LA Temple!!

This last weekend we went to the LA Temple for our friend Titus's sealing! We drove 4 hours to Bakersfield on Thursday night to drop the girls off at Mom and Dads so mom could watch the girls for us while we were in LA! We didn't get there until 12:00am and had to leave by like 7:30am for the sealing the next morning. We had a nice drive down to LA and there wasn't much traffic we got there about an hour early!! We go in and they temple worker tells us "OOH you temple recommends are expired!!!!!" We were like NO!!!! He said they were very expired but they only expired on the 31st of December so I guess two weeks is very expired??? We tried everything to be able to go in!! Spencer has our Stake Presidents personal cell number along with our Bishops cell number, we asked if they could please call them they said they could but we would need to do the interview and we were like ok that is fine lets do it!! But he then proceeded to say we would still need the signatures on it!! We were so upset and just waited outside!! That was a definite lesson learned!! So we just walked around the temple taking pictures and enjoying the beautiful weather!! After that we went to lunch at the Cheesecake Factory with everyone that had come down for the wedding!! We had a wonderful day and were glad to be able to be there for Titus and Christine even if we weren't able to go in the temple:( Note, I have made an app. to get our new recommends!! The LA Temple was beautiful!!

Titus, Christine and Family

Spencer and I outside the temple!!

My good lookin husband in front of the temple!!

Me!!

Our Beautiful Weather In January!!!

So it's January and it is like 70 degrees out!! No joke!! I have my heater off during the day and the windows are open!!! I love it!! We are hoping it stays like this!! The girls and I are taking full advantage of it and heading to the park on a regular basis again! They love being outside and playing!! Sammi has made a new friend at the park who we have actually know since she was born but since we moved out of the Silver Springs ward they haven't seen much of each other they were still so young to really play together, But now that they are older they get along great so we are starting to do little play dates for them! Sariah is getting quite brave and now goes down the slide all by herself she climbs up the stairs and over a little bridge to get to it and does great!!! She is quite fearless!!! She still loves to stand up on the bottom of the slide and loves trying to go up it backwards!! We are so happy to be able to enjoy this weather and we hope it stays nice!!! Here are some pictures of one of our park days!!

My New Calling!!

So this past Sunday I was called to serve as our Relief Society Secretary!! I am super excited for my new calling and still kinda in shock that they asked me!! We had our first meeting the other day and they told me it was fine to bring the girls! We had the meeting at the Relief Society Presidents house and I was so nervous the girls were going to get into something they weren't supposed to I was also trying to pay attention to the meeting as well!! It went well but I was a bit overwhelmed!! So I asked them if it would be alright to have the next meeting at my house! They were all ok with that so that was nice! That way I don't have to worry about the kiddos getting into anything!! I am so excited to be able to serve in the Relief Society Presidency and excited to get to know more of the women in our ward!! The first week was a bit overwhelming but now I am getting things in order and I know it will be great! Wish me luck!!!

Our Poor Little Sammi

This picture was taken today Sunday January 11 her rash is doing much better!!!!

Our poor little Sammi has been really sick:( It all started on December 30th! Both the girls were sick with colds but Sariah was a little worse than Sammi and she had this awful cough and she sounded wheezy so I took her into the Dr. to have her checked. We were not able to get into our regular Dr. so we saw someone else but anyway we found out Sariah had a double ear infection! She had just had an ear infection like less than a month before so the Dr. put her on a stronger antibiotic. I asked the Dr. to check Sammi's ears and she did and said Sammi had an ear infection as well. She also gave Sammi a prescription. To make a long story short on the 8th day of the antibiotic Sammi wouldn't eat anything, we were going on day 2 of no eating so we took her into the Dr. When I was getting her dressed to go to the Dr. I noticed a light red rash all over her body. By the time we got to the Dr. which was like an hour later the rash had gotten worse and she started to have diarrhea. The Dr. said it could be one of two things a viral infection or she is allergic to amoxocilian. He was confident it was an allergic reaction though, he said Sariah would have the same thing if it was a viral infection, so we stopped her medication, the ear infection was gone so that was ok, but our poor Sammi was not. She has been on the Brat diet where she can only have bread, rice apple sauce, dry cereal, oatmeal, Gatorade and water just stuff in those categories. She is still hardly eating and has lost a lot of weight which she is already so tiny she cant afford to lose any weight, she still has an awful rash that kinda seems to be getting better but I just don't know, it just doesn't seem as rashy its just red now. She still has diarrhea once a day. We are really worried about her. We just keep waiting for her to get all better, we start to think she is feeling better but we just don't know. You ask her if her tummy hurts and she says no but she has no appetite at all we have to literally bribe her to eat. The day I took these pictures she had eaten a half of a pancake and three bites of eggs, for lunch I had made her french fries and she ate some of them so I thought ok she is getting better! It just keeps fluctuating though,you can tell she just isn't her self. We are hoping tomorrow she feels all better! I know it is going to take time to get all the medicine out of her system it has only been since Thursday since she has been off the medicine so we just have to remember that! She is also on Probiotics so that is supposed to speed up the process. I know she is going to be all right its just scary when your baby is so sick! Sariah is doing great though, she is all over being sick and no more ear infections!! You cant really see her rash in these pictures her skin just looks a little pinker! If you click on the picture on my next post of Sammi putting lip gloss on Sariah you can see her rash a little better. It's just so sad:(
Eating her french fries!

I think she was done with me taking pictures!

Best Friends!!

Last night Spencer went with Mikey to watch the Friday Night Fights with some friends, so the girls and I stayed home and played!! Sammi was feeling pretty good so yeah to that!! First I am going to start out by saying how grateful I am for my sweet little girls!! They bring so much joy to me!!! I remember when we found out we were having another girl, I was truly excited because I just knew Sammi and her would be best friends!! They are both old enough now to play together and I just LOVE watching them!! Sammi loves to have her sister by her side all the time, if Sariah leaves the room Sammi comes to find her yelling "Sariah, where is Sariah?" and she will take her by the hand and lead her back to where ever they had been playing before! And Sariah does the same thing as well, she follows Sammi around everywhere!! It's just soo cute!! They both do have there moments of little fights but for the most part they get a long very well!! So back to Friday night! The girls LOVE dress up and anything that has to do with princesses! So we dressed them up as little princesses and they sang and danced and even rode away on a pink pony!! I took some really cute pictures of our fun girls night, So enjoy!!!

Our little princesses dancing there little hearts out!! I love this picture it looks like Sammi is doing the dancing and Sariah is doing the singing!!
Princess Sariah!
Princess Sammi putting lip gloss on princess Sariah!

Best Friends!!

Princess Sammi riding away on her pink pony!!

Our Little Climbers!!

As many of you know Sammi has always been very inquisitive of everything! We knew she was a climber when she would try to climb on everything and into everything when she was less than one!! The whole climbing thing stopped for awhile I believe because she had investigated all there was to investigate, boy was I wrong!! Not too long ago she figured out that if she carried her drum set with her she could set it down and climb onto things!! We have found her on top of the bathroom counter, on top of her dresser and ever since we got our bar stools she gets onto the counter and walks along it to get whatever she is after. She has brought it to a whole new level! ha ha!! And now for little Sariah I was relieved that she had not attempted to climb on anything, I thought to myself oh good we only have one little climber! Boy was I wrong!! She just didn't start as early as Sammi! Her climbing has just begun. She LOVES to climb on top of the fireplace that is actually what she mastered first!!She thinks its so funny to walk along it and to do a little dance! She also likes to climb on top of the dishwasher and into the play box in the living room!! She loves getting into the all the cupboards and playing with the pots and pans and loves our pull out trash can! Yuck I know!! So here are some pictures of our little climbers!

After her pink cup!!
After I dont know what!!

Trying to fit in there baby pack n play!

Sariah loving to climb on the dishwasher!!

Sariah's favorite place to climb, the fireplace!!

Happy New Year!!!

Well we hope everyone had a very happy new year!! We went over to our friends Derrick and Megan's to have some yummy nachos and yummy treats and to play games!! Boyd, Rene and David were there too and we had a lot of fun watching videos of Derrick dance!! And Boyd had a lot of fun giving me a hard time about my Ed Hardy shirt!! Yes Sunni I said Ed Hardy!! ha ha!! It was a cute shirt and I got a great deal on it!! Anyway we had a great time! After that we came home and put the girls down for bed and Spencer and I cuddled up under a blanket on the couch and watched a movie!! We are so excited for another great year here in the Taylor family! As far as blogging I am going to really try to be a better blogger! As you continue to scroll down you will see I had sooo much to catch up on, there is so much you may have to even click on the older posts icon!! ha ha!! Well We hope Everyone has a wonderful 2009!!

Merry Christmas!!

Every year we switch off between my mom's house and Spencer's parents house for Christmas! This year was spent with Mom and Dad Taylor! We had a wonderful visit!! We hung out played games watched the UFC fights, watched some basketball, football and ate and ate and ate!! No exaggerating about the eating and eating either!! Spencer's cousin Sean and his wife Bree came over to take family pictures as well!! They turned out really good, thanks guys!! The girls really enjoyed being with the family too there were kids EVERYWHERE!! I am sure mom is enjoying the peace and quiet as we speak!! Sammi and Sariah loved opening there gifts to see what Santa had brought them! Sariah of course wasn't too sure what was going on with all the gifts but as you know that comes with being only 13 months old! Sammi on the other hand had started to try to open gifts right when we got there!! Everyday I would ask Sammi what she wanted Santa to bring her for Christmas and she would tell me pink sparkly lips, which is pink lip gloss with sparkles in it!! Of course she got a hold of one of her gifts the day before and opened it and it was the one gift she had asked for!! That little stinker!! I just wrapped it back up and she still acted surprised when she opened it again in the morning!! It was so much fun to watch there faces as they opened up all there gifts!! Here are some pictures of the Taylor Family Christmas!! We hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas!!

Sammi opening her Christmas Eve gift!

Sariah opening her Christmas eve gift!!

Sammi wearing Ellie's wig!!

Spencer and the girls waiting to see what Santa brought them!!

Sammi looking at her new dress up that Santa brought her!

Grandpa showing Sariah her new little people bus!

Daddy and Sammi looking at one of her gifts!!

Sammi already dressed up!!

Sariah enjoying a book!! She loves books!!

Sariah with her new purse!! She has an infatuation with purses!!

Sammi opening another gift!

Sammi and her cheese smile showing us her new sleeping beauty!!

Sariah and her new phone!!

Sariah and her new horsee and baby!!

Spencer and I enjoying ourselves!!

Sammi and Luke helping grandma cook!

Spencers favorite movie that Mauri got him!! The Elephant Man!! ha ha!!

Sunni and Nick !

The girls watching a movie back in Grandma and Grandpas room!!

One good looking family!!

Mom and her girls!!

Lyman Family!

Mom and Dad and there kids all grown up!!

The guys!! (Teddy had to hurry and get the girls to their soccer game)

Brothers and Sisters!!

Best Friends!

Grandma and Grandpa and ALL there grandchildren!!

Snowing In Vegas!!!

