Parkinson Family: February 2013

Saturday, February 2, 2013

Happy New Year!

Is this supposed to be fun, mom?

We went up to the cabin for New Year's Eve this year. It was freezing cold up there, but we had a great time sledding and snowmobiling. Despite the freezing temperatures (-6), the ice was not completely frozen over on the lake because it hadn't been this cold long enough so we couldn't ice fish.

We had fun sledding down the big hill behind the cabin and then my dad would pick us up at the bottom with a snowmobile. It was lots of fun!

All bundled up for the snowmobile ride out

I took this picture in the truck on the way home from the cabin. Little Jordan was exhausted!

The kids have had a lot of fun playing out in the snow this year. This was out on our
little "hill" in the backyard when our friend Andy and his girls came up for a visit.

Jan 6th- our happy baby having tummy time!

We had a few free tickets from Kyle's Jr. Jazz, so we took our whole family to the Jazz game in Salt Lake on Jan 19th. Since we were down that way, we stopped and visited my Oma and Opa. We had a nice few hours together.

By the time we got to the game, Jordan was so exhausted, he just fell asleep in my arms. There is nothing sweeter than having a baby sleep on you! It didn't last long, though. As tired as he was, and as hard as I tried to cover his ears, there were too many loud noises.

We had a great time watching the game until Heidi unexpectedly THREW UP all over the seat. After that, everything was a blur. Aaron and I were cleaning it all up and then we took everyone home. I think we get the record for having our kids throw up unexpectedly in the most random places. (Last year Jared threw up on Aaron in sacrament meeting. We just thought he was really tired that day. No one had been sick. I think it was one of my most embarrassing moments EVER.) We listened to the rest of the game in the van on the way home. We wanted to take a few more pictures, but hadn't planned on leaving in a rush. FUN TIMES!

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."