Feeding Giraffes

Ryan had July 3rd off from work so we took a day trip to the Buffalo Zoo.
We arrived just in time to feed to Giraffes.

I am not sure who enjoyed it more.

Buddies

Jack and his good friend W1.

I just had to share their joy!


These boys are actively trying to learn to use the potty this week. Pray for K1 and me.

Medical History

Addy is home from her exciting morning at the Surgical Center.
Do not let these pictures deceive you into thinking she was upset. She had a great time before her surgery making the nurses ohh and ahhh.

She marched herself right in to the pre-op area wearing her new fancy sandals and chose this from the toy closet.

Which I think is way cuter than what she picked the last time.


I was secretly hoping she would pick the My Little Pony and Ryan said there were cool toys for him on the higher shelves but Addy only had eyes for the doll.

The worst part of the day? Having to put in her eye drops.

She will have tubes in her tear ducts for a year or until they fall out and hopefully this will mean no more clogged tear ducts or goopy eyes.

Great Parry Bunch Reunion 2009

About a year ago I started planning a family reunion. Ryan and I live so far away that our kids rarely get to see their Parry cousins and with my parents serving back to back missions for our church it had been a long time since we were all together. I am so glad we planned this weekend together at our family cabin at Bear Lake, Idaho. Our cabin is 25 years old this year and was built by my grandparents. Lots of great memories of times with the Wheelwright family and my Parry family. Plus, Ryan's Grandpa and Grandma Matthews both grew up in the Bear Lake Valley so we have a strong pull to the area.

Here are some highlights from our weekend together.

Oscar made his debut. He is my adorable, happy go lucky 7 month old nephew. A smile is always right below the surface no matter the mood.

Jack, Adeline and their cousin Willa, Oscar's older sister, got to play together in the big tub.
So fun to finally have Willa and Jack together again.

Jack and Jill and Amy Beth.
Jack loved all of his cousins. He was spoiled with attention from lots of little mothers.

Oscar's adoring fans Ann, Jill and Emmy.

Friday night my mom rented out the Oregon Trail Center in Montpelier, ID. It is a great interactive museum and after our tour we had dinner in covered wagons. Following dinner we went into the museum's movie theater to watch a slide show of our family through the years. (let's just say that as the 5th child and my poor brother, Steven, as the 6th child we were less than represented:). My nephew, Riley, scanned in pictures of the 25 years we've spent at the cabin and made a DVD for us all to take home. It was so fun to watch and the music brought back memories of our cross country trips from Wisconsin to Utah each summer. Riley couldn't understand why we would want Elvira on there but when the song started playing all of us kid started singing. Good times!

Ryan and I took the kids to Liberty, ID to see where their Great- Grandpa Matthews grew up and we visited the cemetery. Jack is named after William Kenneth his Great-Great Grandpa Matthews who went by the name Jack in his ranching circles. Jack's middle name is Doyle after his Great Grandpa whose grave you can see in the background. I know that Doyle would have gotten a kick out of our Jack. We certainly miss him.

Jack loved the sandbox and Riley. He carried that large bulldozer everywhere.

I think this should be Steven and Danyelle's Christmas card picture. We spent many evenings sitting around the kitchen table laughing at old stories. It was so good to laugh together.

Ryan schooling Ann in tether ball.

We're hopeful that Addy will take up lacrosse. Her cousins let her use their sticks.

Thanks for a great reunion!

To see the other 272 pictures of the reunion check out our shutterfly site:

http://ryansheltonfamily.shutterfly.com/

Utah Vacation- Logan

We spent the next part of our trip in Logan visiting Ryan's mom and grandma.

Jack loved to see the temple from Grandma Shirlene's house. Everywhere we saw the temple he would get excited. He also loved the tabernacle which is quite a mouthful for Jack to say.

We had a picnic at the Logan Zoo. Shirlene made some yummy, yummy food and Jack and Adeline loved the animals. Jack loves turtles so he spent quite a bit of time sitting and watching this one.

No trip to Logan is complete without a (or two or three) trip to Aggie Ice Cream.
Anyone who loves Aggie Ice Cream can thank Ryan's Grandpa Doyle.
This year I really enjoyed Aggie mint.

Jump Club in Grandma Shirlene's basement.
One morning Jack woke up and said, "I have a good idea." When I asked what was a good idea, Jack replied, "Go to Jump Club in the basement."

I really thinks he wishes we had Jump Club in our basement too.

We played at this fun park and even ran into an old friend of Ryan's sister Stephanie. What a small world.

Addy met her Great-Grandma Matthews. Jack and Adeline loved chasing each other around Grandma Matthews kitchen and loved meeting the newest member of Grandma Matthew's household.

Mr. Bo Jangles chased Jack and Addy. Or was it that Jack and Addy chased Mr. Bo Jangles.
Either way, there was lots of giggling, barking, panting and running. Cute little dog. (and I mean little. Like the size of a kitten.)

We had a great time in Logan.

For more pictures of our trip to Logan see our Shutterfly site at
http://ryansheltonfamily.shutterfly.com/

Happy 4th of July

We had another great 4th of July in Rochester.

I signed up to run a 5k with my friends.

See how happy I look? This was the start of the race.

Darren and I looking oh so cool as we run past the camera.
We had a nice chat the whole race and now plan to make a Saturday morning run a tradition.
(if you want to join us, send me an email and I will give you the location of our run)

Amy, Darren and Brandon after the finish.
(Brandon sprinted past us at the beginning and we didn't see him again until the end of the race. Maybe some day I will keep up with him. It is a worthy goal)
We missed you Joanna and Anna. See you at the next race!

Addy loved the fireworks. She oohed and ahhed like the rest of us and would point. Jack repeated this line the whole way home, "Good job, Mom. That was fun." He was glad to have warm daddy to snuggle while watching the fireworks too. Thanks to the Pulleys for another great year.

No Surgery- Just Strawberries

Addy had a fever Tuesday night, so her Wednesday morning eye surgery to correct her clogged tear ducts was canceled. Since we were all up at 6 a.m. and Ryan had the morning off, we decided to go pick strawberries.


Jack loved carrying the basket.
He would take a bite of the strawberries and stick them in the basket. I laughed today while making jam as I found strawberries with bite marks.

Addy loved the strawberries.

She was covered in sticky juice but she was happy.

She continued to beg for strawberries today while I made jam. She went down for her nap with a full belly.