day 117

april 28

Here is a bad picture of porters shiner for your viewing pleasure. The only picture that was taken today. That should clue you in to the fact that it was a HARD day.

day 116

april 27

happy to be at the zoo.

day 115

april 26

By the sink, I have some little shelves that keep our necessities. Spaghetti, oatmeal, corn kernels, and giant gumballs.

What? Those aren't your necessities? 

day 114

april 25

easter.

day 113

Porter enjoyed putting the candy in the eggs and taking it out more than actually eating the candy.
I am pretty okay with that.

day 112

april 23

I am ignoring the freezing weather and pushing forward with spring plans anyway. I cannot wait for fresh tomatoes!

day 111

april 22

The paper city. The hottest toy at the Swanson house today.

day 110

april 21

These serve as my reminder that it really is spring and not the dead of winter, cause apparently the weather missed the whole spring memo.

day 109

april 20

Someone left this adorable Easter garland on our porch tonight. It's almost enough to make me like easter.

day 108

april 19

All the toys in the house were so glad to have the kids back, they lined up to greet them.

day 107

april 18

Jonas' birthday present: an ipod. Pretty much all he needed for the 11 hour car ride home. IF only I could have said that for the other 3.

day 106

april 17

Made up card games at midnight. Almost as fun as Disneyland.

day 105

april 16

Jonas had the best birthday of his life this year. He drank like 5 cokes a day. He stayed up passed midnight every night. He rode the the tower of terror 8 times. In an 11 year old world that is as good as it gets.

day 104

april 15

I thought for sure Porter would love to see his idols up close and all life size, but no, he chose to run for his life instead.

day 103

april 14

The fun begins.

day 102

april 13

We woke the kids up at 3 in the morning. We told them we were going to disneyland. They didn't believe us. They were still in a sleep haze. But they climbed in the van anyway. We made it just in time to watch the sun set on the beach.
Awesome way to start a vacation.

day 101

april 12

It was early when we took this picture. He was still wiping the sleep away from his eyes, but you better believe he was ready to open some presents!!

day 100

april 11

Porter has separation anxiety. It's not just with me, or with Brian, but with every single member of his family. When someone exits the vehicle, he is sure they are exiting his life forever.

Drama.

We are so in for it.

day 99

April 10

We are a happy family...

but according to Brian we are an overly excited happy family.

day 98

april 9

Saturday is a special day, it's the day we get ready for Sunday.....

and do all the crap we don't want to.

day 97

April 8

I read a lot of books today. More than usual. And I didn't mind a bit.

day 96

april 7

If you ever happen to find yourself in Bountiful, make your way to Nielsens. Uh-Mazing.
Today, Brian made dinner for the kids, while I drove up to Bountiful to be with friends and consume a vast amount of calories.
On a good note, I am fairly sure we burned a few of those calories off with some healthy laughter.
Good times.

day 95

april 6

Story time, every day at 2:00p.m. If you are not there, you are really missing out. I read do a mean yertle the turtle.

day 94

april 5

These are a few of my favorite things...

day 93

april 4

Our friends from last year are back! we were so happy to welcome them again.

day 92

april 3

Conference weekend.
A lot of food.
A lot of family.
A lot of tv.
A lot of mess.
A lot of joy.

day 91

April 2

These two girls...
Best friends since birth, they share the strongest bond. I love that whenever they get together they create. It is such a passion for them. This was a reading of a play they wrote.

day 90

april 1

Jonas at his schools state fair. He was a little annoyed to have to sit in between California and Hawaii, two of the most interesting states, but he made it through ok.

day 89

march 31

Most afternoons Porter can be found at our library window waiting anxiously to spot Jonas and Hailey. He will look back at me every few seconds and say, "whey they go?" or "I no no."
This is his "I no no" face.