Sleep . . .

Well, sorry it has been soo long, but it has been a busy week. After the meteorite on Tuesday, things slowed down a bit. Our weather continuted to be beautiful. On Friday, Bo and I went to see Vantage Point with some friends from our ward. It was a really good movie. I would recommend it! We also ate at our favorite little Mexican joint called 'Kiko's' They have the best mexican food ever!!! Saturday morning I was awakened to Lizzy's moan. She informed me that she had just threw up all over her bedroom floor and felt aweful. I helped her get back into bed with the much need "vomit bucket" and then proceeded to clean up her floor as best I could at 3 a.m. She got up again around 6 a.m. and threw up again. She stayed in bed all day. Poor Lizzy! Bo and I got her settled and began getting our list of things accomplished for the day. I don't want to make anyone jealous, but we did yard work all day on Saturday. Trimmed the Lilac tree and helped our next door neighbor trim her bushes in the back yard that were leaning against the fence. It was another beautiful day. We thought Lizzy was feeling better, but she was up again twice Sunday morning. And, just when I thought things couldn't get worse, Mikki peed the bed and then had growing pains in her legs. So, needless to say we had another very restless night. So, last night Bo and I went to bed as early as we could. And of course as soon as we checked on the kids, Mikki had peed the bed again. We can't get up set because she has gone for weeks without an accident and has felt like such a big girl wearing panties instead of a pull-up to bed. We got her all re-dressed and then plopped her in bed with us. (Thank goodness for a king size bed!) Well, she pushed me out of bed and I spend several hours trying to sleep on the floor! (Didn't want to sleep with Lizzy and get sick! :)) So, I am very tired and am going to see if I can't get Ms. Brylee to lay down for about an hour and let mommy catch up a little. Hope everyone else is doing GREAT! Stay healthy!

Meteorite . . .

Well, at 5:30 a.m. this morning, Bo got up to use the bathroom and as he was walking back to bed, he saw a large flash of light in the sky. It was only there for a second and then it was gone. Needless to say, it kind of freaked him out a bit. He looked out the window again, but could not see anything. He checked the house to make sure everything was okay and came back to bed. However, he had a terrible time getting back to sleep. When we got up this morning he was telling me all about the flash of light and what I thought it might be. I thought maybe it was someone in the cherry orchard next to our house checking on the trees. (This time of year when the weather has been getting warmer during the day and cold during the night, they check to the trees to make sure that they are not going to freeze the blossoms.) We decided that had to be it. We made breakfast and were just sitting down to watch a little bit of the Today Show when our local news came on with Breaking News that there had been a mereorite fall from the sky around 5:30 a.m. this morning. We were a little shocked. If you want to read more about it, you can log onto www.kndu.com. It was a little weird, but kind of cool at the same time. Have a GREAT day!

Spring Fever

Well, the weather here has been absolutely gorgeous! My three girls have SPRING FEVER something fierce! Yesterday, Sunday, we went for a short walk and then the girls rode their bikes and we kicked the soccer ball around. Today, they have been out twice and rode their bikes. It was a little bit colder today than yesterday, but they are still enjoying their time being outside having fun. Brylee even went out to the back yard and played in the sand box again. I will try to get a picture of that the next time she is covered in blue sand! We are hoping our weather just keeps getting a little warmer, since soccer season for us starts in about 2 1/2 weeks! Then we will be consumed with soccer for a couple of months. Lizzy is very excited to get back into playing soccer! Hope we have sunshine again tomorrow!

Not Much . . .

Well, not much has happened this week for the Clark family! Valentine's day was great. The girls always love getting little cards from their classmates. I had a doctors appointment. yuck :( Me, Lizzy and Brylee went to Alyssa Pitt's dance competition at the high school on Saturday. It was nice to have some girl time together. Mikki had a birthday party to go to and so didn't want to go with us. Mikki's birthday party was a blast. They painted nails and got their hair done. Although, Mikki didn't participate in either. She said she didn't feel like it! Later in the evening, Bo and I got to go do some shopping together and then out to eat. It is always nice to have some adult time with just the two of us and no children asking for everything that you pass in the store! We both got new exercise shoes and are hoping to try them out later today when we take the kids for a walk. The weather her has been gorgeous the last few days. The sun has been shining and the birds have been singing. It has been a wonderful turn to the gray days of winter. Lizzy figures it is spring and asked if she could run through the sprinkler! NO! I am sure this next week will be just as dull. Lizzy has a dentist appointment and Bo has to work on President's Day! Oh, well!

Valentine's Day

We aren't real big on Valentine's Day. Both girls had parties at school, which they absolutely loved. We did not go extravegant for gifts this year. Our girls have soo many stuffed animals, we don't know what to do with them all. So, I guess I am taking after my mom, I got my girls socks for Valentine's!!! Love ya mom!! Here is a picture of the ones that they got. Lizzy loves toe socks and Mikki and Brylee just love anything. Bo and I are planning on going out on Saturday and doing a little shopping, just the two of us! I can't wait!

Monkey Dooz

Lizzy went to a birthday part on Saturday to a place here in the Tri-Cities called Monkey Dooz. They get to dress up and have their hair and nails done. She absolutely loved it! She has been there a couple of times and always comes home looking dazzeling! Here are a few pics that I got from the mom who's daughter had the birthday!

Little Miss Mischief

Brylee loves to get into Lizzy's bathroom stuff. Well, a few nights ago, Lizzy accidentally left the bathroom door open when she went to bed. Bo and I were downstairs watching a movie and Brylee was supposed to be watching her Diego movie. Well,things were quiet and then all of a studden, BOOM. Here comes Brylee jumping down the stairs. As soon as she walked over to the rocking chair, I could smell the berry lip-gloss. I quickly turned the light on and this is what we saw . . .

Grandpa and Grandma Madsen

Of course we love all of our grandparents, but we stay with my mom and dad when we go home and the girls absolutely love them! In fact, on our way back home on Monday, we got to Boise and Brylee said that she wanted to go back to Grandpa's house! Needless to say, we love staying with them and each time is more memorable and I cry every time we have leave! Here are a few pictures of the girls playing in the snow with their cousins! They had sooo much fun this trip with the snow! Can't wait 'till mom and dad come out here to spend some time again!

WOW!!

Okay, things have been a little crazy around here. Last Wednesday we took off and headed to Idaho for Lizzy's baptism. We were going to stay in Boise Wednesday night, but found out that there was going to be a storm on Thursday, so we drove the whole way and got into mom and dad's around 1:30 a.m. on Thursday morning! We were very tired but ready to get things planned for the baptism. Grandma Bobbie and Grandpa Craig arrived on Friday from Hemet, California. We were so excited to get to see them. Saturday finally arrived and we went to the church and baptized Lizzy and her cousin Justin got baptized as well.
It was a very special evening and everyone had a great time and you could feel the spirit!
We were supposed to head for home on Sunday, but woke up to snow. Then the only to routes to go home got closed from the wind and snow and so we were stuck with mom and dad for one more day. We finally headed for home Monday morning and 6 a.m. Here is a picture that I took from the moving van of the snow on the Blue Mountains. This is the last pass we have to traverse to get home. We were very nervous, but they were just really wet, but have a TON of snow!
We are very glad to be home. I will try to share some more pictures in the next couple of days!