As many of you already know it snowed her in Vegas!! These pictures were taken in the middle of the snow fall so there was actually A LOT more!! Schools were canceled and roads were closes due to the snow!! I guess Clark County owns only 1 snow plow thing! Sammi was taking a nap when the snow began so when she got up we took her over to the window and showed her the snow!! She was so excited and stared yelling "snow man, snow man" Sariah had been asleep too so when I showed her she just stared out the window in awe!! When Spencer got home from work we took the girls out to go see the snow, it was so cold Sariah just wanted me to hold her and Sammi wanted to go see the neighbor across the street build a snow man! Spencer and our neighbor Abby and Scott started a snow ball fight in the mean time!! It was a fun couple of days of snow but I am so glad it doesn't snow here on a regular basis in the winter!!

Spencer getting ready to head out in the snow to go to home teaching!!

Visit From The Potter Family!!

The weekend before Christmas Spencer's cousin Abby and her husband Rich and there daughter Kristi came to visit us!! When they got here we headed out to see the Cactus Garden at Ethel M's Chocolate Factory!! It was super cold out so we had the kids all bundled up! Sammi insisted on wearing this red hat, so as you can see below she does not match at all! ha ha!! Anyway we waited in a short line to see Santa, Kristi had the funniest look on her face as you can see below when she sat down on Santa's lap!! Sariah was just hungry and cold so she was fussy and Sammi just hoped up into his lap and told him how she wanted pink lips for Christmas! After that we headed over to Chilies for a bite to eat!! The girls were bundle of joy at the restaurant so we will just leave it at that!! ha ha I am sure everyone with kids knows what I am talking about!! The next day Mikey and Nick had come up to attend the Vegas Bowl which will be another blog, Anyway Spencer, Mikey, Nick and Rich all went to the UNLV basketball game while Abby and I along with the girls went to do some Christmas shopping which I hadn't even started on!! Thank you Abby for all your help with that too!!;) Sammi and Christi got along really well! They had so much fun playing dress up and with all the princess stuff!! They are both so close in age and being little girls were into the same kind of things! It was really cute watching them play together! Sariah just followed them around and tried to keep up!! Here are some pictures from there visit.

Sammi and Kristi wanting to sleep together when it was bed time!!

Waiting in line to see Santa!

Kristi waiting patiently!

Look at Kristi's face!! We were trying to tell her to smile but that was all we got!!

Sariah and Sammi with Santa

My Birthday!!

My Birthday was December 13 and we were supposed to go on the Santa train ride in Boulder City but Sammi didn't want to go at the last minute, she wasn't feeling very well so we just hung out at home and watched movies!! I had such a nice relaxing day!!That night we had Spencer's company Christmas party where everyone sang to me and gave a yummy bunt cake!! For my Birthday Spencer bought me these Juicy Couture earring that I had been wanting for a really long time! I had showed him the earrings months ago and he remembered!! Spencer's parents also got us our bar stools for my Birthday too!! Which look great!! My mom got me new pants which I was in dire need of when I was there visiting!! And my dad and step mom gave me money so I could buy this picture I have been wanting!! I got a lot of really nice gifts for my birthday from everyone, and I wanted to thank everyone for thinking of me!!

Visit With Santa!!

The week before my Birthday I took the girls over the Town Square to see Santa Clause! with my friends Cori and Tina and there kiddos! I liked the Santa that was there last year and his little cottage that he is in is soo cute! They have it decorated really cute!! Sammi and Sariah were so eager to see Santa they just kept peeking through the window waiting for there turn. This year they had one family at a time go visit with Santa which I really liked!! When it was our turn to go in Sammi went running in to see Santa and gave him a big hug. I was holding Sariah and when I went to put her on Santa's lap she got a scared look on her face and I just told her it was alright and to look at Sammi that she likes Santa and then she was ok! So here are the pictures of our fun visit with Santa!! The girls patiently waiting for there turn to see Santa!!

Sammi ran in and gave Santa a big hug!

Sariah was not too sure, she just looked at him!!

Christmas 2008

This is last years Christmas picture!! The girls look so little!!

Sammi's First Christmas!

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Waiting at the airport for our plane to get there!!

Sammi being such a good girl while on the plane!!

Sariah sleeping it up on the plane ride!

