The Staheli's

Forgot Something!

2011-12-06T15:13:00.002-07:00

We're expecting number 3 in early June!

Another 4 months

2011-11-29T10:26:00.003-07:00

Well, when you only update every four months the blog misses out on tons of pictures. We've been busy. Pictures are most recent to oldest. These are just a few highlights from the last 9 months. Parker played t ball and loved it. Reece and I took the kids to lake powell for a day and went fishing last spring. We caught tons of fish and had a blast. Mace was so wore out she fell asleep right on the sandstone in some shade created by the ice chest. Parker and Arhan are the best of friends and so much alike. Most summer days you'd find these two together riding bikes. This fall I've been to Oceanside twice. Wish it wasn't so far away and I'd go all the time. Mace loves her little cousin Emma so much. She names all her babies Emma. Reece and I went alone to help them move down, and then the kids and I went with my parents over labor day while Reece went hunting. The first of October, grandpa bill ran the St. George marathon. Mom and all us kids slept at the St. George house. Reece doesn't always make it to cheer grandpa bill on because of different hunts, but this year we were all there and it was a fun day with beautiful weather. My cute little trick or treaters were the cutest out there, and costumes were easy so that's always a plus. I may have influenced them a little on what they wanted to dress up as. Lastly: Thanksgiving! Thanksgiving was so good this year. We spent it in Enterprise for the first time since Reece and I have been married. We spent it with my family. Kenz, Randan, and Emma came up from Oceanside, and my aunt, uncle, cousin, and grandparents came down from Bountiful. We also got to see my dad's dad from Colorado Springs for lunch. It was such a good time. Kenz and I went black friday shoppin on Thursday night which was a first for both of us, we've never gone Thursday night before, but it was a blast. The walmart parking lot was packed from walmart to the petstore with nothing in between, except for the spot I was lucky enough to get three spots from the front doors. That was probably our biggest success. It was quite the night but we got what we were after! Wish they lived closer so we could do things more often. We stayed in town and got up for more on Friday. They boys were awesome and got the kids up and ready and brought them down, and even took them all shopping with them because we didn't have room. Good planning on our part.

4 months and no excuses!

2011-07-28T12:43:00.002-06:00

Well its been four months since I updated. I guess I'm due for one before school starts or I'll never get it done. We've been enjoying our summer. No big plans this year just spending time with family.

We've been swimming lots.
We've been to the lake with Ben and Shannon.
We've been camping, fishing, and lots of rhino rides.
Parker played his first year of T-Ball and loved every second of it.
We've been to rodeos and Parker chased chickens with no luck.
Reece and I raced in the fun run and had personal best times since being old!
We watched the parade and had a few bbqs.
We watched fireworks in Parowan at aunt Rita's on the 4th and at Ben and Shannon's on the 24th.
Parker and Macee raced in the foot races at the church on the 4th and 24th. On the 4th Parker won. The 24th there were a lot more people but he still did good.
School got out and we're about to start again.
I'm changing from second to third grade and still need to move my classroom into the building.
Yesterday my dad was in a car accident. I'm so grateful he's fine and no one else was involved. Once again I was reminded not to take life for granted. We never know when our loved ones might leave this life. While we were in the ER a cute little mother brought in her sweet 3 month old baby who passed away from sids. I can't imagine the pain of losing a parent or child, and I'm so blessed my dad was able to come home with us.
We may be driving to Oceanside CA this weekend to help Kenz move back.

Pictures will hopefully be coming soon. My connection is too slow and I'm not patient enough to wait for them to load.

Update on the Staheli Clan

2011-03-19T18:29:00.004-06:00

We took the Rhino out for the first time this spring with Meg and Trav. It was a beautiful day and we had lots of fun. We went down and rode on Utah Hill. It was so nice to get out and get some sunshine. We went out last weekend. The previous weekend we stayed in the whole weekend with all four of us having the flu. YUCK!!! We hauled the little four wheeler out there for Parker to ride 50 yards, and then he said he was done. Funny kid.

These are some pictures of Mace enjoyin her favorite food ketchup with a little mustard this time. She loves it and eats it plain. She is a major dipper and licker, never eating the food she is dipping until the end. She dips 5 or 10 times for each bite.

These are some pictures I never posted from New Years Eve. We had a rockin party with Kenz and Randan. We played some games and then played the wii. This is Reece and Randan playin Just Dance 2. They rocked. Randan played balancing on one foot and still kicked butt. One pic they're doing a duet and the other the competing on the same dance. We laughed and laughed.

Everyone is doing good around here. We were really sick a couple of weeks ago, but it didn't last too long thankfully. Time is flying by. I'm amazed its been two months since my last post. We've been busy. I'm still training for the half marathon. I'm losing motivation, so I'm hoping I can keep it up for another 6 weeks. I've got a new principal at work and its a nice change. The kids all love him. Our dog, Ginger, a lab, is pregnant and about to have puppies so if anyone wants one let me know. She's getting close I think. My sister is getting close to having her baby. Only 7 weeks left. I can't wait. Its been a year since we've had a baby in the family. Reece got a new church calling and is in the young men. Kids are doing great. Mace still pushing everyone around and Parker's just growing up on me. He's learning his letters and sounds, eating like a boy, and riding his bike all over the place.

Life

2011-01-19T09:12:00.006-07:00

Can you tell who is who??

Life these days is pretty good. I don't like the month of January. It seems so long and cold and boring after the holidays are over. Time to get back to running and eating right and everything else we try to do better because its a new year. It usually doesn't seem to last much longer than January, but my goal is to keep my goals longer than January. Shouldn't be to hard since January is almost over right?? My biggest goal is to run the Hurricane Half Marathon April 30th. I never ran the Pine Valley 15 miler last summer that I wanted to. I'm staying positive and think I'll stick with it. It helps that its in the spring; gives me motivation to be in shape to start the summer. I'll be updating with how the training is going to keep me accountable to someone even if it's just the blog. I would love anyone that wants to, to run it with me!! I've just started training, and I just want to finish with out feeling like I've been run over.

This is Macee of late. She is super bossy and pushes me around until she gets what she wants. She beats Parker up all the time. The other day she plowed him over and was on top of him beating him up. Its really kinda hard not to laugh. Parker is too sweet and just cries. I keep telling him to toughen up and beat her up. Hopefully I don't regret that. The kids are both doing great. We've been pretty healthy. No strep!!! That has been so wonderful. Parker used to get it about once a month during the winter and every couple months in the summer. We had his tonsils removed in September, and he hasn't been sick yet. I love my kiddos!! They are growing up so fast and it makes me sad. I'm not cut out to be a stay at home mom though. That takes a special kind of woman, and I look up to those that do it.

