MoRe PiCtUrEs

Here are just some fun pictures of Parker, some from Easter, some from just around the house.

Parker's Ramblings

So, sometimes I know that I like to ramble on and on about whatever, but now it is Parker's turn.

fLaShBaCk

Remember this shirt?How about now?

Yep, that's right- the shirt Parker wore on Sunday was worn about 30 years ago by Joe. Also- notice what a cute little blondie Joe was : ) I tried to get more pictures of Parker in his shirt, but most of them were blurry- that seems to be what most of the pictures that I have been taken of him lately look like. Why can't he sit still?! : )

New Hair

So my hair went from this


(ignore the slightly evil look- I hate getting pictures taken)
to this

Yes, I did take the picture myself... Joe was busy : ) A little different- but so much better. I can't stick it in a ponytail and that was the point. Nothing again ponytails but they are the easy way out. If my hair is long enough to stick in a ponytail, it will be in one. It does not matter that I do my hair each morning, it will end up in a ponytail usually by 9:00am. So with the new cut, it can't- mission accomplished.

RefLeCtiOns

April 15th- Tax day, also 3 years ago my grandma died. 6 weeks after my grandpa passed away from cancer. It was so sudden and such a shock, quite the opposite of my grandpa where is was something that we knew would happen. It is somewhat easy to say that it was supposed to happen that way... etc, but that doesn't still stop me from sometimes thinking that in someway I feel "cheated" from her passing. I never got to see her and Parker meet, I never got to tell her really goodbye. I found myself trying to remember what the last things I said to her was. She was an amazing grandma, I can still hear the sound of her voice, and sometimes when I get really excited about something, I still find myself wishing I could call and tell her. I found out from a friend that they lost their baby today, the baby was about 17 weeks along and the baby- Michael, only lived for about 10 minutes before passing and I feel so sad for them. I just cried, maybe it is the combination of reflecting on my grandma, and their loss but I am feeling so overwhelmed right now.

Easter

Well, we had a GREAT Easter this year, a good part of that has to be that Joe was actually here this year. The last 2 years he has been gone for work- how crazy that each time it landed on Easter when they were at least 2 weeks apart. Anyway, we were really glad that he was here. We went to my parent's house to celebrate with egg coloring, egg hunt, and a fantastic turkey dinner (Parker had quite a few helpings of the mashed potatoes and gravy- oh and me too : ) It was also nice to relect on the Savior and what he has done for us and how truly important that is to us.

And yes, that is chocolate around Parker's mouth- he tried to eat the foil wrapped chocolate egg- that hurts my teeth even thinking about him bitting into it...

To Joe~

So this is just a post with some pics of Joe when he was little- I think that Joe was SO adorable that I knew that we would have cute kids : ) Anyway, I am so appreciative of all that Joe does. He is truly an amazing husband, father and man. We went to Target and Cabella's last night to get some Easter stuff (Target) and he is building a roof rack for his Jeep so we went to Cabella's and Parker was quite amazed by all the animals and it was just a really fun, simple experience that we had as a family and as we drove back home I was just overwhelmed by the feeling of love & gratitude that I have for my little family. As we approach our 6 year anniversary (YES 6 YEARS!!) I am grateful for the decisions we both made for us to meet and get married. Just so you know- he is in the little green shirt- we have that shirt for Parker to wear too : )