Happy Birthday Parker!

My baby is 2 yrs. old! I can't believe it. He is so full of life and this birthday was so fun because he is talking and doing everything on his own. We had a fun pirate birthday party because Parker loves Peter Pan. We had our family come over and we had a blast! We are so lucky to have such a fun and loving little boy.

Grandma and Grandpa Love gave Parker a bike and he loved it!

Hayley and Burke gave Parker a sword and he really thinks he is Captain Hook with it.

Parker loved opening all the presents!

Parker playing with uncle Nate's present.

Parker eating his Peter Pan cake.

More pictures!

Favorite thing to do!

At the falls with the fam.

Parker with my aunt Karen's dog.

New football since he only has ten!!!

Happy 4th of July!

Lowe swimming party

Jared's sister Jill put a pool in last summer and so we got together with the whole fam and had a great time being with everyone.

Museum Vacation

The last museum we went to was the Aquarium in Sandy. He had a good time here too.

Parker's favorite movie is Bambi so he talked with Bambi and his family in the garden.

Favorite thing about the hotel was this dog statue that Parker thought was real. Only $800! He wanted it so bad.

Daddy's boy!

We were excited when we checked into Little America because they upgraded us over to the Grand America. It was so nice! We felt a little out of place because it was so nice and we got some funny looks being with a 2 yr. old.

Parker doing his absolute favorite thing...driving! He also got very attached to this red cowboy hat he found.

The next museum we went to was the Children's Museum at the Gateway. He loved sitting in the helicopter.

Playing on the playgroung inside the park.

We decided to take Parker on a museum vacation. He had a blast and it was a lot of fun! The first place we went was the Dinosaur Park.

Idaho Falls

We had a great time seeing where Burke and Hayley now live.  We have also never seen so many goslings.  They were everywhere by the falls.  It is so fun having them close to us.  

Idaho Falls

This was our visit to Idaho Falls. Parker had a blast with the ducks and geese.

Music Class

This year me and Parker took a music class at the Book Table.  It was so much fun and Parker is becoming quite the musician.  He makes everyone laugh and he loved his music teachers! I have to make sure he does at least one thing that is not a sport!

We are still alive!

I am not good at this blog thing.  Halloween is definitely over!  Parker is almost two now. Summer is coming so I hope we can do a lot better with our posting.  Parker is growing up so fast and we are very entertained by his personality. Uncle Nate is pressuring us to grow his hair out and we will see how long it lasts.  Hayley and Burke just moved to Idaho Falls and it will be fun having them closer to us.  Our little family will soon be four!  I am due November 26th.  We are excited and surprised at the same time.  Jared is recovering from knee surgery and has missed being active.  We still have our same teaching jobs and I have loved teaching part-time. I am still counting down the days to spend a whole day with Parker all summer long.  We hope everyone is doing good and sorry we don't keep in touch with everyone.  We will try to do better.       

Happy Halloween!

Parker was a dog and we made it to two houses! Happy Halloween!

Hogle Zoo

Over UEA break we decided to have an uncle day at the Hogle Zoo.  This was Parker's first time going and we had such a good time with Nate and Colt.  

Sorry it has taken so long to update our blog.  Parker had his 1st birthday party on Aug. 10th and we had such a fun time.  Here are some pictures from the party.

My attempt to make Parker a dog cake.  It took way too long and next year we will buy instead of baking!!!

Parker and his fun uncle Nate!

Colton's birthday party.  The day before my mom's so we had a party all week!  He is going on a mission Nov. 5th to Wisconsin, Milwaukee and we are so excited for him. 

We just celebrated my mom's birthday on Sept. 25th and for those of you that don't know, she had a blood clot in her lungs and was in the hospital for a week.  We are so happy that she pulled through and was able to celebrate her birthday with us.  We love you mom!

Leila the pro blogger

I would love take all the credit for my new blog but my friend Leila did it all and showed me how to do everything so she is a great blogger! Thank you Leila

Hawaii Family Picture

It has been since March since I have blogged and as you can see I'm not very good with the blogging thing. I had to post our pictures from our Hawaii trip because we want to move there and we had such a good time.

Hawaii Temple

We couldn't believe how gorgeous the temple was. The house we were staying at was right below the temple so we got to see it everyday.

Out to eat

Beautiful night to eat out! What you can't see is the huge King Crab that I ate all by myself!

Polynesian Cultural Center

The Polynesian Cultural Center. Parker did not enjoy the heat that day.

Waimea Bay

Waimea Bay our favorite spot! One time we were there and saw about fifty spinner dolphins and we saw quite a few turtles too.

Best shaved ice ever!

Best shaved ice we have ever tasted! We loved it so much we drove there twice.

Jared's favorite activity!!!

Uncle Nate

We loved having uncle Nate with us and Parker got very attached to him!

Goats Island

Goats Island- We explored this island one day and it was so much fun! You had to walk across coral to get there and it was exciting.