Decorating for Christmas

Clark holds his ornament proudly!

Clark put the first ornament on the tree. He loves the new Elmo ornament Peep gave him!

Drew helping Clark decide the best spot for his ornament

Clark wanted to help every step of the way while Drew worked to trim the tree and get it in the stand. As you can see, he was dressed for the weather!

Christmas Photos

Clark in one of his cute Christmas outfits in front of our tree @ home.

We found an adorable sleigh @ Ashley Park that I thought would be a perfect photo prop. It didn't work quite so well. Something about the freezing temperatures might have been the reason!

I have no idea what he's looking at, but this is one of my favorites!

Clark discovered our music boxes when we unpacked our Christmas stuff. He has all 7 of them out on the rug (still as I'm typing this two weeks after decorating) and loves to line them up and listen to each one. It's very cute...I think Santa should bring him one more to add to the collection!

As you can tell from the pumpkins in the background, we start Christmas as soon as Thanksgiving is over! Clark loves his monkey with candy cane pajamas.

Christmas Cookies...

Christmas time is always fun for me because I love to get the kitchen a mess with cooking/baking. Clark and Crystal joined in on the fun last night with our family's famous Christmas Cookie baking. Thank goodness Crystal came because I sliced my finger (for the 2nd year in a row) and she ended up doing most of the work. FYI: The whole process takes about 3 1/2 hours, so you can imagine what my kitchen and table (with about 150 cookies on it) looked like! Thanks, Cryckle, for helping. Clark has tons of fun!

Like I said, it took a long time and Clark got a wee bit bored. He had quite a time in the bathroom pretending he was a Charmin puppy!

Elmo @ Philips Arena

Peep wanted to take Clark to an Elmo show @ Philips Arena for his birthday. This was his first time in downtown Atlanta. He had a ball!





When we got out onto the street walking toward Philips, Clark noticed a kid from his class on the sidewalk. We got to our seats and they had the three seats right behind us. Chael loves Clark (and I think he's beginning to like her, too)! I'm a little worried...

End of Summer Beach Trip

A lot of catching up to do...

We went to the lake just before summer ended. My parents (Peep & D-Dog), my sisters (Kim & Crystal), and my cousin (David), his wife (Kim), and their daughter (Bella) joined in on the fun at the lake. Thanks, Mimi, for letting us use the lakehouse!

Clark & Bella

Clark on his first tube ride...yes, he did fall off!

Bella, Aunt "Cryckle", and Clark

D-Dog teaching Clark to fish.

Drew and Clark on the blow up chair...it flipped also!

A Little Summer Fun

Here's a recap of some summer fun we've had!

@ the lake:

Fourth of July festivities:

Picking (and eating) blackberries @ Peep & D-Dog's house!

Callaway Gardens: