Christmas Card 2017

A very, very late Christmas Newsletter!

We are a little late here, I'm usually one who is on top of things like this but this year was a little crazy to say the least.

This year has been an expensive year for us, it started on January 1st when a crazy wind storm took down our fence, siding, and roof. Then later in the year our computer died, along with our car door, our AC unit and our washing machine. So hopefully all will be well this next year with our brand new items.

There were also some awesome times this year for the Clark's; we welcomed our first girl in the family! Elizabeth Clair was born on April 7, Jessica appreciates having another female in the house. Elizabeth is perfect for our little family and all of her brothers adore her. We call her our "squishy" since she has the perfect baby rolls that are hard to resist.

 

Another exciting thing that has happened this year, Dustin started his master's degree on Creative Writing and has been doing well. The teacher's have loved all of his stories thus far. He's excited to learn more about story telling to help him with his illustration career. Even though he has to work and has a lot of homework he still finds time to spend time with his family.

Jessica has been pretty busy this year with adding another kid to the family while she continues her two side businesses, even though she is fine just being a stay-at-home mom. She has had photo shoots every month and has done all kinds of artwork for clients from fabric textile to some fine art pieces.

Thomas started first grade this year and is a great reader. He loves to learn and is really into American history, especially the American presidents and he wants to be one some day. He also loves to draw and usually is animating little movies, that's something else he wants to do, make movies of his favorite stories.

Oliver is the big brother while Thomas is at school and he takes that job very seriously. He loves his baby sister and he's her protector. He too loves to draw and animate movies, and he wants to be everything when he grows up. He loves baking with Jessica and he wants to do every step, we are hoping this means in the future he will do all the cooking. And he can't wait to start kindergarten this year.

Peter is the cutest boy there is and he knows it, the girls at all ages just flock to him. He loves to draw as well. He is really into super heroes, especially batman that for a while there he always had a batman cape everywhere he went. He loves jumping on the trampoline and following his two older brothers.

This year has had it's ups and downs but we have been greatly blessed.

And we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

The Clark's