"Daddy shoot a deeeer!"

Well I hope you all can see this enough to do it justice....(at least the cell phone takes pictures...but I wish he'd had the CAMERA...or the video camera would've been even better). But yesterday Parker and his dad went for a drive in the mountains near Oakley. Yesterday was the first day of BOW season. And Parker's always said that the deer know when the first day of hunting (with a gun) season is...and they all disappear. But bow season is different, cuz it's so early and the deer just have no idea.

Parker only took bow-hunter's safety at the beginning of this year. And although he loves to shoot his square block, this deer is actually his first kill with a bow. And....HOLY COW THAT THING'S HUGE! He's so excited! I think he'd mount it on our wall if it wasn't so expensive....and if we had vaulted ceilings. And even though, I always hope and pray he WON'T bring home a deer (cuz lets be honest....that stuff tastes like grass), I am quite relieved that he got it on the first day of the season. Cuz now he's not gonna be ditching out on me every weekend for the rest of the season cuz he hasn't gotten one yet.

Congratulations Parker! Anyone wanna rent us a section of your freezer?....we'll pay you in steaks!.......just kidding.

Time FLIES!

Well, last week we had to put Caleb back in daycare for 2 days a week while Parker's at school. It's never been too huge of a deal, because he's always loved it. But this week, we're at a new daycare because we're in a new town. The first day, he was fine when I dropped him off. He went straight for the back room with all the toys. But I still cried as I drove away..... But then Thursday, I had to take him again....and this time he knew what was coming. And his chin quivered, and his eyes filled up with tears, and he wouldn't look at me in the eyes (he avoids eye contact when he's terribly emotional). And it BROKE MY HEART. He put his arms around my neck and didn't wanna let go. And I just wanted to take him back home where he blongs. But I had to go to work. When we tore him from me, he bawled. And I drove away crying AGAIN. It's never been this hard in the past. Thank goodness it's only twice a week. I hope it gets better, that's just brutal!

Secondly, my belly is growing....and there's definately no hiding that I'm pregnant....although my scrubbs have been doing a PRETTY good job till last week (I had my first patient ask me if I was pregnant.....! AUGH! That woman was BRAVE! What if I WASN'T?! I was BARELY showing through my scrubbs for pete's sake!) But as the weight in the front expands, my back begins to arch to distribute the weight. And THAT alone starts to take it's toll, as all of your back's weight starts to sit on those bottom vertebrae. OUCH! My back has been in serious pain for the past couple of days. And I honestly think it's worse when I'm standing than when I'm sitting. I think it's way easier to sit with good posture than to stand.....at least with a baby in front. I hope my back gets stronger before the pain gets worse.....I'm still not even half-way through this pregnancy yet!

We've already been in Twin Falls for 4 months, and I think this summer has flown by FASTER than any summer of my life! It's over! We've decided that with that 8,000 dollar tax credit the government is offering to first-time home buyers, we probably just can't pass up the chance to get into a house this year. So.....we're looking. It feels so un-real. It seems so grown-up to live in your own house. But after all.....I've been married for over 5 years, I've graduated from college, I've got a kid and another on the way..........I guess it's time for a house too. I just never thought it could actually happen for us! Well, like I said, we're just looking. But if we find something in our price-range we could have our own house for Christmas. Wouldn't that be amazing!

I watched a guy jump off a bridge!!

Last weekend Parker and I got to hang out together on Friday night (thanks Paul and Claudia). First we went to dinner in celebration of Parker's birthday at the "Outback Steakhouse." Now, I'm not a huge fan of steak, but we decided to add some king crab to Parker's plate....and then I just got soup and salad.

Can I just say that I had the best tasting soup of my LIFE that day?!! It was creamy onion soup. Don't ask me why that even sounded good at the time...but it did. And it was DELICIOUS! Even Parker thought it was amazing, and he was quite hesitant to try anything with "onion" in it. I asked the waitress for the recipe ..... who am I kidding. that information is like locked in a VAULT! I wonder if I should have offered to buy the recipe....I don't think it would've really made a difference though. I totally would have....it was so good. And lets not forget....king crab is ALWAYS good!! Especially if you eat it first when it's hot! YUMMY!

