Parly's Baptism

Parly is going to be baptized on Sept. 1st. Everyone is invited to come. The baptism is at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. We will also be having a dinner party (as Parly likes to call it) afterwards at our house....so come and enjoy!


Parly is very excited and would love to share this day with all of you.

Being Pregnant Stinks....Literally

It's not that I haven't enjoyed these ten weeks so far. They've actually been alright for the most part especially because I get to do a lot of things I wouldn't normally do--such as buying the "expensive" cereal and craving things like chicken fajitas from Chilis and Country Time strawberry lemonade (good stuff). Besides which, pregnancy is a really great excuse to fall behind on little things like laundry, cleaning, and cooking. So for the most part I have no complaints, but there is the smell thing. Everything stinks. Well, not everything. In fact, it's mostly the normal, good smells that get to me like toothpaste, mouthwash, Christian's deodorant, Christian's shampoo, Christian's shaving cream and aftershave (that's a killer), Christian's cologne, and Christian's soap. Other smells like BO and bad breath don't really get to me, which is why I have stopped using deodorant, lotion, and toothpaste altogether (fun for Christian). But I knew it was really bad when Christian passed by me the other day, and I said, "Your breath is killing me!" Ironic because he teeth smelled exactly like minty fresh crest. Sorry, Christian. Hopefully we can kiss again in nine months, but until then, everything just sort of stinks.

the Parly's b-day blog

Parly Sue have the happiest bestest wonderfulest awesomest birthday... !!!!!

the neighborhood scan

So ... Papa and I were invited to the elite neighborhood potluck supper party at the Sweetens. I was dang excited, until Papa got the flyer from Brother Sweeten at church. I was suppose to bring a casserole!!!! Brother... have I ever!!!! made a casserole in my life?! I wanted to get Bonnie's famous lasagna recipe, but I never got around to it. Sadie suggested the rice, chicken and broccoli dish... all of your chicken enchiladas sounded good. Well... Monday was a long day at school, getting ready for the Freshman day (over assembly and junk and other junk) and so at 5:10... I panicked --- even frozen lasagna was out because it takes two hours. (Party at 6:00)... so I called Olive Garden... do you have something yummy, fast, and unique... why sure for a lot of $$$... no problem!! I ordered a pan of "Braised beef & Tortelloni"... whatever. So picked it up at 5:51... called Dad from the take out line telling him I was on my way. Got home... opened the tin dinner pans... threw the stuff into one of my glass 9 x 12... put tin foil on the top and there we went. ... Whew! Made it at 6:07... placed it on the table and blended into the crowd. Success!... Well, not exactly... everyone wants the recipe!!! Usually I'm good to say... they're frozen rolls from Rhodes... but everytime anyone asked Steve would start laughing... and so would I. So it became worst! We left without letting on. (Did I just end that sentence with a preposition?) Having great confidence in Google and entered "Recipes that you don't want to own up on the fact that you cheated and bought them from Olive Garden after serving them in the neighborhood"... and ola! We got something close enough. Now I just have to make it in my leisure time and see if it is at all similar... Oh the life of the almost retired... lov nana dona

Big Canyon...Little Canyon

Bear Claw Canyon

Captain Canyon

You guys asked for it!

There you have it. Kate with 4 staples in the back of her head.

August 15 1974

That's right. It was on a day just like this 33 years ago that "our" family began. It was quite a day and if you'd asked me then what it would be like 33 years later there is no way I'd have figured it could have been so good. I know that as a couple, we had hopes of children but by the time I realized the cause, we had five. As I watch the next generation grow I marvel at the process. I often ask myself, "When did that happen?" I'm talking about things like crawling, walking, toilet training, talking, and so on. It all seems a blur. I'm thinking that grand parenting is a way to watch kids grow up in slow motion as compared to the speed of light that children grow. I suppose most of the reasons my memory suffers is because I wasn't as involved in the nurturing process as fathers are now days. At any rate, I look forward to many more experiences with my sweetheart. Once while we were courting, I played Dona the Beatles song with the line, "will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm sixty-four." So far, so good! As I write this I imagine that I'm writing to our children. I'd like them to know that I'm proud of each of you. I'm especially proud of your choices, particularly your spouses. It's also very comforting that you are all, in many ways, like your Mother. I've said before, I'll never be as giving as her, but she did choose me and that has made all the difference.

Anxiously Waiting...

...to see Kate's head with staples. It might gross me out, but I still want to see it.

Starring Parly and Lily

Utah State vs. BYU

Just wanted to point out that Alice and her little friend, Amy, are already fightin' that battle.
p.s. Alice can kick Amy's butt.

Harry Potter anyone?

In the spirit of Harry Potter, Book 7, which I will not discuss...unless everyone else has finished it--I'm posting a pic of cousin Jared Anderson and his wife, Tonks (I mean Jessica) and their clever costumes. They're son Isaac is a mandrake and daughter is a seeker for griffindor. I guess they won every costume contest they could... Check out their blog for details Jaredandjessica.blogspot.com