Grandma Sue and Dave's Visit...

My Mom and Bro came out and visited for a week a few weeks ago...besides going to the Country Fair we did a lot of grilling, bean bag toss competitions and was the 4th of July!  The weather was perfect, it was a great week.

One of Parker's favs...WATER!

 Parker was playing quietly in the living room...I was in the kitchen and this is how I found her :-)

 On the 4th we had a little bean bag comp going...Parker wanted to get in on the action, she loved this game!

 This is Parker's new favorite toy thanks to Grandma Sue, her stroller.  She pushes it around the entire house!

 Berry time is going off in Oregon right now...and Parker is loving it!  We have strawberries growing in the back yard, Parker knows where they are and she has become slightly addicted.

Grandma Sue helping pick some strawberries.

 Notice the bowl is empty.  Because once one would hit the bowl, Parker eats it immediately.

Umm ya...she also loves drinking water.

Oregon Country Fair

In a town 20 minutes outside of Eugene there is a festival held every year called the Oregon Country Fair.  It is a blast!!  Tons of different stages with music, spoken word, puppet acts for kiddos, food vendors, merchandise for sale, etc.  It's a three day weekend o' fun!  I did not go last year since Parker was 1 month old, so my sister went in my place.  This year, my mom was in town along with my brother...so I left Parker with Grandma for a couple days of bonding time, took Dave and we camped out at the fair.  It was a great weekend to say the least!

Our friend Bryan and Aaron checking out the butterfly wings Ali and I bought to wear around.

 Need I say anything?  This picture cracks me up!!  Parker and my mom came out for the day on Friday then went back home.  Good times!

 Up top at one of our friend's pizza booth...it gets busy during the day!

 Aaron woks on the "Sign Crew" with our friends Bill, Niall, Darrell and Bryan

 Mom checking out the Drum Tower

 Mom, Dave and Parker cooling off in the "mister"

 Family photo!

Gardening with Daddy and the Bottom Drawer

Parker LOVES the garden.  Here she is helping Aaron bring in some goods...

 This is another one of Parker's favorite things...the bottom drawer where we keep all the spatulas and measuring cups...I will find her like this about once a week, just quietly playing.

Cannon Beach Weekend

The other weekend we drove up to Cannon Beach, a cute little beach town west of Portland.  There was a sand castle competition on the beach, even though the weather that morning was rainy!  When the weather is nice, the word on the street is this competition can draw crowds up to 20,000 people.  Not this year though!

 Parker LOVES rolling around in the sand...weather it be on the beach or at the play ground...she loves it so much she eats it, seriously.  Ya, we need to break this ASAP!

 In town, there were tons of great coffee shops, restaurants, bars, shopping...and a bunch of little pathways that lead into great garden sitting spaces surrounded by shops. 

 Aww...this about sums up the speed of things in Oregon.

 Preparing for the sunshine!! 

Portland Zoo

I am very late on posting these pictures!  The weekend of Parker's birthday we went up to Portland and went to the zoo with Mike.  It was a great time!  Great weather, Parker loved the animals, all in all a success!

 This cracks me up...the boys kept "consulting" the map to see where we were.  Typical!

One last present came in from Grandma Sue and Grandpa Rick...a little play park!  Parker loves it, needless to say!

Parker's 1st Birthday!

It's true what they say, time flies!!!  Aaron and I can't believe it's already been a year since Parker was born.  We decided to keep her birthday fairly low key and just had a few close friends over to celebrate.

We decided to buy Parker a mini Grand Piano for her big day.  She loves it!

 Then we went outside to open more presents...Annie rode her bike over with a bunch of balloons tied to it for Parker.  It was hilarious!

 Our friend Bill passed down his daughter's Piccolo bike, which will attach to the back of our bikes once she is old enough!  We can't wait!

This was so funny and too cute, Parker kept wanting to hug/pick up our friend's 6 month old baby, Starra.  I can't wait to show them these pictures when they are older!

Finally the time has arrived...the first taste of sugar!!  In the form of a vanilla cupcake with strawberry and orange frosting.  I'm pretty sure she loved it!

Memorial Weekend!

Our friends from Chicago, Jana and Clint, came out and visited us over Memorial Weekend...it was a blast!  Filled with coffees, cocktails, good food and good times.

Parker opening her birthday present from Jana and Clint...she LOVES her new monkey!

 Whitey fell in love with Clint!

 Such a good breakfast...Off the Waffle and VooDoo doughnuts.  Yummmmm!!

 We had to go to Sweet Cheeks and drink some vino!

 Followed by some Dutch Brothers coffee...

It was such a fun visit...Parker was a little sad when they left so we opened up the dishwasher (which she loves) so she could play around a bit...and quickly showed us how tired she was!

 I think she wants a nap?