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OBITUARY:

Mr. Chi Straightener Porter
May 2005 to April 2008

You were a great friend. You smoothed out my days when they were rough and frizzy. You were my companion on all my road trips, you fit perfectly in your little traveling carry case. Your cord never got tangled and you heated up to an extremely crazy high temperature in just a matter of seconds. When I needed a quick fix, you were there. For THREE long years you were there for me. I am sad to see you go...but mostly my frizzy, curly, gnarly hair is sad you decided to part ways, kick the bucket, and push up some daisys.
Thanks for the good times....my good compadre. You will be missed.

AKA...My freakin straightener broke!!!

Got milk?

Wouldn't he be perfect for one of those "GOT MILK" adds? (It's marshmallow cream, by the way...and he loved every minute of it.)

Boredom?

So this is what happens when I work on Saturday and I forget a book to read. (See new header) And yes, I drew it all by myself...thanks to Paint.

Yet another tag...

This one is dedicated to ADDIE:

5 things on my list to do today:
1. Saturday is a special day, it's a day to get ready for Sunday.
2. Vacuum mi casa. (Mainly cause if I don't Brody will do it for me.)
3. Wash, dry, and FOLD laundry and THEN put it away. (For some reason, putting away the laundry is the hardest thing for me to do.)
4. After work, hang out with Trace and Brody...maybe go on a picnic with the Stephens fam? (hint, hint)
5. Run a 5 miles marathon...ok, that was a joke.
5 snacks I enjoy:
(Well since I believe "enjoy" is the key word, I'll leave my normal snacks such as carrots and granola out of the picture.)
1. Ice cream, without a doubt.
2. Nilla wafers- pretty sure I ate a WHOLE ENTIRE box in 3 days. (Yep, I'm disgusting)
3. Fruit snacks- not real fruit like oranges, strawberries, or bananas...I like the processed kind in the form of gummy worms, bears, OR in the shape of actual fruit, OR cartoon characters.
4. Red Vine Licorace and Sunflower seeds- but only during a softball or baseball game.
5. Did I mention Ice Cream?
5 things I would do if I suddenly became a billionaire:
1. Design and build a nice house in a small town and decorate it however I want. Oh and have a killer landscaping with grass, a big yard, trees, flowers...and then have a gardener to take care of it all.
2. Pay off my parents house along with Rustin's school and buy Ryan any kind of truck that he wants and Danica whatever her little heart desires. Also, just help any family that needs it.
3. Tour the world....when I'm older and stay at nice resorts and drink Margaritas (virgin ones) all day.
4. Buy Trace a brand spankin new Dodge with all the goodies.
5. Invest the rest so I will quadriple my money. Oh and do savings accounts for all my (future) kids.
5 places I've lived:
1. Holbrook....wow, I just admited that.
2. Vernon, AZ...pretty sure it is the smallest hick town in the world.
3. Show Low. 'nuf said.
4. Mesa, Tempe.
5. Provo Pootah
5 Jobs I've Had:
1. Tractor operator...aka "the Raker."
2. Newspaper Delivery Chick.
3. Server @ Mimi's Cafe, Islands, and Owner/Manager/Interior Decorater/Cook/Bartender/Event Planner/Food Runner/Busser/and SERVER at Torreon Golf Club and Resort.
4. Manager at Albertson's Grocery Store. (It's your store.)
5. Customer Service Representative at Provo City Utilities.
(Many, many, MANY jobs not mentioned.)
5 things people don't know about me:
1. I have a REALLY bad temper (maybe some people do know that.) It's gotten better as I have aged, but it still flares up occasionally.
2. I have a birth mark on my right butt check...those of you whom I have "mooned" already know this. jk
3. I secretly dance to rap music in my car and sing REALLY loud to country music when I am by myself. Thank heavens for SHOOP!!
4. I can drink a mountain dew in less than 5 seconds.
5. I'm a little bit of a dare devil.

Let's see: I tag my momma, Nica, and Jaime....or Banning.

Mad cow???

