Welcome 2009

After Christmas we continued the annual tradition of Tahoe, skiing, birthday, new years fun!

The little Ed kids were quite the skiin fools

We all had high hopes for Carter and his first time skiing...ended up into a little disaster and of course him and Sammie ruining each other.

The Foulger's put on quite the new years' fire work show. I think we set them off at about 7:30 PM and we were all asleep by 10. Rockin New Years for us!

The famous sledding hill!

My darling mother-in-law surprised me with an early birthday party in utah with a home-made carrot cake! yummmmm, my favorite. Thanks cute Deb, you're the best.

And I celebrated my real birthday in Tahoe! 24, Yikes.

And ended the trip with some more skiing, look at those rockstar grandparents!

Not so White Christmas '08

This year we spent Christmas with my family in California. It was filled with lots of family, food, and good memory making moments.

We did the traditional San Francisco trip to see the lights and just enjoy the Holiday atmosphere.

Here's the happy couple in about 10 years or so. (I'm thinking we can just time-share my sister's kids till we retire, then we'll pass them back off of course.)

Sisterly love. (bec, it's possible that the blonds are taking over!)

Whos kid's are these?? (above)

Also in December we went out to phoenix to bless the newest addition of our family; Kate Colette Damron. She's 5 months now and beautiful.
While there we got to ride the polar express and meet SANTA! Porter was extra excited.

And who knew the north pole had a pool?

This shot is one of my all-time favorites. Baby Got Back.?
Baby Kate's blessing. Classic Carter shot.
Gotta love Christmas Morning shots

Santa brought us season passes! Isn't he the best?! Pretty sure that's another reason why we'll hold out on kids for another 10 to 12 years.

Wowza, all and all we had a fantastic Christmas, thanks to all, already can't wait till 2009!

Fast Forward Updates

Thanksgiving 2008.
This past year the holidays were an extra special time for Porter and I. We were able to drive out to Utah on 4 separate occasions to spend time with Porter's dad; David Foulger.
As most may know David was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer (melanoma) just last October and passed away January 21st of this year. Although I have only known him just over 5 years I could not have asked for a better father-in-law. We continue to love him and cherish what we have learned from him. He is truly missed by all who had the opportunity of knowing him. David was not only an amazing father-in-law but an all-round great person. He loved life, he always found a way to see the positive in all things, even right up to the end of his time here on earth. He raised two wonderful children (one of them I am particularly grateful for:)), and was the greatest grandfather of all-time. His life had its ups and downs but he smiled through it all. We are grateful for his example, for his testimony and for all that he has taught us.

Here we are at Grama Foulger's in SLC for Thanksgiving. She may be the cutest little old lady I know.

The next shots are when we came back to Utah right before Christmas. We stayed at Porter's dad's home in Alton (So. Utah), along with Porter's sister Stephanie, her husband David and their adorable four kids. It was a lot of fun spending time with them cause they live in St Louis and we never get to see them! :(

I'm pretty sure Uncle Porter had the most fun, wrestleing, karate, and playing in the snow.

And of course it was so great spending time with David.

Here's all the cuties; Emma, Ethan, Brianna, and Little David.

Pretty sure we were able to get the WHOLE town of Alton in this shot. Seriously.

Just Another day at the Office

Here's a shot of porter and his boss John hard at work. These and a bunch of other boys including my dad and brother-in-law brad took the week off to dirt bike in lake tahoe. FUN!