A Day in the Life of 3 Ts & M

Sunday morning breakfast

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Christmas Eve with the Cousins

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Tessa's Christmas Play - Very Serious

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Max's Christmas Play

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Christmas Morning

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Eve continuted

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Christmas eve festivities

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before & after

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The Tree

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A Person

2011-12-06T07:58:00.000-07:00

Thanksgiving Fun! (Shepherd Style)

2011-12-01T16:18:00.002-07:00

Making Snow Monsters

2011-11-07T10:58:00.000-07:00

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another set from the pumpkin patch

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still catching up...

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Catching Up...

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Been an extremely busy last few weeks...so here's to playing catch-up...
Earlier this month we took a trip out to the pumpkin patch with the Oderda's

Cousin Whitney!

2011-10-23T21:39:00.001-06:00

Doctor Natalie meets her new little sis for the first time!

Couple proud big sisters.

Baby!

RSL Game with the Great Grandparents

2011-10-23T21:34:00.000-06:00

Red Butte - Garden after Dark

2011-10-23T21:31:00.000-06:00

I like Cookies!

2011-10-19T20:59:00.000-06:00

The Big 3-0

2011-10-11T20:45:00.003-06:00

I had a few wonderful birthday celebrations with friends, I am very lucky. We were also able to celebrate my birthday at the Viking Cooking School in Salt Lake with a few close friends. It was the perfect party with all my favorite things and people. We had a four-course meal with a Squatters beer pairing. Delicious!

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Out enjoying the Fall colors.

Tessa's First Haircut

2011-10-02T16:27:00.001-06:00

Goodbye baby she-mullet, you will sort of be missed.

Nicky's Baby Celebration

2011-09-18T11:45:00.003-06:00

Yesterday we were able to celebrate Nicky, and the addition of another beautiful niece to our family. We had a great day in the Create Capsule by Ten Four Industries.
I can't wait to have Max's Bday Party in the Capsule!

The fam

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All dressed up...

slaying dragons

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Tessa, drawing with style.

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Snowbird

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Woke up to this scene this morning

Thinking big

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Our Flower Girl... All Grown Up.

2011-08-06T21:33:00.000-06:00

Isn't she a beauty???

2011-08-06T21:28:00.000-06:00

Little camping action

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Hunting for strawberries

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creepy cool owl

2011-07-23T20:54:00.000-06:00

Brids of a feather

2011-07-23T20:53:00.000-06:00

A morning spent with his bestest friend at the Tracy Aviary

Owen is 1

2011-07-23T20:17:00.000-06:00

Max helped celebrate his buddy's first birthday today. Here he is trying to suppress how stoked he is to be eating this cupcake.

Outstanding in the Field

2011-07-18T09:06:00.005-06:00

Here's some more info about Outstanding in the Field: http://outstandinginthefield.com/

"Our mission is to re-connect diners to the land and the origins of their food, and to honor the local farmers and food artisans who cultivate it.

Outstanding in the Field is a roving culinary adventure – literally a restaurant without walls. Since 1999 we have set the long table at farms or gardens, on mountain tops or in sea caves, on islands or at ranches.

Ingredients for the meal are almost all local (sometimes sourced within inches of your seat at the table!) and generally prepared by a celebrated chef of the region. After a tour of the site, we all settle in: farmers, producers, culinary artisans, and diners sharing the long table."

Outstanding In The Field at Sandhill Farms

Pleasant Creek Ranch Rib Eye, Sandhill Chimichurri, and Heirloom Garlic Scapes

2011-07-12T07:21:00.002-06:00

max & buzz from Tristan Shepherd on Vimeo.

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dance party from Tristan Shepherd on Vimeo.

Enjoying Summer

2011-07-10T22:57:00.003-06:00

We're finally finding some time to get out and enjoy the things that attracted us to Utah in the first place, like hikes in the mountains. Well...not so much hikes, more like leisurely strolls along well established paths. But at least we're in the mountains! Tess doesn't like to be carried so long as Max in on the ground walking, sort of makes it hard to get anywhere fast. We'll get there...

