Parker Family

October events.

2011-11-19T09:52:00.000-08:00

Addison had a Halloween program at preschool.

Hanging out at Gardner Village with the family.

Brad and Cali came to visit for a couple days.

They got their faces painted.
Halloween day!
The Nerd
Real soccer player
Butterfly
They got way to much candy! Good thing I could help them eat it:)
Our friends had a Murder Mystery party set in the 80's. It was a class reunion.

The boys.
The ladies
I was the head cheerleader and Ry was the class President.

2011 Jorgenson Famly Pics.

2011-09-10T13:18:00.000-07:00

Long over due is all I can say:)

My whole family.
My parents and siblings: Tamra, Kristi and Dave.

The big 4 year old!

2011-09-07T19:45:00.000-07:00

Wow...my baby girl is FOUR and even started preschool today, where does the time go?

So we went to go wake her up and she was laying in bed awake with a big smile on her face:) It was so cute how excited she was for her birthday!
They kids got to pick out something to give her and she loved what they had chosen.

She LOVES Justin Bieber:)
Got a new bike and has been on that thing every minute since.

So this year for her party I just couldn't do another princess party so I came up with a baking theme. The girls each got to decorate a apron, chef hat and a little cake. They all had a ball and I think it was a fun way to celebrate her big day:)

They just look so dang cute!

Catching up...

2011-07-22T13:34:00.000-07:00

This post will just have lots of pictures of whats been going on over the last few months!

Happy 11th anniversary.
So to celebrate we thought we would make it fun by cramming 8 couples in one car and drive 5 hours to Vegas. (Two of the couple are actually celebrating anniversaries this month too so why not celebrate all together.) We had such a fun time swimming, eating, shopping, a little gambling...little, and even went to the body exhibit (which I thought I would be grossed out but have to say it was soooo interesting!)

( Melissa, Erica, Angela and me)

This is my heaven...laying by the pool with not a care in the word.

(Rusty, Dan, Ry and Chip)

Over the 4th we headed to the Oakley rodeo and then spent a couple nights in park city. This is becoming a tradition now with the Gallis and Galloways. Some how I deleted like 20 pics on my camera so I only have these couple of pics...SO SAD:( We went on the alpine slide, went swimming, shopping and then a concert and fireworks at the canyons. It was a great weekend

Our 4th annual camping trip to Yuba lake with Fishers and Bevans. We experienced thunder storms, crazy wind, three rainbow and fun time with friends.

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Brendan has had the best soccer season ever! One game he even made 3 goals! It was so much fun watching him start to understand the rules and really get aggressive.

I got to go with Brendan on his 1st grade end of the year field trip to Red Butte Gardens. It's always so fun to be able to go and have that time with the kids. Even though they did get a little bored it was still fun to hang out:) (Can't believe B is going to be in 2nd grade.)

LOVED, LOVED, LOVED his teacher Miss Anderson. We will miss her:(

Took Addison to the Princess Festival at Thanksgiving point, I'm glad this goes towards a good cause because otherwise it was not worth the money and Addison just didn't like that the princess did not look like the ones she is use too. Guess we are not going back:(

In May we went to Punta Cana, Dominic Republic with the Galli's. Stayed at an all inclusive resort called Dreams. We had never thought about going there before but we kind of had free stand by tickets through Jet blue and we found this resort for such a good deal we just couldn't pass it up and the best part was once we planned it we left three weeks later. The resort was beautiful and we never had to leave. We snorkeled, kayaked, went to the beach or the pools, they had 6 restaurants to choose from, shows every night that were awesome and even a little casino. We did go four wheeling one day. Rode all around the town and then to this cave that we got to jump into and swim around. It was such a amazing place to be able to see, I would even go back again. On our way home we got stuck in New York for 24 hours so we made the most of the time we had. Walked around time square all night, went and saw Rock Of Ages, rode bikes around central park, ate lunch at the boat house and just enjoyed the last few hours of our vacation.

Fun weekend!

2011-05-11T16:30:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend Mckaela had a dance competition in Las Vegas. So we decided to make it a girls trip with some of the other moms and make the most out of the weekend. (How could you go wrong with a girls trip for Mothers day?) So 8...YES I said 8 of us loaded up in one car and drove down Friday afternoon. It was actually a nice drive and the girls were having so much fun. I put together a little goody bag for each of them with treats and things to do so they wouldn't get bored. Once we got to Vegas we checked in (the girls had their own room which they thought was the best part) and decided to walk around, eat at the cheese cake factory, watch the water show at the Bellagio and do a little shopping.

On Saturday they had to be at the competition at 2pm so we only had a few hours to hang out. The girls really wanted to go to the m&m store, (because you can't go to Vegas without stopping here and spending a hundred bucks on 15 M&M'S:).

All the girls got one of these big cups and Mckaela downed it in like 5 min.
The girls took first place on both of their dances. They really did such a great job!

Here are the girls and their two teachers. Love them!
So Mckaela and I decided to stay a couple extra days and then flew home on Monday. We went shopping, saw the movie Prom, went swimming and just had a fun mother daughter weekend! (on one of the night when we went back to our hotel room their were flowers there from Ryan saying happy mothers day! So sweet and I loved them!)
This girl can shop!:) Where does she get it from???:)
Flying home after a awesome weekend with my little girl!

2011-04-29T12:55:00.000-07:00

Addison had her first little dance recital and she was just SOOO cute! Love her little flapper dress and make-up on:) She really did such a great job and really knew the whole dance. Great job baby girl!

Easter

We took pictures after church because we were running late and during church Brendan got thrown up on by his teachers little girl so his cool outfit that matched was all yucky:( He was not to happy, I had to take him home to change and he did not want to have to go back! Poor kid:( But we had a nice Easter Sunday:)

Temple pics.

2011-04-20T16:15:00.000-07:00

Our Annual Parker family pictures.
I have really loved this tradition that Ryan's family has because we know every year at this time we will be doing a picture up at the Provo temple but mostly it gets us all together! Ry's brother and family was in town for a few days so it was a perfect time to get them done. We only had one person gone:( we miss you Matt but can't wait until Oct. for when you come home:)
Typical Brendan face:) Guess he was just done at this point!

All the sisters/sister-in-laws.
So of course we needed one with all the grandkid's and this was as good as it got! Got to love the all the faces:) From yelling to crying, throwing a fit to screaming and a few laughs and smiles...it was pretty entertaining:)

So behind!

2011-04-05T13:51:00.000-07:00

Wow am I behind or what??? I can't believe it is already April...well I guess that is because outside it is still January! When will the sun ever show it self again! Hopefully this weekend when we go to Vegas for a few days:)
So to catch up a little bit...
Mckaela is officially one busy girl! She has started competition season and man she puts in a lot of extra time to make sure they are ready! And I can say it is paying off!!! So far they have had two Comp. and they got 1st place with both dances. They are seriously so fun to watch and I still get choked up watching her. She just is becoming such an amazing little dancer and to see how much she enjoys it and perfects every day is just amazing to watch! I'm so proud of her:)
Here are a few pics. I need to post the new ones with all the makeup they have to wear now, it's crazy!

Emmy, McCall, Mckaela and Macie.
Well Addison also was ready to start dance and she is having soooo much fun! For those of you who know this little spit fire...she has moves that no 3 year has! I swear she will be one amazing dancer! This is her BFF Mia and they are in the same class this year. They have there first recital in a few weeks and will be dancing to Jitter Bug and its the cutest thing EVER!

1st day of dance.
Brendan just had Grandparents day at school and wanted my parents and Ryan's to both come and share the day with him He is one loved little boy!

I felt so bad after I had sent him to school:( If you see the one child that does not have his class shirt on... that would be mine! Forgot he was suppose to wear it:( Good thing he could have cared less!

2011-01-10T14:36:00.000-08:00

December is always a crazy month for us as it is for everyone but we get to throw three birthday into the mix which adds a whole other craziness to the month. But we always come out a live, happy and ready for the new year!

Mckaela turned 9 on the 18th. So to celebrate we took her and 10 of her friends to the Gateway discovery children's museum. It was a lot of fun!

And than she got pampered by getting her first pedicure and Mani. Of course I had to join her:)

Went to our friends house for a Christmas party in our "best" sweaters:)We had good food, great company and lots of laughs! (can't even go into the white elephant gift:)

Christmas morning...
Ryan and I were so excited because the kids have been on us for so long about wanting the itouch. So this year we decided to finally get them. After they had opened all there gifts we pulled one last gift out from under the tree and gave them one. They were sooooo excited!

Addisons favorite thing was her Dora house.

Birthday Boy

2010-11-30T09:27:00.000-08:00

Brendan was so excited this morning that he tried to wake us up at TWO am to open presents...I sent him right back to bed! Than he was back down at 6:30 and we couldn't make him wait any longer. This is a sign of how early he will be up for Christmas!
I can't believe he is 7!!! Happy Birthday buddy! We sure love you!
He finally got his ripstik! We decorated his room with streamers, balloons and signs all over the house...he got a kick out of all that just because it was all for him! Made him his special breakfast and off to school he went. I'm also going to surprise him and take him to lunch:) Hope he will have a fun day!

Halloween

2010-11-14T13:46:00.001-08:00

The week of Halloween marked our one year living in the neighborhood and we have loved every minute of it. We have truly met some wonderful people, made some great friends and made some lasting memories.
Addison as Minnie Mouse
G.I Joe
Mad hatter

How long have I live in West/South Jordan? 8 years and this was the first year I have gone to witches night out at Garden Village! Five of us got all dressed up and headed over for a night of laughs, shopping and waiting FOREVER for some yummy food. It was a fun girls night out. So thanks ladies for showing me what I have been missing!

Angela, Erica, Melissa, Jolynn and me.

2010-10-14T15:27:00.000-07:00

So the kids had crazy hair day in school! They loved having bright red hair! Just wasn't fun getting it out of the hair and their clothes. They are also off track for the next three weeks and I'm actually looking forward to hanging out and doing lots of fun things for Halloween!

