Throwback...

Elk Horn, MT... October 2010... I never posted about this and I can't believe it!! Right after my grandparents built their cabin I took little Parx man to hang with Grandma Bickie and my grandparents. And of course see the new place! We got to do/see some pretty SWWWEEEEET things.  Places like this with animals everywhere are by far my very very very favorite vacation spots.. I absolutely love seeing wildlife.  This is the same area (no cabin yet though) where Ty and I went on our honeymoon... we saw hundreds of elk, deer, a bear, porcupines, moose and coyotes.. and now its all for sale.. BUMMER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   Good thing for these pics to keep the memories fresh...

 

Baby Fever...

This family has officially caught some BABY FEVER!! Now that I've got a little belly bump and feel him moving around all the time we're getting sooo excited to meet our new little man.  He's making his appearance somewhere around January 23, 2014.  Making me 22 weeks today!

 

 I really feel like I was blessed with an incredible amount of patience through my miscarriages--I'm not a patient person AT ALL especially when it comes to expanding my family, when I'm ready I'M READY!  As we waited after our 2nd miscarriage to feel comfortable that my body was healthy enough to try again for a baby I never felt rushed or that time was standing still... in fact during those five months I didn't even want a baby and not because of some emotional reason or something... emotionally I was fine! I just plain didn't want one or feel like it was the right time.  For me this was a huge blessing and I know Heavenly Father poured out all his extra patience to me... it could have been the worst/longest five months of my life.. but instead I was able to enjoy my kids and husband and realized just how fast time goes!  And guess what? I'm back to the impatient person I have always been ... cuz January seems like an eternity!!!!! :)

 

Me at 20 weeks... these boys can't wait to meet their little bro

 

Preschool Boy

We bit the bullet and decided Parx needed preschool this year!! I got sooo nervous thinking that (depending on which school he goes to) he could be an ALL DAY kindergartener next year... I feel like that's such a huge jump in a little guys life! WITH THAT SAID.. this kid can handle it all.. he's so spunky and has no fear!! He was soo ready for school and has loved every minute of it.  As for his mommy, I'm loving seeing all his school work and hearing him talk about the fun things he does at school.

Bridge misses his bro when he's gone but has done much better than I thought he would too... and of course he puts Parx's backpack on and pretends he's going to preschool rather often :)

 

 

Parx is such an awesome boy! We are so proud of our big man...seriously we can't believe how big he is getting!

SHOCKING that he wants to be a FISHERMAN when he grows up??

But really the sad things is... HE IS GROWING UP ON US!! 

 

Just a little about our boy...

 

 Parx has become such a helper and loves being able to make decisions.  He is also a very loving big brother-- don't get me wrong there are many many arguments at this house but when bridge gets hurt or picked on Parx gets very protective. 

 

 He just started soccer again and can't wait to play in the "tournaments"... he says, "mom, I don't want to call them games.. this time they are tournaments, ok?" OK PARX.. GO COBRAS! He's one of the youngest kids on the team but also one of the tallest! He is in size 6 clothes and has been for awhile now... he's a giant!

 

He recently learned how to whistle... he's getting pretty good! I couldn't whistle till I was in high school!! Ty gets SOOOO annoyed cuz HE NEVER STOPS!! I just laugh because seriously how mad can you get at a kid for whistling??

 

He loves bike and scooter rides, going across the street catching grasshoppers, digging for worms, golfing, fishing, legos, coloring, playing with friends, and the list goes on! This summer he has been trying so hard to learn to swim but its been tough for him... he can swim like four feet before totally drowning...  its a great effort :).

 

WE LOVE YOU PARX... HAVE A GREAT YEAR!!!!

Camping... Take TWO!

We took dad back to ensign ranch the weekend before labor day for some final outdoor fun!! Of course the kids slept like little angels when he's with us... little terds (don't get me wrong I was happy about it)! We went with Kim and Sean Redford and their kiddos... those punks have an RV and we were slightly jealous :)... Due to a LAME fire ban in all of Washington we froze to death as soon as the sun went down.... we attempted to break the rules and have a fire the second night (for strictly survival purposes) and GOT CAUGHT!!! SOO we had a five minute fire and then put a candle in the middle of our pit and hung out around that all covered with blankets haha.

