Family Reunion at Cherry Hill & A Cousin’s Birthday Party

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Time to play some catch up on this blog! Between school, work, family, keeping the house moderately clean and all the other things life has been throwing our way, this poor blog has definitely been put on the back burner the last 6-9 months.
I was looking through old blog posts though a few days ago and felt sad I haven’t been documenting things as much. It’s always so nice to have everything written down and in one place. And, I can’t say there’s been a blog post yet that I’ve regretted taking the time to quickly type up. So, here goes my attempt at playing some catch up. Hopefully I can make the time for more regularly blogging from here on out. 
The first weekend in September we had the chance to drive up to Utah and spend some time camping with my family at Cherry Hill. A little back story, every year for the last 30 years or so my dads side of the family has had a family reunion at Cherry Hill over Labor Day weekend. So I grew up going every year and now get to take my own little family occasionally as well. Sadly, we aren’t able to attend this reunion every year, but this year it happened to work out just right with Broc’s school schedule and so off we went…
On our way…

One of my new favorite road trip treats…

We got to Utah late Thursday night and then Friday afternoon we were able to celebrate my nephews birthday before heading up to Cherry Hills. Here are some of the cousins enjoying their Madagascar Ice Cream Bars at the party. The birthday boy is the cute little man in the brown polo. He was very nice to plan his party for while Titan was in town! 🙂

The bounce house my sister rented for the party. Good thing my mom has a big backyard!

The bounce house ended up having a blower that didn’t work and after trying a few different things to get it to work, Broc saved the day by borrowing a leaf blower from his grandparents (they live next door to my mom) and then rigging it to the bounce house. Thank heavens it worked or we might have had some angry little ones on our hands. 😉 Glad he’s got looks AND a good head on his shoulders! He’s definitely a problem solver, this one! 
Apparently the bounce house wore all the kids out! 
Not only did my sister have a bounce house for the kids but she also had a pinata! Overall, I’d say the party was a success. 🙂 So glad Ti could be there for one of his cousins parties. Events like this are definitely one of the things we miss not being able to attend. 

After the party, the whole family headed to Cherry Hills to set up camp and then it was off to dinner at Pepper Bellys. If you are ever near Cherry Hill, this is a great restaurant to try out. In fact, it’s become tradition for our family over Labor Day weekend. 

Excited for a yummy dinner with family! 

One of my favorite things about camping at Cherry Hills is that all the cousins get to play together all day every day. As you  can see, Saturday morning they didn’t even make it out of pajamas before the fun began! 
After some play time it was off to the water park…

Ti having fun at the Pirate Pool! 

Ti one the slides with his cousin Lily. 

Going down the Dragon Slides with Uncle Conner 

And, of course, a quick break for lunch!  

This was my lunch! 😉 Peanut Butter Rice Krispy Treats are another tradition we have when we go to Cherry Hill and they are by far my most favorite dessert/treat ever! LOVE them! 

After swimming the family went mini golfing and this is what six kids under the age of seven mini golfing looks like! (Somehow Cortland, Ti’s cousin, escaped the picture but you get the idea). 

Here Ti and his cousin Kyrie are trying to figure out where their golf balls went. I was so happy one didn’t fall back down and hit them in the face. 
Another favorite activity for the little ones is Hampster Haven. Ti had fun going down the slides and playing in the ball pit with his cousins. The cute little guy above is his cousin, Kyler. Such a happy little dude! 

Gotta refuel! 😉

Ti also enjoyed playing games with his cousins and debating with Uncle Aaron who is really in charge. We love this Disneyland game! A great one for kids and pretty entertaining for grown ups as well.  

On Sunday, my Aunt Melanie hosted a bingo game for all the little kids. One look at the prize store and I’ll admit, I was tempted to play with my own card! 

All of Ti’s prize winnings. We take our bingo very seriously! 🙂

Ti attempting to hit some sort of target with his new toy. Gotta love the shorts on backwards. We were camping though, so it doesn’t matter, right?! 🙂

And, after bingo, the fun continued with face painting! My sister Ada and her friend were super nice and offered to paint all of the kids’ faces. Ti requested to be Bowser! I had no idea how they were going to pull that one off, but they came through. 
Pretty sure this kid doesn’t know how lucky he is! Water parks, face painting, bingo, mini golfing and more, all in one weekend. So grateful we got to spend time with family and do all those fun things. Especially since we probably won’t be able to make it again for a few more years. 

