Birthday Celebration

On April 24, Hannah turned 5 and we were so excited to finally have her big Birthday Celebration Party on May 18. 

 She absolutely loves to write and draw making Blues Clues on of her favorite cartoons.  She loves to draw the clues with Steve or Joe.  So she picked our party theme.... a few of her favorite friends came to the party too!

Most importantly a lot of our amazing family and friends came to help us celebrate our amazing little girl and we never fail on the fun!

 It's amazing how quickly time passes and our little girl is 5 already.  She had an amazing day with everyone and is already planning her 6th birthday party. :)

Spring Fun

The girls and I have been really enjoying the spring weather we have been having lately. Although it's a bit warmer than we like, we love that we can play outside all afternoon.  It's been a very nice change from all the snowy and rainy days we had not very long ago.

 

Today we got a very fun package in the mail from Smiley360 and Bic Mark-It - we received a free spring herb garden kit.  They sent us everything we needed to plant our own little garden and we had so much fun putting it together.

 In our kit, we got a free set of 36 Bic Mark-it permanent markers, herb seeds (dill, cilantro, and arugula), marker sticks, cups, and stencils. 

 After discussing how we wanted to decorate our garden cups, the girls chose the word 'garden' and picked out the colors they wanted each letter to be.  They then helped me decorate them with flowers and 'hoolahoops' before filling the cups with dirt and planting our seeds.  

 Here is our finished product!  They look fantastic!  Now we just have to wait for our plants to grow. We cannot wait to add fresh herbs to our delicious meals.

 

 

Happy 5th Birthday, Hannah!

On April 24th, Hanna turned 5!  All week she waited for Wednesday because she couldn't wait for her special day.

Hannah woke up extra, extra early and found that her room had been decorated with streamers and filled with balloons (not sure why I didn't get a picture...) and could not wait to wake the rest of the family to tell us all about it.

After breakfast she got to open a few small gifts.

 At preschool she got to take a special snack for all her friends (Dirt Cups) and bring in Bella to share with all of her friends (again, forgot my camera... this pregnancy brain has the best of me).

After school she picked her new favorite restaurant for lunch Red "Losber" where the staff made sure her day was super special.  They even brought her a cheddar biscuit with a birthday candle.  Kind of cute.

 After lunch was her big birthday surprise - went went shopping so she could pick out her very own brand new bike!

 We had lots of fun trying them all out.

 And just like we thought she would, she picked out the purple bike.  It's her all time favorite color.  She enjoyed the rest of her afternoon riding around and having lots of fun.

It was such a great day!  We're so blessed to have such an amazing little girl!

Big News for the Clark Family

Hannah and Mia are very excited to share they will have a baby brother or sister in October!  We're very excited and feel so blessed.  God has answered our prayers to bring a third baby into our family.  Everyone is already so in love with this little one and are anxiously waiting for the fall.  Hannah and Mia have nicknamed the baby Cinnamon Sweet and talk about him or her often.  

When we told the girls, their reaction was priceless.  They are both certain Cinnamon is a baby girl.  Hannah was thrilled God has finally answered her prayer to bring her a baby sister.  She has such amazing faith.   But we have a few weeks before we know for sure.  

Happy Easter

Happy Easter from the Clark Family!

The Easter Bunny wasn't at all shy about spoiling our little girls this year.

 Hannah was very excited about her new gifts.  She didn't hesitate to open up the craft toys - she is our little artist  - or try on her new Rapunzel dress.

 I am not sure why Miss Mia wasn't excited about Easter morning.  It really took her a while to come around and want to see her new toys.

 Thankfully they were all smiles after church.  They picked out their Easter clothes this year - they did a pretty fantastic job while we were shopping. 

 After Easter dinner with family, the girls had fun hunting for eggs in the backyard.  They found lots of fun treasures.

Although it was a very fun day of toys and gifts, we still wanted to be sure to teach the girls what Easter really means.

 

Hallelujah He is risen!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day!

It was another 'normal' Thursday for the Clark family - preschool for the girls and MOPS for Mommy while Daddy was at work. But we did throw in a few surprises that made our funny little Valentine's smile.

 Briley and Joy surprised the girls with a visit for the day, bringing new Valentine's Day shirts and socks. 

 And the girls surprised me with a lovely homemade box of chocolates.

 They know me so well - this will surely last until next Valentine's Day!

 And not to forget we had a BIG EXCITING moment in the Clark house - Hannah lost her first tooth on February 13th.  I cannot believe my little 4-year-old is already losing teeth!

 Look at that beautiful smile.

 Valentine's Day morning brought another surprise for Hannah from the Tooth Fairy.  A dollar covered in fairy dust and a teeny, tiny little note.

 

 

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone! 

 

Once again I thought we would start off the year asking the girls a few questions.  We asked them the same questions as last year just to see how much they have changed during 2012. 

 Mia wanted to get her picture taken in her favorite pajamas - she always makes us smile.

 

I am going to try a second year at the project 365 - sharing a picture every day for the year - but plan to post them on facebook this time. Hoping it will be a little easier for me. :) So friends, please follow us there! 

 

Prayers for a happy, healthy, and just wonderfully amazing 2013!