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Family Snorkeling Trip

2010-03-29T22:38:00.001-05:00

This last weekend our family decided to get our and enjoy nature. We did this by taking a trip to our reef, Barker's Reef. The reef is literally across the street with a 20 minute swim, from our house. Our kids are old enough that we can take them also. Kate loves it, and this trip she finally learned to use a snorkel.

Porter usually just floats in the shallows with dad, but he still has fun splashing in the water with his kitchen utensils, and throwing rocks that dad gets from the bottom of the ocean. Here is Porter floating in the shallows at the actual reef.

The Reef From below. The reef is teaming with life which makes it very fun to explore. We call the barracuda above "Barry" because we see him every trip. You cannot really tell in this picture, but he is probably a good 4-5 feet long. I know he is longer than Kate!!

These yellow guys are french grunts. They like to hang out in schools by rocks.Here is the rest of the family taking a breather at the surface. Kate and mom obviously giving the experience two thumbs up.We should have brought a picnic to enjoy at the reef on one of our breaks in the shallows.Some more pictures of the cool fish on the reef. We can see blue damsel fish everywhere, and if you look carefully under the rocks you can see a puffer fish look back at you with big googly eyes.On the swim out Porter is either really bored, or the soothing rocking of the waves put him to sleep. Either way Porter spends half of his time asleep.

We really enjoy going to the reef, and exploring the surroundings. We are trying to enjoy as much of Cayman as possible during the next two weeks. We sure will miss it, and all the water fun.

Kate and Daddy Snorkeling

2010-03-22T23:25:00.000-05:00

After almost 2 years on the island it is safe to say that Kate swims like a fish, and enjoys swimming with the fish. It is hard to believe that when we moved here she couldn't swim at all. Now she is swimming all over the Caribbean Sea. We like to go snorkeling together, and we enjoy "looking for two fishs" as Kate says.

Look Kate we found "one, blue fish".

When the Fish started to swarm around us Kate finally got a little nervous. To be fair though, so did her mom! It is a little scary because some of the fish are really big.

Thumbs up after finding loads of fish at Cemetary beach on a calm peaceful day..

Dora the explorer doesn't have anything on Kate. Kate loves to swim, and we are defeniteley going to miss the beach, the warm ocean water, and the tropical breezes.

New Fountains And Observation Tower At Camana Bay

2010-02-16T16:39:00.000-05:00

This past Monday it was Jeff's day off from school so we went to Camana Bay and saw the new observation tower and new fountains that they just put in. The observation tower was really cool, they had all theses cool pictures that they did with really small tile all the way up to the top of the tower. The observation tower is supposed to be the tallest building in Cayman and it looks over the whole island, it was really cool to see.

The well known, and smelly, dump, which is the next tallest thing in cayman.

Kate playing in the new fountains.

Look How Much Our Church Is Growing!!

2010-02-10T20:31:00.000-05:00

This is a picture taking about 8 months ago at youth conference. We had 6 youth in our branch

And this is a picture I took last night we have about 20 young women and young men. It has been so much fun to watch our branch grow as much as it has. We have had several youth get baptised and a few coming from primary. But look at us now. This is just proof that the church is growing so much everyday.

Random Beach Pics

2010-02-09T22:37:00.000-05:00

Across the street from my house, boy I am I going to miss living here.

We went to the beach to JUST play in the sand but my kids had other ideas.

Pool time with dad on his day off.

Early Valentine Gift's From Grammy!!

2010-02-05T21:10:00.000-05:00

Kate and Porter were very excited to get an early Valentine's present in the mail from Grammy this week. She sent them the crocs that they are wearing in the picture, which Porter was very excited about, and a few other little surprises. Thanks Grammy and Pappa Prothero.

Fun Fact About Grand Cayman

2010-01-25T21:12:00.000-05:00

Fun fact about Grand Cayman, on Sunday the movie theaters don't play rated R movies. Which I think is funny since Utah the mormon state doesn't even do that.

Back to Grand Cayman

2010-01-25T20:51:00.000-05:00

Since we have been back home our friends Austin and Heidy gave us a fish bowl and some rocks, so we had to get some gold fish to go with the bowl. We ended up getting to gold fish and named them Phineas and Ferb. They are pretty excited pets.

Also since we have been back it hasn't been that hot here so we have been taking advantage of it and we started walking to the park that is about 2 miles from our house. The kids favorite part about the park is the swings, if you can't tell by the pictures.

LOTS AND LOTS TO BLOG ABOUT, FIRST CHRISTMAS BREAK

2010-01-24T22:16:00.000-05:00

We went back to utah to visit family for Christmas break. We had so much fun spending time with family and friends, and Santa even found us at both Grandma's house.

This is one of Kate's many favorite presents, a vtech game system.

Porter's favorite present his red car, I think Kate was a little jealous.

Kate opening present at Grammy Wilson's house

Kate and Porter with Pappa having fun at the Christmas party

Porter and Kate spending time with their cousin Zoey

As many of you know we also took Porter to his doctors appoitments over Christmas break. I just wanted to give an update on Porter. We took Porter to the eye doctor, this is his cute picture after the appoitment with his awesome glasses on. With that appoitment the doctor said that Porter will need surgery on his eyes when we get back from Grand Cayman. That is a little scary and I'm not sure how the surgery is done but anytime you get surgery on your eye it just sounds scary.

Then we took Porter to the Neurologist at Primary Children's hospital, we saw a different doctor this time a neuromuscular specialist. Overall talking with us and watching Porter she thinks he might have a dopamine deficiency, so she started Porter on a dopamine supplement to see if that might help him. We can't get a diagnoses until we do genetic testing and that is expensive so it might be awhile before we find out. We have started Porter on the drug and he is doing well on it. We haven't seen dramtic changes yet but he does seem like he is walking better and he is not crossing his eyes as much. So overall the drug seems like a good thing.

Porter's Birthday

2009-12-06T20:09:00.000-05:00

This Past Thursday Porter turned 2 years old. We had a small little party for him with just a few of our friends over for cake and ice cream. I made Porter a puppy dog cake, that turned out ok. He at least liked it.

Kate had to help Porter open his presents.

Porter's favorite present a vibrater ball for his therapy.

Utah Here Come My Kids

2009-12-06T19:50:00.000-05:00

We leave for Utah in 2 days and you can say my kids are excited and ready to go. I at least know they will make it in a red bag with a yellow ribbon on it.

Happy Birthday Porter!!

2009-12-03T12:40:00.000-05:00

Porter turn's two today! I can't believe he is already two, he is getting so big. And yes, Porter never wears a shirt here.

Turkey Day!

2009-11-30T20:50:00.002-05:00

This Thanksgiving was a year of first's. Kier cooked her first turkey with her friend Megan. We spent our first Thanksgiving as a family on the island (last year Kier and the kids went home early). Lastly we hosted our first Thanksgiving at our house. While we missed our family we sure had a good time, and the food was delicious! Here are some of the highlights:

The turkey was so good Chad and I couldn't wait until it was carved off the bone to start eating it!!

Here we are in the middle of carving up the big ol' bird.

Kier making delicious rolls on the big day, and Kate is following in her steps.

Chad and Megan making the stuffing with some help from the magic bullet.

New Moon Need I Say More!

2009-11-29T22:12:00.000-05:00

New moon finally made it Grand Cayman about a week later, so I got a bunch of girls from my branch together and went to the opening night. We had a blast together and the movie was so much better than Twilight.

Pirate's Week Part 1

2009-11-16T19:22:00.000-05:00

PiRatE's WEeK 2009

Every year at this time Grand Cayman is invaded by pirates. This year was no different. This is the ship the pirates came on, and pirates week 2009 has started.

Here are some of the scruvy dogs that invaded Grand Cayman ( Ok, really they are just old people dressed up).

Fortunately they had security to catch most of them. Ok, not really they are just actors.

Porter even started to feel the pirate heritage of the island.

Kate, Allie, and Katie enjoying the show.

Our friends Austin, Heidy, Allie, and Katie. They actually got into pirates week and all dressed up.

Our friends Megan and Chad enjoying the good food that they have during pirates week.

Kate looking tough with her sword.

HaPpY HaLLowEen

2009-11-04T22:09:00.001-05:00

Since we are living in Grand Cayman we celebrated Halloween a little bit different this year. Not everybody celebrates Halloween here so you can't really go trick or treating around neighborhoods, but there are a few shopping centers that have Halloween parties.

First we went to Grand Harbor with some of Kate's friends and let them go to all the stores to trick or treat. This was the best trick or treating I have ever seen by the way, they give the kids at least one to two big candy bars and then a hand full of other candies.

