Cloward Clan

2011-10-18T20:35:00.000-07:00

I just figured out how to work my blog again...it's been a while...so here's a bunch of random photos.

Family......anything goes :-)

Mothers Day Weekend

2011-05-09T10:54:00.000-07:00

Showing off our new aprons...that I LOVE!
Holding our newest cuz...Big C

What great Mom's

He won this bag at the "tailgate" party before the game...and got it signed by Cosmo. It now hangs in his room like it's some kind of trophy :-)

Hangin' at the BYU baseball game

I wonder how many popsicles we've eaten at G&G Clowards?

It's definitely in the hundreds!

A little bit of Everything

2011-04-19T21:27:00.000-07:00

I can't believe Jackson's FOUR!

Thanksgiving pt. Farm with the Keele's.

I love this picture of Big D. He cracks me up!

Spring Break in St. George

Oh how I wish every meal could be eaten like this!

Wimbledon...here we come!

Carson...being Carson :-)

We celebrated Nate's b-day at the Condo

Austin Collie Card....every kids dream....right?

Mom's b-day

2011-02-27T10:33:00.000-08:00

Well, I failed in the picture taking department seeing that I

didn't get any pictures of Emily's family (they came a little later). Sorry about that E :-)

But we had a great time celebrating with the birthday girl. We love you Mom!!!

This is what I call a "forever present". The letters from us all were a hit!

Meeting little Caleb for the first time....so cute!

Nose Surgery

2011-02-21T19:23:00.000-08:00

After another "crunch" to the nose during a basketball game, Kevin knew it was time for yet another nose surgery. He also wanted to breath better (which is hard to do with a deviated septum) and get the bump off his nose (from Carson head butting him about four years ago). So he took this picture of himself on his phone about 30 minutes before surgery. I thought he did a nice job :-)
I really like this picture we took before leaving to the hospital to show the nice curvature to his nose.

This would be the night of the surgery. It's really not as bad as it looks......well, maybe it was.

One week after surgery. The swelling is down a lot and his black eyes are clearing :-)

Look...No bump!!!!!!

Still a little crooked, and always will be (too many breaks with too much scar tissue), but definitely an improvement.

For Presidents Day we went up the canyon to do some sledding.

Sooooooo beautiful!!!!!!

Yep....mom's crazy!

This is Nathan standing up!

Carson's Baptism

2011-01-16T07:14:00.000-08:00

Carson was able to be baptized with his cousin.

What a memory :-)

They played "rock-paper-scissors" to see who would
be baptized first.

Grandparents Galor!!!

This picture describes these two boys PERFECTLY

Emily hit the road early from the baptism....just incase she went into labor

Christmas - 2010

2010-12-30T06:56:00.000-08:00

I LOVE Christmas time. Family, Family, and more Family!!!
Talk about a CUTE COUPLE!!!

Santa was very brave bringing my boys this gift.

We love...Da Jazz!

This is where Austin Sherman gets his blue eyes from :-)

Temple Square lights

gingerbread "mansion"

2010-12-08T14:00:00.000-08:00

We kinda went a little above and beyond on the

Gingerbread house this year.
But it took up lots of time....which was the point :-)

I HIGHLY doubt it will look like this for very long.

Logan

2010-11-28T05:41:00.000-08:00

We went to Logan over Thanksgiving break and got to hang out with family...Good times!

Wow, don't we totally look like sisters????

These two are soooo cute together :-)

This is the perfect picture to describe how Jackson sleeps

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-31T20:30:00.000-07:00

No theme this year, just pure FUN!

Random Us

2010-10-25T05:56:00.000-07:00

After visiting with Grandma and Grandpa, I got home and checked my camera only to find about 50 pictures of Scout. I thought this was the cutest of them all.
No, this is NOT our motorcycle (thank goodness). It's Grandpa Steve's new toy. And boy oh boy is he having fun with it! A little tooooo much fun :-)

One can never get enough football around our house

I love this picture of Carson with his arms around his team. Go destroyers!

Talk about determination. Can you see his tongue hanging out the side.

My visit with Merrilee at Deseret Book. Yes, I have a famous friend who is an awesome illustrator.

Austin was loving the cabin :-)

I love camping in the fall. The leaves were gorgeous.

Anyone hungry for an EXTRA toasted marshmellow?

Carson caught his very own fish, without any help at all. Good job buddy!

walking

2010-09-29T05:46:00.000-07:00

Look who's walking!!!!!

It's his new favorite activity. He always has the biggest grin on his face when we "practise"

Nathan found a caterpillar at the cabin, put it in his bug catcher, and this is what we found the next morning. A COCOON! We'll keep you posted.

I love this picture. Already to ride to school.

As you can see, just watching the game isn't good enough for Kev, he also has to "listen" to the game as well. Such a true cougar fan!

This is a classic Carson pose

storm

2010-08-14T07:29:00.000-07:00

Talk about a storm
We got quarter size hail

We finally got around to our late night movie night with the neighborhood

We had to cover the street light to see the movie better

What a busy guy

weekend fun

2010-08-10T12:50:00.000-07:00

Keeping cool at Pineview reservoir. Grandma found a nice secluded space for us all to play at.
Austin LOVED being in the water.....and eating the sand

Cute cousins

Mom's sporting the "trendy" look

Happy 87th Birthday Grandpa!!!!!!!!

