What a weekend!

So this weekend we took a family trip to the coast to celebrate our 4 year anniversary. We haven't gotten away just us in a while so we made it a family trip which was awsome! The beach was wonderful! I am not sure if I have ever seen Kaiden has so much fun; she thought the sand was the coolest thing ever! We built sand castles, buried each other, played case, flew kites, and looked for star fish and other sea creatures in the rocks when the tide went out. We were lucky to go at this time of the year because the whales where very close to the shore and easy to see. We took a whale watching trip out of Depoe Bay and say lots of whales close up. Kaiden thought those were pretty cool. One of the coolest things that happened was that Kaiden and I found a glass globe on the beach!! It is purple and white and very cool I was very very excited! On our way home we came through portland and took Kaiden to the cirus. I have never been to the circus so I was just as excited as she was to be there. It was a cool show and fun to see Kaiden speachless for most of the show. :)Here are a couple pics from our weekend. I hope everyone had a great weekend too!

Four Years Ago~

So four years ago today I vowed in front of God, family, and friends to love my soul mate forever. Crazy because I thought I loved him so much then and everyday I find out that I love him more than the day before!

Just a fishin'

One of Josh's favorite things to do is to go fish small creeks and rivers. Places where you just wade up the river/creek and fish as you go. I was never big into fishing until I met Josh and now I find it really enjoyable! So while we were hunting on opening weekend Josh, Kaiden and I fished during the heat of the day while waiting for the evening hunt. Kaiden really got into it. She learned how to cast her own pole and everything. She was so fun to watch. The creek had multiple beaver dams through out which were cool to see. We waded through the pools for a couple hours. Here are a few of our pic from the fun afternoon together.

Kaiden and I fishing in the large beaver dam hole. The water felt great and the time together was priceless.Josh was wading waist deep getting Kaiden a fish to reel in. She was so happy when she would reel up a fish!Just another one of her catches! She would yell out "I win" when she would get the fish out of the water.Kaiden and I wading through the creek. We had so much fun. We didn't want to stop except it was getting into evening and it was time to go hunting again :)

Okay so the other day I was shooting my bow to get all ready for the season. I was close on multiple shots but I was dead center with this one and I was way happy! 30 yards away and I hit it in the black! Now if I can get a Buck or Bull within that range I am golden! I am going to be going hunting with some friends and Josh and Kaiden throughout the season and hope that we can get into them this year. I have never been successful with my bow, this is only my second year hunting with it but still it's time to make it work!

I love this pic! Kaiden and I; she is my hunting partner that's for sure. Most go hunting alone but for Josh and I family hunting is what is important to us. We were raised that way and that's how we are going raise Kaiden!

Josh, Kaiden and I at the Redmond fair. I know I haven't been the best blogger these day and I can only say that things have been crazy in the Tolmans summer. Anyone I love this pic and wanted to share it. I hope to get back into blogging and sharing more pics with everyone. Blessings to you all!

A weekend of Travel.

This weekend we took on a whole new adventure. Josh, Kaiden, Gordon, Tami and myselft packed up and were at the Portland airport on Friday morning at 0500 for a short flight to Seattle then a quick plance switch and off to Dallas Texas. We landed in Dallas and Kaiden did so good! She thought flying was pretty cool. We were there for Josh's cousin Wedding. It was a beautiful wedding and a great reception. We danced, visited with his cousins and enjoyed a little vacation time. We did some site seeing on Saturday before the wedding. We went to the Bass Pro Shop, the biggest Cabelas I have ever seen and then to " The Stockyards". I wish we would had have had a day to just spend in the Stockyards. There was so much to see and do. It was very cool. Then Sunday we said good bye to everyone, packed up and off the air port we went. We almost missed our plane but we made it just in the nick of time. We somehow ended on the wrong tram and were on the other side of the Dallas airport when our plane started to board. We were running from one place to another it was quite funny I thought. Kaiden did awsome though she never complained or anything she just ran with us and laughed. We are home now safe and sound and can't wait for a next trip! Kaiden really likes to fly so I think we are in trouble when she gets older and she wants to do trips by herself... Anyway here are a few pic.

Family Weekend.

Finally Josh, Kaiden and I were able to spend some much needed family time together this weekend. God blessed us with a beautiful weekend of warm weather and good company and we took advantage of it and went camping. It was a small group... Micah, Tayva, My dad, Josh's parents, and Josh, Kaiden and me!! Here are a few pics.