CHS Choir Singing Star Spangled Banner

Click Here to see the Chaparral High School Choir singing The Star Spangled Banner October 2007. Kayla is the last one attending Chaparral!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIik9lp1abo

November 23, 2007

Well - for Thanksgiving this year we went to San Diego, California to have dinner with Rob and Whitney Sanford and their two little boys. Yes - you are right if you are thinking - Isn't Rob Alane's ex-husband and father to Steven and Stephanie? But it was fun for all of the kids to be together for what may be Matt's last Thanksgiing before his mission. And Stephanie said it was the first time she could remember spending Thanksgiving with both of her parents. That's a good thing. The dinner was delicious and Whitney is a wonderful hostess. Stephanie made a pumpkin, apple and banana cream pie. She has become quite the pie maker like her Grandma Fox.

Today - after Brad, Matt and I rode to San Marcos to buy a part for the trailer (our tounge jack broke) we all got to take a ride in a boat down at the Marina where Rob and Steven work. Everyone went except for Steven. He stayed behind to manage the store. Stephanie, Matt, Kayla, Brad, Whitney, Rob, Sam, Noah and I. It was a beautiful day and we had a nice ride.

After the ride we all got together to play a little baseball on the grass at the Marina. Everyone took a turn at bat and running around the bases. It was a fun game! Pictured here are Steven and his little brother Noah. Noah is taking a turn at pitching. Below that Brad is catcher!

On the way back to Rob and Whitney's house the sunset was so neat that we all had to stop and take a picture. The sun looked like it was sitting on the ocean. It was beautiful. Then I turned around and there was the moon. Sun going down with a full moon behind me. Wow.

After another feast of leftovers we went to Garrison Street to see all the decorations. The whole street (except for a few houses) decorate for Christmas. Some of the houses really went all out. Most of the pictures I took did not turn out but here are some of us!

And - then Brad and I went to see his nieces Megan and Kim. Kim just had her second baby, Skyla and we got to see her and Azure. Both little girls are beautiful. I got a good picture of Kim, but Megan refused to get her picture taken. All in all it was a good and busy day. Happy Thanksgiving to all! We hope you had a good one too!

Time Flies

Well - so much has happened since my last post. Brad and Matthew went to the Stake encampment in Kolob (which is in Zion National Park). I went up with Brad the weekend before to drop off some provisions they would be needing for the week. We had a nice ride.

Brad on the quad!

Later in August Brad and I took a weekend trip with our quad and the trailer up to Echo Canyon. We stayed in an RV park rather than at the campground and were able to run the air conditioning and have power. We rode the quad in a really pretty area that had been burned in the past. I will post some of the pictures we took. There is a little meadow that we saw lots of deer and we also saw some horses. We had a nice time. We stopped in to visit Brad's family in Panaca and had a nice visit there. It is always relaxing to take a break in Panaca. It is cooler there and everyone is so laid back.

Deer in Echo Canyon, Nevada.

We took a 4 day weekend over Labor Day and went to Lawrence, Kansas to see James, Shayna and baby Nyah. We forgot our camera so we don't have any pictures. We had a good time. The first 2 days were spent moving them from their old apartment to a new townhome with a fenced back yard and a 2 car garage. It is a very nice place. We enjoyed visiting and watching the baby. She is growing sooooo fast. James is doing very well in school and with his work.

Baby Nyah in her high chair - Sept. 2007

From James and Shayna's Blog!

Cowboy

School is back in session. Matthew is attending UNLV, Kayla is a Junior in High School and Steven is attending San Diego Mesa College. Stephanie is in her 2nd year of teaching middle school choir. Everyone is doing well.


Blake left on his mission to Des Moines Iowa. We have not heard from him but pray for him every day.

Heather and Quinn were here last weekend and we had a great time visiting with them. They brought their dogs, Jasmine, Cooper (Cowboy's brother) and their new dog Braveheart. He is a Mastiff but is still a puppy. He will be very big someday. Cowboy always enjoys playing with the dogs when they come.
Well - this post is long enough for now. Life is good.

Another Week Almost Gone By

This week has been busy. We celebrated Matt and Stephanie's Birthdays on Wednesday, July 25th - Matthew's actual birthday - by eating out at Cheesecake Factory. Brad, Me, Stephanie, Matthew and Kayla all had a good time. We will celebrate again on Sunday with Dinner at Mom's.

Brad is getting ready for the Stake Encampment up at Kolob. They almost did not get to go there because of fires but this past Sunday they had a meeting and they all prayed for rain to come down and put out the fires. The woman who runs the website for Utah Fires reported that they were not expecting rain but the next thing they she knew - rainclouds rolled in, the heavens opened and rain came pouring down on the fire and put it out! She said it did not rain much anywhere else but there. I guess the Lord wants these boys and their leaders to experience what has been planned for them. What a blessing! We will be leaving in the morning to take one of the trailers for the cooking crew up and come back. Brad and the boys will all leave early in the morning on the 30th. I hope to have some pictures to post after he gets back.


For now - here is a pretty picture of Kayla!

July 23, 2007

This past week was so busy I can hardly remember what we did. On Tuesday night we had a camp dinner for Young Women to recognize their participation at girl's camp and to watch a slide show of pictures from Camp. It was fun to go since I did not go to camp and see some of the pictures.

Heather and Quinn came on Friday and stayed until early Sunday morning. I had fun shopping with Heather, Kayla and Matt, while Brad and Quinn took my brother (Kerry) and went shooting.

We had our weekly dinner at Mom's and it was great as usual. We all watched the finale show of The Next Food Network Star and the lady I was hoping would win won!

I created a power point presentation for my Lesson on Sunday. It was fun to work on since I am just learning how to use the program.

Well - that is all for now!

Our First Post

I thought I would start a blog since keeping a journal has been a struggle for me and I fail to put in writing what is going on in our lives! This is the first post to the Brad and Alane Clark blog. I am hoping that people can check here to keep up with what is going on in our lives.

We recently finished fixing up the front yard by taking out the remaining trees in the front yard. Last year (2006) we took out the olive trees. There were two of them and they were messy and huge. This year we took out the 2 40 year old pine trees that were next to the driveway. Brad rented a manlift and Steven steered it while Brad cut branches. At one point Steven climbed out of the lift and into the very top of the tree. It is 65 feet high! Yikes. Over three stories high in the air and Steven is balancing on the top branch. It was a good thing I was not home. Matt helped throw branches in the dumpster as well as Dave Huntsman and his wife Mary. Also Dave's son came and helped. Dave cut the branches on the ground and took all of the logs he wanted away. It was great to have their help. You should have seen when the trees came down with such a thump.

Brad's mom and step-dad flew in to Vegas after being in Indiana to help Brad's brother during an illness and she even got into the manlift and went up.

Now the yard has three new trees and some bushes and rock. No grass. The backyard has nice grass for the dogs.