Pocatello Marathon!

The Pocatello Marathon was upon us after 3 LONG months of training. We spent Labor day weekend in Pocatello enjoying good friends and family and many nights of eating out! The best part of our trip for the kids was our hotel. Isn't it crazy how the simple things make children the happiest. A week before, Cameron hurt his knee running and was a little nervous on how his knee was going to feel after running 26.2 miles, but he did AWESOME! He had many supporters who cheered him on and we were all glad when he made it at the finish line four and a half hours later. Cameron made a goal for himself to finish it under four hours, but with his knee it slowed him down. I think he still made great timing though, afterall it being his first marathon. I asked him after the race if he was going to run another one and the answer is probably not, maybe half marathon. Apparently that extra 13 miles is torture. Here are some pictures of our "Runner"


Go Cam Go!!

Cameron with his buddies, Shane and Matt

We've Survived!

We have survived the first week of school! Yeah for us! The summer of waking up whenever we wanted has offically ended and its back to the rise of the sun. I think Mom is the only one who is still getting used to the idea of being up so early. Bailee is now in 2nd grade and is loving it, hopefully, she will still love school a few months in. She also has a teacher who seems nice and fun. Bailee is growing up so fast and pretty soon she will be in high school! sniff, sniff.

This is the only picture I took of Bailee for we still had to get Braden settled in and school was going to start in a few minutes. She looks so happy to be at school.

Braden's day had come to start Kindergarten! He was thrilled to be in the same school as Bailee and loved it when his friends were in the same class. (Poor teacher) He loves learning and I'm sure he will be a great student

Braden also has a great teacher, the same teacher Bailee had for Kindergarten. Braden has AM Kindergarten so I was able to take pictures without the craziness of everyone after school. I sure do miss my cuties while they are having fun at school, but I also love the quietness of just me and Malia. She has become my shopping buddy and we have FUN!

Bryce Canyon July 2009

We tried to post a nice slideshow with picasa, but...apperently you need a PhD in computer sciences to do so...you can find the rest of the photos at: http://picasaweb.google.com/maryslamb57/BryceCanyonAndZions#

A Luau Party

I have failed to post about Bailee's 7th Birthday so here it is. On June 23rd we took her out to Gerties and had all you can eat pizza and we stuffed ourselves FULL! Grandma and Grandpa came and so did Aunt Collette and Kelsy. She opened her presents there and had a great time. After dinner we surprised her with a NEW BIKE! She was thrilled and had to take a few drives down the street to test it out.


Bailee had a Luau Party for her 7th Birthday (that makes me very old). I had fun finding all the decorations and making it a blast for the girls. We gave each girl who came a Hula skirt, Lei, flower Headband and a flower Ring. Each girl looked so cute, here are a few of the girls.


After everybody was dressed up we made lunch consisting of Hotdog and Pineapple Shishkabobs, Coconut Bread, Grapes, and for our drinks: Shaved Ice. Each girl made thier own Shishkabobs and we then grilled them on the BBQ.






After Lunch we played Limbo, Water Balloon Races, Slip in Slide, and to end the day each girl had a chance to sing karoke with Bailee's new Wii game, High School Musical Sing It. I think Bailee had a wonderful birthday party with her friends. We love you Bailee!

Malia Marcelene Turns TWO!

On June 18th, we celebrated a joyous event, Malia had a birthday and is now the tender age of TWO! Let me tell you the Terrible Two's have already kicked in. I thought we would go to the movies during the day and have fun, but little Malia had different plans. We went to see the Water Horse, not the greatest show but it was that or Marley and Me and I heard that it wasn't a good one to take kids to. We sit down and watch the movie for like 10 minutes and broke out the candy for our kids to eat. Another 5 minutes down and Im thinking "Hey this is turning out great" and then it started. Malia is throwing her candy and screaming. I took her out and told her she needed to be quiet and we went back inside. As soon as we sit down she started screaming again so of course we had to leave and I thought maybe she was thirsty , so I bought all three kids a drink and sat back down. More screaming and her pop goes flying all over the floor. AGHHHHHHHHHHH! Finally, we had enough and went home after only seeing half of the movie. The conclusion: Malia and movie theaters dont MIX! and I bought a summer movie ticket for her. Oh well.

She was more pleasant after a good lunch and a nap and was excited for her party later that day. We invited Grandma and Grandpa Clark, Aunt Collette and the Andersons, our neighbors across the street, to have a BBQ Party. Malia loved all the attention from everyone and loved opening her presents and the best part, eating cake (well the frosting anyway). Malia got mostly clothes from us and grandparents and she will look so adorable in them. The nieghbors gave her a book, which has become her favorite, some sand toys, and a water floaty for the pool. Hopefully our year of being TWO is not too TERRIBLE! We can only wish!

Malia was hillarious and had to show Grandpa each present she got. What a cutie!

Happy Birthday Malia Girl! We love you!

Dancer of the Year!

