This is a senior couple that is serving in the Shreveport area.
Some photos of our first tour of the mission and some from our first Zone Conferences. Since the first of July to today the 23rd of July we have logged nearly 5,000 miles. It has been a whirlwind month, and we are so impressed with our missionaries, they are the best.

Here are some shots before and our first days in the field. Our family, and some shots of our new home, and Tom & Annette on the road.

Quentin's Blessing

Thanks to parents Jeremy and Debbie, we had a wonderful Sunday in Boise, the highlight being the blessing of our 7th grandson Quentin

Quentin's Blessing Weekend

What big blue eyes you have!

Austin and Clayton taking a break

Tanner loving the water

We tried to cool those little boys down in the Pool at our Hotel, cousins Carson & Austin partying at The Residence Inn in Boise.

Cade and Carson after the Big Swim

Some Great Times

We have celebrated Birthdays, (Chase at Austin's birthday) and Katies graduation the weather has been less than stellar, but the the great times with our family continues to warm our hearts.




Grandpa & Tanner shared a birthday party, while we had 3 boys in a tub in Vegas, and Grandma doing what she loves most: holding and loving her grand-babies.

The Rest of the Story

A special thanks to our families who take such great care of us in North Carolina.  After our call we received tickets to General Conference in Salt Lake during our all ready planned trip to the Masters.  So we flew to NC on Wednesday visited family, shopped, and on Friday we flew back to Salt Lake.  Dale & Colene allowed us to stay at their home (Thanks) and on Saturday afternoon we were able to be 2 rows back from the Nielson family as their father Brent H. Nielson (our former Stake President) was sustained as a member of the First Quorum of the Seventy.

Then we flew back to North Carolina for the trip with my brothers to the Masters.  Quite the weekend, thanks Annette my travel agent and companion.  What a great April.

Our Trips back East one week.

The first week of April are two of the highlights of my life, first is General Conference, and the other is the Masters Golf Tournament.  This year my brother Don (red shirt) drew out tickets to the practice round on Monday, so he graciously invited his brothers to accompany him.  So Randy (blue sweater) and Kent (white shirt) and I made the trip.  It was a wonderful day, it rained on the way down, but once on that beautiful sacred golf course the rain stopped and we had a fantastic day.  Thanks Don, Randy, and Kent for making it a great memory to last 3 years.

We keep Pinching Ourselves!!

As I look at our last post we were loving the beaches of Hawaii, and we were already to book our flights and plans for next year. We had a great time at the Sony Open, and there is nothing like Hawaii in January.

But then something happened that we were not planning on, we were at Costco, you know samples and lunch? I received a Restricted call and a sweet female voice said is this Brother Tom Tucker? I said yes, she said Elder Quintin L. Cook of the Quorum of the 12 Apostles would like to meet with you and your wife sometime next week.

Our life has been a blur every since, that was about the 2nd week of February, and on the 4th of March President Uchtdorf of the First Presidency called us to serve as Mission President to the Mississippi Jackson Mission beginning in July of this year for 3 years.

We were honored to be considered, and now we are humbled at the call, and with the faith, prayers and support of our family we believe that we can do this. Of all the questions that we have been asked, and answered the easiest ones to answer are the ones concerning our children, and their families. They are wonderful, and we would not be able to do this if it were not for their love, and support. Thanks again. We love you all.

The Beach by the Open

This is the beach we would walk by as we walked into the Open.  This is on the side of the golf course, where they get all of the beautiful beach and ocean shots.  This is where we went to recuperate following our "service":)

The Shotlink Team

Here is Annette sitting in the chair by the laser, she would physically plot each shot on the 9th hole.  I would shoot the laser at the ball, and report the yardage to Annette.  It was fun we had radios on to two different sources.  It was fun to hear all of the excitement going on behind the scenes.  We got rained on, dry out, and rained on again.  We got really close to some of the players, especially when they hit their drives a little to the right.

The Sony Open

This trip we were able to volunteer to work at the Sony Open Golf Tournament in Hawaii.  This is the entrance to the tournament, we were part of the Shotlink group.