One is NEVER too old for a birthday bash!

Just what I always wanted.....a blower

Ah...Summer

2010-07-30T09:11:00.001-07:00

Mr. Henry is FINALLY gone. He was getting so big, and messy, so we donated him to the thanksgiving point farm. It only took about an hour to talk the boys into it. Plus they got two firebelly toads in replace of him. I think I'm ready to be done with pets.

Happy 4th of July!!

Can't figure out how to turn this picture......but grandma got surgery on her foot and Chandler broke his leg in FIVE different places...OUCH!

Cousins having fun at our traditional 4th of July sleepover

Camping out in the backyard

Making forts at the Cabin

Both Carson and Nathan caught a fish...with a little help from a friendly old man we met at the lake :-)

Never a dull moment with G&G.....

On our way to the waterfall...what a feat!

We did it!

Growth spurt

2010-06-29T11:37:00.000-07:00

April - 2010

I think Henry (the bird) went through a little growth spurt

June - 2010

Cloward Farm

2010-06-06T18:04:00.001-07:00

It all started with Slinky the snake. The boys found it at grandma's and took it home. The thing lasted about two days before it slithered away.
Now there's Max and Lizzy....the lizards.

And here's Henry the chicken. He's been in the family now for about 2 months. He started off in the laundry room living in a box, then moved to the window well out in the backyard, and now he just roams the backyard. The kids love it.

Who needs a dog when you can have a chick :-)

We'll see how long that lasts

Bouncin boys

2010-04-27T06:58:00.000-07:00

Carson is very inspired by his brothers moves

Football Mania

2010-04-22T13:31:00.000-07:00

Its never too early to get excited about football season...according to Dad :-)

The boys filled their footballs with autographs from the BYU players.

I'm pretty sure Nate caught this one :-)

Harvey....PLEASE come back!!!!!!

Carson...where's all your teeth????

Sink time

2010-03-23T20:51:00.001-07:00

I told my boys that they could play "in the sink" while I was folding laundry. When I came back into the kitchen I found them "IN" the sink. Hmmmm, I think they misinterpreted me a little :-)

Bowling

2010-03-11T13:27:00.000-08:00

So the other day I asked Carson if he wanted to go on a date with his mom. He just smiled and said "Mom, I'm too young to date". After explaining to him that there are exceptions to the rule, he agreed :-) We had a great time. I need to do this more often.

"Take my picture"

2010-02-03T13:14:00.000-08:00

Jackson always says "take my picture" mom whenever he holds Austin. The other day I was downloading all the pictures I've taken over the last little while and I had to laugh at how many pictures I had of just the two of them. Pretty cute!

Broken Bones

2010-01-27T20:03:00.000-08:00

Nathan wasn't this happy while he was getting his arm "set", but he's in high spirits now and thinks his BYU blue cast is pretty cool. I'm pretty sure he's learned his lesson not to jump off the top bunk :-) The x-ray tech in this picture thought it was pretty funny that I was taking pictures of him getting an x-ray. Hey, this is a big deal. This is our first broken bone in the family. And lets face it...we all know that with four boys, this is not the last.

Grandpa Steve was the first to sign the cast

Say Cheese

2009-12-27T15:18:00.000-08:00

We have found the best photographer EVER. Here's a little preview of our family pictures.

Blessing

2009-11-01T19:14:00.000-08:00

Who would have thought that the weather would be warm and beautiful in November. The blessing day was great. Lots of family, lots of good food, and lots of memories.

I wonder if there's a weight limit for our tramp??

Proud Grandparents!!!

2 months

2009-10-27T14:16:00.000-07:00

We've made it through the first two months and so far much of Austin's life is depicted from the picture below...spit up after spit up after spit up! Yes, its gross, but we still love him :-)

Its crazy to think we were swinging in the backyard just a couple of days ago and today its snowing outside

One month old

2009-10-06T21:20:00.000-07:00

This post is a little late, but these pictures were taken on Austin's one month mark. Has it seriously only been one month....it seems longer

We tried to get a picture of all the boys together, but Jackson was having a nervous meltdown because he had to wear church clothes. He's going through this really convenient stage right now where he MUST pick out his own clothes. If he's not in shorts and a t-shirt...you get this

Go Cougs

2009-09-16T08:20:00.000-07:00

Definitely Daddy's little boy :-)

Baby Austin

2009-08-28T09:51:00.001-07:00

The picture many of you have asked for. Pretty exciting eh!
We got to the hospital around 9, broke my water around 10 ish, epidural around 10:30 ish and had the baby at 11:52 am. 7 lbs 9 oz. 201/2 inches long. Lots of dark hair.

Lots of family came right after his birth

Carson was at school.....hence only the three boys in the picture

Grandma Sheryle

Grandpa Sherman.....who Austin's middle name is after

Little bruised

The WHOLE family together for the first time...wow, this picture still kinda trips me out!

