Catch up: June Randoms

OY VEY. Time to catch up again!

Here's a few things we did in June:

First, we met up with some of our old Provo friends at the splash pad down there and it was SO MUCH FUN! The kids were so excited to see all of their old friends and it was great to catch up with their moms.

Not a good picture of Jace, but Flor looks cute! She picked that hat out herself. We were in Walmart one day and she was riding in the cart and the next thing I knew she was wearing it. Since it was only $3, it was a must have!

Pictures of three kids are so hard...

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Yep. 

Nothing like long lost friends!! We love these girls!

And boys!

W'e're not as cute when we're old...:)

We then met up with my dear friend Jill after the splash pad for a little Sodalicious and catching up

Jace "sleeping". So convincing, right?

 Random pictures: I think this was the day that Hallie got Flor up, got her in the tub, dressed, and she and Jace were in the process of doing her hair and makeup when I woke up. What good kids. :)

 Outing with Jill: Jill and I went out for sushi at an amazing restaurant recommended by my friend Meghan (and then we saw her there..obviously she loves it...haha) and then we went to the Bountiful Temple and on to get ice cream. It had been a while since we had done anything, so it was a lot of fun. I think I failed at taking pictures, though, other than of the delicious sushi.

Happy Father's Day, Devin!
Our kids have the best daddy ever! We loved celebrating Father's Day with him and telling him how special he is to us. 

Jace's face...

and again....

I don't even know what this is a picture of. But apparently it's making the family blog. Bam.

California Day #3

You know the Day 3 pictures right away because we actually all look like individuals...no matching t-shirts that day! Bummer, I know.

We spent the morning and early afternoon at Disney again. We went early enough that we hit up a lot of the rides multiple times & it was fabulous. 

We finally got a group photo too! In normal clothes, nonetheless. 

 We left in the early afternoon to get back and get our beauty of a van returned. On the way, we needed to stop for lunch and there was a bit of contention all around as to where we should eat. I was driving, so I eventually just pulled into the nearest restaurant we could see and holy shmoly, did we hit the jackpot with that place! I can't even remember what it is called, but it was DELICIOUS. They had a huge menu and everything that was ordered was divine. We were all starving. We passed all the plates around so everyone could try everything and nothing disappointed. They also had an excellent dessert menu, but we were cutting it close on time, so we took our desserts to go and hopped back in the trusty old van.

We had to fill up the van, return it (to the ghetto place that looked like a parking lot when we got there because everyone seemed to be returning their cars at the same time), take the shuttle back to the airport, and get checked in. We were all feeling a bit stressed by this time because we were reeeally cutting it close. As we went through security, my grandma was taken aside to go through a special line and when she did, we somehow lost track of her suitcase. Everyone thought someone else had it, but no one did. By the time we discovered the problem, we were at the gate and they were waiting on us to board. The gate agent told us (not so kindly) that we had six minutes to go back and look for the suitcase and be back ON the plane, or it would leave without us. Mari Ann took off like the sprinter that she is and ran back to the security area where she found it sitting. She then ran all the way back with literally seconds to spare. I was so nervous. Half of our crew had already boarded and the other half was waiting to see what the outcome was going to be. But, she came through in the end and we cheered her on as she ran down the terminal with suitcase in hand.

By the time we were seated, we all thought we deserved a treat, so we busted out our desserts and passed them around,. We also convinced the flight attendant to give us full cans of diet coke to go with them instead of just a measly cup and we were a happy bunch again.

When we landed in Salt Lake, it was around 8 pm. Che', Carlie, and I were lucky enough to be able to go right home, but the Idaho people still had to drive all the way back that night. Too bad for them.

All in all, it was amazing, amazing, amazing. I can't wait to do something like it again!! Hopefully soon! :)

At that delicious restaurant of which I cannot recall the name...

Best picture of the trip, right here. I was trying to get a picture of Carlie and her dessert when Cortney photo bombed with this huge ol' bite of hers. Amazing. 

There we go!

A selfie back in SLC to end the night. Fun times. 

California Day #2

Okay, so I am way, way behind again. It's just my norm. So do forgive me if there are a few "catch up" posts tonight. So remember way back when in May when I went to California with the women in the family? Here is part one of that trip in case anyone wants to remember it (because it was that great): PART 1

On to day two! We spent the day at Disneyland and you know there is nothing better. Disneyland with kids is magical, but Disneyland without kids is just as fantastic. I think everyone should do both in their lives.

So, even though we planned to sleep in that morning due to our nearly 24 hours of being awake the day before, our dear Grandma was awake at 6, dressed and ready to go. So, up we all were. :) She was just so excited. Of course we had matching shirts for that day too. It wouldn't be a Clark trip without, you know.

The day was pretty fantastic, minus a few incidents stemming from my Grandmother's rental of a jazzy wheelchair and her refusal to allow us to help her with it. She ran over just a few toddlers due to her tiredness and stubbornness. I am not joking...the jazzy became quite the sore point during the day because she was just crazy on that thing. We tried to convince her to go home at lunch time for a short nap, but she wasn't having it. Not at all.

Thanks to Che' and Jennifer's expertise, we were on and off rides in no time all day long. The park was quite crowded, but we still rode everything we wanted at least once. We also saw a parade and ate to our hearts content (of course).

Cortney, at 34 weeks pregnant, decided that nothing was going to stop her from riding rides she wanted to go one (nothing too dangerous of course). She was dead set on riding Splash Mountain, and she did so successfully four times with the help of a huge green poncho Mari Ann brought. No one was the wiser. We were kind of hoping she would go into labor and have a Disneyland baby, but no luck (She just had baby girl last week, a week overdue. Sweet little Paige Sue. More on her later).

The water ride at California Adventure--cannot remember the name, but these two were dragged on saying that they didn't want to get wet. Wellll, they got the best of it! Extra geyser and everything, just for them. :)

Kaarin and her boyfriend joined us that day at Disney too. My grandma is just the cutest, right?

Because we had my Grandma, we went in the line for those with wheelchairs, etc. on the Cars ride. We loaded up and waited and waited and waited...and then when we went to race and by total luck of the draw, we raced Sue and her girls in the other car. It couldn't have been better! They won, though, darn it. 

Apparently I am competitive...

The grandgirls

That darn Jazzy....

See, can't even tell she's pregnant, right?!

That day's shirts

This is when Che' bribed Sue Dawg to come on Tower of Terror by telling her she would buy her a churro. (We are all motivated by food). She did and it was classic. Che' did pay up, lest you worry.

Here we are waiting for the parade. While we waited, we learned a little cheer then Hailie and I were pulled out in the street to help demonstrate it. We have a little video of it and it's quite embarrassing given that Hailie is a cheerleader and followed along quite well and I on the other hand did not. Ohhh well...

This is the Grizzly River Run that was just hilarious. Right before Sue got sprayed in her face, she yelled out, "Daaaaaaanger!!!" in a really ominious voice. And then the ride paid up....perfect timing.

Good thing Mari Ann had 27 jackets and ponchos to equip us all for the ride. We did fine on that side of the bench, but the others, not so much.

Clearly the operating error stemmed from the fact that she was not in fact paying attention while the lady gave her directions on how to run her machine....

On to Day 3!