The McCauls

Catching Up

2012-01-09T19:53:00.001-08:00

Random belly shot...7 weeks to go! (Picture taken by Collyn)

Christmas Eve. Collyn, Red, Rulon and Brian.

Christmas Eve Pajamas Christmas morining..Collyn playing with his toys

Chad, Kelly and Joe dressed up for the family Christmas party as cousin eddy from Christmas vacation

Collyn all ready for Halloween

Work Halloween Party... the only costume that would fit me was an XL mens costume..awesome.

Collyn, Reddek and Rulon at Thanksgiving Point

Summer

2011-09-29T19:39:00.001-07:00

We had one crazy, fun, busy summer

Camping

4th of July in Manti

Swimming lessons with Reddek and Rulon

Lots of fun with the McCaul cousins

Collyn and Reddek, last tball game of the year

It was so sunny the boys couldn't keep their eyes open for the picture, too funny

Collyn, Alec and Reddek at Lagoon

Trying to take our picture on the tilt-a-wirl

Disneyland!!!

2011-05-07T18:12:00.001-07:00

Collyn was a little nervous about flying on a plane, but once we were on our way to Disneyland he was fine.

I love Disneyland!!! Parris, Collyn and I had so much fun hanging out with my family at the happy place on earth.

Those who dared to to ride the Tower of Terror

Easter

2011-05-01T12:24:00.001-07:00

We had one fun Easter with lots of family parties and plenty of candy

Halloween

2010-10-14T12:48:00.000-07:00

We had one crazy and fun Halloween. Parris and his brothers performed for all the trick or treaters. Collyn had a blast trick or treating and we had a great time hanging out with all of our family and friends that stop by for our Halloween Party.

Good Times

2010-06-22T17:56:00.001-07:00

Every year for Pony Express Day's the McCaul Family meets for the parade and then heads over to the carnival. Last year Collyn hated all the rides and would not go on anything. This year was completely different, Collyn loved the carnival rides.

Collyn and Reddek wanted to go on the swing ride, I was iffy cause the swings are pretty fast and go really high. This was by far Collyn's favorite ride

Collyn being a goof like usual

Swimming Lessons

2010-06-01T14:50:00.000-07:00

Collyn started swimming lessons today and loved it!!! The class was only a half hour long and when they blew the whistle to get out he started crying cause he wanted to stay in the pool and swim. I was so glad that he just jumped right in and did what his teachers asked him to do.

Look Who's 30!!

2010-04-29T12:34:00.001-07:00

Happy Birthday Hunners!!!

One Year Older

2010-04-17T21:25:00.000-07:00

Collyn turned 3 on April 2nd. We had a fun cars themed party held at our house. It is crazy to me that I no longer have a baby and instead I have a little boy. Time really does fly.
All Collyn wanted for his birthday was balloons
Collyns Cousins and Uncles that came to the party.
That's right I did say uncles, there are two of his uncles in this photo.
Pizza and pop nothing is better than that

Disney on Ice

2010-03-18T19:59:00.000-07:00

Parris surprised Collyn and I with tickets to Disney on Ice. Collyn was in awe the whole show. I think it took awhile for him to comprehend what he was seeing but he loved it and so did I.

Valentines

2010-02-16T09:05:00.000-08:00

Every year our stake does a couples dance, this year it was 50's themed. Jason, Katie, Joe, Andria, Kelsey, her dude, Parris and I all went to the dance together. It's so fun cause everyone just acts crazy and no one cares what we look or act like.We wrote "Pink Ladies" on our jackets. We went out to eat dressed up and one of the workers asked us what kind of a club the pink ladies were.
Jason and Katie
These pictures are hard to see but Joe, Jason and Parris thought they were pretty cool standing against the stage

Twist and Shout

2010-01-24T19:08:00.000-08:00

Since we got Collyn a little drum set for Christmas he is always playing it. He enjoys rocking out with dad to the Beatles.

Christmas

2010-01-20T14:33:00.000-08:00

Pictures from Christmas

Clark Family xmas party. Polar Express in 3D

Parris and Collyn opening presents
McCaul Family Christmas PartyCollyn opening presentsPare
Collyn and Santa
Collyn with some of his favorite cousins
Collyn in his Christmas Eve PJs with Marley and Reece
Some pictures from Christmas morning

Family Pictures

2009-12-07T19:13:00.000-08:00

Around this time every year we try and get family pictures done. It so crazy to see how Collyn has grown and changed from the last yr. It kinda makes me sad to see how much he has grown and changed. Because I work I feel like I am missing out on so much, I am however very grateful for family who are willing to fill in when I can't be there.
Collyn James McCaul age 2 I love this picture of Collyn and Parris. After we got home Collyn kept asking if him and dad could do what they did in the picture. I guess he really like sitting on his back. Collyn is All boy, he loves every tpye of sport and any ball that comes with that sport. During one of the shots he picked up the bat and tried to hit the ball.... that pretty much ended the photo shoot.