Next we went to Camana Bay and they had a big Halloween Party.

Kate was a Pink cupcake which Grammy (my mom) made for her, and Porter was Superman.

Kate and Allie got to paint pumpkins at Camana bay

Kate, Allie, and Katie with Austin

Superman meets his match.

It was a dramatic night, and even Superman had to retire to bed sometime

Felt Food

2009-10-14T22:52:00.000-05:00

My new obsession is Felt Food. When I was home for summer Jeff's cousin Megan gave me this idea on her blog. She has been making the cutest felt food for her little girl. I decided I needed to take up this new project and purchase some patterns off of etsy. Diane helped me get all the supplies and get started while I was visiting this summer. Since I have been back I have put together some fruit and doughnuts. Aren't they so cute. Kate just loves them and everytime I make something new it's just like Christmas.

Homemade Halloween Crafts

2009-10-14T22:37:00.000-05:00

It's Halloween again and since we are poor medical students and live on a island that doesn't celebrate Halloween we decided to make some homemade crafts.

These are salt dough ghost, I found the idea on familyfun.com. They were so easy and Kate loved helping me fix and shape the dough into ghost.
Recipe: 1 c Flour
1 c salt
1/2c water
and mix all together then shape into ghost and microwave 30 sec at a time for about 2 min or untill hard. SO EASY!

This is my clip on bats, aren't they so cute. For this all I did was get black construction paper cut out a bat and glue onto a clothes pin.

This is my pumpkin people, I found this idea on Martha Stewart, mine doesn't look exactly the same but still cute.

http://www.marthastewart.com/article/felt-pumpkin-people?&backto=true&backtourl=/photogallery/creepy-crafts?

Fun Video of Porter

2009-10-13T19:40:00.000-05:00

I just wanted to post some fun video of Porter finding his belly, learning to stand on his tipy toes and doing excersize with his dad.

Rainy Days!

2009-10-07T22:01:00.000-05:00

This past weekend we had a few hours of down pour at our house, so Jeff took the kids outside and let them run around in it and get socking wet. We have been having rain like this for the past month and my kids are loving the rainy season.

The Chicken Who Lives Outside Our Front Door

2009-10-04T21:02:00.000-05:00

This is the little Chicken who lives outside our front door, the little hen found that the tree pot was a nice little nest. She started by laying 4 eggs and two days later their were 14 eggs. She is now going to be our hen so we don't have to go to the store anymore. Ok, not really.

Movie Night

2009-09-29T21:44:00.000-05:00

Over the past 3 weeks we have started a new family tradition of Movie night. Every friday Jeff picks up a treat at the store, we pop popcorn (Porter loves pop corn by-the-way!) and watch a kids movie with all of our blankets and pillows. It's the kids new favorite thing to do. They want everynight to be movie night.

Update Part 2

2009-09-20T20:02:00.001-05:00

One of the most fun parts of our trip back to the states was going to one of our favorite places on earth, the cabin in Island Park. It was perfect weather, the place was just as beautiful as we remember it, and it was a relaxing time. The guys fished for most of the time, and the girls had fun going to West Yellowstone, and taking Joey to see Old Faithful for her first time. Jeff decided to get Porter started fishing early, and so the top picture is him and Porter out in water enjoying the awesomeness of the cabin. Jeff says he had another great fishing memory this trip. He says there are many memories up there, many involving fishing, but this time he caught the biggest fish he has ever caught on fly. He was catching the normal small fish for the three days, but on one cast when he was moving down river, a huge splash hit is pole and then his pool bent in half. He had to hurry and put the extra line back on his reel, because he could tell it was a big one. It was a good thing he did because the fish kept taking the line off. After the initial hit of the fly, the fish stayed deep in the water so he was afraid that he was going to pull up a big ol’ white fish. Then all of a sudden he saw it flash, and he yell’s no it’s a white rainbow! It’s not a white fish. Fortunately Jeff’s dad was sitting on the cabin deck when all this happened, and was able to snap a few photos, check out this HOG: And sure enough it is not a white fish, but a nice rainbow. If you still don’t believe us just ask Kate is it is a white one, and she will tell you “no its not a white one. It’s a rainbow!”

This is Jeff teaching the kids to fish, while the girls were at the Playmill theatre. We have many memories of fishing on Henry’s Fork in these aluminum boats, and I guess it is time for our kids to start having some memories too. Unfortunately they did not catch anything, but they did have a few bites, with two kids I am surprised that they even got some bites! Kate was probably glad that they did not catch anything because she is very afraid of fish, even one on the end of a 9 foot fishing pole!! The other things that we did was just spend the afternoons outside. Here are the boys hanging out by the river, with the BB gun just in case something big comes along.

Porter even got into the mountain fever, and loved playing outside. I wasn’t sure if the kids would want to come home with us when it was time. Kate and Porter found out that they love to eat Cup O noodles. We had Cup O noodles everyday for lunch and as you can tell by Porter’s smile that he is lovin’ it.

The girls took Joey to Yellowstone for the first time ever in her life. So naturally they gave her the full experience. Here they are posing at the forest cocktail, which is a family tradition. Porter and Kate even go in on it, I didn’t quite know what I was doing, but looking at the pic, either did Joelle, Haha!

Grandma Wilson with her two granddaughters, pretty cute. Here we are waiting at Old Faithful, for a good long time.

Back in Springville, I swear Porter spent half his time just like this picture, simply staring at Reg and Sam the two dogs. I think it is pretty obvious that we need to get a dog when we settle down somewhere. Who knows when that will be though.

Well on our last night with the Wilson’s we went out to Carrabba’s, and we just finished dinner when we get a phone call from Natalie and Spencer, who were watching our kids. Natalie tells us that Porter hit his head and that we should come home because he has a pretty big goose egg. Both Jeff and I don’t panic because we are thinking he probably just hit his head on the counter, and it is no big deal. We were surprised when we got home, because he was pretty banged up. We asked Natalie what happened, and she told us that Spencer was pushing Porter in his stroller while they went to go and see the horses. Spencer was pushing the stroller parallel to the curb, and he accidentally hit the curb, and bam Porter fell out and hit his face on the the curb. He had a pretty good scrap on his forehead, but his poor nose took the majority of the trauma. I think his whole nostril was scabbed up. He sure takes his licks, but he is still a happy little boy.

Lastly the kids enjoyed helping their grandpa Prothero with the four wheelers. Here they are helping him get them out and put them back. Kate also enjoyed riding her bike, and she spent most of our down time on her bike.

Update Part 1

2009-09-14T21:30:00.005-05:00

We are back on the Island, and we had a great vacation with a lot going on. Our vacation started when Jeff got sick a few days before the kids and me were supposed to leave to go to Utah. Two days after Jeff got sick I did too. Not only did I get sick but the kids did also. It was a really bad bug and I haven’t been that sick for a long time, so we tried to call the airlines and ask if we cold postpone our flight to another day for medical reasons, but it would cost $1000, so we just left anyway. I felt like I was going to die in the Atlanta airport pushing the kids and my luggage through customs and going back to seceruity, but we made it to Utah. In Utah I still felt like I was having difficulty in breathing so we stopped at the insta-care to get checked out. The doctor said I had swine-flu, and should just rest and relax. I wish I would not have gotten sick, and I am sorry I flew with the swine flu, but we are poor medical students and we couldn’t afford $1000. On the good side, we don’t have to worry about swine flu this fall, at least the H1N1 flu, as we are already immune to the swine flu. So was our whole sick flight to Utah a blessing in disguise. I wish that I could have gotten a less severe vaccinatin than the acquired immunity that we got! Once I got home it was time to prepare for and mourn for Steve leaving on a mission. My little brother is now a missionary! I can’t believe it. He had the tough adjustment time that first night, and that first week in the MTC that, according to Jeff, every missionary has, but is now doing well in Indianapolis. I posted a few of his pictures that we took the night before he went into the MTC, just show how proud I am of my little brother, but to also show, my most evident proof that I had the swine flu. As a result of the swine flu I developed Bell’s Palsy. It is a paralysis of one side of the face. For me it was my right side of my face. When I say paralysis, I mean complete loss of movement. In the next picture I am trying to smile, and that is all that I could do.! I promise that I am not as ticked off as I appear, haha! I am glad to say that now I am pretty much recovered, and that I am slowly getting my face back.

My Parent's with my little brother, before we went to the MTC.

