Giveaway.

I've been following her blog for a while and I stalk her etsy quite frequently. Almost bought a Fancy Nancy dress for Izze too, but Izze changed her mind for her birthday theme and wants a witch party. So this giveaway is perfect for her.

http://raegunwear.blogspot.com/2009/09/giveaway-halloween-skirt.html

She makes the most darling things. :D

New Blog.

Izze decided she wanted to have a blog too. So we started a book blog.

We read a lot of books in our house. So why not start reviewing them?!? Izze tells me about the story and we take note of our favorite parts. And rate them 1-5

Her first two reviews are up right now.

izzelovestoread.blogspot.com

Please follow it! We're going to do a review at least once a week, but sometimes more. We even did two today!

Ok... really.

We had a lot of hiccups with getting internet here. Everyone thought everywhere in Daybreak had free fiber optic internet. I guess there are a few streets that just don't get it.

We finally have it, and I am committed to keep this blog up. I love reading all the blogs of our family and friends. So I need to give to get right?

And you know our blogs are the best with pictures of the cute little people in our lives...

Without further ado.

I have several pictures from this summer.

First off, my little fishy girl. She can swim underwater about three feet by herself. She loves going underwater and could swim all day if I'd let her. You can really see her missing tooth here now.






For Jeremy's birthday Izze got him the DJ Lance Hat, she was so excited. She thought, this is something she really wanted, so she knew her dad would love it too.





Izze being cute again.


I know she's got a booger face, that's what happens when you ride against the wind. I didn't do a thing to this photo, she's just so darn beautiful! :D I can't help but brag!


Showing me the rock she found, she loves painting rocks and giving them as gifts. You can also see her name bracelet I found at the farmer's market. I never thought it a million years I'd find Isadora, and I did... all I had to do was wait until the Ecuadorian family started a booth of these!


Izze told me she wanted to grow out her hair... but we both decided on a whim to get her hair cut, short and choppy.





She loves riding her bike. We ride it almost every night.




and even though this is out of order. We got her dance class pictures back.


I'll update a lot more often, smaller too. Izze dance class is starting up again soon. The classes I teach are up and running. I'm taking a few classes now too. We're always staying busy, so hopefully that means we'll have a lot to post about. :D

My... how I've neglected you.

Tomorrow? I promise pictures and an update. The Parkin family is as busy as they come.

Desperately Seeking Pictures.

The craziness that ensues... in picture form.

Izze's mother's day party at school. She made me a huge card showing me how much she's grown since starting school (not at all). And potted a pansy for me... which I left at the apartment (wah wah wah). And she frosted me cookies.



Packed up/ after pajama day at Izze's school... where she had a big "D" accident and came home in mismatched jammies... but hey... I at least remembered to pack another pair of jammies on pajama day. GO MOM!



Izze running through the sprinklers in Jeremy's parent's backyard. She is pretty cute...





And visiting our new house today... That's Jeremy's dad, Jeremy and Isadora... with the fresh blood drawn wound. And our nephew Parker.


I don't have photoshop on this laptop... so no fancy stuff... just pictures you were dying to see. :D

Tomorrow... Tomorrow!! I love ya'! Tomorrow!

Hi there.

Remember us? Things have been a little hectic, to say the least.

Last I posted, our landlord asked us to move, so her son and his pregnant girlfriend and her 7 year old daughter could move in. We rushed to find a place, and we luckily did. We found a great place in Daybreak, we're really excited about it.

We had to be out of our house by the 15th and initially we thought we'd move right in to our new place, but the carpets need to be cleaned, the walls need to be painted and the dishwasher needs to be replaced. So we had to push back our move in date a week.

We packed our things into a pod. Those things are very cool and worth every penny. They dropped it off, we filled it at our pace, they picked it up and will store it until they drop it off again, which we can unload at our pace. They'll pick it up again and we're done. It's pretty awesome.

