Parr Family Campout

So every year we go camping with Jared's family. This year we went to Fort Stevens and had a great time. Got rained out, just like last year so we had to leave early. What is with the weather this year! Anyway, we went to the Kite Festival in Long Beach on Friday. Grandpa Parr bought Conner his very own kite which we took out the next day at the beach at Fort Stevens. He had a blast. The kite festival was fun, and very interesting. We have never seen someone fly a kite to "Wind Beneath My Wings" and various other love songs. We got a good laugh out of that. Saturday we went to the Fort. I was worried the kids would be bored, but they had a great time. All in all it was a nice weekend.

IT'S A BOY!!

Well there is no doubting this one's a boy! We are so excited, we really couldn' t be happier! Sorry it has taken a week to get this up, but we went on vacation last week so this has been my first chance to do this. Any name suggestions? We both have only one name so far that we agree on, and that is Jackson (Jack). Open to suggestions :)

Ultra Sound

There has been a change in dates for the ultra sound. I moved it from Wednesday the 20th to Tuesday the 19th. So two weeks! I'll let you know then.

Maiden Voyage

Okay so we took the boat out as planned on Saturday. My dad came along which was great! We went out on the Columbia River and so there were some choppy spots which just made the ride more fun...for the adults anyway. The kids were dead silent and still. I don't think they were quite sure what to think of it all. Afterward we asked Conner if he had a good time and all he could talk about was how he didn't like all the "bumps." So next time we will try a lake and see if that helps. We did get to a very smooth part of the water though and each of the kids had a turn driving. They loved that. Although both were so serious about it! You can tell by the looks on their faces. And I will just apologize now for the closed eyes and the profiles, but my kids don't cooperate with the camera. So we get what we get. Well anyway....now I just can't wait to get a fishing pole in the water. The tubing will have to happen next year for me. Why am I always pregnant in the summer!! Well enjoy!

Camping

We had our ward campout a few weekends ago. A friend of mine just bought a super nice proffessional camera and so she was playing around with it and took a few impromptu pictures of the kids.

I am 17 weeks now and things are going great. I have my ultrasound scheduled for August 20th. We will find out the gender of the baby then. SO EXCITED!!!! Only two and a half weeks away! I will post the picture when the time comes.

Jared and I just bought a 15 ft. fish/ski boat. We are all very happy about that and ready to get it into the water. It is nothing fancy, but a great starter boat we got for a great deal. I will post pictures after we take it out for the first time this weekend. Conner has already made up a "boat song" he is so thrilled at having a fishing boat! I don't know who is more excited about it, Conner or Jared :) We went over boater safety for Family Home Evening this last Monday and so Conner can tell you all about his life jacket and it's purpose. And when he is allowed to get into the boat. It has been a lot of fun watching him put all this together. Okay! I think that is it for now. I will try to update more often.