Much Needed Update

I have been bad at updating our little blog lately. It's always one thing or another. I hope to start documenting better. Beware, this is a long post!

We had a great Thanksgiving with my family and Christmas with Josh's family. It was so fun to have everyone at our home, and even more fun to watch Jackson interact with his grandparents, aunts, uncles, and cousins. He LOVED having so many people to play with each day.

Thanksgiving 2010

Jackson helping Josh take the turkey fryer out.

We enjoyed both a fried turkey and a baked turkey this year! Yum!!

My parents brought their dog and Jackson had a blast playing with her!


Family Pictures...
My family attempted some pictures. Some turned out. It's hard with the sun in a bad spot and a toddler, but oh well! :)


November 2010
We went to Las Vegas one weekend in November for my cousin Andrew's baptism. I didn't take many pictures (classic Lindsey) but we did capture my aunt and her youngest with a face full of avacado!

Sarah and Dylan Marshall (my aunt and cousin)

Jackson joined in but decided he didn't like avacados as much as Dylan!


Polar Express, December 2010
We went to Williams, AZ on the 22nd of December to ride to the North Pole on the Polar Express! It was a bit of a drive and rained the whole time but we still had fun. We were struggling with the camera settings while on the train, so no pics with Santa. We spent the night and woke up to 6 inches of beautiful snow! I took a few pics with my phone of the snow but none with the camera. Jackson loved making snow balls and stomping in the slush!


Jackson listening to the story

Jackson was bouncing off the wall the whole time on the train!

Looking a bit wet as we ride to the North Pole!

Jackson with his 2 cousins Makenna and Kyla

Hanging with the Cousins, December 2010

Jackson and Ella out riding and playing in the back

Jackson with his 4 cousins sitting watching a Christmas movie! So cute!

Bath time with Wyatt and Ella


Random Pictures 2010

??? Not sure what was going on in this pic

A couple weeks ago we went hiking in the desert by our home. Thought this was a great picture of the 2 Clark men.

Cute little man who loves sitting on the stools at the bar these days

I came home from work for lunch one day and Jackson looked like this....he and Daddy had way too much fun with the hair wax!


Christmas Morning 2010
Josh and I both swear that we took more pictures than the few we actually have. We're wondering if the other camera didn't work (remember we were really struggling with it on the Polar Express). We were able to at least capture the joy Jackson had with his new "hoop" from Santa Claus. He loves his "hoop" and still wants to play with it daily. We did get some good video but I don't know if it will make the blog!



Swimming at the Aquatic Center, December 2010
One of the days we took all the kids swimming at the local Aquatics Center. It was even more fun than I thought it would be! I didn't take many pics since we were all swimming but I got a few of Jackson on the slides. They also have a big slide for older kids/adults.

This one was Jackson's favorite

He liked this one too but went faster on the other one (I think because it had more water)

Crawling through the shallow water like alligators!

Arianne and Wyatt in the wave pool

21 Weeks....
The day these pictures were taken I was 21 weeks and we had just found out that the little wiggle bug in my belly is a baby GIRL!! We are so excited! I am now 24 weeks along and still doing and feeling well. We are so blessed and excited for everything 2011 has to offer!

Happy 2011 Everyone!!

Much to be grateful for...

This post won't have any pictures. Our most reliable computer, and the one with all the pictures on it, has crashed. Soo sad. We're still hoping to recover the documents on it but we will have to wait and see. Nevertheless, we have MUCH to be grateful for!

This post is a bit late, things around here have been busy and well computerless! :) Plus Josh still uses the computer (the one that kind of works) most nights for his physics class. We had a wonderful November and great Thanksgiving! November came and went so fast. I worked a few extra shifts which made the weeks fly even faster. Josh was busy with his physics and church callings. My family came to our house for Thanksgiving and we really enjoyed having them here. Jackson LOVED the attention!

