Parkinson Pics & a whole week of FUN!

We got a GREAT Picture of the two of them......

now we just have to work on our family ones :)

Hailey (5 months)Tyler (20 months)

So these pictures are from when we went to Jessie and Adams Wedding last week. It was beautiful! The colors, the decorations, the food and the dancing! We had a great time!
Jessie is Davids sister Kellys sister in law, so they were in town too! Christy (Davids sister too) also came in for a day to film the wedding. It was great to see everyone and spend some time with them.
Kelly and Richs family were here for about a week. It was fun to hang out with them and their fun, energetic 3 boys. Parker is the same age as Tyler (they are 2 weeks apart) and it was great to have them play together. They are getting at the stage when they CAN play, so it was so nice that they got to spend time together. We went to Outback one night, just the adults, luckily too bc we ended up waiting for about an hour, but we did get some free appetizers so its all good. On Sunday we all were at his parents house and had some yummy steak! We then played ticket to ride, a great game! and Stacey won! The next few days were busy for them with wedding stuff, so we got back together on Thursday. We let the kids play at McDonalds before dinner at Magelbys, hoping that would get a lot of their energy out before a sit down dinner, yeah, that wasnt so...lol. No the kids did great, but yes it was a busy dinner. Then we headed back to the house to talk and play games. We played Carcassone this time around and David won, again! I dont think he has ever lost that game, CRAZY! So all in all we had a great time seeing the Evansons and wish them all the best on their move to Georgia, hope to see you soon! We love you!
Then off to St George, Kyle was going through the temple so were happy to be there with him. I stayed home with the kids and I now know what it would be like with 3 little ones...it would be....A LOT OF FUN! Ha ha, it was a hand full, but they were all wonderful! Then everyone got home and we had some pizza, went to urban renewal (great little shop) got some ice cream at Blue bunny and then headed down main street to this little water attraction they just opened. Everyone was there! It was fun..... Kate especially love it! I forgot my camera at Daves parents house, hence not very many posts, its STILL there! anyways, so Brittney has all the pics we took. Tyler is not really that fond of water things like that, David did make him get in though...he started to have fun for a bit. Hailey was with the grandparents just hanging out in the beautiful weather we had. We stayed there until we had to come back and get ready for Kevins eagle ceremony! It was great! Kyle was able to give Kevin the eagle. My dad and Dan spoke and they both did beautifully! Then we had some homemade cookies Rocio made and they were DELICIOUS!
We went back to moms to pack to get ready to leave, but we never want to leave when we are with everyone, so we talked and talked and talked and eventually got out of there at around 10, yeah we didnt get home til Sunday! lol. It was a great weekend! Dan, Britt and Kate will be coming up this weekend for a wedding, so we'll get to see them, then the next weekend we are off to Cali, we can't wait!!!!!

Easter

Easter Sunday was spent going to church, Brittney, Dan and Kate came up! We tried to take family pictures, but church ended right when the kids needed naps so we snapped some quick ones, Brittney took them so we'll have to see how they turned out. We put the kids to bed, ate lunch, talked, kids woke up and then went to Rocio's for an Easter egg hunt. My mom got Hailey and Tyler cute easter baskets with some neat little things, the Dyes also gave us some nice presents (you guys are always thinking of us, Thanks!) At Rocios, Roland and Andrea hid a bunch of eggs for us around the house and we all participated in the hunt for them!
Once Tyler figured out what was going on, he had a great time!

Look at his big basket of eggs...

looks like its pretty heavy....

just lookin' around for anymore eggs....

This was the end count, 13 eggs and a WHOLE lot of candy! quite a bit thanks to the help of all the family! Thanks guys! Tyler not only loved the easter egg hunt but he also LOVED the candy. We really have never given him any candy before, so this was kinda his first time to have some and what do you know, he loved all the sour kind, just like his daddy!
After finding the eggs and eating candy, Tyler especially had to run all that sugar off so we went outside and TRIED to take some pics of the grandkids....

We tried to get a cute picture, maybe Brittney got better ones

Kate was being funny, she is becoming very active, she was grabbing everything, Haileys bow, ears, everything! so we moved Hailey out of the way and poor Tyler was left, Kate went right for him, trying to climb over him, poking at him, he did push her down once, she got right back up and keep going :)

He was very gentle with her though, good job Tyler!

After getting away from pictures he was just playing around in the back. This kid loves to be outside and even more when the weather was as perfect as it was in St George that weekend

I know there are a million pictures, we take so many so that hopefully some will turn out, but I liked most of them, so I am posting them!

