Congratulations!!!

So my husband is graduating from school this week!! Yaaaaaaa!! He has put in a total of 7 years of collage, and is earning his MBA! I am so proud of him. He has accomplished his while taking care of me (especially while I was sick), the kids, working full time, and church responsibilites. Congratulations Elliot--we love you!!!!!

Welcome Home Elder Dunkley!!!!

My little brother came home from his mission yesterday!!! He has been serving in the Uganda Kampala mission the past two years, we were so lucky he came home a couple weeks early so we could have him for Christmas!! He had a 45 hour trip to make is back to us. I'm so excited to have him back. He did a wonderful job, and served the people of Uganda with all his heart! He talks pretty funny these days, but I guess we can over look that! My pictures are really bad I know, things were happening really fast, I don't even have any of his face (and he is really cute--single girls!!). I will get more pictures of him later. We are so happy so have him home and safe. Just in time for the snow storm!!

Let it SNOW!!!!

Mykell has LOVED the snow. She is out playing in it with Bentley at least 3 times a day. The first day that it snowed we couldn't find her gloves and hat, so before I could get out and buy some she was out playing. She didn't even care that her hands were ICE cold (I know I'm a bad mom for letting her play outside with out a hat and gloves--but she REALLY wanted too!). She is so funny, the first time she saw the snow she said "Look Mommy snowmen!!" She calls the snow snowmen, well after today we have lots and lots of snowmen in our yard! Oh, and yes she does have hats and gloves now! It's funny but I think she really just likes walking in the snow. She walks to the back fence and back to the porch over and over and over, weird huh!! (I'll get better pictures later!!)

Santa!!

This year we have had the opportunity to see Santa two different times so far. Once in the Mall, and Mykell made me hold her and she would go up to Santa, and take his present, but wanted nothing else to do with him. Then last week was Elliot's work party and they have a Santa, this time she wouldn't even go close :( , so no pictures of Mykell and Santa. She is very interested in him, but he is WAY too scary to go up close!! Porter on the other hand, he is all over this Santa business, have you seen that guy? There is A LOT to look at!! I guess we will try again with Mykell next year and by then little Porter will be scared!!

Updates--

So really I'm writing this because I'm bored, and don't want to do what I should be doing!! Anyways I went downstairs today to the spare bedroom where I have been hiding all my Christmas stuff from Mykell and found 3/4 of a bad of candy cane Kiss wrappers all over the floor-ahhhh. I think Bentley ate them yesterday when I was shopping. I called the vet, they said that if it had been more than 4 hours it does no good to make them throw it up, so I'm just watching for side effects. I feel really bad!!! But so far he seems okay! I love it how they tell you if you see anything call us immediately and he will have to come in for IV's and such-- like shouldn't I be doing something other than waiting for bad things to happen??? In other news I think I'm done with my Christmas shopping, now I just have to get a few things made and I'm good!! Yea!!! Porter is getting his first tooth, I only noticed because he is extra slobbery these days, but I can see two edges of his bottom right middle tooth--what a champ! He hasn't even been fussy, just slobbery and wants to bite everything. He has his 4 month check up on monday. He has really just been a sweet heart. He only wakes up once from 10-4 and then 4-8, pretty good! He loves to smile and laugh at us. He loves his bath with Mykell, and she loves to look at his...... ahhhhh! Mykell is finally adjusting to having Porter in our home. She is starting to go to bed better, and act better in general. Hopefully the terrible two's are ending!! She is so cute she sings songs, dances and talks all day. It is so fun to see her learn and grow! Oh, and in other news Elliot is graduating in 2 weeks!!! My brother Brett is coming home from his mission in 2 weeks!!! I am going part time in 4 1/2 weeks!!! Sorry I know it's a lot of info, but like I said I am very bored!!

100 Things

I saw this on my cousins page and thought it looked fun. Do it yourself! Copy and paste the list into your blog and bold or highlight the items you have done. Here we go....

1. Started your own blog

2. Slept under the stars

3. Played in a band

4. Visited Hawaii

5. Watched a meteor shower

6. Given more than you can afford to charity

7. Been to Disneyland

8. Climbed a mountain

9. Held a praying mantis

10. Sang a solo

11. Bungee jumped

12. Visited Paris

13. Watched a lightning storm at sea

14. Taught yourself an art from scratch

15. Adopted a child

16. Had food poisoning

17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty

18. Grown your own vegetables

19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France

20. Slept on an overnight train

21. Had a pillow fight

22. Hitch hiked

23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill

24. Built a snow fort

25. Held a lamb

26. Gone skinny dipping

27. Run a Marathon

28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice

29. Seen a total eclipse

30. Watched a sunrise or sunset

31. Hit a home run

32. Been on a cruise

33. Seen Niagara Falls in person

34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors

35. Seen an Amish community

36. Taught yourself a new language

37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied

38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person

39. Gone rock climbing

40. Seen Michelangelo’s David

41. Sung karaoke

42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt

43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant

44. Visited Africa

45. Walked on a beach by moonlight

46. Been transported in an ambulance

47. Had your portrait painted

48. Gone deep sea fishing

49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person

50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris

51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling

52. Kissed in the rain

53. Played in the mud

54. Gone to a drive-in theater

55. Been in a movie

56. Visited the Great Wall of China

57. Started a business

58. Taken a martial arts class

59. Visited Russia

60. Served at a soup kitchen

61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies

62. Gone whale watching

63. Got flowers for no reason

64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma

65. Gone sky diving

66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp

67. Bounced a check

68. Flown in a helicopter

69. Saved a favorite childhood toy

70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial

71. Eaten Caviar

72. Pieced a quilt

73. Stood in Times Square

74. Toured the Everglades

75. Been fired from a job

76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London

77. Broken a bone

78. Been on a speeding motorcycle

79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person

80. Published a book

81. Visited the Vatican

82. Bought a brand new car

83. Walked in Jerusalem

84. Had your picture in the newspaper

85. Read the entire Bible

86. Visited the White House

87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating

88. Had chickenpox

89. Saved someone’s life

90. Sat on a jury

91. Met someone famous

92. Joined a book club

93. Lost a loved one

94. Had a baby

95. Seen the Alamo in person

96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake

97. Been involved in a law suit

98. Owned a cell phone

99. Been stung by a bee

100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own

I've done 52! How about you?