THANKSGIVING

Cam sporting one of his many school projects


Every year we go bowling on Thanksgiving. This year was a little bit different with my family being in Hawaii. Jimmy's mom, sister and brother were more than happy to join us and help keep our kids from running down the lane.


Cute place cards that Jimmy's mom came up with.


Our kids are not the best eaters so the only turkey Kaitlyn ate this year was the sugar filled decoration. Like father, like daughter.

"TWO" CUTE

EAT MY SHORTS!! HALLOWEEN 2008

As soon as Abbi was born we knew we needed to be the Simpsons for Grandma Heidi's Halloween party. Although Cameron was not that well versed with the show, we thought it would be fun to have him running around saying "Eat my shorts" to everyone he saw, which it was. Last year Kaitlyn was very cooperative when it was time for pictures, but this year she turned two. We never thought that she would not want to accessorize, but again, she turned two (hence the picture of only her costume that she would not wear). All in all good memories were made.

These are past Halloween costumes. Please vote for your favorite.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JENNI!!

I had to send Jenni to bed because she would not let me write this otherwise. I know she will check this in the morning, but I wanted all of our friends and family to know how much I love her. I tell her this all the time, and for those of you who know both of us you will agree, that I totally lucked out in the spouse department. I definitely married up. Jenni, thank you for saying yes to me all those years ago. I remember early on in our dating that I had the thought, "I think I could marry this girl and spend eternity with her". Not to brag, but I am a brilliant to have found a way to get this done. I joke often with people that if she would have said no, I would probably still be living at home, playing much more golf, and be rich. Needless to say, I am truly happy the way things turned out, maybe minus the golf thing. I have the greatest wife in the world and three amazing kids. Thank you Jenni for taking a chance on me and making me the happiest man alive. I LOVE YOU!!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY "SHOE" YOU KAITLYN

Looking back on Kaitlyn's past year one common theme comes to mind. Shoes!! She is a tad bit obsessed with shoes and everything about them. She has been known to eye other little kid's' and adults shoes and you can see her thinking, "how am I going to get those shoes off of her feet and on to mine". On more that one occasion we have gone to pick her up from nursery, only to find the nursery leader barefoot, and Kaitlyn sporting some new high heel shoes. It is hard to tell but this birthday's cake was two pink high heel shoes. We don't want to go into too much detail, but let's just say one year there was a potty cake. To date that is still my favorite. Jenni is amazing and seems to think that there needs to be a full on theme for every child's birthday with a cake to match.



She might only be two, but Kaitlyn understands that if you are going to wear sandals it is important to have "pretty toes". As a present from Jenni's mom Kaitlyn had her toes done and lets just say, no two year old should enjoy getting their toes done as much as this little girl does.




Abbi having fun at her sister's party, knowing that she will be getting some sweet hand me down toys.



Below are some of the gifts that she received. Baby toys, dress ups, and pajamas. What more does a girl need? Jimmy was excited to see that she also did receive a tennis racquet. Somehow that picture did not make the cut.





Cute girls!!

LABOR DAY OLYMPICS 2008

Every year Jimmy's mom has the "Labor Day Olympics". She comes up with fun events we all play in her backyard. They are a combination of amusement park games and made up ones that the kids, and adults, love to play. This year was exciting because of the actual Olympics having just finished up. Cameron thinks that the Labor Day Olympics are held by everyone so he was eager to invite anybody he knew to this annual event. Before you think that these games are just for kids, you don't know the Clark family. This is serious business with more that just gold medals to be won.

The olympics are kicked off with an actual opening ceremony, minus the fireworks and thousands of people. The olympic anthem plays while the kids march and wave to their many fans (parents). Cameron was the torch bearer.


One of the new events this year involved blowing a surf board down a rain gutter full of water. This one was harder than it looked.

This event involved trying to keep flying water balloons out of the bucket. While members of both teams were throwing the balloons these two heavy hitters made it difficult for anyone to score.

Cameron getting his gold medal. Jimmy is still wondering why he did not get one. Maybe next year.

Kaitlyn received a medal too, but was much more interested in the bag of candy that was provided.

Thanks to Grandma Heidi for another great year.

HOMESTEAD 2008

Thanks to Jenni's parents we had another fun weekend up at the Homestead. We helped them celebrate 30 years of marriage. Congrats to them and thanks for such a great time.

TEMPLE SQUARE

We have been to this exhibit before and had so much fun that we went back. The exhibit is designed to help the kids know that they are children of God. There are a lot of fun activities for the kids to do and we would recommend it to all. We finished the night by getting ice cream. For those of you that know us you know that we were a little bit cautious with Cameron and him getting dirty. We tried with Kaitlyn to be the same way but gave up on her shortly after birth. Her personality is a little bit more independent.

SUMMER FUN