Family Night Fun...

Last monday night we went to Melody's for a family night swim party.... Just a few pics of the night....


Thanks Melody..... we had a blast! Joey

Back To School...

So, it's that time of year again... woo hoo!!! Sorry kids... can't help it. You will one day understand my rejoicing....until that happens, accept my apologies... ha. Anyway, Jordyn and Colton started school on thursday the 21 of August. I know... thursday... weird. Anyway, Jordy is a sophmore, and Colton is a mighty 8th grader... big man on campus. 9th grade is in the high school in Tooele County. I was at Education week when the big day came... so they were very helpful, and took their own pictures by the front door... tradition, ya know?


















I know, I know... they are very cute... and very accommodating to do this for their crazy mother... which is exactly what little miss Jordyn said... ok mom, but you are crazy. Whatever...
Ok, so now about me, and my fun week....
We stayed in the David John building at Helaman Halls. This is always fun for me, since I stayed in Helaman Halls as a freshman at Byu... always brings back lots of memories. In fact, my first roommate at BYU stayed with me in my dorm on sunday night....that was fun... just like old times...She lives in Spokane, Washington, so I don't see her often...love ya Dawn...
Anyway, Education Week is always an enlightening and spiritual week spent with the best friends in the world... The day starts early, and ends late, with no stops in between. Classes start at 8:30 in the morning, and the last class ends at 9:25. The only way to have a lunch or dinner break is to skip a class, or eat as you walk from class to class... we took a break each day to either have a good lunch or dinner with each other... the rest of the time we packed snacks with us to get us through.



This is Toni and I at a class entitled "Humor in the church." This class had us laughing so hard by the end, because the instructor was anything but funny.... he was actually pretty droll...which really cracked us up...but it was a good diversion for an hour... the class we had attended the hour before had us in tears...








Toni and Kori in the same class....










Me, Suzette, Kori, and Toni in a class about deciphering the words of Isaiah... this class amazed me. The instructor broke it down verse by verse... you should see my scriptures... marked up like crazy... I went back and read those chapters again later, and thought, "I never would have gotten that..." Isaiah for dummies.... perfect... ;)


Toni, me, and Suzette in a class about Revelations. This class was taught by David A. Christensen. This is the cutest older man alive.... personality wise... he was so funny... but made those scriptures make sense as well... not quite as marked up as Isaiah, but almost. I hope he is a presenter again next year, but I hope he teaches a new topic... I would love to sit through his classes again.



I wish I could make this picture a bit larger... I tried. It just gets blurry. It is Kori, Suzy, Chantelle, me, Toni, and Colette at Los Hermanos. Chantelle was one of our young women in the 19th ward. She is now in her junior year of college at BYU. We have remained close with her, and took her to dinner. She is putting in her mission papers this October. She is an amazing young woman. Colette on the end was just baptized a member
in May. This was quite an experience for her. It was fun to see her learn and grow. But I think we wore her out. She suffers from Fibromyalgia... so this was quite alot for her to handle. I hope you recover from your week Colette...

This last picture is of us at Stevenette's Malt Shoppe.... which is a college hangout that I wanted to revisit...just for old times sake...Wednesday was Kori's birthday, and Miss Heather Park (Martin) drove down with the kids to have lunch with her mom. We ate at Mimi's Cafe. I wish I would have remembered to take my camera out and get a shot, but nope.... had it with me though, if that scores any points...Happy Birthday Kori... ;)
Anyway, I am home now, and pretty tired...but it was well worth it. Til next year ladies! Joey

Happy Mom...

So here is a picture of a VERY happy mom, who is leaving her clan behind for a very much needed break at BYU education week!!! I needed to take a before shot, because I will look exhausted by the end of the week.... yet will be rejuvenated and ready to tackle the world... see ya next week... Joey ;)

WOW how time flies....

So my good friend Suzette did a fun thing on her blog.... she just had her 19th anniversary, and posted a few pics of their wedding..... and I was thinking.... my bad... I just had my 23rd anniversary on July 26th, and didn't even mention that in my update... so I thought I would do it now....just for fun.... ;)
So... I have been married to the crazy man I married for 23 years.... can you believe it? Time flies... and we still like each other and everything (most of the time).... so here are a few pictures to laugh at.... ( I know... we were babies)...




















The picture in the middle makes Ed and I laugh.... it was my mom's favorite.... she thought I looked so innocent...but Ed thinks I am thinking about things to come...not so innocent... who knows... it was forever ago....
Anyway, Happy Anniversary honey.... I still love ya... Joey

MY BEAUTIFUL GIRL!

