The Taylor Family

Shutterfly!!!

2010-11-18T19:19:00.001-08:00

So this will be the first year I am sending out Christmas cards!! I am very excited!! Spencer and I have been married almost 5 1/2 years and cant believe this will be my first year ever doing cards!! I was going to send some Christmas Cards out that I already had where I have to insert the picture in the card and hope that the card still weighed enough where I had to only have use one stamp. Well I have decided to order my Christmas cards this year off of Shutterfly!!! I just love shutterfly!! I have already looked over ALL there Christmas Cards! I loved them all and in the end had to choose from 8 cards (no joke)!! I found the one I am going to use! All I have to do is upload the picture and put in our last name and I am done!! I am so excited for these to be our very first Christmas cards!! I have made numerous calenders on shutterfly and sent them out as gifts for Christmas and boy were they a hit!! You can check them out here - http://www.shutterfly.com/calendars Shutterfly makes it so easy! Anyone can do it even if your not too good on the computer! Here is a link to there Christmas photo cards go check all they have to offer! http://www.shutterfly.com/cards-stationery/christmas-cards

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Getting So Big!!!

2010-11-16T20:53:00.000-08:00

So when Spencer gets home this is what he gets every time!! Little Spencer RUNS and I mean RUNS as fast as he can to greet him!! It is the cutest thing ever. The girls do it too but I caught this one and took a quick picture!! As I took the picture little Spencer said "Cheese!!" It was the cutest thing ever!! It was the first time we have ever heard him say that!! I think he picked up on it when we had family pictures last week!! I cant believe how big he is getting!! He is such a joy to have around!! He almost always has a big smile on his sweet little face!! Today little Spencer kept trying to climb behind the TV. I would shake my head to him and say "No No No little buddy, we don't get behind the TV" well tonight after big Spencer got home he tried doing it again, we were watching him and when he noticed that we were watching he starting shaking his head back and forth like I had been!! Its just so crazy how fast he is growing and how he is picking up on everything!! We just love our little man and love sitting back and watching him do and say new things!!!!

Our Cute Kiddos!!!

2010-11-14T21:15:00.000-08:00

I just had to include these pictures in our blog!! Our little kiddos bring so many smiles to our faces day after day!! They are just the cutest little kiddos!! We love watching them as they grow and try new things!! Its so funny watching them- The girls are so girlie and Spencer is all boy!! I love being a stay at home mom!! I am so thankful for Spencer's hard work that allows me to stay home with our children!! I wont lie some days are hard but the good days make up for the hard ones!! I am just so blessed to be the mother of these cute little kiddos!!!

Happy 3rd Birthday JoJo!!!

2010-11-14T09:36:00.000-08:00

Our little JoJo turned 3 on November 5th!!! She has been waiting patiently for her Birthday ever since Sammi had hers! LOL! We didn't have a big party and have actually decided to wait for the big parties when they turn 6! Okay enough of that! Spencer made Sariahs cake the night before! I have a picture on my phone and need to upload it, but he did a great job!!! I got home from my RS leadership meeting and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the cake!! WOW!!! All day on Friday Sariah kept opening the fridge and would just stare at her pretty cake!! It was a princess cake she would say!! That evening we had pizza and cake! The Lymans stopped over and celebrated with us!! Grandma Abby made Sariah the cute pink Aurora dress! Sariah is growing up so fast!! She is are little spit fire that's for sure!! She has such a big funny little personality and LOVES the color pink. Her favorite movie is Barbie Mermaid Tale she would watch that movie 10x a day if we let her lol! She loves playing with her sister and for the most part they get along well! You ask her who her best friend is and she says " Sammi" She loves to change her clothes a billion times a day - again if I let her! She just loves playing dress up!! I can tell she is going to be are little girl that just loves clothes!!! lol! We cant believe she is already 3 she is growing up so fast and amazes us on all she can do!! Sariah had her 3 year check up as well. Here are her stats!!! She is 38 in. tall which puts her in the 75 percentile and weighs 42 pounds which puts her in the 95 percentile. She has only gained one pound in the whole year and just continues to get taller!! We are blessed to have a healthy little girl. We are so thankful to be her parents and are very proud of our sweet little JoJo!! Happy Birthday Sariah JoJo!!! Ready to have some Birthday cake!!

Ready to make a wish!

Princess Sariah!!

Opening her presents!

Checking out her new Barbie light up dress up shoes!

Her new Aurora dress that Grandma Abby made!

Sariah's Go's to School!!!

2010-11-14T09:01:00.000-08:00

This month Sariah started three rec-center classes! On Mondays she goes for and hour and half and on Wed. she goes for 45min. She is on the waiting list for the preschool but it doesn't look like she will be getting in this school year. We had to wait until she turned 3 before she could start. The rec-center classes have turned out to be great!!! Her teachers name is Mrs. Heather!! I am so happy we signed her up!! It has definitely been worth it!! She is learning about colors, shapes, the alphabet and doing an art class where she learns to use scissors and glue and so forth! But best of all she is having fun doing educational activities. She is also learning to sit in her chair for longer periods of time and doing most of the stuff that a preschool has to offer just shorter time frames. I know some parents who say preschool is a waste but I beg to differ. You as a parent can continue to teach them on an everyday basis but why not expand that! Yes she already knows her ABC's and knows lots of colors and shapes but why not give children a head start in a classroom setting!! I am able to also spend that time with little Spencer, one on one!! The week before school we took her to go pick out her little backpack! She couldn't decide on whether to get the Tinker Bell or the Princess backpack! In the end she picked the Tinker Bell!! Here's are cute little JoJo on her way to class!!!

Happy Halloween!!!

2010-11-14T08:43:00.000-08:00

This Halloween we were down in Bakersfield. We had Grandpa Taylor's funeral so Spencer got Monday morning off and we were able to to go trick or treating with the family!! The girls were in heaven with all there cousins and all the candy!!! When we got back to the house we had to check Sariah's bucket of candy. Out of her whole bucket there was only about 4 pieces of candy she could have, thank goodness Grandpa had bought candy to pass out that didn't contain any nuts so we put in a couple handfuls in her bucket and she was good to go!! The kids looked so cute in there costumes. Grandma Abby made the girls costumes!! Aren't they soo cute!! I bought Spencer's costume for $4.00 dollars at Children's place! He was a cute little Spider:) There cousins all looked soo good in there costumes. I was sad that I didn't get any pictures of Mauris kids dang it!! Well here are the pictures from our Halloween fun!!!

Us on Halloween!!!! I love my family!!!

We have the cutest kids!! Dont you just love the girls witch faces, while Spencer is going to town on his sucker!!!

Our sassy little witch!

Enjoying all there candy!

Taylor and Sadie

Ellie and Hayden!

The Urmston clan!! Can you believe Mom and Jaime made all those costumes!!!

Grandpa Taylor

2010-11-13T22:32:00.000-08:00

On October 26th Spencer's Grandpa passed away. We were very excited that he was once again reunited with his sweetheart Grandma Taylor. We were able to go down to Bakersfield to attend his funeral. This was my very first LDS funeral and I have to say it was a wonderful and beautiful as a funeral can be. I learned a lot about Grandpa Taylor that day. We all laughed and cried! What a great man he was. My testimony was definitely strengthend that weekend! We are soo happy to be and eternal family and so happy that one day we too will be reunited with him again!!

Pumpkin Patch!!

2010-11-13T21:56:00.000-08:00

We were able to visit the pumpkin patch twice this year! The kids loved it as usual!! The first time we went at night, the second time we went with a friends play group. Here are some pictures of there fun time!!! Being silly!
Loving the animals!!

Loving the animals!!!

Spencer hanging out in his stroller! He wanted in on all the action!!

Sammi loves all rides!!

Sammi and Anais (my neighbor)

The kids on the train ride, Anaise wasn't to sure about it though

Weekend With The Lymans!!

