THE PARK POST

Every few months I drive to the temple while the kids are at school and invite anyone in the ward to come with me.  My usual takers are the older widows and women who have no transportation.   It is quite an experience dealing with walkers, women telling me I'm going the wrong way or driving a little too fast, and listening about the ailments and doctor visits they all have to get to.  But in the end I realize that this will be me too someday and they are always so grateful to be able to go that it makes it worth it for me.  This last time Mike had the day off work and so he got to come with me and all the older ladies.  I loved having him be the driver and all of the ladies loved having a doctor trapped in the car with them for 3 hours.  They could ask any health questions they wanted for free!  I'm not so sure how soon he'll be signing up to go again with us, but it was fun while it lasted. They realigned our wards here in Columbus on Su...

 McKell turned 14 on January 8.  All she wanted for her birthday was an ipod touch 5, (actually all she wanted was an iphone 5 but that's not happening for awhile) so she had to forfeit all of her grandparents' birthday money in order to afford it.  I think she thinks it was worth it.  I definitely can't accuse her of not getting enough use out of it. :)  McKell wanted to sleep in as long as she wanted on her birthday, but the funny thing was she was so excited she woke up earlier than normal.  We had a breakfast birthday party with Krispy Kreme and Starbucks.  I took her and Paige to get a manicure and she wanted her eyebrows waxed for the first time.  We live in a different world because I didn't even know that was an option until I was about 30.  Mike and I took her to dinner later that night and then she had her friends come and sleep over.  I think she had a fun day and enjoyed me not nagging her to do any work all ...

We loved having the Park clan come visit.  We went to Les Mis two nights in a row, ate great food, Katie and Nick went to Atlanta with the older girls, and we played pictionary several times. (BLUE TEAM)  Sam, Noah and Jackson all decked out with air soft equipment.  Not sure how I feel about this pic.   Sad modern day reality.  Even the grandparents are keeping up with the technology. Mike used his new panoramic feature on his phone for these pics. Nick likes to look mental, and this feature sure helps him out. Jackson actually smiling and letting us take a pic with Grandma. We went to Crepe Myrtle.  So delicious! Paige only performed a small role in the Nutcracker this year, but she still did amazing. Paige helping me out with Sydney's class Christmas party.  Somehow I got nominated to be room mom this year. The girls curled Sydney's hair and dressed her up on Christmas Eve.  We made our annual t...