SUTUCD Tour

2009-11-08T20:39:00.000-08:00

I have been working 50 hr weeks, so needless to say I was definitely in need of a good time. My sister-in-law Andria invited me to come with her and her family to the So U Think U Can Dance Tour, it was awesome and I was able to finally have some fun.
Super Hero Dance with the top 3 girlsBattle Field Dance

Andria's step Mom ended up getting us a sweet deal on back stage passes to the meet and great. After the show we got to go into a room and meet all the SUTUCD cast. It was awesome.Randi
JanetteEvan

I have pictures with other Cast members but didn't have a lot of time to download them. I stole most of these pictures from Erica. Thanks Erica you took some great pictures!

Labor Day!

2009-09-08T18:24:00.001-07:00

On Labor Day Parris and I went on a date with my family to Thanksgiving Point for a luau. The luau was held in front of the waterfall at the Gardens, it was so nice and relaxing. I stole this collage from my sisterMy brother Cameron and his wife BreAnnThe Mom and DadMy sister Tawnie and her husband Andy

Busy, Busy, Busy

2009-08-07T07:48:00.000-07:00

Park City, Jordanelle Reservoir and Girls camp all in the same week. I was sure busy, but I had a lot of fun. The McCaul Family went to Park City and Jordanelle for a few days to play. We stayed in a condo with Katie and Jason. Reddek and Collyn had a lot of fun playing together, I love that these two boys are close in age they are pretty much like brothers.

The boys being silly

The other silly boys in mine and Katie's lives

Teresa, Katie and I ended up floated so far out that we had to have Tersa's husband Jay come and drag us back in behind the jetski

Collyn had a lot of fun playing in the water

After we got home from Park City, I had to get packed for Girls Camp. This Year was Stake Camp, my ward was over the 2nd year girls, we had a lot of fun and a lot of adventures. Taking a wrong turn on our 5 mile hike was just one of the adventures we faced.

4th of July

2009-07-09T16:50:00.000-07:00

Every year for the 4th we go down to Manti to hang out with Parris' family. My sister- in- law Kori throws the best 4th of July parties for the family, this party always involve games, water fights and Andria, Katie and I dragging main in our brother- in- law's jeep. Collyn had so much fun hanging out with his cousins and doing fireworks. Thanks for the fun party Kori, can't wait til' next year.

Parris helping Collyn with his 1st sparkler

Dance, Dance, Dance

2009-07-02T09:30:00.000-07:00

My brothers came over to test out Parris' new dance lights. We turned off all the lights in our basement, turned on some good tunes and rocked out for a few hours. Too bad I was the only girl there. I should have invited my Young Women girls over for the dance party.

My family recently moved to Eagle Mtn., they have been leaving in Oklahoma for the last 5 years. It's nice to have my family back around, Collyn also loves haging out with his uncles.

My brothers are single so if you looking for some good guys here they are.

Parris(sorry ladies he's taken), Andrew(aka Drew, age 21),Preston(age 13) and Tyler (age 18)

Working Hard

2009-06-15T08:52:00.001-07:00

The last month Parris has been working hard on our yard, he built our fence and a cool play set for Collyn. On top of all the work he did outside he helped me paint Collyn's playroom. I'm so proud of Parris, he had very little help and therefore had to build most everything on his own. Everyday after work he would come home and dig holes or cut wood. He even spent all Saturday out in the rain building the playset just so he could get it done.

Working on the Fence

Parris had the idea for the playroom he wanted to paint all 4 walls a different color. We ended up doing 1 wall red, 1 wall yellow, 1 wall blue and 1 wall green. It actually turned out better then I thought it would.

Animal Farm

2009-05-18T08:46:00.001-07:00

Parris and I took Collyn to the Farm at Thanksgiving Point. Collyn loved petting and feeding all the animals. It was a nice day spent with my family.

Baby Shower

2009-04-27T09:05:00.001-07:00

Last week, Jenny Frame and I had a baby shower for one of our good friends Sara Price Erickson. Sara adopted a baby girl on April 6th. A lot of Sara's good friends showed up. Thanks everyone for coming it was a lot of funBaby Hazel Ann Erickson... sooo cute!!My cute friend Sara!!

Birthday Party!!

2009-04-06T09:13:00.000-07:00

Collyn turned 2 on April 2nd. Parris and I threw Collyn a Mickey Mouse birthday party, we invited all of the cousins and our good friends the Ockey's. We set up Collyns playroom with a lot of activities for the kids so they could play while the adults visited. Collyn still doesn't understand the whole birthday thing, but he had a lot of fun playing will everyone that came.Brayden, Marc, Reddek, Collyn, Avery, Kennady and Sydney

Cake Time!!

Collyn started out opening presents with me but then he threw a big fit and ran straight to Uncle Joe.

Having Fun!!

Dinosaurs

2009-03-05T08:57:00.001-08:00

Collyn has started to become interested in dinosaurs. Parris and I thought is would be fun to take Collyn to Thanksgiving point to the dinosaur museum. Collyn and MommyCollyn and Daddy Digging for dinosaur bones

Valentines

2009-02-16T08:05:00.000-08:00

Our stake did a Sadies Hawkens dance for Valentines. I ended up decorating Parris desk at work and asking him to the dance....he said yes!! Parris and I grouped up with Katie, Jason, Joe, Andria, Charle and Kelly. We ended up wearing Parris's basketball team jerseys as our matching shirts. It was so much fun, it kinda felt like we were back in high school. For those that didn't go to the dance really missed out but no need to worry there is always next year.
The guys enjoyed dancing with eachother more then their dates.... sooo cute

Cute Couples!!!!!
Joe and Andria
Katie and Jason
Us doing the Bunny Hop. I was in the front leading everyone, I was laughing and jumping so much that I almost wet my pants. I had to ditch out halfway through to use the bathroom. Katie had a bit of a freak out cause she was left to lead everyone and was not exactly sure how to do the dance( I didn't really know how to do the dance either, I'm just a good faker). Good thing Andria was there to help.

