I have been terrible about photo taking lately, but looked at Natalie's blog and recommitted! You will know at which point I recommitted... Adventure #1: LIBRARY TIME! Ok, so this is a bit of a lame "adventure" perhaps, but Hollie was sick last week, so I took Jack and Savannah to the library reading day near their house. This was my first time outside of my house being in charge of 4 kids (including Jude which may not count), so it felt like an adventure! They do really great ones out here. Brooklyn and I have gone every week since we got here. The library has crafts after Sotry time, and puzzles, blocks and other toys to play with all the time! We go a few times a week, but it was a lot more fun with friends! I also realized that having 4 kids isn't so bad - though stressful at times - when they are ages 8,4,2 and 0 Adventure #2: Hiking at the Canyon Brooklyn loves hiking and the other day, after spending too much time indoors cause it was snowing, I decided to...

Jude has been such an easy baby that I feel bad I don't pay enough attention to him! He just fusses enough to tell me he wants to eat, sleep or get changed, then lets us get on with our busy days! But we sure adore him and Brooklyn is the best big sister I' ve ever seen! Like Brooklyn, he is thriving on "Blueberry Milk" as Brooklyn calls it - OK, this blog is supposed to be about Jude, but I have to tell this quick story. The first day I came home from the hospital, Brooklyn watched as I nursed Jude and asked very curiously what I was doing! Trey, to my dismay said "Baby is drinking Mommy's Booby Milk!" Brooklyn then said "Mommy's Blueberry Milk?" relieved I said "Yes! Blueberry Milk" and so it stuck... Anyway, we went to the Doctor yesterday and he is 13.1 pounds, 25 inches and head circumference 41.1 cm. That puts him in 95 th percentile in Height and 80 th in the other two. He's getting the expected Clark Rolls...

We have had a baby, moved, found a place to live, bought a new car and found new friends all in the past 6 weeks! It has been wild, but wonderful. It has truly been amazing how everything has fallen together so well! Our first week and a half we stayed in Utah, we stayed in the most amazing apartment with an incredible view of the mountains and more importantly THE COOLEST girls! We had origionally planned on getting a hotel room, but our awesome friend Nikki offered for us to take over her room (and king size bed) and room and insisted that she and her 2 roommates (Also friends from BYU Days) loved having all 4 of us there! They are all from big families and said they loved having a family and kids around. Brooklyn loved all the attention and I loved reconnecting with the girls. I cooked meals for them and Brooklyn colored pictures for them to pay rent (; One of my oldest and dearest friends Kelly McBride came to visit us! She is like a sister to me and it is so fun to have her k...

My Mom's Dad, Grandpa Sevy passed away tragically a few weeks ago and the funeral was this week. I made a blog for everyone to be able to write their stories and thoughts. This is what I wrote: Grandpa Sevy was a huge part of our lives, especially our summers. My earliest childhood memories are mostly of our times in Osoyoos - with Grandpa throwing, catching or pulling me! He is a part of me and made me who am I am. I think he stretched and pushed everyone who knew him to go a little deeper and challenge themselves. He had us kids jump off the garage roof into his arms from the time we were 3 or 4, he taught us all how to water ski (with help of Dad of course) and would bite our arms to the point of leaving his teeth marks in our flesh for at least a few minutes! He pushed himself harder than he pushed anyone though. He memorized incredibly long poems and would recite them for anyone that would listen - which was most anyone because he was so animated and wonderful when perfo...