Christmas 2010

2010-12-28T14:49:00.005-07:00

Again loaded pictures backwards. We had our annual Staheli Christmas party, and Santa and Mrs. Claus came and visited. This was the first year Parker wasn't afraid. Macee wasn't sure what to think. We played some minute to win it games and had lots of fun. The next evening we had our annual Wright (Georgia's family) Christmas Party. We had yummy fish and the kids got to open presents. My kids were spoiled rotten. Parker got a whole new cowboy outfit including the hat and buckle. I think Santa was stumped after this cuz all Parker has asked for was a cowboy hat. He was in heaven in his new cowboy clothes. The next picture up is our little family on Christmas Eve. This was our first year to get the kids jammies. In past years grandma becky has done it, but this year she said she wasn't doing it anymore so we got to start our own little tradition. Christmas Eve we went up to grandma Georgia's and had Navajo tacos. We had tons of food and grandma becky and grandpa bill were alone, so we invited them up to dinner too. Then we played catch phrase. Georgia didn't have a voice so there were lots of gestures as well. We had lots of fun and were sorry that Ben and Shannon and kids couldn't come over. Christmas morning we were up early so we could be over to grandma becky's at 6 am. Someone must have been good, cuz we were all spoiled. Grandpa bill cooked us breakfast, and then we went over to grandma georgia's where we were again spoiled. We had Christmas Dinner with my family and then had some good old fashioned fun on the wii. Wait, guess not old fashioned but still fun none the less. Sunday after dinner we went over to Shannon's and played Just Dance on the wii. Too bad for you we didn't get any pictures, but it was definitely one of the funniest things ever. Ben was the best dancer of us all, and I'm the loser. I never have been coordinated enough to dance, but thought I was at least better than Reece, but guess not. The kids were so much fun this year. On Christmas Eve Parker kept shouting out from his bedroom, "mom, go to bed so Santa can come." He probably shouted that 6 or 7 times. He was so excited. Thank you everyone for the wonderful gifts. We love you all!!

P.S. Santa brought Parker a RC four wheeler, and he was very excited about his 'surprise'. (That's what he wanted when he got his hat last week, 'just a surprise')

Finally an update of the Staheli's

2010-12-28T14:29:00.004-07:00

Well what else is new. I loaded my pictures in the wrong order. So they are from the most recent to the oldest and I'm just giving a short update. The first picture is of the grandkids with their great grandparents (Georgia's parents). We went down to Bullhead for Thanksgiving and had a good time. The next one is my little trick or treaters. We just went around the block and that was plenty for Parker he was ready to go home. The next two are at the St. George Marathon 2010 watching grandpa Bill. Parker and Reece went hunting and Randan was in Afganistan, so it was just the girls. Grandma Becky, Kenz, Mace, and I. Mace had just finished a chocolate popsicle. The marathon was super hot and runners were dropping like flies but grandpa finished in a great time and looks great for being a grandpa! The last picture is at the Hogle Zoo. Reece and I took the kids up to the zoo for the first time. They loved seeing all the animals and seeing great grandma and grandpa Wallace. There's an update of four months in just a short paragraph. We are doing well and can't complain.

Macee the Monster

2010-11-01T21:18:00.003-06:00

This is Macee our little monster. We lover her to death, but she's pretty naughty. She has attitude and spunk for herself and Parker. She's super bossy, and she doesn't even talk yet. She really pushes Parker around. She's way tougher than he is. I can't believe what a girl she is though. First thing when she gets to her grandma Georgia's house she has to get her purse, put the wallet in, put the cell phone in and get her baby. Then she walks around the house carrying her baby and talking on her phone with her purse on her shoulder. Where did this come from??? She acts a lot like her aunt Kenzie. Even with the attitude, she's still a really good busy baby. She eats good, sleeps good, plays good, and goes to the baby sitter good. She's so grown up already its sad. No bottles, no binkies, no sippies to go to bed, she's a big girl already. Now we just need to potty train, but I'm not ready to even try that one yet. We love Mace so much, and I'm not sure what we'd do without her.

Parker

2010-11-01T20:43:00.004-06:00

Better late than never right? Parker turned 4 in September. I can't believe how fast time goes by. It seems like we just brought him home. Parker is such a good kid. He goes to two pre-schools two times a week and loves it. His favorite thing to do is ride his bike with the neighbor kids. I don't know what we're going to do when it gets too cold and yucky to ride. He is really quite awesome on it too. He pops wheelies and jumps it like he's 6 or 7 instead of 4. He is so funny. For some reason he thinks he's a little cowboy. He loves watching John Wayne movies. He outgrew his cowboy boots last spring so he has been wearing water boots all summer so grandpa Bill bought him some new cowboy boots for his birthday. He was so super excited. Grandma Georgia bought him some cowboy pants, as he calls them, and he was so excited he had to put them on right away. Every morning I fight with him about the pants he's going to wear because he will only wear cowboy pants which are wranglers or 20 x. I thought this wasn't suppose to happen for another few years and with girls not boys. Boy was I wrong.

We sure love this kid! So I remember here are some of the things Parker loves at 4:

spaghetti

chocolate

John Wayne

cowboy boots

cowboy pants

riding bikes

wrestling with his dad

playing guns

making bike jumps

getting dirty

Macee

showers with dad or baths with sissy

drawing or coloring

school

playing with neighbor kids

reading books with mom

being at his grandparents' houses

playing with his cousin Addilee

legos

Dora and Diego

hunting with daddy and grandpa

changing clothes

Labor Day

2010-09-21T13:41:00.002-06:00

For Labor Day we went up to Cedar Mountain again this year. This is Macee and her cousin Aspen. Macee just loves her to death. She thinks Aspen is her very own life size baby doll. She pats her on the back or bum, tries to feed her, and wants to hold her all the time. As long as she doesn't scare Aspen off, they will be the best of friends!!

Boulder Mountain

2010-09-10T14:21:00.005-06:00

The weekend before I went back to school, we went camping up on Boulder Mountain. We weren't sure where we were going because Reece always goes clear up on top, and we didn't want to go that far. We wanted to go around Posey Springs. Nobody wanted to come with us so just the four of us went. To make a long story short we didn't have the best of luck, when we pulled into Cedar and the tread separated from the tire, so we got that fixed and were on our way, then the poles on our tent broke, the zipper broke, our air mattress went flat, we didn't take enough gas for the Rhino, and Macee fell in a puddle of muddy water at 11,000 feet up (the temp was around 60 degrees and we were 20 miles from our camp) and ruined her only shoes I packed for her. Even with all of our bad luck, we had a blast. The weather was beautiful, the country was beautiful, and it was a great end of summer vacation for us. I hope we make it back next summer. We intended on staying Thursday morning through Sunday afternoon, but with no gas, no air mattress, and no shoes for Macee we decided to come a day early.

FROGS!!!