For our group picture we were posing by a kissing booth, the photographer failed to catch that in the picture.

After the dance my group and another couple Betsey and Caleb went to my house to play Rock Band all night. We had so much fun, I wish I would have taken pictues. Thanks for a fun night everyone... I can't wait til next yt.

High School Tag

2009-01-28T07:28:00.000-08:00

1. Did you date someone in high school? Yes, Parris and I Dated the starting of my Senior Year.
2. What kind of car did you drive? I drove a big old Suburband, I hit everything in that car. Then my parents wised up and traded in my suburband for a little white honda civic.
3. Did you pass your driver's license test the first time? Yes
4. Were you a party animal? Nope, but I did like to have fun.
5. Were you considered a flirt? No, I hated the whole flirting thing.
6. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? I was in Choir but it was only because I needed the music credit
7. Were you a nerd? I'm too cool to be a nerd :)
8. Were you on any varsity teams? Yes, Volleyball, Basketball and Tennis
9. Did you ever get suspended or expelled? no way my parents would have killed me
11. Who were your favorite teachers? Mr. Ockey, he was my math teacher and drivers ed teacher. He feel asleep oneday when I was driving with him. I just kept on driving when he woke up he was like,"where are we??" I was almost to Provo by the time he woke up. It was pretty funny.
12. Where did you sit at lunch? I either set in the hall next to the office or in my dad's office when I wanted to take an extra long lunch with my friend Lindsee
13. School mascot: Templars
14. School colors: Red and White
15. Did you go to homecoming and who with? yes, I went with Connor Thompson my Jr year and Scott Barclay my Senior year.
16. If you could go back and do it again, would you? Yes, I loved High School
17. What do you remember most about graduation? When I was little I loved the name Selsey, my mom hated it. To be funny since I don't have a middle name I told them to announce me as Shannon Selsey Clark, needless to say my mom was not happy about that. It was pretty funny.
18. Where did you go on Senior Skip Day? I ended up going to Parris house and hanging out with him instead of going on the senior skip day.
19. Were you in any clubs? I was on the Year Book Staff my sophmore, Jr and Seinor year. Its fun to look back through my year books and see all the pages I put together.
20. Have you gained weight since then? Heck Ya!!
21. Who was your prom date? Ty Miller one year and Anothy Fuentes another year.
22. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion?Yes, I don't see why people don't go to those things. I like to see all my old friends and see what everyone is up to now.
23. Did you have a job while in high school? I had 3 jobs all at once, I worked at Subway,. Flix Video and Fat Jacks Pizza. I was a work machine.
24. Worst class? English.
25.Favorite class Dance/Ceramics? I don't think I had either one of these classes in High School but if I did it would have probably been Ceramics.

I tag Andria, Katie, Emily, Kristina and Sara

Puppy Love

2009-01-23T16:48:00.000-08:00

Collyn has a crush for a little girl named Jade Hanson, she is the daughter of Rob and Rachel Hanson for any of you that went to Manti High. Anyways, Collyn is always asking if he can go play with Jade. Rob plays on the same basketball team as Parris so during the game Jade and Collyn were kissing and hugging eachother... it was pretty cute. I took the pictures on my phone so they are not the greatest, but it is cute to see these two together. Jade by the was is Reddek's cousin from his mom's side. How cool would that be if they ended up getting married!! Collyn and Red would be together on both sides of the family.

awww so cute!!

Louisiana here I come.... again.

2009-01-12T18:48:00.000-08:00

I had to go back out to Louisiana to give another training for work. It's never fun having to leave your family for work, but I was lucky enough to have Betsey come with me again... fun and interested things always happen when we are together.

The training was held at the Independence Bowl in Shreveport Louisiana. It was so neat because the conference room over looked the football field.

The night before we left for home we stopped in Dallas TX to go out to dinner, we found a place called the Croc and Roc, we mainly went there so we could eat crocodile. Once inside we found out the the Croc and Roc was more of a pub. We decided to stayed and ended up joining a group of girls, through talking with them we found out that one of the girls grew up Mormon but was no longer living the life style. This girl was very surprised by the fact that we did not drink, we got into a long conversation about the church, we exchanged e-mail address so we could keep in touch. As oddly as this sounds I feel like Betsey and I were supposed to be in that very place so we could speak to this girl about the gospel.

Betsey after a good night out at the Croc and Roc.

If anyone has ever gone to Louisiana it is not the funnest trip to take, we took a 4 hour plane ride and then drove 3 hours to get to Shreveport, LA. This is our last plane ride home... I could not wait to get off that dang plane.

Thanks for the Good time Betsey I could not have done that trip with out you.... good time!!

Christmas

2008-12-29T08:29:00.001-08:00

We had a great Christmas and Christmas Vacation. For Christmas Eve we went to Parris's Mom's house. We had a lot of fun there. Grandpa showed the kids how the toy train worked. We had a lot of good snacks and food. Towards the end of the night we opened Christmas eve Pajamas and cuddled up to watch a show before going to bed.

