Pumpkin Patch with Austin

Went to the Pumpkin Patch with Austin and Audrey just like last year. Had so much fun, except for when PK tripped in the mud. He has such personality and LOVES being outside and running free. These two boys are so funny together, so different but both total BOYS. I can't get enough of it.

Halloween Chicken

This Halloween Parker was the cutest chicken you ever did see! I am only posting these pics because my favorite little sister called from BYU and demanded that I post some pics soon, so here ya go Kish! We did go to our ward's and Tina's ward's trunk or treat to score some candy but on Halloween we stayed home to answer the door, it was our first year being able to do that and it was so much fun! Parker would get really excited when the doorbell would ring and he can now understandably say "trick or treat." We love our cute little chicken. And thanks Tina for the costume!

Do the Puyallup

The night that Seth and I went to the fair with all our besties, he won Parker a Pablo! And I got a root beer float!

The Puyallup Fair! This was the first and probably the only year when we decided to actually do the whole fair experience. We splurged and had some extremely unhealthy food to eat, rode a couple rides, tried to win $150, played some extremely unfair and expensive carnival games, watched the hypnotist and had a blast! I have to say it was even worth it to wait in line for the WildCat!
During the day we wanted to take Parker and Gage to see all the animals, which they LOVED! We got to see a zedonk (half donkey half zebra) and a lot of other cool animals. Gage went fishing and rode ALL the John Deeres. It was so much fun to take the boys around.

Gage's favorite part was the John Deere section, we HAD to spend a long time here test driving every machine. Parker rode the skid-steer but wasn't interested in anything else.

Parker and His Daddy

Parker and his Daddy are best buds. Seth is seriously the BEST dad ever! He teaches and plays with Parker so much. He is already excited to teach him how to shave, the proper way to eat cheez-its and how to correctly drink the "after cereal" milk. Parker and Seth do lots of man stuff together, like building the shed, cementing the fence posts, hauling dirt, and yard work. Whenever I come home from being gone Parker gets excited and will give me a big hug and kiss but when Daddy comes home its more like run around, jump up and down and laugh hysterically and scream at the top of your lungs kid of excited. Those boys...

Tiger Mountain

We LOVE hiking in this family! About a month after we found out we were pregnant with Parker we HAD to go out a buy a sweet hiking backpack to pack along our boy. We LOVE all things outdoors and hiking is one of our favorites by far. We plan on taking our kids on many outdoor adventures and this was one of Parker's firsts. His first hike was actually when he was 3 months old though. But this time he had a blast! And he even hiked up a good section of the trail in his sweet hiking boots, which happened to be super steep. We did the back side of Tiger Mountain, coming from the I-90, which Seth and I always wanted to do but never have before. It was a good day outside, Seth came home early from work and so we just packed up and left. The pictures may deceive you but Seth carried Parker 85% of the time and then I carried him because I wanted to try out the pack and it happened to be when we found a good view. Parker was so tired and he fell asleep on the way down. Seth tested out Randy's new hiking boots for him, which were great. We had lunch at the top and had an extremely tired baby at the end of the day. Hiking is the best.

Remlinger Farms

Back in the beginning of July sometime (I am very behind on blogging) while the big boys were away at scout camp, Parker and I went with our friends to Remlinger Farms. It was so much fun! The girls got their faces painted, we got to take a train ride, drive a car, play in the hay, ride roller coasters and the girls even got to ride a horse. Parker loved it and I especially loved having something fun to do while Seth was away. I think next year he will love it even more, he didn't care too much about seeing the animals and was too young to go on the rides. Thanks so much Angells for inviting us to tag along!

Summer of Projects

This summer has been FUN and FULL of projects. My husband is so great and he is exceptionally cute when he does manly things. Projects that he has done so far:
- The pictures are of the 20 yards of dirt we had delivered and spread over the back yard to level it out a bit and fill in some holes, everyone was always tripping back there
- Re-done the ENTIRE garage including adding insulation, drywall, painting, installing cabinets for my food storage and adding padding
- Built a super fancy glass fencing around the back deck so Parker can play outside
- Built me a 2nd garden box and built me really big and really nice trellises for my peas
- Re-done the entire front yard including, bringing in new plants and trees and he helps me constantly weed and keep it up
- Built a frame around the door to the garage
- Installed a garbage disposal for me
- Re-did half the back fence because the guy who installed it did a crappy job
- His current and biggest project thus far is building a shed (without any plans) which includes pouring a cement base, framing, manly stuff, installing siding, building a door
- Once the shed is complete, which won't be long, we are re-roofing the house

Basically my husband is an amazingly hard worker and this summer has been very productive. How he manages to work at the hospital, take us on a few vacations, have plenty of time to play with PK and go out on dates with me and still have time to do all these projects and sleep is beyond me. I feel accomplished when I shower and get the laundry done!


Parker LOVES LOVES LOVES to help his daddy do manly things. Anything involving outside and especially dirt is PK's domain. I'm not worried too much though, he needs to get used to it, I'll have plenty of work for him to do when he's older.