How the Parker's celebrated the 4th of July

We started our celebration over at Oma and Papa's house with a dip in the pool and a yummy lunch. We hung out and enjoyed time as a family. Lizzie LOVES her new floaties.. she hasn't taken them off since we got them. While we were in the pool she wanted to swim all by herself since she thought she was a BIG girl with her new floaties. Daddy and Mommy kept a hold on her so she wouldn't drink too much water.

Then it was off to the parade. We sat with the Young Family, and enjoyed tons of candy and water. David and the kids hung out on the median while I sat on the sidewalk with Angel and Mike and enjoyed the festivities.

Then we headed over to the Hadad's and enjoyed their neighborhood block party. I wish I had a street like theirs. Their neighbors are all inviting and fun. Lizzie loved playing in the street with all the kids and especially playing with her friend Sammy. She loved riding the POWER WHEELS with her Daddy. She couldn't get enough of them. We enjoyed the fireworks and even set some off ourselves. Lizzie loved the pretty lights in the sky and would ewww... and awww... as each one went off.

Thanks everyone for a great 4th of July!

AOTW #9 Lizzie and the splash park with her BFF

Lizzie had a great time with her BFF Wiamea at the Splash Park in Menifee. The girls loved running around while the water splashed them. Lizzie especially LOVED drinking the water... GROSS!!! I had to keep a close eye or she would have drank the splash park dry. She loved the dragon that sprayed water from its nose.

Thanks Mandi for all the fun!

Diapers, Wipes, and Cake... Oh My!!!

A HUGE thanks to Bethany and Angel for the AMAZING Diaper and Wipes Party!

(Isn't the diaper cake super cute?)
We had a great time playing games and eating yummy food. What could be better right? Thanks to everyone who came... it was great having you there!!! Krislynn will for sure have a clean bum thanks to all of you!

FHE with the Parkers

Well it has been another fun week with the Parkers at FHE. We headed to the Danielson's for yummy burritos and a great time. The kids played in the backyard, while the adults enjoyed playing Wii and tried to beat Kris. The Ontko's came and we got to enjoy more time with our little Delaney. She is just too dang cute! She already has her Daddy wrapped around her little finger.

Here's to the men in our life...

We are grateful for all the wonderful men in our life. They are so loving and always there when we need them. They love Lizzie and are excited for Krislynn to join the bunch. They enjoying spending time with their families and are always giving kisses. Thank you for all you do!!!

WE LOVE YOU!!!

Dashing

Adventurous

Vivacious

Intelligent

Devoted

Virtuous

Energetic

Righteous

Neighborly

Deft

Entertaining

Admirable

Noble

Our Front Yard of ROCKS!!! still under construction...

Since most of you know California is having a water shortage we decided to go GREEN and help out! Since watering a lawn takes gallons of water, and water just went up again out here, we decided to make our front yard more California friendly. Our 1st delivery of rocks came, and we started working on our dried riverbed that will run down the middle of out front yard. Lizzie loved helping her Daddy and Papa throw the rocks into different piles. Our front yard is coming together, we just need to rake up the mulch and lay more plastic down. Then after all the rocks are placed just how we want them the succulent plants will be placed around the yard, and WA-LA we are finished!

Here's to being GREEN!

Delaney Kaye Ontko Is HERE!!!

Delaney Kaye (Josh and Marla's baby) came 10 days early!!! She was born on June 19th, 2009.

Aunt Katrina and Delaney

Uncle David and Delaney

Look how excited Lizzie is to meet her new cousin Delaney

We are so excited she is here, and ready to play with us. Hopefully she gave Krislynn a pep-talk before she left Heaven, and told her to come soon... since we all can't wait to meet her too.

Katrina, Delaney, and Lizzie

We are so excited for you Josh, Marla, Parker, and Lincoln!

NEVER walk out of your house without your keys

So let's just say that I feel like the worst mom ever!!! Today the new neighbors came and knocked on our door since they were storing their ladder in our garage since they didn't want anyone to take it. So I put some shoes on, shut the laundry door behind me, opened the garage door, and walked over to give them their ladder. I was over there for less than a minute and I left Lizzie in the house NOT thinking anything would go wrong.

