Blessing Day

Sunday was Dexter's blessing day. He looked so cute and he didn't even cry! After church we went to Curtis and Shandy's house for Navajo Tacos and some good conversation. The only issue we had was Carson barfing in the hallway, which I'm so sorry about Curtis and Shandy! Jed was pretty impressed by the way Sam handled the whole situation, extremely calm. That's my man! Here are some pictures from Sunday.

My mom gave the boys some Darth Vader masks right before we made the drive to Orem. I looked in the back of the van and here's what I saw. I gave the camera to Darren so he could take this picture.


A friend of Shandy's mom gave her a ton of baby and toddler boy clothes that she didn't need anymore and wanted her to give them to Shandy. Shandy told Susan and I we could take whatever we wanted. We found some great clothes and some totally radical 80's clothes too! Here is a sweet outfit Susan put on Jacob!


Here are Ethan, Carson, and Kevin on top of Curtis and Shandy's shed. My dad's knees were jell-o because he thought for sure they were going to fall off!


And finally, the main attraction: Dexter! I love this picture because I caught Shandy totally laughing and Dexter is just chillin'!

Busy Saturday

What a fun/busy/crazy/laughter-filled day. Can I tell you about it?

Carson had his first day of Basketball Clinic. He'll do this every Saturday this month. It's for kids in Kindergarten and the instructors teach basic rules of basketball. It was pretty fun, Carson was more interested in bouncing the ball than learning, but that's okay.


Then later today we went bowling for Carson and Kevin's birthday. We had mom & dad; Darren & Susan; Curtis & Shandy; and Sam & I PLUS all those crazy boys I told you about in yesterday's post. It was very fun and the kids could be wild and crazy without too many lectures from the adults.

Susan


Sam


Dad (notice how he had to bowl using the gutter-guards?)


Carson and Kevin were extremely happy that we went bowling to celebrate their birthdays! Kevin is 8 and Carson is 6!


Here are the scores. I'm a little distraught that Kevin and Ethan beat me! FYI: "Rocckin Pa" is dad.




After bowling, we came back to mom and dad's house for dinner, presents, cake, and ice cream. Mom and dad got Carson this really cool "impressions" toy. Here is a picture of Carson's face and one of dad's face! SCARY!



And finally...here is a picture of Kevin and Carson in matching pajamas that Curtis and Shandy gave them. I can't believe how old all these kids are getting! I swear I still feel like I'm 21...

Look At All These Boys!!

I think it's so funny that 3 of the 4 Clark siblings have ONLY had boys. All those boys were together tonight and....I'm tired.

Seriously, Darren and Susan braved horrible rain storms to come into town today and we are very happy! Curtis and Shandy are blessing Dexter on Sunday so the party started tonight. We BRIEFLY got all 6 boys to sit for a picture and then they were running around crazy again.

Thank goodness mom and dad have a finished basement with a door at the bottom of the stairs!!

As I was putting Carson to bed tonight he said "This was such a fun day. I wish I had a big remote! I would push the 'rewind' button and start this day all over again!"

Here is Dexter, Kevin, Parker, Carson, Ethan, and Jacob


And here they are 2 seconds later...


Finally, here are some cute Dexter photos. One with his Grandpa and one with his Mommy.

One Year Ago...

For some reason, I was wondering what I was doing in October of 2005. So, I found my digital "October '05" file of pictures on my computer and I couldn't believe how much I had forgotten! Then of course, my next thought was "I should totally blog this!"

Commence blogging:

Shandy had surgery on both knees one year ago!


Carson turned 5 and got a bike for his birthday. Sadly, he just barely started to actually ride it and he's almost 6!


Parker was still falling into wall corners and getting "owies" on the exact same spot on his forehead.


My lawn looks like this right now, tons of leaves already! Carson still likes to jump in the garbage can and compress all the leaves.



A year ago, we had Navajo Tacos at Curtis and Shandy's house, made doughnuts, and carved pumpkins. I hear we get to do it again this year! Yipee!


And, finally, here are Parker and Carson in their Halloween costumes. Parker was the cutest Santa Claus EVER and Carson was a gorilla, for the 3rd year in a row (his choice!)

It's Autumn Time

As most of you know, and as you can see from my pale pasty skin tone, I don't care for the sun and the hot weather. So, when I see the mountains covered in red and yellow tones, I get pretty excited because that means it's changing from summer to autumn and I won't be so hot.

Sorry if my update looks like my parent's, but we were together today so we took similar pictures.

We decided to drive up Big Cottonwood canyon, over Guardsmans Pass, into Park City, and back to West Jordan. What else are you gonna do on Conference Sunday from 5:45 pm to 8:15 pm?

Here are some photos:

What's Been Going On?

I'll tell you what's been going on...

Nothing major, but a lot of little things. First of all, I think Parker has a drinking problem. Are there "AA" meetings for toddlers?


