she brings boys home for the weekend.

For years I have always wanted to try fake nails. I consider myself pretty girly but the thought of adding another nail on top of my already exising nail and then it ripping it off always sent shivers down my spine. So yesterday I visited my old Livermore office and was chatting it up with one of my co-workers when I noticed she had a box of fake nails sitting to the side of her. I had always noticed her pretty nails but I never realized she did them herself. So another co-worker and I got up the nerve and drove to Walmart to buy a $5.00 box of fake nails. We spent our lunch time glueing and laughing while we attempted to apply these nails. Let me just tell you I am sold!

I love Laura's face in this shot :) Ashley of course always looks like a babe!

On a completely different note...I love green smoothies. For the past couple months I decided to give up gluten, corn, chocolate and dairy (due to my headaches). It hasn't been fun but I have had to be somewhat creative when it comes to getting in all my daily nutrients. Thanks to my sister in law who inspired me to make green smoothies a daily part of my life I now have a substitute for breakfast that isn't cereal or yogurt.

Okay so this particular smoothie I made today looks like poop it suprisingly is actually good. It has spinach, carrots, pineapple, strawberries and peaches. All my fruits and veggies already taken care of by 9:00!

Welcome Summer!

Summer finally decided to grace us with its presence! Saturday a couple of us decided to drive out to the beach and spend a couple hours roasting. We arrived around 2:00 and I thought I was pretty safe without the sunscreen. FALSE. I don't know why I always forget the feeling of being burned and how painful it is. Note to self: burning is not worth it! SO although now I am suffering we had a blast.

For my birthday Kim bought me the cutest hat. Because it hasn't been warm enough I haven't been able to take it out in public. SO this weekend was the perfect opportunity and we all took turns snapping pictures with the cute hat! I had fun going crazy editing the pictures! Here they are!

change. my brain went out the window.

i always say that i hate change but to be honest i feel like i am constantly making changes in my life. just in the past 5 months of my life i have graduated from college, moved back to california, travelled, been in and out of a relationship, made new friends, changed eating habits...etc. The list can go on. but lately i have wanted a new and different change. i have begun to make a list of things that i want to change for me. so to start off the new me i changed my hair. i am blonde. and when we say blonde i mean really blonde.

i don't know what i was thinking....

pictures to come soon.

you dont need to tell me twice.

For years I have heard about Gualala (and yes thats 3 a's). Its a beautiful town and when I say town I swear its like population 375. But nonetheless its located in the nothern part of California where the redwood trees grow so tall you almost tip over just looking up at them and right along the coastline (Hwy 1). So you can imagine it is for sure a little piece of heaven. Well a couple of friends convinced me to spend my memorial weekend in heaven camping. For those of you who know me and can imagine how much I love camping, I was a little hesitant. BUT they for sure proved me wrong. I experienced camping in a whole new way. First of all there was electrical outlets which allowed us to have space heaters in out tents. This particular family I went with brought a HUGE refrigerator, mircrowave two ovens and two sinks with running water. If you wanted to (which I choose not to) you could look cute all weekend! So we spent the weekend eating, boating on the ocean, eating, siting by the campfire, eating, floating down the river, eating and of course riding the tandum bike. I was completly sold and loved every minute of it. Now of course the weekend is over and back to reality. BUT it was an incredible weekend!
Right before we left...if you can't tell we are all looking a little rough!

this ones for you.

Being an only girl among four boys. I have always thought that I was really lucky...and lets be honest spoiled. They all treat me so well and so lately I have decided to take a step back and really think about all of my brothers and how much they mean to me. Most importantly how proud I am of them! So this blog is for them. Each of them, so different from each other but all so incredible in there own way.

Matthew

Matthew is the absolute example to me. I look up to him so much. He graduated from college, married an incredible woman, has two beautiful children who he loves very much. I have loved watching him become a dad and play with Christian outside and play with little Evan. I really hope that one day I can grow up and be as happy and positive about life as he is! I love him so much and am so lucky to have him as my older brother.

Jordan

Oh Jordan. I am so proud of Jordan. For the past couple years he has been preparing for a mission and today he finally GOT HIS CALL! Jordan is probably one of the most happiest/optimistic pople I have ever met. Even through anything he is gone through he has always seen the light at the tunnel. I know I can always go to Jordan to build up my day. He will be an absolutely incredible missionary because he has a heart the size of the sun! I love him!

Andrew

Andrew passed his quest, is going to NCS for breast and two relays and meanwhile has been captain of both his waterpolo and swim team. He is a champ at swimming and is all around such an example to all of his classmates. Its been fun to watch him grow up and come into his own. I love his sense of humor and his sweet dance moves. I am excited for him to love college and go on a mission. Oh Andrew how much I love you.

David
Little David...my little lovebug. He is my little cuddly ball of joy. David is a miniature genius. I know that brains would eventually fall on one of us Clark kids. He is so smart and so fun to be around. Always cheerful and just looking for someone to smile with him. I love him so much and will miss him when the move down south.

I love them. All four of them!

Fun.

A couple months ago in Seattle I saw Jack's Mannequin and the band that opened for them was Fun. Little did I know the lead singer was from the band the format (which I love and was sad when I found they broke up). Well they were incredible, of course. So when wind came around that they would be the headliner at Slims I was more than tickled. Yet again Fun. did not fail to impress me. The lead singers voice is incredible and sounds the same live as it is on cd. I highly recommend you try them out.
And of course I had to take a picture of the city driving over the bridge. There is just something about San Francisco that I just love.

long lost sister

Since the begining of the school year Jo has told me about a student in her class which she was my long lost sister. Before I met this girl I knew that I would love her. Jo showed me a picture of her and told me a few things about her. She loves Justin Bieber, very stylish and is all about saving earth! I mean how could I not love her! Well the time finally came that I got to meet this special lady, Melissa. I spent lunch with her just getting to know her. She was beautiful, funny and has a great personality! We had quite a few things in comon and while she thought I was great, I just know that as this girl gets older she will do incredible things! I hope that we will be able to keep in touch so that I can see the wonderful things that she does as she gets older!

Not only was it a fun experience to meet Melissa but I had forgotten how much I love working with pre-teen/teenagers. I really need to start rethinking some things in my life and figure out a career path that for sure involves that. I strongly believe that those years of our lives can be very crucial in who we will become later on in life. Things have changed since I was in 6th grade but I have complete faith that although the world is continuing to get harder and harder to live in there are kids out there like Melissa who will rise above and make the world a better place!

She was so cute- I just had to take a picture with her!