Jessica and Chris' Wedding in NH- Part 1

Here are the best of our photos from the grand event that happened October 23, 2010 in Jackson, NH. We came the week before and helped with the final details. Aaron brought his mountain bike and enjoyed the local trails.

Aaron and Chris Riding at the Quarry in North Conway, NH


Carving Daniel's "Scary" Pumpkin


One of the View's from Aaron's Ride in the Bartlett Experimental Forest



Jessica ordered roses from a local florist and we gathered greens from the woods and yard to create the table arrangements.

Jessica and Anya working on the vases.


Leslye put the final touches on, including the ribbons.



Having fun at Aunt Jess' and Uncle Chris' while the flowers were put together.


Gorgeous roses and petals.


The final masterpieces and their creators.


Hard at work making food for the Sunday brunch.


Shredding lots of cabbage for Fumi salad.



Daniel and Great-Grandpa Marsh reading the paper together.


Rehearsal at the church on Friday night.

Memorial Day Parade

We went to the Memorial Day parade in Shreve this year. It was great for Daniel and all little kids (especially boys). There were tractors, horses, goats, a cement truck, a tow truck, fire and rescue trucks, police cars, a high school band, majorettes, a monster truck, and others I can't recall. Only once did a vehicle blow a loud horn, so the little kids weren't scared. We loved it and so did Daniel, though he doesn't look like it in the picture. I put him in his patriotic t-shirt and gave him a flag. He was quite the all-American boy.

Strawberries......

We have loads of strawberries right now. Our plants are three years old and producing wonderfully. I picked several large bowls full and one day a nearly full 5 gallon bucket!

I've made 24 cups of jam and frozen some whole berries. Unfortunately, I am strawberried-out and they are starting to go to waste. I'm giving them away to anyone who wants to come pick them. Any takers??

Summertime Fun in the Clear Fork River

The Mommy gang (Holmes', Ackers, Foxxs) headed over to the Clear Fork River in Mohican State Park one recent hot, muggy day.

We all waded and played in the clear, cool waters and had a picnic lunch on the banks. What fun! We already plan to return a few times this coming summer.

Mother's Day Weekend

We headed up to Whitehouse for Mother's Day weekend.


There was a lovely lunch at Grandma's for all the ladies catered by the menfolk. What a treat! Afterwords, Daniel got to ride his first horse at Great Aunt Rita's house. He seemed to enjoy it.

She also had pigs, sheep, and a few goats. The pigs were his favorite. Just like at our county fair last fall.

Veggie Scraps

The girls love compost. When I walk out of the house with the compost bucket, they start running towards me. If I'm headed to the compost pile, they race me there. When I see the girls in the neighbor's yard, I can just call them and show them the bucket and they come running home. My girls are so funny.

Happy Easter!

Now that he's old enough, we took Daniel to an organized Easter Egg Hunt at Church of the Saviour.
There were a lot of children and the older ones were "experienced" egg hunters. By the time Daniel got into the room with the eggs, many were already gone. But, he knew what to do and ran quickly over to a small pile of eggs and picked one up.

He was very interested in opening it up and seeing how the plastic egg shell pieces worked. I told him to hurry and pick up the other two in the pile before someone else did! So, he found three eggs and was happy.
On the way home he ate a Hershey's kiss that had been in one of his eggs. What a mess! Fortunately, he didn't touch much and we were almost home.


On Sunday after church, we had our own egg hunt. I filled twenty plastic eggs with strawberries and hid them around the flower beds in the backyard.


He grabbed his bunny basket and headed out to find them. Once he opened the first egg and found a strawberry, he was quick to look for the others so he could fill his belly with berries. It's hard to hold a basket, a strawberry, and look for more eggs.



We also gave him a few things in his Easter basket including a soccer ball and a sticker book with airplanes.


Daniel loved everything.