Pictures

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.