The Barclay Family

2010-06-25T22:41:00.003-06:00

Alright well I just finished another book series, Jared is working and that leaves me with either less then spectacular television shows or updating my blog.. : ) Sense I am due in 4 weeks I figured I better take some time to clear out my camera and get things all up to date because lets be honest..I have all kinds of plans for dressing up little Meg and going to town with the photo shoots once she is born. So here you go, this was the last month and a half's worth of our little family's life. Enjoy. We did. : )

Settlers Park!

2010-06-25T22:30:00.002-06:00

We recently discovered a pretty Sweet park in Meridian! It's called Settler's Park. Our friends Jessica and Chase invited us to go with their family to check it out and it turned out to be a really fun place! They have a huge splash park, a rock climbing area, swings, an awesome playground and some really fun giant size musical instruments for the kids to bang around on. Kate and Ty had a blast!

Washing the Cars.

2010-06-25T22:19:00.004-06:00

Kate and Ty LOVE to help wash the cars! They also enjoy stomping around in their little rain boots in all the little puddles that collect at the end of the drive way. If you look closely you can see that they also believe in literally "Hand Washing" the cars. : )

"I want to go for a ride on a jeep!!"

2010-06-25T22:00:00.005-06:00

Kate and Ty Love going to Grandma and Grandpa's house. One of the fun things they love to do is go in Jeep rides in the huge Jeep that Grandpa and the boys fixed up. : ) Actually it is pretty funny because Ty is basically obsessed with Jeep rides he has always loved it when Jared takes him out in our Jeep and now it is all he wants to do at Grandma and Grandpa's house too! I am pretty sure that on this particular day Ty talked his way into at least 10 Jeep/motorcycle ride with various family members. We had to resort to either threats or bribery to get him out of that thing. : )

Kate was happy chilln' on the swings. : ) She is so sweet. : )

Great Grandpa Barclay doing his share of the Jeep runs.

yum!!

2010-06-25T21:49:00.002-06:00

I know I am pregnant and it's probably safe to say that I think about food more than the average person...but I couldn't help myself. I just had to do a post about this amazing food blog that I absolutely LOVE! I have tried tons of their recipes and ever single one is awesome, easy and so flavorful. Who knew spices could make that big of a difference at dinner time!.. ; ) Jared loves their recipes almost as much as I do and has said that He fully supports me cooking anything I want off that site. : ) Now I am not trying to be dramatic but I feel like I could trust these woman with my life..they have been that spot on with all of these recipes. : ) This is a picture of some Cupcakes that I made with a recipe from their blog. I am not exaggerating when i tell you that the frosting tastes like Heaven it's self.

Oh in case your wondering the site is www.ourbestbites.com

Manti Trip

2010-06-25T21:16:00.003-06:00

This last May Jared's cousin Kayla Barclay got married! So we drove down to Manti for the wedding. It was alot of fun and I really wish I would have taken more pictures of what we did. I guess writing it down will have to suffice. Jared took work off on Friday and Saturday but he had to work Thursday night. Jacob (Jared's little brother) was also throwing shot put and discus in the State High School Track Meet on Thursday night at Boise State. So we started the weekend off by watching Jake do awesome at State that night. Then Jared's mom and Dad took Kate and Ty home with them and I took Jared to work. Bright and early Friday morning at 6:30 am I picked up Jared from work and drove down to Paul. Jared took a little nap and then we all piled into a couple vehicles turned on the Dora the Explorer movies for the kids and drove to Manti.

The next morning the Jake and Josh (being the awesome uncles that they are) took care of Kate and Ty while we went to a 7 am Endowment Session. After the Session while we were in the Celestial Room one of the sealers asked us to come and do a Sealing session. So we were able to do sealings up until about 5 minutes before Kayla and Tyson's Wedding. : ) It was awesome to not only see another family member sealed For Time and all Eternity to a loving spouse, and it made it even more special to have been able to actually take part in a sealing session the same day.

That night my sister Vanessa drove down from Provo to hang out at the reception with us and play card games afterward. It was really fun to get to hang out together with mine and Jared's side of the family. It doesn't happen all that often with all of my family in Alaska. : )

After the Wedding Jared's Dad had this genius idea to extend our trip by taking the scenic trip home through Price and Castle Dale Ut. Price is where Martin and Judy started their family. Martin worked in the Cole mines there and they had not been back for a visit in 15 or 20 years. It was so fun to spend Sunday driving around to all the old places they used to hang out. We went to the house Jared grew up in, the Cole mine Martin worked at, some relatives houses, and an amazing canyon that they used to go camping at. The cherry on top of all of this was that His Parents took our kids in their Suburban the whole time so Jared and I got to ride together in the Odyssey by ourselves for around 10 hours!! It was sooo nice. : ) That night we got a hotel in Provo and then Monday we drove through Salt Lake. We stopped at Temple Square and watched the Joseph Smith movie in the visitors center (it was a little too intense for Kate so I ended up waiting outside with her. : ) Then we had Lunch at the Spegetti Factory and drove home to Paul. The whole trip was so relaxing it felt like a long vacation. We really enjoyed it.

Lake Lowell

2010-06-25T21:01:00.002-06:00

May Temps this year were awesome! Such a mild start to our currently "too hot for pregnant me to leave the house in the middle of the day not surrounded by an A/C vehicle."

So one day we decided to have a picnic dinner at Lake Lowell. It's this huge man made lake not far from our house. It has a beautiful park and is perfect for sail boats.. The water isn't the best for swimming but it is fun to picnic by.

After dinner we had a few buns left and so we thought we would try feeding the geese. : ) Unfortunately they were pretty shy.. Ty was very determined though as you can see from his full body throws.

Picture Time!

2010-05-08T11:29:00.003-06:00

So my friend Melissa is starting up a photography business and generously offered to take some maternity pictures of me and the kids. (Jared had to work....he wasn't too upset that he was missing out on the shoot : ) but I really wish he could have been there too. Not to worry though we have plans to involve him in an extensive photo extravaganza when little Meg is born. : ) Anyway we went out to the church orchard hoping to catch the last of some of the trees in bloom. And even though most of the blooms were gone it was still beautiful and we really enjoyed taking the pictures there. Melissa did an awesome job!! Esspecially considering I hate taking pictures of just myself, let alone look at pictures of just myself+20 something extra pounds of baby weight : ) But she really did do a great job and I know I will look back and treasure the chance to remember what things were like at this stage of our lives. Particularly the pictures of the kids, which are priceless in the way they capture their little personalities. Thanks again Melissa!

Maternity Pics

2010-05-08T11:25:00.002-06:00

How to sell a Product.... : )

2010-04-15T10:34:00.006-06:00

Step One: Post pictures of Super cute little nieces rolling, cutting, frosting and then eating the softest looking sugar cookies on the planet in their sweet little squishy little fingers.

Step Tw0: Rinse and Repeat as much as is necessary for their Aunt to realize that her world will be incomplete until she makes these cookies with her own kids too. : )

Number of repts needed to make their point: 1

Results : 2 sticky kids, 1 bonk on the head (from falling off chair), 3 tummies full before dinner and 4 dozen of the yummiest cookies ever!