We think Porter missed the island life while back in Utah, because he insisted on wearing a patch. Maybe he just took the pirate heritage of the island to heart. I guess that is what happens when you live more of your life on the island than off like Porter. What really happened is that we noticed that was going crossed eyed, so we took him to an eye doctor right when we got back to Utah. Well the doctor asked us when we started to notice the cross-eyed? We told him a couple of months ago. He said well you should have brought him in right away, he is probably blind in that eye now. I was surprised and shocked at the doctors rudeness. Especially when in all of Jeff’s text books it says that the cross-eye, as long as it is caught before the age of 6 then it can be corrected. The doctor then told me that we will try an eye patch and see how he does. We put the patch on for 4 hours a day and we see improvement. He does such a good job with it on. He does not try to take it off, he cries a little when we put it on, but then he is fine. Before we leave we go back to the stupid eye doctor, who looks at Porter for a total of two minutes, but then says, well I can’t look at him now, he won’t let me. But he is going to need surgery to correct the cross. Jeff and I are shocked and ask, what I thought the patch was supposed to correct that. He says no the patch is just to see if the eye works. We ask Then why did we have to have him wear the patch for so long? Then the doctor just gets mad, because we are asking questions, and tells us to just get the surgery on the island. Needless to say, when we get back we have an appointment with Primary’s to get a second opinion.

Grand Cayman Branch Slideshow

2009-07-08T20:58:00.001-05:00

This is a video that my friend's David and Shalynna put together for the branch talent show. I hope she doesn't mind that I am posting it, but I wanted to share with all of you how cute our little branch is.

Kate Turns 4 Years Old

2009-07-07T20:56:00.007-05:00

On the 4th of July, when we really wanted Kate to be born, we decided to celebrate Kate's 4th birthday (Her birthday is actually tomorrow if anyone cares). Anyway, we had a really good party, mostly adults with a few of Kate's friends. We had a pool party by the beach, and it was awesome. We had watermelon -a rare delicacy here because it is so expensive, cupcakes, a good Mexican corn dip, a very good home made jalepeno cheese ball, some sour licorice candy, rice crispy treats, PB&J sandwiches and of course flip-flop birthday cake. We swam, talked and enjoyed the heat, which is a regular occurrence on the island. Good times, and we can't believe that Kate is already 4, CRAZY!

Kate checking out her cool cake that mom made for her. I bet she is thinking "this is totally my style." Dude enjoying a yummy rice crispy treat, on the "grass" by the pool. The grass is mostly weeds with very poky grass. The food, our friends the Taylor's, our friend Katie and her daughter Jewels, and Shalynna, and lastly the yummy food and presents.

Kate's big present was this Disney princess table. She also got a watch, our old digital camera, a puzzle, some ear rings, some cash, tennis shoes (from grammy Prothero), and a play wooden b-day cake (from grammy Prothero). As you can tell she loves the table.

Kate and Porter having tea and biscuits on their, I mean Kate's, new table.

Walks, Docks And The Beach

2009-06-27T21:37:00.004-05:00

The other day we went to the beach with the kids to enjoy the sunset. It turned out to be a really good break from the norm. We enjoyed the sunset, and Kate and Porter enjoyed playing on the dock. Here are a couple of pictures that show how much fun we had. Kate watching the sunset. (she wouldn't hold still long enough to get a good in focus picture) I guess that Porter thinks that the sunset is pretty funny Dude is walking all over the place, even in the sand at the beach. Which is actually a big deal if you know Dude.

Kate is getting pretty bold. She likes to jump into the pool, and now off the dock.

Zoey's Blessing Day

2009-06-27T21:13:00.004-05:00

This past Sunday my favorite little niece Zoey was blessed. We were very sad that we weren't able to be there but I wanted to post these cute pictures of her in her beautiful blessing dress.

Rob, Zoey and Nat

Look how cute she is, we can't wait to meet her when we come back to Utah.

Temple Trip

2009-06-25T18:35:00.004-05:00

This past week my little brother went through the Mt. Timpanogos temple for the first time, It was such a great experience for him. I am so proud of my little brother and the young man he is turning out to be. Can't wait to come home and go to the temple with him. Congrats Steve with everything. My parent's and Steve at the temple. My Grandpa and Grandma Prothero with Steve at the temple. (I just had to put this picture up, because look at my Grandpa's face he looks so happy to be there. )

"I'm a real boy!"

2009-06-23T17:20:00.003-05:00

Ever since Porter started to walk he has transformed into a new kid. He is getting into everything now. Sometimes he just wanders around the house not really doing anything, just wandering. If someone goes outside or leaves a door open he runs, at least tries to run, as fast as he can to make it outside. Once outside he loves to play in the dirt. He picks up rocks and throws them, at the beach he picks up piles of sand and just lets it fall from his fist. It doesn't bother him at all to get dirty, or wet, which is exactly opposite of how Kate was. As Pinocchio says at the end of Shrek 2 after he got hit with fairy godmother's magic wand "I'm a real boy, I'm a real boy!!" Unfortunatly being a real boy comes with its share of pain and injury. Porter was outside the other day, exploring what people here call a yard, and he came back with a red swollen hand. It did not bother him that much it just looked really sad. We are pretty sure that he just got bit by a fire ant, or an iguana, not sure which one, but look at his poor hand. :(

It is the hand that is further back in this picture. He is doing fine now, and the swelling has gone done considerablly.

Drinkin' Buddies

2009-06-21T14:50:00.005-05:00

The older the Porter gets the more his sister and him are able to do together. They enjoy playing in their room together, chasing each other around the house, and watching Disney TV (especially Phineas and Ferb, and Immagination Movers). One of their favorite things to do is to sit on the couch and drink sippy cups together. The following sequence of pictures is pretty funny, and it makes us wonder what they are drinking in their cups!!

Kate and Porter during one of their movie watching times. Notice they both like to drink from sippy cups now.

Taking a nice long pull of their favorite drink. Looks refeshingly delicious.

We know this is a bad picture, but this is what made us question if Porter and Kate are actually drinking only water in their cups (or maybe their apple juice has sit out in the sun for a little to long!!)? "Feelin a littel tipsy Porter?" I think we had to cut him off after this drink! Porter and Kate feelin' the affects of their "juice" and I think it is safe to say they like it. When all is done and said, these two always seem to have fun together no matter what they are doing.

Look How Big Porter Is Getting!

2009-06-19T10:34:00.002-05:00

One Of Our Many Adventures With Dewey and Brit

2009-06-13T21:42:00.007-05:00

While Dewey and Brit were here we had many adventures with them, to name a few our fridge broke, our washer machine broke, and Jeff locked the keys in the car. As you have read in previous posts we took my parents to the fish fry on Sunday. Dewey and Brit decided they wanted to try it too. As we arrive we all get out of the car pop the trunk and Jeff locks the door and we all shut our doors. Then I hear "OH CRAP, I locked the keys in the car." We are an hour away from home, are phones are in the car too, so what do we do now? Well, you know in the middle of back seats of some cars there is the middle thing that folds down, well ours opens to the trunk so Dewey decided she was going to try and fit in there, and Dewey is pretty small, but the hatch thing is a lot smaller, looking at the pictures though I am surprised at how far Dewey actually made it into the car. So then we decided to make Kate fit through the small hole, and that didn't go good at all. Then Jeff realized that we have a really "nice" car and the back rests of the back seats aren't really attached and they come off a little bit so both him and Dewey climbed in the trunk and Jeff pushed the seat forward and Dewey squeezed her body through the opening and unlocked the door. YEAH DEWEY!!! We were so happy. After that we went and had some really really good fish, and bought our hereo Dewey a cold one (a coke that is!).

This is Dewey in the trunk trying to fit through the hole. This is DEWEY's head sticking out the other end. We are glad she did not get stuck

Climbing out!

YUMMY FISH! You have to come visit us just to have the fish.

STING RAY WITH DEWEY AND BRIT

2009-06-13T20:31:00.013-05:00

This past week Dewey and her shorty Brit came to see us and to get a tan. One of things we did with them was take them to Sting Ray City on our friends boat. We had a ton of fun with them. And they definetly got their tan. It took both of them to hold the sting ray that is how big they are. On the boat trip you stop and go snorkeling for a little bit and this is how Kate did her snorkeling, on her dad's back with the snorkel in her mouth.

The Fam Dewey and Brit trying to get Porter to like them.

A kiss like that is 7 years of good luck, if you decide to get really friendly with it and give it a frenchy you get good luck for life!

Brit trying to get Kate to touch the sting ray. Kate learning how to sun bath with the girls.

I HATE SPIDERS!

