Jack Gabba Gabba

Lily loves to watch Yo Gabba Gabba. Lately, I have noticed that Jack will sit for a bit and enjoy the silliness, too. Little did I know that he would develop his own "Dancey Dance". We decided that we had to catch him on tape. (This kid is starting to be a ham.) I can't wait to see more of his personality develop. I thought we should share the cuteness...

The Birthday Party

I'm not sure if Jack knew what was going on, but he was happy, happy!


The cake


He dove right in eating the cake. No prodding was necessary.


He was a sticky mess afterward, but he was loving it. We had a great time and look forward to seeing this cutie grow up.

Where did my baby go?

I can't believe I don't have a baby any longer! Jack is one today. Party is tonight. Details to follow...

2009 Update

Since I started slipping on posts about the same time Jack came around, I thought I would do a quick update of our year since then. And let me say it was BUSY!

We hit the road again in June "moving" back to Arizona. They had no idea how much time they would be spending in the car...

We made it to Arizona just in time for Madison's baptism.

At Grandma Parry's, we had fun with cousins Chiara and Payton in the froggy pool.

Then on to my Dad's family reunion in a little town in Utah called Antimony.

We got to celebrate Jill's birthday in Payson.

We had fun on the train at Hogle Zoo.

Hogle Zoo with Gpa Butler and Jill.

Celebrating my nephew Cash's 1st Birthday.

Of course Rob had to hit the airshow in Provo.

The kids love playing with cousins Kenlee and Kage.

We went to Rob's family reunion in Idaho in July. We stayed in an amazing house right on the river. Maddie, Holly and Paige were serious about fishing!

Jack and his cousin Cooper, only 3 months apart.

The Idaho sunsets were amazing!

Lily and Dad had fun tossing the ball.

Who decided to have family pictures only 8 weeks after Jack was born?

There was a whole lot of energy right there!

All of the Parry's.

Lily enjoying Bob's birthday present.

Swimming with cousin Ava at Grandma's house.

On the way back to Gilbert, we stopped in Kingman to visit Grandpa Parry.

We blessed Jack in Arizona before heading back to Kansas.

The kids with Jack.

Right outside of Amarillo, we stopped to make our mark at Cadillac Ranch. What a funny little place!

Yep, you guessed it. Back in Kansas.

We FINALLY own a home! This is the kitchen before we moved in. I don't think I have a picture of the outside.

Lily turned 2 in October and still LOVES Elmo.

Halloween. Of course we had to do Dorothy at some point!

Christmas Eve Jammies in front of the fireplace.

Paige turned 8 and was baptized by Rob.

Paige just before being baptized.

Whew! I need a nap now. I will be better in 2010, I promise!!

Oh, yeah!

I've been wondering myself why I have been such a blog slacker. It only took a second to remember.....

8 Years Old

Happy Birthday to my darling daughter, Paige. I can't begin to describe how amazing this kid is. We always say that she tricked us into having more kids because she is so great. We just thought parenting was a breeze. (Her siblings soon reminded us that she is just a fluke.) She is just an inherently GOOD person. Her friends love her, every teacher she's had wishes they had a classroom full of her and her siblings want to be just like her. I don't know what we did to deserve to be her parents, but we are so LUCKY! Happy Birthday to a girl that is just as beautiful on the inside as she is on the outside.

Elves, Again!

What would Christmas be without JibJab?