Parkinson Family: Memorial in Boise

Thursday, June 9, 2011

Memorial in Boise

We spent Memorial Weekend up in Boise with Aaron's parents and it was a lot of fun!

The weather was unpredictably stormy off and on, which wasn't what we had hoped for, but we were still able to do just everything we had hoped to do.

The first thing we did on Saturday was go to the zoo, which is always a favorite for the kids. The animals were out in the open for the most part because it wasn't too hot.

Not to mention some other animals were roaming about the zoo (the Parkinson ones). Our kids were SO EXCITED to be there and that made it even more fun.

After lunch at the park, we headed off to the Discovery Center, which is a really neat museum full of science stations for kids. This is like the ultimate science project exhibit. The kids had a lot of fun there as well. I love the potential for learning that is there, too.

Some other fun things that we enjoyed that I don't have pictures of were going swimming in the pool (I went with the kids 3 different times) and individual time with grandma and grandpa. Erika and Kyle each got to stay with grandma and grandpa at their house for one night all by themselves and go out to breakfast the next morning. They thought that was pretty neat. Aaron also enjoyed a great round of golf with his dad. We always love to visit grandma and grandpa and are so grateful for the efforts they make to spend time with us and the kids!

2 comments:

VickiJune 10, 2011 at 7:38 AM
Cute pictures... what a great memory for us. The older we get the more we appreciate the sweet memories of time spent with the people that we love the most. OUR FAMILY!!!
Thanks again Amber for all your efforts to keep us conncected.
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Elder and Sister MichelJuly 1, 2011 at 8:28 AM
Going to Boise, what fun. Being with grandma and grandpa, what fun, Being with mom and dad on a family vacation, that is the best. You are all good examples of balance in your life, enjoy those little ones they are a gift.

we love you
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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."