Crystal's Soft Sugar Cookies

1 Cup Sour Cream

2 Cups Sugar

1 Cup Shortening/or butter

4 Eggs

1 tsp vanilla

6 Cups Flour

3 tsp baking powder

1 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

Preheat Oven to 350 degrees. Combine sour cream, sugar, shortening, eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Slowly add the dry ingredients until mixed together. Chill dough in fridge for about 15 minutes Roll out to about 1/2" cut shapes. Bake no more then 10 minutes, they seem undone but they aren't Let cool, transfer to rack. Spread with frosting and decorate.

Messy Sunday

2010-04-12T11:43:00.003-06:00

I have to document this moment!

Yesterday when we left for church we left in a whirl wind and the house was a mess when we got home. So first we ate dinner and then Jared ran upstairs to hurry and finish a school project that was due the next day. I decided to let the kids watch Lady and the Tramp for a few minutes while I straightened up a little. I just can't stand it when every room you walk in is scattered with stuff.. I am sorry, I can't bring myself to leave it that way even on a Sunday.

Anyway I told Kate she could sit down and watch the movie with Ty and she said "No thanks mom, I'll help you clean up the house first so that you won't be alone cleaning. " umm wow! She is only 5 years old! I know plenty of adults that wouldn't have responded that way. I was totally impressed and she did, she helped me pick up all the toys before she sat down with Ty. Sometimes I really wonder how we got so lucky to have Kate in our family.

Baby Heidi visit

2010-04-10T16:54:00.003-06:00

So our friends/neighbors just have a little girl and boy our kids ages just had a new little baby girl 6 weeks ago. Soon after she was born they found out she had heart problems and was life flighted down the primary children's. The surgery went well and she was able to come home for a few weeks. Then they discovered that her liver wasn't working. So two days ago they did surgery again and discovered that her liver was upside down and on the wrong side of her body, that her gall bladder was dead and that she had 3 spleens. Poor little Heidi went through 12 hours of surgery but they were able to hopefully fix everything while maintaining a steady heart beat. It has been a Miracle! Anyway she will be in the hospital for at least a month and her family are staying downtown across the street from the hospital at the Ronald McDonald House. We are so grateful that the surgery went well and decided to go visit them with some flowers. Their little boys name is Steven and Ty always refers to him as "my Steven" so when we went to pick out flowers to make an arrangement Ty was picking out "flowers for my Steven's baby" : ) anyway this is a shot of how the flowers turned out. We were able to go and talk to them for about an hour and it was nice to visit and see how they were holding up.

Easter 2010

2010-04-10T15:53:00.004-06:00

When ever the Easter Bunny comes to Grandma and Grandpa Barclay's house he hides Easter baskets for everyone and you have to go on an scavenger hunt to find them! It's really fun and sometimes really hard! This year we went down on Saturday afternoon after Jared finished work. It was also conference weekend and so the men all went to the Priesthood session of conference and we stayed home and colored eggs. : ) It was pretty fun, and kept you on your toes sense Ty's method of gently putting the eggs in the cups or down on the table was to drop them like rocks. : ) These are pictures of coloring eggs, the eggs that the Easter Bunny left with our first clue in them. For some reason this year the Easter Bunny thought it would be funny to put Jake's egg in a special place high up in the corner. : ) hehehe.. There are pictures of the kids with their Easter baskets and the umbrellas Kate has been begging for months for. And Easter morning Grandma asked Ty what kind of cereal he wanted and he said he wanted both of them. He's not spoiled at all... : ) and I also included a picture of the beautiful roses Jared brought home for me after a night that may or may not have included a complete hormonal pregnancy break down.. : ) what a good husband I have. ; )

Mr Personality.

2010-03-31T11:42:00.002-06:00

So Jared went home teaching on Sunday and had a bunch of meetings and stuff after church. When he finally got home Ty immediately started hanging on to his legs in an apparent effort to show his need for some attention. : )I have never seen him do that before.

The next day Jared dressed him in a sweater that used to be my little brothers. It has a loader on the front that Ty kept called a tractor. It was way to big but he looked super cute so I thought I would document it as well. And the last picture is of Ty and his little band aid on his nose. I am not quite sure how he bumped his nose but he came down one day with a little red mark on it. The next morning it was evident that he had been scratching it and making it bleed so I have been trying to keep a band aid on it to help it heal. And I am not going to lie, I think it looks pretty cute too. I need to come up with another word to use other then cute. : )

We've Been Robbed!!

2010-03-31T11:29:00.003-06:00

So yesterday was crazy! Lots of last minute things we had to do like bringing dinner places, picking things up, driving people around, ect ect.. anyway by the time we got home with the kids it was about 8:30 pm. We walked in the door and I went around the corner to take the kids upstairs and stopped dead. Right next to our stairs is a little alcove type area where the kids usually have a ton of toys, cars, balls ect. and it was completely empty. It's so funny to me that my first thought was "We've been robbed!" my next thought was wait..."Who would steal my kids toys and leave everything else." Turns out Jared had moved all the toys upstairs to the kids rooms earlier that day because he was sick of looking at them all piled in the corner. The concept of that area being clean was so foreign to me that it didn't even occur to me that the toys could just be put away. : ) hehehe. Anyway thought that was kind of funny. : )

Oh.. umm.. one more : )

2010-03-25T17:57:00.002-06:00

For those of you who don't know..which shouldn't be very many of you honestly.. : ) We are pregnant with our Third! A little Girl due July 21st 2010! These are the 19 week ultrasound pictures. I am currently 23 weeks. : )

Funny story.. I was looking at a baby name book that had like 40,000 names in it and I was telling Jared (while he was on his lunch break at work) that I had only come up with 4 names that I liked at all.. 4 out 40,000 not the greatest results.

I liked:
Lily ( I have a great grandma lily)
Hazel
Gracie
and Elizabeth or Eliza

Anyway I had thought I better start looking now because Jared and I usually go through lists of names trying to come up with one that we can agree on. Seriously some of the names he picks out are crazy! I can't believe anyone would inflict them on an innocent child! ; )

So that night when Jared got home from work and told me he thought of a name he liked, I was totally shocked that I loved it! Hopefully this is the first of many signs that this next child is going to be an easy one. : ) Anyway I am excited to announce that we are going to name her.

Meg Elizabeth Barclay. : )

Kate, Ty and Meg. we love it.

Tah Dah!!

2010-03-25T17:48:00.002-06:00

I am now both current on my blog and able to trim my sons hair all by myself! Whaoo!!

Jared has been cutting his own hair sense his mission and so when our little boy came along he wanted to be in charge of cutting Ty's hair too. I have no problem with that at all but as of late he has been a little busy and Ty's hair has gotten embarrassingly long. so I decided it was time I learned how to trim it myself. Jared showed me which sizes to use on the trimmer and the I had at it. : ) Turned out pretty cute!

How did this happen?? : )

2010-03-25T17:38:00.002-06:00

So this so hilarious! Ty decided to put his Lightning McQueen pajamas on all by himself the other night and ran into some trouble... : ) The good news is he is a little muscle man who is in spectacular shape right now and can fit both his legs into one pant hole.. bad news is that he has to hop everywhere instead of his usual run.

Jared is so sweet and such a good husband he brought home a bouquet of roses for both Kate and I for Valentines day. : ) ahhh...

Little personalities... : )

2010-03-25T17:21:00.002-06:00

Kate loves to dress up like a ballerina. Ty loves to be wrapped up like a burrito after a bath and they both love to color.

Kate has recently discovered the Fancy Nancy books and is in love with them. One of them was all about butterflies. so we had to make her some butterfly wings... : )

Kate Turned 5 years old!!

