Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Family Pictures 2011

We were able to get family pictures taken a couple weeks ago. Mel Howlett did them, and I ABSOLUTELY LOVE them! She did a great job! Check out her blog--http://melhowlettphotography.blogspot.com/
I think that the pictures of Parker turned out especially good. It was hard to pick favorites! But here they are!










Thursday, September 8, 2011

Bear Lake and other fun

We went to Bear Lake with Curtis' family for our reunion this year. It was so much fun! We were able to rent a cabin. I didn't really get any pictures of the cabin, but it was so nice to have a place to shower and clean up after the beach. Parker liked playing in the sand and just standing in the water. It was hard to tell if he liked it or not...he had such a serious look on his face!
Grandma and Parker. Mostly Parker just wanted to stand in the water, and when I would try to get him out, he would get upset.
We also went to Minnetonka cave. It was Parker's naptime, so he wasn't the most happy child when we went in...
Cousins!!!
Like I said, not the most happy child...but on the way back out of the cave he was much happier!
On the day we were packing up to leave all the kids wanted to sit on the 4-wheelers...
Parker and Jane just pounding away on the table...
All in all we had a great trip! I think that my favorite memory would be of Curtis, Matt, and Jeff killing a couple of mice really late at night. I'm not a huge fan of mice, but I think that Curtis' sister Sherry dislikes them more than I do. Let's just say that I won't ever forget the memory of 3 grown women standing on couches while their husbands try to kill mice that were running across the floor up into the chimney. I do have to give them credit though--they did get 3 mice while we were there. Good job guys!

Just a few more pictures of our little Parker...he is getting so big!
He really likes to help mom "mop" the floor. He also likes to help me "do the dishes." Sometimes he is a really good helper...other times I wonder how he can makes messes so fast!
He is growing so fast! I can't believe it sometimes. He is saying lots of animal noises and is starting to say a few words. He gets so excited when I understand what he is trying to tell me.