Tuesday, December 14, 2010
The Light Parade
Every year our town puts on a parade called, "The Glow on Monroe". It's fun to see the reaction from the kids. This year Emmalin made the night for us all. She would scream "Merry Christmas" and wave very enthusiastically to all of the passing floats and people on them. Her excitement was contagious! Amberly and Gage loved getting to pet the miniature horses when they came by. It's just a fun time to be with our community and celebrate Christmas together. Carrigan thought the firetrucks were awesome! 
"Leon" the Elf
A few days after Thanksgiving this little Elf showed up at our house.
He had a note with him addressed to the Clark Children. The note let them know that his name was Leon and that he was assigned to our home by Santa. His job is to watch the children and then report back to Santa each night. In the morning he returns but in a different spot. The kids love trying to find him each day! It's been so fun!
He had a note with him addressed to the Clark Children. The note let them know that his name was Leon and that he was assigned to our home by Santa. His job is to watch the children and then report back to Santa each night. In the morning he returns but in a different spot. The kids love trying to find him each day! It's been so fun!
Wednesday, December 1, 2010
My Christmas Crafty Projects
I have fully taken advantage of Emmalin's nap time over the last month! I wanted some new Christmas decor, but didn't want to spend a fortune. Simple and inexpensive was my motto.
The first cost me nothing! It was actually came to be because of a mistake I made. I have had this wreath for many years. I had this great idea to wrap it around the light hanging over the kitchen table. Well it didn't work as planned and so we came up with a new idea. Luckily our last name starts with "C". So now we have a monogrammed wreath hanging on our front door.
I wanted the living room to be Christ centered and calm. The room is already green, with black, brown, and white accents. For Christmas we added silver and red berries. These white trees were so simple to make. I used styrofoam cones, spread them with glue, and then rolled them in that fake snow stuff. I set them on top of $1 glass candlesticks.
I LOVE this little Nativity. I ordered the unfinished wood and painted it myself. The silver star in the background I made out of poster board and paint. I LOVE barn stars but I'm to frugal to pay for them just to decorate for Christmas. Maybe one day when we are rich, HA HA! You'll see a few more stars in the some of the pictures farther down.
This is my wall decor that hangs year round but we added some ornaments and my FAVORITE Christmas pictures of my kids. We took these pictures a few years ago for our Christmas card.
I really like the Subway art that is out in blogland and so I made some of my own.
This garland hangs in the living room window. The frames are from the dollar store. They were originally gold. I painted the frames white, distressed them, and put a nativity silhouette in them. The stars are made from cereal boxes, sheet music, and glitter. I used the same ornaments hanging from my wall decor hooks to embellish the garland. Actually the ornaments are all throughout the room.
My Family Room and Kitchen are all decked out in red, green, and Santa! This is a sign I painted to sit on top of my stove.
More subway art.
I LOVE plates. Normally the plates up on this wall are aqua and orange. Not exactly Christmas colors! Fortunately I only needed to purchase a few more to have enough to go on the wall. The blocks below are made from a $3 piece of wood that I bought from LOWES. They even cut it for me. I hand painted the letters on which is pretty obvious, but oh well!
I used more styrofoam cones from the dollar store and sparkly twine to make these. So easy.
The first cost me nothing! It was actually came to be because of a mistake I made. I have had this wreath for many years. I had this great idea to wrap it around the light hanging over the kitchen table. Well it didn't work as planned and so we came up with a new idea. Luckily our last name starts with "C". So now we have a monogrammed wreath hanging on our front door.
I wanted the living room to be Christ centered and calm. The room is already green, with black, brown, and white accents. For Christmas we added silver and red berries. These white trees were so simple to make. I used styrofoam cones, spread them with glue, and then rolled them in that fake snow stuff. I set them on top of $1 glass candlesticks.
I LOVE this little Nativity. I ordered the unfinished wood and painted it myself. The silver star in the background I made out of poster board and paint. I LOVE barn stars but I'm to frugal to pay for them just to decorate for Christmas. Maybe one day when we are rich, HA HA! You'll see a few more stars in the some of the pictures farther down.
This is my wall decor that hangs year round but we added some ornaments and my FAVORITE Christmas pictures of my kids. We took these pictures a few years ago for our Christmas card.
I really like the Subway art that is out in blogland and so I made some of my own.
This garland hangs in the living room window. The frames are from the dollar store. They were originally gold. I painted the frames white, distressed them, and put a nativity silhouette in them. The stars are made from cereal boxes, sheet music, and glitter. I used the same ornaments hanging from my wall decor hooks to embellish the garland. Actually the ornaments are all throughout the room.
My Family Room and Kitchen are all decked out in red, green, and Santa! This is a sign I painted to sit on top of my stove.
More subway art.
I LOVE plates. Normally the plates up on this wall are aqua and orange. Not exactly Christmas colors! Fortunately I only needed to purchase a few more to have enough to go on the wall. The blocks below are made from a $3 piece of wood that I bought from LOWES. They even cut it for me. I hand painted the letters on which is pretty obvious, but oh well!
I used more styrofoam cones from the dollar store and sparkly twine to make these. So easy.
After decorating above my kitchen cabinets I realized that I needed something somewhat tall and wide to fill a gap. Again, the cereal box stars came to the rescue. I painted them red, used distressing ink, and splattered a little bit of white and brown paint on them. Glued them to wooden skewers that I had also painted red and stuck them in foam core board. It filled the space PERFECTLY! Here's the link for the 5 pointed dimentional stars that I used.