We love how happy she is! and the box was great mom, very cute!

EGGS!

She was having fun in her little box

It fit just right!

I love that we can now say smile and he'll smile!
well, most of the time that is :)

Our attempt to get both the kids smiling and then Tyler got up and started playing with the eggs

Tyler and I

It was great to spend time with our family, we can't wait for Cali
Love you all, thanks for a great weekend!

Friday Night & Saturday in St George

So after Kyles call, we all ate pizza, we put our kids to bed and then we headed to Rocio's house for some games. Thanks mom for babysitting! We started out playing Mafia and then we finished the night with imagineiff. We talked a bit and went home at about 1. At my moms house, me, kyle and my mom stayed up til about 4 in the morning talking, about everything and anything and a lot about Kyle going on his mission. Then Saturday morning came along, we were able to go to Roberts endownment session, thanks to my mom babysitting again! Thanks! It was great to be with everyone and share that moment. After the temple we picked up the kids and my mom and went to Rocio's for some lunch. After some really good croissant sandwiches we decided to go to Annies parents house and hang out. Thanks to Rocio and mom AGAIN! David and I were able to go as well. The guys played some basketball while the girls relaxed by the pool and talked. It was about 75 degrees out, sun beaming all day long! The boys finish up playing bball and wanted to cool off. One by one they jumped in the pool, even though it was so hot out, the pool was still pretty chilly, but i guess it was refreshing to them. Here are some pics from the pool....

Erik and Roland takin a jump

You can tell from David how cold it was when they got out

More jumping....

Roland, Dave, Erik and Kyle

nice jumps guys!

Luckily no one jumped on each other

Anthony was the only guy that didnt go in, I guess he was expecting some nice warm bath water like the pools in Miami, which this one definitely was NOT, lol, maybe next time

Us girls just lounging by the pool getting some sun, which we DID!
Carly, Lindsey, Andrea and Annie

COLD, WET GUYS - TOWELS=

Drying off the old fashion way :) look closely and you will see spiderman joined in on the fun
Kyle, David, Robert, Erik and Roland

David and Lindsey

Roland & Andrea, Erik & Annie and Carly & Kyle

After getting dried off, we played some pickle ball. Annie & Erik vs. Andrea & Roland, Annie and Erik took that game and then Carly & Kyle vs. David and I. It was neck and neck the whole time but we pulled out a victory with a 12 to 10 score. Good game!
So back to Rocio to get the kids. Come to find out, Tyler didnt get a nap, go figure :) (its okay mom, I'm glad you guys spent time together!), so we now head to Golden Corral for some dinner. Great food and great company is always fun! Back to my moms to put the kids to bed. David went to play tennis with Roland and Adrian; Kyle, Dad, Carly and Kevin went bowling and me and mom did crossword puzzles! Fun around every corner! Thanks for hanging out! We did miss Brittney, Dan and Kate but Sunday they were coming to celebrate Easter with us!
So....more pics to come of course!

My Brother Kyles' Mission Call

We went down to St George for Easter weekend to spend time with our family, but most of all to be there when Kyle opened his mission call. My mom received it on Wed and we were all coming down on Friday, she was going crazy, she wanted to open it for him, but luckily she didnt and we all got to be there for this special event in his life! Kyle with his "call"
All of us gave our guesses to where he would serve and as we were doing that, his friend asked what the postage on the envelope was, Kyle says $1.31 and they both blurt out "STATESIDE!"

Some friends that were there:
cousin Robert, Friend TJ and Matt, and cousin Anthony

Cute nephew Tyler

Dad and precious little niece Hailey

Girlfriend Carly and of course Kyle was there and the rest of the family! minus Brittney, Dan and Kate and Aunt Linda but dont worry they were on the phone!
With everyone gathered, Kyle starts...

Kyle opening THE envelope....
(Carly holding the phone that Brittney was on)

It is open! He stopped and paused, he still hasnt opened the book yet to see the letter for his call....

Here we go, he's reading.....
(Dad holding the phone with Aunt Linda and Carly holding the phone for Britt)

He doesnt look too happy does he......

lol, Just kidding! He reads it aloud, he tells us where hes going and then he immediately gets passed the phone.

Here he is talking to Brittney and Aunt Linda....

Elder Kyle Pierce is called to serve in the
Virginia Richmond Mission
He reports to the MTC June 11, 2008
Congrats Kyle, we know you'll do great, we love you and thanks for letting us be there to share that special moment in your life!