Clark Family

Friday, March 22, 2013

A Ray of Sunshine

I try to take a photo of each Clark kid in this outfit from Ira Visitiv. She lives in St. Petersburg now and has her first baby!

My Valentines

Jordan loved that he could read this card from Inez!

These kids love bologna!

making Valentines at Adam's house :)

heart pizzas

Sugar (and cookies)

Clarks in 2013

Here's our updated family photo.

And here's to a new year of peace, kindness, and growth...for all of us! :)

Sunday, February 17, 2013

and a Happy New Year Party

We jumped in on Renee's fun version of a New Year's Eve Dance Party. The ball dropped at 10 pm! Thanks Renee!

Our free spirit Tessa loves this kind of party!!

and Leisel did too :)

104 and 120 days with Leisel

We love every day with Leisel!

She stayed sweetly and patiently with me one night wrapping Christmas presents... and I had to snap a few photos.

a friend gave me some darling hand-me-downs!

She is so sweet. It isn't hard to get this smile!

Tessa jumped in to our after church photo shoot :)

First Christmas

Leisel was our best Christmas present this year..

Collection of Christmas

We graduated from our three feet tall student Christmas tree. Grandpa Harston helped us bring a tree from "the cabin." It touched the ceiling!

We always begin the season with "Marvin's Party." He really needs to be an event planner. Every year seems to be a little more extravagant. Since the tradition is into the third generation now, he caters to all ages now.

First we meet Santa. This year Tessa was nervously willing to go for the picture (and the treat.)

I guess this will be our year of Disney, initiation courtesy of the Hull family and friends.

The boys were crowned as princes and taught some courtly virtues.

Each family had a paper lantern to light on the wick by match.
Then when they filled with the heat we released them. They floated and filled the sky.

Marvin's vision and detailed ideas are amazing!

Grandpa Harston orchestrated a visit to a beautiful live nativity. The Roman Centurians that guarded the entry to the event were very convincing. I took a picture to remember the beautiful nativity.
I really tried to take the commotion out of the season, be prepared, and not be too busy, but I couldn't pass up this event.

We enjoy so many things at Christmas that bring the spirit of Christ's birth. I love the music and the decorations. One other fun tradition we enjoyed was a sing-along with friends.

The kids got to go downtown twice during the season, once as a family and once with Hildebrant cousins!

These boys keep loosing teeth! Now Jordan can sing, "All I want for Christmas is My Two Front Teeth."

Christmas "Field Trip" with Fisher -- Tasty!

We had a quick visit to Grandpa at his office and then went to the see the Christmas Village nearby at Sandy City Hall.

Jared made it to two Jazz games and I went with him to one for a work party. We are so grateful to be on this side of employment! Christmas parties and bonus' are a great perk!!

Another huge blessing was finding a used piano on KSL for a special Christmas present. We drove to North Ogden for the dining room table and Far West for the piano... This van sure comes in handy!

Michael started practicing the first morning after we got the piano and hasn't stopped yet.

The kids wanted to put all the presents we would give to family and friends under the tree throughout the season. This year they were safe from little ones who unwrap before Christmas morning...