Collyn didn't get the whole Santa thing this year, but he did enjoy playing with all of his new toys.

We were also really lucky to get to see my family this year, they all come over to my house and we had a little Christmas party before they headed home.

Kelly and Charle came over and played in the snow with us. Kelly is awesome at making snow sculptures so with his help we made a toy train out in our front yard.

One Crazy Week!!

2008-12-21T16:32:00.000-08:00

These past weeks have been the worst weeks of my life. It started off by an extremely busy week from baby blessings, a wedding and two family Christmas parties. Sunday Dec. 14th Parris and I thought we had finally finished the craziness, we were excited to get settled down and started watching Christmas movies with Collyn before he went to bed. Out of no where Collyn starts having a seizure. At the time Parris nor I realized what was happing, Collyn's eyes had rolled back and he was lifeless, he started turning blue but we could tell he was barely breathing. I ended up calling 911 and the operated guided us through what we should do. That night ended up with Collyn and I taking an ambulance ride to the emergency room. Being in the ambulance was one of the hardest things I had to go through. Collyn was starting to come out of his seizure but he was none responsive to me. By the time we got to the emergency room Collyn was doing well, he had a few different tests done to determine what caused the seizure. The doctors couldn't find anything wrong with him so they believe the seizure was caused from a temperature that ended up spiking.

3 days after the whole seizure episode I ended up going to Shreveport Louisiana to do a Supplier Training for my work. The night before I left Collyn was throwing up all night, this made it extremely hard to leave him. I was so worried that something was going to happen to him while I was gone. Parris did a good job of talking care of Collyn and keeping his temperature down while I was away.The whole work part of my trip to Louisiana went well, I was lucky enough to go with one of my good friends from work. We had a lot of adventures along the way but we took all of our traveling challenges in good stride.The Training I did was held at the Independence Bowl in a huge conference room. There were about 100 suppliers that showed up. Karen is with one of the Agency's who uses our system, she was so good to Betsey and I. Our last day there Karen rented us a driver that took us out to dinner and around Shreveport to show us the sites.
I was able to see a lot of fun things in Louisiana, but I am sure glad to be back home with my family.

Thanksgiving

2008-11-30T21:16:00.001-08:00

My family was able to get together for Thanksgiving. My parents came in from Oklahoma and we all had Thanksgiving at my uncle's house in Mt. Pleasant. It was very nice to be with my family and we had a lot of fun together. I am very Thankful for my family, I didn't realize how important my brothers, sister and parents were until I started a family of my own.

After Thanksgiving dinner my family got together and played football. Parris started calling himself the "Black Shadow" because he was so good and would come out of nowhere to make plays.

Before my parents left for home I had a chance to hang out with my little brothers, Tyler, Konner, Kevin,. Collyn and I put up the movie screen and we all watched Christmas shows and ate lots of junk food.Collyn hasn't had much of a chance to get to know my dad because he rarely is able to come and visit. The last day my parents were here Collyn finally started warming up to my dad and this was a special moment the two of them had together.

Jump Shot

2008-11-24T09:34:00.000-08:00

Collyn loves playing basketball and he has started to get a jump shot down. It's fun to see him shooting a basketball and actually making the shot.

Collyn's Tag

2008-11-11T08:21:00.000-08:00

Collyn got tagged by his cousin Reddek for 5 things you might not know about him...

1. Collyn's favorite show is Nacho Libre every morning Reddek and Collyn fight over what show they are going to watch for the day. Reddek always wants Micky Mouse and Collyn always wants Nacho Libre.

2.Collyn is so busy, he gets into everything.

3. Collyn has no fear, he will dare to do anything no matter how unsafe it might be.

4.Collyn's favorite sport is basketball, he will sit and watch basketball games with us and cheer whenever a basket is made. He also love to play basketball ...everyday he says, "mom i shoot." He will then go down to his play room and play basketball for hours.

5.Collyn best buddies are Reddek and Avery, he always asks for Red or Ravery.

Collyn tags Brayden and Karlee

Halloween

2008-11-01T15:52:00.000-07:00

We had a great Halloween. Our family went to Joe and Andria's house and had a Halloween party and then we all went trick or treating around our neighborhood. Collyn didn't really get the whole trick or treating thing, everytime he got candy in his bucket he would pull it out and eat it.
Cousins Kennady, Sydney, Avery and Reddek(Reds costume was left home so his mom had to go grab it).I was in charge of my work's Halloween party this year. The party I feel went pretty well all but 3 employees dressed up.One of the competitions I had was between departments, every department needed to decorate their area and whoever had the most Halloween spirit won a pizza party. Of course my department won.

Happy 18th Birthday!!