All the boys

Grandma and Grandpa Schauerhamer

Friends from the neighborhood were so sweet to visit in the hospital

Bear Lake 2009

2009-07-20T13:40:00.000-07:00

Its my favorite time of year when my WHOLE family gets together at Bear Lake.

With a lot of good food, sun, cousins, and water.......I want to go back!

Reach for the sky Carson

Isn't it funny how you start to hide from the sun the older you get

Carson getting buried

Grandma Sue brought enough crafts to keep the grandkids busy for the ENTIRE summer!

Tye Dying shirts

The kids put together a very talented and entertaining play and performed on the stage

Always a project at Bear Lake...this years was putting a new beam under the deck. The other one had started to rot away

Boys hard at work

Riding...now mowing

Yes...now you can play in the mud :-)

Viva Las Vegas

2009-06-11T06:27:00.000-07:00

Grandma and Grandpa Cloward invited us to go to Las Vegas with them and we had a great time. And as I type this with the laundry going, and the kids whining....I'm wishing I was still there.

The hotel was great, but the pool was tiny tiney....however the boys didn't care, they still had fun

Grandpa Cloward's got some muscles!

Jackson flying in the air

Not a bad view of the city

Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay

Carson touching a sting ray

This would be my "sugar tooth" child

There definitely weren't any high scores to brag about with this bowling trip :-)

Circus Circus Fun Dome

Father and Sons

2009-05-26T20:46:00.001-07:00

So I told Kevin to take LOTS of pictures at the Father and Sons overnighter.

This is the only picture he came home with.......Nice! Thats going to make a great scrapbook page in their photo albums.

Sum Sum Summertime

2009-05-26T20:33:00.001-07:00

We invited G&G Cloward and Scott and his boys up to the cabin with us and had a great time. Its amazing how entertaining a camp fire can be to a bunch of boys.
Hi Uncle Scotty!!!

I'm pretty sure Carson made this shot

We stopped off at the Jordanelle look-out on our way home

This is what my backyard looks like on a typical day.....kids kids kids!

Family Pics

2009-05-26T20:22:00.000-07:00

I think we have about 5 pictures of us together in our almost 9 years of marriage. Either one of us is taking the picture, or we're just taking pictures of our kids. So this ones a keeper :-)

Now thats a lot of grandkids!

FYI - we haven't gotten the pictures back yet of the entire family...I'll post those when we do

It's a ????

2009-04-21T10:06:00.000-07:00

Drum Roll Please..............

It's official!

We are now one boy away from a full basketball team :-)

It's a BOY!!!!!!

And we are sooooooo excited

The top picture is of his two legs and the bottom picture is him reaching for the stars :-)

Now we are just going to have to be patient until we can meet this little guy.

I can't wait!

Easter

2009-04-12T20:03:00.000-07:00

Egg hunt success! I think my kids finally have this egg hunt thing down now. They've learned to find all the eggs first.......then eat the candy. I think Nathan got about five eggs last year because he ate all the candy in each egg before he got another one.
The Cloward grandkids are growing up. We're down to about 1/3 who actually hunt for the eggs. The "older" 2/3 rds hide them now.

I don't know why I made my kids wear these ears. I feel like the mom on the Christmas Story who makes her son put on the bunny PJ's his grandma made for him. How embarrassing!

Jackson turned two this week and got his very own set of drums....what was I thinking???

Eating breakfast with cousin Allison

Strummin

2009-04-12T19:48:00.000-07:00

There's nothing better than jammin in your own backyard on a warm spring day.

Grandma and Grandpa put on a pretty good show for my boys.

All ready for the slide....don't fall

Swimming

2009-03-28T09:51:00.000-07:00

If there's one thing that all my boys love doing......its swimming. And I love it because it gets "some" of their energy out too. This crazy man above is Carson doing a flip off the diving board. He saw some older boys doing it and decided to give it a try. If you look really hard, you can see mom in the background waving while doing some laps.
Nate taking a breather from the pool

Jackson LOVES the slide. In fact, thats all he does. But we may have to have a few lessons on politeness so he'll stop butting in front of people to get to the top.

What handsome boys!

Say hello

2009-03-07T07:49:00.000-08:00

There's usually a reason for my laziness on not posting for a while, and now you know. Here's baby Cloward at about 11 weeks along. Carson swears he can tell its a girl. For some odd reason I find that hard to believe...but we'll know soon enough.

say...CHEESE

2009-02-09T10:16:00.000-08:00

Isn't it amazing how innocent kids look in pictures :-)

Emily came over for the weekend and we had a blast hanging out with them. The cousins played so well with eachother. All we had to do was feed them every now and then, and they kept themselves entertained. Here they are watching a movie on my bed.

I need summer

2009-02-09T09:58:00.000-08:00

So a lot of you have been asking if I've fallen off the face of the earth or something because I haven't been updating my blog. To reasure you all, we are fine and dandy, and mom is just doing her best trying to entertain the boys during the winter months. Lets just say, summer can't come soon enough. So here's a little of what we' ve been up to.

Grandma Sue FINALLY learned how to play bowling on the WII. Its amazing how Carson seems to beat everyone he plays.

