R. Clark family

2008-11-05T10:11:00.000-08:00

I cut and colored my hair the other day. She thinned it out a lot. It's nice to not have soooooo much hair. I went pretty short in the back. I like it but I can't pull it back in a pony tail.

Here's Coop in my witch hat. He was being pretty cute. He would put the hat on and then he would dance. He has such a cute personality:)

Nana and Papa came to our house for dinner for the last time before their big move to Arizona. We are getting really sad to see them go. They move today:(

Uncle Scott and Aunt Rachel came and played with us too!

2008-11-05T09:51:00.000-08:00

We went on our last Rhino ride of the year. It was a beautiful day. Who would've ever thought that we would have a snow covered ground a few days later. Gracie and her cousin Whitney rode in Uncle Jake's Rhino with Aunt Kristi.

Neither one of them lasted very long:)

Ryan

Me and Cooper

2008-11-01T10:46:00.000-07:00

I really got into the spirit of Halloween this year. Here I am in my first costume, the wicked witch of the west. I had a church party, and I dressed as a Zombie cheerleader from East High, tribute to High School Musical. The costume is my mom's old pep squad uniform from high school. I'm not sure if Cooper liked it very much:)
And last but not least, my actual Halloween costume. A witch! AGAIN...

My sister in law was the only other adult in the family to dress up. Thanks Nat for having Halloween spirit with me:)

2008-11-01T10:39:00.000-07:00

Gracie was a lion. Here are the two kids with their cousin Kinzie before we went trick or treating down main street.
I love this costume!!!

We met up with some friends.

I think Cooper had a really fun Halloween!

2008-10-31T20:23:00.000-07:00

Kinzie and Cooper on our way home from trick or treating on Main St. Gracie's cousin Amber in her little Mermaid costume. Carly is behind and she is Tinker Bell.
Me and my sister in-law, Natalie, dressed as witches.
Gracie didn't like keeping her hood on. I'm not sure if there was much of a difference between the hood and her hair:)

Baby Rex in his Yoda costume.

We threw all the kids into the back of the truck. It was a good way to keep track of all of them. Gracie some how got out and snatched some candy. This is her way of creeping back into the truck, candy in hand, hoping that no one saw her:)

Gracie and her cousin Carly walking around at the trunk or treat.

This is daddy and the kids after trick or treating, enjoying the treats!

Cooper loves his Grandpa Clark. Sometimes he chooses to be with Grandpa over mom. It's sweet to see those two together. This is Gracie on picture day. It's sad that such a cute picture was taken in front of a wheel well:)

2008-10-21T20:05:00.000-07:00

I know it's been a long time since my last update. I'll try to get better. Here is a preview of Gracie in her Halloween costume. She's a lion:) Coop is the cutest scarecrow I've ever seen!
Here I am as the wicked witch of the west.

This is Camden and Gracie in their Halloween costumes. Even though Gracie is going to be a lion for Halloween, my mom really wanted her to wear this witch costume at least once this year. The girls never get to trick or treat together so we got them all dressed up and let them trick or treat at Nana's house. I think it was good practice for the big day.

We had a blizzard in October!!! I can't remember the last time it snowed this early. The kids had so much fun. We had snow ball fights and we went to visit Uncle Bryan and meet the newest member of his family. His mule:) As Ryan would say, "look at those handsome ears". Can you believe the snow? YIKES!!!
Kimi and Camden were in town visiting from South Carolina.

Ryan recently went to Yellowstone/Jackson Hole with our brother-in-law Brandon.

Gracie and I made cookies the other day. She is such a big helper and she loves her job, putting in the chocolate chips... and also cleaning the beaters:)
I was so excited to get a picture of Gracie and Cooper in their new church outfits but Coop wanted nothing to do with it.
Gracie loves getting her picture taken these days. She is growing up so fast. I can't believe that she is already 3.

My mom and I had the opportunity to go and see the "So You Think You Can Dance" tour. We had so much fun!!! We went to the Cheesecake Factory with my friend Katie and her mom. We had a little mom and daughters night out:) Yummy food!!!
We had amazing seats thanks to my sister Kimi.

I came outside the other day to the cutest site. Ryan was washing his Rhino and Gracie was washing her truck. You can see how much this little girl admires her daddy!

2008-09-11T13:41:00.000-07:00

Gracie had her first day of preschool. She was so excited to go by herself. I can't believe she is all grown up. It kind of makes me sad.
This is Gracie by their class pet, the turtle.
This cute little girl sat down and played with Gracie as soon as she came into the class room.
This is Ms. Jennifer, Gracie's preschool teacher.