On May 30, Bailee had her end of the year recital. She was SO excited to dance in front of everyone and to be in her pretty costume. Bailee has been taking ballet and tap since the beginning of September and she loves it. Ahh taking after her mother I guess. Grandma Judy flew in for the special day and Aunt Megan and Bella came as well. Bailee did a great job dancing and even WON the Dancer of the Year award in her division. Way to go Bailee!! I was so proud of her, my little dancer! This is her dance teacher who Bailee always has a smile for.Grandma Judy and Bailee sharing a sweet moment

Power of Coupons and Preschool Graduation

We have had a busy week! Well I have anyway. My friend got me started on shopping with coupons and I have been addicted. It is so fun and also confusing at times. Thanks to the internet for allowing me to print coupons, and my friend for showing how to put the items together that will be the most beneficial. I had my first shopping trip at Albertsons the other day and I was so excited to see what I could get without spending alot. It made grocery shopping a little more fun. This is what I bought:

4 pkgs of Wheat Thins
6 BBQ sauce

2 pkgs of hot dogs

3 6-pack hersheys chocolate

3 pkgs of marshmellows

1 container of ice cream

1 2 liter of pop

4 Skintimate shave gels

3 pkgs of honey maid graham crackers

2 Darigold chocolate milks

and the grand total of what I paid after coupons...... is..............$8.68! Wow isn't that crazy. Now only if my coupon inserts come in the mail soon, so I can have LOTS more coupons to save. Braden also graduated from Pre-school and had a program with lots of songs they have learned over the year and ended with a ice cream party afterwards. Braden sure loved going to preschool and has learned alot too. What a smart little boy we have, and a handsome one too! Here are some pictures of him at preschool

Now he is off to Kindergarten and is all grown up! :(

A Great Mother's Day

I must say I have the greatest husband and kids! They spoiled me this year and I loved it!

Bailee and Braden made me some cool gifts at school and little Malia made an adorable handprint at nursery for me. Bailee made me a keychain that spells MOM, and Braden made a bookmark with his picture on it and some flower seeds.

Even Cameron made a wonderful dinner of steak and pototaoes and the kids helped him make a dessert pizza. We invited Grandma and Grandpa Clark, Collette, and Kelsey to come and have some wonderful dessert. I love my family very much and I'm grateful for them everyday!

Its Finally Done!

We have completed our remodel of our master bathroom, and I LOVE it! Cameron did a great job with the tile work, and I did a great job painting. Also we had to buy our mirrors, much to our dismay. The previous mirror was glued so much it was impossible to take down without breaking. Here are some pictures of our "new" bathroom.

this is the tile that is on the floor

Here Comes Peter Cottentail!

We had a great Easter! On Saturday, we went to Jerome to Grandma and Grandpa's ward breakfast and egg hunt. It was cold but the kids loved eating pancakes, doing a cupcake walk, where each of them won, and finally ending the morning with a Easter Egg Hunt! Malia sure loved picking up the eggs and most of all eating the surprises inside. Bailee and Braden also loved finding the eggs and got quite the collection. They even shared the loot with Mom and Dad. (we have sweet kids) Later that evening we invited our nieghbors over to color eggs and had so much fun. Between the eight kids around my tiny kitchen table we had only two spilled cups of dye, not bad! They loved coloring eggs and couldn't wait for their next egg. Even Malia had fun with her egg. She colored on it with crayon and then decided it was better to smash the egg instead of making it pretty. Here is Bailee helping our neighbor Penny with her egg.
Sunday morning was fun too. The Easter bunny came and left goodies for everyone and hid the kids baskets throughout the house. The crazy bunny hid Bailee's basket in the dryer. Silly old rabbit! Braden's was hid in the game closet. Then it was a quest to find those easter eggs from last night. Easter is fun but we will never forget why we celebrate Easter and we tried hard to let our kids know the real reason. I think they get it. Here is our cute little family all dressed up.

The Clark Family Update

We have been very busy and my blog has suffered from it! We decided to remodel our bathroom. We ripped up the lanoleum(I know the spelling isn't right ) and took the tile off the front of our tub. We are putting tile on the floor and on the front of tub as well. We also have a huge mirror we are going to take down and make two mirrors out of it. Hopefully we are able to get it down without it breaking, wish us LUCK! Cameron has a love hate relationship with the demo, too much work! I will be thrilled when it is all done and looking magnificent. I have been busy taking pictures for my photography class. I have had so much fun looking for some great spots. For one of our assignments we had to stop action and blur action. Here is what I got.

The water pictures are taken at Niagra Springs in Jerome.

Happy Birthday Cameron!

Yesterday was a BIG day for Cameron he turned 30!! I know this post is a day late but oh well. Yesterday was so crazy getting everything ready for the party and deep cleaning the kids bedrooms, cleaning the rest of the house and decorating Cam's cake I fell behind on blogging Cameron's special day. I tried to have a surprise party for him but of course he found out! I had a bunch of his friends come over to help celebrate with him. Its crazy to think the friends he hangs out with, are the friends he had since high school.

I have to admit my husband is the best looking guy ever!!

I also have to admit my cake I decorated for Cam looked so good, even though it took like two hours to do it.

I just wanted to say Thank You Cam for all that you do for our family and we love you tons!