Parker and Elley's Early Easter Gift !!!

I have officially gone crazy !! So what sold these for me is that they are mini chickens - people actually have them as domesticated pets lol can you believe that? And they are show chickens so Chance thinks it will be fun for Parker to show them in the fair. I only wanted one but when we went to get them they told us that they are very lonely animals so we have to take atleast 2 but they had 3 left so that last little chicken couldn't stay alone in the cage so they all came home with us!! YEAH lol!!
I always joke about our house being as crazy as a farm with our dog and goat and cows - so now that we have added chickens I think it is official!!



This is what made it all worth it - this little mans face when we brought them home. He said mom I might just cry right now I am so happy!! He already named them - Jack Black, Cream Puff and Jackie Sue lol!! What a goober :)


And i had to throw one of our princess in to!! it has been so nice outside we just hang out in the yard all day!! How cool is she in her sunglasses - I was pretty impressed that she actually kept them on !!

Parkers first soccer game!!( and the new song is for you mom)

Look at how handsome he is in his uniform!! His game so fun to watch - I played all through high school so I love watching soccer and it was really cool to see him do something that means a lot to me :) He was really good at chasing the other players around but has not really grasped the idea that he is trying to get the ball. His team is really good - they won 9 to 0. Parker yells during the game," look coach we are taking the team in green down to china town huh?" lol thanks grandma for teaching him that one.





Here is our next little soccer player!!

Here is dad trying to contain our little monster during the game!! It was really hard for her to sit still - she wanted to run out and play with her brother!!

A fun birthday party followed by a trip to the E.R :(

I can't believe I am posting about Elley's first birthday -where did the time go? We had a party for her at my mother in laws house - thanks Laura for letting us invade your space :) Chance made a really cute slide show of Elley's first year - because what is a party with out some tears right? We had a lot of Elley's favorite people there and I am so glad that they came to celebrate with us. Thank you to everyone who traveled from Logan to come I know it was a yucky drive.
This is the birthday girl!! She was so cute when she opened her presents she smiled every time we got to a new one. She got so much stuff - some really cute outfits and lots of new toys!!

Here is Elley with her Aunt Loren !! I think they will be very close when she gets older - as soon as loren walks in the door she runs for Elley and she is one of the few people that Elley will actually go to without a fight!! She also has a very special relationship with Parker and he calls her his girlfriend. He said to her the other day when I get home from being a super hero will you be there to make me dinner ? lol silly boy

Here is my mom with the girls!! We all can't wait to see what happens when they grow up - we wonder if they will be best friends or get on each others nerves? They love to play together and can't keep there hands of each other now so hopefully that is a good sign!!


SO.... now that I have shared all the fun party pictures , this is where the night went bad!! She was good during the whole event but she seemed off - my mom thought she might be getting a head cold because her eyes and nose were watering. But as the night progressed she acted really irritable and kept coughing - which is never a good sign. She just got over having a mild case of strep throat and ear infections -where we found out the hard way that she is allergic to amoxicillin. So I was really hoping she was not sick again , especially so close to her birthday!! Well she seemed ok when we put her to bed but I woke up to her weezing on the monitor and I knew something was really wrong. She was having a really hard time breathing and her lips were purple- then she started throwing up . So we rushed her to the E.R
They gave her a breathing treatment and took x- rays. Then they gave her a nasty steroid shot . As you can see by this picture of our happy baby with puffy eyes the medicine in the nebulizer worked wonders :)They think she has a form of the croup - which is good new compared to all the other really bad things that kids can get sick with these days.

Just some pictures :)

I love my mom!!! She is such an awesome Grandma! Parker thinks she is a reading machine - he makes her read books to him every time we see her !

Sweet baby :)

I love this sweet little face so much!

Super bowl !! I am glad we got this picture - getting a normal one with all 4 of us is hard work! If you look close you will see that Parker and Chance have the same fo -hawk, care of free hair cuts at home by Mom!!

What a pair these two are!!

I FLY !!!!!! And our brave little man:)

My step dad has been telling Chance he will take him sky diving forever so to prepare for that he took him to try the I FLY simulator for his birthday. It is a really cool experience and it's not as pricy as you would think - I want to go back and try it next time!! As we were watching the people before them take there turn Parker decided he wanted to go to :) Here is Chance and Parker all suited up - my son is very weird about clothes, he hates anything that is tight and it takes me 30 minutes to convince him to put socks and shoes on so to get this suit on him with out a fight was an experience in itself! We told him it was his Spiderman suit - he loved it and never said a word!!

How cool is this!! His claw hands are the best part- I am not sure why he thought that was a good idea but he had that move down!!

I had to show you this one because you can see the slobber all over his chin - they told him to keep his mouth closed when he got in there - but he must have forgotten that part. His goggles and the instructors goggles were covered with spit! Poor guy!!

This is the last shot we got before the big melt down! He kept telling the instructor that he did not want to go high and that he would freak out if he took him up higher then this( he kept showing him with his hands) The instructor really wanted to try it out and just see if Parker was serious I guess - but Parker was not messing around. He started throwing his arms around and when they were all done he told the guy - see i told you i would freak out !! LOL

Here is Chance taking his turn at it !

Chance was a much better sport then Parker at the high part :)

Here is the IFLY crew - Chance, Alexa, Parker , Grandpa Mike and Brayden. They look pretty good in those outfits :)

Grandma and Grandpa came to watch the big event to. Here is Grandma Laura with Elley Belly!!!

Here is Grandpa Buddy - he looks like he got in a bad fight with all those scratches on his face! He smiled the whole time I think he wanted a run at it too!!

What did you just say to me?

So today when I was making breakfast for my kids Parker had something very important to say, or so he said! This is what he said;" Mom I don't know any nice way to say this but... you look like mess, but don't worry i can close my eyes and it's ok." Can you believe he said that? I couldn't !! At first I laughed and then I got sad thinking about how big he is now. i think he is officially to that age where I have to be careful not to say things about other people because he will announce to them how I feel LOL!! I get so focused on how little Elley is that I forget that my baby boy was once that small too!! So here are so pictures so we can all remember!!



When he was little he loved to dress up in my stuff- this is a scarf I used to own(it is hideous huh) he also liked to wear my high heeled shoes he probably could walk better in them then most grown women , not that I am proud of that fact about my son lol!! There was no real male figure in his life at this time, so he didn't know any better, and I thought it was cute so I never stopped him either!!

These eyes get me everytime!! He now knows how to use them to get everything he wants!!!

This is some left over ice cream from his first birthday - I can't believe we will be planning his 5th birthday this year- what happens to the time?


This is my favorite picture of my little man, I love it !!! He did not love it so much - he cried the whole time and ripped a couple of his buttons of the little vest he is wearing. This is back when he still let me dress him - now he likes to pick out his own clothes - with a little help from me or dad !!

Christmas Pictures!!

Our kids got SO much stuff- our house looks like a toy store. These two have pretty much taken over the place - I just walk around tying to clean up as much of it as I can - I think we need a bigger house hint hint dad!!!
My sweet baby!! She looks so much like her dad!

Here is the cute little Christmas outfit Grandpa Mike got her - it is a little small and shows a little to much leg but it looked so cute on her!
Here is some of Elley's Chrstmas presents - she loves this little chair and her first baby doll !! I can't wait for next year when I can get her a doll house!!

This is one of Parker's favorite presents - his police helmet !! He also got his very own camera and he loves making us do goofy things so he take a picture of it!!
This is the new wagon my mom made him - he loves to pull the babies in it! Brantley and Elley loved it to!!
My mom and parker - they have a very special relationship - he loves her so much :)