Parker and His Daddy

I thought this was a cute picture that I didn't notice before where Joe is in the background with his tie too.

Yard Sale Find

So last weekend after dropping Parker off at my parent's house while we attended Brian's wedding, we realized we had some time to spare before arriving at the temple. We decided to see if there was a cool looking yard sale, and saw a large one over at the park. We felt quite overdressed as we wandered the yard sale and then I found something. A double stroller. Now, I have a FANTASTIC Britax Vigour and use that when it is just Parker, but being that I watch Genavie I figured that this could be handy with taking them both out for a walk, plus, when we do decide to have another one, this could be helpful. Now, I would NOT get a tandem stroller, they just look huge and awkward, but this little beauty is a side by side, but still is narrow enough to fit through most doors, and works great on the sidewalk. It was in really good condition, but I still cleaned it up some. It is a Peg Perego Aria Twin MT, so it is like 14 pounds, super light and brand new- like $300- $350- but would I pay even close to that, no that is why I got it at a yard sale. Plus, I already have a stroller and this is just an extra, but it was $30- so for that price, I got it.

Go?

Parker loves his cars, and this is just a cute little video to show some of his words he says (go) and how cute it is when he can't find something.

WeDdInG

So yesterday (Saturday, June 13th) Joe's youngest brother, Brian (and last one at home) got married to his sweetie Lindsay. It was a wonderful ceremony at the Mt. Timpanogos temple, and the weather cooperated when necessary. Parker was ADORABLE and had limitless amounts of energy- he finally crashed in the car after the reception around 10. Here are some pictures from the day.
Now, here are some pictures of Parker- we saw a lot of this

Ya, I know, there was a lot of chasing going on, but there was also this~

GiVeAwAy!

Busymommy is having their annual Spring into Summer giveaway with great prizes to win, including the new Wii and Wii Fit.
I entered this last year, and got a fantastic 7th Generation cleaning kit, so it would be fantastic to win something again! I mean- hello- who doesn't want prizes?? Certainly not me : )

Biking

So, here's a question- is Triking a word?? I mean biking is, so what about the activity you do on that special bike with 3 wheels? Okay, ya, I know, it looks weird, probably not a word, but the spell checker didn't catch it as a misspelling... Anyway- we were at a garage sale, and there was this little princess trike, and Parker was all for riding that, but hey princess trike, that's not very manly, and we can't have that, so Joe has a trike for Parker and was like, Parker can ride that when we get home. Now, I know of this trike that Joe speaks of, and um, I can ride it-- somehow I think Parker is a little young for it. Well, when we got home, and after Parker had his nap, we got out the trike- Well, wouldn't you know, Parker's legs need to be like 8 inches longer to even touch the pedals when they are the furthest away, so we ended up pushing him around on it while he held on. He enjoyed it though, so that is what counts : )

Wow, doesn't this picture look cool? Like the background is like kinda blurry, and Parker isn't- so not intended, because my camera is typically on the "simple" mode-

WOW! now that is a determined look if ever I saw one : )

And this one is just cute~ More of a serious moment for him

What's better...

Than one binky?!?!

Two of course!

Sorry the picture is dark, I would have preferred Parker to move where the lighting was better, but he was not in the mood : )

Swimming

DISCLAIMER- THIS POST HAS A LOT OF PICTURES

We had our first swimming/ wadding experience of the summer so far. We got Parker a new bigger boy swimming pool and I blew it up all by myself- did better than I thought I would. Parker was pretty nervous at the beginning, but ended up having fun trying to splash water on me. Who knew that trying to splash mommy could be so hilarious- he was literally squealing. What a cutie!

Brother

Today I am really proud of my brother, Michael. He graduated from PGHS and today we went to the graduation ceremony. He is a fantastic brother, and uncle and such a cutie too. I love my family very much and Michael is NO exception. He is great at sports, loves music- he can pretty much name any band, he seems to enjoy working out : ) , playing with Parker and Parker loves playing with him. So congratulations Michael, you are one fantastic guy!

Delicious

Last night I tried out a new recipe and it was DELICIOUS! Joe was VERY skeptical when I put the plate in front of him, but he ate the WHOLE thing and it even had red peppers, zucchini and mushrooms (which typically Joe hates!) So I was very pleased. You can find the recipe here. The only changes I made is that A- I don't have wine, but I do on occasion use cooking wine, and I didn't have red, I used burgundy and only used like half of what they called for, I only lightly sprinkled the cayenne pepper over it, and I used regular paprika instead of the spicy one. The potatoes were delicious, and really light.