40 years

Labor Day weekend my whole family got together at our cabin in Colorado to celebrate my parents 40 year anniversary! Thats including my siblings, inlaws, nieces/nephews, mom, and dad for a grand total of 40. How sweet is that!? My parents have created a family of 40 in 40 years! :) It was quite the houseful, but we all had a grand ol' time! Below are pictures of our adventures and weekend together!

All because 2 people fell in love... my lovely parents! They are seriously awesome and I'm so grateful to them for all that they've done and sacrifices they've made to raise our family! They are incredible and I love them dearly! Happy 40 years Mom and Dad! WE LOVE YOU!

This is all 40 of us at the cabin!

My cute nephew Jordan! I seem to always get a picture of him gutting some kind of animal when at the cabin!

Kalicia was quite proud of the rabbit she shot!

Glenn and the boys! Adorable!!

The boys and their big guns! Watch out!

A few of my parents 21 grandchildren (mine will be #22!) :)

This was quite fun! Our family took a scenic train ride going from Durango to Silverton and Silverton back to Durango... this is Andrew and I in front of the train in Silverton.

Missing a few, but alot of us in Silverton just after eating some lunch!

Half of us on the train!

So beautiful!

Glenny poo and Willie!

More beauty!

Andrew and my Dad!

Some of the gang! My brother Jake his wife Lexie, their 3 boys, and my sister Amber!

More nature

More of the crew! My brother Jarom his wife Katie their 2 boys, mom, dad, Kalicia, and Willie!

Concert and Wedding

So a couple fun things happened in the month of August... Andrew and I were so kindly given tickets to a Josh Groban concert from my boss (seriously my boss's are totally sweet!) The concert was incredible and Josh Groban not only has an amazing voice, but is quite the comedian as well... he puts on a good show! It was so nice to have a night out on the town with my hubby! Thank you Phil and Shani Smith!! :)

Meet ELEW... He opened for Josh Groban with his amazing piano skills!

Josh and his band bowing after the show!

At the concert!

Also my good friend Mallori got married, and I got to be one of her bridesmaids! Mallori and I became roommates soon after high school and at one point were inseparable! We've had good times and many memories to look back on and reminisce! She married Jason Fuller whom I think is awesome and together they are ADORABLE!! There wedding was Beautiful! Congrats you two!! I love you both!!

Coming out of the temple after their sealing... Such a wonderful/exciting feeling!!

At their reception in Vernal! It looks like they were nice with the cake, but it got pretty messy!

My sweet husband! (at the reception) I love those cheeks! And his cute facial expressions :)

Us with the newly weds Mr. and Mrs. Fuller!!

28 Weeks

Well this is me at 28 weeks! Pregnancy has been going well besides a few back aches here and there! I really can't complain. We are so anxious and excited! Its been so fun to see my belly move and feel him kicking inside. Little Parks we already love you soo much and can't wait to meet you in less than 3 months! :)

Summer Time!

Well thus far its been quite the summer!! Here's some pics of things we've been up to!

Our nieces came and visited us from Arizona! We took them for a hike to the "Y"

We got to spend a few days at Lake Powell and somehow Andrew convinced me into going on a Dam tour.... So here we are (i'm taking the picture) getting ready to go on our Dam tour... isnt Andrew's hair lovely?! :)

The giant Dam

My oldest brother Jason with is family and my sister Amber at Lake Powell

Lone Rock beach! Very windy... 1st and possibly the last time we camp there :)

Part of our Lake Powell crew! Thanks Jo for the sweet boat rides!

Us with my little sister Mckala and niece Chelsea at Bridal veil Falls!

The 4th of July at the Stadium of Fire! Brad Paisley is one good looking cowboy with a sexy voice and David Archuletta has quite an amazing voice as well! It was a good show!

Thank you Mom and Dad we had a blast!! LOve you like crazy!!

Jon and Steff took us out on their boat on Utah lake... Thanks you two!!! :)

My good friend Mallori is getting married in 2 weeks!! This is at her Bridal Shower... so fun! :)

Isn't he so stinkin cute?! This is our nephew little Dave at the Pioneer Days parade!

At the Snowflake Pioneer Days Parade!

More nieces and nephew at the parade! oh how i love these munchkins!

