ADDIE'S HUGE BIRTHDAY BASH!!

Grandma and Addie with her cake
the birthday girl
Everyone eating cake & ice cream
Addie opening her presents
Addie & Isaac setting up her doll house

Addie's cupcakes at the park
Addie's birthday pie at Grandma & Grandpa Clarks
Addie gets a birthday brownie at the Mason home

For Addie's birthday this year, we were worried that it may get overlooked since her birthday was goig to be on Sunday and we had a lot planned for that day. We had planned to go to Utah and spent Friday at Lagoon. Then on Saturday night we had a picnic at the park with some of my sisters and their families. We had cupcakes and sang happy birthday to her, thinking we would do the actual celebration on Monday at home. Then on Sunday, her actual birthday, my sister, Leslie and her husband, Joseph, were blessing their daughter at his sisters home. After the blessing they had brownies and ice cream and they were so nice and all sang to her and Josephs mom put a candle in her brownie and sang again. She was very shy but later told me how much she loved it. On our way home, we stopped by Grandma & Grandpa Clark's home to visit. They brought out this dreamy key lime pie and then Kim grabbed a candle to put in Addie's slice and we sang to her again. Finally on Monday we did her party with Devin, Grandma & Grandpa Zollinger, Matt, Chalene, & Margot. This was such a great birthday for her, she loved every minute of it!! Thanks to everyone who helped make this such a special weekend for her!

LAGOON

Savannah pushed Addie in the stroller for quite a while
Ava trying out some cookie dough ice cream
the double mint twins

Lily & Addie waiting for dinner
little Joseph
Kristi, Justin, & Savannah on the train

Savannah & Addie on their first ride
Savannah and Addie cruising in their sweet boat
Joseph taking little Joseph on his first ride, 'Puff'
Addie wanted Aunt Leslie to take her on 'Puff'




We met up at Lagoon with the Leslie, Joseph, Little Joseph, baby Elizabeth, Craig, Kristi, Savannah, Justin, Rachel , Ana, & Lily. We went there to celebrate Addie's 4th birthday. Rachel took the 4 older kids to go to the big rides while we stayed with the younger ones and took turns getting them on rides while some stayed with the babies. It sure is different when you go as a parent instead of going as a kid. It is a lot of work keeping track of everyone. We took a break and strolled over to Pioneer Village to relax and eat ice cream. This place sure brings back a lot of great memories!!

THE WESTS & THE SPRAY PARK

Devin & Ava

Vanessa
Ethan
Austin
Vanessa, Isaac, & Christian
Isaac
Christian
Ava
Addie


The other weekend we got to spend the day with my sister, Tori, and her family who were here visiting family in the area. It is always a treat to have them come over. We took the kids to the park and had dinner and let the kids run around in the spray park. Our brother, Devin was able to come and join us, it was a lot of fun to all be together!

I'M SO LOST, SOMEBODY PLEASE TELL ME WHO I AM!!

So I joined onto the bandwagon with some of my friends and did the princess quiz. I kinda felt like I was 14 again and doing the quizzes out of Seventeen magazine so I could find out if I was a cool or lame. Anyway, this is the princess that most represented my answers. Anyone agree? (FYI: I've never seen this movie or heard of this character, I am guessing she is from Hercules)

You Are Megara!

Charming and witty. You are always the first person to come up with a wisecrack. Sure, you have an attitude, but that's why people love you. You keep them on their toes. Sometimes you can be misleading, but always end up doing the right thing for the people you love.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

SEAN AND KIDS VISIT FOR THE WEEK

Sean( AKA: Indy), we decided to step it up a notch in the photography studio.

We were treated to the best homemade pizza by the famous "Papa Sean"

It has been pretty windy this past week so we grabbed some kites and had a fun evening. The wind was so strong though that it ended up destroying each kite.

We took the kids bowling and Hannah and Addie were the ones who had the highest scores from each family.

"Come and get it!" It sure has been fun having my brother Sean and his wonderful kids here from Alaska while Tammy was doing a volleyball camp in Wyoming. I got a glimpse of what it would be like to have 8 kids under 9 years old. What an amazing family they have, it was a pleasure to have them come visit. Thanks for the great memories!

BASEBALL

Christian got to take home the winning ball!

Christian just finished playing baseball last night, he had a really fun season.

MEET COCOA CLARK!

On Thursday, the kids last day of school, they had just come home and we were still outside talking when this little kitten came walking down the sidewalk, walked right into our garage, through the door into our home. We brought her into the backyard to let the kids play with her for a little while. I went inside and the next thing I knew they had made a little house for her from a box and had named her 'Cocoa'. Addie thinks she is her baby and wraps her up in her silky blanket and carries her all around. She has already given her a ride in the stroller. Ava is absoblutely beside herself, it is very cute to watch her squeel with delight watching her. Well, needless to say, we still have her and the rest is history (unless she pees in the house and then she is history!!!)

WE'RE SO ORIGINAL!

Andy Clark

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YUP, HE JUST GOT A LITTLE HOTTER!

As stated before, Andy likes to keep this delicious moustache after he shaves off his beard just for kicks (and to torture me). Well this time he's living on the edge and decided to go to work with it. This morning the first thing Christian said when he saw it was, 'Mom, I hope you don't make dad shave that off like you did last time. I think he looks really cool with it because he looks like Larry Bird.' We were laughing so hard, Andy almost went to shave it off right then!

I LOVE ANDY!!!!!!!

Today I was having one of those awful days that you just want to crawl back in bed and start over. By noon I was in tears and called Andy to vent. He just listened and let me rant and rave while I am sure he had better things to be doing! I felt much better and went on with my day when my doorbell rang and there was someone standing there with a bouquet of flowers from my wonderful, fabulous husband. So there I was in the kitchen in tears again! Thank you Andy!

MY HOMETOWN WEDDING

I just did my first wedding here at the temple. I was nervous since I hadn't done it before and the landscaping was still dead from the winter and the weather had been full of rainy days. We were able to make perfect timing in between rain storms and got some pictures. Phew!! This one was my favorite, as you all well know it is always windy here but it worked with us to make some of the pictures come more to life with the motion of the wind.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANDY!!!

Andy's birthday pie
Andy and his sweetie pie
Eating BBQ in Texas
Andy and Addie on Christmas morning
Andy and Christian in Island Park

father/son outing

Andy & Isaac in Yellowstone

Andy & Isaac at Henry's Lake

Andy & Addie at the sand dunes

Andy & Ava

Andy taking Isaac on a ride



Today Andy turned the big 35! We went out to dinner at Applebee's with Jeff and Mary then back to our house for cherry pie and chocolate cupcakes. It was a fun evening. What a wonderful guy Andy is, he is always so patient and kind. He is an amazing father who thinks the world of his kids. We are all so grateful to have him in our lives. We love you so much, Andy!!!! We hope you enjoyed your big day!