Marshall Family Photos 2019

Marshall Family!

We feel so blessed to all be together with my dad back at home and doing a bit better!

Thanks, Lorel, for the awesome photography!

Leftover June Jumble

I don't know if this video will show up, but I love that Grant is learning to skateboard and also teaching Katherine tricks.

I think it is awesome that my kids love nature and have fun picking flowers and wild onions, even when I find them in piles in the driveway.

Sometimes the house gets bananas and I get overwhelmed and need some help cleaning! EEKK!

When they are good about it, I like to thank them and also reward them intermittently. They love little thank you tokens, such as candy!

Victoria is amazing at hair- braiding, curling, styling, etc. This summer, she cut Katherine's hair and my hair and did an awesome job!  We should take before and after pictures next time!

It was fun to watch Grant's extended baseball season.

He is 27, with the gloves in his pocket.

Crack! Go, Grant go!

So tired!

Another fun activity here was iceblocking down the hill! 

Also, our CO family came that night and we had an awesome few days together! I hope I will find those pics soon!

Selling the Farmhouse.

My parents sold their old farmhouse in Powhatan. They worked so hard to restore it over the past few years and it looked awesome. They worked together to clean and paint, redo floors, and much more. They had the kitchen and bathrooms redone and had a garden set up. My mom is so good at decorating and filled it with beautiful furniture and artwork  that she bought primarily at antique stores and auctions. It was a great team project and a hobby for them and was a fun place for special family gatherings and for weekend getaways. With land and gardens and multiple sheds and buildings and a chicken coop, it had so much potential. However, caring for 3 properties while going through cancer treatments seemed like way too much, so they made the difficult and wise decision to sell it. They sold it to a young teacher with a family and that made them very happy! I wasn't able to help much, but we went to pack up a few things, move some things to my parents' house, and take pictures of items to sell. It was sad to see it looking so sparse and sad to say goodbye, but again, we were glad that they had one less thing to worry about.

Girls Camp 2019

I was excited to go to camp with V again!

I got to be a unit mom for the YCLs (youth camp leaders who were 16-18). They were an awesome bunch! Here they are in our craft cabin where we had nightly devotionals and prayer at night.

The theme was "Becoming the Greatest Me" and was based off of the Greatest Showman. It was a really cool theme and it was an overall great week.

One thing that was special was that I got several secret sister gifts throughout the week, even though leaders didn't have to do it. I found out later that they were from my friend, Rachel Hibbert. She is so kind and great at serving others. 

One day we wore the tie-dyes that we made before camp. 

V making bracelets

Morgan got a happy camper award

That afternoon, a member of our bishopric, Brother Burkhardt, came and visited us and brought candy bars. He stayed for dinner and our testimony meeting.

A few friends from the ward!

Alyssa's birthday! She was honored at breakfast!

A special highlight of the week was the high ropes course. It was a lot of fun for a lot of our girls. 

 It was pretty terrifying for me. Ashley was also very scared and didn't want to do it, so we partnered up and conquered our fear together!

 (Nevermind, my ragged appearance- day 5 of super late nights without much sleep. I was still smiling)

It was also fun to see our girls in skits with their various levels. 

One more thing, I got to teach Zumba for 4 hours one day! It was in the 90's and I got a really great workout in! I was pleased that I am still able, despite not being in top shape.

Victoria and Alex (rainbow tie-dye) were YCLs to a group of 4th year girls. It was difficult in some ways because the girls are barely younger than them, but also fun because they are friends. V was a really good leader. She was especially good at leading songs and such when the whole group was together. 

My favorite talk was by Sis. _______ and was about self worth. A favorite activity was going to a nearby pool! So much fun!  It was an overall good week, full of spiritual moments, crafts, sports, growth, good food, good fun, and good friends!