Stephen and Jodi Parker Family

The Brother’s from our house!Celebrated brother’s day one more year…this year we were graced by the presence of Stephen’s brother, Paul. We also thought it was extra special to have a brand new brother, Joshua Taylor, to honor. Brother’s are pretty cool and fun to have around.

Alexis and Lily were so anxious to make cards for their brothers and let them know how much they are loved. Lex even made a frog for Mason, a teething ring for JT, and a “P” for Paul. It is nice to see and be apart of genuiune kindness and love.

Happy Brother’s Day to all of the brothers in our lives: Brad, Eric, Scott, John, Lance, Paul, Mason, and Joshua!

Comments:

Patricia Baldwin/Mom/Grandma said…

Such a great idea, Mason! I loved seeing all of the pictures and knowing you had such a good time. Brothers are special. I am glad there are brothers in our lives.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:57:43 AM

Anne said…

How fun! Brothers are a great blessing…I love my brothers. Happy day!
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 11:56:03 AM

Aunt Susan said…

I’ve never heard of brothers day, but it sounds great. My brother Bruce is just about the coolest brother in the world. It was great to see you at the family reunion! Thanks for coming
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 4:42:30 PM

Pablo said…

Sure is fun to have family around. Not to make anyone homesick or anything.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 6:17:11 PM

John said…

Happy Bro. Day. I want to celebrate with you guys next year. We will have to invite you to our groundhog party. I loved the David Archeleta shot of Paul. Mason you are one heck of a good bother. So are you Paul, Stephen, and Lance. Brothers sure are a great invention.

Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:33:56 PM

Grandma and Grandpa Parker said…

Hey, that’s a good idea. Maybe there would be nicer brothers if they weren’t always told that they’re “snags and snails and puppy dog tails”, even if it’s kind of true.
Wednesday, July 30, 2008 3:03:00 AM

Mzb said…

What a party.
Thursday, July 31, 2008 10:26:14 AM

Scott Baldwin said…

My favorite picture was Paul sitting on Stephen’s lap. I hope my brothers never ask me to do that. 🙂
Tuesday, August 05, 2008 11:38:24 AM

Wow – there has been a lot of family love going on this month! Today we attended our third reunion for the third weekend in a row…we are grateful for family and know it is important. It is nice to be a part of families who enjoy spending time together

Enjoy the pictures of our highlights. Here is a list of explanations:
1. Stephen and Jodi road their bikes from mesa falls to the cabin (39 miles!) while Paul chauffeured the rest of the bunch.
2. Mason, Lex, and Lily had a blast catching frogs and getting wet in the creek.
3. Spent the night in the cabin on the hill in honor of Bruce and Sharon – our kids had a blast!
4. After Stephen and Mason road their bikes down from the cabin on the hill we flipped pancakes for the family at the big cabin.
5. Stephen jumped over the camp fire with his mountain bike to wow the crowd.
6. Participated in the Parker Gladiators (course made up by Paul)!
7. Ate our first Mexi-cones made by Aunt Susan and family, very tasty!
8. Watched as the men folk fell some dead quaking aspens and cut up some firewood.
9. Stephen and Ryon rode bikes from the cabin to Ashton in the wind (40 miles!).
10. Ate a delicious ice cream cone from Daves IGA with Rick, Stacie, Jana, Ryon, and families and Paul.

Now we are going to have to set aside some time on Monday to clean the dirt rings around the bath tub! We had fun and got real dirty, but clean up well!

Memories were made for one and all.

	Stephen made this for Jodi
Olivia Loves water jugs		Racing towards Lily
Couldn’t stop, it was too slick

Comments:

Mom and Dad Parker said…

It sure looks nice and green, and good times and good food. We loved the blog. It did make us a l
ittle home-sick for the cabin, but we are always a little home-sick anyway. We love you all!
Sunday, July 27, 2008 7:03:21 AM

John said…

Looks like a blast. Lots of wonderful Parker’s everywhere. We wish we could have been there. I saw Dennis’ video of Stephen jumping the fire. I liked the wipe out. (if you aren’t wrecking you aren’t learning) We are coming up next weekend. See you then.

Sunday, July 27, 2008 2:25:46 PM

Jana said…

Good times…We need to have a rematch of gladiators when John’s family is up. Let the best man or woman win!
Sunday, July 27, 2008 3:48:13 PM

Haley said…

Looks fun!!! I wish I could have been there for Parker Gladiators, maybe we can do it when I come up!
Sunday, July 27, 2008 3:49:29 PM

Anne said…

Looks like you had a great time…and made more fun family memories at the cabin. Wish we could have been there. Happy times!
Sunday, July 27, 2008 5:36:16 PM

Stacie said…

Jenni said she thought we had the coolest family! We do alot of fun things and get along great! Just a little compliment to pass on to my wonderful brothers and sisters and in-laws who are really good sports! And to great parents who never let us have a dull moment! Thanks! I have to say Stephen’s stunt scared me a bit but way to go Steve! We’ll have to keep working on Quinn’s landing!
Monday, July 28, 2008 10:03:54 AM

Meg the gem said…

We’ve been on the same page with 2 reunions this month–wow, 3 for you though! What a fun family, these are the best times for the kids!

