Monday, January 24, 2011

Our Parks

Rachael (Aaron's third sister) had her 24th birthday in December and we gave her a half hour massage and later that month took her out to Pirate Island Pizza. The boys had a blast! Thad was so cute but got upset every time his mom left. (Rach and I took turns taking the two tots to play in the arcade and the little kid play area with a slide.) We had pizza and the salad bar. I got Porter the pineapple pizza that was topped with cinnamon; I really liked it.


Climbing boys. Makes me proud!
Beautiful birthday girl and cute "E-why".
Sweet baby T. Look at that face! Precious!
Rachael, Eli and Thad lived here while Luke (who is in the Army) is deployed overseas. Porter prays for Uncle Luke every night (preciousness). January 13th was the day we said goodbye to our Park's. Luke's brother went with her to drive her from Utah back to Tennessee. 36 hour trip I think. Three days, two adults, two dogs, one tot, one baby...and a partridge in a pear tree. It was so sad seeing them pull away and drive off. =(
Aaron and his dad Gary packed the U-haul and they did an awesome job; everything fit!
After she left I thought about all of the things we did: birthday date, movie nights, puzzles, play dates at Jumpin' Jacks, McDonald's and Del Taco (indoor play areas), Discovery Center, babysit each others kids, unpacking/setting up, packing and moving, house hunting (when she looked into renting), holidays and parties, playing at the park, dog sitting the pups, Rodeo, dinners, going to the Temple together, sisters wedding and decorating the honeymoon suite, and LOTS just hanging out and LOTS of talking. Porter and I really enjoyed our six months of playing and hanging out and really miss them. The day after they left Porter woke up and the first thing out of his mouth was "E-why?" He wanted his cousin Eli. Every time we pass or go anywhere near Nana & Papa's house (where Rach and the boys lived), Porter says "E-why? Rachael? Nana, Papa?" It's so sad. I tell him "Rachael and Eli went bye-bye". But we will be out to visit them in a couple months (Stacey will have her baby girl and Rachael is only an hour outside of Nashville). The boys will have a happy reunion! We miss you Rachy and boys!!! Love you guys.