A few more "Parker-isms" for your enjoyment....

"When I eat Jello it makes my tummy feel all woggle-ee inside."

"I am not wearing a tie to church. Dallin will laugh at me and call me a "church-guy." (Apparently being called a "church guy" is the WORST thing in the world.)

(Talking about his new summer preschool class) "I'm not going to preschool anymore. I'm going to quit...its just not for me."

"Mom, when are you going to take us to Goog-a-ly Goon?" (referring to Lagoon)

(On receiving his "Best Slugger Award" from his baseball coach) "I already knew that I was the best."

(Prayer from last week) "...And please bless that baby won't ANNOY us anymore."

P-man always has something funny to say. He is one silly kid.

Haven't been posting much this week.....my camera died. Hopefully I will get a new one this week. We have lots of fun things coming up.....the 4th (HOORAY), camping at Lake Owahee, and Girls Camp next week.

Ahhhh....Summer Lovin!

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Father's Day to 3 of the most important men in my life!

My own dad is such an amazing example of humility and hard work. He has ALWAYS put the Lord first in his life and I know that this is why he is such an incredible husband, father and grandpa. I am one lucky girl. I love you dad. Next we have my "other" dad. He is such a LOVING and caring person. He did a fabulous job raising a son that I love more than anything. He has always made me feel apart of the family ever since I first time I met him. He is a spiritual giant and a wonderful man. I love you Ric!

And of course we have my Nathan. I am so proud to call him the father of our children. He works so hard for us and I am amazed with his determination and drive to accomplish anything he puts his mind to. You are my everything Nathan Richard! Our boys are truly blessed to have such an incredible dad!

What is love?

Tonight as I tucked the boys into bed, I told them that I loved them. It's the same old routine every night and the boys try to come up with every excuse imaginable to prolong the experience. Usually the excuses are....

I have to go potty (again)

I need some water

I need my blanket/bunny/beaver/teddy bear/whatever stuffed animal they can think of

Where is the night light?

I forgot to brush...the list goes on and on.

Tonight though, ....Parker asked what love was. As I was racking my mind trying to come up with an answer that Parker would understand Dallin suddenly says, "I know what love is. Love is when someone hurts you. And you get so mad but you don't yell at them because you know it would hurt their feelings." Then he continued with, "Love is hugging. Love is kissing. Love is saying no sometimes."


Pretty good insight for a 6 year old.

Lake Powell 2009

We had an awesome time at Lake Powell this year. For once in our lives we had NO HICCUPS! It was a miracle! Usually every year we come across at least a few major problems but this year everything was pretty much smooth sailing! The weather was a little cooler than usual but we actually enjoyed the water being only a few degrees cooler then the air...it make the water feel really warm!

We were few in number this year as Nat and Robby stayed home as did Nate and Landon. We missed them! Here is a little picture recap:

We stayed in the same spot we did last year and had this as our view: SO beautiful!

We got some good fishing in. They boys had fishing poles (with just sinkers on...no hooks) and they spend HOURS casting out their lines and reeling it back in. They loved it! We did catch a few fish with the real fishing pole too. We got some carp and blue gill....the usual. The boys loved hanging out with their uncles. They are lucky to have such great young men to look up to! They had fun hanging out with Mason and Preston too!
The skiing/boarding/surfing/air chairing/tubing was incredible! There is no where that even compares! We were able to get Dallin to TRY ON the wakeboard....but that is about as far as he would go...poor guy. As soon as he realized he was going to have to float in the water WITH that huge thing attached to his legs he changed his mind. O well.....hopefully we'll get him out there soon.

Grandpa Rock put on quite the show as usual. I don't think there are many guys out there who have a Grandpa who can ski like he can! He is awesome! We played the 2nd annual Red Rock Challenge which was a huge hit. This years challenges included: starring contest, casting contest (furthest and most straight), American Gladiators (first to push the other one off the raft wins), root beer chugging, icky poo challenge (we used those sticky hand things...first to grab the most pieces of paper is the winner), shaving cream sculpting contest, and many more. Preston and I won! Woo woo!

We had a Mexican Fiesta one night. Uncle James cooked us up some authentic Mexican tostadas. We rocked out to some Mexican hits and enjoyed some corn on the cob smothered in mayo and cheese (insert puke noise here). The chicken was great but I wasn't a fan of the corn.
It was another great year down at Powell!

We've been going down to Powell for so many years now. Sometimes the years kind of blend together so I wanted to document a couple of things that made this trip......unique.

We saw a fish that was acting like a shark. It was swimming with its fin out of the water. Luckily we spotted the fish while we were IN the boat. If I had seen it while I was in the water I'm sure I would have been freaking out.

Next......we had a dead deer near the entrance of our canyon. We've never seen a deer before. We are thinking that a flash flood caused the deer to fall over the canyon wall and the deer probably swam over to the shore and starved since there is nothing to eat. The water was going up about 2 feet every day. As soon as the water swallowed up our deer we left that canyon......good thing. YUCK!

We had a wonderful vacation. The boys and I had such a fantastic time! THANK you Grandma Lee Lee for watching Landon for us this year! It's always nice to get away for a few days. We were so happy to come home to our hardworking Daddy!

It's that time of year again.....

Has it really already been a year?? We're off to Powell again! Summer has officially started........

To go....or not to go...that is the question.

So, my 10 year high school reunion is coming up. The money was actually due yesterday. I'm having a really hard time deciding if I want to go or not. One dear friend actually threatened to drag me by my ankles, willing or unwilling. So, maybe I am going. I have mixed feelings about it. The world of facebook has made it possible to "see" how everyone is doing with very little effort. Can we not just consider facebook a reunion and call it good? I already keep in touch with the friends that really mean something to me from the high school days.
Okay. Maybe there are a few old friends I would love to see in person. A few. So it will be ME pulling my HUSBAND along by his ankles, cause well, I can't go back to a reunion without my hot (and skinny) husband, right? I don't know why HE isn't excited about going. He has no idea how lucky he is for the opportunity to be blinded by the sheer awesomeness that is the class of 1999. Haha.
I guess I am just paranoid. I'm not the same girl I was back then.
I'm also nervous because I'm going to be gone the entire week prior to the reunion because I'll be at girls camp. My poor mom having to deal with my 3 rascals ALL week??? Yikes!

Did you go to your ten year high school reunion? Was it worth the effort? Should I go to mine?