Nathan and Jackson have taken up the hobby of trains which is AWESOME! They can play with those things forever.... or until someone throws a train at the other :-)

Jackson has been helping out around the house. He loves putting the clothes in the laundry....and sometimes an occasional toy or ball...but that shouldn't do much harm.

Nathan gets more fun out of pushing a real baby instead of my cabage patch dolls.

Lets get out of the HOUSE

2008-12-31T07:00:00.001-08:00

After all the kids getting the croup over Christmas we REALLY needed to venture out of the house. So last Sunday, I told everyone to hop in the car....we're going to see the lights. It ended up being a fun little outing.
Seeing the Conference center up close and personal :-)

Wii

2008-12-31T06:36:00.000-08:00

Santa brought us the Wii this year and it has been a hit in our household. Surprisingly enough, Carson has quite a talent in bowling. G&G Cloward couldn't even beat him.

Grandpa Sherm has the perfect stance for a strike!

What in the world....how did that end up in the stockings. I've been hearing a lot of funny noises lately :-)

We got to celebrate Christmas eve with the Schauerhamer side and the kids were ever so helpful on unwrapping the gifts. I don't think G&G tore any wrapping paper that night.

Good Aim

2008-12-16T22:12:00.000-08:00

This is Jackson's favoite drawer to play in. It's great because it's in the kitchen and it keeps him pretty well entertained while I cook dinner. I'm thinking his brothers have a big part in teaching him how to use a dart gun :-)

All better now

2008-12-16T21:46:00.001-08:00

Tree update - I figured I had so much fun decorating the first tree, that why not do it again :-) I took my poor dead tree back to the lot. I walked right up to the sales man and told him my tree died and I want another one. He shockingly looked at me and said "wow, in all my years I've never had a customer bring back a dead tree. These trees should hold up through the holidays" Hmmmm, ya, thats what I thought...but it didn't.....so I want another one. So he told me to go ahead a choose another one. And I left the lot happy and satisfied with a healthier tree, that was bigger and taller :-) I love the holidays!

Poor Tree

2008-12-07T20:38:00.000-08:00

I have been so excited about our tree this year. Its real and I love it. I think its beautiful...not to brag, and it smells great, and I love how the ornaments hang from the branches, and it glows so well at night, and then tragedy struck. Yesterday afternoon I noticed a brownish tint on one of the branches...and the closer I looked, there was a brownish tint everywhere. Ahhhhhhhhh. How could this be. Its only the beginning of December. How is it going to make it until the 25th. It isn't. Man, I can't believe this is happening. This is suppose to be my beautiful perfect tree. So I'm going back to the tree lot tomorrow and giving them a piece of my mind...in the nicest way possible. I want my money back....so I can go buy a fake tree like all the other smart people out there!
Jackson really likes spaghetti....can you tell :-)

reindeer

2008-12-07T20:17:00.000-08:00

You are not going to believe this....Santa has let Thanksgiving point borrow two of his reindeer for people to see over the Holidays. Comet and Blitzen are in town, but only until Christmas eve because they need to go back to the North Pole and help pull Santa's sleigh :-)
Carson and Nathan LOVED it.....and even Jackson. They think they are sooo cool since they've seen Santa's real reindeer and have told all of their friends...numerous times. I love this time of year, and I especially love watching my boys get into the Christmas spirit.

This is how Kevin entertains the boys while I"m gone. They decided to get the garbage can out and jump over it. As you can see they got some pretty good air :-)

Full of energy

2008-11-12T05:50:00.000-08:00

Meet the Thunells. Kerstin and her little girl were in town for a few days so the boys and I drove to her moms house for a fun visit. She was my all time favorite neighbor growing up.

Nathan's been on this new "artsey" kick and he wants to display all his magnificent works of art on his bedroom wall. The only problem is, we are starting to run out of room :-)

We've found the answer to our energy problem. The boys seem to get this burst of energy at night which is so hard to tame when its cold and dark outside. So we borrowed grandpa's jump house for a few days. Its awesome. I think every parent of little boys needs one of these.

Halloween 08

2008-10-28T06:19:00.000-07:00

Its that time of year again where we get to make fools out of ourselves...because that's what everyone does....right?
All the Cloward die hards who dressed up this year

Meet Michael Phelps and Nastia Liukin...This years olympians

She totally should have won the Gold :-)

We've also got Jack Jack, Optimus Prime and Iron Man

I LOVE Halloween

Halloween Cont.

2008-10-28T06:05:00.000-07:00

Kelsee and Haley

Donuts anyone?

Not everyone is afraid of the Joker

Cabin sweet cabin

2008-10-06T20:41:00.000-07:00

We met up at the cabin for conference sunday and had a great time eating good food, talking around the fire, enjoying the beautiful leaves...and even watching conference!
Poor Carson had to wear a mouth cover so he wouldn't inhale too much smoke. He's had a cough all week that's driving me NUTS. But he was a good sport about it.