2010-03-25T16:57:00.002-06:00

I can't believe Kate is already 5 years old! Crazy..

She is the sweetest little girl! So tender hearted. She loves all things princess. Loves to color and draw, and ride her new princess bike. Kate Loves to read and get big stacks of books from the library : ) She is fast friends with any little girl or boy she meets. She loves her brother Ty and is a very good big sister.

Right now she knows her ABCs, can count to 30, can write spell and write Kate, Ty, Mom and is learning Dad.

She is so pumped about the new little sister she is getting and asks me how the baby is doing every day. Kate is very obedient, loves to help me in anyway she can. She likes to set the table, carry her laundry up to her room, she is awesome at cleaning her room and she has always been great about bed time. I am really hoping that this next little girl grows up to be just like her big sister. We love her so much and are so grateful to be her parents.

Jared Turned the big 30!!! hahaha!

2010-03-25T16:42:00.002-06:00

Seriously though, this was a little traumatic for him : ) So I tried to make it fun.

First I got up at 4:30 am and made him a gormet Breakfast in bed! Then after work, we went out to eat at an awesome restaurant called Tucanos! They are all about the meat there, which I have to tell you is for a reason because their meat was Amazing!!! and coming from a person who is really not a very big fan of meat that should being saying something.

Then when we came home their were 30 balloons in the living room that Jared had to pop to get his first clue on a scavenger hunt to find his gifts. each balloon had either the clue or 1 of the thirty reasons why I love Jared.. you can say it..ahhh that's so sweet.. : ) I know right! ; ) I got him an Ipod touch and some stuff for it. It was really fun : )

Christmas!!

2010-03-25T16:18:00.002-06:00

Wow I only have a couple of pictures this year from Christmas! Whoops! I know we did take some video.. : ) Well anyway, This is a shot of the Beautiful Christmas tree that Jared's mom always decorates so pretty. And of Kate and Ty getting ready to do the nativity, as you can see Kate was a little bit reluctant to play Mary this year.

So on Christmas Eve ( which also happens to be my Dad's birthday) each year the Kleopfer family ( Jared's mom's side of the family) all usually gather at Grandma and Grandpa Kleopfer's house to have dinner, rein act the Nativity and then Santa Mrs. Claus and their elves all come and give everyone one present!

This year due to a series of unfortunate events/sick kids we didn't all get together as usual. However it was still really fun! Actually this year we had Grandma and Grandpa K come over to Jared's parent's house. We did the Nativity, had a yummy dinner, and sang Christmas carols. Then instead of Santa coming he knocked on the door ( so loud that Kate got scared, jumped up and ran behind the couch, : ) He left a basket of gifts on the door steps and then called out to all his reindeer and fly way with his sley bells jingling. : )

I also tacked on a picture of Kate dressed up in one of the old dance costumes she loves towear when we go visit, doing poor uncle Josh's hair. : ) I have to hand it to Josh, He is such an awesome uncle to all his neices and nephews!! So patient.

And then their is Ty trying to put on his daddy's boots. : )

Boise State University December Graduation!

2010-03-25T15:30:00.003-06:00

Jared Has officially finished his Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering!!!!

umm.... I don't even know what to say here to describe how unbelievable it is to have this done finally, or how hard and crazy it was there at the end finishing.

I will say Jared wrote his Thesis "Electrical Switching Properties of Ternary and Layered Chalcogenide Phase-Change Memory Devices" in 6 months, something that we later found out usually takes at least a couple years, It is over a hundred pages long and he has 42 versions of it saved on his computer. I am not lying to you when I say I believe I have read every single one of those 42 versions. ..But now the stress, anxiety, lack of sleep and fears are finally over... He is Graduated! Now we start the final leg of the marathon entitled "Doctorate Degree". : )

Thanksgiving in Paul Idaho/ Mexico!!

2010-03-25T15:10:00.007-06:00

Your confused right now huh.. : ) Understandable.. Let me explain.

This last Thanksgiving Jared's Brother was headed down to Oaxaca Mexico ( where he served his mission) to go to a wedding of some of his friends that he introduced the Gospel to. Stephanie his wife is in BYU-law right now and swamped, so the boys all decided to make a trip of it! Jared's dad and brothers all flew down for a week and did all the cool "Authentic" Mexican things that they have always wanted to do. Which is great because I never would have done them with Jared. : )

So Where are all the pictures you say? umm good question.. I don't have Any. What I do have is like 100 hours of video tape. : ) Yep I am married to a man who loves home videos.

Anyway sense Jared was going to be gone for the Holiday I decided to go hang out in Paul with his mom and Sara his sister. Sara flew out from Texas for a little while because her husband Ryan was serving in Iraq. We had an awesome Thanksgiving. Totally laid back, did the Black Friday shopping thing and let the little cousins all play with each other for a week.

Unfortunately none of the pictures really turned out very well from this trip either except this one of Grandma taking the kids on 4 wheeler rides. : ) Oh also this is when it finally came out that I am pregnant. You can't keep things from the Barclay women long. : ) I was only 6 weeks at the time. It turned out to be good that they got it out of me though, sense I started getting really nausiated while Jared was gone.

umm and Ty's hair is going to look a little funny in alot of these next pictures because some time while we were down in Paul the little girls decided to give him a hair cut. : ) He looks a little like a monk now. : )

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Yes that's right those are Christmas Decorations you see..

2010-03-25T14:34:00.004-06:00

Ok so I have no idea which order these pictures are going to load in so I am going to rely on all of your skills of deduction in piecing together pictures with their descriptions. : )

These are Pictures from Dec 09' My Parents and little Brother Zayn flew down before Christmas to see Jared Graduate with his Masters Degree! While they were here Vanessa and Hudson Drove up to hang. On Vanessa's birthday we had the Aunt Teresa and the cousins all come over dinner. Way fun and of course way over due!

Also during the party Justin and Jamie stopped by to introduce us to their new little puppy! A little English Bulldog named Stella. : )

FYI

2009-10-01T10:48:00.003-06:00

Ok so I have no Idea why my blog was being so difficult and not allowing me to move pictures around or type next to corresponding pictures but whatever.. apparently I am not smarter than my blog... : ) So Some of the typing is weird in the next couple of posts also I was feeling lazy and only posted text for the pictures that were not already pretty much self-explanatory.

So yeah! I am updated again! (except for those pictures that are currently sitting in my camera..but we will just ignore those for right now.. )

More Alaskan Things!

2009-10-01T10:26:00.002-06:00

Kate has been wanting to ride a horse for months! So we had to take her for a ride when we got to Grandmas house!

Our friends Tisha, Ryan and Kylee Saunders! : ) We went with them to a Colony High (mine and Tisha's high school ) vs. Palmer High ( Ryans old high school) Football game! It was really fun.. Colony totally kicked their trash to by the way! Then we went back to their house to play with Kylee and go a round of Hand and Foot with them. : ) It wa a ton of fun to see them again. Except for that one part when Ryan made us drink this herbal tea that tastes like grass....hehe!!

Brooklyn just chilln' she is the sweetest little girl! So easy going!

Ty and cutie pie cousin Mikayla playing on the Tire swing with Ashley one of the two Foster kids my parents are taking care of.

The Alaska State Fair!

2009-10-01T10:14:00.003-06:00

This was at the Rodney Atkins Concert. : )

If I Ever Owned a Tractor it would be pink like this one. : )

World's Largest cabbage!