I have to add these few pictures of Addison. Since it's just her and I all day...let's just say there is never a dull moment around here! I say that with a big smile on my face:) Because like right now she is in a time out for writing with PEN on our TAN couch. AHHHHHHHHH.
But look at that adorable smile...How can you really stay mad!

We took a little mommy and me art class. She loved it!
What an artist!
Yes she is the best dressed child in our house according to her. Brendan's shorts, Mckaela's underwear and Addison sun glasses. What a match! The tucking of the shirt in the underwear was an added touch by mom:)
This is what I say when I looked in the rear view mirror one afternoon! Yes I laughed so hard and she started to cry and said I was mean! I can NEVER leave her alone with a pen. It ends up everywhere else but paper! But I sure do love this little ball of energy! Never know what kind of a day it is going to be:) Now how do I get pen out of a couch???

Catching up!

2010-09-27T08:19:00.000-07:00

Just trying to catch up a little bit here!
We went to the state fair with Ryan's family, we actually go every year with all of them. It's something we look forward to every year. The kids of course just want to play games and ride rides and I LOVE to people watch so it's the best of both worlds at the fair:)

Mckaela had her first piano recital and did such a great job. She played three songs and two of them she got to play with dad. We are so proud of how well she is picking it up and that she actually likes to practice and play.

Brendan is playing soccer for the first time and so far has loved it! I'm so happy that he might have found a sport he will want to stick with, guess it's still early but he is having fun.

GNO:)
We had a much needed girls night out on Saturday. Seven of us got tickets to this GNO party that was down in Lehi. So we got in our jammies and headed down. They had everything you could think of that women would love to do. We had to pay $35 and it included...a massage...that's a whole other story, (let's just say I ended up with the creepy guy in a tee pee), dinner from Costa Vida, make-overs, waxing, chocolate sampling, laser hair removal...(yep I am so excited for this one)yoga, and shopping. It was a night filled with yummy food, lots of laughs and great friends!

2010-09-13T13:35:00.000-07:00

My baby girl is 3...THREE! It's just crazy that this little girl is our baby and will always be the baby of the family and yet she is growing up to way to fast. She had a very busy birthday. Started out with a little friend party, wasn't going to have one since three is a little young to be planning parties but I decided to rent a princess bounce house for the family party because now their are finally enough cousins to enjoy it but we got to have the bounce house all day so I thought why not get full use out of it. Addison had 6 little friends over to play, made little princess crowns, lots of jumping, played dress up and than had cupcakes. Over all I think it was a fun little party. Than the family came for a BBQ and continued the celebration into the night. Needless to say this little baby girl of ours was very spoiled and enjoyed every minute of it.

We gave her this little set. It came with a guitar, microphone with a stand and than plays music. She is our little rock star so she has been playing with this 24/7.

Her cupcake tower.

Addison's friends.

We sure love you baby girl!
Now on to potty training and she is just soooo not interested! What do I do???

Weekend get away and first day of school.

2010-08-26T16:30:00.000-07:00

So we had a Bear lake trip planned with the Fishers but the boat we were getting broke down so we had to come up with some else to do for the weekend because we just couldn't sit home and do nothing and Ryan had the time off work so we decided to head to Seven peaks for the day on Friday and then up to Park city for the rest of the time. It was a great weekend and the last little get away before the kids started school that following Monday. Seven Peaks...let's just say I have three kids that are not very daring so we ended up in the wave pool, lazy river or the kiddie area most of the day, I think we went down maybe two slides and that was all they would do but we still had fun just hanging out. After a long day in the heat we drove up to park city to stay in now our favorite resort in the cannons, Escala! It's seriously one of the nicest places and so fun to hang out in. It's awesome! Thanks Gallis for introducing it to us:) One day we went and did the Alpine slide, which I was surprised my kids did it at all...you will notice in one of the pics that Mckaela went down by herself and she had a long line of unhappy people behind her because she was going sooooo slow. It was pretty funny! we did lots of swimming and went to a movie one night. It really turned out to be a fun weekend even though it started out not as we had planned.

Now on to the first day of school.
Brendan loves it and everyday gets really excited to go. I thought it would be hard on him because it is a long day but I swear he gets home and has more energy than before. That first day he was up bright and early...like 5am early, not really but it sure seemed like it. He has an awesome teacher so I'm really excited for him this year.

Addison wanted to pretend she too was going to school and had to have her picture taken. It's now just her and I all day and I have loved every minute of it. We go to play dates, lunch, play at the park or anything we can think of to just get out and have some fun together. She is my little buddy now...yes she is exhausting at "most" times but she just is so full of life that it makes the days very exciting.
We went to get ice cream with some friends and there was a water park that they ended up instead but look at those smiles on their faces. They were having so much fun!

Now on to Mckaela...
what a rough couple of days it was for her. She was supper excited that first day of school and even came home thinking it was fun. But that lasted a min. because day two and three was a nightmare. She called me the second day crying to come and get her because she wasn't feeling good.(She tends to play that card a lot so I don't buy it anymore)I made her stay. But that phone call was just horrible...she was crying so much because her teacher was being mean, made her miss recess for something so stupid, couldn't use the bathroom and just made day two very hard. So that night she woke up in tears not wanting to go and than in the morning was seriously scared to go back. It was really hard for me to watch her get so upset about this teacher and I was sick about it all day so worried that she was having the hardest time. I ended up calling the teacher and asking her what the deal was? We had a good talk and things have gotten a lot better. Keep my fingers crossed. Mckaela is such a good student and very bright so I didn't want this one teacher to change that for her. Will see how it goes!

Lava

2010-08-11T07:11:00.000-07:00

Last month we went to Lava Hot springs with two other families and it was so much fun. Who knew Lava would be a cool place to hang out? We have an annual camping trip with this same group of friends every year. We each take turns picking out different spots and Bevans pick it this year and I must say...good choice! The kids had so much fun running the river, a little scared at times because there actually were a few rapids which added to the excitement but also caused a few cuts, bruises and a broken toe:) But over all well worth it! Then we went to the big swimming pool they have that was right by our camp site. We really look forward to these little camping trips all year but mostly just to be able to hang out till all hours in the night talking, laughing and catching up. I think it's our turn to choose for next year so I guess we need to start looking for some fun spots!
Yes that is Addison naked coming out of the tent:)
The best part about camping...SMORES:)

That's Mike for ya:) The Fishers

Bevan's

Mckaela jumping off the diving board and plugging her nose...she's is just like me:)

Finally did it!!!

2010-07-13T11:31:00.000-07:00

So for the longest time I have wanted to cut the hair...I always say I'm going to do it and than always walk out of the salon with maybe a inch less of hair. So needless to say I never have the gusts to go through with it until now!!! It has been long for years and I just finally was ready for the change. So I did, sat in the chair and said cut!!! cut about 5in. and added a few highlights. And I can finally wear it curly again too. Before it was just way to heavy... so it's fun to have the option to change it up from straight to curly...kind of makes me feel 16 again:) if only! The best part is, Ryan lost my drivers license and I have to get a new one so now I can have a picture that will actually look like me again because my last one had me with really short hair.

Before
After
before
after
What have I done???

Ten years and counting!!!

2010-07-12T08:23:00.000-07:00

I remember like it was ten years ago:) Not being able to sleep and finally feeling like it was OK to get out of bed and start getting ready for the day that would change my life forever. I married the man that would be by my side for better and worse, in sickness and health, and I know we have been through a lot over these past ten years but here we are side by side cherishing every moment. In ten years I just can't believe all that we have done together...three beautiful healthy children, finishing school and having a great career, several moves but ending up right where we should be, the many vacation and being able to see the world but most important we our an eternal family and have the gospel to continue to guide us where ever that my be. Being married for time and all eternity just means so much more now that we have a family of our own. So here is to another amazing ten plus years. Love you with all my heart! Happy 10 year Anniversary.

4th of July fun.

2010-07-07T18:33:00.000-07:00

So to celebrate the holiday some friends invited us to go to the Oakley rodeo and then stay in park city for a couple days. The rodeo was pretty fun and for the most part the kids were enjoying it. They liked the bull riding the most...who doesn't like that part? After their was fireworks and than we drove to park city to stay. The place was up in the canyons resorts and it was probably one of the nicest places we have ever stayed. We definitely will be going back. We went swimming, rode the gondola up to the top of the mountain and had lunch but mostly played games, watched movies and just played all weekend long. The Galli's were a lot of fun to hang out with. So thanks for the invite:)

Sitting at the rodeo.
Mckaela and Maddi.

The Galli's

Riding the Gondola.

On Saturday we drove back down from Park City and went to the Sandy parade and fireworks. We really had a fun weekend. And it was nice that Ryan had a few days off to hang out with us. Ryan will be starting a new job in a few weeks that we are really excited about. So until than he has some time off so we plan to fill it up with fun things to do as a family. Gotta love summer:)

She made it:)

2010-06-25T08:01:00.000-07:00

So Mckaela tried out for this dance competiton team this week and made it. There were 43 girls trying out for two teams of 12. She has a couple friends from the neighborhood that were on it last year and had so much fun and really wanted her to be a part of the team. We are so excited for her and so proud that she has stuck with dance for the past 5 years and still loves every minute of it. Congrats baby girl. we love you

Vegas

2010-06-14T16:53:00.000-07:00

I know everyone is thinking that we travel a lot and I guess it does seem that way but it's just so nice to get away, have something to look forward too and to have some fun as a family.
Our latest adventure was to Vegas for the weekend. We left late Thursday and came home late Sunday night. We mostly just went swimming...that's all the kids wanted to do and this was there weekend. We did visit the M&M factory of course and also went to dinner with one of Ryan's aunts that just moved there, so that was a lot of fun hanging out with her and her little boy. Over all it was a great little trip. Where to go next???

