Taylor Halloween Party

This last weekend we got to go to Logan, Utah. I love, love Logan, when we got there the roads were covered with leaves and the weather was beautiful, it was going to be a great weekend to have the Taylor Halloween Party! On Friday night my sister-in law Sheena and I attempted to make carmel apples, and let me tell you that endeavor seemed like it would be ALOT easier than it was! Lets just say they really didn't look as we planned (all the carmel basically oozed off the apples!!) but hopefully we can try again next year with better luck!(Any tips are appreciated!!) Anyway the party was Saturday and Sheena put together a fun scavenger hunt and it was a blast (the girls won!!). That night we went to The Pumpkin Walk in Logan and it was so much fun. The Pumpkin Walk was basically scenes from kids movies like Bugs Life and Toy Story made out of pumpkins, so cute! If you ever are in Logan around the last weeks of October it is a must go activity. Hunter loved it, he kept looking at all the scenes and pointing and saying Oooo, it was so much fun and I think that we will go in all the years to come. Here are a few pictures of everyone's Halloween costumes and The Pumpkin Walk!

Family Pictures 2010

We had our family pictures done a week before Hunter's first birthday. We had Heather from Paisley Studios in Blackfoot take them and she did such a great job! She was so fun to work with and she did such an amazing job I am so excited for them!! Here are some of my favorites! (I think if you click on the images they become larger)

Summer Update in Pictures

So I know probably no one reads our blog anymore...which I get, why would you if I never ever update it!!! Every time I do a blog post I always promise myself that I am going to be better at posting, and guess what... I NEVER am so I am not promising anything anymore! But I did think that it might be a fun idea to show you some pictures from our fun and so busy summer. We had so much happen from going to vegas, moving to Shelly Idaho, trips to Bear Lake, and Hunter getting bigger everyday. (I really can't believe that I have a one year old...birthday party pics to come soon, and when I say soon hopefully that will be before he is 2 but like I said I am not promising anything!!) Anyway for your viewing pleasure here is Summer 2010 for the Taylor's.

Hunter's cousins (minus cousin Carter) all of them are (2 months apart),
this was Hunters first time at the cabin in Bear Lake

The Venetian in Las Vegas

Reed's high school graduation

Bear Lake

At the airport picking up Preston from him mission

Hunter and his cousin Wyatt at the zoo

Hunter eating mashed potatoes....11months old

We had such a fun summer, and we are really loving the fall that is finally showing up! Landon is still in school and working full time at Mountain View Hospital as a Physical Therapy Asst. And I am still at home with Hunter, I am so blessed that I can be a stay at home mom. Hunter is almost walking and saying a few words, he is such a cute and sweet little boy we love him so much. We just had family pictures, and Hunter's first birthday party so as soon as I get those pictures I will post them!

Much Needed Update

Well life has been busy, as it always is! Landon, Hunter, and I have been living in Logan, Utah with Landon's parents while Landon finishes his last clinical. We have been having so much fun being down in Logan, Landon's parents have been so great and easy to live with! We have already been there for five weeks and we only have 2 weeks left, I can't believe it! The seven weeks have gone by so so fast! Hunter is getting so big, i can't believe he is already almost 7 months old! we went to the doctor a few weeks ago for his 6 month appt. and these were his stats....WEIGHT 18pounds 4ounces 61 percentile HEIGHT 27 1/2 inches 62 percentile....the nurse said he looks like a nine month old! He is starting to get so fun...this last week he cut his first tooth and I didn't even know until I stuck my finger in his mouth and realized it was there, he wasn't fussy or anything! Hunter is loving his solid foods, he loves veggies and hates fruit! He is sitting up so good, and is so curious about everything (once he can crawl we are in HUGE trouble)!

