IT SNOWED IN SAINT GEORGE!! YEAH!!!

We are loving life!! It snowed , school got cancelled and Brandon is off for a whole week, how can life get any better than that. We had enough snow to make a big snowman the kids were so excited for the snow. We can't wait for Christmas. We hope you all have a Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Pictures

We tried to take some cute pictures of the kids for our Christmas cards, and what a challenge Porter wouldn't cooperate , Dallin didn't want to take the pictures we had to bribe him with chocolate that didn't work he kept sticking out his tongue pretending he was asleep and Amanda did a good job with the exception of a occasional funny face. Now I know why most people are insane at this time of the year!!!

Brandon and Amandas birthday party!!

We had a family birthday party for Brandon and Amanda. How cute.

First game of the season

Amanda had her first basketball game of the season!! She is a great player. She is the rebound queen. She is hoping to try out for the junior high team next year. Here they do school differently she is in 7th grade intermediate school and then 8th grade is junior high.

Our Beautiful Family Christmas Tree!!!

We always love to decorate our tree! I have a tree that I decorate and then we have our family tree that has mismatched ornaments . Our kids get to buy a new ornament every year, But the best ornaments are the ones the kids have made over the years at various activities, Like the festival of the trees and at school and home. Our family tree always turns out better than mine because it has so many fun memories on it. It is fun each year to pull out each ornament and each one has a story to go with it.

My favorite time of the year is fall and Christmas is my favorite holiday so Saint George is the parfect place to live!!!! The first week in December all the leaves had turned into the pretty colors and started falling so here we were walking to a christmas thing on Main street in Santa Clara and this house had so many big trees and leaves we had to have a leaf fight, it was fun I just hope whoever lived there didn't mind!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BRANDON !!

We are going to Disneyland for Brandons birthday. He says that he enjoys going for the kids, but just look at him does that face look like he's going for the kids or for him the biggest kid of all!!! These pictures are from our trip last year and no matter what Brandon says I know he loves going.. Happy Birthday my HOT HONEY!!!! Brandon is the best father and husband ever!!!We Love you and are grateful for all you do !!!

Disneyland is the Russells favorite place to go . The kids are so excited that they are always wearing their hats from last year in anticipation for next week. We are counting down. But we sure do wish that Josh would let Summer and his kids come with us.

Yeah!!! Porter has finally turned into a Happy baby!!! We are so excited!! He finally slept 5 hours last night. Now he has Happy parents again.

My Daughter needed a sister so she wouldn't have to keep dressing up my little boy like a girl. What goofy kids.

First smile

Porters first real smile. He is smiling and laughing now. It is so CUTE!!

Porter Jack makes his grand entrance into the world.

Porter was born on September 16, at 4:30 pm. He weighed in at 8 lbs. 3 oz. and is 21 inches long.

We are so excited to have Porter join our family. Although Amanda (and Jodi) was hoping for a little girl, she is happy to have another little brother to "baby" and "spoil". She is so good with the kids. I don't know what we would do without her help. She is going to make a great mother one day. Dallin wasn't too sure about someone else taking up his time for attention, but he is adjusting well and he loves to hug and kiss his "Baby Korter".

Porter was initially due at the end of the month, but he was measuring large, so the doctors wanted to induce early. Jodi was having panic attacks when the doctor speculated that she could be having a 10 pound baby, so she was more than happy to comply with the inducing.

We got the call to report to the hospital at 6:15am, so we showed up right on time to find that they didn't have a room ready for us. So we waited around for nearly an hour before they could get us into a room. Once they got Jodi settled in and "hooked up" with all of there little gadgets and gizmos, the induction was started.

After several hours, Jodi was finally able to feel the contractions getting stronger, and at around 3:00pm, she was ready for the epidural.

Porters delivery was much harder on Jodi than Dallins delivery. When Dallin was born, the doctors had a hard time getting Jodi to "push" because she would start to laugh. They must have put something funny in her epidural because she laughed her way through the entire delivery. Not this time. Even with the epidural, she was in a great deal of pain, but she was a little trooper, and got the job done.

Porter is a typical baby.....sleeps all day, and is awake all night. But we are adapting to our new little addition to the family. It is hard to remember the sleepless, grouchy nights when you have a precious little miracle to hold in your arms.