Well over the weekend we had some more visitors! This time some peps from the Reidhead side were represented. My mom and dad came up for a visit because they were getting jealous that everyone else was getting to spend time with their favorite grandboy. It was great having them here. We went shopping (HOORAY) and got Brody and I some over-due new clothes. Then we also made a killer steal on a high chair. We went and looked at some at Babies R Us and the one I liked was $150.00. Um, no thanks...I choose life. Trace found pretty much the exact same one on the KSL classifieds. We went there, looked at it, and bought it for 1/3 the price!! Ya, we are pretty much amazing. Oh and we also went to TEXAS ROADHOUSE and watched the Suns vs. Spurs game. (Stupid freaking, freaking stupid SPURS.) We also went over to my aunt Dana's house and got to spend time with them for a while. I'm also upset that I didn't get any pictures of my dad OR of Dana and Gene and their family. Maybe I'll steal some from my mom's blog.
Anyway...here are some other pictures of the weekend.
This is Brody sportin the dolphin shirt that my mom and dad got for him down in Mexico.
Me making Brody laugh while my mom searches the classifieds.
GOOD MORNING!!! Nanna cuddling with her little boy.
Don't you just LOVE the new high chair? I know I sure do...and so does Brody. We also fed him some banannas. NOT his favorite.
Uncle Ryan sent up a couple cool toys for Brody. He loved the Super Man. I think Brody resembles Super Man in this picture. Check out those guns and killer 6-pack!!
On and little bit of a downer...Brody got these little bumps and blisters all over his wrists, legs, and mouth. At first I thought they were a reaction to the fertilizer that was on the grass. But then I got to thinking that when Ryan was little he used to put fertilizer in his boots cause one of his cousins told him that it would make him really tall. (Nieve little kid.) Anyway, he never got nasty blisters on his feet like that. So that theory was crossed out. After that- I really had NO CLUE. Anyway, come to find out he has "Hand Mouth and Foot Disease". (I should have been able to guess that...pretty darn self explanitory!) My dad has had something like that before....except I think it's called Foot n' Mouth Disease! :) It is also known as Mad Cow Disease. Anyway the doc said that it should go away in 7 to 10 days. You can't really see it very well in this picture but he has two on his lip. Poor little guy.
Brody also learned a new trick. He was doing it really well BEFORE I got the camera out...then of course it took some skillful convincing to get him to do it again.

Patter Man

Brody started doing "Patty Cake" a couple weeks ago. It is the funniest thing. Just watch...he really gets into it.

My camera is fixed!!

We've had quite a bit of company over the past few weeks. My USB port to upload my pictures hasn't been working...so THAT'S why I haven't posted any pictures lately. Trace fixed it...so beware of picture overload.
Here is Brody just chillin with Grandpa. Just playing with Dad...he always opens his mouth like that when he's upside down...and when he's eating.Aunt Olivia just LOVES her little Brody. Her new short hair is SO cute too.Heather and Aaron and Mary Claire also got to come up. It was great to see them. Mary Claire is doll and she loved to cuddle with me. (Which I loved, cause Brody doesn't cuddle with me anymore.)Me and Brindi....being goof balls. (Don't mind the no make-up look...oh and my hair is short now...as you can see.)

Uncle Bailey and the Chubster... I posted this one because it made me laugh. Look how fat Brody looks. HILARIOUS. Does that kid even have a neck? uhhh...Nope...And the other day it was REALLY cold outside. I was sick of being in the house and wanted to go for a walk. I found this snow suit in Brody's closet. I put him in it and could NOT stop laughing. He would try to sit up in it and he would just roll over. Then he would try to crawl, but his arms weren't long enough to be able to push him up. I loved it. ha ha ha. Probably a LOT funnier if you could have seen it.Well, that's all for now. Hopefully I'll post more pictures now that I have my thingy mo-bob fixed. Peace.

Story time...

Most imbarrasing moment 1999:

