2009 Kentucky Derby

Our 2nd Kentucky Derby Party (first one in Oklahoma). Grillin' on the front porch, big hats, lots of friends... fun was had by all.


Standing room only!!!

2009 Big XII Men's Tourney

Well, it has been WAY TOO LONG since this blog has been updated, and we have probably lost what few readers we had, but I am bringin' it back baby!!! The next few entries are going to catch you up to what we are doing now via a few big events since we last updated (the last time it snowed in OKC).

Mizzou won. It rocked. 'Nuff said.

Snow Day!!!

January 27th, 2009: OKC gets more freezing rain/ice/snow than it can handle. Everything closes down... EVEN TINKER AFB!!! So, Ellen and I got a Snow Day together. After diligently working in the morning and early afternoon, it was time to play.

That is when we went outside and noticed something very peculiar. We are still finding out things about our house that we like, but this one was unexpected: Magic Grass!!! Apparently snow/ice/etc will not stick to the grass in front of our house. As you can plainly see, every house on our street has snow covered lawns except for ours!


Some of you might be thinking, surely they shoveled their grass to just look like that. Really? Why would we shovel our lawn, that makes no sense. The real travesty here is that our driveway is not so magic and that will still need some wintertime maintenance when frozen precipitation starts falling.

Ellen tried her hardest to make a snow angel, but with only a thin layer of snow on top of ice, she just did not weigh enough to make a lasting impression.



Unfortunately in her efforts to make the snow angel, she had some frostbite issues and lost her left hand. She will quite possibly never be the same, but just as you would imagine with Ellen, she still had a smile on her face!

My NEW Camera (Take 3)

Here is the final set of pics. All of these are from the Trail de Paris (TX that is).

She may be all of 5'1" on a good day with shoes, but MAN does she have some serious Ups!!!

My NEW Camera (Take 2)

The following pics are all from around the Clark home this Christmas 2008.

Meet Scout, the newest addition to the Clark household and a great lap dog!

My NEW Camera!!! (take 1)

Well, I have decided to try my hand at photography as it is something I really enjoy doing and Ellen says I need something outside of work (provided I get some time away from work). So here are a few of my first pictures with my new camera (the Nikon D90). These are pictures all taken in full auto mode and as I learn more about photography I will be cooler and not use the full auto mode, but I like the results I have gotten so far with this camera. These are some of the very first pictures taken with this camera.

The very first picture snapped with this camera, and most likely the subject of the majority of future pictures...

Initially very impressed with the ability of this camera to catch the details in the dark, also a shot of the first time we had ever put up Christmas lights!!!

Just took a couple of pics around the house...

Updates Galore!

We have finally updated the blog after a six week hiatus!! 2008 was a great year for us! We are so excited about our choice to stay in Oklahoma City. We were able to see so many friends and family over the year through weddings and trips. We are looking forward to the unknown in 2009 and we promise to do a better job of capturing our life through the blog! Read below for more updates!