All 5 Parry Cousins Together at Last

Recently Joe and Mandy came to Las Vegas to celebrate their little girl, Ryan’s 1st birthday with everyone. I think it was the first time that all 5 of the Parry Grandchildren were together at once. Eric (4) is the oldest Grandchild and the only boy. The next grandchild is Arianna (3), then Ashtyn (2), then Ryan (1), and last Caroline (5 months). We had such a great time with the entire family together. Here are some of the pictures of the party.
This is John and little Ryan at her birthday party. I think she was not sure who all of these people were because she lives in San Diego. We are going to just have to visit more often so she knows us better.
This is Arianna and Ashtyn who both love to just sit on the stairs of the pool and watch all that is going on.
This is me with baby Caroline. She is about the best baby ever, I hardly ever hear her even give a fuss. It is really fun to hold a baby again, since mine is getting so big and constantly reminds me what a big girl she is.
The best part of the party for all of the bigger cousins was that Ryan shared her birthday cake with who ever wanted to dig in. It was really fun to see them all eating the cake at once. It was one of the only pictures of Eric, because it is so hard to get him to hold still long enough to take a picture of him.

Kamas, UTAH

One of our favorite places on earth is now Kamas, Utah. This is where my parents built a house last year. It is the most beautiful country and so peaceful and relaxing to visit. Eric and Ashtyn pretty much entertain themselves because of all that there is to do there. They love to go out back and play on the swing set, help with the garden, play with all of the toys downstairs, go on four wheeling rides, go exploring, cook tinfoil dinner around the camp fire, go on tractor rides with Papa, the list could go on and on. We love to go and visit Grandma and Papa. Here is a little slide show of family pictures in Kamas.

Motorcycle Trip

John recently went on his first overnight motorcycle trip (and wives were not invited). The group (or motorcycle gang) that went were all members of our ward and decided to head out on a man's adventure. I was sad he was leaving but I wasn't too worried because our bishop was part of the group and I figured they would be looked after.

This is a beautiful picture that John took on one of their runs through Bryce National Park. They also had the chance to drive through Zions National Park and Cedar Breaks National Park.
There were five guys that went and they all had a blast. I think John smiled straight from a couple days before the trip, I'm sure the whole time while on the trip, and then a day or two after the trip (then reality hit).
This is another beautiful picture that John took.