Monthly Update

Wow! Does anyone still read this blog? Oh well. I have quite literally logged onto Troys computer and posted random pictures no one has seen yet. Most of them are of Rockwell. He is such a funny two-year-old. We've been busy job hunting. Finally Troy got an awesome new job at Beehive FCU doing graphic design and marketing but since its only part time will continue working at Ace Hardware for the time-being. So I guess it means we'll be in the area for a while longer. Maybe forever if he does his Masters online. We'll see. Everyone should come visit us and tell us of far off places cuz we aren't going anywhere any time soon

Aunt Anna got a pony (am I jealous? Why yes, I am, thank you for asking) AND she was super nice enough to take Rockwell for a ride

I wasn't sure how he would do because he usually only likes horses from afar but he LOVED it in his own stoic little way. Maybe because it was small he wasn't so frightened

 I love his goofy face in this picture. Little rebel- I had asked him to smile. He takes after his dad.

Don't know why but we were chatting at Grandma and Grandpa's and he comes out of the toy room dressed like this. Cowboy musketeer or something. 

 He wanted to be like Daddy.

Aaaaand for a little change of pace, a picture of Troy's motorcycle. I don't know if I've ever shown up close the Thunder Cats symbol on it. Preeeeety sweet.

CLEAR way back in July Troy went to nerdfest oops I mean geek convention AH! I mean Comic Con. Troy should probably do this post since  I only know a little of what actually went on. Oh well. Here are some pictures a few months too late...

There's so many of them! They're taking over the world!

Troy's favorite in polystone

Actually they did a lot of portfolio reviews/interviews which is really why (yeah, right) he went . This poor kid looks pretty nervous in his interview.

The trolls from The Hobbit. WETA Workshop made these (the same that did the other LOTR creatures)

Something really cool...

Action Figure Jedi Troy

 Don't know what this is BUT Troy had a great time. He started planning his trip next year before he even came home.

Random Pictures from the Last Month

Woah! I can't believe how fast the month goes! I hate bloggers like me. We haven't been up to a whole lot. Just live. Just livin' it and waiting in Limbo Land while Troy works on his portfolio and we figure out where we need to be and what we need to be doing. In the meantime:

Rock helped me dry apples. Oh the help of a two year old- one step forward 5 steps backward

And he made us laugh, many times.

We made Rocky a bed. It's almost perfect. It cost about $25 to make it out of solid wood (pine) and we needed to get him off the floor since we are in the basement and it's hobo (spider) season

We went to Rigby lake with Fred & Nita and Charles & Nancy. These babes are all just weeks apart. So cute! Otto, you heartbreaker, you!

Alterier motives for the trip: The men wanted to scuba dive in the lake

Rocky thought Charly was the coolest.

Harvy has become part of the family and the official scapegoat. Who ate my candy bar? Harvy. Who farted? It was Harvy. Who took over my spot on the bed? Harvy again.

Funny cat. We like him. But we like cats. We are the cat people that sitcoms poke fun at. He is the only cat I've had who's willing to come back after I throw him off the my lap while I run to the bathroom. I step on his tail like all the time and he just acts mildly annoyed. Crazy. 

More help from Rockwell. We are not ready for potty training but we're trying to help him not be afraid of it. Anyways I guess mostly he just wanted to do what I was doing- cleaning the toilet.

Rocky can identify different engines as they drive past our apartment complex (and there are man) he loves to exclaim "bike" "truck" "car" "train" (we are uncomfortably close to the train tracks) and he loves to ride daddy's bike around the parking lot. But mostly I guess he just loves hat, which really explains the next two pictures.

  

This is how Troy looks at me when I make him salads for lunch. Just kidding. This is how Troy looks at me when I interrupt his salad eating by taking a picture of him and threatening to put it on the blog for the world to see

Summer Adventure Picture Overload

The neighbor's Cat in our House

Not our cat. But him and Rocky are friends. This picture makes me laugh

The Zoo

 We went to the zoo. Rocky didn't like the petting zoo. We had fun but he mostly just ran around

He didn't like the pig either. He didn't want to get near it at all

He's feeding the tiger wood chips. I thought it was pretty clever.

Otto slept. He's a pretty good sleeper, I guess since this is him during most of our activities.

Sleeping Adventures

This is how Otto takes most of his naps. In the living room on his tummy. He sleep on his back in his crib at night but for some reason not so much during the day.

We tried to transition Rocky slowly into a toddler bed by taking off the side of his crib. It didn't work too well as you can see by these next two pictures. Finally we just put his mattress on the ground so we could put Otto in the crib. It took about two weeks but now we're all finally getting some sleep

Who's Kid is This?

He's ALL boy. He loves tools, trucks, and balls. He's all boy but not in the same way his action-hero loving daddy is

If you can't tell, he pounded the nail into his straw.

Parson Family Reunion

For the Parson reunion this year we went up to Island Park and stayed at the South Family's Family Reunion Center. It's huge with 10 bedrooms around the perimeter, 20 twin size beds in the loft, four bathrooms, two game rooms and a movie room. It was awesome!

I had to take a picture since I don't see Troy in the kitchen much. He told me not to get used to it.

Rocky in the loft. Since it's a dome and the loft goes clear around the dome, the kids used it as an indoor track and ran and around and around. Here's Rock taking a short break.

He had SO much fun with his cousins. Here we caught  a burst of enthusiasm

Just chillin' Sunday night. Here you can see the loft and Franci's BRAND new baby girl.

Riding in the Mule

Some of us went canoeing

With a little editing this could be a funny picture

We got ahead of the group and goofed off while we waited

Most people hiked to a bear cave

On the way back Rocky conked out. He was soooo tired from all the fun he had

I like these next two pics because its unusual for him to just chill but here he is taking a break and watching everyone for a moment

Pushing Otto around the dome

We had a lot of fun at the reunion but we sure missed everyone who couldn't make it