Finally here are some pic from the cruise we went on last month. We really had such a great time. My parents, brother, his girlfriend and some close friends the Fishers all came and shared this great time with us. We went to Cabo, Mazatlan and Puerto Vartia. Saw a lot and did a lot. Her are some pics of the fun week:)

2010-06-07T13:54:00.001-07:00

Between baseball games, a dance performance, chicken pox scare and a field trip to the zoo. We had a busy week last week and another one ahead this week but a fun weekend to look forward to. It's kind of nice though that the kids only have a few more weeks of school and then have a little break to have some fun. We have a few little trips planned over the next few months to look forward to also to help break up the summer for us. A trip to Bear Lake, camp out at Lava Hot Springs and a get away to Vegas. We will be set for some fun in the sun:)

Mckaela had a performance at the Riverton arts festival on Saturday and she did so well. This next year we are signing her up for a competition team with a few of here new friends in the neighborhood and she is so excited.
So we thought Mckaela had the chicken pox last week too. She woke up one morning with the worst rash I had ever seen. (I took pics but they got erased from the camera..so mad) All over her body...and I mean ALL over. It looked so bad!!! She was so itchy and so of course I think its chicken pox. None of them have gotten them before so I had no idea what they looked like. We took her in to the doctors and the week before she had strep and was taking something for it and now all of a sudden she was having a reaction to the medicine. Now we know she can't have that again because it could be so much worse next time. It took about 3 days for it to go away. She was good though considering have all these red bumps all over. I let her miss one day of school:) (You can kind of see it on her arms in these pics)

One of her new BFF''s McCall came out to support her. (Seriously these two are joined at the hip.)
Brendan had his Kindergarten field trip at the zoo and I got to go and help keep track of the kids. It was actually a lot of fun just to go and hang out with B. We don't get a lot of just us time and I really treasure the time when it can just be the two of us. I also can't believe that he is almost done with Kindergarten and soon to be a big 1st grade. That is just crazy to me!!!

We found four extra monkeys in here:)
Watching the bird show...it was pretty cool!

Our little group.
He was getting it all figured out where to go next.:)

Brendan only has one more baseball game...thank goodness because it is a struggle to get him to go. He just has not liked it from day one. This game he got to be the catcher and I think he was ready to walk off the field, he was so hot and sweaty that he would keep itching his head and not watch the ball. But you couldn't tell from the big smile he has on his face. He was trying to look good for grandpa:)

So I have gotten the craft bug and just want to make and learn new things all the time. Here is the latest. I have always made the girls hair bows but these one's are a little different and I just love how they turned out. (9 hours and ten bows later)

What's been going on around here.

2010-05-11T15:38:00.001-07:00

Mother's day was so nice. I got breakfast in bed, lots of wonderful homemade cards from the kids, clothes for the cruise and even a new shower head for my much needed shower. I love it!!! My family really made it feel like such a special day, I also didn't have to teach my primary lesson and was able to go to relief society. It's funny...when you are going you wish you had somewhere else to be but know that I never get to go I loved being there with all the other ladies.
I really do love being a mom. Yes I get frustrated, I may yell and seem like a mean mom at times...but I wouldn't trade these hard days for anything because in between these moments are some of the greatest ones I will always remember. The hugs and kisses, the talk times, the smiles and laughter of pure joy and just being together...Forever!

On Friday I got to go to school with Brendan for a little Mother's day program and then we got to have school lunch together...it will get him ready for school lunch when he starts 1st grade. Now that is crazy!

Then on Saturday Mckaela had her first little piano recital at the South town mall. She got to do a duet with her daddy. It was pretty neat to see them play together and she really is getting good. She keeps it up she will play as good as her dad.

and on to baseball....well we thought it would be fun for him to try it again but that was our mistake. Brendan hates it and never wants to go to the games. He has lucked out a lot since we have had so much rain all the games have been canceled except for a few. Guess we will move on to another sport after this. He does look cute out there in his little uniform though:)

We also had family in town so we did our annual family pics at the Provo temple. This one is bad so hopefully grandpa will have a better one. I will post more when I get them.
I had to add this one because these kids are just too cute. Look at the pose Addison is doing.

FOR SALE

2010-04-13T10:42:00.000-07:00

So for something fun to do I thought I would start making and selling these watches with the changeable bead bands. I just love mine and have made several for family already.
So if interested let me know and I can make them in what ever colors you would like and there is lots of different watch faces I can get.
Also think mothers day coming up:) Perfect gift for yourself!
Thanks

Finally finished:)

2010-04-05T13:33:00.001-07:00

So we have been making a few changes to the girls rooms. Addison is now out of the crib and in a big girl bed(what a sad day that was for me). When we moved here I never finished her room thinking that I would when this change was going to happen, I would just redo her room and get new bedding and paint then. Well as we were trying to decide what to do, Mckaela said "can Addison have my room and then you redo her room for me" we had bought all her stuff about a year ago and then painted the room in this house to match with it all and it was more little girly than she wanted now, so that's what we did and I think it was the right chose. She now has a grown up girl room and I think it turned out really cute but let me say it was no easy job!!! One thing after another went wrong:(

Exhibit A:
spilled paint on stairs. First thing you see when coming into the house. Don't you just love the color though:) Brendan was being so helpful by carrying the paint up to the room but didn't quite make it all the way. I think more got on him then the stairs. (note to self: never get paint from walmart again...they did not seal the lid, glad it didn't spill in the car) Now we get to replace carpet:)

Exhibit B:
Never buy the blue tape to tape off section for stripes...this is what you get! It bleed through the tape and when I was taking it off...the paint was coming off with it. On to plan B??? which by this point I was ready to let the kids do what ever they wanted to the walls. Free for all:)
But after much frustration and hours of work...we went from this:
to this:

And here is Addison's new room. Made a few changes to make it her's!

Weekend recap.

2010-04-05T08:02:00.000-07:00

So having the kids out for "Winter" break not spring, we had to think of some fun things to do inside to keep us warm! So one day we took the kids and their cousins to an indoor pool. We had fun splashing around and pretending it was a nice and warm spring day. Just didn't look outside to see ALL the snow!!!

Can you see her blue lips? The water was a little chilly but still fun:)

And he is just done!! To much fun can wear them out:) That and he started running a fever and just was not feeling good.
Friday night we went with our friends and watch the Jabbawockeez perform at the Salt lake community college. They were the 1st place winners on America's best dance crew. They were seriously awesome. (youtube. them) We weren't suppose to have camera's but I took a few snap shots with my phone.

And on to Easter day.

So our kids are just not ones that like to sleep in, so add Christmas, Easter or any other holiday they are up soooo much earlier. So at 6am they ran into our room wanting to go and find all the eggs and presents the Easter bunny had left, us being the mean parents we are sent them to watch cartoon's for a little bit so we could try and sleep a little longer... 20 min. later they were back and couldn't wait one more min. So off they ran in every direction to find their surprises. Favorite thing was their zhu zhu pets...lets just say I have about killed myself several times tripping over those things but they still beat having a real pet, so kids have fun with them all you want:)

Work it girl!!!

Easter was just a really fun day, had all my family here for lunch and my parent did their own little egg hunt around the house and then we were off to Ryan's family for dinner and another egg hunt. We are stocked up with candy for the next year.

Most important...remembering our Savior. I reflected a lot yesturday about what the day really is about. And I felt so blessed. For one... We had all our family here, well with several missing(Matt-mission. Dave, Brad, Tess and the girls-California) but to have our family here, healthy and safe. That is a blessing!!

And to have the gospel...There is nothing more I could ever want then those two things. So I am very blessed to have both in my life.

The next Swimsuit model:)

2010-03-04T11:57:00.001-08:00

Addison loves to get in dance leotards or swimsuit, mostly Mckaela's, turn the music up and dance around the house. Here is my favorite one so far:) (taken yesturday) She is looking good!!! you just have to laugh and I do everytime I look at this cute girl:)

When I knew.

2010-02-14T15:46:00.000-08:00

Ten years ago today is the day I fell in love with Ryan Parker my other half. On this day every year I always think about our first Valentines because it was truly the day I fell in love with this man. So let me share a little story of why I was swept off my feet by this amazing man.

We had just started dating about two weeks when Valentines was coming around and of course we were feeling the pressure of where were we in this relationship, do we do gifts, make plans, make- out all night:) (haha) it was all still new. Well Ryan took action and decided to make all the plans for the special day. I was really excited to be going out with him because at this point I was already crazy about him, having it all be so new and different this time I just knew this "one" was special. I remember I had to work and I got off work a little late, so I was rushing to get home and be all ready (couldn't exactly wear my scrubs). He looked so cute and a little nervous:) (Don't worry this was not when he proposed, that was the next day.J/K we just started dating people). So he takes me in his car and blindfold's me. We drove around, which seemed like hours, but finally arrived at our destination. He come around and got me out of the car, takes my hand and start walking and I could hear music playing. I'm thinking maybe we are going dancing(which I loved to do) but right then we stop he takes my hand and the blindfold off and there was this.....

Ryan had decorated his little garage with string lights, hearts on the wall, music playing and then in the center of it all a table set for two with candles and dinner. Home made lasagna, rolls, salad and dessert. It was so yummy but the fact that he went to all this just to make it a special night met the world to me. It was a perfect night and right then I knew....he was it for me!! Now to think that was TEN years ago just blows my mind. What a journey we have been on but I knew what I know now....I love this man. Happy Valentines day babe!!!

Surprise....here we go.

2010-02-12T11:45:00.000-08:00

So Ryan and I had planned a big surprise for the kids. They were going to be off track and we thought it would be fun to go do something while they had a break and finally last week, Thursday we were finally able to tell them about it....it was so hard to keep it a secret because we were so excited ourselves. (I think they were excited too:) I had a video but I can't get it to work:(

She doesn't even know what's going on but man is she excited:)

What a fun trip it turned out to be. The kids did awesome, with a few melt downs, but over all it was just nice to be all together. We decided it would be better to drive (which i hate being in the car that long, ahhhh) but we made a couple stops along the way to help break up the long drive to California. We stayed one night in St George and one night in Las Vegas. Did some shopping, walked around and of course couldn't leave Vegas with out our $20 bag of M&M's:) The kids did great though for how much we were in the car. They just played and watch movies. (It helped that I got them a few surprises for the drive). Once we got to California we did Disneyland for three days. One of the days it was raining so hard we had to buy ponchos but it was still so much fun and there were no line and over all the weather was perfect. This was Addison's first time and she was having a ball. I think her favorite things were: meeting the princesses, (we took the kids to Ariel's Grotto for breakfast to meet them all) the rocket ride and then anything that was on a boat. Mckaela was so much more daring this time and she loved screaming California, tower of terror and thunder mountain. Brendan too was more daring then last year, he did all the scary rides at least once but his favorite was: we called it the "mouse ride" (like the one at lagoon) toy story and toontown. What made it fun too was that we had company with us. My parents came the whole time and then Kellie, Ryan's sister, came for a couple days. We really had a great time and hated that it had to come to an end.

