Play dates with friends

This July was crazy for us. Nathan had a huge deadline the day before we headed for our vacation so he ended up working from 8 in the morning till 12 midnight most days. Including Saturdays. We managed to keep busy with family and friends. We were able to go to the zoo with my friend Ash from high school and then we headed to Thanksgiving point to catch up with an old friend from our ward the next week. We had a lot of fun!Parker and I also took a mommy and me swimming class. He loved it. He is more comfortable in the pool now so that is great. My friend Cass and her son Bridger took it with us. Don't tell Nixon because both my friends who took it brought their kids who were his age, but I needed to make sure parker was ok with the water and it worked! This was Parker in the play jail at Thanksgiving point. They have a fun little western village for the kids to play in.

He had tons of fun at the pony rides. And was excited to have me ride on the toys at the park. Nixon was there too but he wasn't so happy to be there so my friends Cass walked with Parker while I held Nixon.

This was Nixon on the Carousel at the zoo. It wasn't his favorite.

The train ride and the elephant exhibit. Parker loved the train ride-once we got on. I was a little worried at first he wanted me to hold him because he was scared of the train line. Luckily he got over that pretty quick.

Most of you know the last few weeks have been a little rainy. But that did not stop Nathan from having the great idea of going on a hike a few weeks ago. Which then inspired us to make a goal to go hiking every Tuesday. The next tuesday I brought the camera along to document. This Tuesday we were plagued with the flu. Hopefully we will be out there again every Tuesday for the rest of the summer. Honestly it is so beautiful and Parker loves it.I think Parker loves it so much because he gets to throw rocks in the river. I guess we will be on the look out for hikes with rivers passing by them.


Nixon is getting to the age where he want to be down and crawling. This should make my summer vacations very dirty!
I love my boys!
Parker told me to be careful as we got closer to the river! He is so sweet. He also tells me to watch out for cars while I am driving. It cracks me up.
What a cute view!!

Art City Days!

We took Parker and Nixon to Art city days a few days this week. The first night we went to have a scone but once Parker saw the rides we had to promise to bring him back the next day. We LOVE the scones!!! The second day we didn't make it to the scone shack in time so we had to get a funnel cake-sorry Ryan and Jayna I hope you make it there sometime this weekend. On our way to the carnival it started to rain so we waited for it stop. By the time we got down there all the good parents had their kids in bed so Parker rode each ride all by himself. And I'm pretty sure they let him ride twice as long.
My pictures just uploaded backwards and I know how to fix them but I'm too lazy tonight. The "dragon train" was our grand finale. The worker must have let us go around 20 times . I thought it was nice but it was such a small track that I thought I was going to die around every corner. Plus my parents always told me that these carnival rides weren't as safe as big amusement Park rides so I hadn't been on one in 20 years!
Parker didn't want to sit in the first seat because the dragon was "scary". He loved every minute of the ride.
Parker wanted me to ride on the other horse but I always think of the rattlesnake in the carousel story so I wanted to watch him closely. I know I'm a nerd.
Nixon braved the cold while his brother got to enjoy all the rides. It was past his bed time so I thought he would fall asleep on the walk over but he stayed awake almost until we were home.


On the mermaid/duck ride Parker would look away from the ride operator every time he would come around to him. Once I figured out what he was doing it was funny to watch him look out of the corner of his eye to see if the guy had passed yet. I moved away from the operator so I could convince him to waive at me. Parker doesn't smile in pictures right now but I promise he was having a good time. He was just too busy concentrating on driving the carts.

PS If you went to the carnival, what do you think of the new location? We LOVED it! but don't let that influence you, I really want to know your own opinion.

PPS We really go just for the scones. If we could we would sneak in and out with only participating in eating the scone. I promise we aren't super ghetto. But hey we have kids and we have to keep them happy! And we made sure to bring the purel to disinfect when we were done

Memorial Day

My grandma has a family reunion at her home on Memorial day. So on Monday we drove up to Cache Valley.This is my grandma and her two sisters. My grandma is on the left.
Parker and Nathan getting ready to hit the volleyball. What is a family reunion without volleyball?
Parker and my cousin Gracie. Parker was so sad to leave Gracie and her sister Olivia. On the way home he kept saying What are Gracie and Olivia doing mommy?
Nixon enjoyed himself as well.
Parker and Tate playing. When the three little boys get a little bigger they are going to have so much fun together!

Bathroom decorations

I'm a big believer in decorating your house with family pictures. So I've decided to decorate my bathroom with cute pictures of my boys. While I was in High School I babysat a family who had a pictures of their kids in the bath printed on tiles and hanging in their bathroom. I wish I could remember what family it was but now I'm stuck figuring it out myself. So has anyone ever transfered their pictures onto tiles?

Happy Birthday Nathan!!!

Today is Nathan's 26th birthday. We hope he has a good one. We started the celebrations early by singing to him last night. He was nice enough to let Parker blow out some candles as well. Parker is sick though so we cut him off a special section that he could blow all the germs on it he wanted!! Nathan is such a good dad and husband. Parker and Nixon light up when he comes home. Parker loves to go everywhere with Nathan on the weekends when we get Nathan home all day long! We are very lucky to have you in our lives Nathan. Happy birthday!!

To Nancy and Angie

Today we surprised my mom with a great Mothers Day gift. Lucky for you it will also benefit you both as well. Introducing the Nautica Party Island. Bear Lake 2009 here we come!!I know, I know, you are so excited for floating in Bear Lake this year. My mom was so excited she could hardly stand it. It comes with two coolers on the tube so we can bring out our water and sunscreen and food and the middle has mesh so the water comes in a little but you don't fall in! Just face it we are your favorite Niece and Nephew. See you in a few weeks!!!