Where does time go
Oh I can't believe time can go by so fast! So much has happened these last couple of months:
May, we found out we are having a boy, I am very excited! I hoped for a boy but I have loved having a girl so either way would have been wonderful! Now I cant believe I only have 4 weeks left, oh that is so stressful to me I don't feel ready! I need my mom in Idaho to get the room ready and organized! I know obviously I need to grow up still but yes I still very much need my mom! We went down to Utah in May, Richy (I am going to brag a little) had to take a Physical Fitness test in April, how they score it is point wise you have to run a mile and a half, so many push-ups, and so many sit-up. I was in Utah when he took the test, but I got a text in the morning saying "I am going to die" from Richy I asked him why and what his score was. He was so tired! Out of 100 he got a 98.8! He ran the mile and a half in 8:45 sec, Sadly I don't remember how many push-up and sit-up. But with his score a very few amount of people score this high, so if you do you get three days off of work! Then he took his CDC's ( a test you take when you are in the air force) he studied for months for this and he scored 94 out of a hundred. He came home sad about it cause if he would have gotten a 95 he would have gotten a 3 day pass from work again, but he still got one day off of work for it, so we headed to Utah his mission companion got married and then it was mothers day so we just stayed the week down there!
June, I know we did a lot in June I just can't remember what! We did go to Moab for my little brothers last trip with the family! Everyone was there, and even a few others Robyn's parents have never been to Moab so they came and then Fez and Angie, and Taylor and Whitney all came, it was really fun to have Taylor there because I hadn't seen him since before he left on his mission! Poor Henry our 4 wheeler died on this trip though, Parker decided if he was gone for two years and not going to be able to use him, no one could! I didn't get a picture of it but Parker was very lucky to be alive!
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July, July was a hard but wonderful month, we were in Mountain Home for the 4th of July we went to our ward pancake breakfast, which was really fun. We have made some good friends up here and they have girls all around Briley's age and we were all pregnant together, Sarah had her baby on the 24th of July, and we are all having boys! Then we went to the fireworks in town with another couple, the fireworks up here are amazing. You watch them on the golf course, so there is so much room, not like there is many people coming to these fireworks. I must say Mountain Home puts on a great show, and we even got to watch the fire on the hill after that the fireworks started! Then July 5 Briley and I packed up for 3 weeks and headed to Utah! Richy was working, but he came down two days later! We went to Utah to help get things ready for Parker mission farewell! I am lucky to have married someone that is such a good sport, on Friday Richy got there at 8 and then the car was packed to go on a moonlight bike ride at antelope island with my mom, dad, and Robyn so we said Hello then he left and didn't get home till almost 2 that morning. Then we woke up at 6 and did the annual Burrows Triathlon. So Richy, my dad, my mom(the only girl!), Cody, Parker, John Burrows, and Eric Burrows were the ones that did it! There was lots of spectators though! I think I got just as good of a work out as they did laughing at them. My mom started before the guys on the swim because she would be to "slow" She really did swim the fastest, and she never stopped once she is a "professional floater" so swimming comes easy to her! Now for the rest of them Parker, Eric and John all started the swim strong and finished strong all pretty much staying together. My dad, Richy and Cody were a different story! They started swimming and didn't really go anywhere, they all said they don't swim, and they weren't kidding. In some of the pictures you will notice them walking on the bank they were so happy when it got shallow enough to do that. I loved watching them because my dad and Richy pretty much doggy paddle most of the time, and then Cody was like a fish out of water, just in the water he was splashing everywhere at one point he even got turned around and was going the wrong way, with my dad trying to scream to him to get him to turn around! They all their strong points in the other areas though Richy and my dad could bike, and Cody could run! So nothing was as funny as swimming but it was still cool that everyone finished even after flat tires, and taking wrong turns on the run(even though it may have helped them finish faster! Hillary did the run part, and did great! Which was amazing to me that she ran because her baby is not that old!
And after that started the Mission festivities first the Farewell, Parker did so well on his talk! It was so fun to hear him, and see him be so comfortable giving this talk! My mom was so funny she was worried that morning when we were putting up the chairs and canopies that we were making it look like we thought a lot of people would come and giving Parker a big head. When we got to church a member of the bishopric was talking to my mom they had just about the whole gym set up with chairs, and she told them to take some of the chairs down. Little did she know they had to add more! Parker is such a fun, outgoing, nice kid, it's hard not to like him. My mom asked him later if he really knew everyone that was there, and he did he talked to and knew well every single person there. I think the people in the kitchen would prefer Parker to have less friends, but everything went wonderfully! Even with having to get more chairs from Richy's Grandpa because of the 200 people there! I didn't get pictures of the farewell but this is all of us getting ready for his talk!
I stayed down in Utah while Richy came back to Idaho, and on Monday night we went to Toads for Parker's last family night. It was fun I was pretty much the picture taker because they frown on pregnant women doing go-carts and laser tag! But it was still nice to go hang out. Paige had to put Parker in his place, he said he has never lost go-carting but don't worry Paige came through and won!
Next was getting set apart! Tuesday night Parker had lots of friends stop by to say goodbye once more, and also people from the ward! It funny how different it has been with Cody leaving to when Parker left, I am sad Parker is leaving but I was ok with his friends there. He has had some good friends for a long time. Before being set apart:
He's a missionary now!
I have been waiting for you to post. I am just hoping there isn't as much time between this post and the next as there was between the last and this post. It is so fun to hear about the fun things you have been doing even though we got to do some of them with you!
ReplyDeleteIt is so crazy to me how much Oakley and Briley look alike, so cute! Was Parker lucky to be alive because of the 4 wheeler crash or because of having to face your mom after haha?
ReplyDeleteOh my Brinkley I just read this post and I am weeping...literally I am crying so hard because I am laughing so hard. Seriously I think the story of Richy, Richard and Cody swimming is sooooo hilarious. I love the pictures you took of all of it. I agree Oakley and Briley do look a lot alike and that picture of them hugging is priceless. Love love the blog.
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