Here are a few pics from the trip. Can't wait to go back...maybe in a couple years:) We have our cruise to look forward to now:)

fun times around here:)

2010-01-24T12:42:00.000-08:00

So for Christmas we gave the kids a build-a-bear gift card and I'm finally getting around to getting the picture's off the camera from when we went. This was Addisons first one and she was having so much fun, but once she brought it home I don't think she has touched it once. O'well made for some cute pictures and some fun for the kids.

Then last week I decided it was time for the little one to get her ears pierced, and they

look so dang cute. Yes she did cry for the first few hour or so...J/K . only a few tears were shed but then she was so excited that she had earrings like her big sissy. And did I mention how CUTE she looks:)

This is Addison's favorite spot on my bed. I will put in a movie for her to watch and she gets in all the pillows until you can't see her.

Now if you don't have a strong stomach I suggested you don't go any further!!!

On Friday I get that dreaded phone call from our neighbor, (which I swear we just had) Brendan has fallen off the tramp and split his forehead open and I'm pretty sure he will need stitches. He jumped off the tramp slipped and fell on the cement. When he came into the house he wasn't really crying but just holding his head and saying "will I need stitches?" So I rushed over there to see this..... R U READY?

It's a third eye. You could see the bone. It was so gross and looked worse than the last time.
So we ran him over to the ER and then they were able to put him back together.

one of the many faces he was pulling. He was totally out of it but had his eyes opened.

We had them put him to sleep because last time he was freaking out and really scared so you can imagine what he was going through again...but really over all he was a tough boy and handled it all really good. He is becoming a pro with all this. I told the Doctors we will start a push card and our next visit should be free:) Poor thing!! So seven stitches later, better then 16, and about an hour of waiting for him to wake up, which was hilarious, he was saying the funniest things which Ryan recorded on his phone, we took our boy home and pray that he will from now on stay safe and unharmed, wishful thinking I know!!

So now we definitly need a break...the kids are off track so we are going to suprise them with a little vacation. Can't wait!!

Baptism day.

2010-01-03T13:17:00.000-08:00

What a special day it has been for our Mckaela. I just can't believe that she is eight and being baptized. She has been looking forward to this day for a long time and to now finally have it here...let's just say its very overwhelming, but in such a good way. She has alway been such a good example for her brother and sister and actually the rest of us. I'm am just so proud of her and so honored to be her mother. I sure love her and hope she will remember this day forever.

The proud parents.

We went looking for a dress and just couldn't find that perfect "white" dress, so she chose something a little different and it was beautiful on her. Look at that proud smile:)

j Her two witnesses and proud grandpa's. Ryans dad and mine.

and the grandma's plus her great-grandma.

she had so many fmail and friends come to support her. These are friends from are old neighborhood and her BFF-cousin Kaitlin. Addison had to jump in too:)

The festivities of December...

2009-12-28T12:28:00.001-08:00

This month to say the least has always been busy for us. We have three birthdays, so lots of parties to plan on top of all the Christmas parties, dance recitals and then we had a my grandpa's funeral right before Christmas which made the last week a little tough but we got through it all and I have to say this year it was just a very fun and special time for us all. We were able to do a Sub for Santa family, give to Toys for Tots, and help out family. That is what this season is all about, giving to others.
Giving of our time, money(if able) and our love. Doing what our Savior does for us every single day. How blessed we our!! I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and will enjoy the beginning of a new year.
Here is a wrap up of the past month for us!
Christmas morning...
Don't you just love the excitement on two of three faces. They first woke up at four, sent them back to bed and then again at six but couldn't make them wait any longer...Addison had to be woken up, which as you can see she was thrilled:)

Christmas eve..
We get together with Ryan's family Christmas eve and this year we had a big surprise for Ryan's parents. He has eight kids in his family so it's fun to plan things for his parents because they're so many that can pinch in and make it that much better and more special. This year we re-did their living room by getting new couches, some new decor and then we will paint the room as well. It was lots of fun working together as a family and putting it all together...and they loved it!!

The kids are on the look out for when Grandma and Grandpa will be home..(we sent them away to a movie) Loving their new room. I wish I had a good picture of their surprised faces..that was the best.
Think it turned out really nice.

then we go home and the kids can unwrap a present from us, which is always PJs and a then also a build a bear gift card which they are so excited about.

Neighborhood party...
Our neighborhood has a very fun tradition for Christmas. Instead of giving neighbor gifts they decided it would be better to spend the money and put it to good. So someone will hosts at their house a Toys for Tots party and have Santa there to greet the kids and roast marshmallows. It was so much fun to be apart of that and to have the kids go to the store and pick out a toy knowing it will be giving to another boy or girl that doesn't have much.

Festival of Trees.
Mckaela performed at the Festival of trees this year and it was so fun to have everyone there to support her and to support Primary children's hospital. Can I just say she was awesome:)

Temple Square.
We love going and looking at the lights at temple square each year. Sometimes the kid only last about 15 min of walking around in the freezing cold weather, it was soo cold that night!! But at least we can go for a little bit, take it all in and enjoy beautiful temple square.

It has been a great December and now looking forward to bring in a good New Year:)

Happy and sad day...

2009-12-18T08:55:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday my big 8 year old. We sure love you!!

on a sad note:
my dear grandpa passed away this morning after living a wonderful life of 95 years. He really has been such an incredible person to look up to and to have in our lives.
He is going to be missed but never forgotten. The memories will alway be in our hearts and we will all be together again someday. We love you grandpa and we will take very good care of grandma.

The Birthday boy.

2009-11-30T07:31:00.001-08:00

Happy Birthday to my big 6 year old. We love you buddy!!

Cutest kids ever...

2009-11-01T14:06:00.001-08:00

So this year with being in the new neighborhood we decided to go around for a little bit around here and try and meet some neighbors but the kids really wanted friends to go with so we headed to my sisters for most of the night. They had a fun night and they all looked so cute but I must say that our little lady bug stole the show.
Our Ninja

Super cute 50's diva.

My friend Bryn (thanks) made the little tutu and then I made wings and found these red and black striped tights to complete the outfit. Addison just looked so dang cute!! (the ones with all three together got deleted I'm so mad!!)

Seriously!!!

Home Sweet Home

2009-10-30T10:37:00.000-07:00

So we are finally in our beautiful new home and we are so excited to be here. For how long we have been talking about moving, looking for a house and now to actually be in it....its about time is all I can say!!! We love the area and are looking forward to making new friends. The kids have been off track this week so its been a little rough not knowing anyone really yet so we have had to be creative and think of some fun stuff to do. But it wont be long before the house is full with kids again.

We moved in last weekend, hired some movers to move all the big stuff which I have to say was sooooo worth it. Then we moved all the other stuff with the help of family and friends. Thank you all!! I was able to get everything pretty much put away over the weekend too which was nice to have it all done and now just enjoy being here. We sold a lot of are old stuff on KSL (love ksl) So we were able to get some new stuff, so thats been fun to redecrate:) Also got some stuff on KSL.
So here a few pic of the new digs.

Love it!!

Entry way (got the little table on ksl)

My favorite room!! I was able to redo the master bedroom.

Kitchen and I am loving the red. (kitchen table from ksl and its new!!)

Mckaela's room. My mom and I painted it the same as her old room, its just to cute to not use it all again. Addisons room is not done because we will be making changes soon when she get into a big bed, which wont be long:(

Brendan loves his room mostly because he gets the biggest room out of all of them. The colors were perfect too with what he had. The whole house is just perfect for us. We really feel lucky to be here.

Looking doing to the family room.
Anyway thats it...

Starting off to a good start

2009-10-05T12:38:00.000-07:00

Ok so I have been told that I don't up date this enough. So for those three people that actually read this, here ya go:)

Well the kids were off for UEA Thursday and Friday, so I decided we needed to go have ourselves some fun. Now that October is here...(crazy) We decided to go pick out our pumpkins, and than head over to Gardner Village for a day of fun. They have all the witches out now and there were lots of fun activities, food and things to do. The kids really had fun just walking around, of course getting their faces painted and picking out treats. It turned out to be such a fun day and it was warm:) One day its 80 the next it was 55. So not ready for this!!

With cousins, Kaitlin, Kolby and Abby.

hangin with the witches..
after they got their face painted.

Sweet girls:)

Since we will be moving in the next few weeks we really wont be getting all the Halloween decorations out, so I thought we could at least put our pumpkins on the porch for now and that might make it seem like Halloween is on it's way.

Well Brendan is officially a big boy!! He has lost his first tooth, and let me tell you he was sooooooooo excited about it. One day last week we discovered that one of his teeth were just a little loose, he would play with it, wiggle it and check it every five minutes to see if it was ready to come out. Than he was so scared that if he ate anything that is would fall out or he would swallow it, and this was all in just one day....well day two...he was open a wrapper and out it came right on to the carpet, which we never could find, (good thing the tooth fairy still comes) but he could have cared less about the tooth he just loved the big hole it had made. Needless to say he was one happy boy and $2 dollars richer:)

So last weekend I had a good friend from high school get married. It was so good to see her and see how happy she is. There was also several friends that I have not seen since our high school reunion and that was so fun to catch up and hear all about their cute families and how their lives are out side of Utah. It was just a really fun day hanging out and remembering the good ol days.