2010-09-10T13:53:00.004-06:00

There was a rain storm sometime around the first of August. We had been up to Orrin and Georgia's, and as were were walking out to our truck, we saw a baby frog. Reece caught it for Parker so we went back into the house and got a cup for it. As were walking back out, I told Reece we should go frog hunting and catch Parker some frogs. He loves them and they usually live all summer in our irrigation box. So we headed out towards the Reservoir. We hadn't even got to Grants and Parker says "hey my baby frog isn't in the cup anymore" yep it jumped out in Reece's truck. Oops, apparently Parker's had isn't big enough to cover the top of the cup. So we get out to Jack Randall's and just round the corner and we find 3 big frogs and a baby frog. We put them all in the red cup, but this time I'm holding it now so they won't get out. Parker thought it was pretty awesome and wanted to show his grandma and grandpa so we took them back to Orrin's and showed them. Grandma about jumped out of her pants. They were chirping, and she thought they were mice for some reason. She's deathly afraid of mice. Then we took them over to my parents house, and we got the same reaction out of grandma Becky only she didn't think they were mice, she was just afraid of the frogs. So when we came home we got them out of the cups and showed them to Macee, and she freaked out. I don't know if it was a learned reaction from her grandmas or what, but she didn't want anything to do with them. Reece took the frogs out to the irrigation box. They stayed in there for a couple of days, but then Parker and the neighbor friends got them out and played with them and let them go. Now for some pictures of the frogs.

End of July

2010-09-10T13:15:00.004-06:00

Im way behind on blogging so I 'm just going to do one post to sum up July. We had a lot of fun with BBQ's and family from both sides. Reece's cousin came up to ride bulls in the 24th of July Rodeos so we went to the rodeo all three nights. My grandparents and my aunt, uncle, and cousin all came down from Bountiful to spend the holiday with us. Reece and I ran the fun run. Parker and Macee both ran in the races at the church. Parker wouldn't run on the 4th of July, so I'm glad he raced in this one. Reece's birthday was the 25th and we celebrated it just hanging out with family and dancing in the rain. We also had a play date with aunt Shannon and the kids and Kristi and Kylah at the school. The kids all had a lot of fun and played really well together. Before we knew it we had been there for four hours and the kids were all starving for some lunch. Also one night we got together with the Bank's the Humphries and us. We went out to calf springs and had hot dogs and shot skeet. Here's some pictures that are out of order. 1st is play date, then calf springs, next is dancing in the rain on Reece's birthday with my grandparents down, and finally the 24th of July.

Dairy Tour

2010-08-03T12:50:00.003-06:00

On Friday the 23rd of July, we went to the dairy in New Castle. Our tour was at 3:00 in the afternoon and it was HOT!! I thought it was pretty interesting. Parker also enjoyed it but he was tired and hot. Reece didn't go with us because he was still working. We went with my grandparents, my parents, and my cousins Kurt and Amy Niederhauser and their family. Earlier in the day we got up and went down to St. George and went swimming, then as soon as we got back we went out to the dairy. It was a busy day, but lots of fun. Friday night, we had a bbq at Orrin and Georgia's with Ben and Shan and their kids, and Newt and his friend, then we went out to the rodeo to watch Newt ride bulls. Joe and Karla came just in time to go out to the rodeo grounds and Orrin and Georgia even came out with us.

Hot Summer Dayz

2010-08-03T12:41:00.002-06:00

Parker and Macee were playing outside. Parker wanted water in the wagon so he could splash his cars. Ok I said just don't get in the water and don't let Macee in the wagon, we're going to the store in a minute. I should've know there was no keeping Macee out of the water. She loves playing in water more than anything. I ran in the house to get my purse and came back out to find this. At least they were having fun.

4th of July

2010-07-29T14:40:00.004-06:00

Over the 4th of July weekend we went camping. Reece and Parker stayed in a tent, but I wasn't ready to try it again, so at dark, Macee and I went home to sleep in our own beds. We camped Friday evening and Sunday evening. Saturday night, we went over to Parowan to Reece's aunt Rita's house to watch fireworks, then on Sunday afternoon we went back out after church and the boys stayed the night. On Monday we went to the church and did the races. Parker wouldn't race, but Macee did a great job. Monday night we had a bbq at my mom's house with all of Reece's family. Then we all came back to our house and lit fireworks. It was such a fun weekend. The only way it could have been better is if Kenz and Randan would have been here with us. Parker and Reece had fun catching crawdads. Parker was pretty proud of himself because he caught one all by himself. The picture with the watermelon is Parker showing me the watermelon that grew in the creek. He was so funny. He came running up from the creek all excited telling me that there was a watermelon growing down there. We never told him different.

Tubing

2010-07-29T14:28:00.002-06:00

We went up to the reservoir with Ben and Shannon the end of June. We had a lot of fun. It was the first time in about 5 years since I had been out tubing, skiing, and knee boarding. We had a blast. Parker even got out on the tube with Reece and didn't even cry. He loved it. He even wanted to go again. Macee was content to just hang out on the boat. It really made me want a boat. Maybe someday. Thanks a bunch Shannon, we had a good time. Wish we could've made it to Lake Powell with you guys.

6 years

2010-07-19T21:56:00.002-06:00

Reece and I have been married for 6 years now on (June 26). Wow how time flies when you're having fun!! We have had a wonderful 6 years. We both finished our schooling, we've moved five times, we bought our first house, sold it and built a home, had a baby boy and then our baby girl was due on our anniversary last year but came a few days early so we could enjoy the day at our home instead of the hospital. Kenz was still here so we talked her into babysitting for us while we went down to the big city to relax. We went to dinner and a movie, the DI, and then went swimming. We've been married six years, but we've been together for eight. Thanks babe for making it an enjoyable eight years! I love you.

Macee One Year Pictures

2010-07-19T21:51:00.002-06:00

My friend, Juanita, took Macee's one year pictures. They turned out so good; I couldn't be happier. To see them click here. Please leave a comment on her blog. If I get ten comments I get two extra pictures, and I'm having a hard time choosing which ones I want, so any extra would be great. Macee did so good even though it was around 100 degrees and almost bed time. Thanks so much Juanita.

Macee turned 1

2010-07-18T21:57:00.004-06:00

Macee had a great first birthday. I can't believe my baby is one already. Time goes way to fast. We love her so much. We got this bubble machine for her for the party and the kids all loved it. It made some pretty cool bubbles. She loves playing with her cousins. She also loved her cake. She ate her whole cupcake, and then she wanted another one. Macee was lucky enough to have her aunt Kenzie here for the party. We were glad she could make it. Thanks everyone for making it a fun party and for the presents. We sure love you Macee.

Ox Valley Campin

2010-07-18T21:44:00.003-06:00

We went up to Ox Valley campin with Orrin and Georgia in the middle of June. We had a lot of fun. Parker and Reece caught craw dads in the little creek, Meg and Trav came up to roast a hot dog and Macee enjoyed herself some licorice!! She loved it, however she didn't love sleeping in a tent for some reason. She has always done really well, but this trip she wasn't havin it. Good thing we were close, I brought her home each night around 4 am to sleep in her crib. After fighting her for a couple hours I told Reece I was done and we came home to sleep. The boys went fishing at New Castle and didn't catch anything and the girls went to St. George shopping. That was after Georgia had to take the keys out to New Castle because the boys forgot them at home. What we do for our men!! We had a fun weekend.

catch up

2010-07-17T18:04:00.002-06:00

I'll be catching up soon. I have lots to post, but here's a cute one until I get it all done.

