Way To Go Husband!

Well first of all in Pooley news, Tyler is now officially licensed as an appraiser! YYYAAAAYYY! He took his final test and passed with flying colors! We are so proud of him and thankful for how hard he works to take care of us. We are very lucky to have him! Not to mention how much fun we have with him. WE LOVE YOU BABE!! Parker and I made a congratulatory sign with streamers... unfortunately 3 of the 5 streamers were missing just 5 minutes after I hung the sign up... Wonder what little boy ran off with them? Who knows?

In other exciting Pooley news, Jay, Tyler's brother, received his mission call and will be serving in the Porto Allegre (sp?) Brazil mission. We are so excited for him! He leaves in March- Way to go Jay!

Halloween was lots of fun. We were very busy both Friday and Saturday. Friday Parker and I went to Grandma Milligan's preschool for her awesome halloween party! Parker had so much fun running around to all the activities with all of the little kids. Then we picked up Tyler and went to our ward Halloween party which was also fun!

Our little peter PARKER (yes that is where we got his name).

Unfortunately Tyler and I didn't have time to dress up before the party but Parker made up for us :)

Hanging out with our friends Laura and Jack

Tyler's family came to our house on Halloween for some dinner and trick-or-treating. It was so fun to take Parker around our neighborhood for his first time trick-or-treating- he loved it! Julia, Isaac, and Cece had a lot of fun too and were dressed up in great costumes.

A couple weeks ago my roommate from BYU and great friend Laura came to visit with her little baby Rachel. It was so fun to see them! We are thankful they braved the long drive from Provo to come hang out with our crazy family. Love you guys!

And here is my little rug rat! He is still the funniest little thing- changing so much everyday! He is full of new words and faces. He loves to show-off. He has a lot of his dad's performing personality in him- he likes to drag his little guitar out and strum it while dancing and singing, such a little rock star.

As for me... I have been working on my preceptorship on the postpartum floor at St. Lukes and I LOVE it! It is so much fun, not to mention I get to hang out with babies all day :) I love it because for the most part you are surrounded by happiness- new mom's and little spirits who were just in the presence of our Heavenly Father. It is neat to be a part of that everyday. I think I have decided that I would love to do this as a nurse, unfortunately finding a part time job in this area is almost impossible so I am just soaking up every minute of it and looking forward to graduating and spending all my free time with Parker! We will see what the future holds...

Pumpkins, pumpkins, and more pumpkins!

We spent a full day carving pumpkins with our families. We had so much fun! Here are some pictures from the adventures:

Parker is very excited about "pumpas"

Tyler became the designated carver

Isaac, Julia and Cece cleaning out their pumpkins... Eeew!

Parker wanted to help his Aunt Cece out.

Pumpkin guts fight. He totally deserved that one!

Parker playing with Boots, that is the friendliest cat I've ever seen. He loves Parker and even lets Parker pick him up and carry him around, which he does all the time!

We can't even carve pumpkins with out our BYU pride shining through. Tyler was the amazing artist behind our Cosmo pumpkin and Jake and I worked on the Y pumpkin.

Parker loves Grandpa Milligan's BBQ ribs! Yum!

Jake and Tyler doing the dirty work.

Even my mom and dad wanted in on the fun.

Parker stirring up the pumpkin guts.

You probably can't tell that I really love Halloween can you? I already have two posts on the holiday and that probably won't be the last. It is such a fun holiday!

Pumpkin Patch

I love pumpkin patches. Growing up in California, my family went every year to Bishop's pumpkin farm in Wheatland, Ca. It was my favorite place in the whole world! And it had amazing food, carmel apples, cookies, etc... It brings back such happy memories and every fall I wish I could go back. So, I decided that I want pumpkin patches (even though I have yet to find one as cool as Bishop's) to be a family tradition of ours. Here are a few pictures from our pumpkin patch visit to Linder Farms this year.

Petting zoo

My boys

The hay ride- it was too bright :)

Parker and Tyler showing off their pumpkin

"Don't worry Mom and Dad, I got these pumpkins!"

Couldn't get him to smile unfortunately.

It was so cute to see Parker get excited and toddle around looking at the pumpkins. He now points at the ones we brought home and says "Bumbin". Melts my heart!

After the pumpkin patch we watched another sad BYU game with my family and some of their friends. We still love out cougars!

Fall is my favorite season!!

It's been a while...

Well life is flying by and I've been so busy that my fun little hobbies like blogging have been neglected but today I'm being lazy and thought I would give brief update. Here are some random pictures over the last 2 months:

My Talented Husband

Our ward had a talent show and luckily I have a very talented husband to make up for my lack of talent. He and his friend Phil were the MC's for the night and they also performed a song. Tyler did an awesome job harmonizing and playing the guitar. We were so proud! Good job Babe!

Parker also got a chance to show off that night. Afterward we let all the little boys in the ward get up on stage and show off. It was pretty hilarious.

My future rockstar :)

College football has been a big part of our lives! BYU is doing well after an unfortunate loss to Florida state but we don't talk about that game. We have enjoyed watching lots of games with our friends the Dornons and the Stierers. And of course we always need a little rivalry with the Boise State fans. Here is Parker with his Cousin Peyton sporting their teams. (The shirts are way too big because they are hand-me-downs from my brother).

Touchdown!! Both boys know the sign for touchdown and if you say it they both but their arms up, I think Peyton was a little camera shy this time.

Lastly, Tyler has transformed his home "office" into a home recording studio. He has like 10 guitars and all the tech stuff for recording so he has been spending some time playing around in there. He had a few guys over to "jam" one night and Parker decided he wanted to join the band, so he drug his own little guitar in the room with them, sat down and started playing with them. I think it was one of Tyler's proudest moment as a father. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture but I did take this one later.

Anyway, that's about it. I have been working at St. Als for my clinicals and I have loved it! I have seen some really hard things that have made me so thankful for the Gospel and the Plan of Happiness- to know that when this life ends I will be with my family again and with my Heavenly Father. It has also made me so grateful for a wonderful husband who I know would sit by my bed and hold my hand if I were sick like some of the people I have seen. I'm also thankful for a healthy family! Watching people fight terminal illness, car accidents or even swine flu, brings a lot of things into perspective and I am thankful I know what this life is all about!

BYU Football and Fall fun!

First of all... BYU beat Oklahoma! The game was kinda crazy, and I was really crazy! For those of you who don't know us very well, we are huge BYU football fans having both gone to BYU. I get a little crazy when the games get close, pacing, yelling, hyperventilating, etc. I must say however, I have found some one a little more obsessed, our friend Chad is even crazier- didn't think it was possible. So we had fun watching the game with Chad and his wife and the Collins. And we won which of course was the best part! GO COUGS!!!

Fall is my favorite season for a lot of reasons! We are looking forward to a fun filled season! Here is some of the fun we've been having:

(PS- for my family that has requested pictures of our house, I haven't taken any pictures of the house yet- sorry- but all these pics are around our house so you can see a little bit of it.)

Parker enjoying ribs! He is not a big eater lately but he can finish off a rib or two- YUM!

My boys mowing the lawn. Parker likes to follow Tyler around when he mows the lawn. I think Tyler is excited for when Parker is big enough to mow the lawn for him, ha ha.

We have four apple trees in our back yard. Parker likes to pick and eat them.

We have a Park just up the street from us. Last night we went and played with Tyler's siblings and Parker's little cousins. It was so fun!

Parker LOVES the slide! He likes to go down by himself with Dad catching him at the bottom.

Sliding down on his back.

Trying to climb back up.

Weeeee!

Swinging on the swings with Dad

I am really looking forward to spending more time at that park. Especially now that the weather is cooling down. I love Fall!

End of Summer

Sadly it looks like summer is over. We really enjoyed this summer together! We had a lot of adventures as a family of three. We went to San Diego for three weeks in June, we did lots of boating, went to Roaring Springs Water Park 5 or 6 times, and did lots of swimming! We will miss the warm weather and all the free time but we are excited for Fall! Here is how we spent our last week of summer.

Swimming....

Swimming.....

And more swimming! Thanks Milligans for Parker's awesome pool!

Birthday Overload!!

Parker is ONE!! And we love this little one-year-old more than we ever thought possible. We have a hard time resisting this adorable face and we are so grateful for the joy he brings our family.

So like I said before Parker had 4 birthdays, 3 parties, 3 cakes, and lots of presents. We spent his actual birthday on July 20th with Tyler's parents in Jackson Hole. Tyler and his dad had some work to do there so Parker, Deanna, and I went along for the ride and we made a pretty fun trip out of it. The drive was beautiful and I know Parker enjoyed being spoiled by Grandma and Grandpa. Thanks for the fun trip Pooleys!

Parker was very excited in the hotel on his birthday morning!

We went to dinner to celebrate that night and Parker got some ice cream!

We got Parker a guitar for his birthday because he loves Tyler's guitar and is always trying to play with it. Now he has his own and they can jam together.

After we got home from Jackson Hole the next day, my parents had a cake for him to enjoy! He loves chocolate!!

Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Milligan, Aunt Kris and Uncle Jake!

A few days later, we had a big family party with both my family and Tyler's family including great grandparents. It was so fun! Parker is so lucky to have a big family and they all love him very much!

Lastly, we threw him one more party so he could invite his baby and non-baby friends from our ward. We had his sweet inflatable pool, a volleyball game and a water balloon fight.

My friend Brittany made this awesome cake for the party- Thank you Brittany!!

Thank you to everyone who made Parker's first birthday so special for him. We love you all!