Parker eating french toast with his fork of choice....

And counting 1...2...3!!

HOLIDAYS

Thanksgiving and Christmas are coming up and I want to make them special for our little family. We are growing and need to start some of our own traditions. I want to have some traditions that help us to focus on Jesus Christ. I've been trying to think of a few for each holiday but I would also love some help. Here is what I've thought of:

Thanksgiving:
-have a fast in November of just giving thanks...
-On thanksgiving all say something you are thankful for...
(that's really all I can think of, any other ideas?)

Christmas:
-Advent calendar with thoughts each day
-each getting a gift on Christmas that helps us remember the savior
-Focus on giving more than getting
-secret santa/angel gifts, everyone in family has someone elses name and does things for them secretly throughout the christmas season
(any more?)

My Phone

Broke my phone, lost all my contacts...
my number is still the same I just don't have anyone elses number.
I'd love to get them back, please send me your info by blog or text or email.

p.s. Thanks for all the help with the book ideas!!

Need some Ideas!

I love this children's book. It's one of those I grew up with and I just love the rhymes and clever ideas in the book. And it's all about the ABC's! For me it's one of those classic books that you have to read your kids. Chad on the other hand thinks it's boring. So I need to look for some other good books to read with Parker. I really believe that kids will learn to like books if their parents are excited to read the book to them. So I am looking for books that are fun to read and fun to look at.

So I need your help...

Tell me a book that you remember growing up with that you loved, or one you like reading to a child or just a book that would be fun for us. I need some help!!

ROAAARRR!!

This year Parker was a Lion for halloween! And Mom even made his costume!! Best part... all I have to do is remove the lion hair bunches and it is a hoodie sweatshirt he can still wear! When I first tried it on him to see if it fit he freaked out!! He hated it. I thought for sure he wouldn't be wearing it for halloween and all I could do was laugh about it. but for some reason when it came time for costume.. he wore it! That definately made me happy.

This was our first time doing a "trunk or treat". You all go to the parking lot of your ward and decorate your trunks and go around to each car instead of each house. It worked really well. And we had fun taking parker around.

Here is a video of halloween pumpkin carving!
ROAAAAR!!! That's what the lion says!

Happenings in Oregon

Parker was trying on all of my headbands. And making faces at himself in the mirror. Chad always rolls his eyes when he is wearing these PJs because he says they look like a girls outfit, like little clouds. I guess they do, but they are supposed to be polar bears. I love them because I love the ones with feet!!

Here I am about 5 1/2 months along, expecting a little girl!

We decorated Halloween Cookies for family night. It was Parker's first time to frost and decorate cookies. And most the ones he decorated didn't end up in the cookie tub.... they ended up in his tummy!!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

We are having a little....
BABY GIRL!!!

We are Here!!

We made it to Oregon!! All of my pictures are in the wrong order, they go back in time..... so bear with me....
Here is Parker playing in our new backyard. I have definitely been missing a back yard and Parker loves it too. He will be out there for hours with just a shovel and dirt! love it! This picture we snagged because he loves to wear daddy's hats all around.
Our first week we were are here we have been able to see some friends that Chad will be working with in Oregon. We also all went out to dinner in Grants Pass. Parker loved playing with little lucy who is 2. I need to be better with finding him some friends!
Here we are moving all our stuff to live in Oregon. I drove our car behind Chad while he drove the moving van. We took 2 days to get there.
Here is a dinner that some of my cougarette friends put together for me to see them one last time before I left! I will miss them!


These next pictures are of the 1st trip we took out to medford to find a place to live...
We got to see my cousin Ashley who lives in Portland and go to an apple farm. We tasted some of the best apples!! Thanks Ashley :)

We also went to a lot of different parks in Medford to see what was available in the area we would be moving to. They have alot of really fun parks!


This is Chad and Parker standing in front of the famous Harry and David's story in Medford.

It's beautiful here I love to see the vineyards on the edges of the city. They're gorgeous!

Here is Parker taking his first airplane ride. He really did well. But I don't know how I could have done that alone. Having a toddler and being pregnant while traveling is not the easiest! I was so glad that chad was there with me.