Swimming!!!

2010-06-15T15:08:00.002-06:00

This summer we have been swimming and going to splash pads quite a bit already. Last summer, with me being preggo and then with a new born, we didn't go swimming once, so this year I'm trying to take the kids lots. So far we have gone at least once a week, and we've had so much fun but no camera to capture the fun times. Today I remembered it though. The kids had a blast swimming. I was surprised how long they lasted. We swam for an hour and a half, and I had to drag them out! Now I am enjoying some quiet time, while they take nice long naps. The kids are so much fun. I don't know what I did with myself before them. We are going to stay overnight at the St. George house and probably go swimming again tomorrow before we go home.

This is Macee's latest face that she pulls. Isn't it great?? She always looks at everyone with this look on her face. I'm not sure what it means. Also this is kinda how I've started doing her hair. I was doing headbands, she pulled them out, so I started doing a pigtail on top of her head, she pulls that out now so she always has a mohawk, and her hair doesn't lay flat, so I put some gel in it and it goes kinda curly and crazy. She is such a cutie!! I love her to pieces.

Parker was jumping in with his tube. He thought he was pretty big. He also kept putting his head in the water. Hopefully he'll be swimming with floaties before long.

Memorial Weekend!!!

2010-06-02T18:10:00.003-06:00

We went camping with Orrin and Georgia for Memorial Weekend. As always we had tons of fun. Reece and Parker went out Friday night. Macee and I went out Friday night after Susy Randall's viewing and ate hamburgers then we came back home, so I could attend Susy's funeral on Saturday. It was a great service. She was a really neat lady. Saturday afternoon Macee and I went out and camped the rest of the weekend with everyone. We couldn't have asked for better weather. It was great. We camped between the reservoir turn off and the reservoir. I've never seen so many people up there. It was packed. We rode the rhino and 4-wheeler, went fishing, took the dogs swimming, played in the dirt, played games, and ate good food. Parker was in heaven riding grandpa Orrin's 4-wheeler that he bought for the grandkids. He thought he was so big and cool to ride by himself. He did a great job although I was pretty nervous he was gonna run into a tree or get bucked off. He only had one close call, but he recovered it pretty well. Kenz and Randan came for the weekend. It was a short visit and spent between both of their families, but we did get to see them a little. They came up on Sunday afternoon and visited us. We took Ginger and Moby (the dogs) up swimming. Then we went back to camp for some yummy dutch oven chicken and potatoes. My mom and dad also came up and ate with us. On Monday we came home and worked out in the yard. Macee was in the water in no time and then played in the mud. She loves to get dirty. Monday night we ate with my parents and celebrated my dad's birthday.

2010-05-28T14:57:00.002-06:00

The kids looked so cute before church one day so I snapped some pictures and this is the best one. Reece only let me take 4 and everyone knows that is NOT enough when dealing with a 3 1/2 year old and a 1 year old, but I wasn't gonna argue with him, he was grumpy enough, so no smiles. I do have to say they still look pretty dang cute.

Just trying this out

2010-05-26T13:23:00.001-06:00

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Holy Mountain

2010-05-04T09:36:00.003-06:00

We had a good weekend. We went down to Meadview AZ to Reece's grandparents property for Singing on the Mountain, a Baptist luncheon and all day singing. We go down every year and help cook the food. This year we cooked 6 16 inch dutch ovens of potatoes, and there were between 200-300 people there. The people were amazed at how we were cooking in the dutch ovens, taking pictures and everything. They couldn't believe it. The weather was a little chilly, but overall not too bad. The kids had a blast playing in the dirt. They were all filthy by the end of the day. They were also extremely tired. By the time 8:00 rolled around we had four tired cranky babies, between Shannon and I, and then there was Macee still just a goin. It was good to see everyone down there. We only see them a couple times a year, so its fun. I didn't have my camera so there aren't any pictures.
I'm still working on uploading all my pictures from my camera to my computer. My computer is so old it won't read my new 4 G camera card, so I have to use the camera cord and do them all. It takes a really long time, again because my computer is so old, but I have a bunch of cute ones. They'll eventually get posted, maybe not until I get a new computer though.
We are also in the process of putting our backyard in, so I'll post those pictures once its all done. Hopefully in the next week or two.

Puppies for sale

2010-04-17T13:12:00.002-06:00

I have six puppies for sale. We are asking $100 or best offer. If you know anyone looking for a great family dog send them our way. They are purebred labs. There are 4 white and 2 black. 1 female of each color, and the rest are males. This is the mother. She is a very white and a good dog. She is wonderful with kids. The father is a chocolate lab. Leave a comment or email us. mso3050@hotmail.com if you're interested or know of anyone who is.

Another Month Gone

2010-04-12T08:06:00.002-06:00

Well another month has come and gone since my last post. We have done some fun things this past month. I even have pictures to show for it, but I don't have the internet at my home right now so I haven't posted them yet. Finally a good excuse as to why it has been five weeks with no update. I'm going to St. George today and hopefully they can help me. Macee thought she needed the verizon wireless card out of my computer and helped herself to it. My sweet sis mailed me her old one, but I need to get it activated or something, so hopefully I'll get it working today. Here's something funny Parker keep's saying " mom I'm gonna invite myself over to grandma Becky's house k?" then he says it a couple more times and heads on over. I'm not really sure what he's meaning to say, but I think it's pretty funny.

Cute kiddos!!

2010-03-04T08:10:00.009-07:00

This is just a reminder for those that have put it off like I would. Today is the last day to vote. It ends at midnight. I would really appreciate it if you would all go to http://tiffanydphotography.com/blog/ and vote for me Meagan Staheli to win a free photo session. I am hoping to win this so I can get some great new pictures of these two cutie pies!! If you have already voted for me, thanks a million!!

Help me win!!!

2010-03-01T10:50:00.004-07:00

Hey everyone! I would appreciate it if you would all go to http://tiffanydphotography.com/blog/ and vote for me Meagan Staheli to win a free photo session. All you have to do is find my name click the bubble and then click vote. It is one vote per computer, so if you have more than one computer take a minute and vote twice. Thank you so much!! Voting ends Thursday March 4th.

Pictures

2010-01-23T19:49:00.002-07:00

Parker and Daddy did a fantastic job building this redneck snowman with a missing tooth and a dirty ball cap.

Reece and I took Parker sledding today. It was a beautiful day. Parker was awesome. It was his first time, and I thought he might be a chicken, but he loved it. I think Reece and I had just as much fun as he did. I was pregnant all last winter, so it was the first time I've been sledding in a long time. Parker doesn't have very good snow boots and his feet got really cold after about an hour so we went home, but Reece and I didn't want to very bad. We went with Klay and his boys and Leon, Kristi, and Kylah.

