The annual picking of the pumpkins

With Dad at a Ute game, Jake and I decided we would go pumpkin hunting on our own.  Here is our cute boy doing his pumpkin "thing".

He is such a little performer!  I have no idea where he get's it from (wink, wink)!

A Taste of France

We had a unique treat in September with some of our friends Matt, Heather, & Trinity and Jeremy & Kristen. Jeremy grew up in France, his parents are Christian missionairies.

Jeremy and his wife Kristen, treated us to Raclette which is a dish native to parts of France. The Raclette cheese round is heated, either in front of a fire or by a special machine, then scraped onto diners' plates. Ours of course was a done with a groovy little machine we used to melt the cheese.

The cheese is brought to the table sliced, accompanied by platters of steamed potatoes, other vegetables, french bread & deli meats. These are then mixed with potatoes and topped with cheese in the small, wedge-shaped coupelles that are placed under the grill to melt and brown the cheese. We mostly took the slices of melted cheese and simply poured over food on the plate. It was sinfully delicious!!!

Dessert consisted of crepes, fresh fruit, & nutella. I bet we injested thousands of calories, but it was FABULOUS!! Thanks Jer and Kristen!
Jeff and I are the old ones of this bunch. On the right is Jeremy and Matt, Jeff and on the left are Heather and Kristen, these early to mid twenty somethings must think Jeff and I are way over the hill! Great friends! Lots of fun!

Jacob and Trin!!! Trin wanted to make sure Jake saw her new outfit! She is a cutie pie!

A slide show of our great trip to Oregon!!!

Happy Birthday Grandma LeAnn

Grandma LeAnn Isom turned sixty-six this year.  I put her age because can you believe this pretty lady is that age???  I think fifty-six would be more like it!!  LeAnn loves her grandchildren more than anything and she was happy as a clam to have them surround her for her birthday.

Great Ladies Turning 80!

In August we celebrated my GREAT AUNT Lynette's 80th birthday and in September we celebrated my AUNT Valeen's 80th birthday. These two fabulous ladies have been my syrogate Grandma's since 1992 when my Grandma Jan died. These two attended Ogden High School together back in the day. If you know my family, it really dosen't fork. My parent's grew up three blocks away from eachother and in the same ward since my Mom was about nine or ten years old. My mother is the second oldest of 9 (my grandma had my mother when she was seventeen), my Dad was the third of four children (my grandfather was about fourty-four when he was born) and that is why there is a generation inbetween two women on seperate sides of my family that are the same age.....Confused yet????Good. Here are these great ladies on these great occasions.


Karen Jones Clark with her Aunt Lynette Fronk Weller. Love these two ladies!


Valeen Clark Wood. Love this crazy, sassy woman!

Scandelous!
This is me and my Clark cousin Kenlon. He came and hung out at our house after my Aunt Valeen's party. Ken and his brother Cameron are my favorite cousins that are closest to my age (boy cousins anyway). Ken lives in LA and works in the movies, this crazy kid just did a bunch of editing for none other than Paula Abdul. Some day soon we'll say we knew him when........Love ya Ken!

Grandpa Ken and Grandma LeAnn get their mission call.

Ken and LeAnn Isom, Jeff's parents got there mission call this past week. The are going to the Canada Vancover mission. They will be there during the Olympics and for the Temple open house. We are super excited for them. They leave for the MTC on Jeff's birthday, Novemeber 2nd.

Here I go again! TV spot no.3

Oregon Trip

Here are a few picts from our fabulous Oregon trip! I will do a slide show when I get more time!

Jake the fish!!!

So much to update!!! Here are some pictures and video of Jake at swimming lessons. We are sad that North Davis Gymnastics will no longer have a pool and these one on one lessons are no longer available. They are tearing it down for the new freeway interchange in Layton. My favorite part was Jake yelling "Cannon Ball," every time he jumped in the pool. Jake loves to be in the water and LOVES swimming lessons!

Yay, all done!

After being a bag of nerves, here I am on Television today. Go to my blog and enter the contest, you'll be glad you did!

Thanks again to everyone who helped me pull this off!! Nothing like a TV spot to motivate you to lose weight!!!!

ACT 2

KSL's Studio 5 has come a calling again, This time to do organizing tips live in the studio. No pressure?!?!?!?

The topic is Organizing on a Budget: Re-purpsing what you already have to organize something else.

I will be on this Thursday, July 30th sometime in the 11:00 am hour. I hope you all will be watching.

I want to give a shout out to 4 ladies who helped me along the way. Emily Utley for my professional picture with Emily Jane Photography. Allyson Randle for the amazing pictures she took for the article that will be featured on the KSL website, that goes along with the segment (see below) who also is a photographer and owns and operates Allyson Randle Photography. Allison Adams for the vinyl lettering from her company Word Candy Vinyl. And Amanda Hancock for her impeccable editing skills and reading my article. Thanks ladies, you all are awesome.