We also got out on the water, which wasn't one of the things that attracted us to Utah...as there are only about 3 lakes withing a 50 mile radius of us. Thanks to our friends and their boat, we had a pretty great day out on the water. Max loved it, even being brave enough to jump in the pretty cold mountain snow fed lake. Although, I think he enjoyed being "captain" of the boat the best. That put a pretty big smile on his face when he wasn't concentrating on captaining.

Try not to let your heart melt.

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The race

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Racing the Mountain Aire Mile. from Tristan Shepherd on Vimeo.

The kids were in a race the other weekend. It wasn't so much a race for us, more of a leisurely stroll while Max rode circles around us, but fun either way.

Geese, and Goat, and Cows, and Tractors

2011-07-02T13:15:00.001-06:00

Day out with Thomas

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Day Out with Thomas

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This is from a few weeks ago, but here's Max taking a ride on Thomas the Tank.

Scrunchie Face

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Occasionally he smiles

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Max

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Tessa

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Our friend from the zoo

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Waiting for us to catch up

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The kid rocks this bike

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I don't want to go to bed!!!

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Crazy daredevil

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Mere minutes after I took this, the little lady decided she was big enough to get herself out of the cart by herself. A 4' head-dive headfirst onto the floor was the result. I giant goose egg just above her forehead is what she has to show for it. She's a tough little one though and seems to be doing just fine.

2011-04-24T10:24:00.000-06:00

Happy Easter!

2011-04-23T15:21:00.001-06:00

Global PechaKucha Day - first half

2011-04-20T09:36:00.000-06:00

Global PechaKucha Day - Inspire Japan

2011-04-05T23:06:00.002-06:00

I'm organizing another PechaKucha Night, although this one is to take place in the afternoon. The goal is to raise money for Architecture for Humanity's efforts in Japan. This is a great charity and a great event. Salt Lake City will be one of hundreds of cities around the world hosting PechaKucha events, all the cities will be raising money. Find out more here: http://global-day.pecha-kucha.org/

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Mighty Max

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Besties

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New ridge hike with audio

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Ridge hike up Evergreen from Tristan Shepherd on Vimeo.

YouTube kept turning off the audio to this video, so here it is again on Vimeo. Way better with audio.

Max day 2

2011-03-08T09:29:00.002-07:00

This is from a few weeks ago. Max's second day out on skis. We got up to Alta late and had just enough time to get one ride up on the lift. I didn't try to work on technique really, just wanted to get him sliding down the mountain. Found out the little guy likes jumps. Go figure.

More Skiing

2011-03-07T20:10:00.001-07:00

Ridge hiking

2011-03-05T17:37:00.000-07:00

It's been (sadly) almost 2 years since Jerry and I got out skiing together. So, I took him someplace at Solitude, I was amazed to learn, that he'd never been before. Good stuff

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I have teeth

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I have teeth, and a cute smile to go with them.

Little Blue Eyes

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Skiing!

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Mischief in her eyes

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Little man turns the big 3 today!

2011-02-26T20:37:00.000-07:00

Hello! It's cold outside!

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Electric Peacock

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Spinning Balls of Fire!

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Buried Alive

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We're back :(

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Hi!

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my new glasses

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Max's First Day Skiing

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Day at work

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Very proud of herself

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The Train Conductor

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Christmas Mornning

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Half Eaten Gingerbread House

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For your viewing pleasure, here is a picture of the side of the gingerbread house. It was once covered in marshmallows. Notice how all the tops of the hershey kisses are nibbled off and how the gummi "lights" along the roof line are almost all gone.

Mid-Century Gingerbread House

2011-01-05T18:46:00.001-07:00

We made this great Mid-Century Gingerbread house from scratch (copied from Red Envelope from a few years back). Unfortunately, temptation was too much for Max. Four nights in a row we woke up to him on a chair chewing candy off of it. We gave him a warning and then had to follow through with our punishment and throw it away.

Christmas Presents

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Christmas Eve at Josh's House

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Christmas Morning

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Not So Serious

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Very Serious

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My good looking inlaws

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Max and the First Ornament

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Not our pup, she does go well with our house's color scheme.

vikes

2010-12-12T16:58:00.000-07:00

Max picked up a new hat from his "uncle" john. Yep, this is how he rocks it whenver he wears it.