So they do this thing we like to call "The Lumberjack show" It's awesome! Here is a picture of one of the compitions that they show.

Alaska Trip 2009!...part 1 the Gold Mine!

2009-09-30T22:24:00.002-06:00

Random. : )

2009-09-30T21:43:00.001-06:00

Getting in touch with Nature..

2009-09-30T21:24:00.001-06:00

Play Time at Grandma's with the cousins!

2009-09-30T18:20:00.002-06:00

8-8-2009 Emily and Jordan's Wedding and Ty turns 2!

2009-09-30T12:02:00.003-06:00

Garden update

2009-08-05T10:59:00.002-06:00

The Barclay Reunion

2009-07-30T20:00:00.004-06:00

We had the Barclay reunion here in Boise last fri- sun. On Saturday Jared and his Dad and Brothers decided that they wanted to go white water rafting up the Payette River. It is a very popular river and commonly used for rafting. Well Martin's (Jared's Dad) cousin Rick and his family decided that they really wanted to go too, so they all loaded up and were soo excited!

They got up there rented a raft and some life jackets from some random rental place. They didn't think they needed a guide because they have all been rafting before. So they drove up to the river where everyone was putting in at this place called Banks. However it was really crowded so they drove just up the rode a tiny bit and put in further up.

Well they weren't in the boat 5 minutes before they hit a huge rapid and it threw the whole back half of the boat out into the river. Josh fell out along with Jake and Sharon (Rick's wife). Jake and Sharon were holding on to each other and the boat until Jake was hit in the knee by a big rock and lost his grip on everything. Then Sharon lost her grip on the boat. Meanwhile everyone in the boat was trying to sit back up and grab the ores and get everyone back in the boat but until they realize that Sharon has floated a good 20 feet away.

The river was calm here though, so they weren't really scared for her and they kept telling her to turn around, face downstream and swim to the shore. But she just held on to her life jacket and floated. She didn't try to swim or anything. She wasn't scared she just looked like she was enjoying floating.

Well after a second the boat gets stuck on a big rock at the tip of an island and while they are trying to get off the rock Sharon floats down one side of the island and when they finally get off the rock they get sent down the other side. So they stop the raft on the shore because they thought for sure that she would have gotten out on the island. They call her and they don't hear anything so then they jump back in the boat to see if she kept floating down the river and they get sent into this huge set of rapids where Jared falls out and was under water for about a minute. Once they get out of that they are pretty worried because if Sharon went through that she would be in trouble.

So they pull off on the shore and start searching for her and running for help. Some kayakers jumped right in and start looking for her and pretty soon there are around 5o-100 people looking for her. It took an hour and a half to find her. We think she must have floated backward and hit her head on a log and then the log's current pulled her under and she drowned.

It was horrible. When her husband found out he passed out and hit his head on the cement. She was 48 years old and has 3 girls and 1 boy ranging from 12 to 24. Her husband Rick just returned from serving in Iraq. My heart goes out to Rick and his children. It just absolutely breaks your heart.

It was a sad ending to the Barclay reunion. On Sunday we had a testimony meeting and spoke about the Savior and blessing and reassurance that we have in knowing that a Family is Forever and Eternal. If Sharon's mission was full filled on this earth it was a blessing that we were all able to be there together as a family to support Rick and his children during such a difficult time.

Jared left today with his Parents and Brothers to drive Sharon's body up to Washington for the funeral. We pray that everyone will be able to feel a sense of peace once she is laid to rest. And a comfort in knowing that we will all be together again.

Here is a link to her obituary if anyone would to read it.
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tribnet/obituary.aspx?n=sharon-irene-barclay&pid=130563562

A day in the Life

2009-07-29T17:34:00.004-06:00

Breakfast

Get Dressed

Sew 5 Swim suits

Chase Ty out of Pantry

Read Kids a couple stories

Bake Two Loaves of Wheat Bread

Talk to Jared on his Lunch Break

Make 2 Loaves of Zucchini Bread

Find a recipe for muffins

Plan dinner

Feed the Kids lunch

Switch the Laundry

Make the Zucchini muffins (Have extra zucchini to use up can you tell)

Email little bro on his mission

Put Ty down for his nap

Switch laundry

Scour kitchen

Bake another Batch of Muffins

Mop floors

Clean Bathrooms

Help Kate clean her room

Pick up and Vacuum whole house

Get Ty up from nap

Feed them snacks

Fold another load of laundry

Iron

Go to Library

and wish I had made it to the gym

Make Dinner

Put kids to Bed

ahhh...relax with Jared

An Explanation of what I believe to be my OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) : )

I heard someone say that when people complain about there not being enough time to get things done, it's not so much about managing their time as it is about managing themselves. Everyone has exactly the same amount of time in the day.

I guess in this totally unstable and volatile world that we are living in right now, with so many things out of my control, I experience fulfillment and comfort when I feel like I am helping to create a house of order. Like all the chaos of the world can be shut out, left at the door..... as long as I have vacuumed today.. ; )

July

2009-07-18T10:18:00.006-06:00

So we have always gone to see the Harry Potter movies with our friends Justin and Jamie. They were the ones that first insisted that we read the books. Anyway we decided it had been a while sense we watched the movies so we had a two part harry potter Marathon with them. : ) This is a picture of the first night we watched. Ty decided he wasn't ready for bed and Jamie was more than happy to snuggle with him . : ) I love his little eyes poking out. He totally knew that he was suppose to be in bed and was trying really hard to blend in with the scenery so that we would let him stay up longer... he knows what he is doing.. he's a pro.

This is the second night we watched. We were waiting for everyone to get home so Jamie was reading a book to Kate and Ty.

Micheal ( An old friend ..umm I mean they have known him for a long time not that he is old.hehe..) Justin, Jamie, Kate and Ty

Ty decided to get into my bucket of flour!

This is the first of this year's canning sessions! Kate was such a good helper! We did apricots and she would pull them all apart and take the seeds out. She loved it!

She made this little set up herself. : )

The beautiful apricots that we picked! We ended up canning 38 jars of apricots, and 12 jars of cooked jam and 12 jars of freezer jam in 3 different flavors. We did Strawberry apricot, Pineapple apricot and Almond apricot. I think the strawberry apricot is my favorite but they were all good.

After our trip to Island park for the kleopfer reunion and 4th of july Ty was totally exhausted and for the first time ever fell asleep in his high chair. He absolutely loves that bunny! He gives it kisses. : )

Mom and Dad Barclay at the cabin

Doug and Stephanie! Love your hair like that steph!

My Hunky husband Jared, Kate perched on a stool talking to ditsy.

Love this picture of little Ty in his fav out fit and boots. He seriously loves those things. now can you see what he is doing.. : ) He found an open bag of m&ms and was downing them as fast as he could before someone found out. I love the picture of all the barclay kids with Grandma Barclay in the background.

I have no idea where he gets this from... ; )

2009-06-25T10:55:00.002-06:00

Alright I think I am up to date! It's a miracle I know!! I am unfortunately missing all of May because apparently memory cards die after so many uses and mine ate a bunch of pictures. I tried my picture recovery program but to no avail. needless to say we have a new card now and will hopefully avoid the problem in the future!

Fathers Day!

2009-06-25T10:50:00.002-06:00

It is soo hard to get my kids to look at you when your taking their picture!!

Jared is not a sugar eater but his favorite cake is Carrot.

