Welcome to Clowd 9

     If being on cloud nine means that everything is perfect.  Then this family is far from cloud nine.  I don't know if these imaginary classification of blissfulness follow the number line into the negative region, but if they did we might be on cloud negative 9 some days.  But if cloud nine means that there is an abundance of happiness, then we can take a nap on that cloud every once in a while.
     We should probably start by pointing out the name of this blog doesn't contain a typo.  Thanks to our nephew Jack our family has come to be known as the Clowds.  Many nicknames throughout history have come from those times when our young, in all their cuteness, have troubles pronouncing words with their limited vocabulary.  Our last name was just too big of a word for Jack, so he referred to us as the Clowds.  I guess that nickname is more rational than the one our 2 year old gave to his older brother Ken.  With a simple name like Ken, one would anticipate little trouble pronouncing it.  But leave it to a 2 year old to refer to his brother, Ken, as Aye Aye.
     A little more about this place called Clowd 9.  Like I mentioned earlier, things on Clowd 9 are far from perfect.  But we try to fill this place with a perfect love.  Mr. and Mrs. Clowd began their lives together shortly after high school.  Along the way we picked up some additions to the family.  Our patch in the sky now contains Easton, Kamdyn, Aye Aye, Cy, and Brooks.  Oh yeah, and we can't forget Tilley.  She is not to be confused with someone who is welcome at all times in the house.  Tilley is our gog(another one of those vocabulary problems for a two year old).  Tilley has chewed up one too many of Mrs. Clowd's household items.  This has landed her in the hot seat, and one slobbery slipper away from a permanent home somewhere else.
     As our family continues to grow, we are beginning to see just how crazy things are about to become.  With this we are faced with the same problems that most families are faced with today; limited time, limited resources, a lack of energy, and a hope that someday things will slow down, and the kids will stop getting bigger.  We will try to share the happy times as well as the sad.  Hopefully there will be lots of fun times.  We hope you enjoy Clowd 9.