However, Porter got our hard drive and hit it onto the ground. It stopped working for awhile and that scared me. It has all of our pictures on it. I thought, "If that doesn't work anymore what am I going to do?" Lucky for us it started to work again. I still thought I will put more up today cause if that happens again at least I will have somewhere to get my pictures again.