For Thanksgiving Spencer and the girls and I flew out to my moms to be with the family! We flew out on Thanksgiving day and it went smoothly!! Our friend Jerrol and his daughter Kasey picked us up from the airport and then we drove up to my moms house for some yummy dinner!! We all had a wonderful thanksgiving. We are so thankful for our families and feel so blessed to be able to spend time with them. We have so much to be thankful for I can not even begin to tell you!! We are so thankful for our heavenly father and all that he has blessed us with! The Saturday after Thanksgiving my sister in law Elizabeth had scheduled to get our makeup done by Bare Minerals! Which Elizabeth got me for my Birthday and I absolutely LOVE!! My sister Logan did not feel well so she was not able to come:( My mom had gone with Pat to a wine tasting thing and Spencer and Tucker hung out with the kiddos while we were gone, oh and Kai was working and Jesse was still in Thailand! But that day Logan was really sick we all thought she maybe had the flu or that maybe she ate something bad?? The following day we went to go take Spencer down to Jerrol's house where we would have a barbecue before he had to leave to go back home for work. ( the girls and I were staying until the following Thursday) Logan went with us she said she was feeling a little better but ended up not feeling very well. That night we drove back to my moms and Jerrol was going to take Spencer to the airport or so we thought ha ha that's were the Monday night football came in to play!! My sister got sicker on the way home and the following day she was complaining about her side hurting so my mom took her into the Dr. and they sent her to the hospital where we found out she had to go in for surgery to get her appendix out. My mom and Logan spent several days at the hospital before coming home. I am glad I was there to be able to help back at the house. Her surgery went well and they were able to come home! The night before I was to go home my mom took me to go get some new pants four to be exact, ones that actually fit for my Birthday!! Thanks mom!! We had such a wonderful time. The girls were great on the plane ride home they both actually slept a little!! Score for me!! So that was are Thanksgiving! Sorry for the lack of pictures, I slacked on the picture taking while there, I didnt realize until our last day there and was so sad:( Lesson learned!! Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving as well!!

Sariah's First Birthday and 1 Year Check Up

On November 5 our sweet little Sariah turned 1!! We cant believe once again how fast the year went by!! Sariah is still such a sweet little girl and getting so big so fast!! She loves to hang out with her sister and tries to keep up with her. She is walking everywhere now and says mama, dadda, baby, happy, and baa like a sheep! She loves to be read to and LOVES purses and phones! I think her favorite part of the day is when Daddy comes walking through the door!! She is a true Daddy's girl that is for sure!! On her birthday we had a little party for her with some friends at the park. Thank you to all of our friends who came to celebrate her special day!! Spencer was able to stop by to sing happy birthday to her. I made cute little polka dot cupcakes which she LOVED as you can see below. We waited to give her, her present that Spencer picked out so he could be there when she opened it! I am so glad we did because her expression was priceless!! The day after her birthday we went in for her 1 year check up, she only had to get two shots which didn't really phase her as usual! She let out one little whimper and then a big smile!! She is such a trooper!! Here are her stats! Her head circumference is 18 in, her height is 29 1/2 in, and she weighs 23.7 lb.s. Happy Birthday Sariah, we love you so much!! The Birthday Girl!!

Playing with Madelyn!

Sariah and Madelyn trying to figure out the slide!!

Singing Happy Birthday to Sariah and Spencer trying to make sure the candle doesn't burn out before we are all done singing to her!! It was kinda windy!!

Looking at one of her presents

Giving her new baby a welcome kiss!!

Mommy and Sariah, look at that cute face!!!

Enjoying a cupcake with Daddy!!

Opening her gift that Daddy picked out, by looking at her expression I think she was quite excited!!

Sariah playing with her new present!!

The Races!!

