Elder Tagg

Breton's doing well in Brazil. He passed his year mark a while back - and has about 11 months to go. He's serving as a zone leader there - and has his first North American companion. He enjoys teaching, baptizing, studying, and serving. We look so forward to his Monday letters. We miss that boy - but are so pleased with his selfless service. Yeah Bret!!!!

National Champion.

Yep - BYU did it again. In 2011, they won their 4th National Lacrosse Championship!! The big difference this time - they had none other than Tanner Tagg on the roster. He spent his time on long pole defense and enjoyed roughing folks up whenever he got the chance. While that meant occasionally spending some time in the penalty box, it was all worth it. And yes, these National Champs are wearing rings to prove it. Go Cougars! If you ever get the chance to watch some archived Cougar games, listen carefully - that's Les you can hear, cheering from the bleachers!

I love to see the temple.

Dear sweet Shawney (on the left) went to the temple for the first time over Christmas break. It was a lovely temple session - full of aunts, uncles, cousins, siblings, parents, Gram, and even a couple of cute friends. The temple has blessed the life of our family in countless ways - not the least of which is Shawney's personal desire to make and keep sacred covenants. I really do love to see the temple - especially with people that I love so much!

Birthday Party Fun!!

Marcy is 11! Seems like womanhood is just around the corner, dang it! She enjoyed having 11 friends over for a party - games, decorating birdhouses, make your own pizza, and a little 'Just Dance' to round things out. She's a great girl and it's been a great 11 year run!

One year down . . .

See that cute boy second from the left? That's our Bret! He's been on his mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for over a year now - unbelievable! We got to skype with him the day after Christmas - such a treat. He's doing great and, even though we miss him so much, we couldn't imagine him doing a finer thing and being a finer man. Yeah Bretty!!

Annual record . . .

Here's the end of 2011 - documented with a family pic. We were missing Tan, Les, and Bret - literally and figuratively!!! - but we snap away - no matter who's home! A quick shout out to Randon there on the bottom left - he just passed all 4 cpa exams - booyah!! Oh - and Beth - she just got a great new job designing curriculum for a defense contractor - oops - hope I didn't say anything too confidential!

She's a runner . . .

See this girl? She's turned into a runner? Who knew? After one year of detesting cross country in high school, it didn't seem possible. Her biggest accomplishment to date - a half marathon in Utah this past fall. This shot? A 10K in Ashburn on New Year's Eve - and she doesn't even look winded! Looking foward to where she'll run next . . .