As promised

As promised here are some pictures from Parker's 1 year photo shoot (sorry there are so many-I couldn't choose) I really think they turned out great! Thank you Vallery!:

Campin' it up

I forgot to post that we bought a camper this winter! We got it for a great deal (they are a lot cheaper in the winter). The outside is kind of a piece of trash (but hey-then we don't have to worry so much about it getting damaged :)) but the inside is great! Wood floor, new cieling, new matress, new stove/oven, new microwave, new curtains and cushion coverings etc. We've taken it out twice so far and we are LOVING it!!! Can I just say how amazing it is to only have to pack our clothes and food? Everything else is pre-packed in the camper! And how AMAZING it is to have running water, electricity and a stovetop! What a beautiful feeling it was to wake up this last weekend in our camper and make hot chocolate in the comfort of our own camper? PLUS, Parker has taken naps in it like we're home-it's fantastic. Pure BLISS I tell you. Ok, off my tangent and how wonderful and fun it has been, and onto telling about our trips:

We went camping with my family on memorial weekend to Mapleton Canyon which is where we camp every memorial weekend. It was great to be with family, have a camper and just have a good time.

This past weeked we camped at Vernon Reservoir. It was beautiful! We did tin foil dinners for dinner, pancakes for breakfast and then went geocaching! Have you ever been? It's fun-there are caches hidden everywhere! You just have to know where to look...

And on a side note-my little baby is almost 1 YEAR OLD! Can you believe it? I sure can't. Last weekend we went out and did a 1 year old photo shoot-pictures soon to come-I can't wait to see them!

Here are some pics from camping:

Pictures at Mapleton Canyon





Vernon Reservoir pictures:




And this is what happened when we got home:

CRASHED!

sunshine

We got back from St. George on Sunday. It was sunny there. And hot. And it's cold and dreary here. I was hoping Utah would get all that bad weather out of it's system while we were gone and be beautiful upon returning. My hopes and dreams have been shattered.

ANYWAYS, we had a fantastic trip with the Simon fam! Our vacation was full of hikes, went to the Saturday Market there, went to the temple visitors center, the tabernacle, Brigham Young's winter home, shopping, swimming, volleyball, MEGA-settlers of catan (ask if you're interested :) haha), Rock-band, hot-tubbin' and just plain old FUN!!!

Here are pics (I'll just put descriptions with the pictures for further info on our trip and just to warn you they aren't in order very well :)):

The following pictures are of the petroglyphs hike we went on. Parker fell asleep in a VERY uncomfortable possition as you see. So SAD, yet hard not to laugh.







The following pictures are of swimming at the condo. Again, Parker fell asleep...poor little guy....



The following pictures are taken at the St. George temple and the fountain next to the Tabernacle:




The following pictures are of my FAVORITE hike-the RED CLIFFS hike. There were a bunch of natural waterslides in the rocks and some of us decided to DO IT (even though we didn't bring swimsuits)! It was a BLAST!! We saw tons of frogs there and jumped in water, slid into water etc. Wonderful time there.








The following pictures of are of the "Pioneer Names" hike:





Parker's first experience on the swings-he loved it!




I will soon do another post about all of Parker's milestones. He's grown up SO much in the last couple weeks and has a bunch of new tricks up his sleeve...I swear-every day he shows me a new trick and I'm having so much fun with it!