What Does This Mean???

I opened the freezer today and this is what I found! Parker had chopped the hair off of one of Casadie's Barbie dolls and was freezing the head! What does this mean???? Should I be worried???

Top 5 Things I Love About Parker!

1. Parker loves to cuddle. I love that he still likes to sit on my lap and read books with me. I'm going to be really sad when he decides that he's to old for that any more.

2. Parker has a great sense of humor. He loves to tease everyone!

3. Parker has a great imagination! He loves to draw and loves to create things.

4. Parker loves to help me cook. He wants to be a "Food Scientist" some day.

5. Parker is really smart. He seems to just soak information in. He already seems to know all of those "guy facts" that guys just seem to know!

HELP!

OK, this is really hard for me to share,actually, it's mortifying but I don't know what to do about it anymore. I need help! Is this really normal teenage behavior, because I fell pretty confident that I NEVER lived this way! This is Savanna's room. I don't know what to do any more, we've bribed, yelled, threatened, grounded, taken things away, stopped doing laundry...you name it and I've tried it. I don't know what to do anymore. I came home at lunch today and thought I would throw in a batch of laundry, and this is what I found when I went in Savanna's room!

Biggest Snow Storm of the Year

So, Monday morning we woke up to about 8 inches of new snow. We were expecting snow, but not quite that much! If you are familiar with our house and drive way, you know that is a really big deal! Brett was able to get the driveway cleared before he went to work (otherwise I don't think I would have made it down the driveway!). I bundled Casadie off and sent her to the bus stop and then Savanna, Parker and I left for school. This year I am driving a mini van instead of the jeep, so it doesn't handle quite as well in the snow. I was a little worried about the roads so we left earlier then usual so that we would have plenty of time to make it to school. I was telling Savanna that where I lived when I was a kid this would have definitely constituted a snow day (we never get snow days in Utah!). About 4 blocks from the house I was waiting to make a left hand turn when I looked in the rear view mirror and saw a car sliding towards me. I knew he was going to hit me and I tried to move out of the way, but he still hit us! Luckily no one was hurt (except the new car!)! It was some 18 year old kid and he had the audacity to ask me to drive him to his girlfriends house instead of waiting for the police. I didn't. We waited for the Sherriff, the entire process took about an hour. Our car came out looking much better then the other car (way to go Honda). They had to tow his away, our has about $1000 worth of damage. The sad thing is that we still have temporary plates on the car!


We ended up with a grand total of 19 inches of Snow! Other then the car disaster, everyone had alot of fun with the new snow (the day before the last of the snow had melted!)

The snow was so deep that the dog couldn't even make it off the back deck without getting lost! Parker and Casadie had a great time making snow angels!

Parker's Birthday

Parker just turned 8! We had a great time with his birthday this year. Aunt Nicole and Uncle Jake came up and had dinner with us. It's nice that we have some family close enough to party with us. Also, Nicole took all of the pictures for us (I couldn't find my camera- and her photography skills are way better than mine). Per Parker's request we grilled hot dogs and hamburgers for his birthday dinner. It was a little cold out side for running the grill, but Brett was a champ and went out and fired up the grill for the first time this year (most of the snow was melted outside!). After dinner we ate cake and ice cream and then went down stairs and broke out the wii. We played Parker's new game and had a blast! Their were a few minor injuries :) (sorry Nicole) but nothing that stopped us from playing.



A couple of days later we had Parker's "friend" birthday party. We went to the Fun Park. I can't think of a better place to take 8 - eight year old boys! They had a great time playing in the soft play and earning tickets at the video games. Everyone went home tired and sweaty and with a few prizes. I'm pretty sure that those are the indicators of a successful party!

Grandpa Larry

Our family has suffered a great loss this week with the passing of Grandpa Larry.  Larry passed away on Friday, February 21st.  We will really miss him.  He would have been 90 next month.  Grandpa was always fun to be around.  He loved to do word puzzles, get up early to watch the sunrise and was always appreciative of everyone and everything around him.  We loved having in our family and we will miss him!

End of the Season

I just took that last load of towels and swim suits out of the dryer! Swimming is over! We meet the end of the swim season with mixed emotions. We are so proud of Savanna for all of her hard work and effort. She swam in her last meet on Saturday at the Regional Level. She has worked so hard this season and was able to drop 3.5 seconds from her time. Her dedication has been inspiring to all of us. We are a little relieved to put it behind us. Swimming is a very time intensive sport!. Savanna has not been home from school and practice before 6:00 for the last couple of months. We look forward to having her around a little more often (and not having to make so many runs into town to pick her up from practice) and I know she looks forward to having a little bit of free time!