2010-11-13T21:46:00.000-08:00

General conference weekend Sunni and Nick came down along with Nick and Steve's parents to visit!! They all stayed at Tracy and Steve's. We headed over there that Saturday and barbecued!! All the kids had so much fun! We all had a lot of fun!! The girls got to go out for a bit before the men headed to the priesthood session!!! The girls fell in love with Nick and Steve's mom Louise. Within min. they were calling her Grandma Louise! So cute!! We had a fun filled weekend and cant wait for more visits!!! We love the Lyman's!!! Spencer with all the kids in the hot tub!!
Watching a movie!!

Just hanging out!!

Oaklee and Sammi cuddled up with Grandma Louise!

Visiting Daddy and A Day At the Park

2010-11-13T21:32:00.000-08:00

Sammi and Sariah school is right by Spencer's job site so we like to stop by and for a quick hello!! The kids love it and its fun to see the progress on the building that is going up!! It is going to be one of the tallest in old Henderson!! The kids love going to the park so one day we met Spencer there for a quick lunch. The kids loved playing with there daddy on all the toys! Here are some pictures from our days out and about!! Sariah and her Daddy!!
Spencer waving hi to me!!

Sammi on the swing!

Sariah and Spencer playing on the swing (that outfit she has on is one of her favorites, Spencer's mom made it for her and she would wear it every day if I let her lol)

Spencer going through the tunnel! He loved this park because they hat toys that he was able to explore on!!

Spencer's First Story Time!

2010-11-13T21:20:00.001-08:00

As you know we love story time!!! Spencer had his very first Story Time this past September! He loved it!! Our local library has the best story time, they fill up so fast that I have to set my phone to remind me the first day of registration! Spencer always laughs at me but if you don't sign up the first day don't count on getting in!!! I am excited to continue going and watch my kids enjoy some fun library times!!! Spencer's library teacher is Mrs. Linda she has had both Sammi and Sariah in her class and has watched them as they grow! They all know my children by name, I am hoping its a good thing lol!! Here are some pictures of our little man in his first very first story time!!

Sammi's 4year and Spencers 1 year check up!

2010-11-13T20:57:00.000-08:00

In September we had Sammi and Spencer's check up. We were able to go back to the Dr.'s office that I really liked since Spencer's job switched insurances!! I am soo happy to be back there where I feel the Dr. actually knows what he is talking about not only that he has patience seeing they work with children!! I have the kids seeing a great Dr. who actually thoroughly checks them, I know it sounds weird but our other Dr. did not do that he would just scan them over and do more talking then anything else. Okay enough of the rant on our old Dr.!! Both Sammi and Spencer are healthy and growing like they should be!! Sammi was brave and had to get some immunizations, she is all set until she turns 11!!! Spencer had to get his 1 year immunizations and took them like a champ too!!! Such brave little ones!!! Here are there stats!

Sammi- weighs 32 pounds and is in the 24-50 percentile. Height- 38.65 in. and is in the 25 percentile.

Spencer- weighs 21.13 pounds and is in the 50 percentile. Height-29 1/2 in. and is in the 50 percentile and his head circumference is 46cm which puts him in the 50 percentile

We are soo thankful to have healthy children. I truly believe it is a blessing!!!!

Spencer Walking!

2010-09-28T20:41:00.000-07:00

Our little guy is walking!!! Yay!!!

Mikey and Larissa's Sealing!!

2010-09-09T16:14:00.000-07:00

Soo I am better late then never, but Mikey and Larissa were sealed what two months ago in the LA Temple!! We were able to go take part in there beautiful day!! We are truly happy for them to unite as an eternal family!!! There sealing was absolutely beautiful!! My dad helped watch the kids while we were in the endowment session and the sealing so a big thank you to him!! Spencer and I had never done a session in the LA Temple so we were pretty excited about that!! I cant wait to go back!!! Before we headed home we stopped to hang out with Jerrol and Jaylnn at the Santa Monica Pier!! Sariah was asleep almost the entire time, but Sammi was soo excited to ride on a couple rides!!! Here are some pictures from our fun filled weekend!! One big family!!!
Grandma Abby and Sariah

Sariah being silly!

