Clark turns ONE!!!

We had a great time celebrating Clark's birthday in Idaho the weekend of the 17th and then again on his actual birthday! We love our little boy so much. It's hard to believe that he is growing up so fast! He can walk although he still chooses to crawl unless it's less than four or five steps away. He has 7 teeth plus ??? coming in. I'm not putting my fingers in his mouth! He is 24 pounds 31 inches tall. Clark makes us laugh all the time with his silly faces (he will make fish faces sometimes... I haven't caught one on camera yet though) and is quick to get into everything. We love you Clark! Happy first birthday!

Isn't Tyler handy?

So Tyler has been very handy around the house and in these pictures you can see two of the many things Tyler has been up to. The coolest one according to Addison would be the sandbox he completed today! The best part is it was FREE to make! We got the sand off of KSL thanks to Hilary seeing it in the FREE section and the boards were from around the house from extra projects. Addison already spent a good 2 hours in it today and would have played longer but dinner was ready... Tyler also made the dog house that is one of these pictures. He has also replaced the back door put in spindles going down the stairs to our basement and has done much much more that I can't even think of right now. He is so talented and ready to learn if he doesn't know how. I love him so much! Thank you Handsome!

Fun Weekend

So these are some pictures of what we have been doing the past few days... On Saturday we went boating with our friends the Gurrs. We enjoy being around them so much and had a blast playing in the water and tubing. Yes even Clark seemed to enjoy it most of the time. Addison would say she wanted to go "bumpity bump bump on the boat." Then Sunday we rested and had G and G Tonks over before Grandma went in to the hospital on Monday to have her pain pump replaced. Both the kids loved seeing them and spending the couple hours they had with them. Then Monday we went and visited Grandma at the hospital. Addison absolutely loved the bed and all the buttons. Then last night we went to Thanksgiving Point and met our Gurr friends again to see the Dinosaur Museum and the Farm there. Addison was terrified of the dinosaur bones and cried the entire time; however, she loved the farm and riding the pony. I even got licked by the cow and sneezed on by a sheep. Hope you enjoy!

4th of July, Lagoon, Family Reunion and Tyler's Birthday... July FUN!!!

So we have been so busy this past month. It has been a blast! We had a family reunion with the Tonks family. Kellie and kids were up poor Paul had to stay in Arizona and work but we had a good time. The kids loved jumping on a trampoline, tackling Grandpa, blowing bubbles, playing on the slip n' slide, breaking open a pinata, treasure hunt and of course watching fireworks and playing with sparklers. We also got to spend some time with the Whitworth family. We went to the Rexburg parade with them. Clark's favorite part was the balloon and Addison's favorite part was probably the candy. I think she ate it through out the whole thing. I'm not sure she even watched the floats. We also watched a parade the weekend of the 24th here in utah. That same weekend we went to Lagoon with our friends the Scholes. Addison absolutely loved it! She laughed more that day then I have heard or seen her in a long time. She loved playing with Carter! Okay so kids are done with me posting so... enjoy the pictures! Addison fell asleep standing up leaning against the couch and Clark is trying to walk and has been crawling on all fours for a while now. We also had big tree cut down and Tyler is using the leaf blower to move the dirt around from the huge pile leftover after the stump was ground up. Oh and we had a good time at the Zoo with the Whitworth Clan! Even though all of our family was tired! I probably didn't explain all the pictures but let me know and I will try to comment back to let you know who and what is going on! Got to run! Life is busy and we love it! We love each othe and our sweet kiddos. Hope everyone else is well.

Those Lazy Summer Days...

So here are some things we have been up to the past few weeks. For Father's Day Addison gave Tyler a pool which you can see SHE is enjoying! :) Clark likes it too actually, but for some reason I don't have any pictures of him in it... Probably because I am trying not to juggle him and the camera near the water. :) Anywho it has been hot and the pool has been a hit! Clark is now trying to pull himself up into standing position. He can already go from laying down to sitting. Nothing stops him now. I made Addison the 4th of July tutu she is wearing. I was pretty proud of myself since I don't think I am very crafty but it turned out cute. I think I will start experimenting more and possibly come up with a fairy princess costume for Halloween or something... maybe just dress-ups for Christmas. Who knows... Ummm I don't remember which photos are next there are some of the kids and I after our Sunday afternoon nap this past Sunday. It was fabulous! The kids slept for 3 hours of course that meant throwing off bedtime but hey at least we got a good nap too! Then I think the last pictures I put up are of Addison's first haircut. We went to a place called Cookie Cutters and the lady did a great job. She was super quick. Addison got to watch maybe 10 minutes of Jungle Book... She did get a balloon and sucker too. When we were in the car headed home she informed me that she wanted to get her hair cut again. I told her in 6 months maybe for her birthday she could... Her hair really doesn't look much different but all the ends are evened up now. Anywho as for Tyler and I we are just enjoying summer days and trying to clean up the yard some and hang up pictures and continue with organizing everything. We keep busy for the most part. Tyler is almost done with classes for "Spring" semester and then hopefully he will only have one more class to take during Fall semester to graduate officially! Love you all and hope all is well!

Summer Adventures

So I say summer adventures even though summer has really just begun because I know that there are going to be a lot adventures this summer. Clark is army crawling and starting to pull himself up (at least in the tub). He loves power cords of all kinds he isn't picky... He can get wherever he wants pretty much between rolling and army crawling. He is also getting a ton of teeth! It feels like it anyways. He has 5 currently and is working on at least one more I can see just needing to break through the last few layers of gum tissue.

Addison is loving the outdoors and already has a farmers tan. She loves "helping" Dad mow the lawn. Tyler tied a rope to the mower and told her she had to stay behind him and hold onto the rope so he would know right where she was. She listened very well so she would be allowed to continue to help. She also is digging some nice holes with Lulu under our giant blue spruce in the back yard. She helped pick out flowers for the front flower bed.

Tyler is keeping busy with many many projects on the house and around the house and I am keeping busy with kids, household projects and general housework! I just finished painting Clark's room blue. (It was purple with boarder that had purple and pink hearts.) We thought he needed something less girlie in his room. :) Tyler's most recent project was finding all of our sprinklers and replacing broken sprinkler heads. We are enjoying life and love spending time together going on long walks and bike rides.

Addison had the flu yesterday but I was itching to get out of the house so we went on a walk and walked down main street and looked at all the little shops on the outside. We have decided we really do love living in Utah. We miss everyone in Idaho, but are truly enjoying each other and being our own little family!

Africa!

So today Tyler's little brother Weston is on his way to Africa to serve an LDS mission in Uganda. We took these family pictures and such on Mother's Day which was also the day he spoke in Sacrament meeting before his departure. He will be greatly missed for the two years he is gone but we know he is where the Lord needs him at this time so we won't miss him too much! ;) (Weston is the brother standing next to me in the family one and next to Tyler in the brother picture.)