Happy Birthday Clark!

Wednesday, April 23, 2008, by Leigh Anne

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Yes, there is another birthday at our house this week. My two sweet college boys are exactly two years and five days apart.

Clark James turns 22 today! Unfortunately, Jim and I are on our way to Marco Island, Florida (well - fortunate for us - unfortunate for Clark) and Clark will be on a plane home this evening for his break between semesters. We are sad we will miss most of Clark’s visit home but he will have a good time with his two sisters and rest assured I have stocked the house really well with all of Clark’s favorites. There are ten bottles of Gatorade in the garage refrigerator and the cupboards are overflowing!

I wanted to share one of my favorite photos of Clark - he was 18 months old.

I had this picture taken right before his father MADE ME cut those beautiful blonde curls off. Daddy just couldn’t handle having people ask if he was a boy or a girl! So off they came and they never grew back. So sad!

I love this picture too - it was taken last summer during our family reunion at the beach right after Clark had returned from his two year church mission to Chile.

You may wonder how a 5′2″ woman married to a 5′10″ man ended up with a 6′1″ son??? Well - that 5′10″ man has a brother that is 6′7″ - that’s how!

I love my big boy! Clark may look like a big, tough guy but he has such a gentle heart. If Clark is anywhere around babies or little children you can be sure that he will be rolling around on the floor with them or holding that baby.

One of my favorite memories is the night we brought Baby #3, our first sweet baby girl, home from the hospital. It was the middle of the night and she was sleeping in a cradle in our room. She woke up crying. As I got out of bed I saw that 3 year old Clark was already there, rocking the cradle, trying to soothe his new little baby sister back to sleep.

What a sweetie. Clark just completed his sophomore year of college, majoring in American History. He is planning on attending law school after completing his undergraduate degree.

Happy Birthday Clark - we love you and are so proud of you!!!

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