When Grammy came to visit

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Playing "Ring around the grammy"

"Grammy you need a pillow for your back and to cover up"

I was working in the kitchen and looked over and saw this taking place. I said, "mom what are you doing?" She said, "Allie said I needed to lay down so she could read me a story."

Halloween Review

Happy Halloween from the Parsons. We had quite the weekend with Brailie's birthday, I had a Bountiful Baskets pickup on Sat morning at 5:00am (which had plenty of hiccups to keep us on our toes-thank heavens for Allisha being my sidekick I wasn't alone), we had pumpkin carving to do, party preparations, trick or treating and costumes to finish. Oh ya and my mom came too. Here are some pictures of all the fun.

Greg carving pumpkins using our new favorite method-electric drill

Grammy keeping the girls occupied while Greg and I worked on the pumpkins.
What a cutie

I think I had the harder job-I cleaned out all the pumpkins and drew and cut out the faces.

Our pumpkin snake creation

Greg's costume for his school Halloween party. He was a tacky tourist. He looked kind of more like a wacky bird watcher but either way he dressed up and that is what counts.

Brailie playing with her favorite new toy-mommy's fabric pumpkins.

Our pumpkin totem pole lit up at night

Greg's pumpkin face

Allie was Cinderella for Halloween. She was sure she needed a pair of binoculars as part of her costume.

Brailie was a little helper mouse from Cinderella for Halloween

Daddy was Prince Charming. What a cute bunch.

I was the fairy Godmother. It was so fun to go as a family theme for Halloween. Greg was so willing to dress up. That was really fun.

The girls with Tali and Preston's son Miles. Aren't they cute.

A pre-trick or treat snack.

"Why isn't there any candy in here?"

The kids figured out what they were supposed to do pretty quick

Cinderella and her prince

Tali, Preston and Miles

Stealing a kiss from my little mouse

Tali and I enjoying a little girl time while eating our kids candy-a perfect end to Halloween

What a great weekend.

Brailie turns the big 1

My baby turned one on Halloween. Can't believe it has been a year already. We had the most perfect day. Allie and Grammy had said a prayer the day before for sunny weather for Brailies party and the morning and afternoon were just beautiful. The storm rolled in about the time the party ended and we got ready to go trick or treating. For guests we had my mom, Grandma and Grandpa Parsons, The Hughes Family, The Swalberg Family, and my college friends Tali, Preston and their son Miles. Here are some highlight pictures.

Brailie in her "I'm 1 t-shirt"

She learned to get in and out of the rocking chair by herself just a day or two before her birthday

She also learned how to walk all by herself.

The party spread: Carmel apples

Mini popcorn balls

Pumpkin shaped cake

Mini doughnuts

The banner

Grandpa P feeding the birthday girl a caramel apple

Watching as mommy and Allie open the presents

Checking out her new presents.

Amongst the gifts with neighbor Eli

One happy little birthday girl

Big Cheese

Now time for cake

She wasn't sure at first but once she realized she could hold the cake in her hands she chomped right in.

Frosting all over and in her nose

Cake muncher in action.

It was a perfect party-just how I wanted it to go. We had pin the spider on the skeleton, a teeny treasure hunt, tons of sugary treats and great company. Thanks everyone for helping make Brailies 1st birthday wonderful.

The big digger

We have construction all over town. In the end we hope to have better, smoother roads. Right now we have a bunch of dust and big diggers all over town-which is thrilling to a two year old. This was taken on the day the big digger worked right outside our house. Allie and I went outside to watch the action. Allie was thrilled. At night she would tell the big digger good night and wondered where it was in the morning. I am sure the construction workers had no idea they were so loved at our house.

Making Perogies

A few weeks ago I took on a massive project-perogie making. For anyone that knows much about perogies you know it is not a quick and simple job. I made a half recipe and ended up with 8 dozen. Here are a couple of pictures when Allie decided to come and help. She loves rolling dough. And yes having flour all over your shirt is part of the process.

They turned out pretty good. Not as good as my baba's or the Rabbit Lake ladies but they will do for us.