I know it has taken a while for me to get these videos up (since tomorrow is July 1st), but here are a couple of videos of Parker celebrating his birthday the Saturday after his birthday with some of my family and his friends. His actual birthday was on a Wednesday and we didn't want to just ignore it since he had a party the Saturday before and the Saturday after his birthday so we decided just to go the Apple bees. Wednesday is kids day so we ordered him his first restaurant meal and they had a balloon guy he was fascinated with. It was almost a weight off my shoulders for the week to be over but I never want to forget that he is our miracle baby.

The summer has been going well. It has been busier than I thought it would be but I am loving staying home with Parker. I only work 15 hours a week during the school year but it seems to turn my world up side down. Brent has been very busy with a long commute, working and yes he is still elders Quorum President. He also has other things going on outside of work that take up his time but he usually gets to play with Parker everyday and Parker thinks daddy is the funniest person in the world. Brent had a court hearing yesterday and had to drive so he left much latter in the morning than normal and was here when Parker woke up. So this morning Parker went around the house calling for "da da" hoping he would be home. It made me sad because Brent had a stake meeting in Denver and on days like today Parker doesn't get to see Brent at all because he goes straight from work to the stake center and doesn't get home till 10:00pm. Oh well it's life. We get to have Brent home this Friday and we are really looking forward to it. Hope all of you are well. I know I wrote alot but I thought I would give an update.

June 10th is Parker's 1st Birthday! This last weekend all the Quist family came together in Utah for Jacob's (the oldest grandchild) baptism and we also did a cake for Parker. I tried downloading the video but it was too big so here is a picture of Parker eating his cake. We didn't have a highchair so I just stripped Paker down, sat him on the deck and let him go to town with the cake. He loved it! Brent and I will do something small with him on Wednsday (his actual birthday), then we are having a get together with friends on Saturday so he gets more cake. Happy Birthday to my baby boy!!!

Parker doesn't like how grass feels so when you try to put him down he keeps his legs from touching the ground.

Parker is a little grumpy in the video but he still can't help dancing to the music. Uncle Doug who do you think he gets his rhythm from?

Brent and I were able to visit Jen and Derek while we were in Utah. The new baby was sleeping during this picture but I snaped a good shot of Parker playing with Brendyn and Ammon. They are sweet boys. Brendyn looks so much like Cordell did at that age it felt like I had gone back in time. Their new home is very beautiful and has a great layout. It was good to see them again.

This is all the cousins on the Quist side we were all able to come together for Jacobs baptism. Mary and Craig had a house full of people, they are almost done with a house remodel so it will be good to see this fall when it's done.