At Our Whitt's End

Here are the latest pictures from Costa Rica!
Not sure if this is where Elder Whittaker lives or a street from the area that he lives in. Whatever it is, it gives us a visual for how primitive his area is. He told me in one of his last letters that he really misses carpet! That tells me alot!

Flag Football season has begun! Jensen arranged for all his buddies to play on the same flag football team this year and so far they are undefeated! and having a blast!

Easton had a football game at Westlake High School in Saratoga Springs. It was a beautiful day and he had the biggest and best fan club I've ever seen. Pop, Gege, Kyle, Shea, Mandy, Jensen, Boomer, Me, Todd, Annie, John and Cathy. It was a fun day! It is so great to have such supportive family. It totally made Easton's day! Her are some pictures from the game, and even though they had their first loss, it was still exciting and a lot funner than even the BYU games at this point.

Twenty Five Years ago today, I married my sweetheart. When you get married, I think we think that we could never love that person more than you do the day you marry them. This statement is false. Every day my heart grows stronger and my love grows deeper for the man I chose to marry so many years ago today. We have been through alot, but through the tears, the joy, the stress, the frustrations, and above all the happiness, I couldn't ever imagine myself with anyone else. He completes me and makes me want to be a better person. He is sensitive to me and my needs, puts up with alot, he respects me and demands that my kids do the same, he makes me laugh, gives me the confidence I need to endure, and the strength to know that I can do anything. He honors his priesthood, fulfills his callings, supports our family financially, and physically. I know that I come first and so do our children. Boomer I love you with all my heart, and look forward to 25+ more years with you!!

For our anniversary, we spent the night and next day in Park City where we went for part of our honeymoon!
We decided to act like the kids, and try to take our own picture together. After a few tries, we decided that it wouldn't get much better than this!
We stayed at the Yarrow hotel in downtown Park City.
This is the Landmark Best Western where we stayed 25 years ago.
We went to the Park City Outlets
Drove through Olympic Park where the Olympians train and where the 2002 Olympics were held.
Boomer keeps telling me that he would love to try the ski jumps, I think he should.
We went to Main Street in Park City. We love the homes that surround Main Street, they are so quaint and charming.

Watch #41...."The ball carrier is #41, Easton Whittaker, playing for the Cavemen!" We are having such a great time watching Easton play football this year. I thought that I would share a few videos with you, so you could share in the fun! The Cavemen beat the Knights 20-13! Go Cavemen!!

On Labor Day, traditionally we go out on the boat as a last hurrah for the summer. This year the weather didn't actually cooperate very well.(which has been the case alot this year) So we decided that instead we would do something else. We went to J-Dawgs for dinner, which if you love hot dogs, you will love J-Dawgs!) and went minature golfing!
The family.....love them all

Tagg, our dog of 12 years, left this earthly life today at about 1pm. He wasn't doing very good last night and we thought we were going to have to put him down very soon. He did have a surge of energy last night and ate and drank lots of water (a sign that his kidney's were starting to shut down). He did fair through the night, but we could tell in his eyes that his time was short. Boomer was mowing the lawn and Tagg snuck out of the side gate and ran into the front yard (which was his favorite place to be). He ran up the yard to find Boomer and pretty much collapsed, not being able to get much air. It was only a few minutes and he was gone. Boomer thinks that he knew his time was short, and that he didn't want to be alone, so he ran into the front yard to be with Boom and to be where he loved to run, from tree to tree. He is definitely in a better place, and is definitely doing the things that he loves to do. We knew that Tagg would wait for Logan to leave on his mission because he wanted to spare Log the grief and saddness he would have had, had Logan been here. We have great memories of him and we loved him and know that he loved us too.
Tagg loved it when you would throw the ball for him to fetch it back. We taught him to sit while he waited for you to throw the ball. He would play for hours, or until you had had enough of throwing the ball. When we would mow the lawn, and he wanted to play ball, he would drop the ball right where you were going to mow so that you had to stop mowing and throw the ball.