Boys' Birthday Pictures

On Saturday we took the boys to get their birthday pictures done. We've decided to get birthday pics every year in September even though neither of the boys have a September birthday. Parkers is at the end of August and Ryders is at the beginning of October. we thought that if we do it in September one month after Parkers and one month before Ryders we only have to tackle it once. I think they turned out great..Ryder always does a good job of letting anyone take his pic...Parker on the other hand is so hard to get a good picture of. So I have been preparing him all week, pretending that I am the photographer and trying to get him to smile. On the way to get them done I broke down and went to bribing. I hate going for pictures having to pay for them and not getting one good one, this is what always happens with Parker and I get so frustrated with him. So I told him he will get a lolly pop if he smiles real big and sits still for the pictures. Surprisingly he did pretty well I think. We also got a free 16*20 of the boys so I am so happy that we got good ones for that. The prefect treasure(last picture of Ryder) we got the same one done for Parkers first birthday, when we compared the two boys it was so crazy to realize that Parker was that little once and that in no time Ryder will be as big as Parker, which will make Parker even bigger...they grow up way to fast!

SCARIEST DAY EVER!

So on Sunday while at Skylars grandmas house in Franklin Idaho, Parker and one of his cousins Conner were bouncing two basketballs next to the new patio that was just put in. We had told them that they were to stay on this patch of patio to play. We went back to talking when we all looked towards the road. What caught are attention was a Semi truck going way to fast down a not so busy street. Then I went numb when everyone jumped up and started screaming, I had no idea what was going on. The numbness made my eyes go blurry when I realized Parker was headed toward the semi in an attempt to retreve the basketball that had rolled into the road. the semi did not slow even a little. Skylars grandma screamed for Parker to stopped as the basketball was hit by the Semi..Parker was inches away. He could have reached out and touched the big rig. The semi drove right on by. Parker had listened and stopped right before getting hit. I wanted to throw up! I have never experienced anything like this in my life. The truck driver came back by about an hour later after more family had come to visit. Skylars grandma was so upset she was telling everyone what had happened. A few minutes later the semi again driving way to fast started to come back by, a few of skylars uncles and his grandma started screaming at him and they ran out to the road to stop him. Skys grandma told the driver that he almost killed her three year old grandson, that he was going way to fast, and wasn't even looking at the road. this is a small town so everyone new once the truck was stopped the driver. She told him to slow down. He was upset at the fact that she was telling him to slow down so he put the truck in gear and slammed on the gas almost running skylars grandma over. I am still shaking! Skylars dad owns a semi trucking company and Sky works for him, so we are around semis a lot. But They have never seemed so big until I saw Parker standing in front of a moving one. Semi trucks won't hurt you, they will kill you. the patio is placed far from the road, I know that Parker is fast but it really was less then a few seconds and he could have been gone. Parker knows not to go into the road but he is only three. So we obviously turned it into a lesson for him. He wasn't even scared it didn't faze him in anyway when that truck drove by. What am I going to do with this kid?!