So my baby girl finally has her braces off!!!! And just in time for school pictures.... whew.... she was really hoping.... ;) Anyway, she is a cutie, isn't she? Joey

Serious update on the Clayson's

I have been such a slacker lately... so I have alot to update...hopefully this doesn't end up being too long... anyway....

1. My Joshie turned 18 on May 3rd... where does the time go, I ask ya? I only have him at home for 3 more weeks, then he is on to a new phase of his life... he is moving to Spanish Fork with Steve, will be working at the Spanish Fork credit union branch with Mike.... half a block away from Grandma's house.... fun times.. he is really excited, but not nearly as excited as Payton is... he has been counting down the days for a while now.... anyway, here is a picture of my cute birthday boy with Mikal... He plans on attending UVU for a semester before his mission....

2. Again about Josh.... he graduated fromTooele High School the end of may....he has always been a very good student, and graduated with 50+ hours of college credits earned through the high school college program...it should only take him one semester in college to earn his associates degree... way to go Josh!

3. Our family went down to Manti in the middle of June for the pageant... we pulled the trailer and four-wheelers down and camped for 3 days....tradition for we Clayson's. The weather was beautiful... not too hot, not too cold... pageant was as great as it always is... Ed, Colton, and Troy had a lot of time for fishing... and the fishing was great... don't know how many they caught...way to many to count...but they only kept a handful.
Here is Troy with his "I am so sexy pose"....

Jordy Sue with her "don't mess with me stance" such a little princess...
I would go 4-wheeling with her, and would try to avoid the mud puddles... but not this little girl...right through the middle, full speed... that is not my child...anyway, we had a great time....

4. I started a new job on June 23.... working for O'currance Teleservices taking inbound sales calls for a company called Infinite Mind EyeQ. It is a reading and comprehension program. I trained for 4 weeks in their West Valley office before being sent to work from home... yep, from home. I take the calls through my home phone line. I really like it so far, other than I am working way too many hours. I have not given up my job for the chiropractor... I really like my job there, but this new job pays alot more. I thought once I was through with training, and was set up from home, and could see that it was the real deal (which it is), that I would let the other one go.... but that is going to be much harder to do than I thought... I feel like the people that I work with are family....makes me sad to think about quitting... so here I am, working around 65 hours a week.... insane.... don't even ask me why...cause I don't have an answer...

5. Jordy had her 15th birthday on July 2....again, where does the time go? I swear it seems like only yesterday that I finally had my little girl.... and she is my girl....(other than that 4-wheeling in the mud thing) we have always had a lot of fun together...her favorite thing is for dad and the boys to go away for the weekend....leaving us to play... and play we do... Happy Birthday Jordy Sue... I love you little girl...

6. We finally got the stamped concrete patio poured in the backyard, and got the sod in... the only thing left to do is seal the concrete with a gloss finish, and put the stairs back on.... it is gorgeous.... but I am sooo impatient for the all the perennials, bushes, and trees to fill in and mature...We have worked so hard trying to get this backyard in...big job when you are cutting into the mountainside...Thanks Ed... it is fabulous... ;)














well, I think that should just about catch me up....I should do a better job now that I am on my computer at home for 6 hours in the morning.... fun job that pays me to blog, IM with friends all morning, and play a few rounds of spider solitaire, all while still in my jammies.... ;) Joey

Just a really quick blog here for all you Tyson fans...and who wouldn't be, I know...
his address has changed... it is:
7310 corporate #207
Houston, Texas 77036

He has been called to serve as Zone Leader. This is really not so surprising, but what is kind of surprising is that he has not served as a District Leader yet. His mission president says he needs him now. He is a little nervous, but will do an amazing job. He has not done anything but above and beyond in his duties to his Heavenly Father. We love you Ty....

Ok, so I have been insanely busy....I am so embarrassed by the time lapse between blogs... and I got to be honest with ya... the only reason I am blogging now is because my good friend Heather has called me out on her blog. Yep, I have been tagged (like a week ago), so here goes...
3 joys-
snuggling up with a good book
listening to really good music(and maybe dancing, and singing in the mirror)
spending time with Sarandon and Dantley (ok, and Heather...and maybe Kerry ;)

3 fears-
not being a good mother
falling down and breaking my two front teeth (true phobia...stop laughing)
I used to be VERY afraid of moths... but I kicked that phobia....

3 current goals-
having no debt
finishing landscaping the yard (almost there)
losing those obstinate 20 (really 30) pounds

3 current obsessions(collections/preoccupations)-
my new job...and still working my old job, so I am basically just trying to find time to sleep.... ;)
working out on my new elliptical trainer
keeping the hundreds of flower beds in the yard weed free....

