Tad and I go to Iowa

Tad and I left for a week to visit his mom in Iowa for her birthday! We had a great visit with her. While we were there she wanted us to help clean out her basement... she has so many totes filled with Great decorations for every season. I thought I had a lot of Christmas totes... OMG there was a TON!!! And then there were totes for Easter and Spring, Summer and Fourth of July, and Fall. We bought some shelves and got everything in order so she could find what she needed. We also helped her pull out her refrigerator, stove and clean out the pantry... We actually had a nice time doing all of this for her... lots of conversation in between :)) We went to Downtown deli for lunch and then walked the shops one day and met her friend Cindi. We didn't see Bob, Tracy and Payton very much, they were all busy with school and work.

There was so much snow.. I have never seen that much at one time. Just from plowing her drive the pile was higher than the top of her garage. For only being 20 degrees it never really felt that cold, but then again we were never out for a long period of time. On friday it snowed all day and the fresh snow on the trees and ground was so beautiful! We went for a drive and I got some great pictures. We all had to pile out of the car for some of us.

Saturday night before we left we all went out to dinner for Karens birthday to celebrate. We went to a place called Fuji (its like Ahso here in Az). The put on a great show and the food was awesome.

Mr. Snoopers and Buddy

Karen with her puppies

Tad and I went on a walk

Picture of some random house but wanted a picture of the long icicles

Patio bench and chair buried in snow

After the fresh snow

Tad & I

Tad * Karen * Bobby

Payton * Tami * Tad * Karen

Payton * Tad * Karen

Payton * Karen

Tad * Mr. Snoopers * Karen

Tami * Mr. Snoopers * Karen

Neal and I at Fuji

Tad * Payton * Bobby

Tracy and Payton

Karen with her birthday ice cream

Payton * Tad * Bobby * Karen * Tracy * Tami * Neal

Tatums first meet of the season

Tatum had her first meet of the season and it was at the University of Phoenix Stadium. She moved up to level 5 and had to learn all new routines but I think she did very well. She was a bit disappointed in some of her scores but is ready for the next meet so she can improve and get better/higher ratings. We are very proud of you Tatum and excited for your next meet in a month!!!

Beam routine

Dismount :)

In the air on bars

Run and flip on vault

Getting her overall ribbon

Daddy Daughter Dinner Dance :-))

Well its that time of year again for Tad and the girls to attend the annual Daddy Daughter Dinner Dance at the girls school. The tradition started 9 years ago when it was just Taylor and Tad... this year no Taylor since she is now in high school. The evening always begins with pictures in front of the rock at the Bauers house, then dinner, dance and ice cream at DQ. They always have a good time.

Tad and the girls

Tatum * Carli * Codi * Tori

Bauer and Nowlin group

This group picture will get smaller each year as Carli goes to high school next year.