These are the georgeous roses Jared got me for our 7th anniversary this year!

Cousins!

2009-06-25T10:39:00.003-06:00

My Sister in law Sara flew in to Paul a for about 10 days while her husband Ryan went to some training for the army. So while she was down they invited us to bring the kids down so the cousins could play! This is a picture of the hula party that we had while we were down. Kate was actually able to stay and play for a few days and had an absolute ball!

Lexie reading to Hallie and Kate. I can't believe how grown up Lexie is!

More Ut trip Pics

2009-06-25T10:28:00.002-06:00

While we were their we visited Crystals parents Curtis and Linda Erickson. Crystal was down visiting them while Shayne was up in Barrow AK working on the slope(the oil fields)

My newest little niece Brooklyn

Kate and our other niece Makayla with the new little pillows that my mom and Aunt Connie just made for them. Kate now sleeps with hers on her bed every night. : )

I was holding Brooklyn for like 3 seconds before Jared came over and stole her from me.

This is Ty climbing on all the furniture in the hotel room. He was there for about 5 minute before ripping a fixture to hold the info for the hotel off the wall. literally..5 min.

utah

2009-06-25T10:16:00.002-06:00

So my sister Vanessa Graduated from nursing school and It was my parents 30th anniversary this year! My parents flew down, Our Grandma Zweifel drove through and we drove down to celebrate! This is us at a cool oriental restaurant where they cook your food right in front of you. We took my parents their for their anniversary gift, I guess their first date was actually at a place just like it. : )

We had to stop at cabellas. We always thought it was a sporting goods store but it turns out it is a museum too! ;)

With a huge fish tank!

Girls vs. Boys

2009-06-25T10:00:00.003-06:00

This is a picture of Kate in her new little swimsuit I made her. i don't think she has ever had an injury beyond a scraped knee or elbow.Ty on the other hand...

Is such a BOY! All in a matter of a few weeks he managed to give himself a black eye while weightlifting rocks in the empty lot next door. (he was actually grunting every time he lifted) He was a little to wobbly though because he fell and hit his eye on another rock. poor kid.

Then during one of our many dance sessions in the living room he climbed up on the little fireplace step and grabbed hold of the top of the vent and sliced his hand. He didn't cry or anything so i didn't know anything was wrong until he started climbing the stairs and leaving a little trail of bloody hand prints behind him.. that's when I freaked out.

And that brings us to the fact that he has eczema and for a while it was bad enough that he would scratch behind his knee till it was raw. We hat to tape it up so that it could heal. Umm and all this before he is even 2. I am not going to lie, I am a little nervous at what the future is going to bring. : )

Going Green

2009-06-25T09:32:00.002-06:00

So we decided to build a much larger garden this year! Jared designed it and picked the location which is awesome because now it is perfectly situated so that the sprinkler system can water it and I can look out from the kitchen and patio door to watch it grow! We are growing:
Corn,
Potatoes,
onions,
carrots
tomatoes
peppers
spinach
romaine lettuce
salad blends lettuce
peas
broccoli
artichoke
zucchini
Hubbard squash
pumpkins
cantaloupe
cucumbers and
some sunflowers.

Easter...was I know 2 months..alright 3 months ago

2009-06-25T09:18:00.002-06:00

Our little town of middleton does a fun little Easter Egg hunt every year. We have never been to one but I thought that it might be fun so we decided to check it out. It was pretty fun, although personally I thought some of the parents should have been a little ashamed of themselves with how many eggs they were grabbing for their kids. I think it was over in about 30 seconds and we ended up with aoubt 5 eggs. : ) Not quick enough apparently. Kate did end up getting a stuff bunnie for a prize though. It's one of her favs now and she sleeps with it every night! : ) I also posted pictures of some of the treats that we made this year to take down to Paul with us when we went.

Thank you!

2009-03-07T01:07:00.004-07:00

I read this article on my friend's blog and I loved it so much I decided to post a copy of it on mine as well. Click on the article to read it..I may have to buy a frame for it and hang it on my wall. : )

Sweatheart Dance

2009-03-05T09:41:00.002-07:00

So earlier this month the stake put on their annual sweat heart dance. It was way fun! But we could be biased because we LOVE to dance. Particularly swing dance. Plus for the first time ever we were able to talk our friends Justin and Jamie to go with us! Despite their scepticism I think they really enjoyed it. : ) ha! It was a great night, first we went out to Mongolian BBQ with Justin, Jamie and some other friends of ours Jessica and Dale. Then when we were sufficiently stuffed we drove over to the stake center and tried to burn it all back off. : ) The music was pretty good.. a little too much 70's for my taste but he through in lots of swing which made up for it. : ) There was a really good turn out too..we had to open the divider in the gym at one point to make more room. So that was cool. All in all very cool!

Bogus Basin!

2009-02-25T11:31:00.002-07:00

We finally did it! We have been wanting to go snowboarding at Bogus for about 5 years! Last Saturday we finally went! It was way fun! Our friends Justin and Jamie were going up with Justin's sister Janetta and friend Micheal and invited us to go. It was sweet because we were going night skiing so it only cost 10$ and Justin's parents watched the kids for us so we didn't have to pay for a sitter. : ) yeah...it was great. We loved it! It was Justin and Jamie's first time and I think we got them hooked because they are already planning the next trip.: ) Guess we should have started this earlier in the season. : )

Our cute little neice Brooklyn at 1 week!

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I know cute right! : )

Yoga!!

2009-02-14T14:47:00.003-07:00

Ok wow, I can't believe that I have waited this long to try yoga! My friend Jamie and I went to a class yesterday at the Y and we both loved it!! They had these cool straps that you hook into the wall and you get to hang upside down..which was really cool! Plus by the time your done and cooling down you have worked your muscles so much and then relaxed them so well that it feels just like you have had a deep tissue massage! I LOVE massages so to find something comparable to it that I don't have to pay extra for that is also a workout! wow...wow. Also I should tell you that last night was the best night's sleep I have had in months! I think I might just be in love... : )

The newest little Norton!

2009-02-13T14:38:00.002-07:00

Shayne, fantasticly refreshed looking Crystal and little Brooklyn Paige. Seriously everyone give Crystal a round of applause!! She looks great after having been through , as my mom likes to say " the valley of the shadow of death". : )

Mickayla meets her little sister Brooklyn!

2009-02-13T14:29:00.003-07:00

My Brother Shayne and sister in law Crystal introducng his little girl to their newest little baby girl Brooklyn. : ) I don't think she is quite sure what to think of this new little invader yet. : )

"I guess we'll keep her mom....but we are definiately going to keep this thing in her mouth!

Grandma and Grandpa Norton with grandbaby number 4!

She's not enjoying this at all....: )

ahhh...... : ) sleeping is so great.

Introducing my newest little neice!

2009-02-12T10:25:00.002-07:00

Brooklyn Paige Norton was born Tuesday Febuary 10th to Shayne and Crystal Norton in Palmer Alaska! She weighed 7 lbs 13 oz!

2009-02-11T23:32:00.002-07:00

January 24th 2009 Kate turned 4!! So we decided it was time to start having friend parties...I know glutton for punishment right..actually It was alot of fun!.. : ) We made princess/ Prince charming crowns, did pin the tail on the donkey and a pinata!

Sara, Tyler and Kate

Adaylee, Sara, Kate, Jaydrie and Tyler

Whoops!

