New York City

Chad and I absolutely LOVE going to NYC, so we thought it was about time to take Park up to the Big Apple for his first time, and visit my little sister, Tia who is nannying up there for the summer. We drove straight to Yankee stadium to watch the Yankees take on the Padres. Yankee stadium is so old and so cool. Then we rode the subway into the city, and entered the Wicked raffle...(we are only a little bit obsessed), but Chad won!!! (this means we got to buy front row tickets for only $25) Tia met us in the city and Chad and I each saw half of the play with Tia, while the other person walked around the city with Parker. Parker LOVED New York, with all the horns, people, lights and music. He was in heaven. The rest of the trip consisted of train and subway rides, New York pizza, central park, cute little Maplewood New Jersey, shopping, oh, and I almost forgot.... Front row lottery seats at "Hairspray, " which we decided might even be a better "Front Row Musical" than Wicked. (yes, we had an extremely LUCKY, but fabulous weekend).

Our First Family Vacation

A few weeks ago (I know... the post is a bit over due), we went on our very first family vacation, just the 3 of us. We drove to Atlantic City and stayed for 5 nights. (For all you west coasters, Atlantic city is like Vegas on the beach, add a boardwalk, add us). We had a great time and didn't want to come home! Highlights include:
1. Parker... he was the PERFECT kid, and loved every single second of the vacation.
2. the sweet beach... loved it.
3. the mall on the pier with great stores, and great restaurants
4. watching the Laker/Celtics game at "game on"-- great sports restaurant
5. funnel cakes and ice cream on the boardwalk
6. Chad and Park finding huge seashells on the beach
7. our AWESOME hotel rooms
8. shopping the outlets
9. the merry go round on the pier
10. spending time all together and watching our little boy love it all!

We loved our vacation. It made us so excited to keep doing things like this with our kids in the future.
Check out the pictures in the slide show below...

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Dad's Day

Happy Father's Day Dad. I love hanging out with you, and I love it when we dress the same. Love, Park

Happy Birthday Steph!

On June 12, my little sister Stephanie turned 21! Steph is so talented and so bright. She is in the accounting program at BYU, which is so hard to get into, and now she just found out she got into the Masters of Accounting program, which is even tougher! She came out to visit us a couple of weeks ago and had so much fun. Steph, good luck with your internship this summer in San Francisco. We love you!

First Orioles Game

Parker finally made it to Camden Yards a couple of weeks ago for his first Orioles game. He loved all of the lights and sounds and people cheering. My little sister Tia rode a bus down from New York, where she is nannying for the summer and went to the game with us. We had a blast, and love when Tia is around to spend time with us and Parker.

What's up Doc?

Sorry for the lack of posts lately. We have been so busy with family in town and vacations. I have SO much to blog about, so the posts should be flowing now.

Parker is such a little show off when he is at the doctor. These are a few pictures from his 4 month appointment a few weeks ago... before the shots. Poor kid, had no idea what was coming.

Mr. Personality

Parker is full of drama. His faces are to die for, and this is his excited face. How could you not love this little guy... especially when he is this excited to see you?

Matt is a TEENAGER!

My youngest little brother Matt turned the big 13 today. I can not believe he is that old! It seems like just yesterday I was in the hospital watching him be born. Okay, now I am sounding old. But I love this guy. He has always been so smart, fun, and good at everything he tries. Before he was even 2, he memorized all of my high school friends' first and last names. It was amazing, and so fun when they would come over and quiz him. He was such a brilliant little boy and still is, with his 4.0 GPA and dreams to become a doctor. He is a star on the tennis court, soccer field, and basketball court, and is a friend to EVERYONE, especially his niece and nephews who all adore him. We love you Matty. Happy Birthday little bud.

Cinco de Mayo

Yesterday for Cinco de Mayo we went to a little Fiesta over at our friends, the Skinners. The celebration was complete with great pork tacos and homemade salsa, pina colada slushies, a candy filled pinata, and Chad's favorite CD from his mission, "Azul, Azul".





Parker with his friends, Maddie and Molly