February 25, 2019

December Part IV - Family Pictures and Birthdays

While we were in Bentonville for Thanksgiving we had Ammon take some pics of our family for us. I am so grateful we did because they turned out awesome!! Thank you so much Ammon for sharing your talents. These are such gorgeous pics!


Love this family of mine!


Our 5 year old boy!!



A very handsome Beckham Boy! 


"Beckham, show us your muscles!"


This picture sums up Quinn perfectly. She is very shy especially in groups of people but she is also the happiest, sweetest little girl you'll ever meet.



Momma and Quinnie Bear


Forever LOVE

At the end of December we celebrated two very special people in our family. Jack and Quinn have birthdays within two days of each other. December has been and always will be our busiest month out of the year but we don't mind. It's full of celebrations, service, love and excitement.


Celebrating this sweet boy! 

Jack had such a fun birthday this year. We started the day off with presents and a delicious breakfast picked by the birthday boy. He wanted eggos and a gogurt...done :)

 

First was presents! In years past we would do presents after dinner and cake. After thinking about it for a minute, I realized there's no fun in opening gifts and then having to go to bed, haha. I decided from now on we would open gifts first thing so the kids would have all day to play with their new special gifts. Jack enjoyed kinetic sand, books, magnet blocks to build and a marble run game. 


He was so excited to get his very own "marble game."


The boys dove right in and started to build ;)


Happy Birthday Jackson Scott!


Making letters out of his Kinetic sand.


Building with his magnet blocks. He LOVES these things!

Peter Piper Pizza

We played all morning! After naps Pres and I took this special boy to what became a VERY favorite spot...Peter Piper's Pizza. It's basically the same as Chuck E Cheese but with better food :)

 

 

So much fun and so many tickets!! Everyone had a blast. They road a couple rides, played games and went up in the playhouse. I couldn't believe we'd never gone before. I wish we would have discovered this long ago, but at least we got to enjoy it a few more times before we left.

Cake Time!

 



He looks so old ...

I took Jack to the store to pick his own cake this year. He wanted the chocolatiest cake he could find haha. He had his heart set on a hershey's chocolate cake. It was super tasty! Great choice Jack!


One more pic before diving into that cake.


Quinn was there too :) haha



Love you Buddy Bear!

 


Delicious!


Very chocolatey ... hahaha! Baths were a necessity after this one ;)

Happy Birthday QUINN!


Happy Birthday Sweet Angel!


Opening up presents after nap time. Quinnie's birthday fell on a Sunday this year, so we did all of our celebrating after church and naps.

 

She loves puzzles, books and her car! The boys brought it in for her to see. She was so excited!


Pushing Beckham around ;)


Let's celebrate!




Cupcakes for our Quinnie girl!

 

Our baby is 2! 
I can't believe how fast those two years went. I feel like out of the three kids hers went the fastest! I hope this year slows down a little because I am not ready for her to be three just yet. I want to enjoy and hold on to this age for a while.


Beep beep!

We rolled right into New Years after Quinn's bday. We didn't do anything special since our kids are so young. I think Pres and I made it to 11pm and headed off to bed! Haha. Here's to a Happy 2019 full of fun, adventure and surprises!


December Fun Part III - Christmas Morning

The much anticipated day arrived for Jackson, Beckham and Quinn. Christmas was finally here! We look forward to Christmas every year! It just gets better and better with the littles. Every Christmas Pres and I struggle with how much to do for the kids. This year we decided to do something a little different. We told Santa to bring one big gift and fill the stockings. Pres and I gave four smaller gifts to everyone. In previous years we realized that we over did it with how many gifts we gave so this year we scaled back a little.


Our first "big kid" Christmas Tree! Our tree we had for 8 years was only 2 feet tall so we upgraded to this 7 ft tall tree this year ;)


Santa left a little note for the kids to look outside after they did Christmas inside.


The prophet challenged us to read the entire Book of Mormon by the end of the year. I finished on Christmas Eve :) What a blessing that book is in my life. It has brought me so much closer to my Savior and I have a better understanding of His love for me. I am grateful for the challenge and the change it made in me.

Christmas Morning!!


Stocking time :) A face of excitement!

           

Such a happy, happy girl. She loved looking in her stocking and opening her presents. I love the ages of the kids. Christmas is so fun!


Jack loved helping Quinn open her gifts. 

               

The big gifts were outside. I have never seen such appreciation, excitement and absolute happiness when these 3 came outside. It melted our hearts. What a fun day! A trampoline, roller coaster and a car for the gang!


Go Beckham go!


Everyone took turns riding and driving in the new car. 


They spent most of the day outside riding, jumping and driving. 


So much fun!

             


Quinn LOVES her baby and is such a good Momma :)


We put a fire up on the TV and threw on some Christmas music and played all day long. It was a perfect Christmas Day!


Wrestling with Dad :)



Quinn's turn to ride. 


Playing with toys all day long equals a pretty awesome day for these kiddos.


Pres got me a puzzle and I finished it on Christmas day! I love that Christmas is all about family time, relaxation and food. We had a great Christmas in the Clark home :)