The Clark Family Experience

I've dreaded the moment for the span of my motherhood, and it finally happened last night at Target. Amber and Karli were in the shoppi...

Check out my all-time favorite TV commercial in the sidebar. I saw it the other night on So You Think You Can Dance and I got teary-eyed be...

As an English major, I'm pretty much enthralled by language and the acquisition thereof (nerd alert!). One of my favorite things to witn...

To all of you ladies out there (I don't think I've achieved the blogger popularity of having mannies read my blog, but in case I hav...

Amber and Karli are talking up a storm these days; Karli is learning how to use sentences and Amber is rapidly increasing her vocabulary (a ...

Amber has always loved mermaids; she was Aquamarine for Halloween and is obsessed with Disney's "The Little Mermaid". She eve...

My little sister, Allison, was called to the Denmark Copenhagen mission today. My cousin, Skyler, is serving there, too, so they'll ge...

Living in Michigan has taught me to appreciate the things I hated while growing up in Idaho and Utah, but living in a desert is the thing I ...

Here are some of Rex's best tricks--the gang signs he's learned from five weeks of living in the ghettos of Lansing. He's a ...

Last night we had yet another brush with crime and punishment; of course, we wouldn't be able to have a normal week at The Arbors withou...

The other day, Amber and Rex interacted so much that they tuckered right out on the couch. It was adorable!

I never believed that having strict schedules and enforcing routines was all it is cracked up to be. Yes, I know, many of you are frenetica...

People always tell me it's the small things that make life wonderful and I agree. I find it funny that once in a while, the small things...

Rex is rarely awake, so anytime he opens his eyes I reach for the closest camera I can find (usually my cell phone...which explains the bad ...

My friend Jeanette Neal is a photographer and took some great shots of the kids right after Rex was born. Here are just a few; there were ...

Today Adam put Rex down for his morning nap. He said, "Hey Rex, should we take a man nap?" and they both dozed off. Apparently, a ...

I'm sure every parent can relate to this...here's a rundown of the sleeping arrangements that comprised last night: 9:00 p.m. Rex fa...

I always thought mommy brain syndrome was a myth until I had kids. It seems like after each of my children was born, I had a period of about...

Amber and Karli love to perform for our friends Derrick and Leslie. Whenever we see the Larsons, the girls break out their yoga moves, thei...

We are so excited to have Rex here! I think all my complaining during pregnancy paid off, because this delivery (sorry to all you moms out t...