A Day in the Life of Parker

Oh this little boy! He is just a ball full of energy!! I love him to pieces but the things he can do in a days time is quite amazing. I thought I needed to blog this so I can look back and laugh! :) He starts his day off with a whirlwind as I was getting ready he found a blue marker and drew all over himself and the couch! While I was giving him a time out I left the bathroom for just literally a second and he climbed onto the counter, plugged the sink, and just about over flowed the sink while he was sitting in the sink!

Not excited about his time out! 

Taking a swim in the sink :)

Thank goodness for his nap time I would not know what I would do without it! He is so sweet and clam as he sleeps :) Well then he woke up and thought that jumping off the couch was a good idea...he ended up hitting the shelf on the wall above the couch and knocking over out big temple picture luckily it flipped over his head so when it shattered all the glass missed him! So I had him go play with the girls the girls then thought it would be funny to have him put gumballs and whoppers down his diaper. He thought this was hilarious and ran around with his diaper full of candy for quite some time.

He has to sleep with both his Mickey's, so cute!

His face, "What Mom?! I don't have anything in my diaper!"

So proud to be a boy :)

Parker loves to have to chase him to get dressed so I was able to get his pajama shirt on but in the middle of changing his diaper he took off and I found him half naked watching himself pee down our stairs! He was so proud of himself! I couldn't help but laugh. This little boy sure keeps me on my toes! I love every minuet of his craziness :) Having a boy is so different but oh so much fun!   

Swimming Lessons

We did swimming lessons this year with our good friends the Thuesons. Their family does lessons up in Sandy, so it was a bit of a drive each day but totally worth it. We all had so much fun driving together and the kiddos had a blast doing their swimming lessons together! Thanks Thuesons for the hook up! :) Brooklyn had a hard couple of days at first but then warmed up to her teacher and to swimming and really liked it! Ashlyn is a little fish like usual and had so much fun swimming!

Ashlyn's Class

Brooklyn's Class

My cute little fish! :)

Gymnastics!

Brooklyn choose to try gymnastics this summer, she had been wanting to do gymnastics for a while now. So I put Ashlyn and Brooklyn in a class to try it out. So for 6 weeks they did a class at the rec center up the street from us. Everyday Brooklyn would wake up and ask if it was gymnastics day! She just loved it and totally has a knack for it. They got to try the balance beams (high and low), the vault, the rings, and the uneven bars. Brooklyn can so a summer salt and taught herself after gymnastics was over to do a cartwheel and a handstand. I'm amazed at how naturally she caught on. Ashlyn did awesome too! She too can do a summer salt and a cart wheel and is working on her round off. I love how these girls just love trying new things! :)

Tennis Fun

This summer I thought it would be fun for the kiddos to try some fun things they haven't done before. So Ashlyn tried tennis...and loved it! She went twice a week for an hour for 6 weeks. Ashlyns little girlfriends grandma taught her and a group of girls around her age. Her teacher was so darling with the girls and Ashlyn just had a blast. 

All the tennis girls!

Ready to go on her first day :) 

Learning to hit the ball 

Happy Forth of July!!!

This year we had Brandon's parents in town over the 4th! It was so much fun! We hadn't seen them in a while so it was so great to chat and the kiddos were so excited to play with Grandma and Grandpa! Brandon got to golf with his dad which had been quite some time since they had gone golfing and Lou Anne, the kiddos, and I went to see Brave. The girls just totally loved! :) We also got to go up to Park City for one evening while they were in town and ride the Alpine Slides. It was a blast, even having to wait for the lightening to pass by so we could ride the chair lift to go. I had forgotten how much fun it is in Park City. On the fourth of July we had a BBQ then did tons of fireworks. Parker was too cute he would say "Fiworwok!" each time they would go off or he would say, "Hot." Since fire is hot! :) Brooklyn did lots better this year and did sparklers and totally loved it dancing around with it. Ashlyn was still a little hesitant with her sparklers but started to like them when she realized her younger brother and sister were liking the sparklers. We had a great time over the fourth with Brandon's parents, I am so glad we got to spend some time with them this summer! :)

He was so proud of his tank "fiworwork" :)

Ashlyn actually enjoying sparklers this year!

Brookie Boo 

Happy Birthday Brookie Boo!!

Our Birthday Girl!

The tea party all ready for some fun!

The yummy food :)

She got a bike and it has a baby basket on the front just perfect for her!

The kiddos

Cheers!!!

All the kids with their babies

Brooklyn is now a big 4 year old!! Where has the time gone?! She is growing up so fast and becoming one darling and sweet little girl. Each day I can't wait to listen to her play with her baby dolls, watch her ride her bike, listen to her talk I LOVE her accent, or cuddle her to sleep at night! She is still my little chocolate monster, loves strawberries, all candy, and can't ever get enough chocolate milk! She is my spunky little girl. The things she comes up with are just darling! I am so thankful she is my sweet little girl! She adds so much to our family! So she wanted to have a baby doll tea party with her friends for her birthday. So we had mini hot dogs, mini sandwiches, lots of fruit, and lemonade for our "tea"! They all brought their babies so we made bracelets for their babies and themselves, then decorated cupcakes for babies and themselves too! They all just had a blast it was darling to watch them all with their baby dolls! She had a blast with her cute friends. After her party she chose to go to Panda Ephress (Express) for her birthday dinner. Happy Birthday Brookie Boo!!