Ok, so it was one of those cold October mornings in Show Low. The kind of cold day when you dread waking up and facing the cold...ESPECIALLY if it is 6 o'clock in the morning and you have to go to the football field for Marching Band Practice. (Yes, I was in marching band freshman year...don't be jealous!) Anyway, after many early morning practices, afternoon practices, practices during class and what not, we were ready to preform in the Half-Time Show. (Show??? Are you kidding me....ummm maybe a better word would be "off-note presentation".)
For those of you who didn't know of this hidden talent, I was a clarinet artist. More than half the time I didn't have a decent reed. The other half of the time the bell on the bottom of my clarinet was busted off. (Broke it during a Marching Band practice while I was trying to jazz up my routine with a clarinet flip...kind of like what you would do with a batton...but I wasn't successful. I think I was making fun of the Flag Girls at the time...I loved the flag girls, they had such talent. *cough, cough, wink.)
Anyway, so ya, I wasn't the best clarinestest out there, but I got to go on ALL the football trips and I got to get out of school early. Not bad, not bad. Speaking of football trips...this is what brings me to my story...
One bus was loaded with the trumpets, trambones, tubas, oboes, flutes, drums, and of course, their players. THE OTHER BUS (and this is the important part) was loaded with the VARSITY FOOTBALL PLAYERS. Me + clarinet= band nerd, They+ good looks= popular jocks....you do the math...I was not so cool.
Was I on the bus? Um no, I was in my English class, just sitting there, probably talking to Doug or something...we're probably just laughin it up, having a good time. THEN, I look at the clock. WHAT THE ???....Does it really say 11:15? The bus was supposed to leave at 11. So I jump up, tell the teacher I've got to jet, run to my cool band locker, fiddle with the stupid lock, FINALLY get it open, grab my clarinet case and start running for the buses. (Picture me running with my heavy backpack, clarinet case, my big froey hair wiping in the wind, and some heavy Doc Martin sandles clunking along....yep, I'm cool.)
I see the buses in the distance...on the OTHER side of the chain link fence. As I'm running I ponder the thought, "Should I go all the way around the fence? OR just jump over it like a super star?" Over the years I have jumped over many fences and have never had any sort of problem...so in a rash decision I chose to JUMP. I threw my clarinet case over the fence and brace myself for the jump. Ok, 1...2...3...leg up....WHOA, WHOA....arm slipped and I was face diving towards the pavement. Luckily my pants caught me and rrrrrrrrrrrip...they got caught on that stupid triangle thing. Sadily they weren't strong enough to withstand the eminse pressure they were under. I go crashing to the ground, with my backpack flug over my head, my hair going everywhere, a rip in my pants, and then WHAM land right on my clarinet.
SILENCE...for like point 2 seconds....then uncontrolled laughter. I get up, go instantly red, smile, do an "I'm an idiot wave" and then get on the bus. I still remember to this day one girl said, "Only Tara would be able to pull that off and not make a complete idiot out of herself...."
Anyway, luckily I was cool enough to just laugh and go on. But deep down I was SO SO imbarressed.
Alright....welp that's all for today.

Late Birthday shout out...

Ok, so my dear friend Bobbi Jo Merrill Jeppson just celebrated her 24th birthday....like 5 days ago. (Better late than never...right?) Anyway, just wanted to let BJ know that I love her and that I hope she had a wonderful birthday.
I have, ya know, 1 or 2 memories of me and Bobbi. (Ok, so maybe more that 1 or 2!) Spring Break, um, 2000....Rocky Point + goggles + swim cap + orange cape = Super T and Super BJ. ha ha. I wish I had the picture to post. We were pretty much the coolest kids on the block. Anyway, Happy Birthday to Bobbi. Hope you had a good one. Love ya.

The Porter Hotel

No Vacany...

Over the past week we had several visitors from AZ. On Wednesday evening Lonna, Camron, Alionna, and a bunch of 17-18 year old boys (6 or 7 or 8 of them) stayed at our house. I woke up to a house full! It was so much fun to have Lonna and Ali here. We didn't get to see much of Camron cause he was out doing who knows what...selling stuff or something. Ali is the cutest little girl with the funniest little personality. She is so smart. She talks SO much and has a mind of her own. She loved Bwody (SOOOOOO cute how she said it)...she also called him Bulah. We called him Budah and she caught on so fast. This is the morning after they got here. Lonna might not like me for posting this picture...but I think she looks BEAUTIFUL. No make up, prego, and all. Ali's hairdue is stylin!!

Ali has the prettiest blue eyes and cutest dimples. She'll give her dimples away if you ask her to.

Then on Thursday Bishop Slade and the priests showed up at our house. I think there was like 200 of them. ha ha. Just kidding. There were probably 5 or 6 or 7. We went to a volleyball game with them one night. It was pretty fun...and they all LOVED Brody. Brody loved Nolan. He just sat on his lap...STILL...for forever. I also got some new PJ's for Brody. They are so cute.

That's all for now. Sorry to inform you though...The Porter Hotel has Full Vacancy this next weekend. The next open date for scheduling will be sometime after this month! We enjoy the company. Thanks to all those that came up. We loved having you here.