Here is a sample of some of there work. Wish me luck on the show, I need all the help I can get!

Emily Jane Photography took my portrait

This is Allyson Randle Photography and Allison Adam's vinyl lettering from Word Candy Vinyl. Fabulous!

Sisters

"A perfect sister I am not, but thankful for the one I've got. ~Author Unknown"

"A sister is a forever friend. ~Author Unknown"

“A sister is a little bit of childhood that can never be lost.~ Marion C. Garretty"

Just wanted to give a shout out to my baby sister who I love dearly. She is the first wonderful gift that God gave me and contiues to be to this day.

She is courageous, she is kind, she is thoughful, she has a beautiful spirit. She does well at anything she does and is cheerful and likeable. All who know her want to call her friend. I am so grateful her. I could not ask for a better sister than her. I love you, Kath!

Visiting with old Friends

This past week we were invited by Jeff's former young men's and scout leader Jeff Flamm, to his expansive Estate in Holiday. The house is out of the old Hollywood movies and sits on 14 acres, it amazes me everytime we go.

All of the guys in his "troop," were invited for a barbecue. Above is a picture of who was there.

Jake, at first glance of the front of the house.


The expansive Estate.


2 little rascals: Jake Isom and Nathan Low. Reminisant of their Dads, Jeff and Kent who were bosom buds by the time they were at the age their son's are now.

Fourth of July Parade and Barbecue

Jake's singing group was also in the Layton Parade.......Uncle Derrick, Aunt Kathy, and cousins and favorite canines Malone and Stockton also came for the festivities.

Malone, Derrick and Kathy's mixed black Pug could put on shows he's super smart and hilariously funny. As the parade started and the police blared there sirens, Malone stood at attention and howled with the sirens finding the same pitch as the sirens as he howled. We love you Benji!



For Jeff, the holiday would no be complete without Fruit Pizza. So just for him, I slaved to make this delectable dessert (the secret is in the glaze). Love you babe!


We had a little cookout that night with my parents and my brother Jon and his kids. Here are about all the Pict's I took!




Jon and his "girl."

A New Sweet One

Lauren Elizabeth Isom was born on June 28th to Matt and Vayle Isom. This is their second child.

Here are som picts that don't do this angel justice of just what a cutie pie she is. Congrats Matt and Vayle!

God Bless the USA

Jake's singing group from school had the opportunity to sing in the Layton Concert Series "Sounds of Freedom." Here a few Pict's and a video of them singing. I love this time of year when we celebrate this great country we live in! I am raising a cheeser!
Love this song!


The entire cast of the concert. This was a wonderful night of music.

One of the music groups sang a tribute to all the armed forces and asked as they sang each different military song for those who have served, or have had loved one's who served or are now in active duty to stand as they sang there song. Ken and LeAnn were with us and LeAnn proudly stood for her Dad who served in the Airforce. As the song was finishing up a great big C-17 flying low (we live 5 miles from the AFB) flew past the outdoor concert stage. It was extremly moving! LeAnn and I could have canoed out of there with our tears!

I'll see you in the funny papers!

This year Jake and his Grandpa Brent have developed a favorite new pastime to do together..................reading the comics. Grandma Karen frequently saves the funnies out of the papers for Jake to read.



"Nobody reads them like Grandpa does," says Jake if we read them instead. I captured this picture a few weeks back. His T-ball cap on and asleep with the funnies. Classic!

Luau

So much to catch up on!

Jake decided he wanted to celebrate the beginning of summer with a Luau. So we bought a bunch of decorations and even a Tiki Torch and had ourselves a Luau. I, of course forgot to take pictures but captured at least one of "Lil" she's such a hambone!

Take Me Out To The Ballgame!

Jake finally got to fulfill a "dream" of his and is playing T-ball this year. After watching "The Sandlot," hundreds of times and Mom actually remembering to sign him up, he got his wish and is playing baseball!!

I was suckered into buying baseball pants that he does not actually need for T-ball because Jake said it was his "dream," to have baseball pants like "The Great Bambino," (you have to watch The Sandlot to understand).

In T-ball they don't keep score, they just let all the kids get a chance to hit the ball and then they switch and the teams and put the team that just batted out on the field. He has had a great time and made sure he "slid" home every time. We love you Jakey!

My Time in the Spotlight

Here it is!  The highly anticipated television spot!  I am happy with the result.  The process was quite interesting........I am going to have to blog about it later.  They took about 2 1/2 hours of footage for a 2 minute segment.  Crazy!  In the meantime, enjoy the show!  And thanks Beth for helping me figure out how to post this, you rock!