Parkinson Family: Memorial Weekend/ Heidi's Birthday

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

Memorial Weekend/ Heidi's Birthday

We had a fun-packed Memorial Weekend this year. We stayed at home, but grandma and grandpa Parkinson were able to come stay with us for the weekend. The night before they arrived (Friday), was Father's and Son's outing for our stake. Aaron took Kyle and Jared. It was at Earley Park and they had a lot of fun playing games with the boys and eating dinner. They also had a spiritual program which was a good experience for the boys.

The next afternoon, we went with grandma and grandpa to the Dinosaur Museum in Ogden. It is such a fun place! I love that not only do they have an indoor museum with all the bones and artifacts, but they also have dinosaur statues outside that look almost real. The kids really had fun walking around and looking at those.

Digging for dinosaur bones

The one who enjoyed it the most was Jared, by FAR!! He was running to each dinosaur and shouting at the top of his lungs, "Wow, look at this one!!" He just couldn't contain himself, he was so excited!
It was hilarious! Heidi was really excited about the dinosaurs, too. She was so giddy, running around and smiling. Jordan, on the other hand, wasn't sure what to think. By one of the dinosaurs, they had the sounds playing and when he heard it roar, he started crying and I had to hold him. I think he was afraid because he actually thought it was real!!

They also had a playground there, which was really fun for the kids. After the dinosaur park, we all went out to dinner at Golden Corral.

Jordan just hangin' out with grandpa.

The next morning, Sunday the 25th, was Heidi's birthday! She was so excited to open her presents. She got a lego set, some books, an umbrella, a new barbie, and swimming towel and puddle jumper.

She got her favorite breakfast, crepes with strawberries and whipped cream.

After church, we had dinner and then she got to blow out her candles. I made her an "Elsa" cake the night before. Now, it was supposed to be Elsa from "Frozen", but they were all sold out at the store, so Erika's Hannah Montana barbie would have to do.

The barbie's dress turned out kind of funny, but oh well. Thanks to a lot of frosting, I was able to smooth it out enough!

Heidi looked so pretty in her new dress!

The next day, Memorial day, grandma and grandpa came fishing with our family at Mantua. We caught about 15 or so small mouth bass.

What a good big sister! Thanks for the ride!

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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."