Got Wheels?

The weather has been so nice for the last month, one of our favorite past-times is getting outside to ride bikes.
This is our street on one of the days when nearly everyone made it out at the same time.
You can guess that the traffic isn't too heavy. The kids know how to scatter if a driver needs to get through and the students coming through are usually patient with our limited area to play.
Michael and Jordan are on the skateboard in front with helmets on.


Here's Tessa with one of the neighbors' bikes.



Jordan loves being "superfast" with all the big kids.


One afternoon, Jared removed the training wheels on Michael's bike. And Michael took off!


I had to drag him back inside that afternoon for dinner because he was so tired. He wouldn't stop!

Thanksgiving

...was a treat!
Most of the other students are like us without family close-by at the holidays.
So we were able to share the day with another law school family.



There were some yummy favorite dishes. We got to play outside in beautiful weather! And we made Grandma's popcorn ball turkeys!
Lots of reasons to be grateful!!

Here's Tessa

A few weeks ago I caught Tessa at her usual perch on the bathroom stool.
She loves being big and being a girl....

Turtle of the Week

Michael is the student of the week in his class this week!


He took home the class mascot "Speedy" the turtle for the weekend.


Michael introduced Jordan and Tessa to Speedy and Tessa gave him a ride.


Michael read a favorite book to Speedy.


and of course Speedy came along to the Doctor for the boys visit.


On Saturday Speedy came to the zoo and the beach with us.


Tessa really LOVED seeing the animals!! It's the first time we've been back since she's been big..


We watched the alligator feeding time.




Michael loved finding monkey footprints in the sand. (front part of a regular footprint)




The J. Reuben Clark Law Society had a BBQ at the beach. We don't usually go with friends so it was a special treat! We had so much fun! We had a cold spell over the weekend and pulled out long pants and jackets. In the winter it is usually windy at the beach and too cold to swim (except for a few crazy law students).

Birthday/ Halloween week

The last week of October is always quite eventful for two certain Clark boys. I was ambitious enough this year to host a birthday lunch at the park with a few of their friends.


Tessa got to enjoy a cupcake too.



The boys felt pretty special and they are enjoying some wonderful presents from Grandmas & Grandpas and friends!



Jared worked his magic on a pumpkin again this year. The boys wanted a spooky jack o' lantern.



On Halloween Eve we got to dress up and play at the ward trunk-or-treat!

Sunday afternoon

I've been wanting to get some new photos of Tessa....
We are thinking about our Grandma's and Grandpa's that we don't keep in touch with enough!









After my photo spree the boys wanted to borrow the camera.
Here's a few of their funny shots:






The world through the eyes of little boys is pretty interesting.

"Spooktacular"

We were so excited to take a little trip for the weekend to the temple and to Sea World!
Tessa got to enjoy it more this time. (We haven't been back since she was six months old.) She even did well with the long car ride --no crying spells!


She is big enough to do a "ride."


We saw some of our old favorite shows and a new favorite one "Count-down to Halloween."


Jordan was so excited to see the dolphins again! and Michael got to do a big ride with Dad.




Our regular daily routine now with Michael in school is a little less exciting. There isn't much time for outings after homework and dinner.
We enjoyed every minute of our get-away!