So the school year for Landon is winding down and he is almost done with his Physical Therapy Asst. program, we are so excited for him to finish his bachelor and apply to PT school! But before all of that we are going on our much needed break, and boy does Landon need it, he has been working 10 hours a day every day of the week for these past seven weeks, and I can tell he is so burnt out! He usually can't even stay awake till 10:00, and normally we go to be about midnight! But I am so grateful for him...he is the best! And it will be so nice for us to go to Vegas and be in the heat...and just relax!

Ok here are some so cute pictures of Hunter, sorry some of them his shirt is covered in drool but blame that on the teething because I think he is getting another one!

Suggestions...

Ok so the weather will be getting nicer sooner or later...and when it does I want to be able to go running outside. Well now that I am a mom I can't go without my little guy! So I need to get a jogger so I can take Hunter with me, does anyone have any suggestions on what brand or more specifically what kind of jogger I should look into getting?

Here I Go...

Alright, since I had Hunter I have been wanting to lose the weight and then some....My goal is to be about 15 pounds thinner than when I got married. Well I have been eating really healthy, and working out about 4 times a week.I have been seeing results, but I want to take it up a notch and decided to maybe run in a race. I started looking at different blogs and was really inspired by this blog. The woman that writes this blog lost about 46 pounds and she started with this program that I am now going to follow! I have read the program and I don't think it sounds to hard, its just going to take commitment! I have registered for my first race, a 5k in Pocatello, its on May 15th thats the day before Landon and I go to Vegas, so hopefully that will help me be in shape by then! By the end of the summer I want to be able to do a 10k and Landon wants me to train to do a triathlon in Bear Lake(we will see!) So I will let all of you know how my training is going. I know I am not starting out big but I have to start somewhere, I would really love to be able to get myself to run a half marathon, but for right now I am taking baby steps but I am really excited! And to top everything off I asked my mom if she wanted to train and run the 5k with me and she is going to! So wish me luck...I am really excited for the next nine weeks of training and the race! If any of you runners out there have any tips let me know...from what to eat while you train, to good music to listen to that would be great!

5 things to be grateful for!!

I have been thinking a lot lately about how grateful and blessed I am!

Heavenly Father has blessed me with so many things

especially, so many wonderful people!

First of all I am so so blessed to have such an awesome husband!

Landon works so hard for our family,

since we Landon and I started dating he has worked a full time job

and had a full 16 credit class load, he really is so amazing to me!

Not only is Landon such a hard worker he is so much fun,

there isn't a day that goes by that he doesn't make me

Laugh so hard, he really has such an amazing personality!

I LOVE him SO much!

Second, I am so grateful for my little Hunter. He has such a sweet

and loving spirit! I look at him everyday

and just wonder how I got so lucky to have him!

I am so excited to watch him grow up!

Third, I am so glad for the family that I have!

We are all a little crazy but thats what makes life fun!

I am so blessed to have 3 brothers that are all amazing

Preston, is serving a mission

Reed, is a senior in High School

Jed, is in 8th grade

they are all so awesome and I am so happy that I have such

great relationships with them.

My parents are so great! They are such a great support

for me! They have helped me so much and continue to do so,

I really could not ask for better.

I know that I already talked about my parents, But I have to single out my mom!

She is so awesome, and is really my best friend!

We always have the best time together, and since I am the only

girl, I am really grateful that I don't have to share her with anyone!

Fourth, I am so blessed to have such good friends.

Katelyn and Whitney have been my best friends since I was a

sophomore in high school. We have all been through a lot together;

break-ups, friends, arguements, moving, weddings, and much more

and through it all I am still so close to both of them, and I am so

happy to have 2 such amazing girls in my life...they are really like

my sisters!

Fifth, I am so blessed to have 3 amazing sister-in-laws;

Sheena, Amber, and Lindsay! Since I don't

have any sisters it is so much fun to have awesome

sister-in-laws! When ever we get together we have the best time

and they all really feel like my family, not just like my husband's family!

And, all of us had babies this year, so we are going to

be able to raise 4 little ones together, I am so excited to

make memories with them at the lake, family reunions, and other adventures!