Beck's little man party

the invite made by my cousin natalie















AND HE'S DONE!

Birthday's are kind of a big deal in our family. Especially 1st birthday's!I know I take them a little too seriously, but after all, a birthday is to celebrate the day one is born, and that is a big.freakin.deal. Our family is completely obsessed with this little man, and cannot imagine life without him. We were so lucky to be in Az for beck's 1st birthday surrounded by our family and our best friends there to join us. We even had family travel from CA to attend! We are the luckiest. I decided to throw him a "little man party." It was the most fitting theme for our little grandpa beck. I loved how everything turned out. I built the party around 1 thing. Mustaches. Oh how I love them. We had mustache cupcakes and cake, mustache sugar cookies, mustache photo booth, and lets not forget the mustache snow globe-- Leave it up to Urban outfitters on that find:) If it didn't have to do with mustaches, it was anything old man. A HUGE thanks to my graphic design cousin Natalie who made my dreams into reality:) on paper:) she is awesome. and also to my mamma, who just about killed me for being so darn OCD. haha:) And thank you to all of our friends who came to honor our little beck!

Halloweeny 2010

Halloween 2010 was a good one. Missy decided to be tinkerbell, but not just any tink...she wanted to be the "lost treausre tink, you know..the more adventurous one. Bc she is exactly that. A total nature freak and loves a good adventure. She wore boots instead of princess shoes to distinguish the two, and corrected people that thought she was just tinkerbell:) I tried to persuade her to be something scary like a witch, but there is no talkin this girl out of being some sort of princess. It just wasnt gonna happen. So Tink she was. Beckham on the other hand didnt have much of a choice. I made him a dragon. And omg, he was the cutest little dragon you ever saw. Every time I looked at him, i could not stop smiling. Boy stuff is so funny.






my fav:) That little round face sticking out of that dragon with the two little teeth, will be hanging big on my wall.

sundance with my momma

My mom came up in October and we had a great time, as usual. One day we went up to sundance and got lunch at the cafe there and had a little picnic out on the grass. oh my goodness it was seriously beautiful. Places like sundance make me proud that I live in the state of utah.YES you heard it....I AM PROUD TO LIVE IN UTAH. ps never ever ever thought I would be capable of such feelings.



I cannot even handle how cute that laughing smile is. finally he shows us his dimples in a pic. so adorable

meeting little julianne

In October, I finally got to meet one of my best friends first baby julianne. I am still trying to figure out how I got four years ahead of her. Sheesh. One minute we are the same, next minute I have a four year old before my carli has her 1st!? boggles my mind. Anyway, It was a give that she was going to be beautiful, but omg she is just the most precious little baby doll ever. I am obsessed with her.

vegas baby!

In sep we went down to ca for johnny's class reunion, and on the way back we decided to make a pit stop in vegas. We ended up staying at the palazzo, and had a great time. Such an awesome hotel. Like one of our favorite hotels we have ever stayed it. I actually really really hate vegas, but put me in a really nice hotel, and the hotel brat is happy. Wanna know something hilarious!!? We went to this really awesome mexican resteraunt in our hotel, and as we were leaving, our waitress reccomended that we take our kids, to the pirate show at treasure island that was just across the street. We decided that it would be fun, and thought Ivy would really love it. So...we got there about 20 min early to ensure that we got a nice spot up in front so the kids would have a nice view. Johnny even had ivy up on his shoulders just to make sure she didnt miss a single thing. Oh.my.gosh, this show was full of awful seductive dancers trying to turn on pirates and happened to be wearing practically nothing. It was thee most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. Oh and to make matters worse, there were so many people, that we couldn't leave. After johnny removed Ivy from his shoulders to the worst view in house, we just looked at each other and laughed really really hard. I cannot believe that our waitress would have recommended such a show. After we got back to our hotel, Ivy asked if we could go see the pirate show the next day! I told her that mommy didnt really like the pirate show bc of the girls outfits, to which ivy responds "but mommy! their outfits were beautiful! I loved the pink sparkally one! bahahaha. Anyway, If you go to vegas, be sure to skip out on the pirate show. you will thank me later:)

oh becky boo...

Some of my favorite pics of mister becky boo boo boo. I have promised johnny that I will stop calling this boy of ours becky. I am trying REALLY hard, but believe you me, it is hard. Anyway, these pics are from this fall. Yes I know, we are obviously a little behind on life. First one is of him eating his little face after sister decided to share her fudgesicle with him. precious. The others are of his first time sitting on the grass. Lets just say he was not a fan. I think he found it itchy, pokey and totally uncomfortable. He was trying so hard to not let his feet touch the ground... It was so awesome to watch! He soon realized after falling back a few times, that he could only lift one foot up at a time, so that he did. funny kid I tell you.

my little lovies

Taking pictures of my kids these days can be a difficult task. Ivy does really well by herself...she strikes ultra-cheesy poses all on her own. Beck on the other hand can crawls ridiculously fast. As soon as I put my eye up to the viewfinder, he is already in my face. Then when I try and put them together, Beck has got ivy's hair, or ivy is giving beck a violent hug. Anyway, to say that I am extremely satisfied with my results is an understatement. I captured these in about 10 min. Awesome!

free photoshoot!

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finally...

A photography blog has been on my to-do-list for a couple years now, but some how it never made it to the top until now. I am excited to finally have a place to file away all of my shoots instead of letting thousands of pictures sit on my hardrive. It will be an ongoing project to get all of my recent work up... but I have posted a few shoots, so feel free to head on over and take a gander:) here is the link: www.amyclarkphotos.blogspot.com

question...

do little boys come any cuter!? Here is Grandpa beck at 9 months. This little boy just radiates happiness, and brings our little family so much joy!

Ivy's sunshine & lemonade party

On July 14th may baby girl turned 4! Man time is sure flyin by and it is kind of making me sick! She is growing up WAY too fast! Like Johnny, Ivy has had to celebrate her birthday away from friends and family for the last couple of years... so we thought we would throw her a fancy little party. We did a pool party, bc well, Its summer time... and that is what kids like to do:) Plus the Clark's pool can keep kids entertained for quite some time.We had lot's of yummy pink and yellow food, and of course we had lots of lemonade. Our cupcakes were pink lemonade flavor...which were amazing btw..(minus the melted frosting.) it just so happened that it was the hottest day of the summer. not kidding. All in all, It was a perfect day, spent with some of Ivy's best-est of friends.




my little elves! Thanks mom's for all of your help:):)

















party favors