Saturday, November 26, 2011

'parker' christmas party

another "parker" christmas party.  the number of brothers and sisters is diminishing, but the posterity is growing tons!  some think that it may be getting too large to really get together, but i'm sure grandma and grandpa parker, look down and see their family together and it must bring them alot of joy and satisfaction, for isn't 'family' what it's all about? 
it's always fun to see the cousins, their families and the resemblence that is passed from one generation to the next.  only thing i regret, is that i didn't get a picture of the remaining brother and sisters together. ~ ann, bonnie, and grant. 
austin and cade

adam, dalton, holli, and kiley
nyah, hiloree, and gage
kamryn, and jack - not so sure about santa
santa was the "best" this year.  so full of the jollies!
santa "who has a favorite christmas song"?
isley raises her hand and tells him her favorite song is
"i wub to see da tempow".
it was quite the site to see and hear everyone sing "i love to see the temple". someone made the comment, that grandpa mac and grandma alice parker were smiling in heaven. i'm sure they were!
isley, siona, leila, hunter, kamryn, jack
isley, austin and cade
uncle lee's family

wendy, janet, jolene, and diane
susan, jason, tony, pam, candice, lindsey, paisley
isley and siona with santa
hunter with santa
jack with santa
kamryn with santa
gage, santa, cade, austin
dalton and kiley
trudie and aunt ann
aunt ann just celebrated her 90th birthday on november 16.  we love her and love to have her still here with us (although, somedays she thinks different).
we missed having chet, tiff, and the kids with us this year.  tiff's brother was married in california, so they spent the thanksgiving holiday down there.
thanks to uncle grant and his family for another great family reunion!

**one of the highlights each year is... brian parker's kids always come with the 'ads' to show santa just what they want.  it's hilarious!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

mi ranchito...

hunter chose to go to mi ranchito for his birthday dinner. (i think he wanted to go there, because they give out free suckers, but oh well! that's where he wanted to go).  we hadn't taken isley for her birthday dinner yet, and when i asked hunter if he wanted us to just take him and take ise another time, he said he wanted isley to go with him.  so he got to choose and ise went with us, too.
grandpa and hunter with suckers
BEFORE dinner.
gramma and isley
after we ate, they brought the kids each their own plate of fried ice cream, put the sombrero on and sang "happy birthday" to them.

NO WAY!  were they going to put that hat on isley!

just look at that look she gave me!

hunter was all smiles (as usual)
they were both thrilled with the plate of ice cream they were brought.
i think isley like the 'whipped' cream that was on top the best!
NOW she's happy!


cousins!

it was fun to take the two of them together.  hunter is so cute with isely and she thinks he is the bomb! 

happy birthday once again, to some of the 'cutest' grand kids around! 
love ya hunter and isley!!

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

hunter is 6!...

hunter's birthday was coming up, and ususally i would have taken him shopping to get what ever he picked out... but haley gave me fair warning and told me if i was crazy enough to take him shoppping that would be fine, but he wants EVERYTHING  he sees, and can never make up his mind.  she told me about some boots that they had found, that he really liked, but they couldn't find his size.  so i opted to go shopping by myself  (something that i really don't like to do... go shopping for anything!)  i went the salt lake route and found the boots.  really?  these are the kind of boots that were in style when i was in second grade!  i looked around and found the size i needed, purchased the boots, headed home and wrapped them up.  he loves them and wears them everywhere.  thanks haley for the heads up.  i'm glad he loves the boots.  now it's his turn to go to dinner with grandpa and gramma.

random pictures...


leila - first time she laughed
gramma and siona
grandparents day for first grade

ryker with his medal for fall soccer

 
 siona - first grade
 isley - three years old
kamryn - third grade
 
hunter - kindergarten

jack - 21 months