happy valentine's day

happy valentine's day from my two little love bugs :)

Please disregard the fact they are wearing summer outfits in the middle of winter (I think Porter needs a tan!)...they had no choice but to be my little models this  morning for our sale today  (so if you're so inclined they are for sale--the clothes not the cute kids :) ha!)

soccer

Now that I'm "back into" blogging, I guess I can blog about something that's at least current!
Porter just started his first year of Spring Soccer!  He's on an under 5 team, and he had his first game today!  We went and picked out his ball, cleats, shin guards, and shorts last week and he has been soooo excited for his first "real soccer" game (I guess practicing with mamma in the back yard is getting old!).  Luckily Daddy got home just in time for his first game :)

That would be Porter on the ground--he plays tough!

**and I think we may need an age check on number 2!  He was a foot taller than Porter!

Brother's biggest fan!

She doesn't sit still very long, so we have to bribe her with capri sun's...

And The Fresh Beat Band (the ONLY TV she even cares about watching) on the iPhone!

Caught up...

Caught up (the abbreviated version anyway) with the blog tonight!  I've sat down to do it 100 times, but something (or someone--namely two little someones) always pulls me away from it!  But they're with their Grandparents for the weekend, and Ryan is busy working so I was bored enough to catch up on posting from the last 5 months!  Hopefully it won't take severe boredom to set in for me to post again!  Life has been BUSY in the Hollern house, but I promise to TRY and at least post once a  week month from now on!  Lots posted below :) 

Christmas Card photos

There is nothing more stressful to me than Christmas card pictures!  Every year I stress about it (where to do it, who all is in the picture, what will they wear, etc.) that I usually wait until the last minute and we never send out cards...

I believe these pictures acurately show WHY it stresses me out so much :)  Next year, I'll hire a professional to take our pics (so maybe me and Ryan can actually be in the card picture for a change!)

phone photos

I didn't realize how many pictures I take with my phone until I went to update the blog :)  Here's some random phone photos from the last 5 months!

we skype with daddy a lot :)

Bennett LOVES to skype with ryan--she blows him kisses and kisses the iPad everytime we see Daddy :)

This child will eat ANYTHING!  Sushi included!

football 2011

Obviously football is a HUGE part of our life, and needless to say we had plenty to cheer for in 2011!  Porter decided to become an Alabama fan (even though we live in LSU country)--and he was (still is) a very dedicated Bama fan--even wearing his Bama jersey to school (Thanks Jody) the two times this season they played LSU :) 
And obviously he's a huge Saints fan too :)  The season did not end like we wanted it (this season hurt a lot more than last!!) but we can't wait for next season!  Porter attended almost every game with me, and we had so much fun cheering in the Dome each week.
The Super Bowl is tomorrow, but after going to and WINNING a Super Bowl (and thinking we were *so close* again this year) it's just not the same watching it on TV :( 

When I went to look for all my "football" pictures, I realized they were all from my phone (oh well!) so here are some of our 2011 "highlights"!
**Oh and Porter does the "number 1" thing all on his own!  Whenever he's wearing a jersey and I go to take his pic, he thinks he has to do that!

Porter got this Liberty Bowl MSU jersey when he was 8 months old (when we went to Liberty bowl game that year)--it's just now where it will "kind of" fit!  It's still way too big, but he LOVES that it has his name on it!

We also found some Tracy Porter jerseys this year!  Porter is his new favorite player!  Whenever he sees #22 on the field, he says, "there I AM!!"

Showing me how "real football players" do it!  This was the night they handed out the white towels at the gate--Porter immediately put both pair IN his pants so he could be "like the real football players--drew brees", or brew brees as Porter calls him !

Before the first Playoff home game (that we won!)

  The Imagination Movers came to Saints game daycare (where Porter and Bennett stay at for most of the games in the dome--Porter comes out for the 4th quarter to watch "real football") the last home game!  Bennett loved seeing them dance and sing in person!

Tailgating for the playoff game

Porter got a surprise in December, when Wesley sent him this Dabo Swinney signed  Clemson ball!  He was PUMPED about it!