Father's Day

Madison is so blessed to have the BEST Daddy in the whole world!!!

 Daddy and Daughter looking cute together on Father's Day 2014!

Scottie's Birthday

Got a blog about Scottie's birthday before the month is over! Madison and I had fun celebrating Scottie's birthday, probably even more than he did because he had to work:(

I got up in the wee hours of the morning to make him breakfast before he had to leave for work. I made crepes since we loved them on our vacation and had only been back for a day and we were having withdraws already. 

He got a peaches and cream one and a strawberries with chocolate one too...yummy

 After work our friends The Adairs stopped by to wish him a happy b-day. They're so good to us:)

Then we grabbed some dinner and went to Eaglewood golf course to hit some balls.

 The birthday circle

 Madison giving Daddy his birthday gift from her and a special birthday kiss. She loves her Daddy! 

 Some presents!!!

 Since Scottie is on a computer for most of the day, he requested a fancy mouse pad...So that's what he got

 Blowing out all 31 candles on his yummy homemade ice cream cake. Happy Birthday Scottie! We all sure love you and had a great time celebrating with you.

More Randomness

Here's part 2 of my randomness

 Trip down memory lane- We were passing by Provo and decided to stop by our old apartment. Here is where we spent the first 2 years of our marriage!

Camping in Fillmore, Utah with Grandpa and Grandma, Tracy/Rich, Jason, and Uncle Bruce. We all went golfing together. 

Madison did a great job and stayed in the cart the entire time

 Looking cute in her aviators 

 Showing off her dress from Cancun

 Swimming and BBQ party with the Mitchell's  

 Potty Training!!! I am finally committing and putting Madison in underwear. She has done as amazing job...so far:) She looked too cute sitting on the potty in her tutu so I had to take a pic!

 The Hogle Zoo with G-ma and G-pa Parker. All the grand kids were there too, and we had a great time together!

Random Spring Fun

I am going through pictures today and realized I have several good ones I never posted so here's to getting caught up!

Parker Family Dinner

 Miss Maddie and Cousin Savannah  

 Belliston Family Dinner to Celebrate Grandpa's 80th Birthday!

 We love you Grandpa Joe

 Maddie looking cute in curls

Spending time with my cousin Rachel, Axel, and Chris during their visit to Utah

 Dinner with Anne and Ryder! So happy we were able to meet up since they live in Alaska!!!

 Madison with a cute note from Daddy

 My Spring Piano Recital with some of my students!

 Scottie making dinner and yes I had to document it!

 Madison Sue Parker got spotlighted in nursery! We just adore her teachers and love everything they do to make the kids feel loved and special. 

Madison was so excited to be the spotlight!

 Singing time- is one of Maddie's most favorite things 

 Fun with Beckham

 Madison and Kingston 

 Water fun

Pedicures for part of Camille's Baby Shower 

 

Madison and Eleanor- These gals are 1 year and a day apart. Glad they're our neighbors

MEXICO!!!

It's crazy to think just 4 days ago I was sipping a virgin pina colada on the beach while looking blissfully at the Caribbean Ocean. Scottie and I both feel like our vacation was forever ago, but it really wasn't! I guess what is what happens when you come back to real life:) Good thing real life includes a cute little 2 year old who was so excited to welcome us back home!

Scottie and I decided it was time the two of us got away so we booked an all inclusive stay in Riviera Maya (just south of Cancun).

Our resort was amazing and had on site snorkeling, sailing, kayaking, bike rides, ping pong, and volleyball for free! Not to mention unlimited food and drinks:) We thoroughly enjoyed our time and found lots of time to relax, read, beach bum, snorkel, explore, and eat!!! 

We did so many fun things I don't want to leave anything out so here's a lists with some pics:
Beach time

We spent a lot of time on the beach and loved the lagoon at our resort. 

I ALWAYS say the ocean is good for the soul and that was definitely the case with this vacation!

Snorkeling

We snorkeled 4 times and each time we discovered something different or found new sea life. Some of our favorite things with snorkeling were; feeding the fish (you can see in some of the pics below that they would literally surround you), watching jelly fish swim, following crabs, and chasing a barracuda. 

The hot spot! Big groupers would swam here and we enjoyed feeding them

Fish!!!

Hahaha our staged snorkeling position!

Dancing-one night we went around to all the different places to get drinks and then went dancing together at the disco. We felt a little silly like we were in high school again, but still had fun living it up and acting super young!

 Playa Del Carmen (the big city)-On one of the raining days (sad we had 2) we went into the city and did some shopping and had a couples message. Even though we got a little wet we had fun exploring and liked not feeling the need to rush back to a cruise ship.

Bargaining for Madison's little Mexican dress. She wore it to church on Sunday and told her teachers, "It's Madison's dress from Cancoooon" 

Couples Massage- a VERY relaxing hour

Swimming with dolphins-We both thought this is the HIGHLIGHT of our vacation.

Swimming with the dolphins was such an incredible experience and we both loved riding on them and getting a superman foot push the most!

Here's the trainer with Eva and Louloo

The dorsal tow

Dancing 

Superman-having two dolphins push your feet! I got all of the way out of the water, and the dolphins gave me an extra little push at the end that send me flying in the air! That part was my fav!!!

Reading-We both finished some good books. Me- The Girl of Fire and Thorns/Killing Floor and Scottie- The Persuader (Jack Reacher Baby!!!)

Missing our grass huts right now!

Eating

Of course lots and lots of eating, and we enjoyed the fine dining the most. I loved the Italian restaurant and Scottie loved the Japanese steak house. 

Getting a good show, while our food was prepared. 

Kayaking

A private catamaran ride and we spotted a huge sea turtle while we were out

Soooooooooooooooooo much fun!

Shows/entertainment- Each night our resort put on a show. Some were better than others, but we particularly enjoyed comedy night and participation night.

 We played several games of volleyball on our last day in Mexico, and each time we were victorious. This man is a volleyball machine!!!

 Bye Hotel Catalonia! We miss you!!!

Other things to remember: eating at the Creperie, drinking Flamingos/Mango-Coconuts, food sick, beached whale, water volleyball, and the infamous Betty!