Parkinson Family: Easter

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Spring has sprung!

The kids showing off their Easter baskets. They were hidden outside but it was so exciting,

we forgot to get pictures. We got a really cute video, though.

We had a great Easter this year- at home. The day before (Saturday) we spent down in Salt Lake visiting family. We went to my grandma Schulz's easter egg hunt and dinner. It was nice to see all of my mom's family there as it has been awhile for us. We also stopped in and visited with Oma and Opa Michel and had a nice visit with them. We did a little shopping while in Salt Lake, too (which is what you have to do when you live in a small town). Easter Sunday was a nice day spent with our family. We watched a nice Easter movie after church and just spent time together.

Jared got a swimming floatie from the Easter Bunny!

On Monday, May 2nd Erika had reached the last chapter of the Book of Mormon. She has read most of it on her own and then we talk about it with her after. We had a special family home evening where we read the last chapter with her and she finished- yeah!!! Then we celebrated with a dessert and shared our testimonies of the Book of Mormon. It is definitely a life-changing book! We are proud of Erika for accomplishing this goal and hope she will continue in her love for it.

One Sunday a few weeks ago we came down to Erika's room to find she had made her own "temple wall" with several temples on it. This was just after General Conference when she had heard Pres. Monson say each child should have a picture of the temple in their room. I guess she took this pretty literally.

Sunday, April 25, 2010

Easter in Sandy

We enjoyed a wonderful few days down in Sandy with my family over General Conference/ Easter weekend. I think the highlight of the weekend for the kids was being able to go back to the barn with Opa and see the baby chicks and horses. Kyle couldn't get enough of the baby chicks and it was all he could talk about. Heidi was just beaming when she got to ride on the horse. We were blessed with pretty nice weather on Friday and Saturday but I couldn't believe it when on Sunday morning we woke up to several inches of snow!! I don't think I can remember an Easter when it has snowed at all, let alone this much!!! We enjoyed listening to the words of the prophets and also spending time with all my siblings, most of whom were all there off and on. We also had the privilege of attending a play at the Hale Center Theatre- Fiddler on the Roof. Erika was so lucky to be able to go to this and really enjoyed it. What a great blessing it is to have family to celebrate with! We wish to rejoice in the knowledge of our Savior, that He lived and died for us and then rose again! Because of this ultimate gift, the relationships we enjoy can continue on! I am also grateful for a living prophet and apostles who speak His words today and look forward to reading them again when they come out in the Ensign.

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."