Sister Shantel Falslev

My sister Shantel is now a missionary for our church.  She is going to do such a wonderful job!  Although all of her nieces and nephews will miss her while she is gone!  (If you want to follow her on her mission, her blog address is sisterfalslev.blogspot.com)She came up to stay for a night with us before she left and Parker loved that.  We kept telling Parker that Shantel was going on a mission and he kept saying, "No, I DO want my Shantel!"  We've been talking so much about missions because of Shantel leaving.  These are some of the conversations we've had with Parker about them.  

Me: Where is Shantel going on her mission?

Parker: To HUNGARY!

Me:  What is Shantel going to do on her mission?

Parker:  Teach people about Jesus.  And the scriptures.  And the prophet.

Me:  What else?

Parker: The temple, and ME!

Me: Where do you want to go on your mission?

Parker: To HUNGARY!

The night Shantel got set apart we went down a little early and went bowling with some of our family.  We all had a good time.  We will miss her so much while she is gone, but are so grateful for the sacrifices that she is making!  We know she will be an amazing missionary!

January 2013

I've decided that life is so fun with 2 little kids!  Especially when they are so cute!  Parker has started to say some really funny things...he just cracks us up sometimes!  

The other day he kept saying, "Silly Rabbit!  You're not a rabbit Parker!"  

Then when Curtis got home, I handed Kyla to him. Curtis said, "Come here sweetie pie."  

Parker then said, "Dad!  Kyla's not a pie!"  

Kyla is just growing so fast!  I can't believe that she is 4 months old...she's going to be a tough little girl!  Parker makes sure of that.  I will often find them in the living room, with Kyla laying on the floor on her back as happy as can be and Parker sitting on her stomach.  Most of the time he is a good helper though and doesn't sit on her.  He loves her so much!  

We also took Falslev family pictures before Shantel left on her mission.

December 2012

I love Christmas time.  It is one of the best times of the year for me.  Everyone is usually cheerful around that time of year, and there is always plenty of fun things to do.  We were able to go see lights with friends (although once again, I didn't get any pictures) and do a few other fun things to remember the true meaning of Christmas.  Here's just a few random pictures of the kids playing.  They are growing up too fast!

 For Christmas Eve this year, we were able to stay home with just our family.  We loved it!  We acted out the Christmas story-Parker loved holding the "staff," and putting Kyla in a "manger."  When we would ask Parker what Santa was going to bring him for Christmas, he would say, "A Bicycle!"  That was all he wanted.  On Christmas morning, it took him a while to come out and see what Santa had left, but he warmed right up to that "bicycle!"  Also, he is such a good brother!  After the bicycle, all he wanted to do was to "help Kyla" open presents.  Kyla was supposed to open all of them, and Parker wanted to help her open them.  Kids are truly what make Christmas!

November 2012

Thanksgiving with the Falslev Family.  What do you expect?  A whipped cream fight.  That sounds about right.  At least I wasn't the culprit for starting it this time.  Although I have to admit, it did look pretty fun.

 The rest of Thanksgiving was good.  We had a yummy dinner and got to spend time with family.  It was great!

The last week in November we went down to Salt Lake to the Aquarium.  Parker really liked all the animals and LOVED trying to "find Nemo."  Curtis and I also went to a Jazz game while Jeff and Adrienne watched the kids for us.  It was a fun game.