On New Years weekend, grandma and grandpa Wright, Joe and Carla, and Newt and Joelee, came up for our annual Wright Christmas party, only it got postponed until New Years. Reece, Orrin, Joe and I stayed up till midnight playing dominoes. Everyone else went to bed. It was a fun weekend. Wish we could see them more.

Grandpa playing Parker's Deer hunting game he got for Christmas. The adults played it more than the kids.

Christmas Eve at my parents house with Kenz and Randan.

Thanksgiving weekend. We all went Temple square then had dinner at the Spaghetti factory. Macee slept all while we were at the temple. Its a good thing cause it was kinda chilly.

Sledding

2010-01-23T14:42:00.003-07:00

We have gotten tons and tons of snow. It has snowed all week. Today is finally a clear and beautiful day, so Reece and I took Parker sledding. He was such a big boy. He went down by himself fast and hiked back up the big hill. I got some cute pictures but my computer won't read my camera card, so I'll have to do it the long way. Pictures to come later!!

Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, New years

2010-01-11T13:08:00.004-07:00

I know its been a really long time since I last posted. My computer is getting old and dosen't always read my photo card so I haven't uploaded any pictures in a long time, so I will just do a little update and post pictures another day.
For Halloween Paker dressed up as the tin man from Wizard of Oz and Macee was a lion. They were very cute and Parker won best costume at the carnival. He had school on Thursday and they were suppose to wear their costumes, but he wouldn't so I was a little nervous he wouldn't dress up for the carnival or Halloween but he did.
For Thanksgiving, we went up to Bountiful and had a wonderful time with all my family. On Thanksgiving day Reece, Randan, kenz, Dad and I went to the Jazz game. Friday morning we went shopping with all the crazies and had a good time. We only went to a few stores so it wasn't too bad. Saturday we went down to temple square and saw the Christmas lights. They were beautiful. Then we went to dinner at Trolley Square at the Spaghetti Factory.
For Christmas we stayed home. It was pretty much a repeat of last year, so you could look at last christmas's post to find out about it. We had a good time and we were all spoiled. Parker was really excited about santa coming. The weekend before Christmas was the Staheli family Christmas Party on Saturday which was a ton of fun as always. On that Friday Reece and I took the kids to the live Nativity at Tuachan. Parker really liked the camel, and he even sat on a ladder next to Santa all by himself.
For New Years, Reece's mom's side of the family came for a late Christmas party from Arizona. Once again the kids were spoiled and super excited to open presents. On New Years eve, Reece and I played dominoes with Orrin and Reece's uncle Joe. We were able to stay awake until the New Year. yay for us. The Saturday morning, we headed down to the Cracker Barrel for some yummy food for breakfast and we spent the day shopping with Reece's parents.
Last weekend, Reece's cousin, Kyson, was married, and we were able to attend the Temple with them in the same sealing room we were sealed in 5 1/2 years ago. My how time flies when you're having fun. After the sealing, I wanted to run to Petco to get a new sucker fish for our fish tank. We walked out of there about an hour later with 5 fish, 2 swimming frogs, and a full grown male cat named zoom. Note to self: Don't take the kids to the pet store next time. Parker really wanted the cat, so we adopted him. He is a huge beautiful cat that is kind of having a hard time adjusting to his new home. He's not sure of everything yet. My goal is to turn him into an inside outside cat in the near near future, but I don't want him to run away so for now he is inside. Well sorry for the long long post with no pictures, but I was reading other blogs and was kinda annoyed with the people that haven't updated since Thanksgiving, then realized it had been since the middle of October since I had. I'm telling ya time goes by way too fast.
Also an update on my kiddos. Parker is completely potty trained finally, and Macee is crawling and starting to pull up on things at only 6 months. My baby is no longer a cuddly baby she is getting too big.

Deer camp

2009-10-22T22:20:00.004-06:00

Deer camp was a lot of fun. Reece has wanted to have a big deer camp every year, but it never happens. We didn't have everyone, but more than in years past since I've been in the family. Reece would like for everyone to just plan on camping for the deer hunt whether they had tags or not so we could all get together. We always have so much fun when all the Staheli's get together. There was my family, Orrin and Georgia, Meg and Trav, Ben, Shan, and kids, and a guy that works with Ben and one of his family members. We stayed in a tent with a wood stove. The kids both slept great and slept throught the nights, but Reece and I were up throughout the night trying to keep wood in the stove burning. We only took a little blanket because we thought the stove would burn longer than it did, but it still worked out great for us becuase the kids stayed warm. I brought them a bunch of blankets. We went out Friday afternoon and stayed until Monday afternoon. The weather was great. Parker had fun playing with Addilee, Patton, and Mylee. The kids were filthy dirty each night but I just cleaned him off with a wipee. We really roughed it this time. I never came back into town, the kids didn't have a bath the whole time, and we all slept in a tent. It's been a while since we've slept all nights of our camping trip in a tent. Usually we wimp out after the first night and either sleep in Georgia's trailer or we come home to sleep in our own beds. Orrin shot a deer Sunday night. Reece and Parker were both with him. Parker wasn't sure about the deer riding in the back of the jeep with him. He didn't like it too much. When they got back they hung it up in a tree and skinned it with Trav's help. Parker didn't like the "bleed" he kept telling me. He did stand with grandpa for a few pictures though. Reece still hasn't filled his tag. He's hoping to have some luck in the next few days since it ends Sunday. Well that's enough for one day, sorry it's so much. I'm caught up now so I don't have to post for a few months again. Although that will be Christmas so hopefully I get a post before then (just for you kenz if nothing else). Oh, a little about the pictures. The kids thought they were pretty funny pushing their faces up against the screen door. They laughed and laughed. Georgia and I watched the kids each morning while everyone else went hunting. Reece was apparently pooped after keeping the stove going all night and then an early morning hunt, he and Macee conked out in the chair. Parker was trying out his dads slingshot. He could actually shoot it. This is the digger we got him for his birthday. He thinks he's pretty good at it.

St. George Marathon

2009-10-22T22:05:00.003-06:00

The first weekend in October was the Marathon. Macee, Parker, and I went down to St. George on Friday night and spent the night at my mom and dad's place down there with my mom. Dad fixed us yummy spaghetti with chicken. Ralph gobbled it all up. Then dad went back to Enterprise to sleep the night in his own bed. That way he was able to just drive to Central and not have to deal with the buses from St. George. This was the first year I didn't have to wake up super early to go with my mom to drop him off in Central and drive through by six. It was wonderful to sleep in a little. We went the night before and saved our seat near the finish line so we didn't have to worry about having a place to sit. We got to the finish line as the first male was crossing the finish line. Dad finished in 3 hours 4 minutes. I love going to support the runners, and especially my dad. He is such a great example to us all. Both kids were really good. Parker just played with a truck and Macee slept the whole morning in my sling. Reece went out to the Peaks with his family to hunt for a spike. They camped Friday night and Saturday night and came home Sunday afternoon. They got another bucket of pinenuts so at least they got something.

