Lexi turns 6

Princess for a Day

Her present from g-ma & g-pa Coops was perfect for the party!

The royal guests made their own tiaras and crowns

A princess for a princess!

Rescue the princess game

A true prince can tell the difference between store bought and homemade!

A princess cake destined to be devoured

Looks like it was a hit! Lexi is definitely the princess of our family. She is such a sweetheart and we love her so much. Happy birthday Lex!

Lexi starts Kindergarten

I can't believe my little girl is growing up so fast! She was so excited for school to start. She has been in school for a few weeks now, and says her favorite part of school is recess. She enjoys riding the bus to and from school and has made a lot of new friends. I was able to go to school with her to celebrate her birthday and read one of her favorite books to her class. It was a lot of fun! I am so proud of her and all that she is learning and the fact that she is such a good reader! Keep up the good work Lex!!

Where have we been?

So, you might be asking: "what have the Parry's been up to the last 5 months?" That is a good question. This post will hopefully cover the last 5 months. For starters, I am five months pregnant...so that has a lot to do with it. I've only been past the "yucky stage" for a couple of weeks now, but I am definitely feeling better. I have my ultrasound this week! Also, we put our house up for sale, but due to the falling house values we have decided to stay put for now. The rest of the summer will speak for itself.

Landon spent as much time as he could riding on the 4-wheelers.

Lexi graduated from Little Scholar Academy Preschool.

We had a lot of fun up at the property this summer with our cousins!

We got in our fair share of pool time. The kids started swim lessons this summer and both of them did really well. They can't wait for next summer to come so they can go back to the pool!

The highlight of our Bear Lake trip this summer was that Mark competed in the Bear Lake Classic Triathalon. He tore his MCL two days before the Spud Man and had to drop out. After a lot of dedicated rehab, he felt that he would be able to participate in the Bear Lake Classic. However, he got the stomach flu that week. (Most of the Parry side of the family shared this strain of the flu with each other over a 3-4 week period.) We tried our best to talk him out of participating, but he knew he had put too much time and effort into training this year to not try. It was fun to watch and cheer him on!

Landon's Birthday Bash

I think it is safe to say that Landon had a better birthday than he ever could have imagined. The celebrations started off with dinner at 5 Guys Burgers and Fries (better than In-n-Out!) followed by a trip to Nicklecade. That was definitely a hit with the kids and the adults! After all the nickles were gone, we headed to grandma and grandpa Parry's for presents. Landon got a red (Utes) chair, a classic pony riding-stick that neighs and makes other loud noises (not so classic), and a Cars backpack!

The following morning he got his presents from mom and dad!

On Sunday he had a combined birthday party with his cousin Spencer at grandma Coops. It was a lot of fun and he definitely was spoiled! He finally has boy dress-ups now and doesn't have to borrow his sisters anymore!!

Thanks everyone for the best birthday ever!!

Easter

Yes, we did have Easter...this post is just a teeny bit late. The kids had a blast finding the eggs the Easter Bunny left for them.

They looked adorable in their new Easter outfits!

A Dream Come True....

We decided a couple of months ago to surprise the kids with a trip to Disneyland. We waited until three days before we were going to leave to tell them. I bought them each a Disney activity book (to keep them busy in the car) to open when we told them.

After what seemed like an eternity (for all of us) we finally arrived at Disneyland.

Lexi loved the teacups

Landon loved riding in the pirate ships on the Peter Pan ride

Other Pics...

After three days of Disneyland it was time to head back home. We were all exhausted, but we had a great time together. My favorite moment was at the end of the first day when we were leaving the park. We were standing there watching the firework display when Lexi wrapped my arms around her, looked up at me and said, "Mom, it's a dream come true!"