Christmas pictures

These pictures were taken at our candle light service for Christmas.

We a Christmas meal with all of the missionaries here in Autlan. It was a big group as you can see, with other family members visiting during the holidays. This picture does not include not many of the 11 kids as well.

The girls love Elizabeth. They never keep the clothes on their dolls either.

First thing the girls opened was their stockings. Candy, Candy, Candy. What were we thinking? Every time you looked, Lillian had a new piece of candy in her mouth.



Opening presents on Christmas morning.

Lillian finally got a new bike so she can ride like the big girls.
She loves to put all kinds of toys in the front basket.

Anna and Aletta love their new dolls that Grandma and Grandpa sent them. Lillian got a new Winnie the Pooh to replace the one that had it's nose chewed off by Denver.

We love our new dolls. We especially like the fact that they have our names sewn into them.

Jessie and her new mandolin. Lilly is in her happy place!

Just hanging around! Anna showing off her new princess doll.

What's in it Uncle Ben? Can I help you?

My Brother Ben stayed with us for a few days before he went on to another town in Mexico for a youth conference. It was great to have him here.
He was the first person to come and visit here in Mexico.

We went up on the mountain to see all of Autlan.
I though the cactus was cool. No snow around here.



We went out for some Mexican food downtown Autlan
including some liquados (Mexican smoothies).

Christmas Tree

Decorating the Christmas tree.

Aletta really likes the Christmas lights.

It is a small tree but for the girls, it's great!



Mom helping Lillian put on a Christmas ornament.



Lillian playing out in the cochera.



Anna and Aletta playing house under the table. They even moved some rugs to use as carpet. Aletta has a doll and Anna has her CD player.

Here is Anna working on her cartwheels.

The girls

The girls at La Roca Church.

We are back!!!!!!

Anna had her first performance last night. She was so cute. Here she is with Morgan another missionary kid here in Autlan, just after the performance.



Here they are again. Anna was so serious.

TO OUR FAITHFUL VIEWERS

A few days ago Andy fell down the stairs at the Coffee shop. It was late at night and raining and the stairs had become very slippery. Andy is fine except for a few bruises. Unfortunately our camera that he landed on did not survive the fall. Due to our lack of a camera Clark Creation will be inactive for awhile. So sorry :(

House video #1

These are a continued tour of our house. We had to break it up a bit.
Enjoy!

Video #1



Video #2

Video #3



Video #4



Video # 5

a few different pictures

Our house from the mountain. The house is peach colored & our truck is parked right in front.



The Girls at church.



Apple pie made in a cast iron skillet. It was delicious!

Independence day and Wild life

Here is Jessie and Lillian the day of Independence day.
It rained most of the night.
Nice cowboy hat!!!

Here is a moth that was later was caught and eaten by a a furious black cat named Spartacus.



Here is a small gecko the girls were very interested in watching.

Lillian and Anna's first day at Ballet

Lillian, being like her big sister in the bathroom trying to comb what little hair she has.

Anna at her first Ballet class! Look how cute she is!

Pictures of Lillian's birthday

Lillian's birthday

Here is a short video of Lillian's birthday party.



We paid less than $2o to rent the Jumper for the whole party!

At the beach

A few pictures from our weekend away with the Team at the coast, which is only 70 miles away, but a 3 hour drive through the mountains.



We stayed at this hotel for $25 a night!!! The girls loved the pool.



This is a crocodile in the ocean! We only saw it in the morning.



A picture of the beach.



The pool we swam in all the time, because the ocean waves were really strong. It was low season so we had the place to ourselves for the most part.

A few things we have had to deal with

Our bathroom was green tile with a blue floor???!! So we decided to use some donated white latex paint to cover the floor. After a week we realized we did something wrong because it was not drying. So one picture is of me putting it on and the other is of Andy taking it off. You learn something new everyday.

Well here is some of the wild life we get to experience being here in Mexico.