The Clark Family Fun

Happy Birthday to our precious little girl! It has been amazing two years with you! You are so much fun and we love you so much! Here she is: Day 1 1 year old 2 years old Fun facts about Sofia: First words: daddy and bacon First food: egg yolk and liver Crawling: 4 months Walking: 16 months and scooting on her knees in between Using potty: at 14 months Favorite book: Polamal se mravenecek (in Czech) First song: Good morning God Favorite nursery rhyme: Rain, rain, go away (of course?!?) Favorite activities: reading books, chasing Eli, lying on her belly, sucking two of her fingers, helping momy in the kitchen - especially licking... She is afraid of: hair dryer and dogs Nicknames: Sissy, pumpin, scooter and "tupee" Favorite animals: duckies Best friend: brother Eli

Hi everybody! This is Sofia. I would like to tell you about a real fun weekend. I don't know what was going on but I got a REALLY big piece of cake with LOTS of frosting for breakfast! My parents told me that it's my birthday! Whatever it is I love it as long as I get this HUGE piece of cake AGAIN! Ahoj vsichni! Tady je Sofinka! Tento vikend byl moc prima a rada bych vam o nem neco povedela. Vubec tedy nevim, co se to delo, ale dostala jsem k snidani velky kus dortu s maslovym kremem! Tata a mama mi rekli, ze mam dnes narozeniny! Vubec nevim, co to slovo znamena, ale to nevadi, protoze jestli narozeniny znamenaji dort k snidani, jsem PRO! Then dad and mom took me for a fancy dinner to Nimbus restaurant and I sure had fun. I sat down with my best friend Eli by the window. We had the best view ever! I had my own seat (high chai is for babies!), my own white napkin (bibs are for babies)and I even got my own meal (I mean no scrap from my mom's and dad's plate!)I wanted a ha...

Febuary has almost gone by and we have been enjoying it very much. Most of our "life" is happening around the kitchen. As we cook together we talk about diferent things: our topic number one is the rapture of the church now- Eli finds it quite exciting and calls Jesus the Superhero. Yes, indeed! "So mom, I will just dissapear?!? So cool!". He enjoyes playing the piano and learns how to play by ear. Reading a book to his sister is what he enjoys every night. Here he made the alphabet from leftover bread dough. Miss Sofia is growing fast. She extended her vocabulary: chocolate cake, hot dog, hamburger, liver pate, muffin and croisant are her new words. She is also a wonderful singer "God morning God" is her favorite song at he moment. BEST FRIENDS One of Sofi's great faces! Because of cold (24 degrees), wind and snow we stayed at home most of the week and did some ART with the kiddos. They love painting, coloring and crafts. Can you tell? Here is Eli...

Have you ever wondered where has the time gone? It seems like ages since my last post! But we are back! Everybody is doing great! Sofia talks more and more every day. She is absolutely in love with Eric Carle's BROWN BEAR book (thanks Tom & Jo!) She can sit and read it over and over again with her silly little words...I just love it! I am SO THANKFUL that I don't miss ANY moments of their lives! Here she is playing Holy, is Our God Almighty.CAS TAK RYCHLE UTIKA! MAME SE MOC DOBRE. SOFINKA MLUVI CIM DAL VIC. OBLIBILA SI JEDNU KNIZKU O HNEDEM MEDVEDOVI A PORAD DOKOLA JI CTE. TADY HRAJE NA PIANO A ZPIVA. Eli has grown so much! He loves to help me in a kitchen (I bet at least one of my children will become a professional chef!)He is also a little handy man and helps me fix things around the house when dad is gone. Tim and Eli have been working on a few little projects - they made a sword and a bow. It's so much fun when dad is at home and we have been thankful for every ex...

We were so thankful this Christmas because daddy got to spend almost two weeks with us at home. It was a treat! We are so thankful for the Lord Jesus Christ and his presence in our home. Thanks to Him we can enjoy this life to the fullness. TIM S NAMI STRAVIL SKORO DVA TYDNY DOMA BEHEM VANOCNICH SVATKU. MOC JSME SI TO UZILI. Eli enjoyig a gingerbread cookie he made.ELIJASEK MI POMAHAL PECT PERNICKY. TADY UZ JE DLABE. Sofia enjoying a gingerbread cookie Eli made for her. SOFINKA MA RADA SLADKE. TO MA PO TATINKOVI. It was nice to have papa and nana at our home for Christmas.CLAUDE A CHERI S NAMI STRAVILI VANOCE. NA STOLE JE BRAMBOROVY SALAT A VEPROVY RIZEK. We spent a night in downtown Vencouver, had a nice dinner at a hotel and went to ski in Whistler the next day. It was fun! Thank you pana and nana for such a treat!PO STEDREM DNU JSME VYRAZILI DO VENCOUVRU A STRAVILI NOC V HOTELU V CENTRU MESTA. TO BYLO PRIMA.DETI UPLNE MILUJOU HOTELOVE POKOJE A HLAVNE VYTAH. Ready for a nice dinner...

The year 2010 in review. Eli and Sofia have grown a bit! Here they are at the beginning of 2010. ELIJASEK A SOFINKA NAM ROSTOU JAKO Z VODY. TADY JSOU NA ZACATKU ROKU 2010. And here they are now.TADY JSOU NA KONCI ROKU 2010. When I think of 2010 there is only one word that comes to my mind - OUTDOORS - we have spent most of this year exploring the area we live in - lots of hiking, walking, camping, skiing etc. The highlight of the year was a visit of my brother Fanda in September. We wish you all a wonderful year 2011! ROK 2010 JSME STRAVILI OBJEVOVANIM NOVYCH MIST. HODNE JSME KEMPOVALI, CHODILI NA TURY A LYZOVALI. NEJVETSI UDALOSTI ROKU BYLA NAVSTEVA MEHO BRATRA FANDY V ZARI! HEZKY NOVY ROK VAM VSEM!

We just got back from our annual trip to Portland. I know we actually stayed at Hilton in Vencouver, WA but hey it's just across the river! It was always fun and this year it was no different. The kiddos loved the beds with twenty pillows. While Tim was getting bored at meetings the kiddos and me enjoyed a river walk, a nice playground and a great toystore just around the corner from our hotel. It was a vacation for me - extra time with my hubby, no cooking, no cleaning, lots of great shopping and this year I took a cooking class with other ladies at Sur Le Table in Portland. And you know me I LOVE TO COOK (did I say it was nice to have a break from cooking???). We made Holiday Eggnog (so rich and creamy with just a touch of nutmeg), Baked Camembert with Caramelized Onions (Ohhhh..missing my stay in France - I brough about 5 wheels of Camambert and stunk the whole plane with it;-)), Orange- Poached Shrimp with Sweet and Spicy Dipping Sauce , ( a fresh new take on shrimp coctail),...