2009-02-11T23:03:00.002-07:00

FYI....It turns out that if you accidentally delete all your pictures from Chistmas through January you CAN get them back...........apparently they (the smart people who don't ever lose they're photos) have created awesome software to recover lost photos. So by the time I get them back we could be having a Christmas in July.... : ) whoops.. so I guess that I get to skip forward to Kate's 4th birthday!

Merry Christmas to all...

2009-01-31T21:07:00.004-07:00

The Barclay men all dressed up!

This year we felt like it was time that we made a Ginger Bread house.

And by we I mean Justin and Jared made a Ginger bread house while Jamie and I watched and laughed... : )

Little snap shot at the ward Christmas party.

And yep still Alaska

2009-01-31T20:48:00.003-07:00

Kate's traveling gear!

Every year Palmer ward host's a community Nativity at the church. It is amazing! Every room in the Church is decorated from floor to ceiling in different themes. They have entertainment and a live nativity. It's beautiful. This is a picture of one of the hundreds of nativities in the International room.

Mom and Kate making pumpkin bread together.

I love it when the trees get frosty like this.

Pioneer Peak Mountain. One of the favorites amongst the locals in the Valley.

More alaska

2009-01-31T20:22:00.004-07:00

My Brother Shayne has taught his daughter some little exercises. She loves to "work out" with Mommy and Daddy. This is them giving us a demonstration of the proper way to do push ups.

While we were in Alaska Ty discovered his inner rock climber and was pulling himself up on everything! Dad couldn't get over how muscular Ty is. : ) This is him pointing out all his muscles. They were all shocked but I couldn't understand why...I mean he is his father's son.... we have all seen Jared right...what do they expect! ... ; )

This is gorgeous little Mikayla after she woke up from her nap. I love her little out fit! Especially sense it is December in Alaska! : ) She also has the softest hair...look at that picture and then tell me don't want to run your fingers through it!

I think Ty was really missing Jared at this point because he was clinging to all the men in the family. He wouldn't let Shayne put him down for like 3 hours. : )

Future fireman...hmmm...maybe...I'll be honest..I hope not..but you never know.

Alaska trip December 2008

2009-01-31T20:00:00.004-07:00

This last December I took the kids up to Alaska for a couple weeks. We went up in the beginning of December because the tickets were a better price, the down side to that was that Jared wasn't able to come up with us. It was right during finals week. It was only the second time in 6 and a half years that we have been apart that long. We had alot of fun but we definitely missed each other alot. And don't get me started on the plane rides with two kids by myself........ahhhh!!! Never again.

This was one of the many family movie nights that we had up there. My little niece Makayla is soo cute! She had one of Zayn's tee shirts on for pajamas. At some point she slipped one arm up through the neck hole. : ) It's much more comfortable that way..really you should try it...

Ty kissing up to the grandparents, as if they needed another reason to spoil him. : )

Kate sledding with Uncle Zayn and the BDFS ( The Back door friends, they live up the hill behind our house so Zayn calls them the BDFS)

Thanksgiving!

2009-01-31T19:37:00.003-07:00

Every year the Barclay/Kleopfer family get together at the church house for Thanksgiving. It's awesome because then we don't mess any one's house up, there's a ton more room, and in between dinner and desert we all go in the gym and play volleyball and basketball. See, by exercising in between we are able to trick our bodies into believing we really do have room for all that pie! It's a great system... : ) ......that we almost always pay for later.... except for that one time...that time was great!

Grandma Kleopfer had foot surgery not long before the Holidays. It has been a rough road recovering from it, and I am not sure the road got any smoother with the grand kids pushing her around the gym...the kids love it though.

Grandpa Kleopfer was so sweet playing with Kate. He would throw the ball and then she would chase after it and then run it back to him...not unlike a little puppy.... : )

November 2008

2009-01-30T20:40:00.002-07:00

Yes that's right I am still trying to catch up with everything that happened in 2008, and because of my procrastination you get to see an abbriviated version of the last 3 months! : ) That way you get to glimpse some of the highlights and I get to feel impressed with myself for updating my blog..with out it taking six years to do it..see.. win, win! : )

so November we had my birthday..yep I am over the first little hill..the big 25 is history and I am officially 26. ugh.. next in the line up was a trip down to paul idaho see Jared's little brother Nathan compete in the Mr. MHS contest.

Jared, Martin, Jake and Nate all sang "For the Longest Time" for the talent portion of the competition. Nathan ended up getting Second Runner up!

The Results show of Jamie's Foster Care Shower!

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Justin and Jamie with all of their spoils! We had a hard time fitting everything in their SUV!

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Here's Jamie with a super cool gift her mom gave her. She tracked down one of those old toy phones that I think talks!

Justin bonded with Ty all night and Ty apparently liked all the attention because he kept giving him kisses. : )

This is Kate's friend Tyler, It was so funny because He came running in before his mom could get the other kids out of the car, anyway he came running up to me in nothing but his PJ's and handed me this bag saying "Happy Birthday!" It was so funny we had to take a picture!

Cheese cake

2008-11-22T16:52:00.002-07:00

Here are the pictures from Jamie's Foster care shower! It was great! We had about 30 people turn out to show support for Justin and Jamie and several others that are dropping things off for them later. With the addition of about 10 kids running around for most of the night, it felt pretty full, which is exactly what we were going for! : )

Mini cupcakes with a cream cheese/cool whip topping, sprinkled with crushed Andy's mints.

Truffles topped with chocolate and either coconut, nuts or Andy's mints.

Jamie's Foster Care Shower

2008-11-08T11:31:00.004-07:00

So my friends Justin and Jamie Law are becoming foster parents!! Yeah !! We are so excited for them. So excited in fact that I am throwing Jamie a shower. Once they finish they're class in november thy could get a foster child at anytime day or night. Many times the children don'r come with anything but the clothes they have on. So it is going to make life alot easier if they have what they need when they need it. : ) Plus I have been waiting for 6 years to throw Jamie a baby shower!! We are really looking forward to it! These are the fun invitations I just finished making!

Inside they say this:

You're invited to a
Foster Care Shower
Honoring Jamie Law

As you know we are all very excited
That Justin & Jamie are getting ready
To bless the lives of many children
Who need their Loving Care.
So please join us at this celebration on

Tuesday November 18th
6:00- 8:00 pm open house
Hosted by Jacque Barclay
124 E. Willow Creek Dr.
(Middleton Lakes Sub)

Justin and Jamie are fostering
Boys and Girls ages 0-5
And appreciate anything
New or used that would contribute
To meeting the needs of their foster children

2008-11-01T10:44:00.002-06:00

Our dirty little pirate!

Daddy finally got home from work at about 7:30. Kate was so excited for him to take her out in the neighborhood trick or treating! Jared said by about the 8th house she was getting tired and a little once they made it down the next street, he asked her if she was ready to go home and she said that she was. They got home right about the time our friends Justin and Jamie came over. We had potato chowder and corn bread. We watched a movie and ate cupcakes and the good chocolate candy reserved for the adults. : )

2008-11-01T10:36:00.002-06:00

This is Ty and his little friend Bently. As you can see Ty wasn't thrilled about sitting in the wagon with her. He is going through that phase where he wants mom to hold him all the time.

Enjoying the spoils of the Trunk or treat. I was really impressed with how well kate shared/handed out candy. She really is a very sweet girl.

