The Clark Family Fun

This trip was quite spontaneous and unexpected! We went there to spend a weekend with the Pearls! Michael and Debbie Pearl whose ministry influenced our lives significantly. We picked up a couple of their books (To Train Up A Child and Created To Be His Help Meet) at church in Kapa'a we used to go to. What a blessing their ministry has been to us in child rearing, marriage and Bible teachings!  We always wanted to meet them but were never able to make it to any of their Shindig camps. They are from Tennessee.  When we moved to Oahu last year we learned that both of their sons live in Kauai and go to the same church as we did while living there!  So great! I love how the Lord works! Mr. and Mrs. Pearl came to visit their sons and also teach seminars on homeschooling, parenting and marriage last weekend!  We surely did not want to miss our opportunity! So here we are on the way to the airport!   It was raining most of the time but we had a few sun breaks and

Our little princess turned 3 last week. We had a small family celebration with a cake and gifts. She loves nuts and raisins so carrot cake was a good choice. She loved it. She got an American doll that she was really excited about. It is a lot of fun to watch Sofia and Lucie play together with their dolls now.  Lucie loves:  books, hiking, food, beach and helping in the kitchen. She can : ride a bike and a scooter, roller skate, count to 20 and unload the dishwasher all by herself. Her favorite color is pink, though blue suits her the best. Definitely daddy's girl!                                                           Happy Birthday, Lucie! You are our sunshine!

Sofia turned 6! She could barely wait for her B day! After all turning 6 is a BIG deal! We had a small family celebration with an old fashioned chocolate layer cake. An old-style, mile - high cake with a tender, airy, open crumb and a soft, billowy frosting. It turned out great. I even made the chocolate from scratch.  I think her face says it all! Waiting for cutting the cake was simply too hard to bare.  Sofia was blessed with lots of dresses! She loved it all! Lucie loved the cake! So great to have siblings! More cakes to share!!!  I took the B day girl to an American Girl store in Honolulu. She chose a little outfit for her doll. After that we went to a nice little Thai restaurant in town. She loves sticky rice and sweet curry.  The best of all - night out with dad! What a date! She was very very delighted! (Her own words.)  One of her Dolly - and- Me dresses.  Happy Bir