December Happenings

It was a fun filled month. We got our Christmas tree, had Grandparents come visit, played in lots and lots of snow, and anxiously waited for Christmas! 

Our first snow fall left about an 8th of an inch of snow on the ground, but Madison was SOOOOOOOOOOOOoooooooooooooooooo incredibly excited about it, so we of course had to play in it!

Picking out our Christmas tree

We switched places this year:)

By our decorated tree

Mommy-daughter date to McDonalds and the play Shrek 

Ashley and Eleanor joined us for the play

Silly girls at preschool

Play date in the snow. Danny built an awesome sledding ramp and all the neighborhood girls LOVED it! 

Madi G and Maddie P having a blast sledding together!

Girlies looking pretty in pink

Madison with her cousins, Savannah and Brooklyn 

Story time. It's been FOREVER since we have gone, and we both had so much fun! We'll def be going again. 

Preschool at Camillie's. Learning about China and experimenting on how to eat with chop stix 

More SNOW!!!

Date night out to watch the new Star Wars

A late night with friends while Mommy and Daddy were at Star Wars

Christmas piano recital-my kids all did so great, and my parents were in town to see their performances. It was a lot of fun to have them.  

Maddie ice skating for the first time. She did great and was able to skate a little by herself

Madison with Grandpa and Grandma. So glad they were able to visit!

Dressed in our Christmas best

Madison with "reindeer antlers" 

Checking out Temple Square lights with the Grandparents 

More snow! This time Daddy built a snow cave for Madison. She loved it. 

Sledding the day after Christmas. Even tho it was super cold we had a blast with our friends the Roegners. Madison and Ben were super brave and went off a jump that someone had built! 

It's been a great December and 2015 year. 

Thanksgiving in St. George

I have 3 days until Christmas so I figured I had better hurry up and blog about Thanksgiving. Our Thanksgiving was eventful to say the least. I had a procedure on Thanksgiving morning, then got in the car with my sweet family and drove down to St. George to celebrate Thanksgiving with our dear Parker and Belliston Family. We made it in time for a home cooked Thanksgiving dinner, yum yum. Our time in St. George was filled with lots of cousin and family time, some Black Friday late night shipping, fishing, movie watching, and playing together time. 

We love our Sunny St. George 

 Thanksgiving dinner

 Black Friday shoppin...we couldn't resist

 Doing a Christmas project with Grandma Tracy

 Sisters 

 Fun at the park

Maddie adores these boys and fondly calls them, "The Zaugg Boys" 

Fishing with Uncle Scottie

 Madison getting a piggy back ride from Parker

 Such good sports, smiling into the sun for me!

 Oh the pain...makes my eyes water! 

I even gave it a try! 

We enjoyed the break from our daily routines and LOVED all the family time we got. Until next time St. George and bring on Christmas! Now I'm ready!

Halloween

2015 Brought such a fun Halloween for the Parker household. Madison wanted to be Rapunzel so Scottie and I tagged along as Flynn Rider and Pascal. Each year we have a blast coming up with a family themed costume, and it was fun to have Madison make the choice this year! We enjoyed celebrating with a friends Halloween party, special Halloween dinner, witches brew party, and going trick or treating. I love Halloween for many reasons, but one of them is because it kicks off all of the fun fall/winter holidays. 

Here are some pics to document another Parker Family Halloween!

Pascal, Rapunzel, and Flynn Rider

Beautiful Madison as Rapunzel 

 Dinner in a pumpkin-a tradition I grew up with:) 

 Making witches brew at Hillary's. Maddie was totally captivated, it was so cute to watch. 

 Trick or Treating.

  Madison was a pro this year, and I did better hanging back and letting her go up to the doors by herself (I am a helicopter MOM, so this was HUGE for me). Hahaha. 

 Trick or treating with Belle (aka Eleanor), we went around with the Stevensons, Roegners, and Garners.

 Craving a pumpkin with Daddy! Oh these two. 

 Flynn Rider helping me with last minute preparations for our 3rd annual Halloween Party. We had lots of spooky games, goodies, and good company. 

 Rapunzel giving Flynn a smooch 

 Maddie kept asking me to be on her shoulder because that is what Pascal does in the movie, so this is our attempt! LOL

Costumes!!!

 The Schultz as Care Bears 

 Parkers representing Disney's Tangled

The Adairs as Ninja Turtles 

The Stevenson's as Mrs. Pots, Belle, and the Beast from Beauty and the Beast

Another family pic, just cuz:)

 The Garners as Hulk, a peacock, a pirate, and Minnie Mouse.

 All the kids 

 Lastly, after all our Halloween festivities Maddie asked to do a little switch with Mom, so here ya go! Happy Halloween 2015.