2008-10-26T18:59:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Tyler!!!!It is my younger brother's 18th birthday. Since he lives in Oklahoma I am giving him a birthday shout out on my blog. I have many memories of growing up with Tyler, he has always loved to cook. When he was maybe 3 yrs old he wanted to make a cake so he grab the cake mix and eggs and dumped all the ingredients into the toilet. I walked in to the bathroom to see him stirring the cake mix and ingredients in the toilet with the plunger. I guess he figured that since he couldn't find a bowl he would just make a cake in the toilet. Another fond memory I have of Tyler is of him getting arrest at the age of 6 for going around town and stealing things, I just happened to be tending while my parents were out of town so I got the pleasure of handling things with the police. Thanks for all the good memories Ty.
Love ya... Shannon

Cornbellys

2008-10-22T08:04:00.000-07:00

This weekend our family went to Cornbellys with Kaite, Jason, Red, Julie and Brandon. We had a lot of fun hanging out and watching the little boys play. It is really nice to have family close to do fun things with.

Katie and Jason are one of our best friends and we always have a good time hanging out with them. It is also really nice that Collyn and Reddek are the same age and best buds.

Collyn with Dad and Mom

Collyn had a lot of fun playing in the corn box and jumping on the tramp .

Is that Parris or Nacho Libre??

2008-10-12T17:37:00.000-07:00

What do you get with a Halloween costume and not a lot to do on a Saturday night? Parris dressed up like Nacho Libre and door to door stops at our neighbors houses. After we did surprise stops at neighbors houses Parris, Kelly, Charle, Jason, Katie and I went back to my place and made a movie for Kelly's dad Chad Moore. This is our version of Nacho Libre talking to Chad Moore (the prison guard). P.S click in the box and it should take you to the video, if it doesn't go to www.youtube.com and type in Nacho Libre Chad Moore and it will take you to the video.

Nacho Libre

2008-10-08T21:05:00.001-07:00

It is 10:00 at night and instead of Collyn being in bed like most kids his age, he is up watching a great, wholesome, children's movie called Nacho Libre. Whenever this show is on Collyn does not move a muscle, he sits and watches the whole show from beginning to end. This is the strangest thing to me because I have a hard enough time getting him to sit through a half hour episode of some random cartoon on the Disney Channel. I guess he really is Parris' son.

Te tag of 8

2008-10-05T20:04:00.000-07:00

8 TV Shows I Love to Watch:

1. Real World/ Road Rules Challenge. I want to be on this show.
2. The Hills
3. Dancing with the Stars
4. Heroes
5. Extreme Home Makeover
6. Chelsy Lately
7. Making the Band
8. Pushing Daisey
Parris is worried that everyone is going to think he enjoys the same shows that I watch, which he doesn't so here is a list of Parris' favorite shows other then Jazz games or sports.

1. Bill O'Reily on fox news
2. Fox Report on fox news
3. Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares on BBC America
4. Forensic Files on A&E
5. Snapped on Oxygen (TV for Women mind you)
6. Fox 13 Quick Cast
7. American Justice on A&E
8. Seinfeild

Parris always jokes that he is married to a middle schooler based off of the T.V shows that I watch. I always joke with him that I am married to an old man based off of the show he watches. So basically we fight over the remote.

8 Favorite Restaurants: (In no particular order)

1. Olive Garden
2. Red Robbin
3. Cafe Rio
4. Macaroni Grill
5. Wok on Wheels
6. Logan Heroes
7. Chilis
8. Fat Jacks Pizza

8 Things That Happened Today:

1. Watched General Conference
2. Slept until 9
3. Had breakfast in bed thanks to Parris
4. Chased Collyn around the house
5. Went to Joe and Andria's for the last session of Conference
6. Went on a walk with Mar Mar, Reece, Parris and Collyn
7. Pushed Collyn on the swing until he threw up
8. Cleaned up Collyn's throw up

8 Things I am Looking Forward To:

1.Halloween
2. Christmas
3. Pretty much any holiday
4. Thanksgiving
5. Weekends
6. Date nights with Parris
7. Hanging out with Family
8. Finishing School

8 Things on My Wish List:

1. To have my yard fenced
2. Flowers in my yard( Which I would have, but for some reason Parris thought he needed to pull them because it was getting cold.)
3. Kick Butt Halloween decorations in my yard
4. More free time
5. A vacation
6. A maid
7. Getting on an exercise schedule
8. A chef

8 People I'm Tagging:

1. Charle
2. Tawnie
3. Mom
4. Tyler
5. Kristen
6. Kristina
7. Tori
8. Charle(she complains about never being tagged)

Singing On The Porch

2008-09-12T08:55:00.001-07:00

Growing up Parris has a lot of memories of singing on the porch with his family while his dad played the guitar. Now that we have a big porch we are starting the tradition of singing on the porch with our family. Parris' brother Joe and his family came over and we also had some neighborhood friends over to hang out.

8 things tag

2008-09-09T08:07:00.001-07:00

8 things I want to do before I die:
1. Go to Graceland
2. See my Kids grow up to be good people
3. Travel with Parris
4. Be so rich that Parris or I don't have to work
5. Build a room above my garage
6. Have more time
7. Be a stay at home mom (although, I don't know if I would be happy just staying at home.)
8. Finish school ( I keep changing my mind)

8 things I have learned from my past:
1. Family is the most important thing
2. I realize how great my parents are and how much they have done for me.
3. Your brothers and sisters end up being your best friends the older you get.
4. How others have it worse off then I do
5. Always work hard cause you never know where it will take you
6. To be honest
7. How being a mother is hard but worth it.
8. To always walk it off ( This is a saying my dad always used)

8 Places I would love to go or see:
1. GRACELAND
2. GRACELAND
3. The Rachael Ray Show
4. Disney World
5. Egypt
6. New York
7. Hawaii
8. Body World (creepy)

8 things I currently need or want:
1. A maid
2. A chef ( oh wait that's parris.)
3. A lot of money
4. More time
5. New Carpet
6.More motivation to work out
7. A fence for my yard
8. A girls night out.