A Priate and a Princess

2008-11-01T10:20:00.002-06:00

This year for Halloween Ty was a pirate and Kate was a Princess. I pretty convenient in that Kate dresses up as a princess every other day already, she knows that she is a princess so why fight it right?! Ty was soo cute! I was really impressed that he kept his hat on. These were the before pictures, by the end of the night Ty's drool washed away the whiskers on his chin and his shirt was so messy from the candy kate kept giving him that he really looked like a raggedy old pirate. : )

You will notice please the Heart/mom tattoo on his arm. : )

I kept trying to get a picture of the 2 of them together but they are so wiggly I couldn't get them to hold still! This is the best I could do!

Our ward had the Trunk or treat at 6 pm. Kate doesn't really even know these girls that well, But she has the philosophy and that anyone under the age of 5 is automatically her friend. As soon as these girls saw each other they started holding hands and trick or treated together. : )

2008-10-26T18:05:00.003-06:00

So a week after our ward split, I received a phone call from one of the women in the new ward. I had never met her before but apparently someone recommended me to her as someone who knows how to sew. She owns a modest swimwear store and is branching out into skirts, dresses and prom dresses. So she offered me the job of sewing for her. It's pretty cool, I like to sew and can do it from home so that's always great! This is a picture of the first swim suit I have ever done, I'll admit it I was pretty impressed with myself! ha ha, I thought It turned out cute anyway. Her website is camiswimwear.com if anyone is wondering. Cami stands for "cute and modest ideas"

Strong man Ty!

2008-10-19T18:54:00.002-06:00

He is a stong little guy! He is totally holding himself up here!

I bet he is going to be really good at push ups! Oh in case you are wondering the bandage on is arm is because he has some eczema that he keeps trying to scratch so we have to wrap it up.

: )

2008-10-19T18:46:00.002-06:00

Another cute Kate outfit creation

Ty climbed inside one of the cabnets to play. It was so funny though because as soon as he saw me he hurried to get out!

Kate decided that even though it was 70 degrees outside she need to wear her hat and mittens to the store. Just in case we go in the freezer section or something : )

Random September

2008-10-19T18:34:00.003-06:00

My friend Jamie came over for a movie night and Ty decided that he wanted to stay up for it too!

Kate Loves to read!

Ty and his little girlfriend Bentley

She was going for an outfit that would say "I know how to cook"..what do you think..I think it definately says something!

Harvest Time

2008-10-19T18:19:00.003-06:00

This year we were blessed a ton with random people hooking us up with free fruits and vegetables. So I learned how to can this year! It was really fun! We did Tomatoes..

Plum freezer jam,

Peaches and I don't have a picture but apples

and Corn!

Going for a drive.

2008-10-19T18:02:00.002-06:00

So Jared had a free day a while ago so we decided to jump in the car and take a drive! We drove all the way to McCall! It's a cute little resort town about 2 hours away. As you can see it was a beautiful drive. But apparently a little too winding. Kate through up on the way there and the way back! : ) That's what we get for being spontanious! I usually bring extra clothes and things. So we just ended up stopping at a grocery store and buying clothes, paper towels and febreeze!!

Jared and Ty being silly. : )

Zoo Boise!

2008-10-19T17:49:00.002-06:00

So we decided it was time to have a family trip to the zoo. It was pretty fun but I think it was more entertaining after the zoo when we went across the street to a park for lunch. There were a whole bunch of geese there that would come up and beg for food. They were really friendly..at least until kate started chasing them around the park. : ) it was really funny to watch. : ) I wish I would have gotten a picture of it!

Ty is a little nervous about all this, he would like to hold his daddy's hand for a little while.

This is a giant slide. Kate would slide down and then book it back to the stairs and slide down again!

She always knew she was a princess, she has finally found herself an elephant to carry her around.

Nope, I think a Lion definitely makes more of a statement, don't you?

Unwrapping the birthday presents!

2008-10-19T17:42:00.002-06:00

Of course Kate prides herself in being a very helpful person when it comes to unwrapping presents! : )

The clean up

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Ty's birthday continued

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I love these side shots. Look at that soft little body!! : )

Ty's 1st Birthday!

2008-10-19T17:16:00.003-06:00

It was cool this year because his first birthday was on 8-8-08! It was also the first day of the 2008 Olympics. : ) so in case you're wondering that is what is written on his chest. : )

We were so surprised that he left his hat on!

2008-10-15T19:00:00.003-06:00

I love this little outfit on Ty! He looks like he's ready for the beach.

'I'm going up the stairs.."

"Oh wait a minute, I'm on the stairs!"

"umm a little help here mamma!"

The kids crawling around

2008-10-15T18:52:00.002-06:00

They look so alike! look at those blue eyes.

Jared stopped and picked these from a field on the way home from work! so pretty! It's probably good we took a picture of it sense the next day kate climbed up on a stool and knocked the vase off the counter. Yeah it's gone : ) whooops!

The MTC

2008-10-15T17:54:00.002-06:00

This is Jared, My little brother Matt and my sister Vanessa, dropping Matt off at the Provo MTC. And alright I'll admit it..it was back in August. : ) Once again I am playing catch up.

Jewell's Funeral Services

2008-09-05T10:44:00.003-06:00

All of the Alaskan's that were at the Funeral:
From left; Tisha Saunders, Me, Sister Brown, Lonnie, Terri's Friend, Terri Baker (Jewell's mom) Gary Baker, Sara Breshears, Troy Green, Linda, Cable ( Jewell's Brother, holding Callie Jewells little girl.)

Our good friend Troy picked us up, drove us around and allowed us to stay at he and his wife Melonie's apt while we were in town. It was very generous of them and we will always appreciate it.

Jewell and her sweet husband Scott on the left. After we dedicated the Grave everyone was silent for 5 min or so, the only sound was that of Scott's broken heart.

Troy, Terri (Jewell's mom), Amy, Linda, Tisha, me, Sara, Sis Brown, Lonnie.

Jewell's adorable little 2 1/2 year old Callie Aurora (after her mom) Milam. During the services the first thing callie did was run up to us and ask us if we had any crackers. We said that we didn't so she ran up to her dad on the front row and asked him for some. : ) Then later on she walked around showing everyone that she had gum in her mouth. :) I have never in my life seen another child that had a smile on their face as much as she did. I think that is just how she was made. Smiling all the time. She looks like Jewell when she was that age.

This is little 5 year old Jamison a.k.a. spiderman. Jewell's son. In most of his photos he posed with is web hand ready to shoot! He was scheduled to start school the day of the funeral. In the Relief society room before the services, when they first got there, he went straight to Jewell's photo and casket and just stood up there the whole time holding on to her casket, or kind of rubbing the side of it. Callie ran in after him and nearly knocked the flowers over on her way, then loudly she said "That's my mommy" Then she came over to us and said " my mommy died". We were all a reck of course.

Jewell, Terri Baker and her new wonderful husband Gary.

My Friend Jewell

2008-09-03T23:25:00.002-06:00

Last Friday my dear friend Jewell Milam died. After a long battle with cancer she was finally allowed to shed her mortal body and find rest. While I know in my mind that she is at peace and happy, I also ache in my heart. For I miss her already. I have known her sense she moved in down the street from me in 6th grade. We along with Amber LaVoie did everything together. Sleep overs, forts, sleep overs, dances...sleep overs... .After high school Jewell, Tisha and I decided to go to college together. Jewell was my first roommate at Ricks college. When I was married to my sweet heart she was a bridesmaid at my wedding. I can not express all that she meant to me. All the fun and laughter we shared. We had our moments of turmoil but in the end our friendship stood strong. Jewell was so talented and I always looked up to her for her beautiful gift of music. She was happy and sincere. She loved her family and had a strong testimony of the gospel of Jesus Christ. She was so creative and worked hard in all her endeavors. I will miss her every day. As her sweet husband Scott says "she is irreplaceable".

