Parker's 2nd Birthday

Parker had a great party on Saturday! There were lots of friends and family that came to celebrate. We had chili and of course cake and ice cream. Parker loved to open all his presents and had enough to keep him busy opening gifts all week.

On his birthday, we went to the aquarium in the morning. After his nap we took him to school and brought in "treats" for his friends. Then, we went to the park and played with his new toys. He loved to hear "Happy Birthday" and now calls candles "hot!" This year he caught on to blowing out the candle and opening presents.

Thank you to all of you that helped to make his birthday wonderful and special!

Party at School. We brought in cookies and fruit for his friends at school.

Birthday toy!

Mickey Mouse Cake that mom made!

Parker and the boys hang out at the party!

More Family Pictures

We had family pictures taken yesterday for my parents' birthdays and here is a preview. Awesome job Robin! More to come...

DISNEY WORLD 2008!

We had so much fun at Disney World!
Dan and Parker met me in Orlando on Friday 1/16. I was so excited to see them both. Parker giggled and giggled when he saw me. We rode our first of many buses from the lobby to our room (the resort was 1.5 miles wide) where we all crashed for three hours. I was exhausted from my business trip and Parker was ready for a nap after behaving so well on the plane. We went to Disney Downtown for dinner at the Rainforest Cafe.
The next day, we headed to DISNEY WORLD! Dumbo was our first ride. Parker didn't get the concept of lines and it was a long 20 minutes. So, we headed to several play areas they had for kids. We rode a few other rides and headed back to the hotel to take a nap. Since all three of us slept for four hours, we headed back to WDW at 8PM and rode all the kid rides and saw Mickey with no lines! It was great!
Our resort had a great pool and play areas so we kept busy at the resort on Sunday. That evening, we went back to Disney Downtown and played in the huge toy stores.
Our last full day was spent at the Animal Kingdom. Since we stayed at the Disney resort, we were able to arrive an hour earlier than the rest of the visitors. That hour allowed us to take the Safari, visit the petting zoo, and walk around the trails without a crowd. It was amazing! Parker had such a great time looking at the animals and running around on the trails.
It was a bummer to leave on Tuesday. We had such a great trip and are already planning our next trip back!



Parker and Dan size up a Gorilla profile

Fun at the pool

Our Christmas

What a great Christmas! We saw lots of family, had lots of food, and of course there were TOYS!

Thank you to those of you that helped make our Christmas so wonderful!

All of Parker's toys!

Opening presents with pop.

Dan tells Santa what he wants for Christmas.

Parker decorated cookies!

Christmas PJ's.

Parker's new tricycle!

Parker's new truck & horse trailor.

Parker wasn't into Santa this year.

We went to Bass Pro shop one Sunday to pick out some gifts. I went to find Parker and Dan and found mini-Daniel (boone).

November Fun!

Parker loves our Christmas tree. He says "Tree?! Lights?! On?!" We saw Santa at school today. Parker wasn't so sure about the whole deal and cried when he sat on Santa's lap.

Thanksgiving dinner!

We stayed the night in a Yurt in Golden. Parker LOVED the yurt and now thinks he should have a smore every night.

We took a family trip to Miller Farms where parker played on the tractors, airplanes, cars, a fire trucks, and saw some farm animals.

October Pictures

October has already been a busy month. Parker took his first plane trip to St. Louis. There, we went to my cousin's wedding & saw some family. He did great on the plane and was a trooper the whole weekend.
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Last weekend, we went to Vail for a friend's wedding. Parker did great and lasted 3/4 of the wedding ceremony.
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Isn't he cute in his Halloween costume?!