Sunday, October 11, 2009

Catching up!

Family hanging out this Sunday afternoon.




Shad with new sister.
Ready to go home.
Kaera listening to the song Becky wrote for her. She loved it! Calmed her right down.


Adam and Andrew with their new sister.

Story time for the youngsters.
Kveena's first dance. She was a natural. She was thrilled her parents got to be chaperones!

Kids watching for Tyler and Benjamin to arrive.
Dad's injuries after stopping one of his employees from scoring!
Wayne, Shad, and Kveena got autographs from Jon Schmidt and his Cello Player Steve Sharp Nelson (Shad's hero). They did a fireside at the tabernacle and the music was incredible. They learned some great things about the importance of good music and avoiding peer pressure.

The underwear twins!
Nothing could stop Melvin from doing his part! Not even the broken hand.
We got great seats thanks to Raeghn and her friend in the Choir.
Dad, Shad, Adam, and Andrew went out on an adventure in our forest and found our wild plumb tree. They tasted incredible!
Our "Character"! Adam showing why all the girls think he rocks!
Wayne and Shad climbed the Wellsvilles with their scout troop. Lots of snow at the top! A great accomplishment.
Raeghn got us some tickets to the last session of conference. It was amazing. Elder Holland's talk on the Book of Mormon had everyone including Dad in tears. It was life changing. The kids will remember that the rest of their lives.
Dave and Family came into town on the way back from Conference. We had Mitch and Family over too and had a cake for Kyle.








Shad and Dad went up shooting in the canyon and helped some other people learn how to use their cameras.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Kaera Ann Torrie

Kaera is short for Kaerlihed which is the danish noun for love. The pictures and video that follow document our love's entry into this world.

































This is video of her first breath and cry here on earth. Again for the 6th time, I refused to cut it's life line to mom. Gross!

Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Our trade show booth at the AUVSI Conference in DC.
Raeghn, me(taking picture), and our CFO trying to figure out how we are going to make payroll. Wanted to remember this tough day when things seemed so bleak.

Our new pond that the state paid for as a wildlife reserve for grouse. Haven't seen one out there but "build it and they will come" I always say.
Eric came by for FHE on his way to BYU, coincidently just in time for the hotdogs. Students!a

Raeghn staying fit so the baby will be too.
Adam's first day of Grade 1 and Andrew's first day of kindergarten!