It's A Clark's Life

Sled Riding

Dylan loved to sled ride every chance he could get.  We found a couple of good spots.  This one is behind a church near Grandma and Papa's house.  Dylan caught some serious air after hitting the jump square on.  He promised me he had a good time, although his face tells a different story.  We made several trips down to the water to step on "ice bergs" that were forming on the water.  

Tubes for Dylan

Since early September we had noticed Dylan's hearing wasn't up to par and we were realizing he wasn't just ignoring us!  The doctor in Japan confirmed that his ears were 100% filled with fluid and he needed tubes in his ear to drain it.  Dylan had the surgery on December 28th.  He was a trooper through it all, a model patient.  It is remarkable how much his hearing improved instantly.  He went from 40% hearing loss to almost none!  

Christmas 2010

We had a fantastic Christmas Day this year.  We traveled from Tokyo to Michigan on Dec. 18th which gave us one week to get ready for Christmas.  On Sunday, the Clark family cut two fresh trees on a farm in Rockford.  Then we loaded them up and delivered one to Grandpa and Grandma's house where we warmed up with a bowl of soup and then decorated it with lights.  The second one went out to the beach house.  The boys had a great time putting the lights, garland and ornaments on this tree and hung the stockings.

 Now the formerly summer looking house is ready for Christmas and Santa to arrive.

Christmas Eve.  Grandpa and Grandma spent the night so they could see the boys open gifts in the morning.

Daddy told Santa that we would be in Michigan this year and that we would leave the backdoor open for him because we didn't have a chimney.    

It looks like Santa found us!

 The Clark Grandkids.  Marcus, 16, Liana, 12, Rede, 8, Dylan, 5, Brycen, 1  

Christmas Shoot Outakes

Oops, a little heavy on the second child side (bet you don't hear that often) but I can assure you there are more great pictures of Dylan but they are on the other computer which happens to be halfway around the world at the moment...I'll add those later.