Yellowstone

Tyler had an appraisal to do in Bozeman, MT so at the last minute we decided we would all load up and go! We needed a  little break anyway. Tyler and his parents lived in Bozeman for the first couple years of his life, he doesn't really remember anything from living there but I'd never been to Montana so it was a fun little adventure for us. We got there and Tyler got the info and pictures he needed and then we headed for the hotel I picked out over the internet... I was a little embarrassed when we got there and it was right next to a truck stop. The hotel wasn't too bad but the scenery and noisy semi-trucks were pretty lame. I think hotels.com needs to do a better job of describing the location. Oh well it was all part of our adventure. We ate at Famous Dave's, a steakhouse, which was pretty good. Parker was quite the flirt with our waitresses and soon we had a couple more waitresses and even a waiter (guys don't usually clamor over babies) hovering over our table and admiring him. 

On our way to Idaho Falls the next day we decided to continue our adventure and drive through Yellowstone- neither of us have ever been (except when Tyler was a baby). We didn't realize we had five hours of driving through the park in store for us but it was actually a lot of fun. It was a windy 40 * through out the park so we made all of our photo shoots as short as possible. Here are some of our adventures.... 

The beautiful canyon and water fall.

During our hour wait for Old Faithful to go off. Parker wouldn't let me hide him in his blanket to keep him warm. He insisted on looking around. He is a very curious little one!

Finally! It was worth the wait though. So cool!

The small falls.

The sweet Bison/Buffalo (don't know the difference) we saw. We were so excited, he was walking down the road like he owned the place. A little too close for my comfort, especially when he stopped and stared at us.

Our chilly picture in the canyon. It was soooo cold but Parker was warm all snuggled with Dad in his sweatshirt. We weren't really prepared for 40* weather. I was wearing flip flops! Apparently in Yellowstone it goes straight from summer to winter.

GO BYU COUGARS!!

A little grin to melt your heart. Parker is full of smiles these days!

Tyler and Parker's sing-a-long... Parker has discovered his singing voice and loves to sing along with mom and dad. He must get his musical talent from his daddy!

Just some cute pictures of Parker and his friend Jack on game day last week. We will try to overlook the Johnson family's vice of being BSU fans... (JK Laura) We like BSU too, but we LOVE BYU! Keep it up team 4-0!

So life has been a little crazy ever since school started up again, especially this past week when Tyler left us alone for five...yes  five!....whole days for his appraisal class in Salt Lake. Both Parker ad I missed him soooooo much! We were so glad to get him back! So it has been a couple weeks of blogging deprivation for me. Even now I am typing with one hand, holding Parker in the other while waiting for my hubby to come home from class. 

Two Sundays ago we blessed Parker in our student ward. What a special day for all of us. We were lucky to have ALL our family there... we pretty much took up the whole chapel.  My grandma and uncle and aunt and cousins even traveled to be there. We also had a few very good friend join us. We are so blessed when it comes to our family and friends. The blessing was beautiful, despite Tyler slipping the name "Danger" in there right in between Douglas and Pooley so yes.. my son will now be known on the records of the Church as Parker Douglas Danger Pooley, it's official! Ha ha but it didn't take away from the wonderful Spirit that was there. Afterward Tyler and I also shared our testimonies which was an emotional experience for me because I got to share mine with my dad. It was a very special daddy-son day for Tyler and Parker.Afterward we went to my parents for a luncheon where e took these pictures. I didn't get a chance to take any pics before we changed out of our church clothes, but Parker is still in his outfit.

Tyler and I are busy with school. Tyler rocked his appraisal class exam because he is a genius (his words of course:) I have been enjoying my clinicals working in a nursing home however, I am thinking it's a little slow paced for me. I guess I should be happy I'm not super overwhelmed.

Parker, despite being sick and grouchy while Tyler was gone, is a bundle of joy. He is really starting to become a little person with a personality. It is so fun. He smiles and "talks" to us. It is so fun to watch him grow. He and I have been enjoying our morning walks along the greenbelt with our friends from our ward. Five moms and six boys (with another boy on the way). It is fun! And I am finally motivated to do some form of exercise- don't expect much more from me though.

Lastly, we are getting ready for a fun fall. I LOVE fall it is my favorite time of year. We've already started enjoying it with our college football fun. Loved watching BYU whoop on UCLA! We can't wait for Parker's first BYU game and first Halloween, all coming up soon!

Another Semester Begins...

Tyler and I started school again last week at Boise State. Tyler is working on his second semester of his Master's in Business Administration and I am in my third semester of the nursing program. We are looking forward to a very, very busy semester between Tyler working, going to school, and taking some Appraisal Institute classes in Salt Lake as well as me going to school and Parker being so little! It will be crazy but worth it. We enjoyed one last get away before Fall sets in by going up to Cascade over Labor Day weekend with his family. It was already cooling down up there, I think it only got up to around 65 degrees, so we didn't do much outside of the hotel but it was still very nice to get away. I also really enjoyed watching Tyler and his mom try to ride a tandem bike they rented from the hotel. I really wish I had taken a picture of that!

Along with school starting came saying goodbye to Kristen :( She moved down to Provo to attend BYU on Saturday. It is hard to see her go but I know how much fun she will have (recalling my good times in P town). Plus we plan on attending some football games since Tyler, Jake, Parker and I are all die-hard Cougar Football fans... GO COUGS! Anyway, we will see her then! Good luck sister!

Saturday night we went to a friend of Tyler's wedding. It was out in Nampa at St. Chapelle Winery. We were brave and brought Parker along hoping he wouldn't cry and disrupt the wedding. Besides burping extremely loud in the middle of a prayer that the Pastor was giving, he did wonderfully! Tyler enjoyed catching up with a couple of his high school friends and showing off his family (what can I say, we are pretty cute!)