Temple Square

2008-08-28T17:47:00.001-06:00

So when we got done with our session we wandered around and took pictures all the places that we took pictures right after we were sealed. It was really fun ; )

Sight seeing

2008-08-28T17:38:00.002-06:00

We went back to the graveyard in the light of day and still had to ask directions to find it, but we finally did..it was really special. I think we all miss President Hinkley but we are happy that he is reunited with his sweet wife.

Then we drove to capital building to check things out there. I was blown away! It was amazing.
I have never seen so much marble.

Wouldn't it be cool to hold a ball in here. maybe not on the stairs..more like next to them...;)

Yeah right about there.

High school musical

2008-08-28T17:29:00.002-06:00

I don't care what anyone thinks of me...I loved the first High school musical. So naturally sense we kept driving right by it in salt lake we had to stop for the photo opp.. hey i just rhymed. : ) I'm such a dork... :)

Our Salt Lake Trip

2008-08-28T17:06:00.002-06:00

So after boating and Church with the Barclay's we left the kids to bask in the joys of grandma and grandpa land and Jared and I took off for a much need vacation before school started up again. We went to Salt Lake City because we were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple but we have not been back through that temple sense then. On Monday we drove down. I thought it was 4 hours from Paul but in a happy little surprise found out that it is really only 2 1/2 hours. The forst day we went shopping at the Gateway mall and then met up with Jared's sister Emily, brother Doug and sister in law Stephanie. We went to dinner at the Cheesecake factory. Awesome avacodo egg rolls by the way!

Then we drove up to the capitol, to Ensign Point ( Where they used to do the Temple ceremony before the temple was built) and to the grave yard to try to fing Pres. Hinkley's grave.

We didn't end up finding it that night but it was really cool wandering around there at night stumbling across varrious leaders of the church. Above was the monument for Hyrum Smith. Here Jared and I are next to Pres Woodruff's grave. I guess that's pretty obvious.. : )

This one was my favorite that we found that night. It is James E. Talmage. It reads:

James E. Talmage
1862-1933
Educator- Scientist- Apostle
"Within the gospel of Jesus Christ there is room and
place for every truth thus far learned by man or yet
to be made known" --J.E.T.

Awesome huh.

More Boating pics

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Cutie pie Jared

Josh getting ready to give it a try

oh and kate..driving the boat!

The next day was sunday so we all went to church in the Paul ward.

What is my sister doing?

Wake Boarding

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Here's my stud husband doing his thing on the wake board

Josh his awesome little bother. : )

Boating with the Barclays!

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Here are the boys! From left Josh, Jacob, Jared and Nathan

Jared and I took Kate on her first little ride. : )

Grandma Barclay and Ty, looks like Kate is making a face about something in the background there. And don't we all love Judy's new hair color/cut!

Kate and Grandpa Barclay

Ty had a ball climbing up under the bow and playing.

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So I officially quit trimming Kates hair by myself. The last time I cut it, it was totally uneven and drove me crazy!..short drive I know..haha.. anyway so I took her in to the local beauty salon "MainTaimers" and she had her first professionaly hair cut. She did great! Just sat there and looked around the store and then they gave her a sucker when she was all done! Getting your hair done, and a piece of candy..what more does a girl need..

This is on the smake river down in Paul, Idaho with Jared's family. Cute shot of Kate sitting on the Tube while we were waiting for the guys to unload the boat.

You'll notice please the bag of M&M's that she is downing. Because she is a princess at Grandma and Grandpa's house and if she wants chocolate well then that's what she gets! : ) At least I now only have to claim part of the responsibility for her future chocolate addiction right!

The Cuteness that surounds me : )

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So I found Kate asleep on the stairs and thought it was so cute because this is exactly how she used to sleep when she was a little baby...with her bum in the air..not on the stairs.. :)

What a smile! He has 7 teeth but he still won't walk.. so much for those "milestones charts"they give you.

Jared is on nights so He just woke up from sleeping and the kids attacked! In this picture they are making him draw them pictures on the etch a scetch.

Kate's little eyes..

Look at all those baby blues..

McDonalds

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So I don't have any photos for this one but I thought it was definately worth documenting! Yesterday Jared and I took the kids to the gym to work out and by the time were headed back home it was about 8:15 pm. So sense we both were too tired to make dinner and we had a couple of gift certificates to McDonald's we thought we would swing in and grab some food.(something we never do) Kate was so excited when she got inside, we placed our order and while we were standing upfront waiting Kate (who had found some kind of nutrition facts brochure and thinking it was a menu) started raddling off her order to us saying : " umm I want a chicken nuggets and a french fry and a chicken nugget" repeating herself over and over, then she must have seen some chocolate something displayed somewhere because she started saying: "umm I need some chocolate, daddy, I need chocolate! " Jared and I just looked at each other and laughed about how even at this tender age of 3 years old Kate recognizes the females' instinctual need for chocolate. It was a fun and exciting meal filled with exploding packets of sweet n' sour sauce, drippy ice cream cones and ketchup covered faces and hands. I am sure that the half hour we spent in McDonald's totally undid the hour and a half we spent at the gym but...all well..every child hood needs a few trips to McDonald's in it right! : )

Garden Update

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So we started a square foot garden this year to see if we could keep it alive...we figure we've kept the kids alive, we should be able to handle plants right?...well we definitely have had a few scary moments when we thought to ourselves " aren't plants generally suppose to be green, not yellow?" So after a trip to the local green house and a small sprinkling of some suspicously dark liquid stuff..we pulled through and are starting to see some vegetables!

I know the tomatoes look gigantic right!

Here's a little shot of some of the grape tomatoes, we also have cherry and beefsteak coming in.

This is my little zucchini squash, it's sits right next to the yellow summer squash! mmm..these are my favorite!

And then here is a little baby golden delicious apple from one of the trees in the front yard. I had it in my head that we just had ornamental trees but then this one started growing apples (7 so far) and then Jared remembered that it was in fast a real apple tree! who knew!? : )

Haircuts!

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So you probably can't tell a huge difference in kate's haircut but I gave her a little bit of an A-line trim.

Ty on the other hand had hair that was about 4-5 inches long, which I loved because when it was wet in the back it would start to curl a little bit. : ) And more importantly it looked brown! The only bit of resemblance that either one of my children had of me...but Jared was afraid he would start to look like a girl if we didn't cut it and sense I was a little bit tired of having to put gel in his hair every Sunday to try and tame it for church.....

Daddy cut it off today!! It was very traumatic for both Ty and Mommy!

And now to top it off Jared is 2 for 2 on the look alike contest with the kids!

oh and here is a picture of a little baby blanket that I just finished for a friend of mine. It's called a crazy quilt and it was named correctly It definitely drove me a little crazy finishing it....it's a short drive though. ; )

Just some fun little moments

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It looks like he is trying to make a duck shadow with his hand

Granpa Barclay and Katherine Jo Barclay

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Family time

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Pictures of the circus

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Kate loved riding the elephants!

I thought it was cool how they were holding on to each other'd tails as they walked in!