Conference with a Two Year-Old

So conference with a two year-old went much as you might expect: lots of bribery with snacks and lots of toys strewn about the room by the time it was over.

Actually, Porter was pretty good both Saturday and Sunday (a huge surprise to us). He especially liked the music, and kept asking me which was "Heavenly Father's favorite song." But even funnier than that, on Sunday, during one of the talks, a picture of Joseph Smith was flashed on the screen. I asked him if he knew who Joseph Smith was, and he replied, "Does he live at the Smith's store?" (For our non-Western friends, Smith's is a grocery store, much like Kroger.) He didn't believe me when I told him no, and insisted that Joseph Smith lived in our grocery store.


Other than that, not much new from the Burt family weekend report. 99 days to baby and counting, and I made the three-page baby countdown to-do list this weekend to prove it. If you know of anyone who's up for some yard work or shelf building, send 'em our way. In the meantime, happy Monday to you all.

Boogie Nights

Last night was an evening just like any other in the Burt home:
Soccer for Andy
The dinner rush
(complete with spilled juice...hence, no pants in the video you're about to see)
and, of course, play time.

While the evening's adventures oftentimes include dancing, I can never catch it on film because Porter generally stops when he sees the camera (he also loves taking pictures). Last night, however, I finally outwitted my two year-old (which explains why I'm filming from the back).

We were so excited to finally get footage of Porter's smooth moves (the squat-point is his latest addition to the repertoire), that Andy tried to egg him on. Hope round two is just as enjoyable as the first clip.

True T-Birds

I know, I know, I promised pictures of the new house, but these were so much cuter (Thanks to our friend Jen for the photo services) that I opted for a re-cap of last weekend instead. Saturday marked SUU's Homecoming celebration, and considering SUU is to credit with the fate of our family (Andy and I met on SUU's soccer field 9 years and one month ago), we decided we'd better represent.

Saturday morning, I ran in the Homecoming 5K...first place in my age division and a free t-shirt to boot. No pics because, as most of you know, Andy's not a morning person so standing at a finish line with a two year-old at 8 a.m. took second place to cartoons on the couch. No biggie; I probably wouldn't have wanted to post them anyway (after all, who wears make-up on their morning run?).

That afternoon, Andy helped coach the T-Bird Women's Soccer team on to its first win of the season, 3-1. We held a dinner for the entire team at our house the night before (just testing out the capacity of the new diggs), and I credit the win to Andy's game night and my gourmet dessert of candy and chocolate galore (hey, I'm pregnant...they're lucky they got a homemade dinner). No pics from the game because Porter and I opted to nap (reminder: I did run a race pregnant) to fuel up for th evening's festivities. We will be out in full force this Thursday evening though. In the meantime, I do have the official SUU Women's Soccer Assistant Coach Andy Burt mugshot for your pleasure.

I think he looks very official - though this did bring up the age-old conversation about why he never smiles in pictures. For all you ANTM fans, at least he smiles with his eyes, right? Tyra would be proud.

But I digress. On to the photos of Porter.
That evening, we donned our red at the Homecoming football game.


The highlights:
The Air Force fly over before the game
(tractors and dump trucks take second only to airplanes in Porter's heart)

Our friend Noel's magic trick of pulling gummy bears out of Porter's ears
(got us all the way to half-time tantrum free)

and meeting Thor the Thunderbird.

Porter wasn't sure what to think at first, but after a few minutes, we finally got him to shake Thor's hand.

All in all, a successful weekend. Hope you all had a great one too.