Thanks

to Kellye, Edith, Anne Marie, Emalia, Carolyn, Stephanie, Lacey, Jenilyn, Shannon, Stacey, Tricia, Amelia, Emily, Wendy, Sierra and ....
I have to list a few names to remember.

People change us. And our family was definitely moved by many wonderful associations we found in our last years. Although we enter new stages of life, we can't forget.

Also, moving away is a challenge and I hope these ladies know that their efforts to serve made a huge difference to us in the last weeks. Thank goodness for the great ladies around us!

Also, a few last photos to remember...wish we had more:

We leave Florida richer

Thanks for indulging my sentimentality...

Happy Graduation!

We are happy to announce that Jared finished law school!


On May 15th, 2011 Jared C. Clark graduated from Ave Maria School of Law and earned his Juris Doctorate Degree.


The graduate with proud (and goofy) family!!


some fellow graduating students



Jared has learned so much in the past three years. We are grateful for the opportunity to gain an education. May his efforts be an investment for eternity.

And now Onward!

Fish Tales

The first weekend in May, I took the boys downtown for a fishing clinic. Fly tying, instructions on safety and regulations, and free poles and tackle boxes! It was great!!


The only part I couldn't hack was putting the live shrimp bait on the hooks.


Success! The fish loved that bait and kids were catching things all along the pier.


The same morning Jared was invited to go on a half-day off shore fishing trip with some men in the ward. It was a major treat for him! (Our concert date night and Jared's fishing trip made pretty great celebrations to finish our time with law school in Naples.)
We enjoyed the fish he brought home for the rest of the week...!

Then Jared promised the boys to take them back to the pier for one last fishing trip before we left. Sorry to say that I didn't send the camera with them. They came back with some great stories about a goliath grouper bigger than a man....

Beach Days

One of our last trips to the beach was so neat --forever to be remembered. It was low tide at Clam Pass. And we saw so many different kinds of life. Yes, I had to coordinate the kids' outfits. Jared's was his own idea....

Here is the nice walk through the mangroves.

There were lots of birds ot watch. I enjoy Michael's and Jordan's fascination with all things.

The beach was covered with these live "olive" shells burrowing into the sand.

The previous owner of this shell is now another link in the food chain. The hermit crabs were feasting. The big shallow tide pool was filled with hundreds of crabs. We collected a few beautiful shells-- uninhabited.

Hope to be back soon...

Easter 2011

We enjoy this hunt at Jared's school with other fun families. Tessa is just the right age now to enjoy finding an egg filled with "treats."

cute homemade baskets courtesy of Grandma

Jordan wanted me to take this picture for Grandma Clark. He really liked the fish and special egg in his Easter goodies!

We enjoyed a yummy meal with some neat friends. Inez is our adopted family away from family, and Lenka and Ana are young ladies from Germany.

our humble efforts at dying eggs

We met Lenka on our campout in Key Largo. She and her friend are some of those irresistable people you meet and wish you could hang on to.

It was a special holiday for sure.

A Dream Walking

In Naples we have a great orchestra and Center for the Arts, but we almost missed it.

Just when we were gearing up to leave, a friend offered Jared and me a pair of tickets for a concert and babysitting!

I couldn't believe it!

We love concerts and it's been a long time since our last one. --Going way back to our first date, we went to musical performance at USU. So my friend, Anne Marie, knew just how to treat us.

Our show was music from films and TV by Henry Mancini. It is so fun to hear the live performances with vocals and full orchestra. Most of the music was familiar to us and a few of our favorite numbers were "Moon River" and the theme from "The Pink Panther."

The concert started at 8:00 p.m, so we left the kids at home ready for bed. Our night life is usually so minimal at this stage of life. The whole thing seemed like a dream.

We were some of the youngest people in the audience. And the show was definitely geared to the older generation of our retirement city-- but that was OK because Jared and I are a little outdated anyway.
After the show we left the parking lot in our well-loved student car with all the other luxury vehicles. Events went on as usual the next day at home but with a few new tunes to hum. It was great to step outside the usual stresses and enjoy things we usually only dream of.

Moon River, wider than a mile,
I'm crossing you in style some day.
Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker,
wherever you're going I'm going your way.
Two drifters off to see the world.
There's such a lot of world to see.
We're after the same rainbow's end--
waiting 'round the bend,
my huckleberry friend,
Moon River and me.