Allison really got into this game :-)

more cabin

2008-10-06T20:28:00.000-07:00

You have to admit...that stream is pretty impressive. Boys are so easy out in nature :-)
We had to keep Jackson busy with Popcorn so he wouldn't play in the fire
never too young to start playing tether ball

Its a miracle...we're all looking at the camera

BYU

2008-09-27T20:15:00.000-07:00

Carson has become a loyal cougar fan this year...I think its in his blood :-)
Getting the royal treatment from G&G Cloward
These would be my "blanket boys". Luckily Carson can now keep his on his bed for most of the day, but Jackson's fetish is out of control. He wants to take his blanket EVERYWHERE. I have to sneak it in the washing machine when its dirty or he'll freak out. But deep down, I really love it. Blankets are wonderful, they become a part of who you are....which is why I still have mine in my drawer right next to my bed.His 2 loves in life....blanket and food
Nathan has become a PRO at catching crickets. He usually catches about one a day, comes home and puts it in a jar, and then shows it off to all his friends. We are learning a lot about how to treat living creatures this summer. He doesn't put them in mommy's purse at the store when he doesn't want to hold it anymore, and the new rule in the house is not shooting crickets with our dart guns.

soccer

2008-09-24T14:18:00.000-07:00

Meet the Incredible Hulks!
Soccer pros in the making
Carson had some very impressive goals scored this season....

and I'm sure Nathan will next season :-)
This is going to be the only year Carson and Nathan will be able to play on the same team. I've loved them playing together and I'm going to miss it.
Coach Donna doing her job

Onion Days

2008-09-09T19:59:00.001-07:00

We thought it would be SO FUN to go to Onion Days in Payson on Labor day. We get to the parade and the boys are so excited. They're on the front row, ready to catch some candy, ready to wave at all the beauty queens and fire trucks, ready to buy cotton candy.....
and as soon as the parade starts....down comes the rain. It POURED the entire time. We ended up leaving early with only a hand full of candy and soaking wet pants :-(

Oh well, at least we tried.

School

2008-09-09T19:46:00.000-07:00

How exciting....Carson is now in "big kid" school. He loves kindergarten and comes home with a new story for me every day. I'm becoming more aware of this schooling stuff and have even figured out the carpool and pickup lanes at the school. Carson made sure I didn't forget to take a picture of spiderman. These things are very important.
I honestly didn't realize how tall Carson was for his age until the first day of school. Here's a couple of his friends from the neighborhood that are in his class. I think there's only one other girl who's as tall as he is.
Here's Nathan on his first day of Pre-school. Once again, we had to show off our back packs.

Zoo

2008-09-09T19:36:00.000-07:00

Emily and I met at the zoo and had a great time. Now that I look at this picture and see the big strollers and all the kids...I realize why I was so tired at the end of this day :-)
Can't go to the Zoo without riding the train
The new merry go round is pretty cool

This merry go round features all the endangered animals.

Timp Cave

2008-08-17T13:01:00.001-07:00

We had a free Saturday on our hands and decided to hike through Timpanogos Cave. I had no idea how steep the hike was, but the boys pushed through it....with a lot of rest stops along the way :-)
Jackson had a grand-ol' time just chillin and enjoying nature
One of the few arch ways along the hike

Timp. Cave cont.

2008-08-17T12:52:00.001-07:00

Jackson was fairly entertained just with a flashlight

This is the largest Stalactite in the cave known as the "Heart"
Its a little chilly in here mom...a whoppin 43 degrees
Jackson was way past tired hiking down the mountain

Park City

2008-08-17T12:44:00.000-07:00

Carson learned how to FLY in the air at the Cloward reunion
Plenty of boys in this family to pass on the Cloward name :-)
Riding the alpine slide - Jackson had to sit this adventure out

Riding the chair lift up...up...and away!

Bear Lake Cont.

2008-08-05T08:00:00.000-07:00

A little bit of sand never hurt anyone
Grandpa Steve's first time on a wake board

Way to go Grandpa!!!
Ben brought his telescope to do some star gazing....but after seeing how crazy the kids are with it, he might hold off on this activity for a few years :-)
The WHOLE gang!

Bear lake

2008-08-04T07:54:00.000-07:00

Its my favorite time of year.....our bear lake family reunion.....one of the few times my entire family is all together :-)
Carson put on a great firework show for us all. The girls thought is was a little loud though :-)
You can always count of Grandma sue to bring up the Play-doh
This would be the 007 kids...all born in the same year
The boys all kept plenty busy putting a shed together for grandpa

Posers

2008-07-17T07:05:00.001-07:00

I couldn't help myself, I had to post these pictures :-)

Carson and Nathan found their super hero shoes that we thought we had lost and decided to put them on while we were playing in the water in the backyard. Needless to say, they became their own super heros with numerous different poses.

4th of July

2008-07-10T20:21:00.001-07:00

We had our annual Cloward sleepover in G&G's backyard for the 4th of July.

Without even planning, all the young boys had their own super hero PJ's.

Unfortunately, one of Carson's favorite things to do is play with fire. He was on cloud nine at the party being able to use the lighter to light the fireworks.
The next morning I ran the Freedom Festival 5K run with my brother in laws Tim and Jason. I didn't care what my time was, all I wanted to do was beat both of them....I did :-)
We lucked out with great seats for the Parade with the Salmons staying over night to save them

Thank you Salmons!!!

