Daily Dose of Parkerism's

I completely realize that every mom thinks that their child is the cutest and funniest child on earth...and I must admit, I am no exception. Besides, isn't this what this whole blogging thing is all about? We are really just showing off our cute kids and the fun stuff they do... we don't really want to blog about the naughty stuff or the family arguments or anything like that. Oh wait, none of us ever have arguments, right?

So, this leads me to my Daily Dose of Parkerism's...
Last night, Kory was reading Parker one of his favorite story's Goodnight Moon. For those that don't know the story, it is all about saying goodnight to everything in this great green room. Kory was a reading through the story and said, "there were three little kittens and a pair of mittens and three little bears sitting on chairs." Parker then stopped Kory and said with a serious look, while nodding his head yes, "They were in time out?"
Parker sits in a chair when he has to sit in time out (Yes, we put our child in time out. Sometimes even more than once a day.), and since the three bears where sitting on chairs, he figured they were sitting in time out too. I mean really, why else would anyone sit in a chair?!
Oh my goodness, it was hilarious.
Parker will be two in a few weeks, and yes, the terrible two's have already begun, but I just love this age. He is so funny~!

Our House

Well, we are almost there, our new house is almost done. It has sure come a long way since the ground breaking in May. We are getting so excited to move in and make it our home... and although it has been a very stressful summer, one that I don't ever wish to repeat, I know it will all be worth it when we are finally in. Kory has been a very busy man all summer long. He and some friends and family have been busily finishing the tile this week and the last project he has is the two tone paint and the garage to paint. I know he will be a much happier and pleasant person to be around when this is all finished. Not to say that he isn't pleasant, I mean he is a pretty even tempered person, but I think the stress has finally gotten to him. The fuse is getting shorter if ya know what I mean. It will be so nice to have a night that he is able to just sit and relax, but that probably won't happen until we are successfuly moved into our house. I do love that he is such a hard worker though, I know he will teach our children good work ethic!

Only a few more weeks to go!

Oh the trouble!

Alright, I am having some major construction issues with my blog. I thought I would be cutesy and try to change things up a bit and I have caused some major issues. So, since I am leaving for the weekend, things are just going to have to remain cooky! Who would have thought that this would be so time consuming? I mean honestly!

I AM WORKIN'!

I just had to share this oh so cute and funny little story.

Last night, Kory took Parker out to Grandpa and Grandma Anderson's because Kory needed to work on his truck and I was not off of work yet. So, Kory took Parker out to the shop and Kory got busy working on his truck. I got off of work and drove out to do some work there too. I arrived at the shop to find grandpa and Kory trying to pry the windshield off of his truck and Parker sitting in a wrecked little Suzuki. I could see that Parker had found some miscellaneous screws and parts and was also pretending to drive.

I looked in and said, "Hi bud." I thought I would get a hi mom, or a hey or something. Parker looked up at me and said in an irritated voice, "I'm workin'!" He acted as if it was a bother that I even had asked him what he was doing. I looked over at Kory and Zed and we all started laughing. I said, "Oh really? Working, huh?" He said, "Yeah," and meanwhile was trying to fit a screw in a small plastic piece and was making grunting noises as if it was one of the hardest things he has ever done.

I was laughing so hard and was quite amazed that at 21 months, he even knew that it was truly work that daddy and grandpa do out in the shop. I didn't even know that he knew the word work. Well, I guess he should but still... I just found it so cute that he joined right in with his dad and grandpa and got to work.

I don't know what I would do without the daily dose of laughs he gives us.

Mexico Vacation

Kory and I escaped to Mexico for a week and returned last Sunday. We had such a great time but I began to miss Parker on the plane ride there. It's hard to be away for more than a day from him but I knew that he was in good hands with Grandma Anderson, and I also know that it's good for Kory and I to have a get-away every now and then.

Here are a few pictures from our trip...

Plane trip there (I know, it's not very exciting).

Here is the lovely photo of Kory's chest hair. For some reason he decided to be like Tom Selleck on our pirate ship cruise, so I had to take advantage of the photo opp.

This is a photo of a magnificent church in an old city outside of the Mayan Ruins we were traveling to. I thought the church was beautiful.

This was at Chichen Itza (a Mayan City) and is one of the largest structures in the city. It's so amazing that they were able to construct these stone structures with what little they had to work with.
The beaches are gorgeous--with white sand and azure seas. The sky was quite cloudy this day though, it was pretty rainy this first few days.
Kory and I attempted Salsa dancing and we had so much fun. I would love to take some Salsa classes but I don't know if I can talk Kory into it.

We went snorkeling and after the trip Kory was able to get up on the spinnaker which is like parasailing but the boat isn't moving. It's more like a swing with a parachute.

We had such a good time but we are definitely happy to be home. I was lucky enough to receive a bit of Montezuma's Revenge so I was definitely happy to be home and near a bathroom...not fun, not fun at all.

I know Parker missed me but he definitely was clinging to his daddy when we got home. I was okay with it though, as it was Father's Day. Parker does definitely love his dad and I am so thankful that he has such a wonderful father.