8 people I tag:
1. Katie
2. Andria
3. Kristina
4. Tory
5. Kristen
6. Tawnie
7. Janae
8. Charle

Lagoon

2008-08-20T07:43:00.000-07:00

Over the weekend Parris' family got together and went to Lagoon. We got there at 10am and left at around 10pm. It was a long day but all the babies did great and we had a lot of fun being with family.

Collyn and Reddek waiting in line for the rides. These two had a great time going on rides with eachother, I am so glad that they are close in age. They have come to be great buddies.
Our cute family riding on the train. Collyn loved seeing all the animals.Parris and Collyn going on the plane together. I ended up going on this ride with Reddek while Katie and Jason went on a ride together. I have to say this one is pretty scary and it's a kid ride.

Breaking Dawn

2008-08-04T07:59:00.000-07:00

On Friday a bunch of girls from my neighborhood got together to have a party for the release of the book Breaking Dawn. The book was being released at midnight so we all got together to have some good times.

We started off the night by going out to dinner at Mimi's Cafe. We ended up staying there for 3 hours just talking and hanging out. I bet the people working that night were so thrilled we were there. Kristina and I at Mimi's waiting for our food.
After Mimi's we went over to Barnes and Noble to go join the activities they had going on, but by the time we got there everything was shutting down. So for the last 2 hours before the book was released we hung out on the lawn and made a Chevron run.
Stacey and Andria were so good to stand in line to get our books while the rest of us hung out and waited. Thanks guys!!!!
FINALLY!!
At 12:15 a.m we ended up getting our books. (Too bad I'm still on the 2nd book so I wont actually get to read this book for a few more months)

My Boys

2008-07-25T07:13:00.000-07:00

Parris and Collyn were playing chase around our house. It was so cute to see Collyn playing and laughing with his Dad. Parris didn't realize I was recording them until after they finished chasing eachother. I love my family and all the silly things we do together.

Memories

2008-07-20T12:33:00.000-07:00

Here is a fun little game...Leave a comment on my blog of a memory that you and I have had together. It doesn't matter if you've known me for a short time, or a long time, anything you remember! Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. On your mark...get set...blog your memories!!

Good Times

2008-07-17T07:02:00.000-07:00

Before my family headed back to Oklahoma they stopped by my house to say goodbye. Why they were visiting we broke out the Rockband game and had some good times.

I think this video is so funny if you look in the background you can see my mom and she's really liking what she hears.lol. I love my family whenever we are together we never act our ages.

4th of July

2008-07-07T08:12:00.000-07:00

For the 4th the Clark clan went to family camp at Camp Maple Dale in Payson canyon. There were tonz of family activities that we took part in and I actually had a lot more fun then I thought I was going to have. Because this was a Clark family activity something had to go wrong and it did. The water at the camp ended up getting e-coli in it. A lot of families that were at the camp got sick from drinking and bathing in the water. All water was turned off and bottled water was brought in for all the families that stayed at the camp. We thus came up with the name Camp E-Coli, for one of the activities we made plaques and Parris joked about writing Camp E- Coli 2008 on his. lol. The night of the 4th we hiked up the canyon to a ledge so we could watch fire works in the valley, it wasn't the greatest view but it worked. I was also worried about camping with Collyn because he is a very crazy boy, he only had one bad spill and the rest were little ones that he could shake off. The bad spill happened the first day we were there, he was running down a hill tripped and did a summer salt and a half before sliding to a stop. There was a little scrap on the side of his face but after a good cry he "walked it off."

Parris and I had a lot of fun shooting guns, he won me but I like to say that I won cause i hit the middle section twice. Plus we all know how competitve I am and it just makes me feel better if I think I won.

Even though we were camping Collyn still had to get his Wiggles in. Also, Collyn had a lot of fun playing with Grandpa and Grandma C.

TAG

2008-07-01T21:04:00.000-07:00

I was tagged by Sara to take photos of certain things in my house without cleaning. Even when I do try to clean Collyn is right behind me making a mess again. Got to love having kids ;)

1. The Laundry Room:

I love how I have shelves to store the laundry soap, cleaning supplies and tools on, but for some reason everything ends up on top of the dryer.

2. Favorite Room:

The family room is by far my favorite room in the house. It's the room where we go to watch t.v, play rock band, eat and hang out with family and friends.

3. What are my kids doing?

Reddek isn't technically my kid, but for 5 hours a day he comes close to being one. Collyn and Reddek have so much fun together and they are both big goofs.

Marley and Reece our a big part of our family. For awhile my dad thought Marley and Reece were going to be the only grandkids he was getting from me.

4. Favorite Shoes

I love my flip flops, they keep my feet nice and cool in the summer and they are fast and easy to put on. Parris hates when I wear shoes without socks, but I can't wear socks with my flip flops can I??

5. The Toilet

There are 4 toilets in our house. I picked the toilet that is used the least and yes the toilet seat was down.