July

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

Jackson is our outside boy....and he cries everytime we bring him in the house.

I guess there's no home sweet home for him

Those tattoos better be fake!!!

Allison and Nate wanted to be Spiderman and

Spiderwoman

Cabin-cont.

2008-06-03T13:32:00.001-07:00

Taking a little popcorn break from the sun
Carson thought he was "the coolest" getting a chance at the lawn mower
Marshmellow anyone?

Cabin

2008-06-03T13:20:00.000-07:00

We're such proud parents...Carson graduated from Pre-school
Emily and her family came down for a couple of days and we took them to Kangaroo Zoo.

We went up to the Cabin last weekend for some R&R and thought we could do some fishing, until we saw how high and fast the river was.......WOW!

water

2008-06-03T13:07:00.000-07:00

Its officially summer when the waters out. This is pretty much my boys' wardrobe for the next three months.

Already showing off for those neighborhood girls :-)
My pyromaniac boys found plenty to do at the fathers and sons outing
Nathans showing us how far down dad had to dig for the basketball hoop

Y - Cont

2008-05-11T19:30:00.000-07:00

We made it!!
Smile for the camera....hey... I said SMILE

Way to go boys!

Hiking the Y

2008-05-11T19:21:00.000-07:00

All energized and ready to go
We're almost there....only this much further

Spring time

2008-05-11T19:11:00.000-07:00

Nathan has discovered the joy of riding a bike without training wheels
Happy Mothers Day Grandma Cloward
G&G Schauerhamer got a really fun new toy that my boys love.

Lets face it, you can't go wrong with anything that has wheels and goes fast :-)

Boys will be boys

2008-04-20T19:31:00.000-07:00

Someone's happy to be ONE!
Nathan loves to fly kites...even in the freezing cold

I know they look pretty innocent in these pictures...don't be fooled!

Day out

2008-04-20T19:22:00.000-07:00

We decided to get out of the house for a couple of days and visit Auntie Emily and her family. Our trip was anything but relaxing but a lot of fun.
The kids made popcorn trees out of plaster...a work in progress
Nathan got to blow out birthday candles...again!
We went to the arcade in the mall. All Allison wanted to do was ride the "pony's" and all my boys wanted to do was shoot the guns.

April B-days

2008-04-20T19:07:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Grandpa Steve and Jackson!!!!!

We decided to go easy on Grandpa and let him help Jackson blow out his " #ONE" candle
Nathan also had a birthday this month and turned the big 04 :-) He had a grand ol' time opening presents but his older brother found it to be quite difficult to watch Nathan was a good brother to share though...like blowing bubbles into Carson's mouth

Jackson

2008-03-24T13:21:00.001-07:00

These next three pictures shows how busy our almost one year old is. They were all taken within a matter of minutes. He is into EVERYTHING!

Soaking in some wonderful sunshine rays!
Nathan is our professional bubble blower

Easter

2008-03-24T13:06:00.000-07:00

We had a double easter celebration this year. One with the Cloward side and one with the Schauerhamer side. The boys seemed fine going to TWO parties :-)
Nathan...can you see any eggs????
The Easter bunny brought the boys matching Spiderman shirts. Isn't it amazing how well the easter bunny knows our kids. That was exactly what they wanted.
Grandma Sue always knows how to add fun to a party...hence..... the bunny ears.

Dallin didn't seem to like the idea...oh well.
Emily and her family are FINALLY close by with their temporary move to Ogden. She was a great host and we helped "break in" their new home pretty good with all the kids.

Grandma's B-day

2008-03-02T19:12:00.000-08:00

We went to my parents house to celebrate my mom's birthday on Sunday and had a great time being with cousins...and making a mess. Easter is close enough for us to go ahead and start decorating the eggs. It was truly amazing....we didn't spill one easter egg dye bowl this year!

Dallin was really into the party. In fact, he got so worn out he had to take a break off to the side for about an hour.
Happy Birthday Grandma Sue!!!!

Almost Spring

2008-03-02T19:03:00.000-08:00

The boys have found a new hobby....rockets. So now our Saturdays consist of shooting off the rocket and then trying to fingure out where it landed.
I know Jackson is only 10 1/2 months old, but he really is a good driver already
Nathan is so proud of himself now that he can ride a "big boy" bike. The only problem is he can escape down the street a lot faster than what he use to on his tricycle.
Grandpa Schauerhamer is very big into his new ice cream maker. He has the grandkids very well trained on what to do to make the ice cream. They put the salt in, chomp the ice down, and act as though they are pro's at it.

Schauerhamer clan

2008-02-06T15:09:00.001-08:00

On January 31st our dear great grandma Schauerhamer passed away at her home and was reunited with her eternal companion. Although we will miss her dearly, she will always be in our hearts. This is the last picture I have of her with my boys at the family christmas party.