He's Already One Month Old!

Our little man is one month old today... it went by so fast! He has grown so much (we are guessing he weighs about8.5 - 9lbs) and has developed so many cute facial expressions. He has a pretty good sleeping schedule, anywhere from 3-5 hours at a time. His favorite things right now are eating, being naked, bath time, and "baby exercises" and playing airplane with daddy. We have loved having him in our family and have loved watching him grow.We can definitely tell he has close ties to heaven because he has brought an added measure of the Spirit to our home.

Salt Lake Trip

After our trip to Logan went so well, we decided to venture on another road trip back down to Utah with Kristen and our Friends Jeff, Laura and Jack. We were a little worried about spending five hours in the car with two little babies and then cramming five adults and two babies in one hotel room, but to our surprise the trip was a success and we all had a great time! We squeezed ourselves into Tyler's parents' mini-van and headed for Salt Lake on Sunday. We stayed in one room at the Plaza hotel, right across the street from Temple Square.

On Monday we went to the Trolley Square mall and ate at the Rodizio, one of those restaurants where they keep bringing you meat and you keep eating it until you're so full you can't move because it's so good! Then we wondered around the mall and took pictures of our families.

Tyler and Parker full from lunch and taking a snooze on the hammock

Family Fun!

With the Johnson Family... we love them!

That night the boys and Kristen went to the Jack Johnson concert, leaving Laura and I and the babies behind. We didn't mind too much because they left us with money and we hit up the Gateway Mall and did a little shopping. This too was an adventure... the boys slept for most of it but we both had to use changing rooms to nurse in... I'm sure none of the employees noticed me grabbing a handful of clothes not even my size and running into a changing room with a crying baby. I'm sure they weren't suspicious when I was in there for 15 minutes either... oh well. We had fun even on the walk back to our hotel when Parker and Jack decided they had had enough and began a chorus of screaming for the last two blocks or so.



Little Twinners who survived shopping with their crazy mothers!

On Tuesday we went to Temple Square and toured the 1.4 million square foot Conference Center (I had no idea it was that big!). That was about all we could do because soon after that the little boys decided they were ready to go back to Boise! So we loaded up and headed home. We were all very impressed with how good the babies were through out the trip.
On the roof of the Conference Center

It was also really fun to get to spend time with Kristen before she moves down to Provo for school in a couple weeks. I'm really going to miss her and I know Parker was happy to have his aunt around!

Kristen after a year at BYU (or so we predict)

Three Weeks Fly By

Wow! I can't believe how fast the past three weeks went by. We are currently shopping for a new computer and waiting for my lap top to be finished getting fixed so until then, I don't have a way of getting all of my adorable pictures on my blog so you'll have to be patient with me. Ha ha. Anyway... the past three weeks have been quite an adventure! Parker has done really well through all the excitement. He got to meet His great Grandma Norma, Uncle Frank, Tamitha, Tristan and Steal from California when he was just shy of a week old. They just happened to plan a trip for Grandma's 70 birthday to Yellowstone the week he was born so that was a fun surprise. He has spent lots of time getting to know both sets of Grandparents and all of his adoring uncles and aunts who fight over who gets to hold him next. We can't really blame them though, Parker is pretty darn lovable! Parker has also enjoyed becoming the third wheel on mommy and daddy's date nights and we love having him around too. We especially love his talent of sleeping in his car seat in extremely noisy restaurants the entire time we are there. Makes life a lot easier on us!



Tyler stayed home from work for the first week to help out which saved my life! I literally cried when he had to go back to work the next week but Parker and I are enjoying all our time together and we still get plenty of time with Dad too! We love going to watch Dad play church softball... even when the other team doesn't show up.

Parker had his first run through the sprinklers this past week as well. The families in our apartment complex/ward all got together for a BBQ. Well about 30 seconds after Tyler and I finally got to sit down and eat, the sprinklers came on and hosed all of us! It was pretty funny watching all the moms grab their babies and car seats and run for cover while the everyone else frantically tried to grab the food before it was ruined. After that we enjoyed playing the Johnson's board and washer game (I know there is a better name for it but I don't remember what it is). Don't worry Laura, I'll put all of those great pics up from that night;) Later that week Tyler and went to the driving range together out in the crazy hot weather, but we had fun... mostly just laughing at my "rusty" skills!

Little Parker still sleeping after getting a shower from the sprinklers

Everyone trying to save the food!

Parker and his pal Jack enjoying themselves at the BBQ

Forced to eat on the patch of dry grass we found


We also ventured on our first road trip with Parker down to Logan, UT for Brad and Allison's wedding! He did great on the four hour drive and slept there and back! We spent the night with our friends Kim and Greg and their four month old baby Caiden. It was so fun to hang out and watch the Olympics and eat donuts and Cafe Rio with them! Brad and Allison's sealing was awesome. They are great together and we are so happy for them! We also got to see our former singles' branch president, Pres Martinez and his wife Debbie. They plan on being a third set of Parker's grandparents. We also got to have lunch with Jillian and Charlotte who came up from Provo. The trip was a blast until Saturday morning when I woke up with the chills and lots and lots of pain! I found out after going to an urgent care place that I had Mastitis. If you don't know what that is... consider yourself lucky and pray you never get it! I'm already feeling much better though... until it's time to nurse, that still hurts quite a bit.

My favorite of Parker's expressions! At Brad and Allison's reception

Tyler driving home from Logan

Lastly, we had the annual Analytix summer BBQ at the Stafford's house last night with everyone Tyler works with. Poor Parker was pretty grumpy having not slept much (or at all) the past two days but that didn't stop everyone from passing him around. Hopefully all this attention will help him be outgoing like his dad when he gets older.