Torgerson reunion

Daniel's family had an end of the summer reunion a couple weeks ago. We also celebrated the birth of this great man. This is the man that my husband admires the most, who taught Daniel all he knows about being a great dad, and the man that Daniel strives to be like.He will have a milestone birthday this year, but would kill me if I told you which one :) . I have heard about the family get together's at fish lake for our whole marriage and I finally got to go to one. We had good food and good company, and all with this beautiful scenery.

This is an old man hat one of Daniel's sisters made for him. It came with a whistle to blow in case he needed help. I wish I could remember all the funny old man things that were attached to the hat.


All the Grandkids helping Grandpa blow out the candles, and dipping a few fingers into the frosting in the meantime.


I was recruited to take pictures of each family individually and a big group picture- let's just say I didn't do as well as I hoped.

This is our family that someone snapped for us.

A card exchange

What a great idea. Our new ward holds a card exchange group as on of the enrichment groups. They meet every other month, pick a theme for next time and you bring enough of the same (or different if you want) card of that theme and EXCHANGE. So I made 11 of the same wedding card (so much easier than making 11 different) and traded it for 11 different.

Next month is Male birthday cards.

More Lyman fun

It's been a pretty crazy summer. We have been away from home for WAY more weekends than we have been at home.

This was last weekend in Lyman.

Grandpa T. got a horse.
..and we rode it and rode it.
Chase and his cousin 1 month older reading books together.

One of my favorite thing about going to Lyman is that I get to see what the farming life is like. My new experience this time was with picking potatoes.
and then eating our fresh labors.
Chase didn't like picking potatoes because he kept tripping over the plants- so he found his own little way to help.
These boys love Papa T.


and here is part of the reason. Papa T. gives lots of rides.

Then theirs always Grandpa's gym. We took turns pulling each other around on the scooters and when Daniel got too tired to pull Teresa, Chase took the reins.
Recently I have been asked to do some pictures for people- believe me, I wonder what they are thinking as well, but of course I love doing it. I asked Daniel to help me practice using a reflector and this is how it went.

This is after I took the pictures for Daniel's sister. She offered to snap one of us in this lady's backyard. Her backyard was a beautiful forest. But you should have seen the secret room in her house hidden behind a bookshelf. What a fun place to grow up.

And for those who want to know... I didn't end up winning a spot in the workshop. Personally I think I was cheated out of the spot, but that's probably just the sore loser speaking. I really appreciate those who helped.

Somedays I feel like I married super man.

Thanks babe- for the break from my crazy crazy day last night, even after a long day of work yourself.

Things I learned while making croissants:

-They are just as hard to make as everyone always told me. Not necessarily so hard that I couldn't do it (which I always thought was the case) but so hard that it takes FOREVER and makes a big mess.

-They have just as much butter as you hoped they didn't. That's what makes them so messy to make. You don't actually mix butter into the dough, but deal with a layer of butter on it's own. Butter is messy.

-The anticipation of tasting them is enough to keep Chase busy for exactly 32 minutes. He would stand in front of the oven saying "ummy, ummy, mmmmm..." and then run to his high chair and motion for me to put him in. When I would explain that they needed to cook more, he would go back to the oven and repeat" ummy, ummy, mmmmm..."
They cost a fraction of the cost as they sell them for at the store and taste 15 times better.

Edit: This is the recipe I used Croissant rolls. Their picture doesn't really look good... I don't know why theirs turned out so weird looking, but I'm glad it didn't stop me from making them. Also- I didn't notice that the recipe makes 20-30 rolls. Good thing I burned half of them so I only have a dozen instead of two.

I knew my turn would come...

I saw you post things like this on your blog and I knew that with a child like Chase I wouldn't be an exception to this rule of young boys. I did however, learn from your posts and pictures to mentally prepare so that when the time comes I wouldn't freak out until AFTER I took pictures.

This took a lot of preparation on my part because 'freaking out' is just what I do. It's my natural response to almost anything. Just ask Daniel.

I was in my bathroom doing my hair and listening for Chase to get into trouble (it's unavoidable), I heard him saying "eyes eyes". I wasn't alarmed because this is his new little thing. He notices everyone's eyes, and especially in books and pictures. But since I know Chase so well I leaned out of the bathroom to see what "eye's" he had found.

I didn't even know he knew what mascara was.


I must admit... I did freak out a little at first, but calmed myself down. On the other hand, this was Chase's first reaction:
He was happy. He was so proud that he knew what to do with that stuff, but when he say my face:
He got a little worried. He didn't want to hold the tube of mascara for the pictures as soon as he realized that was a "no no."

So just to see what he though I had him look in the mirror. I'm not sure what the reaction was. He seemed a little worried and unsure of what was looking back at him.



Until I burst out in laughter. The we both enjoyed a good giggle.

Not a good week for our car.

First off, someone ran into the back of it. Luckily those are just scratches and no dents. A lot of the scratches are from the other car and rub off pretty easily.


Then we went out to clean our car on Sat. Morning and found this:




Our best guess suggests that our landlord, who was out earlier that morning chopping weeds with a large weed wacker, flipped a rock and broke the window. Nothing was missing or anything, and since he was chopping weeds right next to the car it was the only logical explanation.

He hadn't noticed the broken window, but admitted that was probably what happened. He is picking up our car tomorrow morning and taking it to get it fixed for us so Chase and I don't have to sit and wait for an hour.

I'm so grateful for good honest people that are so willing to help. There is no way we could prove he did it, so all this extra effort is just from being a good guy.

As for the scratches... they will just add a little more personality to our car.