All the little girls thought Larissa was a princess!! Sammi and Sariah still call her Auntie Larissa the princess lol!!

Cousins!

little Spencer

Sariah passed out!!

Sammi getting ready for her ride!

So brave!!

Loving it!!

She is so cute!!

Daddy and his baby boy!!

Visit From Grandpa

2010-09-09T14:24:00.000-07:00

My Dad came in town on the 29th of August! Spencer's Birthday!! The kids have loved having there Grandpa here!! The girls love to color with him and little Spencer loves to play ball with him!! He was here for a week and then went to go visit my brothers for a week and will come back here and then leave on the 17th. I will take more pictures once he comes back but here are some from last week!! Sammi hanging out with Grandpa!

Sariah coloring with Grandpa!

Grandpa bought the girls new markers and has been teaching them to color in the lines!

Little Spencer hanging with Grandpa!

Little Spencer and Grandpa

My Dad and I

Spencer and my Dad hanging out

Sabraw Photography!

2010-09-02T13:38:00.000-07:00

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Happy 1st Birthday Spencer!!!

2010-08-29T13:06:00.000-07:00

Singing Happy Birthday to our little guy!!
LOVING his very own Birthday cake!!

Look at that mess!!!!

He loved his birthday balls!

He loved his Birthday card from Great Grandma!!

Listening to the Birthday music!!

He loved his new church clothes from Grandma!

Today we celebrate the birth of our baby boy Spencer!!!! This year has flown by and what a blessing he has been to our family!! Little Spencer has made our family complete!!! He is such a sweet little boy and we cant get enough of him!! He loves his sisters and follows them everywhere!! He just loves his Daddy to pieces!!! He cant seem to get enough of him!!! The minute Spencer walks through the door its all about Daddy!!! He isn't walking on his own completely yet, he has taken two steps by himself but loves to walk around the house either holding on to his push toy or onto who ever is near him! He is such a happy baby and so easy going!! He has two teeth on bottom and his two front top teeth are coming in but that doesn't stop him from eating that's for sure!! He loves to feed himself! Spencer loves when you sing Popcorn Popping On The Apricot Tree! He says Mamma and Dadda and claps and waves!! His favorite toys are balls!!! He is all boy that's for sure!! He loves Veggie Tale movies, Wonder Pets and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, I know he is only 1 but he actually will sit and watch them while he plays! He loves the water too, he loves playing at the splash pad and when we go swimming he looks just like a little fish swimming! I swear if we let go he would swim! Its so funny to watch!!! We just love our baby boy and we are so blessed and thankful to have him in our lives and to be his parents!!! Happy Birthday Spencer!!!!! We love you!!!

Just minutes old!!!

Our little man!! He is getting so big!!!

Our Big Boy!!

2010-08-28T14:44:00.000-07:00

Spencer has moved into a front facing car seat!!!!!! No more lugging that heavy infant car seat around!!! He loves facing forward! The first day we put him in it I swear he smiled the ENTIRE time!!! He loves to be able to see whats going on and loves being able to watch movies!! Our big boy!!
Soo excited!!!!!!!!!!

Happy 4th Birthday Sammi!!!