So after dinner, we went for a walk on the canyon ridge. And wouldn't you know it....we saw a couple of guys folding up their parachutes!! That's right! BASE JUMPING! We got to watch four people jump off that huge bridge! Welcome to Twin Falls! Did you know that bridge is like one of the only places in the U.S. where it's actually legal to jump?! Yeah....and people do it EVERY weekend. But this was the first time we actually got to watch. And YES, I did have my camera with me.

While we were waiting for the people to jump, we met a couple from California that was watching too. That lady was nice enough to take a couple of pictures of me and parker and then e-mail them to me! I didn't even ask her to! So here, for your viewing pleasure......base jumpers in Twin Falls.

Sooooo smart!

We've been using my free-weights as a door-stop in Caleb's room. (The door doesn't stay open.) Today Parker noticed that there was a third object holding the door open today.

The smaller one you see is the drill bit for Caleb's toy drill. It's also shaped and colored just like my free weights. So it should hold the door open too shouldn't it? What made us laugh, is.....we didn't see him do it. But he recognized the similarities, and put the three together. What a smart kid!

Parker- 28 years old!

Today my awesome husband turned twenty eight! I can't believe how fast time flies!!
Now you'll have to make sure you consider that Caleb took all of these pictures except the one of the cake....does a lot to explain everybody's silly faces!! Pretty good huh? I think my boy's turning into a little photog!


Well the cake was made my me, and ruined by Caleb. Luckily you don't see it in the picture very well, but Caleb pulled out the 8 and stuck it into a different spot, and then if you look below the "h" on birthday, you'll see a little fingerprint where he was getting a little taste. I spent a lot of time contemplating what I should get Parker for his birthday. He has so many hobbies!! But at the same time, I don't know if I'm the one to actually buy him equipment for those hobbies. But I decided we should go to some kind of an event together. I started looking for concert tickets. Maybe George Strait, or something great that Parker would love. But there was nothing in Boise or Utah. Then while I was searching for tickets in Utah, I saw an ad to buy tickets to "Utes" games.

I remembered how much of a college football fan Parker is....so I started looking into it. Then it clicked......."parker's not a Utah fan!...he's a BSU fan! Not to mention it's CLOSER!"

So I went to the grocery store, and bought him a BSU shirt, and then picked a game for us to go to together. I'm pretty sure we'll be going to the BSU vs. San Jose State game on Halloween! He was pretty excited, and of course I've been totally excited to give him this since I made the decision. It's gonna be a blast! Happy Birthday Parker! I love you so much.

Hells Canyon

At this time last year, I wrote a lengthy blog post about an awesome weekend at Hells Canyon, full of GREAT water skiing, kids playing, swimming, and fishing. Today, however, I have no pictures except this ONE that was taken Thursday when Parker caught his first catfish.

That night, we fell asleep to the sound of rain in our tents. ALL NIGHT. When we woke up, the tent was full of puddles, and and there was no hope that the storm was gonna clear up. Before the storm, I DID get to water ski twice! (Yes, I water skied pregnant....and I was just fine.) The first time I got some AWESOME glassy water. The second time it was pretty choppy, and I woke up sore the next morning.

In fifteen years, we've never been rained out of Hells Canyon. But I guess there's a first time for everything. AND a last. I doubt our family will make that trip again. The family is growing, and it's just too much work to pack enough food and supplies for everybody. And it's too hard on mom and dad, bless their hearts. They spend the entire week before the trip packing and preparing. We all appreciate how much work they put into this trip every year....even this year, when it only lasted two days.

For the rest of the week, we hung out at mom and dad's house. A little un-eventful but it was so nice to just be at home with my family.