On my tree I thought it would be fun to have pictures of Christmas' past. These are the same dollar store frames that I used in my Nativity garland.
I also made a few Mod Podge frames but couldn't find a place to put them, so I just hung them on my tree.
Can you see the tree under all those ornaments! HA HA! This was a family project.
I still have more project I want to do but they may have to wait until next year. Wow things get busy this time of year!
On my tree I thought it would be fun to have pictures of Christmas' past. These are the same dollar store frames that I used in my Nativity garland.
I also made a few Mod Podge frames but couldn't find a place to put them, so I just hung them on my tree.
Can you see the tree under all those ornaments! HA HA! This was a family project.
I still have more project I want to do but they may have to wait until next year. Wow things get busy this time of year!
Saturday, November 27, 2010
3rd Annual Ornament Exchange
Nathan and Amanda hosted this years Ornament Exchange. As usual everyone did great and we all have some special new ornaments for our tree.
We each pick a scripture or something gospel related that was important to our family during the last year and make or buy an ornament to reflect it.
1. Dad and Mom- (Dad made these all by himself this year. Way to go Dad) Psalm 24:3-4 Clean hands and a pure heart.
2. Kimball and Tiffin - President Monson's "The 3 R's of Choice"
3. Rob and Heidi - Doctrine and Covenants 136:28 Praise the Lord with singing and dancing.
4. Nathan and Amanda - Family Home Evening
5. Michael and Allison - Jonah 1-3 The story of Jonah and the Whale.
6. Scott and Katie - Hymn #260 Choose to be on the Lord's team. Scott got a good laugh from this one. Rumor has it that he picked this particular ornament just so that Ben would have to hang an ASU ornament on his tree.
7. Ben and Janelle - Mosiah 2:7 The story of King Benjamin's tower.
8. Patrick and Kelli - "My Heavenly Father Loves Me"
9. Mike and Kristi - Isaiah 33:2 we have "waited" for thee and the "power of His arm"
Good job everyone. I always look forward to this night. It's fun to see what everyone comes up with. It's also sweet to listen to my family members as they explain their ornament and know that they know they have a Heavenly Father who loves them. I hope it's a tradition we carry on for many more years.
We each pick a scripture or something gospel related that was important to our family during the last year and make or buy an ornament to reflect it.1. Dad and Mom- (Dad made these all by himself this year. Way to go Dad) Psalm 24:3-4 Clean hands and a pure heart.
2. Kimball and Tiffin - President Monson's "The 3 R's of Choice"
3. Rob and Heidi - Doctrine and Covenants 136:28 Praise the Lord with singing and dancing.
4. Nathan and Amanda - Family Home Evening
5. Michael and Allison - Jonah 1-3 The story of Jonah and the Whale.
6. Scott and Katie - Hymn #260 Choose to be on the Lord's team. Scott got a good laugh from this one. Rumor has it that he picked this particular ornament just so that Ben would have to hang an ASU ornament on his tree.
7. Ben and Janelle - Mosiah 2:7 The story of King Benjamin's tower.
8. Patrick and Kelli - "My Heavenly Father Loves Me"
9. Mike and Kristi - Isaiah 33:2 we have "waited" for thee and the "power of His arm"
Good job everyone. I always look forward to this night. It's fun to see what everyone comes up with. It's also sweet to listen to my family members as they explain their ornament and know that they know they have a Heavenly Father who loves them. I hope it's a tradition we carry on for many more years.
Amberly Got a Little Creative with Picnik...
This is Amberly and her cousin Anna all gussied up! Amberly has fun using Picnik.com!
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Clark Thanksgiving Pie Gathering
We met in our favorite park for pie. 
The kids sampled the pies and judged them based on appearance, crust, filling, and flavor.
Not a winner...I love Jayden's face :)
Yum! 
And the winner was...Ashley with her Pumpkin Cheesecake. Delicious! Jaci and Noah are interviewing her on her win!
We played kickball - Indians (boys) versus Pilgrims (girls). So fun...until Uncle Jay turned the sprinklers on while the girls were in the outfield. Oh Uncle Jay, we will get you back one day!
Amberly was so excited that she made it to base!
A fun little paper bag turkey that that Carrigan and I made filled with popcorn and pretzels.
The kids sampled the pies and judged them based on appearance, crust, filling, and flavor.
Not a winner...I love Jayden's face :)
Yum! 
And the winner was...Ashley with her Pumpkin Cheesecake. Delicious! Jaci and Noah are interviewing her on her win!
We played kickball - Indians (boys) versus Pilgrims (girls). So fun...until Uncle Jay turned the sprinklers on while the girls were in the outfield. Oh Uncle Jay, we will get you back one day!
Amberly was so excited that she made it to base!
A fun little paper bag turkey that that Carrigan and I made filled with popcorn and pretzels.
The Dad's had a pie eating contest. Kimball won! He has been careful about what he has been eating lately because of a "biggest loser" contest he is in. This was his first sweet in a while. He downed the pie in one bite! 
...and then licked the plate clean! HA HA!
The dad's didn't think it was fair that they were the only ones with pie all over their faces. And then the pie fight started! Whipped cream everywhere.
...and then licked the plate clean! HA HA!
The dad's didn't think it was fair that they were the only ones with pie all over their faces. And then the pie fight started! Whipped cream everywhere.
Fun! I think we have a new Clark Tradition!
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