After face painting we had to take off so we could head to St. George to spend some time with Broc’s grandparents at their cabin. Of course, we just HAD to stop at In-N-Out on the way. 🙂 

One of the very few hamburgers I will actually eat! 🙂 
If you made it this far, thanks for reading and staying with me while I play catch up. Up next, our trip to the Parker Cabin in Kolob, Utah. Stay tuned… 

Halloween Prep

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This last weekend to celebrate the start of fall, my little man and I did some “Halloween Prep” around the house. Once the cooler weather hits and the pools close down, I’m always itching to start decorating for Halloween. Sadly, the majority of our decor is being held in storage and I won’t be out that way for another couple weeks. So, rather than being disappointed we couldn’t start decorating the entire house, I decided to get creative and do a little “prep work” with Titan instead.

What I loved the most about the prep work is it was all simple, really inexpensive (or even FREE) and it was all stuff we were able to do together.

Here are the things we did to start making our home feel a little more festive…

First, we changed out our Scentsy scent from a summer scent to Pumpkin Spice!

Then, we hung up some new hand towels from TJ Maxx! (Only $3.99 for the set!)

Once that was done we moved all of Ti’s costumes to the front of his closet & had some fun playing dress up. Every year after Halloween I grab a couple costumes on clearance for the next year. Ti has fun switching between all of them in the weeks leading up to Halloween. This year we have Mario, an Army Guy, Buzz Lightyear, a Nascar Driver and Thor.

Then, we made our Fall/Halloween Bucket List. We have quite a few things going on between now and Halloween so I figured it was best to make our list now. That way we have plenty of time to make sure we get to everything on the list.

And, after that we made some caramel corn and watched The Haunted Hathaways on Hulu! I’m not usually a fan of most shows on Nickelodeon as it seems the acting is SO over the top. This one is pretty cute though and always makes Ti Guy laugh. So it makes up for the cheesiness. Ti especially loves how all of the youngest ghosts’ tricks never quite work out!

Last but not least, we read some Halloween stories together. Mickey’s Halloween Mystery I bought on clearance after Halloween last year at Target for around a $1.00 and the Halloween Night book I actually just picked up on Amazon for $4.00. Super cute story and I loved the illustrations! Definitely a new favorite around here!
I asked Ti what his favorite part of the weekend was and he said “All of it!” 🙂 Good reminder to me that sometimes the simplest things are the things that our kids like and remember the most!

How about all of you? When do you start getting ready for Halloween?

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Goals are dreams…

Goals are dreams with a deadline…

Feeling the need to set some serious goals for myself this year! Long story short, I feel like it’s really time to start fine tuning some things here in the Parker household.

I was going to write my goals down each week in a notebook but then realized a better place would be here. That way they will never be lost or suddenly turned into a craft project by Titan. 🙂 Plus, as my husband is ALWAYS saying, “We need to simplify” and one of the ways I want to simplify is fewer papers and files! And, I feel like putting my goals out there to be read will help with my accountability as well. 🙂

So here it goes, my goals for this week:

Household:
1) Clear out clutter in our bedroom and Kitchen. Find everything a home and make sure everything is in it’s home or in storage.
2) Take at least 50 items to Goodwill
3) Make our bed daily.

Titan:
1) Set up chore chart for him. Have him start being more accountable.
2) Work on Titan completely dressing himself each morning. (I know, he should be able to do this, but I get caught up in thinking he’s my baby and not the capable 4 year old that his is).
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Personal:
1) Read a new book. (This week either Anticancer or Make Every Day Friday)
2) Wake up earlier in the mornings. Going to shoot for a 6:00am wake up time so I have 90 minutes before work to get prepped for the day. Along with this, participate in Money Saving Mom’s Early Morning Challenge.
3) Set clear goals for the rest of the year & write them down so I have better focus for my weekly goals.

Health:
1) 3 HIIT Workout Sessions and 3 Strength Training Sessions that are at least 15 minutes each.
2) Drink at least 8 glasses of water a day.
3) Eat at least 3 servings of veggies a day.

And I think that is a good start…

I’ll report back next Monday! 🙂