::cookie face::

Because what childhood can ever be complete without at

least one oreo-all-over-your-face picture??

(Coopie sitting with his Auntie Sarah)

He dipped in Chloe's milk...mmmmm!

And this is from today. I thought it was especially good because

he got the cookie in his eyebrow and eyelashes.

::jessica's wedding::

Matt's cousin, Jessica, got married on Saturday. We all went down to see it...

(We almost didn't make it because Matt didn't have matching pants. He brought navy blue instead of black. Then at the last minute, he decided it didn't matter, so we went. On the way out of Mom & Kevin's apt., we locked their key in a storage closet for them, and Matt says "did you get Coop's binky and blanket?" I was in charge of the other 2 kids and the 3 bags, so i said "NO!?!!!" Now what?? We called mom, Kevin called the apt. office, told them the whole story, the mgr. gave us a spare key, we got in, and just barely made it to the wedding on time. I gave him a hard time about it pretty much the rest of the day. Oh, and he lost Coop's other binky at the hair salon that morning, but we won't mention that-haha)

She looked just beautiful!

The little boys played on the stairs for a bit after it was over...

Chloe got in a quick cuddle

with her Aunt Alaine (Grandma Snowman's sister)...

Then we (us and J & Sae) had some lunch at Chilis and then

eaded over to IKEA, since we were in that neck of the woods already...

We got a couple of bookshleves. Matt put them together that night, with a little help from the kids (see Portie's tools?? He went and got 'em so he could help Dadduh)...

...and that was our Saturday.

:)

::our own celebrity::

Matt's famous!!

They held the last test firing (unless Obama learns how to really create jobs and reduce unemployment-which, incidentally, I think I WILL write my congressman!), out at ATK Promontory, and he was on the news-just clapping, no interview or anything (at about 1:51)...

Video Courtesy of KSL.com

Ain't he cute??

;)

So, way to go, Mr. President!! We can all tell you're really concerned about unemployment and "losing our competitive edge in science and technology."

Like the music? (Tracy Chapman & BB King- The Thrill is Gone) I thought it fit.

::Dear Mr. President...::

Please watch this video (click on the picture).

Thanks,

Amy

::buzzes::

Buzzes of the same feather flock together...

2 little Buzzes all ready for bed playing with little Buzzes.

In other news...

Portie said the prayer at dinner yesterday, and it went like this:

"Dear Heavenly Fazeh, we'yeh sankful for dis day. We ask dee to bless it. We'yeh sankful for Mamma and Da-Da and Coopeh, and me, and Chloe-stinky liddow butt...."

Needless to say, it caused Matt and I to open our eyes and look up, and try to hold in our laughter, and also say "Porter!!" all during his little prayer.

::oh snow::

We're SO sick of the snow!! And Chloe told me (on groundhog day) that she's mad at him. "If he wouldn't have been so scared of his shadow, it'd be Spring right now!!"

Look at all that!!

Yeah, it's fun: snowball fights, snow angels, snowboarding, snowmen, etc, but we've had enough!
It's cold.

We miss the trampoline, flip flops, skirts (with no tights), bright colors...We're just ready for some Spring!!

::happy "valentimes"::

What a great weekend!!

The kids had valentines parties at school. Portie, of course, had Buzz valentines, and we made Chloe's this year. We thought they turned out pretty cute...

We decorated a cereal box for him to take to school to hold all his valentnes.

It was Buzz-ish.

He got lots of valentines from all his little friends.

In Chloe's class they decorated bags. She got lots of valentines too.

Then we made some Valentine-sy cupcakes for the grandparents. The kids love to decorate, so they thought this was way fun...

They turned out pretty cute, we thought.

We put 'em in some little cupcake boxes.

Then, friday night, the Mr. and I had a really fun date...

We went to eat at Market Street Broiler, and it was delilsh!

a really dark picture at dinner

We spent the night here...

our room...

our breakfast the next morning...

It was so fun. We've never stayed over just the two of us before. It was fun to be on a date for so long. That hotel was so cool! All the rooms are theme rooms, and ours was the Carriage Suite. It was cozy and nice. When we woke up Saturday morning, I asked Matt if he was going to go get Cooper (out of his bed like at home), we both just laughed. Our date was romantic, relaxing, and just perfect :)

The kids all stayed at Grandma & Papa Kitty's house. They had so much fun. They made treats, watched movies, played with toys, and stayed up late (and got up early!). We went and saw their new house, and helped them load some more stuff onto their storage thing.

On Valentines morning...

...we all got some valentines. Coloring books, cookies, a sippy cup, and some sweets.

We had a valentine-sy dinner too...

Chloe cut out some hearts...

We made some heart shaped rolls...

...and had some homemade corn chowder (and it was goooood!)

We had such a great weekend. All day today, Portie told us "happy valentimes." The kids are so sweet, and it's fun to have a day completely devoted to the ones you love :)

::mow the snow::

We got some snow this morning, and when we got home from taking Chloe to school, Port-Port thought he'd better mow it...

"wiss his moweh."

And he did...

::greatest snow on earth::

That's right, we have the greatest snow on earth, and Sarah and I 'boarded in in for a while today. Fun doesn't even begin to properly describe our day. It was SOOO great! We had the best time.

It had snowed the night before and this morning, so we had LOTS of fresh powder. I can't say that I've ever skied on powder before, and it was great! Look at it all, you can't even see our boards!! We had to do some serious stomping after each run to get that snow off.

An awesome picture of Sae!!...

After a few runs, and almost getting taken out by

"BrIh-ttNeY", we decided we needed to get away and go try some jumps. We made a few attempts. My first was not successful, I chickened out and just went over the hump. The next few we did better. I got a bit of air (which we weren't able to get on camera-dangit!!), and landed a couple of them! Go me!!

I think this was my best one...I was just landing it (oh yeah, I landed it!!)

(Not too sure about this picture. I think I either just fell, or Sae just told me she didn't get me in the air again)

I looked through her camera at the shots of the jump to see if we got it and came across this little beauty...

...Sae's self portrait; taken while she was waiting for me to do my jump. "When did this happen" haha

We got some of eachother coming down-some actions shots!! Here's me...

Here's Sarah, goin' for the jump!

'Cause you gotta have some strong arms when you're snowboarding-to pick

yourself up if you fall. Not that we ever fell...

What an awesome day!! It was so fun! We laughed a lot, took lots of pictures (thanks to Sarah's camera), and had so much fun together! We decided we need to do a big family day again like last year.

BIIIG thanks to Grandma Snowman for watching those babies all day. It was much appreciated :)