2010-08-28T13:55:00.000-07:00

On August 16th Sammi turned 4!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can not believe it!!!!! These last four years have flown by!! It has been such a blessing to watch little Sammi grow!!! She is truly such a sweet little girl!! She is at that age now where he loves to help you in whatever you are doing and tells us daily how much she loves us!!!! It just melts my heart!! She loves to talk to you about everything that is going on! She still continues to amaze us with her little memory- She remembers EVERYTHING! These days she is really into Barbie especially the movies and of course anything princess! For her birthday she got the new Veggie Tale movie Sweet Pea and has fell in love with Veggie Tales!! I was soo excited!!!! I know I am a dork! But what parent doesn't want there kids to love Veggie Tales!!!! Ha Ha! Sammi continues to LOVE primary and we just love listening to her talk about the all she is learning!!! Sammi starts preschool again next month and will be going three days a week! She is very excited and cant wait to get back to school!!! She says she needs to practice writing her name more! HaHa!! We had a little birthday party at the park/splash pad with some of her little friends!! We had a pinata and of course cake and our good friend Chris brought his kinkajou monkey Zoey and did balloons for the kids!! She had a blast!!! Her are some pictures from her party!! Happyy 4th Birthday Sammi!!!! We love you and are so proud of you!!

Sammi holding Zoey

The kids love little Zoey!!

Making balloons!!

Tracy and Steve!

Sammi and her balloon poodle!!

Steve and Spencer! They hung out the entire time together!! Thanks Steve!!!

Chris's Birthday balloon hat for Sammi! Hahahah!!!!

Little Oaklee!!

Little Kace!

Sammi opening gifts!

Steve and Spencer chillin on the swing!

Sammi blowing out her candles and making a wish!

Sammi's princess Birthday cake!

Her new birthday Princess and The Frog Dress that Grandma made!

The Ainge's

Megan and Dax

Some Sunday Pictures!

2010-08-26T21:04:00.000-07:00

One Sunday before church I wanted to get some pictures of the family!! Our family picture we had to take probably 6 times before we got everyone to look at the camera!!! I think we even bribed the girls with some gum!!!

Sammi's Talk!!

2010-08-26T20:52:00.001-07:00

On August 8th Sammi had her first talk in Primary!!!! Her theme was "Jesus Christ is the son of God, and he is a God of miracles" I was soo happy and excited for her!! Spencer and I talked to her all week about it! She was very excited!! Spencer and her sat down and practiced her little talk!! It was so cute listening to them! Yes I cried!!! The big day came and I was so nervous!! I was the one going up there with her and we could tell she was not a bit nervous! She definitely gets that from her Dad! So as we were sitting there waiting I started to get really hot I was so nervous! I am such a weirdo!! We go up there and Sammi just grabs the microphone with both hands and just starts talking !!! She was not scared at all! She made eye contact the entire time and just spoke into the microphone! It was just so cute!! Definitely a day we will never forget!! We are so proud of her for being such a confident little girl and for doing such a great job!! We love you Sammi Ann!!!!Doesnt she look so cute sitting in that big chair!!!
Such a big girl!!!

No More Diapers For Sariah!!!

2010-08-26T20:33:00.000-07:00

If your wondering what Sariah is holding it is underwear!!!! Yes she is no longer in diapers!!!!!!!!!! She actually hasn't been for about 3 months now but I just realized I never blogged about it!!! As all parents know, potty training is a work in progress and anyone who says "The minute I put underwear on my child they never had an accident ever again" Is lying!!! HaHa!!! Over all she is doing great though!! Most days are accident free but we have our days sometimes!! Yay for no more diapers Sariah!!!! We love you!!!

Pioneer Day In St. George!!

2010-08-25T20:39:00.000-07:00

On Pioneer Day this year we headed up to St.George Utah and stayed with Sunni and Nick and then headed up to Pine Valley to see Grandma and Grandpa Reber. Poor little Luke was not feeling well at all and had a really high temp. It went down in the morning so we went to the festivities they were having in Washington! The kids had soo much fun!!! We all had a blast!! After we got home little Luke was not feeling well again and his temp. spiked it was up to 105 soo scary! Nick and Spencer gave him a blessing and later on him temp broke and after taking a long nap he seemed to feel better! Poor guy! Later on the evening we did fireworks with some friends of Nick and Sunni's! The kids chased the flying army men that came out of the fireworks over and over again! After that was all done we headed to bed and then woke up and we were off to Pine Valley. I was so mad I didn't take any pictures up at Grandma and Grandpas!! It was soo good to see them! They are just so sweet and such great inspirations to all of us!! We are going to start to try to make it up there once a month to go see them! We are also making it a Taylor tradition to head to St. George ever Pioneer Day!! Well here are some pictures of our fun weekend!!! Sammi getting her face painted!
Sariah getting her face painted! She was so funny she started moving away from the lady because she said the lady was tickling her!

