Clark and his Cousins

Emily took these of the kids at her wedding dinner. They all looked so cute!

A day at the Park

The weather has been so nice! Today while Rob was changing the oil and washing the cars, and Clark was napping, I went on a bike ride on my lovely red beach cruiser I don't use near enough! We just ordered a double jogger/bike trailer and I can't wait to put it to good use!!!! Clark will be in heaven! The boy love the outdoors!!! He loves the playground, but he loves the grassy field way more! He just runs and runs and attempts to roll down the hills. He is so dang cute and we love him to pieces!

Clark's 1st Campout

We had so much fun camping with the fam. this weekend! Rob caught TONS of lizards for the kids, planned an elaborate treasure scavenger hunt incorporated with a tale about Long Nose Nate and Twisted Sister, brought his paint ball gun for the kids to shoot, built a damn in the creek, etc. Needless to say, he was the life of the party. We played in the creek and went on a hike. We ate well and enjoyed the BEST blueberry cobbler to celebrate cousin Luke's 7th birthday. We got Clark down ok and were able to visit around the campfire with all of the adults. I am so grateful to be a part of such a fun family! Unfortunately, the night was downhill after that. I had Rob check on Clark in the tent and he got woken up. He cried and cried until we were able to finally get him back to sleep, but then when we went to get back into the tent he woke up again and cried and cried. Finally around 11:47 we loaded him in the car and I drove us home b.c Rob was falling asleep. We slept well in our comfy beds at home and then woke up at 6:30 and drove an hour back to the camping spot to play and pack our stuff up. All in all, we had a lot of fun. Maybe next time, we will be able to actually sleep in our tent and camp. I don't know if you have noticed clark's face in the pictures from the last couple months, but his face never cleared up after he had the hand foot and mouth disease. The bumps and illness went away, but now he has had a weird rash for about 3 weeks around his mouth. I promise we clean his face regularly, but with no avail. Look beyond the rash. :) I love the second to last picture, such a typical camp-out face...so dirty!

Rejoice! (inside joke)

Rob's favorite sister Emily got married yesterday and we couldn't be happier for the happy couple! Welcome to the family Jared! Stay tuned for pictures from an upcoming wedding dinner in May. Clark is going through early terrible two-ness. We love him regardless of his fits and temper tantrums that cause him to fling himself backwards with all his might...some even resulting in head injuries from tile flooring. He is very stubborn, strong willed, and STRONG! Even if I need to restrain him, I can not because he overpowers me! Maybe I am making him sound worse than he actually is behaving, but I am still adjusting to his new attitude and hope that he returns to his mellow, easy going ways! How do you discipline a child we they repeatedly dump their bowl of food out onto the floor, or slug you in the face, or pinch the living daylights out of your cheeks, or throw temper tantrums for not getting what they want and shouldn't be able to have (sunflower seeds! He got a hold of one w/o me noticing and chocked and gaged on it until I got the pieces out and then begged for more. what?!) Does time out do the trick, acting sad,etc...I would love anyones advice! He really is a sweet little boy and has more kind, happy moments than not, but ya know, he does have his moments. Back to the pictures, the dollar theatre near our home let all the little kids come and see a movie for free before they reopened it to the public ( it was refurbished). They gave every little kid popcorn, a drink, and a little bag of skittles. Clark was in heaven!!! It is our record for sitting in a movie theatre...1 hour and 25 minutes. Not bad. It was all downhill after the popcorn was gone, the drink sucked dry, and the skittles consumed. Wish us luck, we are taking Clark on his first camp out with all of his cousins and Rob's siblings and some of the wives. It will be an adventure.

Lehi Days

I grew up loving Lehi Days..the Friday night dance, the rodeo on Saturday, Cotton Candy, snow cones, Catching chickens, the BBQ etc. Clark loved riding the horses this year. We had to pull him from the saddle, but it was worth it. We were pretty sad we missed the toddler chicken run, but there is always next year! The highlight for me this year was seeing my boys in their boots!

Gotta Love the Zoo

We went to the Zoo this morning and had so much fun!!! We stopped off to get the Zoo pass from my parents and Katie and Chloe were just getting ready to head off for school, but there was a change of plans when they heard we were taking Clark to the Zoo. Clark was very excited to have the girls accompany him. We met up with Steve, Kelly and our 2 nieces (Happy 4th Birthday Alyssa!) The weather was good and the company was great!

All About Clark

This past week Clark has been sick...poor guy! He had that awful hand, foot and mouth disease where they get red bumps all over those particular areas along with high fevers and long uncomfortable nights. I think we are finally out of the woods and now we are just waiting for the sores around his mouth to go away. Last weekend he went to Katie and Chloe's school carnival and spent the majority of his tickets riding the train. After I pulled him from the train, I distracted him with the hula hoop contest going on at the basketball courts. Not gonna lie, I totally thought I still had it, but was pretty disappointed when I cam to the realization that I no longer know how to keep a hula hoop going!!! I had fun watching Clark jam out to the tunes and do his famous stomp/quick feet dance. The boy has some serious moves and often rocks out with me in the back seat of the car. The carnival was a real treat. He loves loves loves hanging out with his aunts and gets lots of attention from them...so thanks girls for being so good to Clark. Clark is my best buddy and we love him SO much!