So as many of you know Spencer helps work on Roger Holders race cars when they have races. It is a whole weekend deal so when the race season starts he gets to go work on the cars about one to two times a month! He absolutely loves it!! The girls and I get to go when they are here in Vegas but we usually only go out one or two of the days and that is plenty for the girls!! The girls have so much fun hanging out with Roger and Bert's little girl Summer! Her are some pictures from our weekends out at the races! Spencer down in the pit!

Roger and Spencer working hard!

Mikey T and the girls! They love there Uncle Mikey!

Mikey, Spencer and Jerrol

Sammi and Spencer on the rhino! Sammi loves when her daddy takes her for rides!

Mikey T and Sariah

Sammi and Summer hanging out in the motor home!

One of the cars

Getting ready to race!!

Our Visit To Moms and We Have A Walker!!

In the begining of October the girls and I went for a visit to see my mom and family in California!! We had a very fun visit!!! The girls had so much fun seeing all the family and being able to play with there cousins and aunts and uncles . And of course Sariah started to walk while we were there!! I knew that would happen but we were able to send a cute video of her to Spencer and in the video she even said "hi dadda" it was the cutest thing ever!! I cant believe my little baby is already walking!!! Here are some pictures of our fun visit!! I miss them all and cant wait to see them again!!! Sariah sitting on the fire engine!!

Sariah playing outside in the car!!


Cute little Max!! He's such a happy baby!!

Sammi and Luciana swinging outside!!

Sammi making sure Luciana is all buckled in!!

Sariah enjoying an apple which was a first for her, she had never had a whole apple to herself!!

Trying to get a picture of the three of them but it didnt work out to well!! I think Sariah was sleeping??

Aunti Lo Lo painting Sammi's toe nails!!

Sammi and Tucker swinging in the back yard!! Sammi Loves playing with her uncle tuter!!

The girls playing with the Barbies!!

Sariah and Max hanging out on the floor!!

Sammi and Luciana playing so well!!

Mom and Max smiling for the camara!!

The girls and Kathy O'Daniel! Kathy comes and picks up Sammi everytime we are there and takes her for a donut!! Sammi just loves it!!

Sammi and Uncle Jesse pretending they are asleep!!

Uncle Jesse and Sariah

The girls and Uncle Jesse! Theylove there Uncle Jesse!!

Sammi giving Auntie Lo Lo hugs! Sammi loves her Auntie Lo Lo!!

A video of Sariah first walking!!

Halloween Fun!!

October was a busy month for us with all the Halloween madness!! We went to our trunk or treat for our ward and we also went to the Silver Springs ward as well! On Halloween We went to The Candy Chemist where they had pony rides, games and a clown on stilts!! The girls had a blast!! Sammi was little bo peep and Sariah was the sheep they looked so cute!! We borrowed a costume that Spencer's mom had made and had Sammi be little bo peep, which was a hit! She won the costume contest in our ward!! We decided to dress Sariah up on Halloween in the lady bug costume that Spencer's mom made as well and that was hit as well! They looked so cute!! During the week I took the girls to our pumpkin patch which is held in the Sunset Casino parking lot! haha !! The girls had a blast!! They rode on all the rides and went in and pet all the animals in the petting zoo that they had!! I was surprised well not really, but Sariah wasn't scared at all, she liked riding the rides and liked all the animals as well! And Sammi of course wasn't scared at all!! October was quite a fun month!!Sammi and Spencer

Sariah in the cute ladybug costume!!

Sariah and Sammi at the pumpkin patch

Sammi riding on the swings at the pumpkin patch!!

Sariah riding on the swings at the pumpkin patch!

Sammi riding her favorite ride! I think she really thinks she is driving! ha ha!

A little tired after walking around collecting candy!!

Sammi decorating a cookie at trunk or treat!!

Sariah are cute little sheep!!

A quick picture before leaving for the Candy Chemist!! That is Sammi's "Cheese" smile!

The girls trying to raid the candy!!

Sammi riding the pony!! All by herself!!

Sariah and I and the pony!!

The girls picking out there pumpkins!!