We absolutely LOVE our little Jackson who is growing every day, much too fast, and are so grateful for him. Some things that I have been meaning to write down about our little man are:
-he doesn't like wearing his shoes and will always say "shoes out"
-copies Josh and wants to be just like him
-he loves to cuddle under the covers of any bed and giggles and giggles
-he jumps on EVERYTHING: the couch, beds, the ground, chairs, bench at church, my belly, etc.
-when someone comes over to the house he runs and throws himself excitedly on the floor, in fact he does this a lot even if no one is coming over! :)
-has been sleeping in his "big boy bed" for almost a week now
-tells us when he needs to go "poo poo" so we can put him on the toilet
-tells us when he poops his pants so we can change him
-thinks burping is hilarious
-jumps off of his right leg and kind of prances/skips around
-twirls and dances to any music
-knows all of his animal sounds
-loves mints and pickles and vitamin C and asks for them ALL DAY LONG!
-throws EVERYTHING
-has a pumpkin bucket filled with his puzzle pieces that he dumps out at least twice daily
-loves to watch mickey mouse clubhouse
-asks to watch mickey mouse clubhouse and has to sit in his Elmo chair, on the couch with a "dee dee" (blanket) over his lap
-still drinks from a bottle at bedtime and in the mornings
-takes an hour nap daily, if we're lucky
-never runs out of energy

I could probably go on but that list is long enough for today!

The last and definitely not the least to be grateful for is that we are expecting baby #2 in May 2011! Other than always be tired (still) I am feeling great and baby is doing well. I am 17 weeks today, guess I need to start taking belly pictures!

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. Will post pictures when I can! :)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

Hope everyone has/had a safe and fun Halloween. We did...here are a few pictures from our weekend.

Jackson had a great time jumping in this bounce house at our ward's trunk or treat

Sliding down on his belly!

Josh has several clients in our ward, they got a kick out of his Halloween costume!

Josh and I at a Halloween party on Friday night.

What we've been up to...

The past few months have flown by! I don't have any good reasons for not blogging other than Josh is using the computer most nights for his online physics class which is killing us all! It is so time consuming that for the past 6 weeks we feel like the only thing we have done is this physics class. Of course it's Josh's class and he does all the work but I feel

like it is so time consuming that I'm taking the class too! Anyway, we have had a great couple of months. There are a lot of pictures so beware!! This first one is of Jackson in his Handy Manny hat! He wears this thing ALL THE TIME! He even wanted to wear it to bed the other night. Such a silly dude! He is now 18 months old and goes to nursery on Sundays. He learns and grows so much every day. He is talking so much now and learning more and more words each day! He loves to wrestle with Dad, eats all day long, pile things, climb,

do puzzles, read, bubbles, baths, swimming, and the list goes on. He is such a joy to have around and truly the light of our lives!

The Recalde family came to visit us this past week. Punj had been doing his internship in SLC so they took a quick trip to come visit us. We spent 2 nights in Havasu then 1 night in Vegas. It was so great to see them and we had a blast with them! Below are some pictures of shopping in Vegas and we also ate at one of our favorite restaurants (Texas de Brazil) to celebrate Jamie's birthday.

Yes that is Jackson hanging upside down!

Jackson on the ride to Vegas, such a happy little man!

So bummed this pic didn't turn out, it was taken at the park in Havasu...would've been soo cute!

Jackson LOVES the park! Not only does he love the playground, but also chasing the animals. We have bunnies, birds, skunks, and bats at our local park and he loves to look for all of them! He also loves to try to join in on the big boys soccer games!

These next pictures were taken last Sunday before church. I was trying to capture him looking at the bugs outside the window with his Handy Manny hat but he saw me and then only wanted the camera. This is him crying because I wouldn't let him take the pictures.

In August we went to Flagstaff for a long weekend. Josh had to take the GRE and we took the opportunity to check out the area and the PT program at NAU. We really liked Flagstaff and could see us living there. It's a small resort/college town so it's expensive but very pretty. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. These few pictures were taken at a small community park just outside of Flagstaff. I loved the area but there are only houses. You have to travel on the highway into Flagstaff for anything- even groceries!

Jackson has been taking swimming lessons off and on for the past few months. He is learning so fast and loves to swim! His swim teachers told us that he was the best swimmer out of all of their swim classes which includes kids 3 and under! He will swim from the wall to us under water holding his breath! He will walk along the walls of the pool to get where he wants. He will cruise around for hours if we let him in his little floaty tube.

The Ginn family was in Vegas so Josh and Jackson went to see them one day in August. I couldn't go since I was working. They had a great time though.

The Stoker's came to visit us over Labor Day weekend. We went to Vegas to pick them up from the airport and spent the day cruising around the strip, going to Hoover Dam, then shopping at Costco before heading back to Havasu. We had a great time hanging out with them and Jackson loved having Jet around!