As most of you know, I'm not too fond of cooking. It takes too much time and it stresses me out. Well, as most of you ALSO know, I love the Chicken Thai pizza from California Pizza Kitchen. So when I found a recipe on the internet for Chicken Thai pizza, I had a decision to make. I decided that my love for Chicken Thai pizza overwhelmed my dislike for cooking and I tried it. It was so yummy! If anyone wants the recipe, let me know.


The pizza was only the start of my fun night (No, I don't mean it that way!)...I had the honor of babysitting Dexter! He is so stinkin' cute and he is such a good baby! When Curtis and Shandy came over to pick him up, Shandy said "How was he?" and then laughed and said "I can't believe I'm old enough to ask that question!" Yes, that's right, Curtis and Shandy are grown ups now and I'll bet they get a spot at the grown-ups table at Thanksgiving!
This is a dumb picture of me because I was talking, but Dexter is cute!


Remember how I said I don't like to cook? Well, here is a great reason why: Carson cries when I force him to eat my cooking! It was just corn chowder, not something gross like seafood!


The next night Carson and Parker were chasing each other around the house. As we all know, my boys are totally accident prone, and Parker tripped and fell-hiting his head on the corner of the kitchen wall. I am really surprised that his head didn't split wide open! He wasn't too happy to say the least...


So that's my week, in a nut shell. What has everybody else been doing? Some people haven't had blog updates for awhile and I'm gettin' ready to open a can of whoop-A on ya'll!

Tee-Ball Bloopers

Tonight Carson had his 3rd Tee-Ball game. As always, they are so fun to watch because kids will be kids no matter where they are. Sam was the photographer tonight and he caught some fun bloopers:

Check out the kid laying down in the background


No matter what position the outfielders were playing, they ALL ran for the ball, even if it was a foul. More than once I noticed all the players were off chasing a ball and nobody was left on the field except the coach! Here is an example of this "clumping" effect.


Two kids on third base and two kids guarding third base??


Another kid laying down...


The coach from the opposing team was helping one of his kids with his batting technique. The kid swung with all his might and whacked the coach in the kneecap with his metal bat. I love how his kids are laughing at him!


It's hard to tell from this picture, but this little guy swung his bat, missed the ball, and he did a complete 360 degree turn. Maybe he thought he could hit the ball eventually, if he just kept turning and holding that bat!


No blooper here, just a cute picture of Carson!


And my favorite moments that weren't captured on film:
One kid made it to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd base, but instead of running home, he ran to his mom on the sidelines and gave her a hug.

Carson made it to 1st and 2nd and he was so excited he kept running past the kid who was already on 3rd and ran home!

My all time favorite quote of the night:
One of the mom's was sitting on the sidelines with her son, who was playing with a baseball. One of the balls from the Tee-Ball game was randomly thrown, and it rolled next to this boy. The mom looked down and said in a really confused tone: "why do you have two balls?" I about died right then and there!

Is It Too Early?

Is it too early to show you Parker's Halloween costume? Well, I'm showing you anyway!

I love Old Navy's costumes. I wish they had bigger sizes for Carson, but kids would probably beat Carson up if he walked around the neighborhood like this!





I was laughing so hard when I took these pictures I had tears rolling down my face!

T-Ball

Tonight was Carson's first T-Ball game! In fact, it was his first time ever playing the game! Right before we left I tried to explain to him about running to 1st base instead of 3rd. That was the extent of his training. As we were getting in the van to head to his game I handed him his mitt and told him to put it on. He tried for about a 1/2 second to get it on, gave up, and threw his mitt on the garage floor. Big tears started rolling down his cheeks and he said he didn't want to play because "what if I'm no good?". It was pretty dramatic.

I did what any loving, compassionate, and sympathetic mother would do: I told him to wipe those tears away and get that glove on because he WAS going to play in the 8 games I signed him up for! Actually, I was really nice...I promise! I told him it didn't matter how good he was, I just wanted him to experience the sport and have fun! Guess what finally calmed him down? He said a prayer! That's my boy!

Well, he had a BLAST! As soon as he walked on the field he was smiling. It was AWESOME! In fact, I was smiling too. I love seeing little 4 and 5 year olds playing T-Ball.

My favorite bloopers from the team:
Hitting the ball and just standing there.
Hitting the ball and running to 1st base while holding the bat the whole time.
Hitting the ball and going back to the sidelines and sitting down.
Making it to 1st base and sitting down on the base.
Hitting the ball right into a kid's chest, then the kid cries for 15 minutes and everybody hugs him.
One boy was ticked about something and he was on 3rd base. When it was time for him to run home he pouted and took BABY steps all the way home.
Every time Carson got the ball in the outfield, he would WALK the ball over to the 1st baseman instead of throwing it there.
Watching several ball players during the game holding themselves down "there" because they had to go potty!

Seriously, those were only a FEW of the funny things that happened. Ya'll should come to a game if you can because it's non-stop entertainment. He plays every Tuesday and Thursday at either 4:30pm or 5:30pm until October 17th. Call me if you want to come and I'll let you know where we'll be.

Enjoy some shots from tonight.