Flying Ponies

We went out for dinner.

It happens alot when I'm about to give birth.

Did I just say "give birth?" Sorry about that one.

Outside the restaurant at the corner of dana park there was a fountain.

My girlies were instantly drawn to the recirculating water full of dozens of wishes made before them.

"Please mom.. do you have some money?" they begged to wish all their dreams come true.

"k" I agreed as I pulled Eden's old green purse out of my bowling-ball sized bag. (Seriously... why do they make cute bags so big, I can't help it if I carry my years supply on my shoulder)

Handing each girl a penny I told them to make it good.

The lady sitting on the other side of the fountain smiled as she quietly listen to all that was occurring.

And then she heard delia's tiny little voice in all sincerity..... "I wish I wish with all my heart...... (big pause, probably for effect knowing her personality) to be a flying pony!"

"Wow, a flying pony!" I exclaim. Surprised at her wish. "But if you were a flying pony then mom would be so sad, because I couldn't be your mom and you'd live somewhere else and I'd never see you!"

I watched delia in thought as Eden ran back inside to retrieve her forgotten chopsticks.

"Can I have another money mom?" delia asked.

Once again......

"I wish, I wish with all my heart..... (once again the dramatic pause) to be hoo-man (human but pronounced Annie style)

Oh my delia... you always make me smile. And I'm glad you want to be hoo-man and live with your hoo-man mom. Cause I love you :)

Mawage... the thing that bwings us togeva today

What do you get when you have like 20 minutes of light left and you are taking pictures of your 2 favorite people?

Well... it could have been disastrous :) lucky for me they are also super attractive! I went and took just some fun pictures for Lee's cousin Drew. We were sad we got there so late, because the place was super fun... and we had it ALL to ourselves! Possibly because its closed for the summer and we had to hop a fence to get in :) Its amazing what I'll do to take pictures... and even at 36 weeks pregnant!

We had a good time chasing the sun and goofing around and I am making them promise me to take some more..... after they get back from having fun without me at Lake Powell! Whaa!

ps- do you know where my title is from? assss yooouuuu whhhiiiisssshhhhhh

we're already 1/2 way through July?!!?

All right, so I love when my girlies and I look back at old posts on the bliggity blog and the journal it is for our family, (we love to look at pictures of ourselves) so sorry for not sparing you... I'm sure you've already seen a hundred posts about fathers day and 4th of July, but here's our version... Porter style :)

Lee's mom is so fun and cute and hosted a Sew and Swim for all the girl grandkids. She had all the things ready to make a father's day treat too.

We spent all afternoon making them, and the girlies were so super excited to give them to their dad! They begged all day to eat the extra one :) Lee said it was weird because it looked like a burger, but tasted like a dessert. The idea and templates were from bakerella and super fun and easy for the kids to do. Thanks Marlane! So fun!

Up next....

Lee and I went to San Diego for the weekend. Huge thanks to the fletchers for coming to watch our kids... although our girlies did learn a thing or two from you that I'm not sure I appreciate:
-"please bless the food that it won't kill us"
-delia- "Laura said its ok to pee in the pool"
-etc.
One of the mornings we went to the San Diego Temple. So beautiful! Oh wait.. you thought I meant me and my big belly?... oh no I meant the Temple! And nice how it was the end of June and TONS of people were getting married. It must not be the desert aka AZ.
Our Hotel was the Hyatt right in the Harbor and outside our hotel was seaport village.

I remember it being cooler when I was younger. Hmmm... I guess the magic shop and Navajo flute-ists were cooler back then.
But you know what was still cool? The weather! Holy Cow! We might have just parked it on a bench and did one of my all time favorite activities...... people watched. You can never go wrong with people watching :)

Well.... back to the hot weather and the fourth of July!
We pretty much swam all day. Maybe that was the cause of delia's delerium and her jumping off the diving board pretty much straight at the deck. I thought for sure she had knocked out a few teeth... but, she just popped her chin open. The classic childhood scar. Good thing we were at the Martineaus! Their fireman dad slapped a butteryfly bandage on it and we were good to go!

We played with 15 years old fireworks.... I think the sparklers were fresh.

speaking of fresh... Lee and Shaun had a good time with the fire :) I was a little nervous with the dads and fireworks, but no extremities were lost.

We forgot to eat our patriotic suckers, but all in all... still one of my favorite holidays! Up next.... Girls Camp (at 35 weeks pregnant) I'll let ya know how that goes :)

Cute with a cherry on top

Holy cow I am ready for Halloween! Think this would be cute for me?
Nah... I'll start saving right now to get one for one of my girlies! So cute! This etsy shop has the cutest things for girls ever!

Summer part one

All right... so 72 hour I felt like I was going to die flu, T minus 10 weeks until baby, working on my tan/loving weightlessness on my bellie in the pool means not much to blog about. But, to keep up with remembering our summer here goes:

Sisters and I went out to breakfast at the tasty Giant Hamburger on our Mom's RIP day. Who wouldn't approve, you can get breakfast and french fries all at the same time :)

If you want a book you can't put down and want to feel like you're the best mom ever... read this book. It made me want to switch my career to social work so I could help the crazy people out there. But I'm not sure these people's story could be helped

I've been working on my HUGE to-do list before girlfriend #3 comes. First handmade project down... too many to count to go! I crochet a blanket for each of my babies as I'm waiting for them to get here. Now I just need to make her bedding. I'm using this material I found thrifting and am so excited!

Next up: paint great grandma schnepf's dresser bright red, sew girlie's crib bedding, make 30+ attractive orange felt flowers for girls camp, order bunk beds for big sisters and the list goes on...

Marseilles Dress SHABBY APPLE GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Grosgrain is giving away a dress from my favorite dress company! Someday when the hubby is raking in the benjamins, my girlies and I will be head to toe every Sunday in their attractive goods! Give it a go and try to win too!

Marseilles Dress SHABBY APPLE GUEST GIVEAWAY!!!!

Lo Siento

I'm sorry... have I been treating my blog like cliff's notes as of late? Are we really not that busy?

 Is not much happening in the storybook of the Porterhouse to record? Nopers, apparently I've just been too cool for my camera as of late :) 

Eden finished preschool and was just as cutesy for the last day as her first day (and maybe just as nervous about the change it would bring about)

We had an off the heezy Quatro de Mayo Party (it was a day early due to Lee's school schedule) and I must admit the mexican fried ice cream was most tasty... what was not tasty?

   *the hair in your mouth from stick on moustaches   

*the real mexican candy we stuffed into our burro pinata   * and watching Nacho Libre in his sweaty stretchy pants

I've begun working with all kinds of materials to make some attractive girlie extras

and last but not least seems like we've had party after party over here! 60+ people over to celebrate Laura's ASU graduation. Props to Emily for the most amazing celebration banner ever!

and just to add for funsies:

4 girls+ 4 hair-dos before 8 o'clock church+ 4xs the accessories+ 24 cans of hairspray( our annual consumption) = I'm excited for porter baby girlie #3 but feeling a teensy bit overwhelmed! So, I've been doing some research to find some inspiration for my projects to get us ready for Girlie III and I am loving the super talented artists from etsy. Like for instance I want to buy ALL items from this store! I died over the shoes, leggings and ruffles galore!