Last Sibling Standing

My dad and sisters

Justin and me- I actually got him to smile

My family with the bride

All the sisters with the groom-Johnny

Over the Thanksgiving weekend, my brother Johnny got married.  We were all so excited for him.  He was the last one in the family to get married.  He married someone from Vegas so all the festivities were here, which worked out nice, especially since we already had lots of family in town for the Thanksgiving holiday.  The reception was beautiful.  Here are some pictures of us at the temple and reception.  Lucky for my sister Natalie and I, we got to take lots of pictures with us being pregnant.  At least at the last family wedding, we were both barely showing, unlike this time around.  

Let it snow, let it snow

A week before Christmas it snowed all afternoon for a few hours.  I had work, but no students due to parent conferences all day.  Thank goodness because I don't think my students would have been able to focus knowing it was snowing outside.  To many of you snow is no big deal, but to us here in Henderson it doesn't happen, especially like this, EVER.  Before leaving work, I had to scrape the snow off my car.  I never would have thought to keep my snow scraper from college, so I had to find something else in the car that would work.  Once I arrived at my parents to pick up Parker, my dad would not let me drive home and insisted that Justin come pick us up.  We eventually made it home and Justin passed plenty of inexperience snow drivers on his way to get me.  The next day we had a snow day and no school, which has never happened in my life time.  Some of you I'm sure are thinking no big deal, but that day it snowed here, we made history.

Parker had fun playing in the snow the next morning

Our house a few hours after it started to snow

Blogging difficulties

I have been trying to play around with my blog background and now I can't get figure out why I can't change it.  Hopefully, you won't have to see this boring layout for too long.  I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season.  I know I am behind on updating my blog, again, but my goal is to refresh it before I go back to work.  I'll attempt to do it today during Parker's nap.  

Staying busy and having fun

While we were there, we took Allie and Parker to a gym during open hour.  They had so much fun running around, playing on the ropes and jumping on the trampolines.  Being 5 months pregnant, I didn't do too much but watch and take pictures.  From the pictures, you can see Parker has no fear of heights, unlike his mother.

My sister works one day a week, so Justin and I got to babysit her kids one day while we were there.  Launa is 9, Luke is 7, Allie is 4 and Todd and Ryan are 5 months old.  It wasn't too bad and didn't get crazy until everyone was home from school and we tried to get homework and piano done before Tricia got home after 5.  I don't know how she does it.  Launa and Luke were at school and Allie had preschool in the morning, so that just left us with Parker and the twins in the morning.  However, we did stay plenty busy and I was glad to have Justin's help, even if he tries to show it's an easy task.  

Halloween in Texas

I guess I better get my Halloween update out before Thanksgiving gets here.  I am on track break this month, so Justin, Parker and I took a family trip to Texas to visit my older sister Tricia and her family.  We arrived on Halloween and left a week later.  Parker had so much fun trick or treating, just as many of your own did.  I think I was more tired by the end of the night than he was.  It must have been from having to take a flight of stairs in order to get to each house, or having to walk up long drive ways while carrying Parker so we wouldn't get too far behind his cousins.  

No Fear!

I don't know if this is just a boy thing, but Parker seems to have no fears.  He is constantly climbing onto things.  He loves to climb onto my tub and play in the sink.  He usually turns the water on low so it can't be heard.  I came home from work recently to find that his new thing to do when Dad is not paying attention is to actually climb in the sink and play in the water.  He has also started climbing onto our dresser and then sits there with a grin on his face.  Parker also has no fear of water.  He loves taking baths and always reminds us to turn on the jets to make more bubbles.  Besides loving water and climbing, he loves to hide.  We have an empty cupboard in the kitchen that he loves to crawl in and yell "find me, mom."  He definitely keeps me busy and entertained.

Helping Mommy

Parker can be such a BIG help, even when it is not needed.  It's always hard to get any cleaning or cooking done when he is awake.  He always wants to push the vacuum or get a chair and help me at the stove.  Last night he kept insisting on getting a paper towel to help me with the bathrooms.  Here are some pictures of him helping me make dinner.  He went and got my apron on and then started pulling out the pans.