The Clark Family

Happiest place on earth!

2009-07-07T00:27:00.000-07:00

The wonderful home to Mickey Mouse. DISNEYLAND!

While in Palm Springs we decided to take the weekend and go to Disneyland. Jayden had such a great time. He loved getting the chance to meet Mickey and Minnie, Pluto and Goofy. His favorite ride was Dumbo followed by the roller coaster in toontown. When we had to get off Dumbo he was in tears because the ride was over. He got to pick out his own hat and had his named spelled out on the back of it. He picked out a little train with characters and held onto it throughout the entire Disneyland. This whole time Tristan was such a great trooper, even in the sweltering heat. Let me give everyone who plans on going to Disney a tip. Get there first thing when they open and for our future visits I will pay for the fast pass tickets.

FYI- if you sign up on the Disney website you get in free on your Birthday!

Our Family

I love this pic!

What we have been up to!

2009-07-06T22:49:00.000-07:00

Well where do I begin......

We were kidnapped and taken to Palm Springs. We were then sent to a beautiful tropical top of the line resort. We were forced to soak up the sun and sip on Mango margaritas while the kids splashed and had a blast going down water slides and swimming in one of the 7 pools to chose from. At night time we lounged by the pool and watched a movie from the water under the stars and moonlight. Oh, did I mention we did this for 2 WEEKS!!!

Ok, ok we were not kidnapped but on the contrary we jumped on the opportunity to go work in the Palm Springs office. The perk was Sean was able to take all of us along. Yes he has an Awesome job!

One of the big perks for me was that I did not make one single bed and for 2 weeks I did not go ONLINE. Yes I know this is hard to believe but I decided this would be a good break from the world of the internet and I could spend time with my family.

Jayden became quite the adventurer and brave swimmer, he surprised me by going down the slide, time after time all by himself (with floaties). Tristan and I would just sit at the end of the pool and be entertained by his never-ending energy.

Jayden going down the water slide!

Jayden swimming like a big boy!

2009-07-02T17:27:00.001-07:00

test test testing mobile blogging!

Ava and her cute self!

2009-06-17T20:44:00.000-07:00

This is Ava isn't she cute!

Photo Session with Audrey!

2009-06-17T20:06:00.000-07:00

Yesterday I felt somewhat inspired to set up studio and photograph away! I had so much fun. Rarely do I get a chance to see tutus and bows, ya know!

Here is a sneek peek, all these are still unedited!

What a little Cherub!

Awww... Can you say DIVA!

sports boy

2009-06-16T21:07:00.000-07:00

This is my little sports player!

What do you think of this picture? I am thinking about enlarging this picture and putting it up in Jayden's room.

My little gremlin

2009-06-15T07:37:00.001-07:00

Tristan is getting more and more alert everyday. He has a new thing that he does, he grunts and groans and makes sounds similar to a gremlin or monster! It is rather cute and a bit funny. I will try to take a short video of it is I get around to it and catch it in the moment. He has also started to really show us his belly laugh. I was tickling him today when his eye lit up and then the laughter came rolling. So cute! I look forward to watching him grow and change.

On another note Jayden is such a great Big Brother. He is so protective and always worries about Tristan. I love my Boys, all three of them!

Zoo time fun!

2009-06-14T22:13:00.001-07:00

This weekend we decided to go visit the Phoenix Zoo. Jayden loved seeing all the animals and walking like a big boy. Oh and he was thrilled with his first blue and green snowcone, Flavored ice. What could be better than that?

Here is a pic that I was able to capture in the moment of free time I had. I really love this picture because it shows Jayden looking at the monkeys but also his play animals that he carried throughout the entire zoo.

Who said he could grow up?

2009-06-14T22:03:00.000-07:00

Ok, so I do know that my babies will not be babies forever, but I can dream, right?

I took this picture of Jayden and when I really got a chance to look at it I have realized that he is growing into a little boy! No more baby for him!

We had a blast this morning, spiking his hair all wild!
I can't believe he will be 3 in three months.

My favorite pictures of Tristan.

2009-06-12T23:05:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple pictures of Tristan.

Hey ladies, How ya doin?

Some of my favorites!

2009-06-12T22:47:00.000-07:00

Since I have not been keeping up with this blog things might be a bit backwards until I catch up to current date. I wanted to share some of my favorite pictures!

These were taken with my new 50 mm 1.8 lens! I love it!

I just Love, Love this picture!!!

If anyone reading this has been to our home, then you will understand Jayden's obsession with Monster Trucks. He has a whole suitcase for them, and I have to admit it is kinda fun finding new trucks to add to his collection!

2009-06-12T21:25:00.001-07:00

Well where do we begin??? What a year this has been! I can't believe we are half way through! Time sure does fly!

