Hi Clark Family!
Here are a few photos of our growing family.
Most of you are aware that Austin and I welcomed our 11 year old (foster) daughter to our family last August. Her name's Joanne. Here's a picture of her from our trip to Toronto in the spring. It's been a huge change for us, going from no kids to parenting an almost teenager! Yikes! It's been great though. Joanne is a wonderful girl, and we've watched her grow and change in some awesome ways over the past year. It's exciting to see the way God is working in her life. She'll be 12 in a couple of weeks, and we can't wait to celebrate her first birthday with us!
More recently we experienced another big change! We added to our family again, our second foster daughter joined our family four months ago. Her name is Bella, and she's exactly 8 months old.
Both girls are with us permanently, Joanne through our local family services agency, and with Bella we're beginning the adoption process. It gets complicated, but basically Bella is what's called a "crown ward", which makes adoption a possibility. Joanne is under what's called a "customary care agreement" which means we have an agreement with her biologicial parents, but we can't pursue legal adoption. Either way, it's permanent, which is all that matters to us!
I'm planning on putting an entry in the first family newsletter, so I won't say more right now. But here are some pictures, enjoy!