Vein Surgery

I decided I was finished having varicose vein's! Last week I had two surgeries to kill the veins and this week two surgeries to remove the varicose vein's. It has been extremely painful but I know I will be so glad when this is over with and I don't have achy legs anymore and ugly veins!

Presidents Day Cup

Justin is off to another soccer tournament in Mesquite Nevada! Luckily we have some friends that help get him down there since Jeff couldn't get off work Thursday and I was in the middle of vein surgery. We are so glad Justin loves to play soccer and grateful to have such great friends on his team!

Emily's patriarical blessing

Emily had such a beautiful patriarchal blessing on Sunday from President Draper.  Jeff, Savanah and I were able to be there and listen and hear some of the great blessings and promises Emily was given if she lives her life worthily.  I am so happy for her and the decision she made to get her blessing and hope it will be a great source of comfort in her life.

Christmas 2015

We had such a nice Christmas!  So nice to have the kids older and wanting to sleep in Christmas morning.  I also love the older they get the meaning of Christmas becomes more important to them and not the gifts as much.

This year Jeff wanted the kids to get each other a gift.  For family night they all drew names and we headed to Target so they could find something.  It was so fun seeing all of them excited to find their sibling the perfect gift and even more exciting Christmas morning watching them open gifts from each other. 

Christmas afternoon we headed to grandpa and grandma Bills' house to have Christmas dinner and enjoy the evening with our family and always a special visit from Santa!

Porter/Oyler Christmas dinner

This year we met the Olyers and Grandmummy at Olive Garden in SLC on Grndmummys 84th Birthday!  So fun to see everyone and celebrate!  After dinner we took our kids to temple square to see the lights.

Temple Square

After having dinner and celebrating grandmummys 84th birthday with the Oylers we headed over to Temple Square to see the Christmas lights!

Living Nativity

This was our third year going to the living Nativity in Alpine. Our family loves his new tradition it is so fun to see people re-create the nativity and we enjoyed so much!

Pumpkin Carving

Ethan and Kate were the only two that wanted to carve pumpkins this year.  Made for an easy night and they had a great time!  This was the first year we didn't go to Lindsay's Pumpkins patch.  It was raining and cold so we made a quick stop into Maceys grocery store to pick out a couple pumpkins.

Pinewood Derby

Ethans first Pine Wood Derby!  His car did great ( Uncle Blake gives some awesome help ). This time around they didn't have a winner so no one felt left out.  We are pretty sure Ethan's would have been first!  Either way Ethan loved it!

Lagoon

We had such a fun day at Lagoon!  The new ride Canabal had opened up - Justin had a seasons pass this summer so he had already tried the new ride but was excited to go with Dad and Mom on it.  We loved it!  Emily and Savanah drove up with friends this year, Jake, Estelle and Bailey.  We love going during the Halloween season because Lagoon has haunted houses that are included in your pass.  Jeff and the order kids enjoy going through them.