B starts kindergarten

2009-08-28T12:52:00.001-07:00

I cant believe Brendan has started kindergarten, he's still my little boy and is just not big enough to be going to elementary school with all those big kids, like Mckaeal. But he has loved every min. of it so far and is making some new friends. These two girls are friends from the neighborhood and one since birth. (Darci and Brendan are a week apart.) I'm glad that he gets excited about school and asks me ten time every morning if its time to go because I know one day he will want to miss school or play sick just to not have to go. So until than I am very happy that he is enjoying it!!

Brendan, Hollie and Darci. (First day of school)

Bear lake

2009-08-24T13:09:00.000-07:00

So we decided we needed one more little vacation before the kids went back to school. So a friends of ours rented a boat with skies, tube and wake board and we headed down to Bear lake for the weekend. It was beautiful!! It has been years since Ry or I have been there and we couldn't have asked for a better weekend. The water was a little cold but at least the sun was out the whole time. The kids had a ball just playing in the sand, riding the tube, even Brendan tried to ski...but than got scared. I got up on a wake board and so did Ryan, but my favorite thing was skiing. I grew up on a boat, just haven't had the chance to go for a while so it was so nice to get back on the water and hit the waves!! We also camped at this really nice camp site that had "SHOWERS" which was so nice after being all dirty from the lake. It was a fun little outing!!

2nd grade and the Zoo

2009-08-24T12:55:00.000-07:00

Mckaela has started 2nd grade, WOW that went fast!! She was up at like six in the morning because she was so excited to go and of course to wear her new outfit. She just is so grown up and so smart for her own good that I know I will have to closely watch this girl!! I am so proud of her and really hope she enjoys what time she does have in this school, it might only be a month or two before we move.

Most of the kids in her class she has been with since preschool or kindergarten. I think she has made some life long friends here!! (Courtney & keyaira)

Well since Brendan doesn't start until tomorrow I have been trying to do some fun things with him and to keep us both busy. We took a trip to the zoo, with my sister and her kids and even grandpa came with us.

Got to have our picture taken with a Bald Eagle. Riding the train.
This was Addison first time and she was loving it..she just stared at all the animals and she know's few of them, like zebra, so she got excited when she saw them. It was a fun day.

So I have to add these...
Little Addison has just LOVED getting into things these days but mostly finding markers to draw beautiful pictures all over HER SELF!! Did I mention permanent markers. So far she has learned the color blue and red very well. Little trouble maker:)

Look at those big blue eyes!! How can you get made at that?

She thinks its sooooooo funny:)
The look of Oops!! What did I do wrong?

Nine years and counting....

2009-07-30T12:14:00.000-07:00

So a little late posting this fun weekend but better late than never...
For our 9 year anniversary, yes I just said NINE YEARS, crazy!! We went to Vegas for the weekend (with out the kids:) Ryan had been working like three jobs the last few weeks so we really have not seen him much and he was actually working on our anniversary so we had to plan it a week late but we still had the best time just being able to hang out and enjoy some time together. We stayed at the Trump Tower which was amazing and beautiful. The bathroom mirror had a TV in it, so cool. There was a little kitchen too but we didn't put it to use, we were are on vacation!!

Spent most of our time at the pool, you were either in the pool or in the hotel, it was 114 degrees out side. But we just relaxed and enjoyed every minute of it.

What a hottie!! (i do mean him:) hahaha

So the first night we went to the stratosphere and went on a couple of the rides...this one takes you off the EGDE of the building and spins around, by the end I was pretty sick, but it was SOOO fun.

And than the last night we went and saw KA (Cirque du Soleil) at the MGM which was amazing!! So worth the money.

I still cant believe that we have married nine years. We have definitely been through a lot in that time, some bad, but mostly good times. We have done a lot in these nine years...of course having our three beautiful children, getting into our first home, Ryan finishing school and getting his master followed by many career changes. But in all we have really accomplished a lot and been there for each other through it all. I do love this man for all that he has done for our family and for me. So here is too nine years babe..on to the next nine:)

Happy 4th of July

2009-07-05T14:51:00.000-07:00

Happy 4th of July!!!
First off I can't believe that it is already July. Months are just flying by.
So for the holiday weekend Ryan decided to take Friday and Saturday OFF, YEAH!! We have not had him home much the last few weeks so it has been really fun having him around and doing lots of fun things together. Friday we worked out, grabbed lunch, and then went to the Riverton parade. Brendan's karate class was going to be in it so we went to show are support. He had a lot of fun being in the parade, but he said the best part was getting wet and getting candy. Of course!! Besides it being a very long night waiting for the parade to start and being in the heat we still managed to have fun and we brought along some friends to keep us company. So thanks for tagging along Fishers:)

On Saturday we went to breakfast at Ryan's sister's and then went swimming for a little bit at my moms. We were just packing it all in!! We had a BBQ at the Fishers later that night and then West Jordan was having a little carnival and fireworks so we worked our way over there and played. We have had a busy weekend but we had lots of fun celebrating with our family and friends.

My cute girls!!

The Fishers. (Mike was getting really into taking pictures:)

Addison and her BFF Rylie:) Addison loved the fireworks.

Birthdays parties, Recitals, Father's Day and listing our house!1

2009-06-22T11:25:00.000-07:00

Father's Day.

We had such a busy weekend with a birthday party, Mckaela's dance recital and even my brother was here from California visiting and then Fathers day. So I wanted to make sure that Fathers day was a fun day for Ryan and a day to relax. (which didn't get to much time to relax with all the running around from family to family)

Got up early, way early (6:30am) so i could shower and get myself ready before everyone else was awake, since we have 9 o'clock church, I wanted to be able to make breakfast in bed for Ryan. Then once the kids got up they were so excited to give daddy the things they had made at school for him. Which turned out so cute, a book from Mckaela and a Tie from Brendan. They worked hard on them and were so excited to finally have him open them, which he just loved!!

So this past year Mckaela has been taking hip hop and has had so much fun. She has been in dance for four years now but she really wanted to try hip hop and can I say this girl can move!! The one thing...I have not been happy at all with this dance studio...they have just been so unorganized, never knew what was going on, ect.. so we will not be going back there!! But I'm glad that she did have fun!!

So I'm getting her all ready for the recital and she wanted to wear mascara, she looked so grown up and her eye lashes were like two inch long, they looked fake. We are really going to be in trouble with this one:)
Some of her buddies!

Her biggest fan club:) Thanks for coming and supporting her!

My nieces had her 8th birthday party at Boondocks, which the kids had a blast!! I got to tag along and help keep track of fifteen little girls. By the end of the day we were all exhausted and ready for a nap! But we are glad Kaitlin had a good birthday.

Doing a little golfing...

The next Tiger Woods:) (He's even in the Sunday red)

They all got a little wet here.

Abby (niece) and Brendan also got to come and enjoy all the fun!!

And last but not least....

FOR SALE!!

It's official, we have listed the house and are ready to move.

We have talked about this for soooo long, and at one point we even just put up a sign "for sale by owner" which we didn't try very hard. But Ryans dad has his Realtors licences so we are listing through him and hope it won't be to long. We have not found are next house yet, but we are on the look out for that perfect house that we plan on living in until the kids are older and out of the house. We don't want to have to move again. We both love South Jordan so that is where are focus will be for now. We really have loved this house. Mckaela was six months old when we moved here, 7 years ago. We love are neighbors and the ward so these will be things that we will definitely miss, but we won't be to far away!

Primary's and short hair...

2009-05-27T14:56:00.000-07:00

Never a dull moment around our house.
I was picking up Mckaela from dance when I get a call that I better come get Brendan (he was at a friends) because he will probably be needing some stitches. Of course I go into panic mode, call Ryan to come meet me at insta-care, my mom to come get the girls and I head to go get Brendan. I rush in side and find my poor little man in tears,blood down his face and a nice BIG cut on his forehead right above his right eye. So I grabbed him and off we went. He was running and tripped and slammed right into the corner of the kitchen table. It got him GOOD!! Surprised the table was still standing. Once in insta-care, which I have now asked for a punch card, they ask all the lame questions as my child sits and bleeds. Well the nurse comes out and takes a look at it and here eyes got all wide and she says...you better take him straight to Primary's. You will want a plastic surgeon to take care of that. So again we load up and head to Primary's. Luckily now Ryan is with me and my mom had the girls. And this whole time Brendan just sat back and was as calm as can be. He was awesome the whole time. So we get to Primary's along with 100 other people, by the time we finally got back to be seen, six and half hours later!!! They were able to put him to sleep and stitch up his little forehead with 16 stitches. Brendan has now experienced it all, from two broken bones, burnt hand, and now stitches but at least he comes out of it all ok and with a smile.

Here area a few pics from the fun evening...

So worn out:( from waiting for six hours!!!)
OUCH!!!the awesome team of doctors.

his famous smile, love this kid!!!

Well on a happier note...
Mckaela has been bugging me for sooooo long to get her hair cut and I have tried really hard to put it off for as long as possible. She has such long pretty hair that I was just not ready to chop it of...well I finally gave in. So last Saturday we went in and did just that...chopped it off. But because it was so long and she wanted it so short she was able to donate her hair to Locks of Love. She thought that was the coolest thing ever and was so proud to be helping out someone else. I must say though...she does look stinkin cute with short hair:)

Our Graduate!!

2009-05-13T14:52:00.001-07:00

So we have ourselves a little Graduate, yes it is from preschool but preschool can be very hard these days:) We are so proud of Brendan. He has really come along way this past year and has really worked hard and I think he is ready for the big times, kindergarten!!! The question is "am I?" I can't believe I will have two children in elementry school this next year. Time is really passing us by.
They had a little program, sang some songs and then recieved their cap!

He had a lot of support from his family. We knew he could do it!!

This is Brendans teacher Mrs Gina, Mckaela had her too and we just love her.

Onto Mothers day...it was a great day.

My kids made me the cutest stuff at school and were so excited to give me them that I had to open them on Friday when they got home from school. I also got a new bike. We decided we want to be more adventurous. So we all have bikes and we are going to do a lot of biking this summer.

