My brother cracks me up. The big wigs over at SnoWest promised him a free subscription if he would get all decked out in his sledding gear and shoot some action scenes in his garage. This is the hilarious result, which I was privileged to edit and put together:

So stinkin’ funny.

Porter was given an assignment in school to take 12 conversation hearts and write a story with them. I thought the result was so funny, I just had to share. Porter is quite the writer and his stories always make me laugh. Good job, my sweet Porter!

I can’t believe it’s been over four months since I have posted. Is anyone still checking? I don’t blame you if you’re not. Sorry everyone. Life is crazy! How do I find time to sit down at the computer for twenty minutes when I have little ones? Anyone have any suggestions? My days are filled with carpool, changing diapers, dirty dishes, folding the laundry that sat in the baskets until everything was hopelessly wrinkled, making bottles, cleaning up sippie cup spills, helping with homework, cooking for a family of five, and endless other all-consuming tasks. I find that I am so busy simply surviving my days that I hardly ever pull out the camera to capture the craziness. Do you want to know a secret? I sat down and cried yesterday. For a good 30 minutes. My two-year-old and my nine-month-old were both crying, they had been for at least four straight hours, so why shouldn’t I? I couldn’t think of anything else to do, so I joined them. We cried together and I tried to hold on to the single string of sanity that kept me from running screaming into the streets. I love my children. I just don’t know how I’m going to survive them. How do you curb the whining, the temper tamtrums, and the constant crying?  Again . . . any suggestions? I’m sure I’ll be fine. I’m fairly confident I’ll be OK. I think I might possibly make it. Help!

In other news, we are buying a house! We put an offer on a house in West Point. The bank counter-offered and we accepted. We’re excited to get the final signatures and get the closing process started. We could be moving in the next month or so. It’s an older home and much smaller than the house we are currently renting, but it will be ours and we can’t wait. Here’s our house:

I will attempt to take more pictures of my sweet/manic boys and get them posted. Thanks to anyone still checking. Sorry for the long wait!