2009-06-12T22:38:00.007-05:00

Living in Grand Cayman where it is hot, and humid we have a lot of bugs. We actually have been really lucky because all we have had have been the occasional sugar ant. But lately it has been getting really hot here and we have been finding a few more bugs in our house. Our house is actually sprayed every month so once they enter our house they usually die. Lately we have been seeing a few cock roaches and that is it, until today..................I was cleaning my house after my favorite guests, Dewey and Brittney, had just left. As I picked up the pool matts there was the biggest SPIDER I have ever seen, and I really, really don't like spiders. It didn't move so I thought maybe it was dead, but I was not going to take the chance. I grabbed the closest thing to me, which was Jeff's shoe, and squished it. Then after I composed myself again I picked up the shoe and it moved a little so I squished it one more time really good. I then started thinking what if it wasn't dead still, and after that thought I really couldn't pick up that shoe. So I went next door to the condo office and asked Aileen (our condo manager) if she could get Gorege ( the mantience guy) to come get the spider, but she said she would come get it. So she came in and it was dead but she was so mad at me for killing the spider, she kept saying poor spider, poor Little guy, but I kept thinking " What about me? How about poor Kieren"? REALLY who cares about the big huge ugly spider that was the size of my palm!!!!

Picture of the spider that I found.

Hair Cut Time

2009-06-09T14:27:00.006-05:00

This past week Dewey and her roommate Brittney came to visit us, to our luck Brittney knew how to do hair. So everybody in the family got hair cuts. It was Porter's first hair cut and he did not enjoy it at all. But it looks really good now that is done.

This is Brittney trying to cut his hair and me holding his hands down.

All I can say is Brit you have mad skills and we have loved having you and Dewey here. Thanks for the hair cuts.

This is Kate getting her first hair cut were she didn't scream at all.

Steve Got His Mission Call

2009-06-05T09:30:00.003-05:00

INDIANAPOLIS HERE STEVE COMES

This last Thursday my little brother Steve got his mission call to Indianapolis, Indiana. He is leaving Aug 5 to go into the MTC.I know he is going to be the best missionary and everybody there is going to love him. We are so excited for him and so proud of him. He has been the best little brother, and I'm going to miss him tons. Congrats Steve we are proud of you. Steve reading his mission call.

Youth Conference 2009

2009-05-31T21:46:00.005-05:00

Youth Conference 2009

Our service project for Youth Conference was to clean the church. The girls had to wear gloves to clean the windows and yes, even the boys had to wear gloves. And we even got Austin our young men's leader to clean a window or two.

We were so proud of our boys for getting on their hands and knees and cleaning the floor.

We played a game where they had to build lighthouses. And

they did a pretty good job with what they had.

What Did Daddy Do?

2009-05-25T10:03:00.004-05:00

Over the past few weeks Porter has decided that he won't take a bottle from Jeff anymore, only from me. The other night I was baking trying to get everything ready for Youth Conference and it was time for Porter to go down to bed, I didn't' have time to feed him, so Jeff kept trying to get him to take a bottle from him and he wouldn't. I grabbed Porter and set him on the couch with his bottle and he took it. All I could say to Jeff is, " What did you do to him? I can't believe he would rather drink his bottle on the couch then take it from you?" How sad is that?

What did Daddy do to you?

Look Who's Walking

2009-05-23T18:32:00.004-05:00

We have all been long awaiting this moment, and it is finally here! Porter decided that it is time to start walking. He will readily walk between the couch and me, and is slowly but surely getting closer to walking on his own. We are very excited and very proud of him. Hope you enjoy the video as much as we do.

Star Fish Star Fish

2009-05-20T10:23:00.004-05:00

We recently discovered a hidden secret spot on the island. This doesn't sound possible due to the small size of the island, but there is actually a spot on the island that is not that well known. It is a spot just after the resort Kai bo, and it is populated with giant star fish. We did not believe it until we went to see for ourselves. We were expecting the small, soft star fish that you see at Sea World, but what we found were large, hard and spiny star fish that were really cool.

This star fish was actually dead when we found it, so we took it home.

Steve holding a cool star fish. We think it looks like a communist star!

They had really cool texture, and were fun to poke and look at.

Turtle Turtle

2009-05-14T20:37:00.009-05:00

After we swam with the dolphins we decided to go and see some more marine life. This time we went with marine reptiles, sea turtles. Grand Cayman is home of the turtle farm, which raises sea turtles for local consumption. They also release a certain percentage of their turtles into the wild, but the majority of the turtles will wind up on someones dinner plate. I think Grand Cayman is the only country left in the world that you can actually eat sea turtle, and it actually doesn't taste that bad. At the turtle farm you see turtles that are old enough to breed, and they are huge. You also see yearling turtles that you are able pickup and hold, and get some cool pics.

Pappa and Kate

Awww! I guess they are kinda cute animals. Kate getting to know a turtle.

Good job Steve!

We think their shells are really pretty. We actually almost bought three of them, which is legal here, but then we learned that you can't bring the shells back to the states, bummer!

SWIMMING WITH THE DOLPHINS

2009-05-13T10:27:00.010-05:00

When my parents were here I finally got to fulfill one of my lifelong dreams, I actually got to swim with a dolphin!! Steve, Jeff, Kate also joined me. It was a lot of fun. We spent about a half hour in the water with the dolphin. We were afraid that Kate would be scared to death of the big dolphin, but she wasn't and actually all she wanted to do was go out to the deep end and swim, not necessarily with the dolphin but just swim (I guess not even the fear of giant swimming mammal will stand between her and swimming!). While we were in the water we got to kiss the dolphin, "dance" with the dolphin, be pushed on a boogie board by the dolphin, and grab onto the pectoral fins of the dolphin and get pulled by it. It was a unanimous decision that the dolphin pull was the best part. Over all it was a fun activity.

This is us in orientation! Yippee! The whole time we were thinking do we really need to be here? How hard can it be? Don't touch the eyes, blowhole, and genitals got it. Let's swim. Our life jackets were a little small, well more like short, but all I can think of when I see this picture is "Fat guy in a little coat." This is us trying to get Kate to kiss the dolphin, but She would have none of it and thinking are you kidding me? I am not kissing that dolphin!

Here I am getting pushed around by the dolphin

Steve kissing the dolphin, and just so you know this took Steve three times to do. He kept turning his head the wrong way so they couldn't get a picture. He acted like it was because he didn't know his left from his right, which might be the case, but I also think he likes kissing dolphins. Oh Steve, it's a requirement to know your left and rights to go on a mission. Me, getting dragged by the dolphin, this was the best part. Jeff going in for a big one!!

Free time with the dolphin or at least that is what they called it. If you want you can play the game, "which arm's belong to the locals?" Steve getting pushed by the dolphins. Kate getting to touch the dolphin.

Fish Fry

2009-05-12T22:30:00.008-05:00

On Sunday after church we took a drive to east end to sight see. However the only site to see was the wreck of the ten sails, and the ocean (unless you wanted to stop and watch some lame blowholes). The best part of the trip was the fish fry.One of the stops, the ship wreck of the ten sails. This is basically it. There was a boat sticking out of the water but it was to far away and too small to see, but I heard it is good for SCUBA diving. The famous fish. This fish is so, and I mean so good. The place you get the fish is at a little shack next to a gas station. The lady that does the fish fry only opens her shack/restaurant on Sundays, so we went after church to eat the fish. She does offer Barracuda, Wahoo, Mahi and other fish choices, but if you go with locals you know the only real choice you have is "do I order the small or large red snapper?" It is kind of like Russel's diner in Long Beach. You go there, trusting grandpa Wilson, for one thing only: the hamburger, and a slice of pie. When you leave you are never disappointed. So this is the large snapper. You simply tell the lady what fish you want, she puts seasoning on it and some flour, then throws it in the fryer. It comes with three fritters, basically a sweeter and heavier scone. If you really know what you are doing you get it with onions, which are cooked with a pickled scottish bonnet pepper mixture, and boy are they good! The dinning room.

I only have two words, yummy yummy.

Our Trip To Sting Ray City

2009-05-10T15:45:00.011-05:00

Kate has been counting down the days and it finally came; Grandma, Grandpa and Steve came to visit. They got here Thursday night and had a fun time getting here. They got delayed in Houston because of construction in Miami, and they ended up arriving in Grand Cayman an hour late with no bags.

WELCOME TO GRAND CAYMAN.

The next day their bags came, and boy were we all very happy to see those bags.

To make that afternoon my friend Michelle called me and said they had room on their sail boat and asked if we would like to go. Of course we went, who can pass up a trip to sting ray city. We had a blast but it's kind of werid having these huge sting rays rub up against you in the water.

