Proud To Be Zach's Mom

I started this post back on Mother's Day. As you can see he got his braces off back in April. So here are a couple of pics from that AWESOME day. As you can see he is very HANDSOME!!!

I just want to say I am very proud to be his mother. I dont know what I did to deserve him as my son. This is one kid that know what he wants in life. He sets his mind to something and gets it done. Last spring he wanted to get straight A's for his last sememster at school. Now he gets good grades, but he wanted all of those letters to say "A" Well he did it. I think he learned a lesson that if he puts some time into his homework and does it right he can get GREAT grades. This past summer he has done several things that he has set a goal at doing. You will see some of those post soon.

Zach, you are the best kid ever. Love ya tons BUG!!!

Here he is. Waiting for his time in the chair.


They are GONE!!!!!
The white stuff is from them taking impressions of his teeth
so they could make his retainer.

Dr Graf, Zach and his assistant Linda. They sure do treat these kids great the day they get their braces off. Zach got a big bag of goodies that he has not been able to eat the last two years. Taffy, popcorn, hard candy.



Alpine Track and Field Days
Couple of days later was Alpine Days. Zach qualified for Shot Put this year. I am very proud that made it to Alpine Days because this year there was not much coaching for the field events. So he worked extra hard in the backyard throwing is 12 lb. shot put. Even tho he did not make it in the top 5 at Alpine Days I know that he did his best.

Way to go.

It was really cold and rainy during the event, so here is Jason trying to keep Zach's arms warm. He had to do this between each throw, since they were about 30-45 minutes apart.

Abby Roo and Zach Attack at the end of Alpine Days.

We are sooo proud of both of you. Abby rely team kicked but in their relys.

See you guys next year at the High School level.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIL (DEBI)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!!!!!


A big Happy Birthday to the best sister in law in the world.

Debi, you are the best and we are greatful to have you in our life.

Hope you had a great day.

LOVE,

US

Yes, we Are Alive

I know, I know. I have been away for awhile. I am home on a medical leave for a couple of weeks and my goal is to get my blog caught up.

So dont give up on us. The Tolmans have been very busy.

Keep watching to see what we have been up to.

WHAT AN EVENING!!

So this evening I was home by myself while the boys were a Priesthood. Lindsey who stays with us every other weekend while she works her shifts at the hospital came home and said that she was hungery. I suggested that we go get something to eat. I have been craving a baked potatoe, so I said, "Lets go to Jason's Deli." They have the best BIG baked potatoe. So off we went. We were driving behind the mall, when a guy came up to the car trying to get our attention. Lindsey said, "Look he is bleeding." Sure enought he was bleeding from the stomach and wanted us to call 911 for him. I told him to get lay down on the grass while I park my car. I grabbed a blanket out of the back of my car to start pressure on the wound and called 911. They said to have him lay down and start pressure. We were one step ahead of them. Then they said to elevate his legs, so some girls that stopped got out a tool box and did that. The dispatcher wanted details of what happen so this is what I was relying to the dispatcher as the guy(Iwill call him Joe. NOT HIS REAL NAME) told me. Joe was over by Golds Gym and a guy came up to him and asked him for money. Joe said that he did not have any money so the guy wanted to fight him. So Joe got punched in the face twice and then stabbed in the stomach. Dispatched asked for Joe's ID so I could give an address. He only had $4.00 in his wallet. I cant belive that we walked all the way over to the mall before someone saw him. Police finally got there after another guy stopped that happen to be an EMT and started helping the Joe with what I had in my first aid kit. Police interviews us and had Joe gone withing 5 minutes. After it was all over I was shaking like crazy. I was glad that I was there. I love things like that. The only sad part is the blanket that I used was on of my favorite. A fleece American flag that I had added a cute border too. All well it was for a good cause. I hope that Joe will be O.K.

State Fair

This year we decided to go to the State Fair. Zach and I had never been, and Jason said he has not been since he was a kid. So last Saturday we got up and headed up to Salt Lake. We wanted to be there when it opened so we could enjoy before it got crowded and HOT!!!

See all the animals was probably one of our favorite things to do. Pigs are really PINK!!! They were the cleanest pigs we ever saw. Yes, the smell was bad, but not horrible.

A cute little goat. We were able to see a judging contest. It was interesting to see what the judges look for and how excited children are when one of their "goats" wins. This little goat was quite a talker.

Here we are waiting to watch the bear show. They had a food vendor where you could get a slurpee like drink. You had about 15 choices. Watermelon was my favorite and Zach liked the orange.

I heard that they had Turkey Legs at the fair. Luckly we found them right next to the bear show. So after the show we headed over for lunch. They were very hot, but very good We also had the best fresh cut french fries. I can't believe all the awesome food you can find at the fair. We have decided to make this a yearly event.

A New Man!!!

For a couple of years now, Zach has been asking for contacts. Well this year after talking with the eye doctor we decided to let him get some. He was so excited when he had his appointment to get them ordered. He was hoping to get them before pitcure day at school. His wish came true. They arrived the day before.

The Eye Clinic is really good with 1st time eye contact wearers. They do a little class with the paitent and make sure they are comfortable before sending them home. Of course mom had to take pitcures. First all because I take pics of everything, please I got a new camera.

Putting in the first contact. He got it in the first time. The office said they have never seen anyone to that before.

Learning how to take care of his contacts.

He passed his test and I have to say he looks very HANDSOME!!!!

Scouting Service Project

At the last Court of Honor, Zach was awarded the traveling trophy for all of the merit badges that he earned. One of the requirements for him to keep this until the next COH was that he needed to plan a service project. We were looking around the internet one day and saw that the Orem Owls have scouts troops some and do the color guard. So we signed them up. The perk. Free tickets to the game.

Kevin Echols, Colton Pearson, Parker Pearson, Zach and Alex Echols.

What a handsome bunch of boys.

Ok, do this and this and this and then you are done.

The boys held the flag while a little girl sang the National Anethem.

The girl that helped us with the color guard came up to Jason during the game and asked him if he would be part of a contest inbetween on of the inning. So course he did it. He got a prize if he won.

Here is the video of the contest. I know it is blurry but you can see how fun it was.

Jason won a gift certificate for Free carpet cleaning. We wanted the Magelbys certificate. All well maybe next time.