Michigan

One of our fav vacays for the summer has got to be Michigan! it is always a blast! 

We had all of the Parkinson side there, except Joe (he's on his mission) ....it think it was somewhere like 35 of us!! crazy!! but so much fun to hang out with all the cousins and the in laws!!

here are just a few from my camera....im excited to get all our other fun pics....you can't go wrong with pictures that are outside and by the water :) add in some cute kiddos and viola, we've got a blog post ;)

Cousin lovin'

these 2 littles are only 2 weeks and about 5 lbs apart :)

Karly and Kayla are the sweetest girls ever!! ask Tyler what his favorite part about michigan was....and they are always on the top of his list!!

Family tubing'

(gotta love my unfitted life jacket and the lovely faces from the kids)

-that blue house, yup that huge one, thats the one we stay at....now you can see how it fit all 30+ of us-

classic "hailey michigan" pic

give me a M-I-C-H-I-G-A-N!!! 

YAAAAY Michigan! 

we MISS you already!

Going to see the Moon

Grandmother invited us to go see the moon with her and granddoc and the family and of course we couldnt miss it!
Grandmother brings her cookies that are always delicious and we get to hang out, talk and spend some quality time together watching the moon come up over the mountains! so beautiful!
but of course i didnt get any pictures with grandmother, but we did manage one as a fam :)

trying to get everyone together for the picture....gotta love it!

and then after a few....well, more like a lot of snaps.....we can usually get at least 1 :)

Raise the Roof....

whoop...whoop

.....I'm mommys favorite ;)

Happy 4th

Happy 4th of July!

Happy Birthday to me :)

 It was a fun and busy day! my sweet friends brought me a cake and i got a cafe rio gift card...yum! the kids were singing happy birthday to me all day long.... and then we ended the day with the Cheesecake Factory! super yum!! The kids were so excited to sing to me...the waitress came over and Tyler blurted out..."its my moms birthday, we need to sing to her" haha and so they sang :) and isnt it so cute how they added mom on there....thank you david, family and friends for making it a fun day for me!
I'm gettin' old...Happy 28th to me! :)

Her favorite pastime

i say the word fold and she will literally stop playing with toys to fold the clothes...

i get all tyler, hailey and natalies clothes and she will sit there folding til the jobs done!

here she is thinking its funny that i'm taking pictures of her :)

showin' off her skillz!!

but now....its back to business!!!!! check out that concentration!

love the little piles....thanks for the help hailey, you're awesome!!!

Get Excited!!

all you have to do is make the kissy noise and he goes crazy!!! :)

Working out with the boys

who doesnt work out with their shirt off......

Hailey sure does, haha.....

David started with his shirt off, then of course Tyler HAD to take his shirt off too and then Hailey started to look around.....comes up to me and says she needs her shirt off...i tell her girls dont take their shirts off to work out....so she goes back over to the boys, then comes back a couple minutes later and says that shes hot and wants to change, so i help her take her shirt off and well, she tricked me, she ran back to the boys with a BIG grin on her face, soooo excited to be one of the guys :) lol

Ryans Thoughts

hmm....i think i remember these guys...

oh yeah!....they're my brother and sister...hahaha :)

thats what i think he was thinking, lol, what about you?

A little alone time

thats what i got....when the 2 oldest went with their dad here
they loved hanging out with their cute cousins!! thanks aunt brittney they had a blast and continue to ask everyday when they are going to kates house again :)

so while they were gone, the 2 youngest and i got some time
we played together, took naps together :) and tried to take some pictures together.....and this was the best one of the bunch...looks like i got another child that cant keep their eyes open when theres a flash...lol!

my little cuties!!

ryan was his usual self-sleepin' n eatin'...

 

while ms. natalie...

 

had fun being her silly self-entertaining me all day long :)

Its Recital time!!

is she not the cutest little thing!
she's lovin' dance and she did great on stage!!

this was like a mini practice one, they still have dress rehersal and then the actual recital next week, i'll for sure tape that one! and then post it to share with all of you....you'll love it....anything these little kids do are just too cute!!!