Parkinson Family: Boise Parkinson Reunion

Monday, December 30, 2013

Boise Parkinson Reunion

We had a great time up in Boise from July 24th-28th with the Parkinson family! This was quite a big deal having all of Aaron's family together. It had been 3 years since we'd all been together. The kids were so excited to see their cousins! We stayed in a hotel and did some fun things around Boise.

Opening presents on Erika's birthday morning

After settling in the hotel, Aaron took Kyle, Heidi, and Jared swimming in the pool while I went to the mall with Erika and Jared. We were also accompanied by Grandma and Erika's cousin Taylor. We got to watch Erika get her ears pierced! That was exciting for her. We also went to the Build-A-Bear Workshop where grandma paid for Erika to make her own bear. (something she's always wanted to do). After that, we met up with everyone and went out to dinner at the restaurant of Erika's choice- Sizzler.

HAPPY 10TH BIRTHDAY, ERIKA! WE LOVE YOU!!

Thursday morning we met up with everyone and went and got some nice family pictures at the Boise Train Depot. It is such a pretty place! We got some great pictures of everyone!

Jared and Aaron having a "moment". I think this picture
captures what a sweet and patient father Aaron is.

That afternoon, we all headed to Lucky Peak. What an amazing place! I never even knew it existed until this trip! It was the perfect weather, too. It is a man-made beach up the canyon from Boise with a grassy area and picnic tables and then a beach with fairly shallow water. (An adult can walk all the way to the deepest part). The kids had a great time playing in the water and just relaxing! We flied kites, played ball and just visited. Jared had a traumatic moment when he got stung by a bee after drimking some soda pop that dripped on his neck, a bee thought it was a sweet spot. Luckily we were just about ready to leave at that point. That was his first encounter with a bee and he still talks about it if reminded.

Taylor, Erika, and Kyle basking in the sun

Looking for little fish with uncle Ryan

A perfect day for kite flying!

On Friday morning, while the guys went golfing, we brave women loaded up all the kids and took them to the zoo. That was a lot of fun, but exhausting too. Look at these animals!! As you can see, they were having so much fun there, so it was worth it.

As you can see, my little animals love to pose for the camera.

This one looks like he needs to go back into the egg
until he's ready to hatch, don't you think?

After the zoo, we walked over to the Julia Davis park where mom had rented a pavilion. We had lunch, played games, did a piñata, and rode the paddle boats on the duck pond.

Kyle and Kaidynce at the park

On Friday evening after the park, we all met up at the chinese buffet we like to frequent whenever we come to Boise. The next morning, Saturday, we went to the aquarium in Boise. I was also really impressed with this place, too! There were a lot of animals that the kids could touch there, including many friendly rays, some starfish and an iguana.

Jared loved touching the rays!

After the aquarium we had to say goodbye to Marisa and Sam as they were heading back home. We then went out to a really fun splash park out in Meridian. The kids loved it there and played for hours! I wish I would've gotten a few pictures of Kyle because he was a hoot. He just got himself drenched!

Jordan had fun splashing in the puddles by all the drains.

Aaron trying to take a nap with Jordan- how sweet!
(Good luck! We know he's tired, but I don't think he wants to be. )

Thanks everyone for the fun times! Great memories...

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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."