Sensory Experiences

Tommy can't live without being outside everyday, the more outside time - the happier he is. I think he is brainwashing our children into his way of being. I don't think that is a bad thing but there comes a time when being able to sit still inside and do a quiet activity makes mommy a happy woman. 

No such luck tonight. 

Tommy gets home about 6:30 on Wednesdays. We have been doing some yard work in the back; okay, really, trying to grow grass for the fourth year in a row. So he took the kids out there to water the seed we laid down over the weekend. 

I came outside to find my squealing children enjoying a sensory, outdoor experience with Tommy in control of the hose. Needless to say, they were stripped down and thrown into the bath tub immediately after this experience.

We're having a baby!

Spring Break

This vacation couldn't have come at a better time for us. We were all getting cranky and needed a good break. One particular project at my job was bringing me down, Tommy's work is reorganizing and not particularly smoothly, the kids were getting stir crazy (even though we've had great weather) ... so Arizona was just what the Clark Family ordered!


We had a great time at Grandma Pam and Papa Gene's house and we visited lots of other family while there, too. Here's a recap in photos:

Visiting the model train in Sun City Grand

Watching Royals spring training baseball

Being goofy with Tia Maija

Talking with Uncle Phil

Mommy's favorite Kangaroos

Making clay turtles with Grandma Pam

The Royals, says it all for Tommy

Visiting with Great Aunt Charlene and Great Uncle Lowell Gene

Lyla's Photo Shoot

We think that she is into abstracts.

She makes it look so easy!

My mom is so talented. She always amazes me at her skill and patience. Whether it be sewing a purse, piecing a quilt or throwing a pot, her work always comes out looking top notch. 


She showed us how to throw a pot on her wheel in the garage when we were visiting. The kids squealed in delight to get their hands full of wet clay. It was so much harder than it looks. It might look like I was doing it on my own but mom stepped in to make it actually look like a bowl and not just a tall mound of clay!

World Wildlife Zoo

Tommy is on a quest to visit as many zoos around the country as he can so that he can write a guidebook describing their positives and negatives. I think that guidebook will be a little outdated when he gets it published but it is fun to document our numerous zoo visits.

So, when Grandma Pam said she wanted to take us to the World Wildlife Zoo just down the way from there house - Tommy was on it!

The kids had a lot of fun and in particular loved the Log Flume. I think we have some wild ones on our hands. And that's not good because I don't really like amusement park rides and Tommy isn't that interested, either!