Pinenut picking

2009-10-22T21:39:00.003-06:00

We went pinenut picking the last weekend of September with Orrin and Georgia. It was kinda spur of the moment trip. We had good luck the little bit that we picked pinenuts. We mostly rode the rhino around. We went 60 miles and were filthy dirty by the end of the day. The roads were quite dusty. It was beautiful weather and a nice relaxing day. Macee and Parker were both great. As you can see, I just put Macee out on a blanket on the ground while we gathered pine nuts. Together we got gallon bucket full. The following weekend, Reece and Orrin went spike hunting and got another bucket of pinenuts, but no spike.

Ralph's birthday

2009-10-22T21:24:00.002-06:00

These are a few pictures from Parker's birthday. My cute little boy is three already. I can't believe how fast time really flies. At least I have a replica of him in Macee. She looks so much like Parker it's kinda scary. He had a good birthday. He got farm stuff and a digger for his sand box. He was pretty excited to have everyone over to his house. He is so funny, now whenever it's someones birthday he always says its his birthday too. He keeps telling me what santa is going to bring him for his birthday. He doesn't quite get it yet. We sure love him. I don't know what we did without him. We are constantly laughing at the things he says. A week or so before his birthday he started wanting to wear big boy pants, so he started going potty. He still has a few accidents but does pretty well overall.

Better late than never

2009-10-22T19:29:00.002-06:00

Better late than never. These are a few pictures from Labor Day. Every year we go up on Cedar Mountain with all the Staheli's. We always have a lot of fun. Thanks for letting us stay in the cabin. Parker is always talking about Trav's cabin. Trav is his idol. Parker got to see a 'big buck' get skinned and hung up in a tree. He thought it was pretty cool. It was great weather and a lot of fun.

Colorado

2009-08-09T11:58:00.004-06:00

This weekend we decided to go over to Colorado Springs and visit my grandma and grandpa Sorensen. We left Thursday night and spent the night in the pickup between Richfield and Grand Junction. 4 people in the back of the cab don't fit very well, we tried it. So, Macee and I sat in the front of the pickup while Parker and Reece slept in the back seat. The back of the pickup was so full that the carseats sat in the front with Macee and I so needless to say there wasn't much room in the front, and Macee wouldn't sleep unless I was holding her which means I didn't get much sleep. At 4 am I woke Reece up and we loaded the kids back in their seats and got back on the road. We went through Apen to get there which added about 2 hours to our trip. We finally pulled into my grandparents house around 4 p.m. 12 hours in one day with a 6 week old and a 3 year old. It wasn't horrible, but I wouldn't reccomend it. Macee doesn't like her carseat. We had a lot of fun and we're really glad we went to see them. Both nights we stayed up til 12:00 playing cards. We are on our way home now. We will stop this afternoon in Pagosa Springs and spend the night in our tent in a campground, and then we'll head the rest of the way home tomorrow.

My builder!!

2009-08-05T20:18:00.002-06:00

This is my little builder. He's always building or fixing something. He is also always talking about work and what he does at work, but whenever I ask him if he has to go to work today, he always replies with "No not today, I have Fridays off." He constantly has us laughing. Life would be dull without him around!!

4th of July

2009-08-05T11:36:00.007-06:00

I'm a little behind, but I should get caught up soon, since we finally have the internet at our house. For the 4th of July weekend, we went camping. We spent one night in Orrin and Georgia's trailer, and the next night we came home and slept at our house. Macee did great, but the second night Parker was having a rough time, so we just decided to come home and sleep in our own beds since we were only camping about 15 min from home. We had a lot of fun, as you can see in the pictures. Uncle Ben was helping the kids get in the tonka dump truck and riding it down the hill with Charlie the dog chasing them down. Parker and AJ were filthy dirty. They were throwing dirt on each other and laughing their heads off. Macee just hung out in the trailer sleeping the days away. On the 4th we came back into town and had a BBQ with my family and then let Parker run in the kids races at the church. He ran fast and won. He was pretty excited about his dollar, he wanted to by an icee with it. I didn't get pictures of the best part however. We talked grandpa Bill into running in the 18 and up race, and he tripped over his own feet right at the beginning. Then we talked him into doing the piggyback race with Parker. He grabbed Parker off the grass and closelined him on the rope, but grandpa didn't even know Parker was crying. Then he raced and was going so fast they went head over teakettle at the finish line and Parker was crying even more. It was super funny and gave everyone a good laugh for the day. Grandpa Bill is a good sport. To finish the races off, Reece and Grandpa Bill did the wheel barrow race and almost won. To finish the night, we had grandma and grandpa Staheli over and lit fireworks. Parker thought they were too loud, but still liked them.

Macee Kay

2009-06-25T19:09:00.003-06:00

The big day finally came. I was induced on Monday. We waited and waited, they said they'd call first thing Monday morning. I was second on the list, but the call didn't come until 11:30 a.m. It was a really easy but long labor. We got there at 11:30 a.m. and I delivered at 9:50 p.m. It seemed to last forever since Parkers was only about 5 hours. It was a breeze for me, but Reece was bored out of his mind sitting there all day long. She weighed 8.2 oz and 20.5 inches long with a head full of brown hair, lots more than Parker had. We are all doing great. I don't even feel like I had a baby. So far she's a really good baby and Parker loves her to death. He loves 'petting her' kissing her all over, and holding her hand. He's been great!!

Update

2009-05-04T17:07:00.007-06:00

I'm terrible at keeping this updated, but here are some pictures of what we have been up to lately. I uploaded the pictures backwards, so the most recent pictures are first. First are a couple of our puppies we took pictures of last night, next is Easter with the Staheli family. We always have a great time when we go camping with them. The next pictures are at Kershaw Ryan state park in Nevada with my family on conference Sunday and lastly are some pictures with my fam up at Zion National Park in March. Kenz had something for school she had to do, so Parker and I went up for the day with Kenz mom and dad. It was a beautiful day and Parker had lots of fun.

Photography

2009-03-26T10:28:00.004-06:00

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Puppies

2009-03-24T19:56:00.004-06:00

Ginger finally had her puppies last night. She had four black ones and three whites ones, but one black one died. Parker kept telling grandpa to come see the baby pigs. He's so funny. Ginger has been a really good mom, and has been really good to let us around. She doesn't even mind Parker trying to see them and touch them.

I need to tell you a story

2009-03-09T10:42:00.004-06:00

Anytime we are in conversation and Parker thinks he needs to be part of it, he says "I need to tell you a story. I'm gonna get a fire truck and climb up the ladder and get that cat out of the tree." It doesn't matter what we are talking about, he'll come up with that out of no where. He is so funny. Parker also loves to sing. He always breaks out in song. Then he tells us "I sing that song in nursery." He likes singing popcorn popping on the apricot tree, no more monkeys jumping on the bed, twinkle twinkle little star, abc's, itsy bitsy spider, and others, but I can't think of them. We love that kid so much. He is pretty excited for his baby sister to get here. He keeps asking if his baby sister is growing in my tummy so she can walk. Hopefully he'll still be excited when she actually gets here.

