It's Always Fun When Grandpa Comes...Hooray!

This seems to be Brianna's favorite spot when Grandpa comes. As soon as he sits down she runs up to him with her "wooby" in hand and says Pa Pa. She then resumes her snuggled position and watches the tube with him unitl bed time. She loves Grandpa and if there is ever a choice between Grandpa and someone else the choice is never someone else. I am so grateful for a dad who spends time with my children and more than that...loves them unconditionally. Grandpa you are the BEST!!

Yellowstone & 30LHY

We went to Salt Lake a week ago to start a week long vacation in Yellowstone with my family. We started the weekend off by attending the open house of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple. Wow, words can not describe the feeling that resides in that Celestial room and I have yet to see such an amazingly GORGEOUS room such as that one. Everything from the star Chandelier to the floor was just breath-taking. Then we played on the slip and slide, had pizza and made our own tie-dye shirts. Family pictures were next...that is always fun, especially with 17 people. We then packed our bags and cars and headed off to Yellowstone. We all drove there in our own vehicles but once we got there we all piled in a 16 passenger van. We'll leave that one up to your imagination. i know you all have family and can only imagine being in the same vehicle for 5 days as you travel the Park. I do have to admit there was only contention on on afternoon and the rest of the time was really peachy!! We had a blast, I don't think that a family vacation of this size could have gone any better. We saw lions and tigers and bears, oh my. Well not really but we did see bears and buffalo and coyotes too. Lots of other animals and great smelling hot pots and awesome scenery. We swam in a river that is joined by the hotpots and so it is a hot spring. It was a cold day so the water was warmer than the air so the kids did not enjoy it as much but the big boys did. We went to the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone and many other sites. I think the memories of this trip will last at least another 30 LHY(long hard years). That is my dad's favorite saying when he refers to his marriage and since we were on this trip to celebrate their 30th anniversary, Thanks Mom and Dad for the memories that will last our family 30 LHY. We love you both and wish you many more years of happiness and joy!



Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House


Yellowstone Grand Canyon

Swimming in the Hotsprings

We were quite a site by ourselves with our matching shirts

All the boys and their shaved heads, it is tradtion to shave your head(if you are a boy) for our family vacations. Even the little boys wanted to do it.

Kindergarten here we come...

MaKenna started Kindergarten last Thursday. It was really exciting to take this next step and she could hardly wait to go. She insisted on certain poses for the pictures and it seemed like she was the photographer telling me what poses to take shots of. Sometimes it is hard to believe that 5 years ago, Kindergarten seemed so far away with a little tiny infant in my arms. Now it seems like one adventure after another. She is getting smarter and more bossy everyday. We love her so much and our family would not be the same without her. Kenna we hope and pray that your desire for learning continues on that upward climb always.

Got Milk???

This is what happens when I leave any given item out on the counter for even seconds. Today it was the milk jug. I guess she was thirsty. She is faster than a blink of an eye. I just can't seem to keep up with her.

Are you kidding...113 degrees??

We went to Quail Lake to have a little hotdog BBQ and use the jet-skiis. It was really nice to be near the water after our great heat wave of 113 degree weather. Can you believe it? Well it was a little overcast for us so it was really enjoyable. It is nice to only live 10 minutes from 2 lakes. Yep we have the heat but there are 9 months that are really awesome weather and when it is that hot you just make it a habit to be near the water at some point during the day.:)





Brianna and Grant stopping for a water break


McKay and Hunter building sand castles

Kerry and Grant playin' in the water

Enjoying a little mud spa

Brianna, Daddy and Jeremy takin' a swim

Lake Powell

This past weekend we went to Lake Powell with all the Clarks. Alison(Bri's sis) drove from Minnesota with her fam and arrived here on Thursday. We then ventured to Lone Rock where we set up camp. We had this long stretch of sandy beach that we set up our stomping grounds. And with 4 tents, camping chairs, beach toys and 3 shade stands we covered a long stretch of beach. We rented a boat for 2 days and then Brian and I took our waverunners too. We spent so much quality family time together, it was amazing. Everyone had fun doing wake-boarding, water-skiing, and knee-boarding. Even our 62 year old mother and grandmother got up on her first run at water-skiing. Also take note that she never got her hair wet either....what an awesome lady. After some more fun on the boat on Saturday a storm rolled in and the wind storms are no fun with sand blowin' everywhere. We threw all the tents and "junk" wherever there was place and packed up. Luckily there was not as many losses as there could have been with all our gear. After hours of being sand whipped and getting it all cleaned up, we headed for our house. Yep that's right all 16 of us slept wherever there was a spot open on the floor. Then Sunday morning we woke to the heat and started to get Ground Zero put back together. We now had to unpack the mess and find which poles went to which tent. But that aweful s and was the biggest feat! I do have to say that I would have never thought to use a vacuum on the tents but that was the only thing that worked to get rid of it. After all the tents were cleaned, towels hung to dry and cars clean of sand we went inside for some cool air. We played games and hung out. What a great weekend full of memorable events. Thanks Howards for making the drive, and to everyone else for coming. It would not have been the same without any one of you. Hip Hip Hooray to the Clark Family Vacation!!!

Fun Fourth of July Insanity

This past week my sister came to visit while her hubby was gone with Army. We have had a lot of fun and not slowed down since she got here. Even when we were at home it seemed like chaos because we had six kids under the age of 5....AAAAHHHH!!!! We must be insane....Okay we are! Here are some pics of things we have done this past week. The kids went to swim camp every day last week for tow hours and loved it. Then we went to the splash pad several times too. Then one night Linds and I went to Tuacahn, it was so fun, and a great show, we saw Footloose. It had fabulous dancing and singing. I love going to shows and it was even funner to go with my sis. On the fourth we went to the parade, went to the lake and did a bbq before the fun fireworks. It has been a blast and I am so glad that they came to spend time with us.

Fun at the Splash Pad

Linds & I at Tuacahn

Playin' with Glow Stick while waiting for Fireworks

At the Parade

Crazy Lunch Time with 6 kids

Swim Camp