Oh SNAP...I Knew I Was Going To Forget Something!

Okay so I thought we were doing really well with moving Potter Headquarters from Omaha to Bountiful. I remembered the boxers (yes, I forgot underwear one time we came to UT) and socks and even extra trunks for our many (well at least I THOUGHT...what is up with all this darn rain) excursions to the pool. So the things I remembered were all great...but the things I forgot were HUGE!

So I forgot to grab the nice camera in St. George on our way to California (yes we got it back but I got 'the look' from someone who must not be named...okay it rhymes with HIM...) But most importantly I forgot the thingy that gets the pictures from the camera to the computer. Yes, I know, I totally do speak Tech...how about you?! So in conclusion...see doesn't that sound smart, I can't do that thing that gets the new pictures to here, so I am going to give you a list...insert imagination here:

1. We purchased (oh good gravy we are so WHITE TRASH) Lagoon passes so we have been visiting the poor man's disneyland about 3 times a week.

2. We have been...and then...ummm, hmmm, ya we have only stuck with number one! Maybe next week we can actually fill in 2 with events and maybe get even to number 3.

3. Oh, wait I do have a number 3. We went up to Snowbird and went swimming at The Iron Blossom with Shelly and her kids. We had much fun as this was the first decent day to swim. But about an hour and half later it started to rain.

Well that is it. After getting back from Colorado we have done nothing except for 1 and 3...more to come, I hope!

And A Happy Birthday To You...And You...And You....How Many Have I Missed?

Okay so I thought I would be the 'cool' aunt and post a message to all my nieces and nephews, that roam this world, a birthday message. One of encouragement for the start of a new year, one of humor, love and basic advice NOT to follow. I started out like gang-busters but then January 2nd hit and have been quickly riding the 'looser train'...I keep forgetting their birthdays, but that isn't big surprise, everybody knows that I forget people birthdays all the time; except for mine but in my defense I WANT to forget mine but somehow it always finds me. Anyway to make up for my 'lack-luster' memory I am getting caught up on all those who I have missed....Love ya, miss ya, wouldn't want to be ya! heehee

Alex and her besty...Happy Birthday...April 27th
Oh Ashley, how you have grown...and this was seriously the only picture of you I could find...where have you been the last 10 years? Oh ya, Happy Birthday!
Addie...Happy Birthday! I love this picture of you and Noah and I tried to find one of just you but I couldn't but this is a good second place! Happy Birthday
Caleb...Happy Birthday I can't believe you are 12...and the look on your face is priceless.

One More Picture of the Potter's

The Potter clan: Ann, Noah, Spencer, Jim, and Elijah...Colorado 09

The Faces of The Nebraska Potter's...While In Colorado

Me and Jim with mountains in the back...right, that is what they are called, I have forgotten what mountains are while in flat, flat, Nebraska.
Noah pondering why his mom made him wear a lavender fleece
Spencer and Meesha...or more appropriately Meesha putting up with Spencer.
The boys at McClun's
Okay how handsome is Elijah...girls, start taking numbers!

To Spencer's 5th...May We Make It Another 6 Months!

My favorite picture of Spencer he was a few weeks old 2004.
Taken 5/6/09 in Telluride, CO...see the face of an angel (right after he threw sand at me!)
Spencer in 08...this was the summer of 'ouchies' on his face...he would always pick them while sucking his thumb! I think he ended up having an ouchy on his face for the next year.
Spencer and Noah: Spencers birthday 06
Spencer and Grandma Gene...June 05

Spencer: Noun, Spens' eR...or more commonly heard as SPENCER DON'T YOU DARE!!! Definition (1) A boy full of energy, ants-in-his-pants, bouncing off the walls, the couch and other siblings that may have survived the phenomenon known as Spencer. (2) The face of an angel but the spit fire of the devil. (3) A humorous personality that loves to say quirky sayings ie.."I DO'S" and enjoys watching his mother chase after him upon saying something naughty ie... "*$&@)" (4) Enjoys pokemon, star wars, Nintendo, Wii, and every other boy toy in the world. (5) A boys who could possibly eat more sugar than Homer Simpson, only if his parents let him.

Whichever definition you choose to define our little Spencer Harrison Potter, he is our little "Spenace the Menace" I love him even though he pushes me to my limit every single day. Even though he drives me nuts, I love him, his Dad loves him, his brothers love him. I will never forget his birth (how could I...it was the single most painful experience in my life). He provides us with a lot of frustration but with a lot of laughs. Happy Birthday Surga Surg's...

Congratulations Graduate

Alex during the 2 and 1/2 hour ceremony...yes 2 and a half hours!

This past weekend, Jim, the boys, and I made yet another, yes, ANOTHER, summer trip. We have driven in the red-grocery-go-getter about 2,000 miles and have driven through 6 states...yes 2,000 miles in the van...did you get it, do you need that stat one more time...2000 MILES in 3 weeks. What...what is that you say? Am I sick, want-to-throw-up, just thinking about getting in the grocery-go-getter one more time...yes, yes I am.

Besides us being sick of driving, our DVD player has decided it is sick of showing movies to ant-in-the-pants boys! How dare you DVD player...okay enough about the traveling freak show known as the potters one wheels...back to my purpose.

We went to Telluride, Colorado to support my niece, Alexandra aka Alex, graduating from Telluride High School. She is an amazing person whom one day, without a doubt in my mind, will be a published author. I am still marveling at the fact that she went to Taiwan all by herself when she was a mere 17 years old and embraced everything that it Taiwan had to offer. I am still marveling at the fact that she had to put up with some horrible situations and yet never faltered and never stumbled on what she believed. Alex is amazing and I congratulate you to the fullest (okay my fullest is a shpeel on my blog). I have complied a list of things I hope for you while in college at Santa Fe, NM
1. I hope you date...alot...lots and LOTs of dating (remember my key rule for dating: a free meal is a good thing even when the boy is NOT a good thing)
2. I hope your roommate doesn't stink...if she does, move in with a boy, they are SO much easier to live with, just don't tell your mom I told you to do it.
3. I hope your professors are amazing...ya that sums that up.
and hmmm what else...oh ya...
4. Have a jolly good time because the real world sucks.