6. The Kitchen Sink

The upstairs sink is pretty dirty so don't zoom in.

The downstairs kitchen sink

7. Our Fridge

I love my fridge, if there was a section for favorite thing in the house this would be it. There is plenty of room in the freezer for all the food I buy from Schwans.

8. Self Portrait

That would be me.

9. My Closet

Parris and I have separate closets, I love having my own space.

10. Dirtiest Room

Collyn's playroom is the dirtiest room in the house and it should be, he has some good times in this room.

11. Dream Vacation

Parris and I have always wanted to go to Graceland (Elvis Presley's home). Parris' nephew Kelly has been there several times and I think it's about time Parris and I have a turn.

I TAG KATIE AND ANDRIA!!!!!!

Family Fun

2008-06-26T09:16:00.000-07:00

My dad flew in from Oklahoma over the weekend so I thought it would be the perfect time to throw a family party. All of my brothers, sister and their families came. It was really nice to have my parents back in Utah, with them being so far away they don't get to see their grandkids much. Parris and I had everyone come to our house on Friday night for a bbq. That night we ate, played games and Parris set up his projector so we could watch a movie outside. Saturday morning we surprised everyone with breakfast( we wanted to put their breakfast in front of their bedroom door, kinda like they do at the Anniversary Inn; but some of the family got out of bed before Parris and I had time to make the drop off). After breakfast we went to our swimming pool and hung out. It was so much fun having everyone come and stay. I love my family and I love that all of the new cousins can get together and play.

Kevin playing ring toss

Collyn and Grandma C.
Grandpa with Carlee, Collyn and Braydon
Parris cooking some good food
Collyn and Braydon running away
Collyn ,Carlee and Braydon at the swimming pool
Collyn is obsessed with the Wiggles, Parris set up his movie screen outsides so all of the kids could watch the Wiggles before it got too dark. My camera started to run out of batteries so I only got a little footage of the kids dancing.

Girls Camp

2008-06-22T17:31:00.000-07:00

Last week was Girls Camp and I was so excited to go. It was a great experience and being new in the ward this was a great way for me to get to know the girls and leaders. I love the young women's program and was thrilled to be called as the Laurels adviser and camp adviser. I will never forget all the great memories I made while at Girls Camp, like Heidi and I winning the 3 leg race but everyone telling us we cheated, or Chalyses' face when she thought she was making it to home plate for the first time while playing baseball with a crushed up pop can(too bad she was actually out, she just didn't feel the pop can hit her in the back as she was running home.)

This year was ward camp so we were able to borrow a tee pee for all the girls to sleep in. The first night the leaders put on a skit and gave all the girls Indian names.

2008-06-18T21:45:00.000-07:00

TAG

* How long have you been married? 6 yrs August 10th

* How old is your spouse? 28 but he acts like he's 80

* Who eats more? Me for sure, I love food!!

* Who is taller? Parris

* Who sings better? Parris, he is very talented when it comes to anything that has to do with music.

* Who is smarter? Parris, I can't spell for the life of me. Even at this very moment he is correcting my spelling and grammar. Although, when it comes to math I am. I have stayed up many nights helping Parris with his math homework.

* Who controls the T.V. remote? ME!! (Parris says I have an affair with the T.V everyday)

* Whose temper is worse? Parris that's for sure. Although, he would say me.

* Who does the laundry? I do mine and Collyn's laundry and Parris does his.

* Who does the dishes? I am always doing the dishes. Even when I'm gone for a few days I come home to dirty dishes in the sink waiting to be done by me.

* Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? Me.

* Who cooks dinner? Parris, he always has dinner ready by the time I get home from work. (what a great husband)

* Who is more stubborn? We are both pretty bad at this one.

* Who is the first to admit when they are wrong? Parris says that I never admit when I am wrong, so I guess I will have to say this question goes to Parris.

* Whose parents do you see the most? We see Parris' mom way more than we see my parents. Kinda hard to visit the folks when they live in Oklahoma.

* Who has more friends? Me, I make friends wherever I go. Parris is more close to his brothers and I guess that's all he needs.

* Who has more siblings? Parris, there are 5 boys and 5 girls in his family

* Who wears the pants in the family? Doesn't the wife always wear the pants in the family?!! :)

Parris wanted me to add that he does all the yard work and pays the bills which makes us even since I have to do all the dishes.

I TAG KATIE

Happy Fathers Day!!

2008-06-15T11:40:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to do a quick post to say happy Fathers Day to Parris, he is a great dad and husband. I don't tell Parris enough how much Collyn and I appreciate everything he does for us. Collyn loves his dad and all the fun things they do together like dancing to Elvis, watching basketball or playing basketball. Thanks for all that you do for both Collyn and I, We love you!!

Also, happy Fathers Day to my dad. I have a lot of great memories of him teaching me how to throw a ball and telling me not to tell my mom cause she didn't want me to play sports. My dad was my basketball coach and softball coach and I loved every minute of it. Thanks for being a great dad. I love you!!

Our Home

2008-06-11T08:35:00.000-07:00

After about 2 months of living in our house things are finally starting to come together. Our Saturdays consist of painting, cleaning and yard work. There are a few more rooms to paint, but other than that the place is looking pretty good.

