Saturday, January 7, 2012

Brother Bradley Allen Vidal

It's great to be eight!

Bradley Allen Vidal
Baptized a member of
The Church of
Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints

~ 7 January 2012 ~

Bradley has made a very important decision.
He has made the right choice.
Attending baptisms is one of my favorite things to do, especially if the one being baptized is one of our family members.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Jane Turns One!

Five babies joined our family in 2010.
Sweet Little Jane 
Five babies have now turned ONE in 2011.

Friday, November 25, 2011

Sarah Turns Eleven!

Sarah Elizabeth Harris
25 November 2012
Eleven Years Old
This picture captures our beautiful baby Sarah.

Friday, November 18, 2011

Jack

Sweet little Jack on ECMO
Today Jack would have turned three-years-old. There were so many heroic medical efforts, to try to help little Jack get well. It just wasn't meant to be. Jack returned Home. He has gone on ahead of us. He didn't get to stay here with us. We WILL see him again, and he will be well.

Not long ago, I was attending Fast and Testimony Meeting at Sarah's ward. A handsome sixteen-year-old got up to bear his testimony, and Sarah leaned over and whispered to me: "He was on ECMO". Oh my. ECMO saved his life. The was not the plan for our little Jack.

Monday, November 14, 2011

Tanner Bradley Marshall

11/14/11 ~Tanner turned SIX today













Tanner is growing! I said: "Tanner, look into my eyes." He did. I told him that one day he was going to be taller than his dad! He laughed so hard. We'll have to wait a while to see if I'm right! Tanner is such a happy little guy. He is tons of fun to be around.

Monday, October 31, 2011

The WITCHES








































"Halloween is always fun, but not when there's no witch." Ann Marshall -October 1984


I was a mother of six little people who needed Halloween costumes, and I was heavy with child. Samuel would be born, just ten days after Halloween. Ann wanted to be a witch for Halloween. I didn't have the makings for a witch costume. The closest place to get the stuff, was 30 miles away. I was just too tired to make the trek. I told this nine-year-old she would just have to be something other than a witch for Halloween. She was disappointed to say the least, and before going to bed she penned that now memorable line: "Halloween is always fun, but not when there's no witch", and she left the note for her parents to find. When her father saw the note, he left immediately to make the 60 mile round trip, and purchased all the needed supplies for his little witch! And the rest is history!

This is Halloween

This is Halloween, everybody make a scene
Trick or treat till the neighbors gonna die of frightIt's our town, everybody screamIn this town of Halloween.


Torie and Jack Skellington at Disneyland

Clark Kent AKA Marshall

Katherine the Witch
Sarah as the Corpse Bride
Sarah and Norine as Olive Oil and Sweet Pea
Little Bo Peep AKA Megan, Jessie AKA Lyla, and Buzz Lightyear AKA Noah 
Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep!
There she is.  Lambie Jane.
Batman AKA Tanner, Tara AKA Sally and Pirate Tate
The Joker!  Coulson!
Trey the skeleton and Lucky Charm Mya
Mya our Lucky Charm
Mya and Owen the Ninja
Ninja Owen
Bradley the Skeleton
Jamison the Witch 
 Buzz Lightyear Conley
Cora the Witch 
Happy Halloween!