The Natural State

We spent part of the day at Pinnacle Mountain State Park in Little Rock. It was beautiful. It wasn't too hot and we really enjoyed the day. 

 Ellen turned 8 months old today! I can't believe how big she has gotten! She really is starting to look like a little girl all of a sudden.

This really is "The Natural State"

Sewing Project: Toy Bag

I don't know why I keep starting crazy projects when I have so many that aren't completed...but this is a bag I made tonight to keep Ellen's toys in (and safe from Charly-dog.) I dont know if you can tell, but it is hanging on the end of our pack'n'play and is made with Winnie the Pooh fabric. I ended up doing it a little different than I wanted to, but this was the easiest way and the only way it was going to get done in the amount of time I wanted to spend on it.

This is why I hate blogging...

IF THE SLIDESHOW ISN'T LOADING FOR YOU, CLICK HERE.

Here are the highlights...

Here are some photos of Ellie from the last 5 months. Isn't she cute?



I am not sure why some of the pictures are smaller than the others, but I am too tired to figure out why. If you click on the slide show, it should let you see them bigger.

Now I feel like we are caught up, I can post new stuff. :)

Remember the Parks? Whatever happened to them?

I am a terrible blogger. I get behind, then I don't post anything new because I think I have to go back and update the old stuff before I can do the new stuff. One thing leads to another...and here it is over 5 months later.

"Let me explain...No, there is no time. Let me sum up":

We spent 2009 in San Antonio, Texas, while Jon completed his navigator training with the U.S. Air Force. We loved our time there and are grateful for the good friends we made.

Our beautiful daughter, Ellen Janyce Parks, was born on November 10. She was 7 lbs 6 oz and 20 inches long. She was named for someone who is very special to me, my "Great Aunt Jan." We are adjusting to being parents and love having her as part of our family. She was a colicky baby, but we are thankfully past that now and she is more fun every day. (I will post some slide shows later to update pictures of her.)

We are currently at Little Rock Air Force Base in Arkansas. We will be here for 6-7 months while Jon trains specifically for the C-130. He is really enjoying it so far. After some other shorter training and hopefully some vacation time, we will PCS to our first assignment to Yokota Air Base in Japan!

Hopefully once I get some photos of Ellie posted, I will stay more up to date with this, but no promises! It's a work in progress.


PS If you have a blog and I don't have it listed at the bottom of this page, please send me the link! I want to stay up to date with how you all are doing too!