Hopefully Grandma didn't mind the fact that we turned her funeral into a family party. My entire family drove to Utah for the funeral and we had a great time being together. Out of about 20 pictures taken this night, this was the only one that had ALMOST all the grandkids looking at the camera. I have a feeling it only gets harder :-)
For some ODD reason, Dallin loves to climb all over Jackson and eat his ear.

Crazy Boys

2008-01-23T20:38:00.000-08:00

We'll take any excuse we can get to light fireworks. So on New Years Eve, we lit a couple of fountains and sparklers, said "Happy New Year" at eight o'clock and sent the kids to bed :-)
Strollers are not just for girls!

Remember the days when going for a swim use to be relaxing....those days are GONE!
Cheerios anyone?

Baby Robin

2008-01-23T20:06:00.000-08:00

Jackson and I got to fly down to New Mexico with my parents to witness Robin's Baby Blessing. Ben and Stacy are doing awesome and are wonderful parents. We had a great time visiting and getting a better feel for what Albuquerque is like.
I know its a little hard to see in the picture, but Stacy's mom made Robin's blessing dress and it was beautiful. Not too frilly, but not too plain.
Carson and Nathan are beginning to think that nap time for Jackson means playtime for EVERYONE. Jackson loves these moments, I think he feels like one of the "big kids" when they hang out in his room.
Our cousin Luke came over to play for an afternoon and decided to test out the fresh snow in the backyard. They eventually went from sledding to "surfing" down the hill. I thought it was pretty talented myself :-)

Jackson has become the road runner in his walker and can book it across the house so fast now. He loves the refrigerator. Any time I open it, he's right there trying to pull things out. This picture actually depicts him very well, he loves to eat.

Christmas Cont.

2008-01-02T19:03:00.000-08:00

We elfed ourselves this Christmas! You should see the dance moves that my boys have. I didn't know they had that much talent. I think every neighbor boy has seen this video of us dancing at least a hundred times :-)
Here's Mr. Scrooge .....aka...Kevin. Doesn't this picture just say it all.
Now this is some real "rockin" christmas music. My parents gave us a show on Christmas day and did a fantastic job. My dad's even started up a band with some of his buddies....I'm not sure if they've ever had a sold out concert, but I've heard they are pretty good.
Santa brought these for Carson and Nathan in their stockings. He sure knows what little boys want.
It snowed a good three inches Christmas Eve which provided some good entertainment Christmas day.

2007-12-27T16:41:00.000-08:00

Nothing says Merry Christmas like the taste of a Christmas tree light.
Holy schnikies...how did Santa get this downstairs.
We love Christmas.
French toast anyone?
It's not too often that the kids get to hang out with both set of grandparents.

November 2007

2007-11-23T17:10:00.000-08:00

Kevin is pretty depressed that the football season is almost over. Hopefully the cougars can win out and beat the Utes!
Nathan attacked Carson and Jackson with some of Mom's extra scrap booking stickers. Silly little boys!
Jackson loves cruising around in his walker. He discovered the wonderful taste of dirt the other day.
Poor little man. Nathan took a dive off of our neighbors couch and did a face place on something. However, even a fat lip doesn't slow Nathan down.Carson and Nathan with their cousin Sidney from Colorado. Thanksgiving rocks when you have a Grandma who teaches first grade and has an extensive knowledge of arts and crafts. The kids love their turkey hats.

Halloween

2007-10-31T17:07:00.000-07:00

Marilyn Monroe had a sexy surfer dude husband and three "scary" spider man boys :-)
Everyone thought Kevin was Owen Wilson. Maybe we should have just gone along with that idea.
These costumes were very well used this year. I think they've worn them everyday for the past month. Usually all the boys in the neighborhood had their costumes on and all of them would be out riding their bikes. I've already had to do some sewing repairs, and as you can see in this picture, Nathan needs a little seam fixed in the middle section.
Jackson is so eager to be like his brothers. I know its only months away before he's wrestling on the floor with his brothers so I need to enjoy and soak up these baby stages as much as possible.
All ready for trick or treaters!!!

Happy Halloween

Disneyland cont.

2007-10-13T15:35:00.000-07:00

Its a small world after all. How is it that this ride can be so annoying and so fun at the same time. I still have the theme song running in my mind constantly.
Carson practically hyperventilated when he saw all the suckers. It was like a dream come true licking a huge, sticky, very messy sucker.

This was the lady bug ride that spins you around in circles so fast, that one should not have a full belly before riding it.

Disneyland

2007-10-13T15:20:00.000-07:00

It took us long enough, but we finally made it to Disneyland. We traveled with Kevin's parents and sister and her family and had a ball. The boys are at the perfect age where all the characters are pretty cool and Nathan barely made the height cut off of 40 inches. We spent three days at both Disneyland and California adventure and rode all the little kid rides you could possibly think of. Some of them more than once like Buzz light year and Monster's Inc. Since the boys did so well on those we thought we would try out Space Mountain....BIG mistake. Although they survived the ride, Carson and Nathan never want to ride it again. We'll see about that :-)
The whole time Carson has told me that he doesn't want to meet Mickey mouse and all the characters, just go to their house and play and ride the rides. But they warmed up pretty good to Mr. Incredible and even Mickey himself.
We got plenty of merry-go rides in!
Our favorite part at California adventure was the Bugs life park. It had so many fun things to do for little kids. We saw a 3-D movie about bugs life, and rode the Bugs bumper cars and then ofcourse they had to find the shooting water. The first day they got their clothes and shoes soaking wet so I thought I had it all figured out on day two when I brought along the pull-ups...that was until one of the workers told me they must have on shoes and a shirt....oh well.