Finally some Pictures

2009-02-10T12:08:00.004-07:00

These are Grandma Georgia's socks she got for Christmas, but Parker has taken them over. Anytime we are over there he puts them on. Just last night, he took his pants off and put these socks on as soon as we got there. He's a funny kid. The Staheli Family Christmas Party. We always have a great time when we get together with the Staheli family.

Oops looks like he swung a little too hard. Parker liked swinging the bat but you better watch out he has a pretty hard swing!Parker did not like Santa. Parker and Addilee were playing on the stairs of the Heritage Hall when Santa walked through the doors. Needless to say we realized Santa was there not because of his bells but because the kids were screaming their heads off. We thought they both fell down all the stairs or something. So we jumped up to see what was wrong and saw Santa.

My cute little fireman. Parker had fun trick or treating. He loves firemen and firetrucks so he was pretty excited.

It's a....

2009-02-02T08:09:00.002-07:00

GIRL!! Parker was right. He's been telling everyone that he was having a baby sister. We would say "Parker it might be a little brother" and he would say "no mom Addilee had a baby brother, I'm having a baby sister." We are excited to be adding a little girl to our family. We didn't care either way, but little girls are sure fun to buy for.

We are still here

2009-01-06T13:12:00.003-07:00

We are still around. I haven't put any of my pictures from my camera onto my computer since Halloween so I haven't bothered with posting. I'll post some pictures if I ever get around to downloading them onto my computer. We had a great Holiday season. We went out of town for Thanksgiving and had a great time. We went with Reece's family. Christmas Eve we had dinner at my mom's and played games, then opened the traditional pjs and went home to our own house. Christmas day was busy. We started the morning at 5:20 at our own house so we could be over to my mom's by 6:00 otherwise Kenz would be knocking on our door. Then at 8:00 we had breakfast at Ben and Shannons. Then over to Orrin and Georgia's to open more presents. Parker loved it all and wanted to help everyone open their presents. He was so much fun this year. For New Years we played games with Reece's family which is always fun. Now it's back to school which I actually don't mind. It was good to have a break and spend time with Parker and Reece, but Parker became very attached having me home for two weeks and it was starting to drive me crazy. As I'm sure you noticed we are expecting number two due in June!! Pictures to come shortly hopefully ;)

We Are Blessed

2008-10-31T15:02:00.004-06:00

I am just getting into digital scrapbooking a little, mostly for my blog, dumb I know, but I came across this lady's blog that posts free digital kits once in a while and they are really cute. I checked it to see if she had posted anything recently and she had a really long post, and I read it. I'm sitting here in tears thinking how trivial our everyday problems are that we complain about. We are all healthy, we have jobs, and our little boy is perfect. This lady's baby had brain surgery earlier in the year, now her friend's 7 month old baby was just diagnosed with cancer and it's in a couple different places throughout her body, and her oldest son has down syndrome. You can read the story here. It really made me stop and think how blessed I am. I don't know either of these people, but the girl that made the post about her friend is taking donations to put something together for this family. Feel free to make a donation. Even 1 dollar would help or make a post on your blog so others will see it.

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Parker loves eating otterpops at his grandma's house. All he has to do is ask grandpa, and he'll give Parker as many as he wants. Even 5 right before dinner! He doesn't even care that it's cold out. Parker loves going to both grandparents' houses. He is so lucky to have them both so close.

Girls Get Together!

2008-10-12T15:44:00.000-06:00

On Thursday I got together with some girls I went to Dixie with. It was a lot of fun to catch up on things and see what everyone has been up to. Reece was Elk hunting so I asked his mom and dad to watch Parker for me. They were watching him on Friday for me too while I was at school, so he just had a sleepover. Thanks so much so I could enjoy an evening out with no husband or kid. We're going to try to get together bi-monthly, but to avoid the holidays we will do it in January for anyone that wants to come. Thanks Jess for putting it together, and Kenz (Jordan really) for opening your home to us all night. I tried a new recipe and it was really good and easy so I'm going to post it here.

Chocolate Chex Caramel Crunch
8 cups Chocolate Chex Cereal
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
6 Tablespoons butter
3 Tablespoons light corn syrup
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup white vanilla baking chips

Into large microwave bowl, measure cereal. Set aside. Line cookie sheet with waxed paper.
In 2 cup microwavable measuring cup, microwave brown sugar, butter, and corn syrup uncovered on High 2 minutes, stirring after 1 minute, until melted and smooth. Stir in baking soda until dissolved. Pour over cereal, stirring until evenly coated. Microwave on High 3 minutes stirring every minute. Spread on cookie sheet. Cool 10 minutes. Break into bite-size pieces.
In small microwave bowl, microwave vanilla baking chips uncovered on high about 1 minute 30 seconds or until chips can be stirred smooth. (Bowl will be hot). Drizzle over snack. Refrigerate until set. Store in tightly covered container.

Conference weekend (Better known as Marthon weekend for my family)

2008-10-05T15:01:00.002-06:00

October 4, 2008 St. George Marathon. The St. George almost always falls on Conference weekend, and it has become a family tradition of ours to watch at the finish line. This was the 9th St. George Marathon my dad has run in. His time was 3:03. He did such a great job. His fastest time is 2:56 which he ran last year. This year he expected he would be slower because he didn't run any speed work, there was a south wind, and it rained the entire race. For those of you that don't know, a marathon is 26.2 miles long. The St. George marathon starts at Central on highway 18 and finishes at the Worthen park on 300 S. 500 E. St. George. We wake up each year around 4:30 am and leave around 5:30 so we can get through Central before 6:00 when they close the road. Then we go down to St.George and burn time until we go to the finish line around 8:30. This year we went shopping at Walmart. That is the best time to shop at Walmart because there are no lines. Around 8:30 we went to the finish line to wait for the finishers to start coming in. The race starts at 6:45, so the first place runners usually come in around 9:00. It rained on us the entire time. Good thing we went to walmart so we could get us all some ponchos. The first place runner came in at 2:22:22. He was 25 years old, and it was his first marathon ever. Amazing to me!!! Reece didn't come because he was Elk hunting with his dad, but we all had fun. It is so emotional to watch the runners come across the finish line trying to beat their personal bests. It is basically a race against their previous best times. We cheer for all the runners as they come in, some look like they could run another, and some look like they aren't going to make it 10 more feet to cross the finish line. They are the ones that always get me crying. My dad is 47 years old and has type 1 diabetes, and still finished in the top 3% of the racers. He is such an inspiration to me. I think if he would have been running 20 years ago he could have been one of the very first finishers if not the first. Running a marathon is one of my goals to do someday. I always get so pumped to run, but when it comes time to start training I'm too lazy. One day I will run the St.George marathon. I'm waiting for my dad to get old enough that he will run slow enough to run with me, but I don't think that day will ever come. He'll probably still be running sub 3 hour marathons at 75. Thanks dad for being such an inspiration to us all!!

