Carson's baptism

Addison and Ashlyn

Carson and Parker

Carson with his proud parents!

My brother Paul and Jennifer

We got to go to Utah for Carson's baptism.  It was great to see so much family.  The cousins always love to get together and play.

Addie loves horses

Addison has a love of horses...just like her mother.

Addie and Tobee  (Kirsten's horse)

Parker being Parker-Halloween

Parker LOVES to sell things. Here he is setting up a Pumpkin sale. He has a small following too. He had a lot of friends who wanted to stop by and help him with the sale. He was really generous too and split the earnings with all his little buddies. He made quite a bit too.

Here is Parker's WONDERFUL Harry Potter Quidditch costume. Why is it so wonderful??? Because I put a lot of time and money into it. Rob was not thrilled with this as he says, "You only wear it one day a year!" Yes, but if I'm going to do a costume I sometimes get a little carried away and have to go all out. I made the Quidditch Robe by hand (thanks to Grandma Dalley's help) And bought all the cool other things to make it look as much like the movie as possible. I think it turned out pretty good. We even dyed Parker's hair black. Parker was pretty excited about it all.

We had an old chicken costume that was Addison's. We put Garrison in it and called him Hedwig.

We had a wizard theme going on this year as you can tell. Addison really wanted to be a witch. Then she decided to add vampire teeth in the costume too.

Fun Pictures

Just taking some pictures of my cute kids (if I do say so myself).

Parker and Sennika

I had to put this picture in for Sennika (my little niece). She loves her cousin Parker, and Parker loves her too. So, here they are together.

Fun with Garrison

One of Garrison's favorite activites....climbing in the cup drawer and throwing out all the cups. 

 What a helper!!

Another favorite activity.....playing on the trampoline.  I had to take a picture with all that static.

Garrison's Birthday

Garrison turned one this last month so I had to dedicate a blog about him to celebrate.

Isn't he a cutie!!??

Garrison's first taste of sugar!!  He had to test it out a little first.

He must of liked it 'cause then he just dived right in.

Silly Kids!!

One Year Ago!!

Lagoon

Here we are on the LadyBug Bop.  Addison didn't care much for this ride, but she still ended up going on it three times.  She was a pretty brave girl.  She went on a lot of the older kid rides that her brother dragged her on.

Addison's favorites were the kiddie rides.  I would stay with Addison and Garrison in the kiddie area while Rob and Parker would go on all the wild, crazy rides.  Then Rob and I would trade spots.  Parker and I went on some of my favorites like, Wild Mouse and Spyder while Rob was in the kiddie area with Addie and Garrison.

Of course we all went on the Merry-go-round.

It was hot, hot, hot.  Parker loved going in the big water fountain to cool off.  He would get totally soaked.  Addison was a little more tentative, and only got a little wet.  In fact, she didn't like any of the rides where she would get wet.  Even when we went on Rattlesnake Rapids she would stick her head under my shirt so she wouldn't get totally drenched. 

Addison, finally getting a little wet.

Lagoon's newest ride is the Odysea.  Parker loved this ride.  I have to admit,  I liked it too.  You would go around in circles and get sprayed with water from dolphins and sharks.  Parker was trying to duck away from some of the water and hit his head really hard.  He got this MASSIVE goose egg right between his two eyes.  It looked awful!  I really wish I would have taken a picture of it.  It was so disgusting--it was huge!  But, I didn't get a picture of it because I rushed him over to the first-aid office to get a bag of ice and some tylenol.  Amazingly, it didn't slow him down one bit, even though the EMT told him to take it easy for awhile.

This is how Garrison spent most of his time at Lagoon.  Just hanging out, eating his toes, while everyone went on rides.  He was a good sport.

Parker's baptism

July 5th...Parker's baptism.

Proud Parents!

Nauvoo

Uncle Robert holding Garrison in front of our hotel. It was an awesome location, right across the street from the Nauvoo temple. The main room the family had included the balcony above the store.

We enjoyed lots of activities in Nauvoo. Here we are in the Family Living Center. We are learning how the pioneers used to make bread.

Parker making a silly face on our wagon tour.

Addison also enjoying the wagon tour.

Rob poses with Addison and Garrison in front of Joseph, Hyrum, and Emma's burial spots.

Parker and I playing the stick game at the Pioneer Pastimes Center.

Rob (with Garrison) also enjoying some other pioneer pastime games.

We tried to recreate those lovely pioneer moments by dressing up in old time clothes. You know how pioneers are NEVER smiling in their photos. Well, we tried to not smile to give some real authenticity, but it just looks like we are scowling, so that didn't turn out very good.

Just more pioneer pasttime fun.

Here's our family on a real ox cart...too bad you can see the ox in the picture.

Addison and Parker with Aunt Abra. I think we are at the brick yard

Okay, so this one has a story. You know how Rob and I have a "kissing cousin" email address. It's because we actually are cousins. Sick, I know. Kidding, we are very distantly related. We are fourth cousins. Our great-great grandfather was Edwin Dilworth Woolley. He was an early pioneer saint who lived in Nauvoo and came out west with Brigham Young. Rob and I were able to find his lot of land that he lived on while in Nauvoo. So, we are kissing on our common ancestors land. Silly, I know.

Here's my mom and dad. Our trip to Nauvoo this year was in honor of their 50th wedding anniversary. My parents wanted to celebrate their annivesary in Nauvoo with their family. So, as many of us kids that could come...came.

Here's all our family that made it to Nauvoo for the reunion/anniversary.

Elizabeth and Parker at the Women's Garden

Addison and Parker playing in the Mississippi. The sunsets on the Mississippi are pretty amazing. I don't think this area is usually under water, but with all the flooding in the area it was easy to get right by the water.