2008-09-10T20:46:00.000-07:00

We went to Nana & Papa's house over the weekend. This is Gracie and her Papa watching TV.
Gracie didn't want to wait her turn to ride the horse so she just jumped on the back.
Gracie had her first day of dance Monday. She was so excited. Her leotard was at least one size too big. She was pretty much the best kid in the class. I have some more pictures coming. You'll see what I mean.
This is Nana and Gracie before her big day!

I round brushed Gracie's hair last week because she told me that she wanted to have hair like her cousin Kinzie. All day she insisted on being called Kinzie. She wouldn't call me mom, her Aunt Kristi was her mom. She looks up to Kinzie so much.
Cooper loves balls and anything that resembles one. We tied this balloon to his pants and it entertained him for the whole afternoon.
This is his cool new trick!
Gracie and Cooper with their friends Tate and Will.

2008-09-02T12:37:00.000-07:00

For Labor Day weekend we went camping and spent time with the Clark family. Cooper had his first corn on the cob and loved it!

Gracie loved spending time with her cousins. She was so tuckered out from the long weekend that she fell asleep in Grandpa's lap:)
She loved having a sleep over with the girls. We missed everyone that couldn't be there. We had a blast with Natalie and her kids. It's so much fun to have them back in town!!!

Ryan started shooting his bow again. He is really anxious for hunting season! I think I'm going to go with him this year. I'm pretty good at shooting this thing:) Okay, I'll be honest. I couldn't even pull the bow back. In my defense, it is a left handed bow but I don't think that made much of a difference.
Jake enjoyed the bow too. He's thinking of getting one for himself.
Here's Jake and Kinzie breaking in the new Rhino.
Kinzie got a little cold but she was a really good sport. I think she ended up having a really good time.

Here's Ryan shooting Jake's gun. I think it's an AK 47. I'm sure if that's wrong everyone will make fun of me. But I will be the first to admit that I know nothing about guns. I'm pretty sure this is Jake's 22 hand gun
Here I am shooting Ryan's 40? I'm pretty good at it:) I think I closed my eyes when I shot.

This was the cool Rhino to ride in:)

Both Rhino's. I like the one on the left the best:)

Jake's canopy came in handy later that day. The boys!
Our engagement picture:)
Me and Kinzie

Ryan on top of the world! There was a storm that caught us on our way down the mountain. It was raining and hailing. We were not prepared for weather like that. Here is Grandpa Clark doing his best to stay dry.
Ryan was freezing and I was trying to help keep his forehead from getting hit so hard by hail stones. I ended up covering his eyes. Oops!
This is my husband who refused to wear pants because he didn't believe me when I told him it was going to be cold and rainy. The HIGH for labor day was 65. Unfortunately it was only 42 degrees when we got back to the truck. He's in basketball shorts and a long sleeve t-shirt. Needless to say, he was freeeeezing.
Kinzie had a blast! If you look close you can see how hard it's raining.

2008-08-29T07:17:00.000-07:00

My friend Joy came to Utah to see her special friend Matt. We got to spend a lot of time with them and Joy's little girl Harley. One of our old roommates and friends Trisha also stopped by to visit. It was so much fun to see them and catch up. Nick came too
This is Nick playing dolls with Gracie:)
This is Joy and Matt. We set them up. Yeah for us!!!
Matt playing with the girls, and Coop.

2008-08-29T07:11:00.000-07:00

We went and visited our little horse Tiny the other day. Coop wasn't sure what to think of her.
Me and Gracie before church
Gracie and her favorite neighbor:) Kinizie!!!

2008-08-29T07:04:00.000-07:00

I was folding laundry the other day. Gracie was getting tired but it wasn't time for bed yet. She was in my room watching TV. She kept saying "is it time to go nigh night". I didn't hear anything for a while and this is what I found:) These are a couple of neighborhood friends. We went to Ryan's subdivision and played in the water park. The kids had a really good time.
My big boy sucking in:)
Gracie driving the boys around.
This is Coop's little friend Tate. They don't say much to each other but they sure seem like they have a good time together.

2008-08-29T06:47:00.000-07:00

I ran my first 5K recently with some friends in my neighborhood We took it pretty serious:)
My brother Scott and his wife Rachel ran with us
This is us crossing the finish line. You would've thought we just finished a marathon!
Still smiling and ready for more. Actually, we are going to start training for a triathlon. Scary!!!

