Authentic!

Ok so we have been sucked in with the Clark notion of taking pictures of what we eat. I think it has become a family thing. Well we went a little different for dinner this time. I have the privelage of working with many hispanic people. Every now and then you get the special treat of eating something they brought from home. Well this time I loved what was made. Our little dishwasher Maria who doesn't speak much English made Barbacoa. (She always says Shandy you know I don't speak Ingles) I thought I would be nice and try one, oh but I tried many after the one. I asked her for the recipe. She said it was a family secret, I told her I would not tell anyone. She gave me her leftover sauces and I asked her where to buy the meat. She said when I want to make it just tell her and she will go buy it for me. I told her I wanted to make it on my own. So the next day she brought me the recipe. It was quite funny because the entire thing was in spanish. So I already had the sauces, and one day I will get someone to translate the recipe for me. So today we made Barbacoa. You put meat, cilantro, lime and tomatillo sauce and eat. Now you can always tell when Curtis likes his food, because he makes sounds. And there were many sounds. So it was as an authentic treat and a change from refried beans. We had to top it off with orange soda, I always see the guys at work drinking the orange soda. It goes together well.

My WOES!

Ok so I am pregnant and getting big-ger and big-ger and big-ger! I don't think there is much more that can stretch, so it saddens me to see other women twice as big as me. Only something more to look forward to. So here is a belly shot, I have been trying to avoid the camera but I guess we can take one picture. Also we have a new japanese maple tree we just planted-it had to be shown off. I am 7 1/2 months, only 11 more weeks.
Ankles or Cankles? I think I am headed toward cankles? No these aren't Curtis' feet they are mine.
In a couple weeks we will be getting another 3d ultra sound, so that should be fun to see the detailed pictures of him again, especially since he is a lot older.

Dogs and Dogs!

It's been awhile since we had some doggy pictures. So here is Lola and Raja, the best of friends. Now you may think Lola is either ugly or cute. She definately grows on anyone. I never thought a little pug dog would have more pet names than I did from Curtis. But she does. Lola also loves to bite at Raja's feet, he just sits down so she can't do it anymore.

Demo

We spent Saturday in dust, debris and plaster. We pulled down all existing planks and plaster to get ready for new hopefully flat walls and ceilings. Pat commented that it is nice that we all help each other out. I think that was before she realized how big of a project we had. Still we gathered all the Clarks and Lybbert that we could. So a big thanks to Carl and Pat, Jarom, Kimball, David, Craig and Lorraine. We think we know what we are doing when we start and soon realize we need to think more about our approach. We got as far as we could go. We have a new door frame where Jarom is standing, plastic went up on the ceilings until we are further ready to apply sheetrock. There were bags of insulation for later use. The room looks better and there is a better vision of the someday. Carl had to dink around and graffity the place. We even found a bird type nest in our attic roof. Its an old house.

Master Impossible III

We are on the verge as living as white trash as possible. We want to share with you the pieces of us. Our whole house is in pieces and it is just a matter of us figuring out how to put the pieces together. So welcome yet into another project called Master Impossible-attempt 3. Awhile ago we demolishined (if that is a word) two bedrooms to make one beautiful dusty suite. Then when we found out we had a bundle of kicking joy on the way so we made a walkin closet for our clothes so the baby could have the spare bedroom. Now the 3rd attempt-realizing the baby might not like breathing in dust and particles we are attempting to finish the room-our finished project is just enough to almost be finished.

Smores anyone?

Here is our latest new project we just finished. Curtis started yesterday morning and was done at night. Now we know we have tons of other projects that need to be finished. But its better to bounce around, and do something random and let the others go unfinished. So we made a firepit in our backyard. Curtis chopped down one of the pine trees as well and threw it up on the ground. It is quite a nice looking pit as far as pits go. The pit has gravel on the bottom, brick pavers on the side and stone along the top. It is dug 3 feet in the ground so it is completely level. I think this is my favorite project we have done so far. We have some nice looking daisies growing as well.

Lazy Sunday!

What do you get when a mother of a bunch of boys goes out of town for the weekend? A bunch of hungry whiny boys calling their sister because they are hungry. So of course we had to throw together a meal for everyone. This is everyone at our house, which this is what every Sunday looks like here. Boys, food and sports. We made chicken and pork, Curtis had to take a picture, I think he gets that from Carl. Kimball is playing golf off our roof and the other is everyone watching the basketball finals. We will be doing the same thing next Sunday if anyone wants to come. We all figure we know each other, so conversing is not an option. We do that during the week. Its called a "lazy Sunday" as Curtis likes say in an annoying voice and constanly repeating it. I don't get where that came from? But he laughs everytime.

Golfing with the bro's again!

Curtis and all the Lybbert boys went on their annual Sherwood Hills Ward golf tournament. Each year they think they can win the whole thing. But then they realize it is early in the morning and they are grumpy. So it takes awhile to get going. Try putting 4 egos on the same team and you get an average team. They had fun though. This was going to be their year. The prize was going to be the rooster that keeps hanging around the clubhouse. They didn't win but they did get to hang out with the rooster. Curtis, Jarom, Kimball and David made up the team, I am sure if they had Brady they would have won.

A day off and it was actually together!

Curtis and I actually both got a day off and it was together. It must be about that time for a moon eclipse or something for that rare of a day. Well today we found out that we still have fun together and like hanging out with each other. So we are still going strong and having fun. Today we ventured up into the mountains. We headed up to Midway-Heber area and found a dirt road that kept going so we kept going with it. We went as far up as the Jeep liberty could go. We hit snow and that is what made us turn around. We got up pretty high, it sure was pretty up there and smelled like camping. There are even a couple picture of us that turned out. Another picture that looks like green cotton candy, which Curtis says I think everything looks like cotton candy. A picture of our Jeep going through a puddle, we tried to get a good action shot but it was too steep and muddy. There is another picture of the view. I never thought there would be a day when Curtis would enjoy living in Utah when he first moved here. But I think he loves it enough to stay. Utah does have the mountains and I hear the golf isn't that bad.