Sammi's butterfly

Sariah's butterfly

Doing the cupcake walk!! Bad idea though once we really thought about it because poor Sariah couldn't have one! Spencer made it up to her when he brought her favorite color "pink' cotton candy!

Little Luke!

Sammi and Sariah with the "Princess"!!

Luke playing one of the games!

Spencer and Spencer hanging out!

Logan waiting patiently in line to ride the horse!

The girls on the horse!!

Logan on the horse!

The girls and some more "Princess's" if they could have they would have followed them everywhere!

Sammi playing the fishing game!

Spencer and Spencer watching some fireworks!

Sariah having a great time watching to fireworks! But it was a little loud sometimes!

Luke just chillin watching the fireworks!

Sammi not liking the loud fireworks!!

Funny little girl!!

The kids chasing after the flying parachute army men!

Logan!!

Sariah playing one of the games!

Need I say more!

All the boys just chillin watching to fireworks! Sammi in the background!

My little man and I!

Spencer and Nick starting being a little scary with the fireworks! lol!

Fireworks!!

All the little ones with there sparklers!

Trip To Bakersfield!

2010-08-24T20:37:00.000-07:00

After we left my moms house we headed back to Bakersfield!! We had so much fun there too! I swear we lived in the pool while we were there! We would stay out swimming and laying out for hours and come in nap and then go back out again!! We were all very tan to say the least!! I had fun hanging out by the pool with all the kiddos and with the sisters! While we were there I went with Mauri Jaime and the girls from the Eclipse party that Mauri had over to see Eclipse! It was soo good!! I cant wait for the next movie!! We also went out to watch the cousins at there swim meet!!! They are so good and it was so fun to watch them get there swim on!! We went out to Michael and Jaime's for the UFC fights and were able to see there new beautiful kitchen that Dad and Mikey built for them!!! We spent 4th of July there as well! I think that's becoming a Taylor tradition for us! Spencer also came down 4th of July weekend!! We were so excited to see him, we had not seen him for almost two weeks! He surprised his mom and if I remember correctly she yelled when he came walking in!!! We had soo much fun hanging out with everyone and cant wait for our next visit!! Here are some of the pictures from our trip!! Again sorry for the picture overload!! Our little Spencer hanging out during the fight!

Hanging in the little pool!

The girls taking a break and having a little popcorn-poolside:)

Sammi and Spencer watching a movie!

Loving the water hose!!

Sariah jumping to her Auntie Larissa!

The girls having there treat and Spencer trying to get in on it!!

Hayden!!

Daddy and his little ones!!

Fight night out at Michael and Jaime's!!

The trip wouldn't be complete without a bubble bath in Grandma and Grandpas tub!!

Sariah having fun with the bubbles!

Having fun with the cousins!!

Jaime, the girls decided to dress her in flowers!

Sariah, having fun with the sparklers on the 4th of July!

Sammi not liking the loud noise's of the fireworks!

Jaime, Mom and Sariah hanging out watching the fireworks!!

Sammi getting her swim on!!

Me helping Sariah!

Our cute little boy!! I swear he lived in that little pool! haha!!

Spencer hanging out with Grandpa!

Sariah swimming with Larissa!!!

The girls having fun!!!

Having some pizza!!

Spencer swimming with the girls!

Mikey loundging in the pool-pops soda in hand!

Sadie and Spencer!

The girls and I hanging out watching some fireworks!

Spencer helping Sammi with her sparkler! She wasn't to sure about it!

The 2006 girls, we missed little Luke!

All the girl cousins!!

Trip To California!!