3 random surprising facts about me-
I was put in the boys gym class not once, but twice... (Joey.. go figure...)
I had a warrant out for my arrest for failing to register with the selective service... (again the Joey thing..)
Deep down I am very, very shy (true story)

Anyway, there ya go Miss Heather Pawk....tag answered baby... so I tag Suzette and Shan...tag you're it... Joey

JR. PROM 2008!!!

Well here we go again...another Prom for Joshie... I couldn't get Tyson to go, but Josher thinks he needs to go twice... figures... anyway, we (yep we, he invited Ed and I along again this year..) had a fabulous, but very tiring day. So the day goes like this:

Ed and I acted as chauffers again this year...I guess we passed the cool test once again...quite an accomplishment on our part ... anyway, we took the kids in to Boondocks in Draper, where they played mini golf, lazer tag, and rode go carts. After a wonderful lunch at Arctic Circle, we headed home to get ready for the big night. At 6:30 we picked up Mikal (Josh's date).
This is a picture of Mikal coming down her staircase...her mother and I made her do it twice, because she came down too fast the first time...thanks Mikal, for humoring us. ;)

I think one of my favorite parts of the night was watching Josh give Mikal's 3 year old niece Kamree her very own corsage. Kamree had been sooo excited for prom. Had her own dress and everything. Every time Josh would go to Mikal's, she would have to show him her prom dress...so he decided it would be fun to give her flowers too. I have to say I was quite impressed that he thought of this idea all on his own... a proud mama moment...he's quite the charmer. Kamree is usually quite a talker, but she was sooo shy about the whole thing. It was adorable.

We took the two couples in to the Joseph Smith Memorial Building for a very nice dinner over looking temple square...then they wandered around temple square for a while. Mikal says she felt like a princess from "Enchanted". She looked like one, too. Ed and I had a great dinner at Charlie Chow's. Some of the best chinese I have had for a very long time. We then took the group up to the state capitol for the prom. We stayed just long enough to see the juniors promenade...this is a special ballroom dance only the juniors do for the parents. It is a pretty neat tradition here at Tooele High School. Porshae (one of my young women) was crowned Duchess in the prom royalty. This is like being 2nd attendant. Pretty exciting. Way to go, Miss Porshae! Ed and I disappeared, as all good chauffers do, and went to Squirrel Brothers for some ice cream. After the prom, we carted everyone home to our house for some late night video watching....everyone had a great time, but I am pooped. Josh got to sleep in the next morning....but Ed had to have the rental (chrysler Aspen, very nice...we put the very first mile on it) back in salt lake the next morning, and I had a special morning fireside for Relief Society. Janice Kapp Perry was the guest speaker...she was worth getting up for...what an amazing woman. Anyway..it was a pretty fun week. I will post next week and let you know how FLOOR SEATS to Trace Adkins worked out for me! ;)

Wow! I can't believe it's been 3 weeks since my last entry...lazy, lazy, lazy. Sorry;(. The past few weeks have been busy. We took the 4-wheelers out over conference weekend and went camping...ok, I didn't technically go camping...I slept in my own bed every night....but Ed, Jordy, and Colton camped. That's what happens when you camp 40 minutes from home I guess... king size feather bed all to myself, and a nice warm jetted tub, or a trailer with a bunch of camp fire stinky people...anyway, I made my choice!
I really enjoyed watching conference. I always look forward to it. I got this love from my mother. I always feel her with me while I watch. We took the satellite dish with us, and watched the sessions in the trailer. This was kinda fun. I did stay home sunday, and watched curled up in my bed, in a very quiet house. Mmmmmm, it was awesome. Anyway, what a thrill it was to participate in the solemn assembly. President Monson is truly a prophet. What a blessing it is to have this personal confirmation by the Holy Spirit. We are truly blessed.
Last week Ed and I spent 4 days in St. George. What perfect weather! We left Wednesday afternoon. Ed had a conference on Thursday, so I spent the afternoon with Sharee (she lives there) shopping and lunching. I had breakfast every morning at the poolside... did I mention perfect weather? Anyway, Ed and I shopped Friday until we couldn't fit one more thing in the car. It was a very welcome break from the cold weather. We did our best to bring some sunshine home with us...lasted a good two days I think, and then yep, more snow....at least it doesn't stick around this time of year. Anyway, we are all doing well...Tyson is having a fabulous time in Texas. He had 2 more baptisms last week. He did have a knife pulled on him by a drunk man, but he swears it was nothing for his mom to panic about...or his Grandma Olive. We both gave him a good talking to about staying out of trouble...but I am sure he wasn't listening to either one of us....
I hope all is well with everyone.... Joey