15 Years and Going Strong

I could post a series of photos of our 16 total years together but it would take days. We have had a great run and look forward to an eternity still to come. We have built a family, a friendship and a business. I love this guy, he is the best friend anyone could ask for. He just wants everyone to have fun and get along, what more could a girls ask for?
The past week we got to get away and focus on us, and how much we enjoy having fun together. Tad planned another awesome vacation and we had a blast.


Here's to another 15 + years, Tad I love you and I had a Happy Anniversary.

Halloween Week 5 T's Style

Our weekend started with Davin's baptism, and lots of friends came to visit. That same night was the trunk or treat at the church.
We got into the spirit of the night and had alot of fun with our soups and stews and our trick or treating!
The girls and some friends
The cousins that came to have fun with us.
On October 28 we headed out to Glamis for what would be an awesome weekend of family fun! Tad can plan a great trip, and does every time!
Tad gave Torie a lesson on going up and down Oldsmobile Hill, what would end up being her favorite thin to do for the next 4 days.
Tracy (left) Torie (center) Tad (right) heading up Olds as a family
Tanner had his turn riding his quad, he is getting so big
The family on top of the Hill
Camp fire fun every night, of course marshmallows were a must
Thumbs up to you to Big Daddy
Tara and I on top of the Hill watching Torie
She went up and down for a straight hour
Nate (left) Carter then Charlie and Torie (right) lined up like the dads getting ready to race the hill. Funny how they did this on their own.
Tanner did you have a great trip? He said on the way home... This was fun dad when can we go again, Thanksgiving Big Daddy only a few weeks away.

Good Fun

Every year we try to better our gardening skills. This year we have had great success with the tomato crop. I love having the kids take ownership of their garden.
In preparation for canning day Tanner and I went out and picked only the red ones, that took a little explaining. last weekend I canned the veggies, while the girls and Tanner had a Nascar date with dad. Spaghetti sauce, salsa and applesauce were completed by the time they got home.
The girls were excited to do jam. We decided on peach and pear, and away we went.
Everyone had a job to do and they could see that we had an order to this chaos, each job had to be done before we went on to the next.

I took care of the water bath duties, the girls did pretty much everything else. They were fascinated with pectin.

They did a great job of stirring constantly! They are so much fun to cook with.
Torie tried to get creative and she kept thinking of what we could add to "spice it up" She was reminded how important following the recipe was.
All that was left from here was pop pop pop!

A little hard work and alot of love turns the fruit into jam, quote from Tara!

In all we did 12 peach and 12 pear, and then we all had toast!

Opening Day

Opening day for the soccer season. The girls were ready and looked great.
GO TORIE!!!!!!!
Trying to control the ball.
She had a shot on goal, so close.
Keep that foot down, good job!
And then Tara hit the field a little defense and then.....
Get her girl, good job.
It was time for Goalie, she is so good here!

A long shot from a distance and the Bear caught it, the end result was a loss though, better luck next time.

Labor Day Weekend

The girls had a blast tubing.....

A swim in the rain
What a group
Torie did awesome on the wakeboard
And then she was done.......
My tribe
Tracy and Sam trying doubles
I had to switch to the wakeboard the speeds didn't work for the ski
It was so much fun, Loren and I went too
Thanks to Sam the evening swim was equipped with light sticks
The gang's all here

Tad just as smooth as 13 years ago
Right back at cha Big Daddy
Tad was the private wakeboard instructor he got into the water with Adam,
Sarah
and Liz
And everyone had fun learning
Go Grandma Marshall

By the afternoon Tanner passed out
When we returned to Sarah's one by one everyone went to bed, it was just Tanner and I left and it got quiet, I went looking for him...... 20 minutes later I was about to wake Tad up to tell him I had lost the little guy, and to my surprise I found him on my way to Tad's ear....Look in between the couches
He found the basket of blankets and put himself to bed.

"All the nieces and nephews that attended the boating weekend"

First Day of School

The sixth grader and fourth grader were off this morning at 8:15, we had some butterflies in the stomach, I think it hit Torie that she is now the big girl on campus at school.
Hair done and hobo bags, no more backpacks for these girls
Here she is the newest 6th grader, go Torie you'll be awesome!
Tara was so excited to hear her teacher was Mrs. Hastings, here's to a great year, Bear!
All smiles before we left this morning and they came home with even bigger ones, we love you girls!

The Girls camp Experience

It was a great week for me, I have never been to girls camp as a youth, so I was a first year. I wasn't sure if I would know the ins and outs of camp, the girls were very helpful to me. These are our girls from our branch.
These are the girls from my unit, they were amazing. They have the sweetest testimonies and I appreciate them for the hard fight they fight everyday to choose the right.
We were practicing for the skit night we had coming up, we won, funniest skit!
She wouldn't talk.... so they made her..
Jessie got her skit attire on, go girl you're hot, call me
Being a first year I had to be initiated , it was scary, but I trusted them.....step one
step 2
First aid class.
Ropes course activities, I taught these.
Then it was time to return to our homes.......

Girls camp was a great experience for me and I love these young women more and more each day.