The Side of the House

Living Room

Kitchen
Our Big Fridge
Family Room
Another View of the Family Room

Girls Night Out

2008-05-25T18:23:00.000-07:00

This weekend I went down to Ephraim to hang out with my mom, Tawnie, BreAnne (cameron's wife) and my Grandma Birch. All of us girls ended up going to the Scandinavian Festival to eat and basically check out what was going on. While we were at the Festival I ran into a lot of my friends from high school. I have been wondering what everyone was up to and I finally got a chance to catch up on their lives. It crazy to see all of us grown up with kids, I still have a hard time believing that I am a MOM!! After we ate lunch (bbq turkey.. soo good) all of us girls went to the batting cages for a little fun. Tawnie of course ended up winning and some how my mom won me by 1 point.... not cool. It was a fun week and it was nice to spend time with my family especially since my family lives in Oklahoma, the distance makes it hard for us to get together. I always love going back to Ephraim even though it's a small town with nothing to do.... or so they say;)

Terrible Twos?? More Like Terrible Ones

2008-05-07T07:50:00.000-07:00

As cute and as sweet as Collyn is, he sure is a big pain in the butt. Everyday I tend my nephew Reddek. Reddek got hungry and wanted some applesauce, since we don't have a table yet I sat him on the floor and gave him some applesauce and a spoon. While I was getting Reddek fed Collyn went into my room and dumped a mug of water that I had on my night stand all over the floor. As I was cleaning up the water Collyn went into the kitchen where Reddek was eating. From my room I could hear Collyn laughing and have a good old time. I went in the kitchen to see what was going on and saw Collyn with the bowl of applesauce in his hand dumping it all over the floor. I shouted out his name to stop him from flipping applesauce all over, but that ended up scaring him which caused him to slip on the applesauce and slam his face into the floor. I was so bugged!! Not only did I have to clean up applesauce all over the place I now had a crying baby who had bit through his lip. Now that a day has gone by the whole situation is pretty funny to think about, but in that moment I was so mad.

Birthday Boy!!!

2008-05-01T16:01:00.000-07:00

Parris is now 28... CRAZY!! I can't believe how fast time is going by. Anyways, before Parris got home from work I had the place decorated and friends/family stashed away in the basement for a birthday party. I ended up telling Parris about the party though.....basically I can't keep any secret from him. To say the least he wasn't very surprised. Everyone that came ended up staying to watch the Jazz game. Which turned out not to be a very good game because the Jazz ended up losing. Despite the Jazz losing I would have to say that Parris had a great birthday. Happy Birthday Hunners!!! ( for those of you who don't get the "Hunners" here is a little in-site. When Parris proposed to me he was so nervous that he ended up saying,"Hunners will you marry me?" what a cute boy:)

Moving

2008-04-21T15:54:00.000-07:00

One moving van and 3 trucks later we finally got all of our junk moved into our house. There are boxes everywhere and I have no idea where to find anything. In the middle of trying to move I had to go to Salt Lake to give a presentation to their vendors on how to use the RFP Depot system. I was so stressed out cause not only did I have to give a presentation in front of 40 people, I couldn't find an outfit to wear cause it got packed. I was frantically going through boxes and throwing everything out trying to find the right shoes and the right dress. Luckly I was able to find everything I needed. The presentation lasted about 2 hours and went very well. Meanwhile, while I was in Salt Lake Parris was baby proofing our house. we have two sets of stairs and a baby that doesn't know how to go down them. Parris is such a good husband, he put all new locks on our doors, installed 3 baby gates and built our entertainment center...... I don't know what I would do with out him. I can't wait until everything is organized so we can start enjoying our place.

The "Firsts"

2008-04-11T14:52:00.000-07:00

For weeks now I have been attempting to start a blog, with help from some good friends I somewhat started one.

Parris and I just signed the papers today to purchase our new home. I am more than thrilled!! The whole experience of buying a home has not been a fun one. Parris and I started looking into purchasing a home around 3 months ago. We put an offer on a home in Lehi that ended up not working out. We then put an offer back in February on the home we just got today. Because this home had been foreclosed there were many challenges and hoops we needed to jump through. Two months later we finally got our home..... I am sooooo excited to have our own place!!!

The McCauls

Catching Up

Summer

Disneyland!!!

Easter

Halloween

Good Times

Swimming Lessons

Look Who's 30!!

One Year Older

Disney on Ice

Valentines

Twist and Shout

Christmas

Family Pictures

SUTUCD Tour

Labor Day!

Busy, Busy, Busy

4th of July

Dance, Dance, Dance

Working Hard

Animal Farm

Baby Shower

Birthday Party!!

Dinosaurs

Valentines

High School Tag

Puppy Love

Louisiana here I come.... again.

Christmas

One Crazy Week!!

Thanksgiving

Jump Shot

Collyn's Tag

Halloween

Happy 18th Birthday!!

Cornbellys

Is that Parris or Nacho Libre??

Nacho Libre

Te tag of 8

8 TV Shows I Love to Watch:

Singing On The Porch

8 things tag

8 Things Tag

Lagoon

Breaking Dawn

My Boys

Memories

Good Times

4th of July

TAG

Family Fun

Girls Camp

Happy Fathers Day!!

Our Home

Girls Night Out

Terrible Twos?? More Like Terrible Ones

Birthday Boy!!!

Moving

The "Firsts"