A baby girl...

Two weeks ago Curt and I found found out we will be having a baby girl. What would you expect, right? We only know how to do girls... :) We are both very excited and love the thoughts of having her around our house. According to the ultra sound everything looks like it should...all four chambers of the heart, all three arteries in the umbilical cord, etc. She already kicks me a ton and within the past few days has started kicking me in the ribs. I love when Curt gets to feel her kick and my mom just felt her this weekend. Overall, things are going great and we are very excited! :) Have a happy Thanksgiving!!

Update from Hawaii to Chicago

I thought I'd just write a quick note to tell you all that Leslie is now in Hawaii with Brandon. I'm glad they are back together after their long summer apart. Though I am jealous that they are in Hawaii especially now that it is getting to be winter here in Chicago! Ryan and I will be staying here for Thanksgiving and celebrating with some friends. However, we are coming to Utah for Christmas. We'll be there from Dec. 18-25 and are looking forward to spending some time with all of you. I miss you all and am excited to see you.

We're moving

Ryan and I will be moving to Alexandria, Virginia next summer after his graduation.

We locked our blog

Hey All!
Just thought I would let you know that we locked our blog because of some weird comments made on friends blogs. Since we were all connected I decided to prevent that. It probably is safer anyway when you think about it. I am sure there is more information on it than I realize or want strangers to know. So if there is anyone that I missed sending an invitation too that would like to view our blog send me your email address and we will get one to you. Hope everyone is doing great!

Our first offer

Ryan and I are awaiting job offers for next year. Ryan got his first offer a week ago. We are still waiting to hear from a couple other firms and will keep you posted. But for now, I'd like to hear if anyone has any pro's/con's about Alexandria v. Chicago to help in our decision making process.

Playing Cowboys and Indians

This past summer I worked in Jackson Hole Wyoming. I worked on the Teton Wagon Train and Horse Adventure as a "wrangler."....which basically means that I got paid to ride horses in the Tetons, camp, eat lots of dutch oven food, and sleep under the stars. Rough...I know :) It was fabulous.

Mom, Dad, and Sara came up for a week in July. One night of the camp there is an indian attack...does the indian on the right look familiar??

The conditions were rather rugged. The mosquitos were awful for a few weeks. Each night around dusk there would be a loud buzzing noise and an entire black cloud of mosquitos above my head...and attacking me. Alyssa, my co worker, and I decided to combat the annoyances by hiding from them. We looked stupid, but atleast it kept them out of our ears.

...did I mention it was rugged? The camp ran from Monday to Thursday, but I had to stay on the mountain for a few weekends with the horses. 11 days is a long time to go without a shower. Have no fear, I'm a "Clark," and I created something that comes in as a close second. This is what I call a "Cowgirl Shower" All you need is a horse water bucket, a stump, tarp, some bubbles, and a song!

The wildflowers were the most beautiful ones I've ever seen.

If you remember back to the family reunion...my trivia "did you know" was that I carred a 44 Ruger for my job....well, here's the proof. Because our camp is in the grizzly bear recovery zone, the crew "packs heat" (as they say)...just in case we need to scare away any friendly visitors.

I was on the mountain for 7 weeks and at the Bar T 5 chuckwagon dinner for the remainder of the summer. I drove the teams of horses up a canyon each night with guests for a chuckwagon dinner.

This is Randy...the goofiest horse I've ever met. He's a half draft, so he's big...he doesn't quite know what to do with himself...kinda like an awkward deacon. He enjoys only getting up half way in the mornings.

In addition to all of my western adventures, I did manage a few other things. I went to one of my companion's weddings....and even caught her bouquet. I actually caught Rachel's too just the week before! It must be a sign! :)

Yep, there's a baby in our future...

Curt and I are expecting a baby. The baby is due about April 3...which only makes me 7 1/2 weeks along. I've been sick since week 4, but it feels like forever...and it feels like forever until it will end. We are excited though.

Clark Family Reunion 2008

Here are a couple pictures we took at the Clark Family Reunion! To see more photos come visit Ryan and Melanie's blog.

I'm first!

Alright! I'm the first to add a post to the family blog. I think it's a great idea, thanks Laura for setting it up. I know it's been over a year, but just in case you never did get a chance I'll add a few pictures from Ryan and my wedding. Like Laura said, if you want to see more of what we are doing in Chicago visit our blog by going to the link on the right side of this blog:) Ryan and I had a great time at the Reunion last weekend. We're glad we were able to make it! I'll post some pictures we took sometime soon.

Ryan and Melanie's wedding with the Clark family outside the Logan Temple.

Just a reminder that we'd love anyone to come visit us in Chicago.

Everyone can post an entry into the blog

Hi everyone,
I've invited everyone to be an auther on the blog. This means that in addition to commenting on another persons entry you can author your own entry and add your pictures, etc. (Hint to all the recent weddings) I sent an invitation to everyone who's email I know. Please send me the email address of your children and I'll add them as authors as well. I'd really like this to be a place we can update each other and also find the links to the blogs of family members who have have personal blogs. Thanks, Laura

Welcome to the family blog!

Hello everyone. I decided to set this blog up so we can share news with each other and post information about family activities. I am new to the world blog creating so bear with me as I work out the kinks.