Carey Family

Scott and Sue Family

New Mexico Trip

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While Scott was working in New Mexico, we all went down together for a vacation.  We started with Scott flying to Utah, and then all of us driving down to St. George to see Beauty and the Beast and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat at Tuacahn.  They were both great.

We then headed to Las Cruces, where Scott was living temporarily, visiting Zions National Park:

   

Wupatki National Monument:

   

and Sunset Crater National Monument:

   

After spending Sue's birthday in New Mexico, we visited Juarez, Mexico where we did some shopping:

    

and Carlsbad Caverns (which we had visited in 1996, so that was fun to see again, now that the boys were older):

Bats Flying out from Carslbad Caverns at dusk    

After Carlsbad, Mark had wanted to visit the International UFO museum in Roswell, New Mexico.  Now that was interesting!

    

What was even more interesting was all the alien themed items around Roswell:

    

We headed back to Las Cruces where we relaxed, swam, ate out, watched movies, and then all headed back to Utah. 

On the way back to Utah, we visited Pueblo Bonito in New Mexico.  Mark had done a research project on Pueblo Bonito for school so it was interesting to actual visit it.

 

 

Mark’s Eagle Project

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 Mark decided to make easels and sandwich boards (used for advertising , like for plays and concerts) for Timberline Middle School.  Mark spent a lot of time in his grandfather's shop planing and cutting wood and getting it ready for people to assemble, sand, stain, and finish. 

 

Mark and Dad getting ready to start.

 

 

 

 

Doctor Mark Carey….

 

 

 

 

 

now operating on a splinter (one of Mark's favorite things)…

 

 

 

 

 

Planing the wood down to get as smooth as possible

 

 

 

 

 

Easels in a neighbor's basement, assembled and ready for staining

 

 

 

 

 

Almost done….

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scott and Mark loading sandwich boards and easels to deliver to the school.

 

 

 

 

Mark and the principal, Terry Hill, with the eight easels and three sandwhich boards that Mark made.

 

 

 

Mark with the finished product!  All done!  Finally!

 

Tuacahn

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One of the things that we have enjoyed doing as a family is going to the shows at Tuacahn in St. George, Utah during the summer (often for Sue’s birthday).  Billed as “Broadway in the Desert” they put on great shows every year.  They put on two shows during the summer, alternating each night.  This year, we saw “Guys and Dolls” and “West Side Story”.  One of the unique things is the setting.  The stage is outdoors and set back in a red rock canyon with 1000 foot cliffs in the background.

  

You can’t take pictures from inside the outdoor auditorium, but this is right outside it.  The setting is spectacular and the shows outstanding.

Sound of Music

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In 2003, Alpine started a community theater program and did "The Sound of Music", which had been done by the community 20 years earlier.  Mark played cello in the "pit".  The performances were done in an outdoor amphitheater — that's why it looks like Mark is sitting on stone seats.  They kept having problems with it raining, forcing one performance to get cancelled, and another delayed.  All the musicians had to keep scrambling for cover to protect their instruments.  Mark loved playing in the pit and has played in a number since then.

Mark 9th Grade Track

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Mark running track in 9th grade for Timberline Middle School (he's the one in the green shirt).