Soccer Saturday number 2 Fall 2011

Rain or shine the boys will play soccer and yesterday was a great example of that. The rain actually stopped, but it was cold. It seemed as thought Columbus was the only place in the nation that was cold. Out west it was in the 90's, but here it was in the 50's. Anyway, both the boys played great. Peyton was great about running around the field. He looked like he was having a blast. He somehow managed to score a couple goals. His team is pretty stacked as far as 4 and 5 year old kids are concerned. I think the final score was around 14 to 0; similar to last week. Porter's game was a lot more competitive. He was amazing. He literally dribbled the ball the complete length of the field, in and out of multiple defenders a couple times. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to score a goal. One time his teammate kicked it about the same time as he did, after he had dribbled through a couple defenders and score the goal. The other teams goalie was actually really good. Porter was pretty upset at first that he wasn't able to score a goal. He got over it and I think he's pretty determined to try even harder next time. We remind them that the only thing that is important, at least the two rule of our family, to do your best and have fun doing it. Anyway, here a couple pictures from their games.
Peyton kicking the ball after a corner kick from his friend Keenan

Cole, Carlee, Helen, Keenan, Peyton, Kyle
Action shot of Porter stealing the ball.
Porter after dribbling around the whole other team. The goalie stopped his shot.

This shows how much fun it is to play defense on Porter's team because their offense is so good.

Lego Master Preparation

Peyton wanted to build a Lego Robot as one of the Lego Club Jr building challenges. As we were trying to figure out what a robot might look like, Porter had the great idea to build a huge pyramid. We were surprised that we actually had enough Legos build such a structure. Pretty fun!

1st day of school

Porter had his first day of school about a week and a half ago. He is in 2nd grade now! I can hardly believe it. So far he loves it...let's hope that enthusiasm lasts!

16 mile bike ride = sore bumb

The scouts are working on the cycling merit badge. Multiple long cycling trips are required to complete the merit badge. This week we road the Heritage Trail (rails for trails). It ended up being about 16 miles. The young men did great. It was a pretty ride. Nice and cool. We must have been pretty recognizable due to one lady immediately asking us what ward we were in. Then she pointed out one of the boys had on a BYU shirt.

Haden Falls

Erin came home the other day excited to tell me that she had noticed a sign near our house that said "Haden Falls." It'sonly about 2 miles from our house and those of you who don't know where we live... we live in Columbus, Ohio and pretty much in the middle of the large city. So, today we decided to see this "waterfall" in the middle of the city. Sure enough after a short walk from a small parking-lot next to a busy road along a nice wooden path there was the waterfall.

Morning Crafts in the Dental Lab w/Dad

Porter got up really early and came into the lab with me. We had some fun. Porter watched Harry Potter and I worked on dental lab work. As we were there I had an idea and the pictures below show the results of our combined efforts accomplishing the idea. Not too bad for a first try. Basically our own version of Mighty Beanz.

Boise Sate Bean

Chewy Bean
Harry Potter Bean

Tom Riddle BeanVoldemort Bean

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Lego My Transformer Fun

One afternoon the boys wanted to "play legos." So, we decided to create our own lego transformer figures. I think it took us the better part of the day to get something created that we all liked. Now, the boys sleep with their transformer on their bed. I'm still not sure how they haven't become broken by doing so. Peyton helped me design the Optimus Prime transformer and Porter would be satisfied until we figured out how to make Bumble Bee. We made one more and I think Porter has told me that it is definitely a Starscreen decepticon. One thing I do know is the boys love to play with legos.

Dental Check-Ups

Good news! The boys currently have no cavities. I thought it was funny that though I'm their dad and I look in their mouths almost everyday, both the boys were quite nervous to visit the dentist. They ended up doing well when it was all said and done. I examined their teeth was able to scale and polish their teeth. Also, they each allowed me to obtain a panoramic radiograph. I think this was Peyton's first dental visit. By the way, for all those dentist out there that fallow our blog once in a while what can you see wrong with Peyton's pan?

Porter's Pan


Peyton's Pan

Saying goodbye!

We have been so blessed with such great friends over the years! How have we been so lucky?! Since we don't have family close, our friends have had to become like family. We've swapped babysitting, shared holiday's together, girls nights, visited each other in the hospital when new babies were born, cooked meals for each other, thrown baby showers, zoo trips, shopped together, had play dates, game nights, txt after txt, and have had so many other fun moments together! It's been fun meeting a lot of new people and sharing our lives with each other for a short time. Recently 4 family friends have moved away because they are done with this chapter of their lives. We miss them all terribly and wish them the very best! So, here's a shout out to the Farleys, Howells, Heatons, and Packs :). Makes me wish, once again, that I took more pictures with each of these families (I did copy a few from each of their blogs...sorry guys).

Farley family (minus baby Talulah)

The Farley Kids w/ our kids

This picture makes me tear up because Sam and Peyton are best friends.

Laura and baby Talulah

The Pack Family

The Heaton Family

Howell family (a few years back...Tori update that blog!)

We watched the Howell kids while they packed up their moving van...we had a movie night!

Summer Vacation

We've been having a blast this summer! Too bad I'm a really horrible at documenting with photos. We have very few of them, but I will share the ones that I did get :)

First of all, we had a great trip out to Idaho and Utah. We drove 69 + hours to get there and back, but it was totally worth it! The kids did great on the way there, but Clara screamed a lot on the ride home. Can you blame her?!


We stopped in Omaha for a day and got to see so many fun friends. The Saxton's hosted a little gathering after church. It was a blast! I stole these pictures off of my friend Alicia's blog because once again...I didn't take any!

The Wood's and Us at the Saxton's

Huynh's and us

Clara and Melynn

Deford's and Wood's

Wood's and Saxton's

On to Utah we drove! We saw Kim, Matt and Karlee for a day. We're so glad we did! We drove up to the Belcher Cabin...It looks amazing! We had fun playing games and seeing Thomas the Train. We stayed in Heber for a day and a half, then we headed to Idaho!







We had a lot of fun in Idaho. We stopped for a day or so to visit Lisa and her family in Mountain Home. The kids had fun playing with Micah and Kate. Lisa and I sewed Christmas gifts! I'm trying to get ahead of the ball game. Lynn went and shadowed Dr. Stauts (a Prosthodontist in Boise). I didn't take any pictures...so mad!


We then made the drive to Emmett, Idaho for Uncle Matt's graduation. The kids loved seeing their Grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. We BBQ'd, attended graduation, made shirinky-dinks, went to the park, bought Boise State shirts, played cards, saw a lot of family and had a great time. The only pictures I took were at Boise State at the famous blue turf. Side note...Clara learned to walk while we were in Idaho!

We also got to see some old friends from dental school, the Thurbers. They were in Boise for a graduation as well. We haven't seen them for 3 years! It's fun to see how big their kids are getting :) ps. I'm already starting to look pregnant!

After about a week in Idaho, we drove back to Utah to spend some time with Grandpa and Grandma Belcher. Lisa and her kids came and spent some time with us there. We went to the park, McDonald's, painted toenails, played cards, went to a mini indoor carnival, saw my awesome high school girl friends, and ate at Tucanos! Lisa and I got to make a couple of trips to the Park City Outlets.






After visiting Utah, my mom and I drove home because Lynn had to leave Utah early to get back to residency. We stopped overnight in Omaha and stayed with the Wilkensons. We then drove to Wisconsin and stayed with the Acors for a few days. We made it in time for Kara's birthday party and Tanner's birthday party. I sure wish I had pictures of the fun we had together...lesson learned I guess :)

Thanks family and friends for all the fun on our three week excursion! It was a blast :)