This week we celebrated Clara’s 8th birthday! We started out her celebrations by having a cousins party with her 9 Sutter cousins the Friday before. It was our first time to see them in 5 years ,and everyone had fun playing games outside together.

One of the things we’ve noticed about Clara since being in the States is how well she interact with older people. I was impressed with how kind she was to my grandma and by the fact that Clara wanted to visit her again. Clara seems to find the grandmotherly type ladies at every church we go to and endears herself to them, as though they were her own family. She loves playing with kids her age, but she also loves to talk with adults. It’s been fun to watch her blossom in this way. Thankful for our Clara!

On Clara’s birthday we went to the Spartanburg Children’s Museum with Grandma Jensen and then had a picnic at Cleveland Park and spent the rest of the afternoon there. The weather was perfect!