Ice Fishing

Brrrrr.... What some people won't do for fun! Saturday Aaron went ice fishing with the guys (Scott, Bill and Clint). After they did all the hard work of making the holes and setting up the poles I and Porter came down to fish er.... watch. Porter loved every minute of it even though the wind made it soooo cold! He was quite upset when we had to go and has told me several times since that he wants to go fishing in the snow.

RESULTS
Fish Caught: 6
Fish Tossed Back: 2
Poles Stolen by Fish: 1
Fish Now in my freezer (Yucko): 3

Porter Dad and their Fish


Porter wiggling the line to call the fish in


5 Very Cold Fishermen

Thanksgiving Shoot Out

Aaron and his family have a tradition that every year rain, snow or shine that they shoot clay pigeons in the back pasture on Thanksgiving. Porter being quite the gun enthusiast himself was happy to join in the fun. I was amazed at how well he managed to keep he earmuffs on. For the most part he watched from the back of the truck but he did get to shoot a couple of times with Dad and Uncle Scott's help as well as getting to pull the string that throws the pigeons.

I love the look on his face in this picture he was totally enthralled watching the big boys. For those of you who aren't so big on guns don't worry the gun he is holding was not loaded and I and or Aaron was standing right with him the whole time he held it.

Porter's first shot. Poor Aaron ended up with a bruise on his leg from the kick.

All the boys in their shooting duds- ready to go

Halloween 2009

Ok people you can all quit laughing at me now. Yes I realize that these are Halloween pictures and that it is almost January. My goal for the new year is to do a better job of documenting all the fun happenings of our little family so I thought that it was only right that I try and do a little of catching up.....

Porter was the cutest little Lion for Halloween. He would Rrrrrar really loud and say trick or treat until that is we actually went trick or treating.... We went trick or treating at Dad's office, to Grandma and Grandpa Jensens, Grandma Farrar's, Nanna and Pa's, then the trunk or treat at the church not a lot of stops but Porter still managed to make quite the sugar haul!



This last picture cracks me up, I told Porter to show me what a scary lion looks like but I am pretty sure that he heard 'scared' lion instead.

Moo! Moo! Porter is TWO!

Wow! It's so hard to believe that our little Porter is 2 already! He is growing into such a cute little man and amazes us every day with the things he learns- He is quite the talker lately and its so cute to hear his little sentences.


He started off the party by finding Grandma's bag of Marshmellow's in the Kitchen and carried them around while we set up..


We had a cow theme for his birthday complete with cow cups silverware and tablecloth.. I only remembered to get a picture of the sign.....


He got so many fun things for his Birthday that he had a hard time going to the next present because he kept wanting to play with the one he had just opened.
The cake..... It turned out cute but I was NOT thrilled- I had ordered a cake with the "Little People" toy farm animals on top so that he could add them to his little people collection- They were out of that set and rather than call and tell me so that I could get it somewhere else they went ahead and decided to decorate a different farm cake. Oh well- at least it tasted good!
Porter was to busy having fun to stop and eat the Yummy Navajo taco's we had but he did manage to grab a few bites of cake (sitting on his new toy of course)
Porter is very lucky to have his cousins Kamden and Karson live so close and the three are quite good buds- After dinner they played and played right up until the second it was time to go home.
They played in the pool- I'm not sure that they actually swam.... They mostly jumped in and out.
Followed of course by the inevitable water fight.... Grandma was a great sport to let the kids get her.

Driving around
Climbing on the Jungle Gym
I still have a hard time believing Porter can make
it all the way to the top by himself then he drops
himself down in the middle and does it all over again!

What a fun evening- Thanks so much to everyone who helped and came!

A Day in the Life...

My SIL just put up a way cute post of what a day in the life of a mom at her house is like. It reminded me of this way cute song by Hillary Weeks that I just had to share.

Enjoying every second

I love how Porter enjoys every second of things be it watching the dog fetch a stick in the canal, licking the beaters or chasing around the cats. No doubt about it that kid lives life to the fullest!

4 Wheelin' Fanatic

Porter has turned into quite the 4-Wheeler Fan- One Memorial day he kept wanting to go go go. A couple of different times he even fell asleep while riding. Since we came home he often asks to go for "ride" and almost every time I am out with him in the yard he wanders over the the 4-wheeler shed and climbs on and pretends he's driving.

One day out in the yard I was using the 4-wheeler to haul some dead tree branches to the burn pile- In between loading and unloading I was letting him sit and pretend to drive- I'm unloading the limbs (fortunately only an arm's length away) and he proceeds to turn the key, AND push the start button AND try to put it in gear which luckily he didn't manage to. What a little smarty pants- I guess that he had watched us start it enough times that he'd just figured it out. Needless to say he still gets to sit on it but we do NOT leave the keys in the ignition....