Sweetest girl

I have the sweetest two year old ever... (I had Liza yesterday) Not only were all three of the kids perfect while I got a filling at the dentist, but when Sammy decided that he'd had enough and had to eat... in the car... on the way home... from West Jordan... (he screamed for about 15-20 mins... I didn't have any water to make a bottle with).  As soon as we came home, Ada goes to her play kitchen and says, "There there Sammy, I'll make you some food...I'll make you some soup, okay?"  Then she brought him a pot full of plastic food.  Cute girl.

A little ironic

It's a little ironic... we decided to name Sammy, Samuel Parker after Samuel the boy prophet and Parker as a shortening of Jer's mom's family line... but I just found a picture that I took in Nauvoo 3-4 years ago of one of the pioneers from a wagon train... I took the picture to see if any of the Parkinsons were related... but check out the name for Samuel really close to the top...This was when I was pregnant with Ada by the way.

a little privacy

I'm not emailing my posts to my family for a couple of weeks... I've decided to hold off on that for a while, so I'm going to go ahead and write one that I've been frustrated about, but don't feel like it's my place to do anything about... (they won't check my blog... they never do.  They only get the posts because they're usually added to my email list and I think I need a little space from my family for a little while.)

Reading this last months Ensign magazine all I could think about was my brother.  Mostly it was about dating and marriage.  Every time you even mention the subject to either him or my elder sister they shut down... especially around me because I am married and have kids (maybe they think that makes me too pushy or something). My sister says that she doesn't want to regret the missed opportunities in life that being married would make her miss (she's 30, is starting her masters degree, has travelled to at least 16 different countries, yada yada yada) , and my brother says that he will work it out on his own but there are no signs of dating or even interest in dating (he's only 27, but he's not actively persuing a companion... he's an amazing mission leader that helps host a baptism a week, makes almost as much money as Jer and I do with only him to live off it, and has an amazing job with the National Security Agency.)  And it makes me sad.  Not that "they don't have someone"... but sad as in I literally ache for them and what they could miss if they don't take the chance.  My sister is happy, energetic, full of ideas and plans... and amazing... she would be a heck of a wife... but she doesn't want regret.  Will she regret the 20 years that she could have spent with her favorite person in the whole world as husband and wife?  My brother is funny, nice, and a gentle man... and would make the best dad ever... will he end up being a 40 year old with one heck of a retirement plan and nothing to retire for?  I know it's not easy, you don't turn around and everything is fixed the way you want... but I feel the loss of the life and families they might never have to cherish.

cutsie Ada

So a member of our bishopric said that Ada is 180% personality... I think I need to cross stitch that somewhere.  I did her hair pretty and put a dress on her and she was going around showing everyone her hair and lifting her dress up so that they noticed what she was wearing.  Doesn't matter that she was flashing the whole ward right?

Snow

Is there a reason why it's snowing?  I know that it has snowed as late as June before but I was looking forward to a little spring.  I guess that will have to wait.

In ten years I have not blown up at my brother.  In ten years he's been offended and mad at me, but I haven't been mad at him.  Today I got mad at him... and everyone my mom and husband, not to mention my brother and his wife think that I'm horrible.  Well, I don't feel horrible.  I feel justified.  That's not very Christlike though.  In the last couple of days my brother has intimidated my two year old, has only asked me for things (like if they can drive our van to Arizona so they can all go in the same car and if he can get copies of some of our movies for his computer), told me that Ada reminds him of the "angry me"... (excuse me but she's two and not used to having to share everything like her twin cousins do), told me that he only remembers me being mad all growing up (without remembering that him and my older sister were usually trying to antagonize me... ie: locking me out of the house when my parents weren't home, wrestling me when I don't like to wrestle, etc...), and the final straw was him teaching his daughter how to pull my hair.  Okay... I have three personal pet peeves... one is being dunked under the water in the swimming pool, one is being wrestled without wanting too, and the third is people playing with (even combing or braiding) or tugging on my hair... so I blew up at him... and my mom comes to me to tell me that I'm just driving him away from the family.  Well, excuse me if he pushed a button and if I've been careful not to be mad at him since he became a teen and I'm sorry that I don't like it if you intimidate my 2 year old for pushing his 2 year old when he'd just finished telling me that his kids can stand up for themselves and commenting on how my kid is kind of a wimp... and gets mad at her instead of turning to me for me to deal with my child.  Well... if they only remember me being mad growing up, maybe I should just show them that I still get mad when you push the wrong buttons.

Very Strange

So something really weird happened today. 

Jer's uncle Howard was found dead.  It's really weird and no one was expecting it.  His wife was out of town and couldn't get a hold of him ao asked the neighbor to check in on him and he was dead.  We just found out a couple of hours ago.  I don't think that anyone's gotten over the shock yet and really grieved.  It was totally unexpected.  At least all the kids got to see each other again before this happened.  Jer's grandparents both turned 90 about a month or so ago and all of their 6 kids and spouses got together with them in CA for a party.  They had a great time and it was the first time that they had all been together at the same time for a long time.  They had thought about not doing it, and I'm sure they're glad they did now.  To all of Howard's loved ones, I'm sorry and I hope they figure out what happened soon.

It's official

It's official... I've signed up for the Bear Lake Half Marathon.  I'm both nervous and excited.  It's kind of a sentimental one for me... I know it's a higher altitude, but if I'm going to do one I'm going to do this gorgeous one!  (For those that might not know... During the summer we always took at least 4-5 trips in the state of UT.  2 to St. George and 2-3 to Bear Lake).  We still take our kids camping up there about twice a year so it will be fun.  My only two worries are whether my SI joint will hold up and whether or not I'll be pregnant.  5 years ago I never thought that being pregnant would be something I'd have to plan activities around... but there are just certain activities that I'm not sure I want to do while pregnant and that I can't do with a newborn.  It's about 2 1/2 months away, so I've got time right?

I think he got a little excited

I think my dad is excited to have all four of the grandchildren here for Easter.  I was going to bring eggs to color, but my mom texted me last night... my dad went out and bought 6 dozen eggs.  That's for 3 two year olds and a 10 month old.  Hmmm... Each two year old gets about 2 dozen eggs.  I think he's excited!

Making cookies

Daddy made cookies with Ada today... so cute!

 

 

Jer's post

Instead of doing my own post... here's a link to Jer's...

http://randomthoughts.jersdesk.com/