Schauerhamer Cabin

2007-09-16T16:47:00.001-07:00

We decided to take a little last minute trip to G&G Schauerhamer's cabin up in Woodland. We had a great time relaxing and the boys had a great time getting dirty.
Carson is really into spider man at the moment. As you can see with his spider man watch and fishing pole, he was having a grand ol time. Both Carson and Nathan got pretty good at casting the line into the river.
It started raining a little around dinner time, but dad sacrificed for us all and cooked our dinner over the fire.
This picture describes our boys very well....pyro maniacs
Jackson didn't do much, but he was well entertained just looking at all his new surroundings. He especially loved looking at the river.

crazy boys

2007-09-16T16:37:00.000-07:00

I see London, I see France, I see Carson and Nathans Underpants :-)
They came home from their friends house with a tatoo. Lets just hope this is their first and last one they will ever have.
Jackson has discovered life in the upright position. He loves playing in his saucer, and the johnny jumper.
Allison loves hanging out with her cousins...especially at Grandma's house where they get spoiled all day.

Its Nathan's new and improved "soft" seat...Jackson's bathtub

Park City

2007-08-22T21:03:00.000-07:00

We had our Cloward Family Reunion last weekend up at Park City. We stayed at the Mountain side resort and had a wonderful time. We spent most of our time swimming at the pool, we did the alpine roller coaster and just plain relaxed for a few days.
This was Jackson's first time in the pool. He really didn't have any cool reaction to the water. I"m thinking he's still confused and busy trying to figure out his own hands. He looks at them like their from outer space or something.
Carson and Nathan have been my little fishes this summer. We've swam so much that Carson can now swim in the deep end without floaties. His newest thing is going off the diving board screaming as loud as he can before he hits the water.
Carson and Mom going on the roller coaster ride. I was surprised how much he liked going fast. I think we're all ready for Disneyland in October!
Here's Grandma and Grandpa Cloward holding three out of their four favorite grandkids. Jackson was sleeping :-)

2007-08-15T10:17:00.000-07:00

Carson, Nathan and Haley hanging out at Nielson Park.

Football time

2007-08-09T20:21:00.001-07:00

This picture was taken right after Jackson's four month checkup and he's still full of smiles after getting four shots. He's just growing like a weed and trying to toughen up so he can handle his older brothers a little better. He's a whoppin 15 pounds now and his height falls in the 90th percentile. Hmmm.....could this be our future basketball or football player????
If it were up to dad, he probably wouldn't mind watching him on the football field. Kevin is already counting down the days for cougar football. He's flying to California with his brothers and brother in laws for the UCLA game in September.
Mom finally bought lucky charm cereal which is ALL the boys favorite. The only problem with buying this cereal is Carson and Nathan only eat the marshmellows.....thats nutritious!
This is starting to become a morning ritual with Nathan and Jackson taking over the King bed.

cousins

2007-08-03T20:40:00.000-07:00

Jackson is already eager and ready to help mom out with the laundry
We had a fun play day with Emily and her kids at G&G Schauerhamers house. Needless to say, it was non-stop fun the entire day. Its amazing how much energy kids have when they get together with their cousins.
a Although Jackson is catching up to Dallin in the height department, Dallin still is ahead with pounds to spare in the weight department :-)

brothers

2007-08-02T19:37:00.000-07:00

This is a picture I took with my phone the other night that turned out pretty good I thought. We are extremely blessed to have our three little boys that keep us on our toes.

Fishing

2007-07-25T20:16:00.000-07:00

For the 24th of July we decided to go to the fish hatchery with my parents in Ogden. For anyone interested in taking their kids fishing, this is definitely the place to go. There are so many fish and you are likely to catch one within the first five minutes you are there. Carson and Nathan were both so proud of their catches.
Believe it or not, we took all five fish home that we caught that day and grandpa fried them up and they were sure tasty. You really can't get fish any fresher than that :-)
Our so-called family photo without Jackson. He was there, but had just as much fun observing from his stroller.
G&G Schauerhamer enjoying their "low maitenance" grandson

Carnival

2007-07-23T12:16:00.000-07:00

Giddy up Horsie !!!
Believe it or not, I was a little scared on this ride
Carson and Nathan are definitely ready for Disneyland
Jackson had a grand ol' time hanging with his mom
Beware........ little children riding motorcycles

Summer Fun

2007-07-15T15:11:00.000-07:00

Super Nathan to the rescue!
Who would have guessed these three cousins were born within two weeks of eachother
Nathan lucked out with two girl cousins his age
The three amigos striking a pose
Kristi celebrating her 29th birthday and Emily's 27th

Watching the fire works from Kevin's truck on the 4th of July