Parker's Catch

Parker caught two fish at Riverview yesterday. This big catfish and a small blue gill that they tossed back. Dallin thought that he had caught one too, until they discovered his line was snagged on McKay!

A Happy Halloween

Parker was so proud that he carved his own pumpkin this year. He did everything himself, with a little help to get the gooey stuff off the inside.



He made sure that I got a picture of the tarantula on the back of his costume. I love how he carved his name in the back of the pumpkin. Just so we wouldn't get it confused with all our other jack-o-lanterns!


Parker is showing off his blue teeth and lips in this picture.



Enough picture taking, let's go trick-or-treating!

Bobbing for Doughnuts

We got together for family home evening at my Aunt Susie's the Monday before Halloween. She had a fun game of bobbing for doughnuts set up for us. The kids did great, except for McKay. He was mad that his doughnut had chocolate frosting and refused to eat it.




Dallin gave up on following the rules and just pulled his doughnut off the string. Unlike McKay, this kid LOVES chocolate.


And here are the adults having a go at it. My brother Ryan (on the far left) was the winner. He's had a lot of eating (or should I say inhaling?) practice!

Singin' in the Sun

A couple weeks ago at family home evening, Parker discovered that he can now read the words (most of them) in the Hymn book and Children's Songbook. He spent the next few days carrying around one of the books, singing each song, page by page. Most of the tunes he made up since he didn't know them, but it was so sweet to see him carrying those books around, engrossed in the words that were opened up to him. In this picture he had gone outside to watch our little chicks as they walked around the yard and took the Children's Songbook along to practice his singing.

The novelty of the books has worn off now and Parker is no longer carrying them around singing, but he asked if he could participate in the Stake Children's Choir tonight and we cheerfully answered yes. I hope he'll always have a love for our inspired music.