My Family at Sting Ray City Mom being crazy and holding a sting ray.

Jeff, also crazy, holding a sting ray.

My Mom and Dad

Chip our caption Jeff, Steve and the kids enjoying the sail ride back.

Happy Mother's Day!!

2009-05-10T14:58:00.004-05:00

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY!!

What a Mother's Day, both of my kids have Roseola and our home sick. I went to to church by myself to teach young women's and when I came home Kate, Porter and Jeff had made me a Mother's Day card. It was the best Mother's Day present ever...... and in it had some money $$ to go buy a purse. :)

We also want to say Happy Mother's Day to all our family and friends, we miss you and love you.

And yes her shirt is on backwards can't trust the husband to get the kids dressed.

VIDEO OF MY LITTLE SWIMMER

2009-04-26T12:33:00.003-05:00

Here is some video of Kate jumping in the pool and swimming.

SWIMMING LIKE A FISH

2009-04-26T11:26:00.006-05:00

Kate is turning into quite a good swimmer. When we first moved down here, she was afraid of the water. She would not let go of mom or dad, and she wanted nothing to do with putting her head or even face underwater. Well, times have changed! Now she has no fear of the water. She jumps in from the side of the pool, swims with her head fully underwater, and keeps her eyes wide open to take in all of the fun. She will go back to the states not knowing how to ride a bike, but will swim like a champ! Oh, by the way the only time she is afraid of the water now is when we see big fish in the ocean, like stingrays, which she calls whales.

Eyes wide shut.

Swimming like a fish!

Water baby!

My CUTE KIDS

2009-04-25T09:09:00.006-05:00

Believe it or not, but sometimes it is just too cold here to go swimming. Usually it is because of the wind chill! It gets really windy at our house, and the wind makes it so it is not quite hot enough to go out to the pool, yet it is still to hot to go outside and sit. Sometimes we just need to do stuff inside, like clean and study. Bottom line sometimes we just can't go outside. On days like this our kids sit by our front door, which is a big sliding glass door, and just watch the comings and goings outside our house. They watch dogs chase chickens, roosters fighting, people coming and going, or whatever else is going on outside wishing they were out there.

Porter wanting to play in the poolKate wishing she was outside. Observing the outside world. This is Kate after MOM cut her bangs just a little to short.

Waistin' Away in Margaritaville

2009-04-24T15:28:00.014-05:00

As Spring Break continues we headed down to Margaritaville to have some fun with our friends. Margaritaville, is based on Jimmy Buffet's life style. They have good beer food, i.e. french fries, nachos, onion rings, an actual "cheeseburger in paradise", which we ordered and was pretty good, and of course they have margarita's. We didn't try the margarita's though. They play Jimmy Buffet songs over and over, along with Kenny Chesney beach songs. It is overall a good relaxin' time in the sun, sand and tropics.

We met Katie and Robert, their kids, and Michelle and Chip also wth their kids there. Bryan came with us, he is our little tag along over the break :), and we love him. Later his wife Laura meet us their for dinner.

Jeff, Porter and Bryan waistin' away in Margaritaville Porter being mad about sitting in the cute chair, and maybe he doesn't like Jimmy Buffet music? The YUMMY nachos we got.

Porter getting EATEN by a shark wondering why am I here. They had this cool water slide that I first had to go on with Kate twice before she decided she was big enough to go alone. This is her being a big girl going all by her self.

She went down that slide again and again and again. Jeff and Porter just chilling.

Under The Sea

2009-04-23T08:56:00.012-05:00

I this is what carribean medical students do on break. Since break Jeff has been going out snorkeling with his friends and me very often. We tend to go out to the reef just outside our house, because we see a lot of cool things. For example: We see huge, I am talking bigger then Kate, Barricuda everytime, we actually call him "Barry" because we see him everytime we go out, and he likes to follow you to the reef. We see nurse sharks, sea turtles, tons of fish and coral, it is way fun.

A Nice big trumpet fish

This was really cool, and it literally came straight at our friend Bryan, with it's mouth wide open, fortunately it swam off, and we swam after it, trying to get a better pic, but this is the best we got. It was really cool. You can see the eel with it's mouth wid open right in the middle of the pic., and you can sense the fear of Bryan as he tried to get a good pic.

See him in the sand?

Cool little blue fish, swimming in coral that burns really bad when you rub against it!!

Looking for Nemo.

The EASTER Bunny Found Us In Grand Cayman

2009-04-20T18:27:00.010-05:00

It appears that the Easter Bunny found our kids, even though they live on a small, remote sand bar. He even delivered baskets and eggs for the kids. Kate was happy to find mostly pool toys in her basket, while Porter found a few books, and other Easter treats. If you were wondering, Kate does not take after her dad, as she had no problem finding her basket on Easter morning. We are not sure, but we think that the kids had no idea why they got presents before church Easter Sunday, which to them was just any other Sunday, but I am sure they are thankful that the Easter Bunny left them some surprises.

Kate's basket Porter's basket

Busy Busy Easter Weekend

2009-04-15T09:52:00.011-05:00

Busy Busy Easter weekend. First on Friday we went to my friend Michelle's house to color eggs

and have a Easter egg hunt. For the egg hunt the girls decided that they needed to wear their princess dresses to go find their eggs. It was pretty cute watching a bunch of girls in dresses and one boy trying to find their eggs. On Saturday morning we went to the church to have a Easter egg hunt with the primary. Porter also found his new look on Easter. He thinks he looks pretty hot in his dad's sunglasses. Next we stopped by Caymana Bay for the Easter party. The kids got free snow cones and cotton candy. We also got to find eggs and then turn them in for candy. It was a lot of fun. Later that day we went to Dart park to have a Easter BBQ with our good friends. We had a good time hanging out with friends and the kids had fun playing in a blow up castle that was there. The kids had a blast and we didn't have to worry about them. Later that day Kate and Katie decided to build a fire with leaves, the bottom right picture is them playing with their fire, it was pretty cute.

After we went to church on Sunday. Then we went to our other friend Christina's house for a BBQ and an Easter egg hunt. This is a picture of all the kids after they found their eggs. This a picture of the kids running to find their eggs.

Baby Zoey Is Finally Here

2009-04-09T19:41:00.009-05:00

I'm a little behind on blogging, but about 2 weeks ago my sister-in-law Natalie and her husband Rob, but we all know him as "Wob", had a baby girl named Zoey Revoe Sjoberg. She was born on March 25, she weighed 7 lbs and 11oz and was 19 inches long, or that is the story we got. Since we are in Grand Cayman we were not able to confirm the actual weight and length, but the in-laws did very good in making us feel like we were in the hospital with Natalie. They gave us hourly updates over the phone, just to let us know how Natalie was progressing. After the delivery they even skyped us to show us the new addition to our growing extended family. Technology is amazing. We felt like we were truly there, we saw Zoey in all her glorious cuteness, we saw the proud grandparents, and we even saw Rob holding the baby, which surprised us all! We all think it is fun, and kinda' weird for our kids to have an actual cousin, but we are excited that baby Zoey is here. She is very adorable, and looks just like Natalie, well from the pictures we have seen.

The Proud Parents Baby Zoey pre bath Baby Zoey post bath (Look how cute) Aunt Dewey with Baby Zoey

Uncle Spencer with Baby Zoey

Our Track Star

2009-04-01T20:52:00.004-05:00

I don't know if this is how track stars are made, but Kate's new favorite thing to do is to run back and forth in front of our house. She does it all day long. She can't start running until we say " On your mark, get set, go!" And she thinks she is the fast runner ever, you can judge for yourself, but it's pretty cute.

Doggy Dog Show

2009-03-29T14:06:00.009-05:00

This past weekend Jeff and I took the kids to the Humane Society dog show down by Caymana Bay. They had an area where they had contests for dog owners to enter their dogs in and there was a ton of people with dogs walking around. Kate thought she was in dog heaven. We ended up running into our friends Heidy and her kids. Kate and Katie went around to every dog in that park and had to pet it and say hi. They thought this was the best thing ever.

Porter even enjoyed petting a dog or two. They even thought the huge great dane was cool.

Ally and Porter bored out of their minds. Ally is afraid of dogs so she sat

in the stroller with Porter.

Busted

2009-03-28T20:30:00.003-05:00

Here is the cutest picture of Porter getting busted for getting under the bathroom cupboard and getting into mom's stuff. At least he was brushing his teeth. Can't get to mad at him for that.

What Porter does all day everyday!