BTW–I’ve been gone for a while but I wanted to tell you how I love you’re blog’s new look!! So cute!
Monday, July 28, 2008 10:15:44 PM

Happy spectatorsYesterday I got an IM about a free trampoline on craigslist, it just needed some parts replaced. I immediately emailed the guy and followed up with a phone call, I need to add he listed it on craigslist at 11:25 and I was at his door at 11:45. Turn out he lives just up the road by Lincoln School. I ran up there and took a look. When I got there he said he has had 4 other calls since me. It had two bent frame bars, he said the legs fell off and he kept jumping and it bent. I said I would take it, he said you will need a Phillips screw driver to take it apart, no problem I said I have my leather man in my pocket. Before he could change his mind I had it disassembled and loaded into the back of my CRV.

I wish I could have caught the kids faces on video when they saw it. Mason was the first to peak through the windows and quickly announced, “Dad bought a trampoline.” I had to hurry and tell Jodi it was free so she wouldn’t get stressed. We bent the bad pieces back and then welded them and set it up during my lunch break. Now that’s what I call cheap entertainment. Hard to get the kids off of it now though.

Comments:

Jodi said…

If you’re not careful our kids might nominate you for Father of the Year! What a great find…glad Joe told us about it.
Friday, July 25, 2008 9:57:28 AM

Mom and Dad said…

We always loved cheap best. Looks like it fits right in there in your yard. Good find!
Friday, July 25, 2008 11:06:43 AM

John said…

WoooooooHOOOOOOOOOOO! Never stop jumping. It is always fun to get a bargain. I will have to do some jumping on it myself in a week or two when we come and visit.

Friday, July 25, 2008 3:21:10 PM

Fast, Fun, Family! That was our reunion in a nutshell.

We had loads of fun with the Baldwin’s this past weekend. We all met up at Seven Peaks pn Friday for a day in the 100 degree sun. Despite burning our feet on the scorching hot sidewalks we had fun! It was a great place to go for children and adults of all ages. After that we went over to Grandpa and Grandma Baldwin’s for dutch oven cooking and a temple Family Home Evening. FYI, Carter is quite a piano player (I heard him jamming out on my parents piano). Scott and Jeana made an announcement – they are expecting a baby on February 5th! JT is going to have a friend on the Baldwin side now – yippee! Grandpa and Grandma also let us guess how much money was in a jar that they’ve been collecting. The family that guesses the dollar amount the closet gets $25 to buy a new movie. Stephen took it pretty serious, we’ll find out who the winner is next week. That night we spent the night with the Babcocks.

The next morning all of the women including Ashley had a girl’s morning out. We ate breakfast at IHOP and distributed our top 10 favorite things/lists to each other (thanks Anne for the idea). It was fun to learn more about each other. We journeyed over to the spa and most of us got pedicures. Michelle and Amy had body wrap and facial. Stephen and Brian plus children got to be in a parade and have a neighborhood breakfast put on for Pioneer Day. After that we rushed over to meet up with each other at the Beattie Reunion (my Grandpa Beattie’s family – mom’s cousins). Some of us got a little tennis in. At precisely 2:00 pm we departed, boys to go play golf and girls to go letterboxing. It was Mason’s first golf experience and he liked it even in the heat! Lily found the letterbox and was so excited. We ended up that evening at Brad and Amy’s house for more food and fun. It was fun to listen to Dallin, Scott, and Eric jam out on their guitars. I thought when I heard “Sunday Bloody Sunday” down the stairs that it was the original for a minute. We finished the night out with a few songs on Rock Band and we were definitely ready for bed!

We did not waste a moment and it was great to be with the Baldwin’s. We don’t have a lot of moments when we are ALL together at one time, so it was a treat. Grandma Baldwin was in seventh heaven. This will be one of her favorite weekends of the whole year. It will be one ours too.

Comments:

Dad and Mom Parker said…

Glad to hear you had a great time. We thought you might be too tired for another reunion so soon, but it looks like you recover fast. These are the best of times, making memories with family, cousins and parents. Families are great, a great blessing.
Sunday, July 20, 2008 4:00:54 PM

michelle said…

Looks like a great time! What a fun family!
Monday, July 21, 2008 2:57:58 PM

MZb said…

Thanks for taking all the pictures Stephen. It was good to see al of you. Grant can’t stop taking about going down shot gun falls with Mason. He claims they got some seriously unbelievable air!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:07:32 AM

Jana said…

What a FUN FAMILY! You are such fun people..you guys got a lot in, in that short amount of time!
Tuesday, July 22, 2008 4:16:15 PM

Patricia Baldwin/Mom/Grandma said…

Wow! We had a great time, didn’t we? I can’t wait for us to get together again! Thanks to everyone for all you did to make this a successfull time together. And, thanks for all of the pictures, Stephen. I love them all.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:53:40 AM

Stephen/Grandpa B said…

Thanks for doing such a great job with the pictures, Stephen. I suppose it is easy, and fun, when the subject matter is so good. You contribution to our family is very much appreciated.
Thursday, July 31, 2008 1:59:34 PM