I WAS SO WRONG!!!!

To my surprise Lizzie knows how to lock dead bolts! I guess she tried opening the door to follow me and she locked herself in the house. After dropping off the ladder I tried to open the door and it was locked. I started to panic realizing that my 18 month old is locked inside, and EVERY door,window, and slider is locked. I run back to the neighbors and ask if I could borrow her cellphone to call David. David asks me a million questions and wonders how she locked the deadbolt. (*sidenote: David carpooled today so he didn't have a car) David calls Papa and they come to our rescue. Meanwhile each set of neighbors are walking around our house trying to get in and trying to figure out how to break the deadbolt. Lizzie decides that our bedroom is the best spot for herself, and since we just got suntex on our windows she could see us, but we couldn't see her. So Charlotte Peel and I pull up some patio chairs and hang out with Lizzie while we wait for David and Papa to get here with the keys. (I didn't want to call 911 since they would have to break a window or ax our door-and we finally just got all of them in) Thirty minutes later David and Papa get here, and David rushes in to find Lizzie in our bedroom with a whirlwind of a mess. Thank goodness she was okay! So the moral of the story is to get copies of our house keys and hide one, plus pass some out to our friends who live in town.

Thanks to everyone who saved the day!

99 Balloons

Have tissues handy when you watch this video. It is amazing!

Beehive Cupcakes

We had our Beehive Birthday and I made these adorable cupcakes. Bethany gave me free range of whatever I wanted to do. So for the past two weeks I have been researching different bee theme cakes and cupcakes. I was going to go all out and make a beehive cake with bees flying all around it, and then I remembered I was 36 weeks pregnant and Lizzie would be at my side. So that idea got thrown out the window. Beth had sent me a picture of these cupcakes and they were fairly easy to make. They just took a long time to decorate, but I can't complain since I still got an hour and a half nap in after I was all done. Thanks Lizzie for letting your Mommy get a couple extra Z's. The party was great and the girls LOVED the cupcakes and the lemon water. What a fun party!

It's Christmas at The Parkers!!!!

Today was one of those days where you are trying to be so patient and waiting for the moment to be totally surprised with what Santa brought you this year. Since you were so GOOD, and you knew it would be something fantastic. Last night I couldn't sleep I kept imagining how the house would look like with BEAUTIFUL screens on EVERY window and how we could open up the house at night, and not be afraid that strange bugs would enter our home uninvited. I only got a couple hours of sleep, but when my alarm went off this morning I was so pumped. I hurry and got breakfast and in the shower I go. The clock strikes 9 and no screen man... I pace back and forth in front of the peephole checking every couple of seconds to see if he is here yet. I get butterflies when I see the screen van pull in front of my house. He is REALLY here!!! I try not to open the door to quickly and scare the man to death, but I have been waiting for this day... we will have been in our house a year the 21st of June and the day is FINALLY here! After an hour of peeking out the windows and admiring the beautiful mesh he is done! Off he drives and I stand inside the house doing the happy dance, since being a good girl really does bring Santa (the screen man) to your house!

Suntex screens on the back of the house-not quite finished

BEAUTIFUL screens on the rest of the house!

FHE with Parker

Josh is 31!

Parker Girl's Night Out

The Pregnant Ladies!!!

The Parker Girls
(Shauna, Masha, Katrina, and Marla)

Presents for Krislynn

Shauna enjoying her smoothie

Saturday Night the girls took me out to dinner at Mimi's to celebrate the coming of Krislynn. I know Mimi's two nights in a row.. what could be better right? Let me just tell you they have the BEST muffin right now it is cinnamon strudel. It is HEAVENLY!!! You definitely need to try it.Well it has been a LONG time since we have been able to get together without the kids, and oh did we have fun! Hours to chat and eat without kids distracting us, what more could you ask for.

Thanks again for the great night!

Krislynn's Name Check