2008-08-10T18:39:00.000-07:00

We celebrated Gracie's 3rd birthday yesterday. Thanks to everyone who came We had a lady bug theme, as you can probably see
Gracie got a Ford 150 from both grandparents and her mom and dad
Great grandpa Smith and grandma Lorna came, along with baby Whitney
This is Gracie during her birthday song

We swam

Dot and Rae Rae with the birthday girl
Gracie was so brave to go off the diving board all by herself

Gracie was all tuckered out after her party and fireworks Looks like she wasn't the only one:)

Gracie and Cooper put the truck to the test today
Graice liked to fill the truck bed up with rocks
She thought the truck was a little more heavy duty than it is. I think she's used to the
Rhino
She eventually go out

I think all the kids are enjoying the truck. Including Gracie's cousin Kinzie It's a little scary to think that we trust Gracie to drive Cooper around
16 is just around the corner:(
Isn't he handsome!
Just like his Daddy:)

Cooper and Gracie before church Aunt Rachel gave Gracie the cute head band for her birthday! Thanks Rae Rae:)
Gracie was so excited that she got to take the treat box to nursery today!!!

2008-07-21T22:22:00.000-07:00

We just got back from our trip to Arkansas. We had a blast! After living in Utah, it took Gracie a little while to realize that it's okay to be out in the sun:)
The girls played ver well together

Dani cut all my hair off Coop was stylin'

The older girls had a really good time
We made smores almost every night. I'm still trying to work that off!

We celebrated the 4th of July on the lake Me, Dani, and Kimi
Ryan, Brandon, and Ryon
Coop was all tuckered out:)

These are the cute swim suits that Kimi got for the girls The girls love Cooper!

We spent a lot of time in the lake

Cooper had the best seat

We celebrated Coop's birthday The theme is Wallie, in case the masks didn't give it away:)
Everything was going just fine...
And then his mean dad shoved the whole cake in his face
He soon recovered and enjoyed his ice cream

The girls went on a guided fishing tour with Larry. He is an interesting guy! Larry bit the head off a sucker fish just for the shock factor. It was pretty gross!
We caught more fish in a half day than the boys did in a full day:) We love Larry!!!

We went to Larry's house. It was crazy! We had the chance to feed a wild deer. Larry's wife is a wild life rescuer. She helped raise this deer Lucy. She puts a pink ribbon around her neck so that people will know not to shoot her. She seems very tame but she does live in the wild.
This is one of her baby's. It wouldn't come very close.
They were helping a baby raccoon. We got to hold it and feed it a bottle.

Gracie loved the raccoon. His name is Boodrow

This deer is Noser. He is a little more timid than Lucy. He would only let Larry feed him. Lucy didn't like it when he got too close.
The kids had so much fun at Larry's house.

2008-06-10T21:53:00.000-07:00

2008-05-29T16:49:00.000-07:00

We went horse back riding

Here is a picture of Grandma and Grandpa's house in Klamoth Falls
We went on a walk around the golf course. Pushing the double stroller up some of the hills really gave us a work out.
More pictures of the golf course

2008-05-29T16:27:00.000-07:00

Gracie and Cooper riding on the wagon at Lake of the Woods
Beautiful trees
Gracie would find the puddles
Huge trees
This is the lake that people usually water ski on. It was covered in ice just last week.

2008-05-29T16:19:00.000-07:00

We just got back from our trip to Klamoth Falls Oregon. We would highly recommend this trip to anyone. Here is a picture of us in front of Crater Lake. You would never believe that it's the end of May with all the snow.

2008-04-30T21:24:00.000-07:00

2008-04-30T21:22:00.000-07:00

2008-04-30T21:16:00.000-07:00

These are pictures of our recent trip to South Carolina.

2008-04-21T21:24:00.000-07:00

After seeing Hunters picture on Amy's blog I figured I better try to make look tuff to and for the record. Cooper was madder then a wet hornet at his Mom all day on April Fools.

Truth be told he loves to wear these one piece trousers and ride his horse everywhere he goes. Hopefully he doesnt have to be so ashamed now.

On the other hand this is Gracie going through her Bambi phase around the night she fell asleep with this book over her head I said her prayers with her and in the middle of them she started pleading "Go Bambi, Go." I think she was trying to help Bambi get away from the Hunters.

2008-04-21T15:18:00.000-07:00

These are pictures of Gracie and Lily. Gracie dug this stuff out of Mom and Dads basement all by herself and pretty much sang her heart out the rest of the night.

Lily on the other hand is kind of a sensitive subject she spent April fools with us and it more or less made my skin crawl looking at her.

2008-04-21T15:13:00.000-07:00

These are pictures of our Rhino trip last Monday with Gracie and Kinze things got a little crazy when Kinze almost tipped it over but all and all she's a pretty good driver. In the end it was all worth the risk because gracie and Kinze spotted 16 Elk and 58 deer before we called it quits. You'll have to ask Gracie to hear the story about the deer that looked at her.