2009-03-28T19:41:00.003-05:00

Porter is almost sixteen months and still not walking. Over the past few months we have been pushing and working with him big time to get him to walk. At Christmas time we got him a toy that he could push and walk with, and for the longest time he hasn't liked it because it goes to fast on the tile floor. Finally after months of thinking of a idea we came up with the idea of putting rice in a bag and putting the bag on the back of the toy to weight it down, and it worked. This is now Porter's new favorited toy. I'm not even joking when I tell you this is what he does all the time is push it back and forth and back and forth. We are hoping that it will help and he will soon just start walking. So everybody cross your fingers that we can get him to walk soon.

One Of The Many Play Date's

2009-03-23T08:25:00.009-05:00

Every Friday a bunch of mom's and I get together and have craft play date. We get together at Michelle's house and she provides all these cute craft ideas for the kids to do. But it is usually the mom's doing the crafts and the kids playing. This last Friday we bagged the crafts and decided to let the kids swim and play. Terri-Maurie with her baby Olivia and JenJen again, doesn't she look cute

Kate and Castlin (Jen daughter)

Kate, Callie (Katie's daughter)and Katie(Michelle's daughter)

They are all 3 years old. Does anybody know what we were drinking when we were all pregnant with our kids? They're name's are all alike, well practically the same.

Jeff's White Coat Ceremony

2009-03-19T10:01:00.007-05:00

Over this past weekend we had Jeff''s White Coat Ceremony. You may wonder what exactly is a white coat ceremony? It's a ceremony where they honor all the medical students for choosing to be a doctor and they give them their first white coat that they will wear during clinical rotations. His class chose to have the ceremony at restaurant Pappagallo's, which is a local island restaurant. Previous classes had their white coat ceremony at the Ritz Carlton, but it got to expensive for most students to pay for, so the school wanted to have the ceremony at the school. Most of the students did not want that to happen, and if you have seen the lecture halls you would know why!

It turned out to be a nice venue, with appetizers, and punch. Their was also a bar that many students took advantage of. While it was a nice ceremony, and it feels good to have a white coat, the fact of the matter is that he still has to work hard to pass all his classes, so that one day he can wear my white coat as a doctor, not a medical student.

Jeff and I after the white coat ceremony. Doesn't he look so handsome in his white coat. The only picture I could get of Jeff putting his white coat on, in my other pictures someone stood up right in front of my camera.

Jeff and his friends. (Jeff, Luke, Austin, and Marco) The future doctors.

Heidy and me. This is Austin's wife and they our are good friends on the island.

More friends from medical school. (Prijia, Khushbu, Jeff, Austin)

A Day With The Dolphins

2009-03-08T17:07:00.011-05:00

Over this past weekend the local dolphin cove had a family day. We went with some friends and were able to go watch the dolphins for free. We were able to get pretty close to the dolphins and we had dolphins came up to us and talk to us and they also did tricks for us. It was a pretty cool experience and Kate loved it.

Kate and her friend Castlin playing on the dolphins

This is Jeff talking to the dolphins.

They are such beautiful animals Kate watching the dolphins We got to talk to the dolphin trainers as we were getting into trouble for being to close to the dolphins, but we found out that this ones names in Nemo. He is Kate's favorite.

A Walk To The National Park

2009-03-08T09:59:00.008-05:00

We live right on the edge of the National Park in Grand Cayman. On Saturday we decided to adventure up the dirt road to the national park to see what was up there.

On our way we ran into the sign national park. I guess we entered the park even though everything still looked the same.

As we went further into the national park there are little paths that lead to the beach on one path we found a shoe tree. Anybody need a shoe?On our next little path we found some people wind surfing. It was pretty cool to watch. And the kids loved watching them and playing in the sand.

To cold in Cayman

2009-03-03T18:43:00.003-05:00

Who know that it would ever be cold enough to wear a jacket in Grand Cayman. Over the past two days it has been getting down to the low 70's at night but it feels like its 60 degrees.

But I know your not feeling bad for us since you are sitting in the snow at home.

Random Pictures at the Pool

2009-03-01T21:54:00.007-05:00

Porter looking so big.

Ally (Kate's friend)climbing the palm tree at the pool Porter crawling to close to the pool

Porter's favorite hole, the pool filter

Kate and Dad looking so cute at the pool

I'm trying to teach Kate how to swim. It's slowly getting better.

Kate learning how to blow bubbles.

2009-03-01T21:40:00.003-05:00

Over the past week I taught Kate how to blow bubbles into a bowl. She thought that was the coolest thing in the world. I think its so funny how the little things make them so happy.

"Lowlow"'s Day

2009-03-01T20:23:00.002-05:00

Over the past week I have had the best and the worst of luck with "lowlow". To start about a week ago I was driving to a young women's activity, I had to stop at the store to get something first before I went. I had some Jamaicans stop me and tell me my tire was to low. But my tires are always to low, what is new, I have low profile tires. But I decided I better go fill them up so I don't pop one of them. I went down to seven mile and stopped at the first gas station I got to. Well, I wasn't quit sure how to fill up a tire. I know, what did my parents teach me? Some guy actually pulled up behind me and I asked him for help. He went and tried to fill up the tire up but it wasn't filling up. So he went and got another guy, and he tried but couldn't figure out why it wasn't filling up. So that guy went and got the tire specialist. Yes, who knew that they had a tire specialist. He found a huge hole in the back of my tire. But my tires are so low that you couldn't tell! The tire specialist gets my spare tire and started to change it for me, and if you are wondering how many Jamaicans it takes to change a tire let me tell you, I didn't have to lift a finger, and it takes 5 Jamaicans to change a tire. Don't worry 5. And to top that off I see everybody I know on the island, who have to stop and see what I am doing with all these Jamaicans, and if I'm OK. The Jamacian were all very nice and got me on my way. Next thing is more just a funny cayman thing. I was coming home from young women's (yes i think i need to stop going too.) I get on the road and there is just so much traffic, it's 8 o'clock at night what could be going on in Grand Cayman. So I'm in traffic for at least 20 minutes for just a small length of road when I get to the end where we have a round about and there are cops blocking the road. I'm thinking what are they doing. Then it comes to me I have heard about these road blocks, but I haven't actually seen them. Its where they block off the road and do a seat belt check. Instead of pulling people over they just do road blocks. I guess whatever works, but I was pretty bugged that night about it.

My Little TV star

2009-02-24T21:37:00.003-05:00

Over the past week the kids and I went to the local used book store. We actually found some good books for the kids. As we were leaving the book store. The humane society was filming a segment for the local TV station here, and they asked Kate to pet the dog for the segment. Here is the link for you all to see my little TV star, and so you can all see what a crappy camera man they had. It's pretty funny. http://www.cayman27.com.ky/news/item/1021

Friends in Grand Cayman

2009-02-22T16:31:00.007-05:00

Two weeks ago the Grampps had all of us young couples over for a barbaque. I had so much fun hanging out with all the girls and Jeff always has fun talking to his medical buddies about medical stuff. We are so grateful to have the church so we can meet great friends where ever we are in the world.

The girls from the left we have Holly, Ally (Heidy's little girl),Me, Shalynna, Heidy, Denet, Laura, Katie(Heidy's little girl)

These are hopefully future doctors. Jeff, Austin, and Bryan

Island Life

2009-02-14T20:55:00.001-05:00

Moving and More Moving

2009-02-13T21:56:00.004-05:00

Today is Sunday and it has been a long week, need I say more. We started moving on Monday and we just got our last load today. I guess we didn't realize how much stuff we had accumulated over the past 6 months. But we are all very excited to finally be all moved into new house.

We have moved up into West Bay to the villas at Pappagallos. We are living in the apartment that is next to the condo office. Its a two bedroom with a big landuary room, which is my favorite. We have patio furniture and we get to enjoy the private beach and pool across the street.

This was our first weekend staying here and we got to learn how busy the resturant Pappagallos gets. On Friday night the parking lot was full, but the noise is not bad which is good. On Saturday night we had a helicopter fly in and drop some rich people off. No one famous at least I didn't know them. But it was cool for the kids to see the helicopter take off and land.

Somebody Loves Cheetos

2009-02-08T20:15:00.006-05:00

Since we have been back home Porter has continue to grow both physically and mentally. He has learned to love more food such as grapes, pudding and his favorite Cheetos.He has continued to grow and is close to walking. We have loved seeing him reach all the fun milestones and grow to be such a cute little boy.

But at the end of the day after eating all his favorite foods bath time is just a must. And tonight he was so messy we could just barely make it to the kitchen sink without food everywhere.