My sister Kristi, Tamra, me, mom and niece Jessica.

My mommy and me:)

I have the best kids in the whole world. I sure love them!!

Disney again???

2009-05-05T20:36:00.000-07:00

So since it has been soooo long since we last went to Disneyland we thought it was time to plan another little vacation. So we tagged along with some friends that were heading to California, we hitched a ride and off we went:) It was a last minute decision but we had so much fun and we are really glad that the Fishers aloud for us followers to come:) We took off Friday night around six, grab some dinner and we were off. We drove until we came to Buffalo Bills and stayed the night so we wouldn't be so tired on Saturday. We wanted to enjoy Saturday and not have to sleep all day, after all, this was going to be a quick trip for us. Ryan only had a few days off and the kids had to get back to school. So we then shopped for a little bit had lunch and then continued are nice drive with eight people, four kids, ten bags, six pillow, three booster chairs, one tv, lots of games and junk food. We had plenty of room to spare!! NOT! But we still had a great time all together. Once we made it to our hotel ,right next to Disneyland, we all needed to cool off and stretch out so we went for a swim. It was perfect weather the whole time, so we got a little color on our faces:) We even got to watch fireworks from our room. That was pretty cool!! So then the next two days we wore ourselves out by doing Disneyland one day and California Adventure the other and the kids really did good for how much walking you do. But by the end of the trip we were all exhausted and ready to come home to Addison. Which again:( stayed with family and was well taken care of. Didn't miss us for a second:) Thanks again Fishers we had an awesome time with you all!!
The Fishers:)

This is the happiest place in town. We were all happy to have gone and I am sure we will be back soon.

The bloody drive home...

2009-04-17T07:58:00.000-07:00

My poor little boy!!! (If you don't like blood don't cont.)
So yesterday we are driving home from Karate and Mckaela starts yelling "mom his nose is bleeding again, (the third one this week) I turn around and it is all down his karate outfit, on the seat belt and running down his chin. I pull over, start grabbing baby wipes but it just kept bleeding. Pitched the nose, chin down but still nothing was stopping it. Called his doctor to see what I should do. They said if it doesn't stop in the next five min. take him to the hospital. I'm already a little frantic by this point but he was doing so great, calm as could be, even Mckaela was being such a big help. Well we ended up going to insta-care and as I am trying to get him out of the car, Mckaela is getting Addison out and we run in, so I get to the desk and the nurse asks did he get hit? No. ok can you fill out this form and do you have a co-pay....seriously!!! I have a little boy with blood running down his face and you want a stupid co-pay, I was a little annoyed!!! Needless to say we finally get back and they were able to get the bleeding to stop with this spray stuff and this little clamp they put on his nose but it lasted for a good fifteen min. What was scary was he was getting all tired looking and pale . I have never seen so much blood before and we went through a whole thing of baby wipes. But again he was awesome the whole time, I think I was about ready to fall to pieces but as you can see he had his cute little smile on and that held me together.

I'm serious about how much blood there was....ALOT!!!

Yuck!!!

So I took the pictures to show daddy all the fun we had on our drive home from Karate.

Easter

2009-04-17T07:48:00.000-07:00

Easter morning.

Nothing like starting the day with a choc. bunny:)

Making yummy cookies with our cousins.

fun weekend!!

2009-03-30T12:43:00.000-07:00

I just had one of the best weekends and it was just spending time with my brother, how crazy is that? My brother that use to beat me up and tease me endlessly as a child:)
My mom, sister and me flew in to San Fran to meet up with Dave and hang out there for the day. We spent the night there and then we drove into Sacramento where my brother lives and hung out there for the rest of the time.
Dave picking us up and he was so excited to hang out with us for the whole weekend!!

We took the trolley to the Warf and shopped, walked around for ever and then ate a late lunch at...

Bubba Gumps.

On saturday we went out on the Sacramento river in Daves boat and just drove up and down the river for most of the day, and did I mention it was 80 degrees there as it was snowing here. It was so nice and warm. I even got alittle tan:)

We stopped at this little dive and ate the best taco's. It was really cool to just pull the boat over, grab a bit to eat and then we were back on the river.

The dive:)

Saturday night we decided to go dancing and see where Dave really likes to party. It was a pretty cool club, so we got on groove on (i have not danced in years). This is one of Daves BFF "utah" and he was pretty much with us the whole weekend too. Dave has some really great friends that are looking out for him since we are not around! Thanks Utah!!

Well since my mom and I don't drink, Dave thought it would be funny to get a picture with us all holding something. I had the beer...yuck! But he got his picture! My mom had two!!

and we all passed out by the end of the night from exhaution and playing to hard.

I sure had fun getting to see where my brother has lived for the last year and half and getting to meet his friends see where he works, lives and plays. He was a great host and I know it was hard for him to say goodbye when it was time to go. I love you Dave and thanks for a great weekend!! Also for my hubby to stay home and hang with the kids all weekend so I could go.

2009-03-10T07:49:00.000-07:00

Ryan had taken Mckaela to California to go see his brother and their new baby girl that they were going to bless. They drove there with some of his family and it was just going to be to hard for us all to go, so they decided to make it a daddy daughter weekend. Well of course Brendan felt bad that he was not going so I told him we would have our own little mommy son time. So I let him pick what he wanted to do and he chose bowling. We had a lot of fun and he even beat me. So I told him:) The proud bowler:)

What a cute date I have:) Thanks buddy for hang out with mommy!! I know one day he will think it is really lame to hang with me!!

the day at the museum.

2009-02-24T18:34:00.000-08:00

On President's day we took the kids to the dinosaur museum which we have never gone before and the kids had so much fun. There was definitely a lot of neat things to explore and I think they learned a little something about dinosaurs.

Brendan was the most excited to see this big shark.
Digging for gold....never found any:(

Can you believe how big they were???

digging for bones and they got lucky this time:)
Ryan had the day off "kind of" he has been working really hard and very long days so we sure love it when we can talk him into taking a day off to come hang out and do something fun with the family.

the new look...

2009-02-09T11:38:00.000-08:00

So I go away for the weekend and Ryan starts changing things. Well really only one thing! Brendan's hair!!! We have been growing out it out for so long and he takes him in for a "little" trim and out come this handsome little boy with shorter hair. It makes him look a couple years older. I was nervous to see it but I really like the new look on him. His hair was getting a little shaggy and we needed to do something with it so I guess I am glad Ryan took charge.
Before...

After...

nothing like a weekend away.

2009-02-02T08:31:00.000-08:00

We went up to Wolfcreek for the weekend with some friends and had such a great time. Went sledding, playing games, watching movies (even some that are not out on DVD yet...shhh) and staying up so late talking that we started to get a little silly!! Ryan has been working sooo much this last month that it was so nice to just have daddy around to play. Thanks Bevans and Fishers for coming and hanging out with us!!

Last week Mckaela received an award for being Responsible by her teacher. They make a big deal about it, have an assemble for the whole school and the parents get to come and see the kids get these awards. It was pretty neat to see her be up on stage as she get's the award from the Principle. She was very excited to be apart of it all.

Happy Birthday my love!!

2009-01-22T19:35:00.000-08:00

(Thought this picture would give us hope for warm weather soon)
Happy 31st birthday.
I knew right off that Ryan was the "one" for me but then I really knew when I discovered he shared his birthday with my mom and sister. What a perfect fit!
(Happy birthday mom and Kristi)
I am so proud of this man for all that he has accomplished since we have been married. He is a great dad, husband and friend. I love him with all my heart and hope that this is a special day for him!!

2009 baby:)

2009-01-01T14:05:00.000-08:00

Well 2009 is here...and I hope this year will be a year we will always remember. As we go into the new year we are looking forward to some changes that may come our way soon. Hopefully good ones. I think we have all had our share of hard times and it's time to turn those days around. Think positive and keep wants really important always in mind and things will work out!!
So here are some pics from Christmas, which was really nice and busy as always. I think the kids were happy with what Santa had brought them.

This year I made them these boards to hang in their room so they could hang pictures or things that they have made in school. And of course every year they get their Christmas Pjs., I even got me some to match all of them. (couldn't find any for Ryan)

We really have been blessed with so much this last year and are truly grateful for our family and friends that have always been there for us. We love you all! Happy New year!

So for Christmas my parents gave Ryan and me tickets to Dancing with the Stars. It was at the E-center and it was so much fun to see them live. I have followed the show since day one and just love all the dances, even wish I could take lessons and join the show:) It's nice to have a date night thats paid for. We had a great time and even Ryan had fun!!

Merry Christmas to all...

2008-12-23T14:29:00.000-08:00

Happy birthday my big seven year old!!

2008-12-18T11:15:00.000-08:00

My little girl is seven today and I just can't believe I have a seven year old. What a blessing Mckaela is to us. She has just always been just a sweet spirit in our house and we love her soooo much.
Seven things I love about her:
1. Such a good big sister. Addison has a little second mom.
2. A very good student, loves to read, draw, make little books and is one smart little girl.
3. Always willing to help out with anything.
4. A good dancer. This year she is in hip-hop and she has shown me some funky moves she has learned.
5. Beautiful smile and her one dimple.
6. Let's me still do her hair.
7. Still will cuddle:)
Her daddy went to have school lunch with her and then after school we are off to build-a-bear, that is what she wanted for her birthday, so it will be a fun little date with her. Love you Mckaela Parker. Happy Birthday!

The big surprise....

