Tolman Family Reunion

Maddie's brother-in-law is a police officer and has a lot of guns. The one Sawyer is shooting is a M-16 Assult Rifle. He looked like a kid at Disney Land while he was shooting it and looking back with a silly grin. Maddie is shooting her grandpa's 12 gauge right at the clay pidgen and not a bad shot I might add.

On the 4th of July we spent most of the day on the lake with all the siblings and all the kids. There was a huge three person tube that got drug around by the boat. Sawyer was able to get in a little bit of his wakeboarding and skiing fix. He still has it! Rock was unsuccessful in trying to throw us off the tube! The holiday was finished off with dinner and fun with the family.

The cabin is in Pinto, UT 45 minutes Northwest of St. George on a mountain side. We decided to climb to the top one day with everyone including my sister Joey's baby Britt. Sawyer was a gentleman and voluteered to have the baby on his back most of the way up the mountain. On the way down Britt fell asleep and his head was flopping back and forth but enjoyed the ride and slept through it.

One of our favorite things to do at the cabin was ride 4-wheelers. Every night we would end our day with a nice ride through the mountains sometimes riding together and sometimes on our own.
It was fun to be reunited with the whole Tolman family. Even though it was only a few days we had a great time and got away from our busy lives at school. Can't wait for next year!

The New Edition To The Family

The best event of the summer in Rexburg is a big hick fest of a demolition derby. The 10 dollars we spent got us an annoying drunk lady wearing half the clothes anyone would wear, that wouldn't keep her mouth shut about her boyfriend that was 8 years younger than her, while leaning back and practically resting on Maddie's lap! About half way through Sawyer looked down from the top bleacher we were sitting on and saw that the support underneath was bending slightly. He said to himself "oh, it will probably hold us but that's not good." Well one minute later the bleachers started falling sideways and Sawyer jumped off the side and helped me up after they hit the ground. The lady sitting next to Maddie got her foot caught and probably broke some bones. There is an experience we can say we had but will never do it again!


On a good note, we were able to go golfing at the local Municipal Golf Course and played nine holes. Sawyer did well for not playing since before the mission. We had a good time in the sun and Maddie learned a lot about golfing, including that eleven shots on one hole is not good!


The "New Edition" to the family is a 2007 DRZ-400sm. Sawyer found a good deal that he just couldn't pass up, well maybe we could have but it is a nice ride to school and not worry about parking and in a small town like this they're not too dangerous. We enjoy going for rides through the farm lands on the old farm roads and looking at all the potatoes grow ha. Sawyer has always loved motorcycles and has finally gotten one of his own and knows that it is only temporally and when children come, the bike goes.