Parkinson Family: cabin

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Fun at the Cabin

We have had hardly any snow this winter- It has been so different that what we are used to. And, the few times it has snowed, it has only been a small amount that melted in a day or two. So, we headed up to Oma and Opa's cabin at Strawerry Reservoir the weekend of Aaron's birthday- Feb 17-20th.

It was actually kind-of an adventure for us but turned out being a lot of fun. I still laugh about snowmobiling out on Sunday with our snow clothes over our church clothes, taking them all off in the car, and then going to church. It was really pretty comical. I guess we have never stayed over Sunday at the cabin in the winter time before. Aaron's brother Dave and his sweet family also came up and we were so lucky to have them. We had a great time together! (They were good sports for sure.)

We took the opportunity to play in the snow while we were there. As you can see above, Jared wasn't so sure if he liked being out there in the sled. He looked like a little marshmallow man after we had him all bundled up and brought him outside. He fell over a few times and started crying and I had to try really hard not to laugh because he was so cute!

You can't see his face, but Jared actually had a lot of fun going down the little hill with me. Heidi, of course, loved it and didn't want to stop.

After the rides, Jared actually started to like being out in the snow and didn't want to go inside. He just had fun tromping around in the snow and making tracks, touching the snow, etc.

Erika and Kyle got really into it and dug a snow cave on the big hill behind the cabin. It was really sad when the snow cave ended up collapsing. They made it pretty deep!

Erika, Kyle, and Heidi also had fun sledding down the big hill and Aaron drove the snowmobile down to pull them up. Jared even got a few short rides on the snowmobile and loved it.

We are grateful for the great opportunity of going to the cabin and for the fun memories we have been able to make there. I guess excursions like these make the drab, cold winter a little more fun.

All the kids loaded on, for our final trip leaving the cabin.

Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Michel Reunion at Strawberry

swimming in the lake- Heidi, Aaron, Kyle, Amber, Gentry, Erika, Oma.

July 15-17th we headed up to the cabin at Strawberry Reservoir for a fun weekend. This reunion included my dad's parents (Oma and Opa Michel) and all their children- my uncles, aunts, and cousins. It was pretty crowded so we stayed in our tent trailer just outside the cabin. The weather was perfect and we enjoyed swimming and boating in the lake as well as riding horses and motorcycles.

Kyle "helping" daddy drive the boat

The last day of the trip was my birthday and one of the best gifts I got this year was my dad taking me on a horseback ride up into the mountains early that morning. My aunt Eva came too and it was really nice. I have missed riding. My dad doesn't usually bring the horses up to the cabin because there really isn't anywhere to keep them, but he did it this time just for me and it meant a lot to me. The kids had fun playing with my cousin Gentry and my cousin Malia's kids Dalton and Savannah. It was good to see everyone again and to catch up.

Erika and Gentry riding Dusty (Leading them is my cousin Karl who also has the same birthday as me, just a few years later.)

Me and Heidi riding my favorite horse Dusty on my birthday

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."