a confession

i grew up eating peanut m&m's.

my mom loves them. and frankly, so do i.
that was until pretzel m&m's came out.
and i just cant deny my love
for these taste-y mini treats.
and i may have eaten an entire bag
by myself this week.
(glad i got that off my chest.)


a few weeks ago,
our ward was split to create a brand new ward..
we got put in the brand new ward,
and i have to admit, i was a little sad to leave our ward.
it was absolutely my most favorite ward ive been in.
(how many times can i use the word "ward"? my goodness)
jared and i decided maybe we would just
go to the family ward for the summer.
that was until we got a phone call from the bishop.
and he asked me to be the primary president.
and then we got a call from the stake.
and jared was asked to be the 1st counselor
in the elders quorum presidency.
guess we will stay in our student ward for the summer.
good thing my friends from the old ward will still let
parker and i come to play group :)

the other day i was cleaning parker's room
and found his bouncer.
he loved playing in it,
but holy hannah, he looks so big in it!

and apparently i need to be
way better at taking pictures.
these are the only ones ive
taken since i last posted.

also, dont worry....
13 more days till we receive
another bachelor's degree!
jared couldnt be more excited.

staying busy

between playing with hayden in the mornings,

going to play group 3 times a week,
enjoying some beautiful weather outside,
and the daily dishes, laundry, dinner making, cleaning
parker and i have been staying pretty busy!
last weekend, parker and i went to utah
to stay with my cousin's 3 cute girls.
we had a blast.
parker loved all the attention he got from the 3 of them
(so did I!)
and he LOVED their dog cooper.
he was in high heaven all weekend.

while we were there we got to go swimming.
the pool started out really shallow,
and gradually got deeper.
parker was a little hesitant at first,
but warmed up fast and loved walking in the water.

utah had some beautiful weather that weekend,
so we headed over the the park on afternoon.
we are so ready for summer!

and if you were in rexburg today,
you would have thought it was summer.
sunny skies and 55 degrees!
EVERYONE was outside at the park,
and more than 1 person was wearing shorts.
we very much enjoyed the afternoon with daddy all to ourselves!we printed the first 2 years of our blog into a book,
and it is absolutely parker's favorite book.
sometimes i have to hide it from him,
cause i get tired of looking through it!

snow fun

this winter has been the weirdest winter

ive seen here in rexburg.
its been warm. (as in like in the 30's)
and we havent had much snow.
the snow that we do get melts the next day.
its been wonderful.

the other day, jared decided
to take parker out to play in the little snow
we did get.

i told him he wouldnt even be out there for 2 minutes
before parker would start to cry.
he wasnt a fan of the snow last time we took him out.
but to my surprise, he loved it!
i would peek outside the window every now and then
to see my two boys playing in the snow.
it was precious.
parker loved it.did i mention we have a train tracks
like 10 feet from our apartment?
everytime a train comes,
it sounds and feels like it is going to come
through our living room.
luckily parker has gotten use to it.
it no longer wakes him up during his naps,
thank goodness.

even if we have had one mild winter,
im so SO ready for summer.
but i guess maybe we should get to spring first.....

a new do

parkers hair has been out of control for a while now.

at play group on friday we noticed his was as long, or longer,
than some of the girls hair.
so we decided it was time for a hair cut.
my friend rachel did it with just the clippers,
and after watching her do it, i said,
"that looks easy enough, i could have done that!"

and drum roll please.....
he used to look like a hobo child,
but now i think he looks so handsome.
and so much older.
he is not my little baby anymore!

he is VERY VERY shy.
and its really quite embarrassing when we are at the store
and a cute little old lady comes up just to say hi and
comment on how cute he is, and he starts to cry and scream
bloody murder, like the old lady is trying to pull his eyes out or something.
he will absolutely be the screaming kid in nursery.
for sure.

ive been doing lots of reading lately.
just in january i read 6 books!
The Help
The Lucky One by Nicholas sparks
The Rescue by Nicholas Sparks (so DUMB!)
and i finally got my hands on the Hunger Games Series.
I loved the first two, but cant decide how i feel about the third one.
i am excited for the movie to come out in march!
i love reading.
but now i need a new book or series to start on.
any suggestions?

jared is still busy with school and work.
he is counting down the days till graduation in april.
we cant wait to have him home more in the summer before grad school starts
so we can do more of this:but with green grass in the background