Parkinson Family: July 2014

Tuesday, July 8, 2014

Jordan's 2nd Birthday

Jordan had his 2nd birthday on June 8th. It was a Sunday and so we didn't plan to do much. In the morning after breakfast, we let him open his presents, which consisted mostly of cars, cars, and cars. (He has to have a car in his hands at all times, preferably a McQueen car.) He also got a Thomas the Train lego duplo set.

After church, it was 2 pm and Jordan was pretty grumpy and just wanted his nap. So, he had a nice long nap and then we attempted the cake. I guess he slept a little too long because he really didn't seem too interested in the cake...

Well, who wants a plain old chocolate cake? Add a few Lightning McQueens on top and then, wallah! All of a sudden it looks a lot better to a 2-year old:

Of course, the perfect way to end the day was to have some fun on the swings. Jordan loves the swings and would stay on them for as long as possible.

Thursday, July 3, 2014

Camping at Mantua

We had a free weekend June 7th-8th and decided to do a quick overnight camping trip up to Mantua. It wasn't very well planned (I didn't even start packing until 3 pm) but it still turned out good for the time we had. We brought the trailer up to Mantua in search of a campground. Box Elder Campground was, of course, packed on a Friday night but we were able to find a spot at the RV park right next to the Mantua Reservoir which was actually quite nice. Our spot was right next to the gate that leads right up to the reservoir so we could go back and forth from the beach to our campsite.

3 little rascals climbing the tree...

Poor Lucky! He just did not want to go in the water
but the kids wouldn't leave him alone. Maybe he knew...

The kids had fun roasting marshmallows Friday night and Saturday we spent a few hours at the beach. One crazy thing, though, was that when Erika, Kyle, and Heidi came out of the water, they were just itching like crazy all over their bodies and couldn't stop. They were miserable!!

We figured out it was "chiggers" in the sea weed they had been swimming in. Jared and Jordan had briefly waded and splashed in the water and had only gotten a few bites on their legs. Aaron and I hadn't gotten in at all and had none. The bites were so awful, it looked like all 3 of them had the chicken pox! After several washings, benadryl and anti-itch cream, and a couple weeks, the itching finally went away. Wow! It must be a spring thing in that lake because we all swam there last August and were just fine. Hmmm.

Saturday morning we found out that my brother Jeremy, his wife and her parents were at Willard Bay boating and they invited us to join them. So, we headed that direction and met up with them. We had a great afternoon on the boat, playing in the water!! It was the perfect weather, too! Thanks for the great opportunity, Jeremy and family!!

Yes, I got up on the wakeboard. It was my first time wake-boarding!

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."