Welcome 2011

Wow... Where to start. This year has been full of lots of adventures as well as a few new additions and a loss for our family. At the beginning of the year, Owen and I along with my sister Jana and her husband Brad all went to Hawaii for about two weeks. Oh man, was that fun! We did lots of snorkeling with all kinds of fish and even saw hundreds of whales! We hiked, drove, rode bikes, enjoyed a sunrise and just explored all that was there for us to explore. It was awesome! Of course we did our annual Snake River trip in July and that was fun as always. I had Tylar Nicole the middle of August and then we had a Lake Powell trip after that, that was fun as well. At the end of Summer, we lost our buddy Duke, man what a hard time for all of us. About two months later, we found Chopper on KSL and had to get him. He is a lab rottie mix (just like Duke) and is just the funniest puppy ever. He actually smiles! Oh, about five days before Christmas, we moved into our new home. We do still live here in Page, but now we own our home and it's so perfect for us! It's located on the rim in a quiet culdasac, with 3 beds 2 baths and lots of living and growing room. It is 2100 spft upstairs of finished space and another 2100 sqft of basement that is totally unfinished. It has a two car attached garage and a two car garage/shop located in the back. It has a half acre lot that has plenty of potential and every morning, we wake up to a beautiful view of Glen Canyon (the Grand Canyon). There is LOTS of work to be done on it, but we are excited for the opportunity we will have to do all the work.

Owen has been extremely busy this year with 3 jobs that he works around the clock for. He still works for Classic Life Guard as a life flight pilot. He also works down at the Dam as security. His third job is just when he can at the air port working on finishing the FBO so it can get up and running by late Spring early Summer. Owen still enjoys most Tuesday and Thursday night basketball games with a bunch of guys at our stake center. He enjoys creating new obsessions for BO and is more then eager to teach BO how to shoot his new compound bow and the .22 he got for Christmas.

I have been up to my neck in busyness... I was pregnant most of the year and miserable at that. I ran kids to dance, soccer, school and all their little friends houses. I still clean two nights a week at Cellular One (yes for fun) and I actually enjoy it most of the time. I haven't done much besides the baby, kids and the new house, but this year will be different, I can just feel it! (;

Rylee Marie (5 -almost 6) started school this year as a kindergartner. She struggled at the start, but is doing amazing now. She can read most things and it's getting rather hard spelling things out to Owen without her chiming in. She is little miss talker and loves to be a mom to baby Tylar. Rylee learned how to ride a bike this year. Can you believe BO taught her how? It was way cute! Rylee has been taking ballet at a local studio here and loves dancing with all her girl friends.

Branson Owen(BO)(4)is Owens little side kick. Everywhere Owen goes, BO has to go to. If Owen goes to the Dam to work, we get a kick out of BO saying, "Dads at his Dam job." It's funny, trust me! BO has become really obsessed with guns, bow and arrows and still loves all kinds of sports. He played soccer this year and was one of the oldest on his team, but was the shortest and still kicked some serious butt! He can throw a ball like nobodies business and will play catch for hours with anyone that is willing to play with him. BO loves riding his bike and I'm afraid that the emergency room is going to be his second home. He hasn't been there yet, but he's been working on jumps and wheelies and no hands (Thank you Owen!!!) so I'm sure it's just a matter of time now.

Kodi Rakelle (3)has just learned how to make us understand what she is trying to say (90% of the time). Kodi has just started ballet as well. She is the smallest and youngest in her class and she just loves showing everyone her wild and crazy moves. Kodi's been struggling with the potty training bit, it's really only some nights she has a hard time with it, but I know she will get it down fast! Kodi loves: Care bears, barbies, babies, scooters, painting (mostly on the walls, herself and others), chap stick, make-up, bath time (2-3 times a day just isn't enough for her) and picking on her dad.

Tylar Nicole was born August 20th. She weighed a whopping 8lbs 6oz and was 21-3/4" long. She is an awesome sleeper, eater and laugher. She has a smile that just melts me and a laugh that is contagious. All together, Tylar has been an awesome baby. She puts up with what I like to call Hell.... No really, it is. The kids poke her, hold her upside down, drop her, squeeze her, maul her, and force all kinds of things in her mouth. They do try to be gentle, but fail miserably!

All in all, we are doing very well and just love our life here in Page. We love you all and hope you all have a wonderful 2011!

Love,

The Park family

Owen, Bree, Rylee, BO, Kodi and Tylar