2008-12-08T16:00:00.000-08:00

Well Ryan has out done himself this year:) What an amazing Hubby I have and I want to thank him for making this a really special birthday for me. (It's really the 13th)But this is kindof a big one and for me it means a lot more. I have always been this "young" mom. So people have said. People would actually come up to me and say are you their mother, you look to young to have kids, like I am this teenager having babies or even people would guess my age and it was always 21 maybe 22, I know I should be flattered but really I'm not it does bother me! So to turn 30 I feel like OK I might finally be old enough to have my babies. (Just venting for a min.)
So Ryan planned a little get away for us and a fun way to celebrate this big event:) He told me to pack a bag for over night and then we were off, start heading toward the airport and then contiune to board a plane heading to Orange County, Califonia. Yes I was very excited at this point but we were just there two weeks ago, so what are we going to do? We get there and he takes me to one of my favortie resturants, Cheese cake factory and then we were off the the Hondan Center. Crowds of people walking in, full stadium, and lots of screaming girls. It was awesome! One of the biggest concerts was about to start it was called The Jingle Ball put on by Ryan Seacrests Radio station...who was there.. Just to name a few. Rihanna, Akon, Katy Perry, Pussy cat dolls, Tokio Hotel,(never heard of them) Jesse McCartney, David Banner, and then the best one was last, one of my favorites right now, Chris Brown. It was so much fun and soooo loud! We could not hear anything for hours after but it was such a fun night and we danced just like the best of them. Thanks honey this really was a fabulous birthday presant. I love you!!!

Birthday Boy..

2008-12-08T15:32:00.001-08:00

So our little boy has turned Five!(Nov. 30th) Brendan really is a fun addition to our family, he keeps us on our toes, loves to torture his sisters and is always willing to snuggle even when being forced:) He Loves to color, do puzzles, paint and play spiderman. We love our Brendan.
For his birthday we decided to combined him and Mckaela's(Dec. 18th) party and get both of them done at the same time. We went to a new bounce house by us Jumpin Jacks and they each got to invite a few friends and just have some fun. Which I think they did:)

Disneyland

2008-12-01T20:05:00.000-08:00

Well I am finally posting about Disneyland. Only a couple weeks late!

Our big group. Ryan's parents, grandma, three sisters, one brother and soon to be brother-in-law:)
Little Addison was with Grandma and Grandpa back home but we sure missed her.
We loved meeting Mickey Mouse.
All the Christmas decorations were up so everything looked so festive.

We had such a good time, the weather was perfect and the kids were really great the whole time considering we walked for two days straight. We flew to Cali on a Saturday, drove around San Diego, went shopping and just hung out for a little bit there. Then drove to the time share and crashed, we were very tired! Sunday it was a beautiful day, so we went to the beach and played. The kids had so much fun playing in the sand, chasing the waves but I think the best part was covering daddy with sand and turning him into a merman:) But then the really fun all started on Monday (and Tuesday) when we finally got to go to Disneyland. Ryan's family also came and played with us there. We had about twelve of us all together and it really was fun to be with everyone. This was just a great trip to have fun with the kids and just enjoy the time together. They loved meeting all the different princesses, mickey, mini, woody and many others. Brendan even got into having them sigh his little autograph book:) I must say it is the happiest place on earth.

Captured moments....

2008-11-14T10:39:00.001-08:00

It has taken us a year to go and do a family photo. But I was so happy with how they have turned out. We went to wheeler farm for like an hour in a half and just took shots everywhere and yes by the end the kids were just done! But I really love some of these shots, especially some of the kids. If you every need an affordable photographer go to http://www.panoramawayphotography.blogspot.com/ she was awesome to work with! Thanks Kymberli we love them

Wow It's November 1st!

2008-11-01T08:44:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween:)
Our little Flower
Ninja turtle "mikey"
Hannah Montana stopped by for a visit. Such a little diva!

Halloween is near.

2008-10-22T10:22:00.000-07:00

There has been a lot of fun activities around here for the kids to do that helps us get in the mood for Halloween. We went to a pumpkin patch and let the kids pick out their own pumpkins to paint (which of course I forget to take pictures of). Then last weekend we took the kids, my sister and mom came too, and we went to thanksgiving point for a day of fun and exhaustion! There was so much to do the kids did not know where to start, from pony rides to hay ride, bounce houses, face painting, games, a juggler, which Kolby got upon stage with him and help with part of the act lots of food! Needless to say we had a very fun day!

What we have been upto.....

2008-10-09T13:10:00.001-07:00

Mckaela loves to wear this hat of mine so when her school was having a hat day she knew just which one she would wear. My little diva at six! Our little climber these days. She climbed up the tube to get into the sink.
and loves to find hiding places too. Brendan had a field trip to wheeler farm last week. They fed the ducks saw all kinds of animals and even got a good whiff of how a farm really smells. ( I thought I was going to be sick) but we had a great time! He really has loved preschool this year and miss Gina.

Here are a few more from his field trip. (the cow was also smiling for his picture) Also we did go to the state fair and I never posted pictures. The kids had a lot of fun!

no longer a blonde!

2008-09-28T14:09:00.000-07:00

So I have been wanting to go back to my natural color for awhile but get a little nervous because with each kid it seems to get darker. But I finally took the plunge and I actually really like it. It's nice to have a change and since I am not ready to cut it yet, adding a new color will really give me a new look.

Before

After

Ryan has himself a new wife(I like to spice things up a little bit)

Karate 101

2008-09-22T09:32:00.000-07:00

Brendan has started Karate and he is loving it. It is so good for him to have to OBEY the master. It was so cute the first time he got the outfit on and started pushing away. He is in a class with about eight other kids but he really is having fun with this. I do feel like I am running everywhere once the kids get out of school, going from dance to karate to piano to play dates, but I guess that is what we moms are suppose to do! At least they are having some fun!
So news about the house! We have decided to not head to Farmington. I can't tell you how HAPPY my mom and sister are, sorry Tamra! We have really been talking about the commute Ryan would have to be making everyday to work and in six months he will be moving the dealership further south which would then add even more time, he is away enough as it is so we new this would be the best thing for our family to not head the opposite direction of his work. We really are sad because we really LOVED this house. I know something else will work out but for now the looking starts all over.

Happy Birthday

2008-09-04T07:43:00.000-07:00

I can't believe our Little girl is ONE! This last year has gone by so fast. Over labor day I was thinking how we had spent it last year, in the hospital. And now here she is celebrating her first birthday. We had family over and had a BBQ in the back yard, this is the first birthday party I can through and have it be out side. Mckaela and Brendan are both winter babies. We had a lot of fun sharing this day with her. For those of you who live in Cali, I have posted a lot of pictures so you feel like you were here. We miss you! The birthday girl.

Here are a few snap shots over this last year.

my girls are growing up.

2008-08-22T08:28:00.000-07:00

Mckaela continues to grow up, are you kidding me FIRST grade! She now goes to school and is gone ALL day. She has recess with the big kids, carries her own tray for lunch and has homework to do at night. What happen to my little girl? The girls off to break all the boys hearts....
lining up for their big first day!
I thought Kindergarten was hard but now this...then it will Jr. high, High school, marriage. Will it ever slow down? She was so excited and really likes her teacher. This will be a fun year for my soon to be teenager!

The walker....it has begun. So I just have to let my oldest off to school all day and then this...the little one think she can just take off too.

2008-08-16T12:27:00.000-07:00

House for sale....WHAT?

Yes it is true we have decided to finally make the next move. We have found an area that we would like to build (my house with a big front porch). We have been looking for some time and just nothing has grabbed our attention, well that's because we were going the wrong direction. We might be living in Farmington. It is the opposite way we thought we would ever end up but we just have really fell in love with this area! So now the wait begins of selling our home. This is going to be a hard move for us. We really love our neighbors, ward and most of our family is so close by but we just feel this is right for us right now! So for those of you who have built your home, any words of advise?

Sunshine Square

2008-08-15T08:42:00.000-07:00

Brendan had his first day of school and was so excited to get back. Despite the big scrape on his forehead, he is one handsome little boy! He has Miss Gina this year. Mckaela had her too and I really loved her!
So now that summer vacation is coming to an end we thought before the kids started back to school we wanted to have one more fun day and took them to ranging waters. It has been so long since I have been there but not much has changed over the last ten years. The kids had a lot of fun going down the slide, the wave pool and just relaxing.

I am exciting for school to start, mom is ready for that little break each day. But it will be very different with Mckaela going all day long, having lunch at school and carring her little tray around. They really are growing up way to fast. I will miss them!!!

out of it...

2008-08-06T17:32:00.001-07:00

Brendan had the pleasure of going to the dentist and having some filling's done. (Let's just say I wish I was working for a dentist again because when you are working for one they usually will do the work for free.) $1400 later, yes I said $1400 later...I am still trying to get over this. He had to be put to sleep for this because he freaks out just to have the dentist look in his mouth. After words he was hilarious when I brought him home. Ryan and I were laughing because he was so out of it but he was so determined to walk on his own, almost throwing a fit to do so, so what do you do but let them try. So here is a little clip of his attempt.

2008-07-20T15:14:00.000-07:00

Palmyra...
I finally made back safe and sound after, four missed flights, five airplanes, three delays, one over nigth without are laugged, and four smiling faces to greet me at the airport, the ten of us made it home on standby! But putting that behind us, this was such an amazing experience and I was so glad to have shared it with my mom, my in-laws, four sisters-in-laws, and two brothers-in-laws, we were a big group. We decided to go because we all wanted to see the Palmyra Pageant. So we made a fun little vacation out of the time we were there. We saw it all, from the Whitmer farm, to the cabin where Joseph Smith lived, the Palmyra temple and then the sacred grove. Can I just say what a beautiful place this was, so peaceful and calmimg, (I could see how Joseph would go here for answers)It was amazing!
The temple in the back ground.
Christie and me with the strapping young Nephites. The Pageant was really awesome, and of course I cried at the end.
So after we saw all the sights in Palmyra we decided to head for the border, the Canadan border. We went see the Niagra Falls, and yes we got pretty wet. Then headed to Toronto to see the big city.
We went to this tower the CN tower which is suppose to be the tallest one in the world. We went to the top and lets just say I got a little nerves being that high, but they have this glass floor you can walk on and look straight down, it was crazy! We went into the stadium were the cardinals play baseball and they had just played the Yankees that afternoon. After that we mostly drove around, and got lost a few times but we really did get to see Canada! This really was a fun trip and I am so grateful to Ryan for letting me go and staying home with the kids.

Memory lane...

2008-07-16T15:12:00.001-07:00

MEMORY LANE- I saw this on my friends blog and thought it would be fun. Here are the directions:
1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember! I guess good or bad, but be nice!!!!!!!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

Happy 8.

