Parkinson Family: A Busy August

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

A Busy August

There are some other fun things that happened in the month of August that I am just getting around to writing about. (I guess better late than never, huh?)

On August 8th we had a free weekend so we headed up to Promontory, Utah where we visited the Golden Spike Museum. It was pretty neat! It is only an hour away from our house and I really can't believe this is the first time we've been there after living here for 8 years!

They did a reenactment of the Golden Spike where the two railroads met and even had the trains driving together. The text from the reenactment was taken from the actual text of the ceremony. They have a museum where we watched a few videos and looked at displays. It was really educational.

The next weekend of August 14th we spent up at the cabin at Strawberry for the 1st annual Ollie Michel reunion. It was fun to spend time with my siblings and parents and just relax. One highlight was the "treasure hunt" put together by Nathan and Jordan, who really went all out as you can see from the picture. They all dressed up like pirates and found a treasure literally buried under ground. In the box were a bunch of fun toys, games, and treats for the kids. Thanks Nate and Jordan- you're awesome!

On the way up to the cabin, we stopped in to visit my sister Amanda who had just had her baby that week. His name is Gabriel John and he is a real cutie!! We love you Amanda and hope that the adjustment to motherhood goes smoothly for you.

That Saturday after our visit to the cabin, we had a visit from our good friends, Andy and Sarah and their 4 beautiful girls. It was so good to spend some time with them. They announced that they will be moving to Georgia!! We are excited for them, but also a little sad- we'll miss them and wish them the best.

One of our big projects this summer has been putting together a swingset for the kids in the backyard. We had to dig down over a foot and then put down weed barrier. Then, we brought in a big dump truck full of sand. On top of this we put the swingset which was an old one my brother gave us from one of his houses. Aaron sanded it down and we painted it. The kids love it and it is a great place for them to play!

This picture was taken the day we put the sand in, before we moved the swingset onto it.

1 comment:

VickiNovember 2, 2010 at 5:06 PM
I remember when Ryan and I took Erika and Kyle to the Golden Spike Memorial... I hope Ryan remembers but I am sure that Erika and Kyle don't. It's when you guys were on your cruise with the Michel's right after Heide was born....
Time... where does it go???
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Parkinson funnies

Nov 2012- Aaron was watching football on TV and Jared came out saying, "I want to go watch grass!"

Dec 2011- Heidi said one morning, "Mom, there's frosting on the house!" (on a cold day when frost was on the house).

June 2, 2011- Driving in the car Kyle said to his sister, "If you don't learn to talk, Jesus will make you talk Spanish." (He explained later that he actually meant sign language. That's how he thought it worked.)

Feb 28, 2011- Kyle said, "I don't like to have babysitters because they are only supposed to take care of babies!" Then we explained that they can take care of bigger kids too.

Dec 15, 2010- Kyle said, "I know how they make egg nog. First they dump in the eggs and mix them around. Then they put in the nog..."

Oct 20, 2010- Kyle said, "Mom, is some cheese blue?" I said it is called blue cheese but isn't really that blue. He said, "Well, then does it taste like blueberries?" I love all the questions he asks about how the world works- He's really trying to figure things out.

Oct 7, 2010- We were driving by Arctic Circle and Kyle said, "Is that the hamburger hut? I like that hut." I am wondering if he was remembering a time when we went to "Pizza Hut".

Aug 12, 2010- We were driving by a farm where there was a big fire burning up the field and Kyle said, "Dad, is that where the indians live?"

Aug 8, 2010- We were driving in the car and Kyle said, "Dad, I think I 'm truck-sick." "You mean car sick?" "No, truck sick- when you're sick in the truck."

Aug 2, 2010- We were headed off to a doctor's appointment for the baby and he was crying. Kyle said, "Mom, I think he's crying because you said he is going to get a shot."

June 28, 2010- The other day at dinner it was Heidi's turn to pray and daddy was helping her. She was just repeating everything word for word when he got to "Please bless it.." and said it 3 times. Finally I had to open my eyes to see what the hold up was. Well, little Heidi was just stuffing spaghetti in her mouth as fast as she could and it was hanging out all over. We all just bust up laughing. I guess she just couldn't wait any longer!

May 19, 2010- On the way home from the hospital after seeing their new baby brother, Erika said, "When I was born mom and dad said that I looked blue." Kyle said, "And when I was born I was pink and red. "

Dec 9,2009- The other day we were eating dinner and Kyle didn't want to eat. He said, "I don't like to eat aliens!" We told him there were no aliens in his dinner. Then, realizing what he was talking about, I said, "You mean onions?" He kept calling onions "aliens" and we got a kick out of it.

Nov 20, 2009- Erika lost another tooth at school today. Kyle said to her, "Erika, when my tooth gets loose and comes out, I'll give mine to you."

Oct 10, 2009- Today Erika said, "Mom, someday when I'm older, I want to get that recipe from you!"

Sept 9, 2009- We couldn't find our puppy anywhere and had driven all over the neighborhood to find him. Finally about 2 hours later Kyle showed up holding him and I said, "Where did you find him?" He said, "In the killer-box". "The what?" "The cooler-box". He had stuck him in a cooler in our backyard and forgotten about it. We were glad he was okay!! I felt terrible and gave him some extra TLC for a little while.

Sept 4, 2009- Erika said tonight, "You know what my favorite thing is about school? It's lunch... and learning... and break!" We said, "Isn't that the whole thing?"

Aug 17,2009- We were camping and had brought all our bikes. As we were leaving camp for a little while, Aaron commented that it might have been wise to bring a chain to lock up our bikes so they wouldn't get stolen. Erika said, "Or, we could have just brought a sign that said, 'DON'T STEAL!'".

July 12, 2009- Today at church Kyle looked at my Young Women's Medallion and said, "Mom, is that you on the necklace?"

July 3, 2009- Kyle had been sleeping down in Erika's room with some friends and came upstairs before we went to bed. He said, "Mom, there was some noise down there. I think it was the tooth fairy, coming to get the loose tooth."