Christmas photos 2013

Lindsey Slater and Companions

Happy Everything

From Neal and Chris Clark

From the Ford Family

From aunt Dotty's Daughter Joan.  Aunt Dotty is Grandma Donna's sister.

"Joan wins the best Christmas card every year! They truly are amazing and thought out! We love to get them every year and see what on earth she came up with." Sherrie

This is a photo taken by Jan Clark December 21st 2013

It is her Christmas card.

 This is the first Christmas card I have ever made so I put in some things from years past.  

I call it a portrait of my mind on Christmas eve 2013.

Merry Christmas from Brett, Max, Sam and Justy

3 Christmas Letters

Merry Christmas From The Eldredge Family

Eldredge Poems

Cinquain Poem

By James

       Airplane

    wings, body,

flying, fast, tricks,

   hard, smooth

         RV-4

Snowboarding (a cinquain poem by Martin)

snowboarding

wet, fun

jumping, turning, avoiding

keep away from stuff

winter sport

Two Mountains

(by Natalie Eldredge)

In my home

Two mountains tower,

Formidable, daunting, 

Hour by hour:

Sort the colors,

Wash, then dry.

Fold, put away,

The first mount is nigh.

Another mount,

Another feat:

Set, eat, clear, 

Scrub, dry, repeat.

They vary in size

From small to tall,

But rarely 

Never there at all.

I dig and dig;

They grow and grow

Sometimes fast 

And sometimes slow.

Sometimes one,

Sometimes the other,

Sometimes 

Both of them together.

Mount Dish-everest

Mount St. Laundry

Ever present

For every Mommy.

A Haiku (by Mary)

Creepy crawly wooly bears.

Fuzzy wuzzy fluffy bug

Roly poly bug.

Sweet, Silly Sally 

(by Natalie)

Sweet, silly Sally

Sitting on the floor,

Sucking blocks and tossing rings

While Mommy does a chore.

Sweet, silly Sally

Cannot reach her ball.

She pushes up on hands and knees,

Then rock, and rock,

And…crawl!

Limericks (by Mary)

Limericks are really fun

But sometimes they twist up your tongue.

Some are confusing

And some are amusing.

You won’t really know till you’re done.

A Haiku (by Natalie)

Quiet, peaceful bliss—

A porcelain baby sleeps

Nestled in my arms.

Natalie's talent is getting her babies to sleep!
Mary is making pie--she is quite the cook.
That is James on the unicycle--he asked for it for his birthday.
to be continued...

Mikaila Cook

I got my REAL name tag that I'll be wearing in Japan! I even got to tell them how I wanted Cook spelled for the pronunciation.   koo'koo...  At the little apostrophe you stop your voice for just a second, does that make sense?  so everyone's going to call me sister kookoo!  Like I'm crazy!  They'll never know why I giggle every time.

Me and Joe doing some hard Mission work!

Lindsey Slater

Sister Slater on her mission in Oregon
helping people know that Heavenly Father Loves them.

Lexi, Kirra, and Kaden

made Christmas cakes

ALL BY THEMSELVES! Elfs... ;)

 "caaaakkee!!!!"

Larry's house invasion!

Rare

Brett Clark, seriously contemplating his recent work, Fall Leaves on a Stick
I learned this art technique from my kids when they used to be small and would still go on hikes with me.

A concept "drawing" for my son Max Clark's video game.
He did not approve it but I am rather giddishly impressed with myself.
Pixel Art by Brett Clark