Life happens. And before you know it, you've neglected your blog for over four months. Whoops...
Here's the quick recap of Mr. Parker and I.

Winter came early and stayed way too long if you ask me. After the third time of shoveling out the driveway, I was done with snow.

After the snow, came the sun. The Hawaiian sun that is. Our week in paradise was fantastic! It's down right beautiful there. My only complaint is that we weren't there long enough.

We're already planning another Hawaiian vacation in three years. Can not wait!


Do you remember Max? Max is our ridiculous puppy. He's my most favorite dog around. He spent his winter growing out his hair. He's most recently been chasing away racoons and cats from his yard and finally got a much needed haircut :) As JD would say, our dog is stupid cute.

We decided a couple of months ago that it's time to take the next step in our married life and get JD in school full time. This means that we will be moving come August. JD will finish up some prereqs at CGCC for the year then he'll move onto ASU business school. We are both excited for the change of scene but very much dreading the heat and valley life.


We've had an eventful past couple of weeks. On Mother's Day, I took JD into the ER. He had severe stomach pains for 24 hours. They knocked out blood work and an ultra sound and told us it was probably the gall bladder.

A couple of appointments later, we are anxiously awaiting a hydascan and consultation with a surgeon next week. We're hoping to have his gall bladder surgery in the next two weeks. It's been so hard to see my husband in so much pain. He can't eat a thing without having severe attacks.


Lastly, we celebrated our second anniversary yesterday. We had a nice dinner (minus JD's stomach attacks afterwards) and watched a movie at home. It was simple, but our real celebration comes next week. We are going to watch FUN. in concert. SO excited!! It will surely be a great time.

I can't believe how incredibly lucky I am to be married to this man forever! He's handsome, funny, kind, uber patient, hardworking, and for some reason he loves me. Happy anniversary my dear! I can't wait to see what this next year will bring.

2012

It's sure been a while since I last updated. We finished up the year of 2011 with lots of work and lots of family time. I turned 22 last month. I celebrated the day with all sorts of family and friends; special visits from Kristjana, Dillon, and Holly Ann :)  We were also blessed enough to spend Christmas day with family as well.  Now we are well into 2012. Life moves on just the same: work, school, time together, more work, sleep. But this year is going to be a fantastic year! There is so much in store for JD and I.
 My husband is the most incredible man ever. With that being said, he bought me WICKED tickets for Christmas! True Love. He does not enjoy musicals in the least, but yet he still noticed how my eyes lit up every time I saw a commercial or poster for Wicked. When he gave me the tickets he informed me that there are two tickets, yes he will be driving me down there, no he will not be attending the show, and I could choose whomever I wanted for the second ticket. Of course I chose my mother :)
  In two months time something amazing will happen! The whole Parker fam is headed to Hawaii to enjoy a week of paradise. I can not wait!!! We're going to the Big Island. There will be lots of beach time, lots of sun and warmth, some helicopter rides, snorkeling, sunset cruises, and I'm sure tons of incredible food. There's also the Kona Temple nearby which I'm very excited to visit too. 
  I love that I can sit back and examine my life and realize how blessed I am. Of course we have our trials and hardships, but there is so much joy and love that surrounds us. We're very grateful for our jobs, even if it feels like all we do is work and stress over work. Most of all we're so lucky to have great friends and family. I hope every one is as excited for 2012 as we are! Yes I know this is three weeks too late, but happy new year!