So right now we're staying at Jeremy's parent's house and they're in Florida for a few days. Izze was a little confused at first why we slept here but they were gone.

But she fully understands that we're going to a new big house where she'll have TWO ROOMS!! She's so excited to have a room for her toys.

We move in on Thursday, so just a few more days.

Yesterday, was the Daybreak yard sale. So we drove around to check it out. It's not a joke... I love thrifty shopping for Izze. I love ebay and Kid to Kid. I love new stuff too, but shopping second hand makes more expensive stuff easier to buy. But yard sales are trickier than Kid to Kid or consignment sales. At first it was seeming to be a bust, then I came up to a lady with a Kitchen Aid mixer (which we didn't get) but she had practically new tap shoes in Izze's next size up. So I asked her how old her daughter was and where she danced. Turns out they were so new, because her daughter didn't like her teacher and neither did the mom. So they pulled her out. I now have a new student too! She was excited to know of a studio closer. Good for me.

Then I found Izze a pair of brown Converse and she bought a naked Ariel baby doll for a quarter.

We were driving back to my sister's house (she was selling things too) and we passed a house with an old iMac G3, the teal ones?!? For only $20.00!! They had it set up for their 3 year old son. So it'll be perfect for Izze. Jeremy's going to set it up, so she only has a few options, like a few games online she likes, a few videos and her pictures and music. It'll be terrific for her!

It's password locked right now, but Jeremy says he can fix it.

So that's our crazy life right now. Izze's last day of preschool is on Thursday, they're having a "beach party" and Izze got a new Yo Gabba Gabba beach towel. She's really stoked!

You really need an Izze update. She's a very good kid. She's so smart, sweet and funny. She's a good little friend and perfect daughter. But I'll do a great update with pictures later.
:D

Hello, it's been a while.

Not much, how 'bout you?

Long story short, my best friend moved to Portland and while I thought she had someone to help her, she didn't. At the last minute I dropped everything to help her move, we drove to Portland in a Uhaul towing a car, then I flew home.

It was a fairly stressful trip. But I'll spare the drama (except for one story) and just give you pictures.

We left on Wednesday and the weather was not awesome.
Izze was cute and really patient while we finished packing and moving everything into the Uhaul.
The weather might have made a better choice this day... instead it made me not miss Utah at all for a few days.
It snowed, it was cold. I was a tad stressed. We planned on leaving around 1:00 and finally left around 5:00, but stopped and ate dinner, so really we left around 6:00



We drove and drove and droveity drove and Izze slept. Then... she got diarrhea. YAY! So we pulled into a rest stop and I was too nervous to change her in the bathroom, so I did it in the cab. Cool... about an hour later, so gets diarrhea again. So we pull into a gas station and at this point, it's exploded through her clothes. Jessica is getting frustrated because it's costing time and if this is the theme of the day it's not awesome. Also. I have fully lost my voice. Hmmm. So I go into the gas station and I start to change Izze and I call Jeremy and I start sobbing. I told him to come get me or at least Izze and I was sick and stressed and all of a sudden, about 30 ladies come into the bathroom, 3 stalls mind you and I'm trying to compose myself. As I walk out of the bathroom there is a line of about 50 more girls and about 60 boys (highschool age). I guess they were coming from West Jordan High School (which is where I grew up) to Seattle for a choir competition. Izze wanted crackers and juice so I had to wait behind obnoxious teens to buy them. When I got back to the car I was stressed, but I let it out and it felt good. So we went on.



Then... this is the besty. We were trying to get at least into Oregon before getting a hotel for the night. We decided with the stops we'd made Boise was our best bet. So we tried to pull into a hotel and got turned around in a neighborhood. We got stuck in a circle with the Uhaul, with a trailer pulling a car... it was bad news. We tried backing up, but the trailer was turning the wrong way and car was turning on the trailer. This was at about 3:00 am. We called Uhaul and they were going to charge a fortune to help us. AAA doesn't help on commercial vehicles. So I called the Boise Police Department. An officer came out and spent about 45 minutes directing Jessica out of the circle. He was so nice. I really should write him a thank you letter. I hope he gets a raise. We pulled into a hotel for the night and fell asleep at about 4:15 or 4:30 and were up and out of there by 8:00. Things went genuinely smooth for the remainder of the trip. We were supposed to get to Jessica's complex at about 5:00, but didn't think we'd get there until 6:00. Luckily Jessica called and asked if someone could stay and they did. We got there at about 5:20. Whew!