Some pics from the trip...

Baseball!

 



 We caught one fish.. and guess who caught it??? Ya, Parx! Of course!

this pic just reminds me of my dad.. mini grandpa! In the freezing cold water with his jeans.. nothing stops a true fisherman!

 

We took the kids on led rides... they LOVED the horses.. Bridge is a new man!

 

 

 

 

Waterslide..



 

lots and lots of crashes!!!

 

 

Trips with daddy are simply the best!!! These boys adore their dad!!

Fair...

The fair started the day after we got home from the lake house.... so with that said we didn't do as much as we usually would!  However, I did take them down on family day to get their faces painted, eat a snowcone, see the animals, and ride ONE ride! They had fun... and of course we went to the rodeo on the weekend... cuz we are closet cowboys/cowgirls over here :).

 

 

Random... BUT.... WE MADE PICKLES THIS YEAR!!!! We've canned and dehydrated sooo much crap its been an outta control crazy month!

Just Another Week In Paradise....

We had our big family vacation about a month ago :). When I got home I realized I lost the cord that connects to our computer so I've been taking lots of pics and haven't been able to get them uploaded... UNITL NOW THAT IS!! BEWARE... blogging overload in the works!

SOOOOO... we started our vacation in Spokane.. took the boys to a sweet hotel that is connected to this place with an indoor water park and all kinds of fun stuff to do. It's called Triple Play.  They had a blast sleeping in the hotel room and thought it was soo cool that they could see the water slide out our window! The water park was surprisingly SWEEEEEET and the kiddy area was bomb.. perfect for my little water baby! Parx just wanted to do the big stuff of course... he's a dare devil.

Some pics from our first adventure...

 

BOWLING...

 

MINI GOLF

 

ROCK CLIMBING CHAMP

 

We seriously had a blast on our little over nighter... LOVE MY FAMILY!!!!!

 

Onto part 2 of our vaca...THE LAKE HOUSE!!!!! These pics are in no real order...but as always its the greatest place on earth...The weather was awesome and our kids are at such fun ages! They swam and swam and played non stop... actually truth be told Parx fished and fished and fished and never wanted to stop! I MEAN LIKE NEVER... the kid has fish fever and I LOVE IT! He knows how to cast and reel all by himself so we don't even have to be around. Throw a life jacket on that sucker and he sits on the dock for HOURS on end!

 

Cliff jumping.... Parx did it this year!!!!!! it doesn't look like high in the pic but standing up there is a different story.. you're a stud P man!

 

coolest papa who lets kids put diapers on his head :) and maybe fell asleep like this??? He looks awful tired hah!

 

This boy had a job ALL week... and he was horrible at it haha he wanted the flag but had real problems holding it up high!

 

Our pet frog

 

The hike on Wild Horse Island...

 

 

We had the kids choose walking sticks... sweet stick parx! he tried to use that thing for a little while before dad took over!

 

he also knee boarded all by himself this year... his cool aunt Bree taught him how!! Its bitter sweet that he's getting older... but these kinds of things make it SOOO FUN!

MY BOO... THE LOVE OF MY LIFE... this pic says it all :) he always keeps me smiling!

 

 SHUFFLE BOARD... If this place ever sells i'm building a shuffle board court in my backyard!

 

Precious moments with my sweet baby!

 

TUBING... EVERYDAY!!!! Parx (seriously the kid is crazy) he got flipped twice and kept going! he wanted to go crazy with the big kids.. I thought he was going to break his neck!!!

Bridge liked tubing too... not this tube though!! too rough.. he liked the giant one!

 

We tried surfing... tried and failed.... well I failed! I got up but that's about all I could do!

 

I WANT TO GO BACK ALREADY... NEXT SUMMER IS SOOOO FAR AWAY!!!!!!!!!