Happy Birthday Andrew & Olivia... Backtracking yet again... Sorry :(

Okay... so... my nephew, my neice and my sisters birthday are all in August. Megan and Ben happened to come to Duchesne for the fair, so they decided to have a joint birthday party for the kids. And for those of you who know my sister at all... you must know by now that when she throws a party of ANY kind, she goes all out! She doesn't do anything the easy way. So if you want a party planned and done to the "T", just ask Megan, she is an amazing little party planner! We had two different kinds of cupcakes.

Oh... but that's not all folks... oh no... she made thank you handouts for everyone. But these are not just paper thank you's... these are what she called cupcake pops. They were amazingly good and after we got the concept down it went rather smooth.

They were delicious! Megan thought that they would be fun... and Andrew helped and it ended up being fun spending some time together. Ben's family made it to the BBQ that we had. Andrew turned 3 and Olivia turned 1... it is amazing to me how time flies and how grown up these two are. I love them with all my heart and I hope that they had a great day. Megan, you did an amazing job and it was a ton of fun! Here are a few pics from the party.

CJ Farewell... Backtracking a bit...

August was a busy month! And I am sooo sorry that I didn't get a chance to blog. Life happens much too quickly and I forget about updating every once in awhile. I use to be really good and now i just, well... suck! The first of August, my cousin CJ had his farewell! He has of course now been in the MTC for a month, but alas... I still write about his farewell. For those of you who don't know of who haven't read my previous blogs, he is going to Bulgaria Sofia. And he is super excited and loves every minute of the process. He said that he is exhausted from all the doctorine they jam into your brain all in one day, but he loves it and is excited to go out and teach. Here are a few pictures from his farewell. He is a GREAT missionary already!
CJ giving his bro Chad all the brotherly advice that he can...
My whole family made it for the farewell, so we got the last picture of all of us together that we will take for 2 years.
Me and my GJ! aka CJ
His mom, Susie, had a rough time letting her son go...
The day he left for the MTC.

7 Years!!! Already?

On September 7, 2002, Trent D. Clegg and Melanie D. Park were married. It was a short ceremony with close friends and family. When we were married we thought that life was going to be wonderful and happy and the honeymoon stage was never going to end. Wow... we were wrong! It ended all too soon... however, we worked through some really tough times. And here we are 7 years later and planning on making it a whole bunch of years more. We had a great anniversary. We had planned on going to Francis Days, but alot happened and it was a mess. But we ended up going to Heber and ate dinner and headed home. It was a good day all in all. When we got home, we were looking here on my laptop (which is where I put all of my pictures lately) and we couldn't find one picture of the two of us together. So we had a little photoshoot. Trent at first was not very impressed with this idea, but towards the end... he let loose and had alot of fun. He even took the camera and did some of the shots. By the end we were both laughing our heads off at the ridiculous pictures that we were taking. I had alot of fun.


I know that he probably won't read this, but I want him to know how very greatful I am for him. I am greatful for the good person that he is, his willingness to go and help my family whenever they ask, his ability to play trucks with my nephew and my cousins and just be a kid, for the father that he will be one day... but mostly for standing by me through everything. He is truly my best friend and I know that we will still have our ups and downs, but I love him more today than I did 7 years ago. Here is to many more years to come! I hope that we accomplish all of the things that we have set out to do.

Park Family Reunion 09

First off let me tell you that the Park family reunions are the BEST family reunions to go too! They are by far my favorite and I love seeing my family that i haven't seen in atleast a year and see who has new kids and new things happening to them. This year we had it on the Idaho side of Bear Lake and we had our own little camping RV area and the beach was amazing! I love the water at Bear Lake because it is shallow and warm and just tons of fun. Trent and I drove up and took Grandpa's boat and we had a fun drive up there. We played games to pass the time and listened to music and just had a good time with each other. It seemed like the reunion went off without a hitch and I sad when it was time to come home. I definatly didn't want to come home. I have included a bunch of pics to show how much fun we had. There is one particular pic that i have to explain... my sister (bless her soul) told me that i need to get out of my little box and try new things. My idea of trying new things is like eating something I haven't eaten before to a certain extent. Her idea of new things is the molecule... let me explain. It's a triangle shaped air mattress thing with three balls on the corners of this thing and you ride it... on the water... at fast speeds... and for some reason this is fun? I tried it though and it wasnt bad until I hit my face on it. Then it wasn't much fun anymore. LOL! But I am proud of myself for even trying. Thanks Meg for being my support system! I love ya and thanks for trying to get me killed. lol jkjk

Miss Outstanding Teen UBIC

A week after Jennifer was crowned Miss Duchesne County, her little sister Emily was crowned Miss Outstanding Teen UBIC! She did an amazing job on every part that they asked her to take part in. First was sportswear... Emily is of course a lifeguard among all the other million talents she has. So we had fun and put her hair in a side pony and poofed it a bit for stage presence and she looked like she was having so much fun! This picture was taken backstage after I got her ready... for some reason, this is the only picture I took of her backstage until she won... weird I know. So next was talent and she said Big and Loud from some broadway play. She was so cute! She sang soooooo good! She is definatly starting to take after her sister Jen! lol Finally it was the big moment and the ONE event I was worried about doing her hair for. Formal wear hair is so tricky... do the judges want it down? Up? Big? Really formal? Teenagerish? Lots to worry about! Luckily we had done it once before at her house and we decided to go with more her age. I thought she looked beautiful! So to our amazement and Emily's amazing talent, she won everything!!! She didn't get a sash for most beaufitul eyes and one other one, but she won those too! Here are a few pictures her with people that came to support her...




I would like to tell Emily thanks for letting me be a part of the backstage process. It was definately my privilege to do the hair of a Queen! So as you can imagine the family was thrilled that we now had TWO Queens in our family.
I want to tell Emily how proud of her I am. She always stands up for what she believe's in. And doesn't ever stray from what she knows is true. She is an amazing young women and I am very very proud of her! Congrats Emily and good luck at the state competition in October!

Lack of Blogging...

I want to apologize to my followers for not keeping up to date with this blogging stuff. Life happened and I lost track of finding a minute to write about anything going on... I have a few things to share and I will try to blog about them. Sorry everyone!

And the new Miss Duchesne County is...

JENNIFER SMITH!!! YAY!!! Wahoo!!! She looked beautiful on Saturday night and I am so proud of her holding her own and being so cute with her onstage interview questions. But the best part was seeing the smile on her face when that crown was placed on her head. It's been a long time in the making and finally all of her hard work paid off! Congrats Jen! Love ya tons!!! I am proud of you for choosing to make breast cancer awarness known! Women need to know that it is important to get checked! It's a good thing that we have an amazing grandma who helped us to figure that out!