Then Jessica was a little upset, because the place seemed slightly ghetto and the lady who waited for her called her snobby. Hmm.. Some more stressed ensued, getting stuck in a circle again, removing the car from the trailer, the trailer from the uhaul, finding a place to do money orders, and realizing we had no one to move her in. So. I turned into a kind of jerk. I made Jessica watch Izze and while I brought stuff up from the Uhaul. Now I don't speak Spanish. But I know these dudes were talking about me. Specifically about my butt. but it's cool. No harm, no foul. We got everything, but the most heavy stuff. Izze and Skelly, Jessica's pug were being kind of hard to handle. So we went to Albertsons and got some dinner and snacks for Izze. Then we woke up the next morning and Izze and Skelly watched a movie, which Jessica and I moved the rest of the heavy things, except for one stupid box. Filled with a stereo. Death of me.


It's cool.

Then we spent the day being touristy. We met up with my friend Melanie for super late breakfast. I haven't seen her in a few years and she lives near Portland. It was really good to see her. Mixing friends proved to be a good idea this time around. Now Jessica has one more friend where she lives. We then went to a vintage store that was darling. Izze kept begging for the rotary phones...

Then we went to the vegan strip mall. Amazing. Food Fight, we got some marshmallow fluff (vegan of course) and some rice krispie treats and some vegan jerky. Then next door at Herbivore Clothing Izze and I got some shirts. I got one with an elephant that says "I'm vegan and I <3 you" and Izze got one with some birds that says Herbivore... keep sining. Then we headed next door to Sweetpea bakery and I had THE BEST cupcake, ever. No joke. It will be my first stop next time around.

Then we stopped at Jessica's mall to see if she'd get stabbed. And it turns out it was the same mall we had to stop at on the way to Canada to pick up our friend's engagement ring (longer story). She will not get stabbed.

Then it was time for vegan softserve and an enormous book store.
You can see Izze's missing tooth finally.


We had a very busy filled day.

Izze saw these elephants and they were instantly dubbed "Mama and Izze elephants"


The next morning I barely made my flight at 7:15 am. Luckily I did. I would have either had to fly to Vegas and had Jeremy drive to pick me up there, or stay until today. :( Ew. Not that I didn't like being in Portland, or being with Jessica. I just missed Jeremy and my bed.

The flight by myself with a grumpy toddler was a tricky one. Kids have a lot of crap. Luckily I checked a bag, but I had Izze, her car seat and two carry ons. Wow. I don't want to have to do that again.

The next day we went to the park with Jeremy and fed some geese and seagulls and our landlord asked us to move.




We're most likely moving to a townhome in Daybreak. It's a new community modeled after Sugarhouse where we live now... and a few of the other surrounding areas. We'll rent for a year and if we like it we'll have the chance to buy it, or we'll buy something else. If we hate it, we're moving back to Sugarhouse. We're just waiting for the owners to call us back either today or tomorrow, after they've talked to our current landlord.

At least I know our landlord, will give us a good referral. She doesn't want us to go, at least... that's what she says, but her son, needs a place for his new family. He's gonna be a dad and a step dad. And they know we've been considering moving anyway. So. They just pushed things along for us.

And that's my update. I'm super busy. Izze's in preschool right now, so I indulged in some Internet time. Today is picture day for her. I almost didn't get her there in time. I think the pictures are going to be darling. They took them on/in front of one of their school busses.
I still have an hour until she's out. What to do?