Fathers Golf "Par-Tee"

The Father's Day "Par-Tee" Set up

The fellas golfing! :)

Look at the beautiful golf course! WOW! (Thanks Dad for making this happen)

This past weekend my family was able to come down and visit. We had so much fun! They came down so most of us could be together for father's day. So my dad planed a trip to Mesquite for the boys to go golfing and have a guys weekend! Brandon was stoked to go golf at Wolf Creek, he had been wanting to go for years! So they left Saturday morning and played in 108 degree heat but had a blast. They said it was such a gorgeous course! They stayed the night had some quality guy time then drove back late Sunday. Mean while us girls were trying to make our own girls weekend while they were gone but it didn't quite work as we had planned. Since Parker had the chickenpox and couldn't leave the house (he was still contagious) we did the best we could. :) Oh ya and Ashlyn woke up on Saturday morning saying her ear was killing her so I took her to the doctor and she had an outer ear infection...weird but ok. I like to have all my kiddos sick at once get it done and over with right?! So we got her feeling better and made some fun bath scrubs and soaks and had a pedicure girls night! It was so much fun to just chat and hang out with my mom and sisters! :) We ended the girls night with a girlie movie and lots of candy! On Fathers Day when the boys got back we surprised them with a fun Father's Day "Par-Tee" we had "club" sandwiches, carrots "sticks", fruit and yogurt "par"faits, "chips" and dip, a "watering hole" bottled water, and "hole in one" cake! They were really surprised! I am so grateful for such a sweet and loving husband that is the best father in the world. He is just so awesome with our kids and I love seeing him play with them and show his love for them! I am also so thankful for my own father he is such a great example to me and I am so grateful for what a great dad he has always been to all us kids growing up and now! And I am grateful for a wonderful father in law! He raised one heck of a son and is a wonderful example for him to look up to! I am truly lucky to have such amazing fathers in my life! I hope they all had a super fathers day!!

Chicken Pox

 This is when they first started to appear! 

Our little Parker Boy had chicken pox!! He had been sick with the flu for 2 days and a really high fever on Wednesday. Then on Thursday I got him out of his crib and saw like 5 chicken pox on his back. I then had to check the rest of him out! His legs and arms had quite a few on them. So I called the doctor and sure enough he had the chickenpox! It had been going around our neighborhood with hand foot and mouth and I knew that Parker would get it because he hadn't gotten his chickenpox vaccine on his last check up because he had pneumonia. He was pretty uncomfortable and grouchy! After they all had broken out for a day or so I counted between 50 and 60 on each leg and about 30 on each arm...he was covered! He didn't sleep more than 2 hours for 2 nights and of course Brandon was out of town! :) But luckily Sunday night he slept really good! He was so cute when I would put calamine lotion on him he would just lay there, I knew he was thinking, "Oh mom this feels so much better!" All in all he didn't do too bad and now we can say we have had the chickenpox!! :) I am glad he is all better now and hopefully we won't have too many scars!

Summer Summer Summer!!

It's official Ashlyn is done with Kindergarten! Where did this year go? Last Thursday was the last day of school and since we live in the best neighborhood in the world...all the mom's got together and planned a HUGE surprise water party for all the kiddos! It was seriously unbelievable I kinda felt like I was in a movie :) haha So a couple of us mom's walked to get the kids from school to bring everyone back to the surprise. On our walk home we stopped and a sweet lady gave them all otter pops, a few houses later another lady made each of the kids ice cream cones as they walked by, then the fun began as we came around the corner the theme song to Phineas and Ferb was blaring and the rest of the mom's were waiting with a huge sign to run through "Welcome to Summer" and it all began with water balloons and squirt guns thrown at all the kids as they ran through the sign. So after the water fight we walked to the common area where the party began; tons of food, water games, a big blow up water slide, and music! We stayed and had a blast all day long! It was just the prefect way to kick off the summer!! 

Isn't this the perfect last day of school pic?!

Luke & Ashlyn cute little friends!

Ice cream cone stop! 

All the kids after they saw the surprise!!

My sweet kiddos enjoying the day!

Emma, Ashlyn, and Emory soaking up the sun!

Let the fun begin!

Girls eating snow cones!

 Oh my goodness it was too much fun! We had a blast! Let the summer fun begin!! :)

Dance Recital Time!!

The girls have taken dance this year from Center Stage in Orem, Utah and absolutely LOVE it!! Every morning Brooklyn asks me if it's dance day, that's how much she loves it. She really has opened up and become more confident this year through dance! She does so great each week then comes home and practices it with Ashlyn. Yes our kitchen floor is a tap/dance studio most of the time! :) Her teacher works just perfect with Brooklyn's personality and is so animated and cute teaching dance! I am just amazed at how naturally dance comes to Ashlyn, even just practicing she is a really strong dancer I hope she continues to love it just like I did growing up! Ashlyn has so much personality and it really shines when she dances! I loved that Ashlyn got a little solo part at the end of her dance she did so great with it! I am just so proud of them and how darling they are with dancing! Here's to a wonderful year of dance...can't wait for them to start again in the fall!