Parrish Family

Rodeos

We haven't really gone to too many local events, but we did make it to the rodeo. It had been so long since we had been, we were both excited to go. Jonathan loved watching the events and we spoiled him with a snow cone. Overall, we all had a blast and can't wait until we get to go again.

4 months in Silver City!

We have been in Silver City for almost 4 months now and have really enjoyed our time down here.
And in that short 4 months we were already lucky enough to make a trip back to Utah for a short bit to see my brother and his fam before they moved to Russia and for me to have eye surgery.
We had a blast in Utah and we already miss our family, but it is so nice to be together down here creating new memories.
Morgan is enjoying his job at Freeport-McMoRan and we all especially love his schedule. He goes in at 7 AM and gets home at 3:30 PM. We love spending our evenings together, and most of all having dad home all weekend long! Getting off at 3 on Fridays really helps us get a good start on weekend fun, too.

I am back in school taking online classes from USU and will graduate in May 2011 with a degree in Exercise Science and Business, with a minor in Chemistry. It has been fun and challenging going back to school, but I am thrilled I have the opportunity to finish! I will be very eager to celebrate once May rolls around next year.

We have a lot more updates and I promise to try to get to everything. Keep watching for more fun pictures!

Temple

We are so excited to have the Gila Valley Temple close to us and can't wait to take a trip there. It's so different not being 5 minutes away from the Temple and we realize now how lucky we were to live so close to the Logan Temple.

Hopefully, we will be able to make the most out of having this one only 1-2 hours away.

Chino Mine and Tyrone Mine

Just so you get an idea of where Morgan works.

The mine pictured here is the Chino Mine.

And this mine is the Tyrone Mine.

Morgan is the Industrial Hygienist for both mines. However, Chino isn't in full operation right now, so he spends most of his time out in Tyrone. Recently, when my parents came out to visit, Morgan took us on a tour of the Tyrone mine. It was so cool to see how the mine operates and to see all that huge equipment driving around down in the pit. I am seriously still in awe at how huge those shovels and dump trucks are!

Always a helper!

I was making some cookies tonight and Jonathan was very eager to help. He is my great little helper! That is, he loves to help eat the chocolate chips and of course the warm cookies! He is growing up too fast, I love every minute I get with him!
Oh, and his new thing is wanting to run around the house in just his underwear.

Gila Cliff Dwellings

We spent the day today up at the Gila National Monument Cliff Dwellings. We had a blast. The drive up was all switchback, curvy mountain driving and Jonathan got car sick (we didn't have a change of clothes, so he spent the day in a onesie). We went to the Cliff Dwellings and walked the 3 mile hike then picked a little campsite and made some lunch and played in the water. I think both my boys could play in the water all day if I'd let them. We are hoping to get out and do a fun hike every weekend so hopefully we will have more pictures to post soon!