Catching Up....AGAIN

Wow....time flies when your kitchen is torn apart, the kids visit from Arizona, Bryan starts a new job, Jack becomes mobile and life keeps rolling on. We FINALLY have a working and complete kitchen. We were without anything in the kitchen since June 30th when we got back from the Bahamas, so almost exactly a month. We are very grateful to have running water in a real kitchen sink, a dishwasher, a fully working stove and microwave, a running refrigerator, and full access to all of it. I guess you could say the we have a new found appreciation for kitchens.

Our little man is officially 7 months old and fully mobile. We've been child proofing like crazy to keep up with him. He's obsessed with cords of all kinds. Jack is on the verge of getting a top tooth, so we've been savoring the last few days of his two tooth grin. He loves to scream, just to hear the echo. This is especially nice in the middle of church. The chapel echos A LOT!

Bryan's kids were here from Arizona for a week in July. Bryan wasn't working yet, so he had tons of time to spend with the kiddos. The did all kinds of activities like Zion, swimming, slip and slide, hikes, movies, water balloons, etc. etc. etc. The kids were so good with Jack. He sees their pictures now and goes bananas. He loves his brothers and sister. I worked nearly the entire time, so we weren't very good at documenting everything in pictures.

Bryan started a new job selling cars at Legacy Subaru Mitsubishi. So in a week of work, he sold three cars, so not bad for a rookie! He's a natural salesman. I think he comes in the Parker blood.


Here's our crawling bubba. He's so happy to be mobile and able to explore ALL of the house instead of just where we carried him. He seems much more happy and content to play now that he can move.


Here's one side of the new kitchen. YEAH!! We love our new countertops and sink. We also love the added space we manged to squeeze into the pantry area.


And here's the other side.


Jack seems to like the new kitchen too.


Daddy thought it would be a good idea to share a chocolate donut with Jack. I think Jack thought so too.


Getting all 8 kids to hold still and look at the camara at the same time is a real chore, and one we never actually accomplished. No matter what we did, someone was looking away or being cranky. They sure had a fun time playing together.


This one was just too cute of Grandma and her girls. Hallie and Alexa had such a good time together. They are only 20 days apart so each just turned 8 and got baptized. Callie is just the posing princess as always!