2008-07-16T13:04:00.000-07:00

Happy Anniversary!
So Saturday was our 8th anniversary. I was in Palmyra so we were not able to do anything but I wanted to still make it special for him, so I sent him on a little scavenger hunt(and the kids) around the house, yard and the neighbors with little reminder of why I love him. He had fun trying to figure out the clues and to end up with a little surprise at the end.
I could count so many reasons why I love this man but here are eighth of my favorite.
1. He is the best daddy. I love how much he loves our kids. He knows being home all day everyday can take its toll sometimes, so he is always willing to let me get out and do things. Like taking little over nighters here and their to go scrapbook, girls night, or even take a week long trip to Palmyra.
2. He plays the piano and is amazing, also the organ in church. When I first met him he had just finished playing a musical number in our student ward. How can you not fall in love with some one with so much talent.
3.He is soooo down to earth, and nice to everyone.
4. He puts up with all my crap, and never gets made when I have spent money on stupid unnecessary things.
5.I love that he gets such a kick out of those stupid Leslie Nelson movies, or ones like it. He laughs so hard and I love it.
6.love that he had the gut and courage to start his own business and make it successful.
7.I LOVE his green eyes!
8.I love that I was the lucky girl that was able to sit across the alter from him eight years ago and that he choose me.

Ten months and growing.

2008-07-07T12:42:00.000-07:00

Addison is now ten months old and can you believe I can do two little pig tails, Crazy! Not only that, she is going to ONE in two months, I am not ready for that. I think I am having a hard time knowing she is my last baby and I just don't want her to grow up so fast. We sure love her!

We have been busy so far this summer, swimming alot! My parents have a pool at there condo so we are there every week. We also had some family in town over the fourth, so had fun hanging out, having BBQ's and the kids loved the fireworks. Ryan bought a big thing of them so we did them over at his parents. Addison was very entertained. This week I am off to Palmyra with my mom and some of Ryan's family. I have never been so I really am lookink forward to see everything. That will be my next post and I will share everything I was able to see and do there. Until then....

SEINFELD

2008-06-30T15:21:00.000-07:00

So Friday night we finally got the chance to go see Jerry Seinfeld. Ryan has been wanting to go for soooo long and we missed him last time he was in town. We even were in Vegas a couple years ago and tried to get tickets but it was all sold out. So when we heard he was coming again Ryan was so excited, so excited that he never got the ticket in time, so busy and forgot. So Friday night we went to see if any one was selling the tickets, thought we would have to pay a lot for some, but $120 later we were sitting fourth row and center. It was so much fun to be that close to Jerry Seinfeld! Well worth the money and the memories. Picture is not good but as good as we could get with out getting kickout for taking one!

A day at the ZOO.

2008-06-26T20:08:00.000-07:00

Mckaela had a field trip to the zoo with her class on Tuesday and I got the chance to go with her. Let's just say being on a bus with 53 loud and crazy kindergartner's was a great start! We actually had a fun time but I think they were more excited about riding the bus then going to the zoo. Friday is her last day of school, yeah! We are ready to enjoy are summer.

So Mckaela and I were having fun with the camera the other day just taking a few pics. So as i was going through them i was looking at the girls and then the one of me, which Mckaela is a good little photographer, (the picture it self not me) and I just don't think either of them look like me. Brendan looks so much like Ryan and the girls I see a little bit of him, but I just don't see me in any of my kids, besides the brown eyes on Mckaela and Brendan. So who do they look like? What a cute little pair they make. I got these outfits that matched but just in different colors and Mckaela thought it was the coolest thing ever.

The latest.

2008-06-18T07:29:00.000-07:00

So I hope all you Dad's out there had a wonderful Father's Day. I think Ryan had a great day, how can you not when you are being spoiled all day long.

Mckaela finally has lost her first tooth. It took alot of wiggling, one dentist and out it came. But you can't even tell she lost one because the other tooth was already coming in behind it. She was very excited to have it out and put it under her pillow for a surprise.

Finally enjoying a warm sunny day. Then followed by everyone feeding Addison a Popsicle.

So Addison has not stopped since she started to crawl, now she has moved to the going up the steps, pushing chairs around and even saying mama( okay it sounded like mama, and only has done it once but hey once is all it takes)

2008-06-04T09:17:00.000-07:00

Mckaela has been taking dance for the past three years and she has loved every minute. Saturday was her dance recital and she did such a great job! She is such a cute little dancer.
The first dance was to "do you believe in magic"

The second dance was " Surfin USA"

A day with Addy.

2008-05-27T13:10:00.000-07:00

So this has been a busy few days for the little one. We were having fun with her while she was just sitting and playing with toys but she has discovered that she can move around and get somewhere really quick by just crawling away. But why stop their, I walk into her room this morning and their she is standing up in her bed. WHAT! What happen to my little baby!
Now she can stand all by her self for a few moments and thinks it is the coolest thing ever. I know she will be walking out of her room and asking me to use the potty! She is so tiny to be just standing around, she is only like a foot tall. JK

They grow up way to fast! She will be nine months on the 3rd. Both Mckaela and Brendan were early walkers but I was just hoping she would stay little for just a moment longer! Here are a few shots of the crawl and her getting into any thing she can.

Coming to an end.

2008-05-20T13:44:00.000-07:00

All good things must come to an end...and for the kids, they couldn't be more excited. Summer is on it's way, well maybe after this snow storm we are suppose to have tomorrow, WHAT! Mckaela had a little kindergarten program last week, sang some songs and then the parents got to go back to the class and do some fun activities with them. We made a picture frame, played a few math games and then had a little snack. She really has loved school, she has learned so much this past year. She can add and subtract, reading chapter books, and writing really well. One smart cookie! Her teacher is awesome. She still has school til the end of June. But Brendan had his last day today. They also put on little show, with singing, counting, and saying their good byes. We will miss Miss Linda, she has been really good for Brendan.

Catching up....

2008-05-12T09:08:00.000-07:00

Their has been a lot going on the past few weeks, so I thought I would catch up a little bit. First off I hope all the mother's had a fabulous day! I got breakfast in bed, flowers and the cutest card from the kids. Also we spent time with our mom's and even had some family pictures taken. Every year around the same time Ryan's family goes to the Provo temple to take their family picture, his brother was in town this weekend so we were able to take it on mothers day!
My mom and two sisters.

The kids have also started tee-ball and soccer. So here are a few snap shots of all the fun!

Vegas here we come.

2008-04-28T19:51:00.001-07:00

We just got back from being in Las Vegas for a week. And can I say it was the perfect time to get away. It was so warm and sunny the whole time. Not this warm one day, snow the next! We stayed in our time share and this is probably our second favorite now, next to Cabo! It was so nice, and a lot to do at the resort. We kept busy by swimming everyday,(which we all got sun burned) hit several buffet's,(gained 20lbs) M&M factory, a little shopping, gambling,(lost next months house payment! jk) strip clubs-wait how did that get in here! J/K But mostly just relaxed and had fun being together! My parents joined us also and they even let us go out for an evening. Thanks!
Rio buffet, I remember it being much better!
The kids loved the M&M factory. I think they even taste better when they cost 20 bucks for like ten! The pools were so much fun! They had like four to choose from, we picked the heated ones.
Brendan loves pirates, so we had to show him the big pirate ship's at Treasure Island. There was so many pictures to choose from so i put a slide together to capture our great trip!

We're so glad when daddy comes home..

2008-04-21T21:33:00.000-07:00

We were so excited to go get Ryan from the airport today. The kids made posters and cards to make his home coming a little better. Ryan has been in Brazil for the past nine days. He went with his brother and they both had the best time! They had both served their mission's there, so it was really neat for them to have another chance to go back and enjoy everything all over again.

We sure missed him!!! Mckaela was off track this week too, so we made all these plans to have fun while she would be home and to keep us busy while daddy was gone. But Mckaela got sick the night he left and was sick almost till the day he came back. She had a virus that was going around, with high fever, stomach ache and other symptoms. Her fever got up to 104.3! Which totally scared me, none of the kids had ever had a fever that high. We took her to the doctor's, which there was not much that could be done, and then my wonderful visiting teacher's husband gave her a blessing. She is 100% better now. I am so grateful to all those that helped me this past week, without you I don't know if I would have made it! So now Ryan is home and we are off to Las Vegas for a family get away for the next week. We all need some quality time together!

Special school day...

2008-04-10T12:35:00.001-07:00

Brendan was so excited about school today. It was bring a visitor to school day, so he chose two special visitors to come and join him.
Grandma and Grandpa Parker!!!
They had reading time, tell about your visitor and earlier this week they made a volcano, so now they were able to show how it worked. Painted pictures and then had snack time. It was a busy morning. Thanks grandpa and grandma for going, Brendan had a really fun time showing you his day at school!
So I have to throw this in! Ryan has done this with all the kids and now it's Addy's turn and she just loves it! I don't but they do!!!
this face just kills me...don't you love the first time they start to taste baby food. She will pull a face but will still eat it.

7months and rolling...

2008-04-03T18:51:00.000-07:00

So Addison has been very stubborn about rolling over, she has been rolling stomach to back, that's the easy one, but today she decided it would be the day. We all clapped and cheered and she got such a kick out of all the attention. This was a big day for her and now we can't wait to see what she will do at eight months!

ONE.....
TWO....
THREE....
TA DA!!

Fun filled day!

2008-03-24T18:30:00.000-07:00

We hope everyone had a fabulous Easter! We had a fun day filled with kids waking up bright and early with excitement to see what their baskets had been filled with. Many egg hunts, lots of candy and most important being at church to remember and think about our Savior.

The matching trio!!!

For you moms out there trying to find matching clothes for your little ones, It's was impossible!
I went to sooooo many stores trying to find something that would all go together. Sure for the girls they had cute dresses that would match but then nothing for the boys. I can't tell you how excited I was to find Brendan's purple tie! I decided I will come up with my own fashion line that give's you option's to have your children match on these fun holidays.