I wanted to share what we have been up to lately. A few weeks back my Mom and Sisters came to visit and we all got a room at the Arizona Grand Resort. We had a blast playing at the waterpark there! Here is a peek at our adventure!

Here is a pic of all of us girls! My Sister Cassie, Me my Mom and sister Searra

My Hubby and Baby Tristan

Me and Tristan!

My Mom and Sisters! My Sweet 2 1/2 year old Jayden! He had a blast!

Welcome to our family blog!

2009-06-12T19:58:00.000-07:00

Well if you got this message you have been invited to visit our blog and share in on our family moments. Hope you enjoy and please take your time to leave us comments and love!

Love Shannon, Sean Jayden and Tristan

My other Love!

2008-12-03T18:44:00.001-08:00

I wanted to share with everyone my other love. I love capturing emotions and moments. I love Photography and hope you enjoy viewing my work. You can check out my website at

http://www.shannonclarkphotography.com/

Baby Tristan's Nursery as of now.

2008-12-03T18:32:00.000-08:00

Here is our Nursery update, We finally got the chair rail up and painted.

Jayden under the Christmas tree!

2008-12-03T18:28:00.000-08:00

I finally was able to get one good picture of Jayden under the Christmas tree!

Another day in motherhood!

2008-11-06T21:15:00.000-08:00

Well Jayden has been a busy body today. He sure is starting to test his limits and see who really is BOSS. He sure knows how to make me laugh though, he is the highlight of my mornings and keeps me going all day long.

This is how he dresses at home-

Yep that is the helmet he keeps on the majority of the day!

Has anyone seen my pregnancy ticker lately? I am in the 6th box, with only 3 to go. Yay!

Here it is if you missed it.

Tristan Ultrasound pictures

2008-11-06T05:46:00.000-08:00

So I know I am very far behind but here are some u/s pics of baby Tristan.

Yep, he is all boy!

My new Photography Website! Check it out!

2008-11-06T05:43:00.000-08:00

Hello all I wanted to share my new website! It is www.shannonclarkphotography.com I spent many many hours creating this site and so far love it! Please let me know what you all think. Be honest I can take it!

pregnancy and Halloween!

2008-11-05T19:16:00.000-08:00

So I know it has been awhile since I have updated anyone. Well as you can see we are having another little boy! I will be 23 weeks pregnant tommorrow and am growing bigger and bigger everyday. At our last ultrasound at 20 weeks Tristan was growing right on track and weighed in at 10 oz. He is moving jus tas much as Jayden did. Sean has been able to feel my belly move on the outside for weeks now, since about 19 weeks. He sure is a strong little guy!

Oh and as you see his name will be Tristan Riley Clark !!!

For Halloween Jayden had a blast he dressed as a Lion. He was the cutest thing! He was fearful at first but near the end of the night he LOVED it. By the time we got home he was soo soo proud of all the candy that he had been able to collect. He kept dumping it onto the couch and then back into his Elmo basket. I know he was taking a mental inventory.

So as the moring came I decided that I would take the candy out and leave only a few pieces in the Elmo basket (being a parent who wanted to limit the sugar high). The first thing Jayden said as he woke up was "elmo Candy" so of course I gave him his Elmo basket with 3 pieces of candy. At first he looked up at me in wonder and then seemed ok, but then he went to the couch and flung out his hands and asked me ever so nicely "where did it go". My heart broke and I gave in and gave all his hard earned candy back. It was indeed his hard earned candy and who was I to take it away~ Love Mommy!

Baby Tristan's Nursery!

2008-11-05T18:55:00.000-08:00

Well Sean and I started the nursery and we had a blast doing so. This was an all weekend project, we put together the crib and dresser (which took a good part of Saturday) then we painted and moved the furniture into his room. Here are some pics of the progress!

The Befores:

Here are some pics to date:

2008-11-05T18:45:00.001-08:00

What a day! Jayden and I went walking around a park and he was captivated by all the neat things to see. He is truly my silly little boy! here are a few pics of him making Me laugh, like he always does.

Well there is no doubt that the weather is changing! It is getting a little chilly for me, so others would say it is perfect. The leaves are starting to change and take on that lovely fall color!

Later that day we went home and this is how I caught him watching TV. When did my little boy grow up and who gave him the permission to do so?

I took another test!

2008-07-01T15:17:00.000-07:00

What can i say I love seeing those 2 pink lines!

We are Pregnant!

2008-06-30T14:47:00.001-07:00

What a great day June 24, 2008 was. That was the day we found out Jayden was going to be a big Brother and we would be blessed with another baby
p.s. you can click on images to make them bigger!