jamba juice bogo

vote on my poll

Ok, so Joel and I have had a little discussion over here regarding his beard. I absolutely LOVE it!!! But Joel has a thing about being clean cut when he goes to the temple. Our dilemna is we are going to be taking pictures next week after we get sealed and I would love for him to have a beard which poses the problem because he wants to be clean cut inside the temple. So my question is to all of you out there, Is it ok for joel to wear a beard to the temple? Or is it disrespectful and should he shave for our sealing ceremony? Please vote and comment if you've got somethin' to say! I would love to hear it. Cause really if you're against it I need you to talk me out of it.

ps. sorry there are no photos. we just got a new computer and i can't find them.

less talkk more rokk

the lucky winner at chuck e cheese was miles! he won over 200 tickets all by himself.

When the twins first started rolling around I would find them in the funniest positions in their crib. Exhibit A and B.

I love this cause they look like a "coupla bad A's". lol Scarlett looks like she's ready to put the smack down.

bows gone right and bows gone wrong!

my little indian braves

miles with his brudder

all smiles for dad

Pictures say 1000 words, I will only say a few

some babies just LOVE tummy time! these two are seriously almost ready to crawl. ahhhhh!

this is the last picture i took of miles with his handsome hair. his daddy buzzed his head the other day :( i miss the curls.
the twins always sleep in a mirror image of each other. how is that possible?

Kiersten treated me to lunch at CPK while she was out here. She is beautiful inside and out even though (in her words definitely not mine) she "lets herself go to pot" while she's in UT cause it's just family 24/7. i miss her!

(PS Sunshine was in town and I didn't even get a picture but we had a great visit and she finally got to meet Joel!)five months later my baby girl has found her thumb. this is a typical scene at our house except her pacifier is usually sitting right under her chin as she sucks away at her thumb :D

the twins being super models. good thing scarlett has the world's most perfect eyebrows cause her brother has got all the hair! LOL

HOPE YOU ENJOYED!

Little Alaska

So I guess that every year thousands of King Salmon make their way up the Salmon river in Idaho to spawn. That's all I'm going to say...the pictures say the rest!





And for any of the fishermen looking at these pictures, the king in the bottom picture is 39 inches long and weighs about 25lbs.

the LaClaire Family will soon be ETERNAL

we wish we could have invited everyone and we know that everyone we did invite will not be able to attend, but know whether you will be there or not we love you and thank you for your support!

(a peek at our announcement)

and by the way...

look who's sitting

red, white & blue

we are so grateful for all of our freedoms!

before and after

Joel's family did a BIGGEST LOSER competition in order to get ready for Paul's wedding. There were five people involved and pretty much everyone lost about 10-20 lbs. Joel however dropped 30 lbs. With a wife pregnant with twins and eating all of the time, and going to school and working full-time and really only having time for snacks and not meals, Joel was up for the losing challenge. Here are his before and after shots. Incidentally, he is also running 5-7 miles a couple times a week now.

may 3rd

july 4th

(ps. don't the twins look adorable in their red, white and blue?)

congratulations joel! we're so proud of you. and thanks to joel's hard work i also lost 10 lbs. it was contagious over here. :D

Paul & Jane LaClaire

Paul and Jane got married 06.27.2009 in the Denver CO Temple. It was a beautiful ceremony. Jane's family was so nice. EVERY ONE of the LaClaires were in attendance. The boys had a great time with their cousins. The drive out only took a little over 7 hrs. We left at midnight and drove thru the night. Joel and I took turns sleeping. The children all slept. YES! Our twins are sleeping thru the night and have been for almost 2 weeks now!!! The drive back took over 10 hrs with all of the bathroom breaks and stops. We will never drive during the day with the kids again. :D We had a great time staying at the hotel (miles can't wait to go back), swimming (miles even swam without the water wings!!!), having aunties and uncles to hold the twins, and eating way too much! We loved seeing our family and can't wait to see them all again. Congratulations Paul & Jane!!!
Mom, thanks for letting me borrow your dress. It was perfect!