Candy Candy

2009-02-04T17:13:00.003-05:00

This is Kate new favorite song, she love to dance her heart out and sing along.

Black Eye

2009-01-30T10:24:00.005-05:00

About two weeks ago Kate was outside playing with the kids next door. They had their bikes out and were riding on them. One kid wasn't watching were he was going and his handle bar ran right into Kate's eye. It was pretty sad. We are pretty sure she is fine, but she had a black eye to show for it.

The kid that ran into Kate kept telling his mom that the cops were coming to get him for hurting Kate. That was pretty funny.

Back to the Island Life

2009-01-30T08:38:00.006-05:00

We finally made it back to the island. We have been back for about a month now and are trying to get back into the swing of things. Jeff started school the day we got back and we haven't seen him without his nose in a book since. He has been studying like crazy and it is getting worse since test day is this Monday. He is taking 27 credits this semester, so he has been a little busy. We are hoping that he will do just as good as he did last semester. The kids are adjusting well to the island life again. Kate is loving not having to wear a coat or pants. And Porter is loving not being sick all the time. Besides last week when he had Roseola. Just leave it to my kid to get everything. Since we have been back I have started being in young women's, which I have enjoyed. I like getting to know all the girls. We actually just got a new girl into our class and that makes it four in the whole young women's now. We have a big young women class. :) Last Sunday we had area conference which is the same as stake conference. They have it in Jamaica and then broadcast it to us. It was one of the best experiences ever. We had President Eyring, Elder Bednar, General Relief Society first counselor (I don't know her name) and two from the seventy. They were some of the best talks I have ever heard. The spirit was so strong and it was very interesting seeing them speak in such a small church. It was a great experience. The last thing I'm going to tell you is the best news we have had since we have been back. This past month we decide to look for a place to live that would be cheaper for us and closer to Jeff's school. We found a place to live its about 10 min from school and its cheaper than where we are living now.:) But that is not the best part. The complex has a pool and its own private beach. Yes it does sound to good to be true. But it's not, we actually live in this apartment that is connected to the condo office. These condos are owned by rich people who just come for vacation. So its an awesome place that is really cheap because its connected to the office. So we are finally getting our Cayman luck. This is what I call it everybody that moves here sooner or later has some kind of break. For example they get a good deal on a car or a cheap place to live. And this is our cayman luck, so we are very excited. And we have two bedrooms, so who ever wants to come visit us please do. We are welcoming everyone. We are moving on valentines day and, so we will soon have pictures up of our new place.

Makeup Lesson

2009-01-21T15:15:00.002-05:00

Kate spent some of her time over the holidays with her favorite Aunt Dewey learning to do her makeup. Now Kate tries to teach me how to do it. These are my favorite pictures of Kate with Dewey.

New Year's Day

2009-01-21T15:06:00.002-05:00

This year we continued our family tradition of going to my parent's cabin in Mt. Pleasant. This family tradition had been put on hold last year due to having no water at the cabin, so we were very excited to be able to go this year. We spent most of the time in the snow making snow angels and riding the sled behind the snow mobiles. When we got to cold we went inside and competed in guitar hero and Seinfield Scene It game. We had our traditional sandwich from Granatos (our favorite Italian deli place). And that was a great way to finish off our new years day.

Christmas Day

2009-01-21T14:11:00.002-05:00

This Christmas at Grandpa and Grandma Prothero's was filled with all kinds of presents such as sleeping beauty and a big gun for Kate and Porter got lots of cars and a riding donkey. I think Kate's favorite Christmas present was her big gun. Steven got a Wii, I got a die cut machine, and Jeff got new clothes for school. It was a great Christmas. But lets not kid ourselves the best part of Christmas was Grandma Miner Christmas Breakfast.

Christmas Day at the Wilson's

2009-01-21T14:01:00.003-05:00

Christmas Day was filled with lots fun, starting with a phone call from Tyler. It was great to hear from him and for everybody to be able to talk to him. Then Spencer got rock band for Christmas, so we all enjoyed rocking out with him and seeing how well everybody couldn't sing. :) Kate and Porter loved having more presents to open and more toys to play with. It was a great Christmas to be able to have us all there to spend the holidays together.

Christmas Eve with the Wilson's

2009-01-20T15:10:00.007-05:00

On Christmas Eve we went to Macaroni Grill for dinner. We all enjoyed our favorite dish and each other company. Then we went back to the house and enjoyed some memorable moments with each other, which all started here when we opened our pajamas from Jeff's parents. And this is how it all went.

This Christmas Eve we opened our Pajamas from Jeff's parents and our favorite brother in-law Rob just got pants for his Pajamas, so he decided that it was meant to wear them alone. So he then continued to model them for us and dance across the top of the stairs. This we be a moment that will always be burned into my mind.

This Christmas eve we also started a new tradition of having a dart fight. It was awesome we turned out all the lights and just shot each other. We had a blast.

The rest of the evening continued with lots of fun from eating fondue, decorating cookies, and opening white elephant gifts. Which i got the dirty underwear from Rob. Yeah for me.

It was probably the best Christmas Eve and lets not kid ourselves Robs dance video across the top of the stairs will soon be posted.

Wilson's Christmas Eve Party

2009-01-20T14:57:00.004-05:00

This year we had the Wilson's Christmas Eve party the day before Christmas Eve at Jim and Robins club house. We had pizza and yummy treats. We had the kids reenact the nativity story and had Jeff tell his famous Eddy and Armando story.

It was lots of fun being all together. Even Jim and Robin and there kids dressed up for the party with there very ugly shirts and sweaters. It was awesome.

Kate loved seeing Santa again and Porter just loved the big cookies.

Christmas Party at the Prothero's

2009-01-20T14:25:00.003-05:00

Every year we have our family chirstmas party. Which is full of lots of fun. We eat, sing songs and of course Santa comes with gifts. And everybody gets to sit on santa's lap, which Jeff always enjoys. This year Kate was a little braver with being able to give santa a high five and a wave goodbye from the distance. I guess everyyear we will make more progress with the santa thing.

Porter Turned 1 Years Old

2009-01-11T16:34:00.004-05:00

Over the Christmas break Porter had his first birthday party when he turned one. He turned one on December 3, we didn't celebrate it until Jeff came home but I don't think Porter cared to much or even notice at all.

We just had a small party with the grandparents and had cake and icecream. Porter got lots of trucks which are his favorites. But it was fun time to spend with family.

I don't know how to fix my blog

2008-11-17T21:29:00.001-05:00

Well i do have a new post under the videos, but i can't figure out how to make it so my new post are above the videos. so if anybody knows how they please tell me. thanks

Kate teaching Porter how to crawl

2008-11-16T22:35:00.002-05:00

Porter Learns to Crawl

2008-11-16T21:41:00.003-05:00

On Monday we had the missionary over, and as they were talking to us I looked over and Porter was crawling across the room. It was the first time he had ever done it. Then over the past week he has crawled a little bit everyday. And then today he actually was crawling to get things across the room. We took a video of him today to share with everybody. And if you know what we are going through with Porter, then you know this was a big step and we are very excited for him and us.

Pirates Week ARGH!!

2008-11-16T21:00:00.002-05:00

Pirates Week Grand Cayman

Pirates week is when Grand Cayman basically celebrates Cayman days. They celebrate it over a 1 week period. Each day they go to a different town and at the end, on Saturday, they have a big party. It is located in Georgetown on the waterfront. It consists of dancing, parades, and lots of eating. But overall it is just a bunch of people dressing up as pirates and having a big party. This is the Start of day with Kate and Callie standing out side kirk free port shopping getting all geared up and ready to see the boat race. And Porter is way excited to be here.

They had a bubble machine going where we were watching the boat race, that is where all of Kate's attention went to.

Every year Grand Cayman holds a card board boat race. It is where who ever wants too enters the race and builds a boat only out of card board. They can only build it with card board, glue and certain kinds of paint. They hold it in downtown Georgetown on the waterfront. We actually had a good friend, David, in the race. This is his boat representing Kirk free port.

Here are the other boats getting ready to race.

This is the Japanese boat and they barley made it out of the water and tipped over. Poor Japanese.

And the race is on. Oh no, the first boat sinks.

And the race is over. To say the least we were in last place.

This is some of the pirates and their boat the Jolly Roger.

Jeff decided to try the famous turtle they have here on the island. And yes it is sea turtle. It was pretty good. It looked gross but it was good. And this is our friends food. They got the whole fish fried. I tried it and it was pretty good, but i think it might be hard to eat something that is looking at you while you are eating it.