We visited Eagar for a day while in Arizona... got to see where my little sister and her hubby live! These are some horns my brother in law found... just to give you an idea how big they are!

Kalicia and Willy let us shoot their bows and arrows... it was quite fun if i do say so myself!

Kalicia and Willy... they're pretty much pros!

After visiting Arizona we drove to St. George and spent a night there! It was so fun and so nice to spend some alone time with just my hubby!! We ate at Brick Oven for dinner that night, it was delicious!!

We stopped by the St. George temple... it is beautiful!!

Well a couple more weeks of summer and then its back to school for Andrew! Summer always goes by WAY to fast but this one has sure been busy!

20 weeks Preggers

I'm actually 22 almost 23 weeks along now but never got a chance to post about the exciting things that happened at 20 weeks.... We found out we are having a BOY!!! To see the ear to ear smile on Andrew's face when that little wiener popped up on the ultrasound screen and we both knew our first born would be a boy I was filled with happiness and excitement! We are SO excited!!! Then to make things even better, that very night we found out it was a Boy, I felt him move inside me! He gave me a few good kicks to the stomach, I had been wondering when I would get to feel the little guy move! Now he kicks and does somersaults daily, he's quite active, and Andrew gets to join in on the excitement of feeling him move too! Its so fun! We are looking forward to having Baby Parks (still thinking of a middle name?!) join our little family! Can't wait to meet you!! :)

20 weeks along!

I Love RAGNAR

Well I think I'm becoming a Ragnar Addict! This was my second Ragnar, the So Cal Ragnar with friends from Arizona & Utah, as well as my sister and 3 of my sister-in-laws! It was a blast!!! Thank you girls for such and enjoyable weekend! :)

Our team except for Becky (she had to catch a flight)... Scrambled Legs N' Achen rocked the So Cal!

My sister and I!

Teresa and I sporting our RAGNAR tats!

Sheridan after her adventurous run 2 miles longer than expected!

Van #2, missing Sheridan, she is running!

Me and my good friend Mallori!

Amber and I are gathering runners for the Wasatch Back (Utah) ragnar next June! We would like to sign up by July 28th! Let me know if any of ya'll would like to run and could have the $105 fee to us then! :)

Baby Update 18 weeks

So I had another Dr. Appt. today.... I've gained about 8 lbs, blood pressure is good, and the baby is kicking and healthy! It was a breathe of fresh air to know my baby is ok cause I still haven't felt a thing! So I lay down on the table thing and my Doc measures my stomach and then asks me "Now you only have 1 baby in there right?" I say yes thats what I've been told. So he continues with the probe thing listening to the heartbeat.... listens for a couple minutes and then looks at me with an unsure look and says come with me. So immediately in my head I'm thinking oh shiz does he really think there's twins inside of me?! I was kinda freakin out, but at the same time excited! He leads me to another room with an ultrasound machine... we see the hands, the feet, elbow, arm, head, but only one head.... and thats when Doc assured me welp there is only one baby in there! So nope we are not having twins, but that would have been fun right?! Someday :) ...... Cutest thing though as we were checking out my baby... he/she was sucking on his/her thumb! So so cute! I started giggling a little and got quite giddy and anxious to meet our little one! People ask me all the time if I want a girl or boy.... I want a GIRL! Andrew wants a BOY! We get to find out in 2 weeks, we are SO excited!! :)

Fun News!

Well the news is out... I'm PREGNANT!!! This was a bit of a surprise to Andrew and I, and I've been in a little bit of a state of shock (and kinda freakin out) for the last little while. On top of being very nauseous and sick in bed for days, I just didn't know how I was going to survive! But now I'm past the sickness and have gotten used to the idea we're going to have a baby and realized you know... there's really NEVER going to be a "good" time to bring a child into this world, life is crazy and it only gets more crazy and busy as time passes! Heavenly Father knows us best so if he thinks we're ready to become parents well then we're ready and putting our all into it!! So I along with Andrew are absolutely thrilled and feel very blessed that we will be able to have our first child and become parents! We are SOO excited!! I am now 14 weeks along and due December 1st. Can I just say that I am so so excited to see Andrew as a daddy because I think he is going to be the most adorable daddy ever!! :)