Kenzie's Bridal Shower 9/27/08

2008-10-05T14:38:00.002-06:00

Kenzie's Shower was September 27th. It was fun to have our family come down for it. My grandparents, aunt, and cousin all came down. After the shower we all went down to St. George and hit Krumpets Swiss Day's sale. We got some really cute fall deco. Then we went out to dinner and came home. Reece and Parker didn't go with us because they were muzzle loader hunting with grandpa Orrin. They didn't end up getting anything so that means we are still hunting during the rifle hunt. Reece is a dedicated hunter so that means we have to hunt from the middle of August until the end of October with all the deer hunts plus an Elk hunt. Reece loves it, but by the time October 21 comes I'm ready to have a husband home again. Although once the deer hunts and Elk hunt end then its just time to start Coyote hunting again, it never really ends. Anyways, the shower was fun, and Kenz had a lot of people come support her.

Parkers 2nd Birthday

2008-09-24T16:05:00.000-06:00

Pakrer loved blowing out his candles. We had to light them three or four times so he could keep blowing them out. Addilee was helping too.

Isn't his Cake adorable. I wish I could take credit, but I can't. I made his cake last year, and it was really ugly so we bought this from Lin's. The cake was really good too. That is always a plus. These little trucks are some of his favorite toys.

Parker had a great second birthday. It makes me sad he is already 2. He's not my little baby anymore. We had a family BBQ at Orrin and Georgia's house with all of my family and Reece's family. We had a lot of fun. Parker got some great gifts! I love all of the funny faces he is always making. He has such a funny personality. We are constantly laughing at everything he does and says. He comes up with some pretty crazy stuff that has us rolling on the floor. Thanks everyone for the fun evening and for all the wonderful gifts.

Funny Parker

2008-09-11T15:13:00.000-06:00

Today my mom babysat Parker for me while I was at school. After they ate lunch, she washed his face and Parker said 'There's Parker'. When I got home from school my mom told me, and I wanted to write it down because its the little things kids do all day long that we never write down, and then we forget them. So I thought I'd write it here since I'm not a very good journal writer. Its so much fun listening to the new things Parker comes up with everyday. He is such a talker and is alway making us laugh. I'm really enjoying this stage for him. Hopefully he'll stay sweet, and won't turn into a terrible 2 year old. He was such a good baby; I don't think I'm lucky enough to be spoiled twice.

Labor Day Weekend

2008-09-10T10:16:00.000-06:00

We had a lot of fun over Labor Day weekend. We went up on Cedar Mtn with most of the Staheli family to Grant and Joan's cabin. If was a little on the cold and rainy side, but we still had a great time. Parker loved playing with Mady, Carson, and Jace. We just relaxed and enjoyed the time being away from home. We stayed in a tent the first two nights. On the third night we stayed in Orrin and Georgia's trailer because our tent was really wet, and we didn't want to be soaking wet in the morning. We came home early Monday morning and let everything dry out. Ben and Shannon didn't come up because they were moving into their new home. Parker missed playing with Addilee but he had fun with all of the other kids. The girls had fun making crafts all day on Saturday. Thanks for the great weekend. How do you like Parker's smile?? Its great isn't it?

School has started.

2008-08-25T20:49:00.000-06:00

Well if you're wondering why there haven't been any updates lately, its because I feel guilty if I'm wasting time blogging when I have so much to do for my class. Reece already complains that I spend too much time on the computer. School started on Aug 14, and I spend a ton of time there. There is so much more planning than I ever thought teachers had to do. I'm hoping it gets better as the year goes on. I teach 3rd grade and I really like it. I only have 22 students, and they are all great. I am already looking forward to a long Labor Day weekend. We are heading up on Cedar Mountain with all of the Staheli's. We always have a great time, and I'm ready for the break. I'll post more after the weekend!

Fishing with Grandma and Grandpa July 17, 2008

2008-07-28T11:35:00.000-06:00

A couple of weeks ago we went fishing to New Castle with grandma and grandpa Staheli. The fishing was really slow. I think we only caught this one fish. Parker had fun making fishy lips and swatting at the bugs. He loves to go fishing. He has already lost two kid fishing poles in the lake, so now he gets a broken adult pole, and he hasn't lost it yet.

Potty Training July 14, 2008

2008-07-14T15:34:00.000-06:00

This must be Parker's idea of potty training. We have a toddler toilet, but we haven't started potty training because Parker isn't ready yet. He'll sit on it sometimes, but that is the extent of it. Today he came out of the bathroom with the potty on his head.

Park City 4th of July

2008-07-14T15:00:00.000-06:00

For the 4th of July my family had plans to go to Lake Powell, but my dad sold the boat, so we went up to Park City instead. We all had a really great time and it was nice to get out of the heat of southern Utah. It was perfect weather all weekend. We spent the 4th in Park City and watched the Parade and fire works. They were beautiful. We rode the Alpine Slide and the Alpine Coaster just before the fireworks. Parker loved it all. During the day we went shopping at the Tanger Outlet mall and had lunch at Loco Lizard. On the 5th we all went down to Provo and went to Seven Peaks. It was hot and crowded but Parker loved swimmin and goin down the slides. He even went down a couple big slides with his dad and I. After Seven Peaks we went up to Bountiful to visit my grandparents. It was great to see them. We had dinner with them and then went back up to Park City for the night. On Sunday we went and rode the zipline. Reece was too afraid, but he used the excuse that he needed to stay at the bottom with Parker and my mom's dog. Then grandpa bought some tickets for Parker to ride a few rides before we headed home. Kenz didn't come because Randon didn't get in on Thursday until late. On Friday night Randon proposed after watching fireworks up on the hill in St. George. He had Kenz fooled into believing her ring fell down the hill, and she was ready to go looking for it in the dark. Then he gave her the real ring. She is pretty excited. They are getting married on November 8, 2008.

The Cabin June 21, 2008

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We went up to Chris and KayDee's cabin on Kolob Mountain. The boys did a lot of fishing and shooting while KayDee and I just relaxed and visited. It was nice and cool. Parker loved the big swing hanging from the trees because he could go really high!!

Fishing June 7, 2008

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This is Parkers newest smile. He is quite the cheeser!

We went fishing out to New Castle. It was freezing cold, but we had a good time. This was the biggest fish we caught. Parker likes to 'fro em back'. It's a good thing I took a blanket for Parker of else I would have froze. I was hoping to get a sun tan and wore shorts, but it wansn't suntanning weather. It was more like March weather.

Camping Easter Weekend March 22, 2008

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Reece, Parker, and I went camping for Easter weekend with the Staheli family. Parker loved every minute of it. The Easter Bunny gave him this bike. He had so much fun playing in the dirt with his cousin Addilee.

Rhino Ride

2008-02-17T22:32:00.000-07:00

Reece, Parker, and I went for a Rhino ride out in the mountains in the snow. We had a lot of fun. The snow got so deep we couldn't go too far. We only got stuck a few times before turning around. Any time Parker gets in the rhino he conks out and sleeps the entire ride. He wasn't too sure about his new snow suit though!!