This is us with David and Shalynna eating dinner, and porter decided to eat too.

This is Kate with her new sword she got at pirates week . Jeff and David get their party on.

Shalynna and Katie with Katie's kid Julianna.

The awesome fireworks for the night.

Kate and David in awe over the fireworks.

Survived Hurricane Poloma

2008-11-08T14:28:00.013-05:00

It was a friday morning and hurricane poloma cat. 3 was supposed to hit at 11 pm that night. So Jeff thought that he should go fill up with gas, top up our phones. (which means put money on them), and pickup our passports from the visa department. At about 8:30 am Jeff left to go run those errands. Little did we know everybody on the island has the same idea. At about 1030 the storm started picking up and I started getting a little nervous. Then I recieve a phone call from Pres. Ashby, who is our branch president and lives next door to us. I told him that we were fine but Jeff had gone out to get gas. And his response to that was, well he needs to get home right now the storm is getting worse by the minute. You know how Jeff is he didn't take his phone, and there was no way to get a hold of him, so President Ashby decided that if Jeff wasn't home by 11 we would go look for him. I guess it was a good thing that Jeff came home soon after that, he was just caught in the storm traffic. At about 11 when it started to get worse they turned the water off to the island. Which sucked big time. But soon after that our friends David and Shaylnna came over to hang out and stay the night with us. We had a blast watching movies and chatting.

The storm kept everyone inside all day, it got pretty bad after all it was a catigory 3 hurricane. But in the morining the sun was shining and it was a new day. They only way you could tell we just had a hurricane was because some trees were knocked over and there was some major flooding. Actually our neighbors behind us had there hurricane shutters knocked off their windows, which was pretty scary. It is now over and we are all safe and sound.

Karaoke Night At FHE

2008-11-03T21:35:00.006-05:00

Every first Monday of the month our branch holds FHE for everybody. Tonight we did karaoke and had a blast. Everybody joined in and sang along. And don't worry we have more people in our branch then this. Not much more. Elder Robinson singing and Francisco playing the guitar Kate eating her spaghetti and thinking what a bunch of weirdos

Casey one of the interns for Del Sol (a Utah company) singing away

Sarah singing her heart out.

White Gooey Cake

2008-11-03T08:00:00.002-05:00

Last night I made the famous Wilson white gooey icing cake for Jeff's birthday. We had the missionaries Elder Garcia and Elder Robertson over for cake.

It was my first time making this cake in Grand Cayman and it held up great for the first hour, but after that the humidity got toit and it fell over. Luckily there was only a small amount left of the cake.

Halloween Party

2008-11-01T19:29:00.020-05:00

We had a bunch of people over from the branch for a Halloween party. We had chili and homemade bread bowls, David and Shaylnna dressed up as a Disney Land ride. It was the best costume of the night. Kate wouldn't wear her costume so that is why you see if without one. Oh well, but we had a blast and party all night, well till 9. (we have kids)

Steal and Katie all dressed up. Shalynna and Chantell Getting ready for the Halloween party.

Mr. Bones the life of the party.

Random Pictures

2008-11-01T14:29:00.008-05:00

Porter praying in his sleep

Kate 3 years old

Porter Wearing his handsome hat at a birthday party.

The Flood

2008-10-17T08:24:00.002-05:00

It rained alittle to much. This is our parking lot at our apartment. We couldn't park there to say the least.

A Walk On South Sound Beach

2008-10-17T07:41:00.006-05:00

Kate and mom looking for seashells

Dude having a great time.

Baby sand crabs on the beach

This Kate's cool rock she found!

This is us walking on the South Sound beach, a little rocky for swimming but great place to enjoy looking for seashells.

Rum Point Again

2008-09-28T16:04:00.011-05:00

Porter turning into a beach bum Learning to swim with the kick board Surfs up dude Kate with her new kick board

Porter floating out to sea

Caymana Bay

2008-09-26T20:53:00.009-05:00

Yesterday we went to Caymana Bay, an outside shopping center here. And they have a water fountain for the kids to run in. Just like at The Gateway. We went there with some friends of ours, Katie and Callie. Kate and Callie had a blast running through the water. I just wanted to show some pictures of Kate and the good time she had.

Porter's Secret

2008-09-23T13:31:00.013-05:00

Porter has a secret he would like to share. He loves Oreo Cookies!! And he also makes a mess eating them. But he has put on some weight due to his cookie love. Here are some pictures!

Visit from my mom

2008-09-21T19:47:00.009-05:00

My mom came to visit last week. Which was well needed with trying to get moved into our new place, and with me being home sick. We did a lot of exploring and shopping for the house. When we moved in there was nothing, so we had a lot to get so we could cook.

We also did some swimming at rum point. Which is an awesome beach. There are layout chairs and some hammocks to lay in, that you can use for free. which is very nice on the beach. We had a blast and we got porter to like the water, and now he loves it.

Overall it was very nice to have my mom here. We found a great place for fish and chips. So who ever comes and visits me we will have to go. Its right on the ocean so it has a great view.

I miss you all and hope that i soon can write about how you came to visit me.

Island Kids

2008-09-20T12:01:00.006-05:00

To give you an update on the kids, I think they both have grown a lot since we left. Porter looks like he has at least put on 5 lbs. He is looking the fatest he has ever been. He is learning new things all the time. He just learned how to drink from a cup, which he loves to do. And he also has said his first word which is ba ba. He hasn't learn to crawl yet, but we are hoping by Christmas he will crawl. As for Kate she just learned how to count to 10, which we are all very excited about. She is learning to talk better everyday. Not as much Chinese talking as there was before.

Kate is starting to look a little different everyday, besides the make up, she has a tooth going grey. About two weeks ago she was playing around with her new friend Callie and she bumped her tooth on the table. Her front tooth got knocked back a little and is now turning grey. Oh well, I guess all kids have to get banged up, right?

Right now both kids are sick with the cold, and I thought we left that in Utah. I guess my kids are just prone to getting sick!

Kate definitely misses everybody tons and I'm sure porter does too, he just doesn't have a lot to say. But we are counting down and there is only 60 more days till we come to visit.

We definitely miss everybody lots!!

wilson

Family Snorkeling Trip

Kate and Daddy Snorkeling

New Fountains And Observation Tower At Camana Bay

Look How Much Our Church Is Growing!!

Random Beach Pics

Early Valentine Gift's From Grammy!!

Fun Fact About Grand Cayman

Back to Grand Cayman

LOTS AND LOTS TO BLOG ABOUT, FIRST CHRISTMAS BREAK

Porter's Birthday

Utah Here Come My Kids

Happy Birthday Porter!!

Turkey Day!

New Moon Need I Say More!

Pirate's Week Part 1

HaPpY HaLLowEen

Felt Food

Homemade Halloween Crafts

Fun Video of Porter

Rainy Days!

The Chicken Who Lives Outside Our Front Door

Movie Night

Update Part 2

Update Part 1

Grand Cayman Branch Slideshow

Kate Turns 4 Years Old

Walks, Docks And The Beach

Zoey's Blessing Day

Temple Trip

"I'm a real boy!"

Drinkin' Buddies

Look How Big Porter Is Getting!

One Of Our Many Adventures With Dewey and Brit

STING RAY WITH DEWEY AND BRIT

I HATE SPIDERS!

Hair Cut Time

Steve Got His Mission Call

Youth Conference 2009

What Did Daddy Do?

Look Who's Walking

Star Fish Star Fish

Turtle Turtle

SWIMMING WITH THE DOLPHINS

Fish Fry

Our Trip To Sting Ray City

Happy Mother's Day!!

MORE VIDEO OF OUR LITTLE FISH

VIDEO OF MY LITTLE SWIMMER

SWIMMING LIKE A FISH

My CUTE KIDS

Waistin' Away in Margaritaville

Under The Sea

The EASTER Bunny Found Us In Grand Cayman

Busy Busy Easter Weekend

Baby Zoey Is Finally Here

Our Track Star

Doggy Dog Show

Busted

What Porter does all day everyday!

One Of The Many Play Date's

Jeff's White Coat Ceremony

A Day With The Dolphins

A Walk To The National Park

To cold in Cayman

Random Pictures at the Pool

Kate learning how to blow bubbles.

"Lowlow"'s Day

My Little TV star

Friends in Grand Cayman

Island Life

Moving and More Moving

Somebody Loves Cheetos

More Video of Kate Dancing with Porter

Candy Candy

Black Eye

Back to the Island Life

Makeup Lesson

New Year's Day

Christmas Day