2010-08-23T19:53:00.000-07:00

In June I packed up the kids and we headed to my moms!! My brother Kai and his wife were baptizing my niece and nephews and they asked me to be one of the god parents! We stopped in Bakersfield to spend the night to brake up the trip. We left Bakersfield the next day around noon. The kids were all really good! It took us about 6 1/2 hours to get to my moms!! The kids watched lots of movies to say the least!!! We had a wonderful visit seeing everyone!! The first Sunday we were there was the baptism. I felt honored that they asked me! I cant believe I didn't get any pictures of all of us at the baptism! My grandma was even there the same time we were so we had a wonderful visit with her too!! While we were there we went on several fun adventures! Sorry the picture overload!! Our first little adventure was Sonoma Train Town. We met my brother Kai and his little family there! It was soo much fun! They had this train that went all around the property! The property was HUGE there were big ponds, little towns and the kids were able to feed some animals!! They had a great day!! Our next adventure was we went to see Toy Story 3 my mom watched little Spencer while my sister Logan and Pats daughter Jacklyn took the girls! We had lots of popcorn and the girls did great during the movie! Poor Sariah had to go to the bathroom several times but she did really good!! Our last adventure was the Oakland Zoo! My mom Tucker Logan and the kids all headed out in the morning and we didn't get back until after 6pm!!! The girls had a blast! They loved seeing all the animals and going on the rides and running around!! It was so cute to watch them!! We all had soo much fun!!! On the days that we were not out and about we hung out at the house and the kids swam and played!! Little Spencer started really standing up for the first time while we were there!! He also mastered crawling on his hands and knees instead of the army crawl!! We also got to meet the newest addiction to the Pasquale family, little Dante!! He is such a cute and sweet little guy!!! We had soo much fun visiting and plan to do that every summer!! Thank you to everyone for our wonderful visit!! We love and miss all of you!!! Again sorry for the picture overload! Sonoma TrainTown
Feeding the animals

One of the little towns

Sariah checking the animals out

Sammi feeding the lama

On the train

Standing like a big boy!

My cute nephew Dante

Luciana and Sammi

My mom and Spencer

Dante

Sammi and Jacklyn

My Grandma and Spencer

Logan and Sariah playing!! They love there Auntie Lo Lo

Our beautiful little Sammi

At the movies!!!

Tucker, Logan and Spencer! Tucker carried Spencer in the front pack almost the entire time!! What a sweetheart!!! He was a little sore the following day!!

Sammi and Sariah!! They are the funniest little girls!!

Sammi stopping for the train!

Sariah riding on the lion!

Grandma and Sariah on the train ride!

Tucker and Spencer

Spencer hanging out in the stroller. He was soo good while we were at the zoo!

Spencer and I at Train Town

The kids decided to play in the water!

Sammi decided to take it to a whole new level!!

Luciana! Such a pretty little girl!

Cousins!

Luciana such a little mother!

Tucker and Spencer hanging out by the pool!

Kai and little Max!

Grandma and Spencer

Sariah and Jacklyn, the girls LOVED playing with her!!

Kai and Spencer hanging out!!

Tucker and Sariah hanging out watching some TV. The girls love there Uncle Tucker! They loved waking him up evermorning!!

Sariah and I at the movies!

Logan, Sariah and Jacklyn playing in the pool!

Logan and SariahTucker and Spencer swimming!!

Sariah learned to swim with floaties all by herself while we were there!!!!!!

Cute little family picture at the zoo!!

My mom talking to the girls about one of the animals!

Best Friends!

Having fun on the car ride! They rode it three times!!

My baby girl and I!

Sammi! She is getting so big!! Such a cute little girl!!

Spencer and Castor

2010-06-17T14:26:00.001-07:00

So our little guy has discovered Castor! He wasnt too sure of him at first but that didnt take long!! Looks like we have another animal lover!! Playing with Castor's tail!

Climbing all over the dog!

I bring the dogs inside while the girls nap everyday so Spencer goes and visits with them while they are taking there naps too!

Our 5 Year Anniversary!!!!

2010-06-17T13:15:00.000-07:00

Spencer and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary on June 10!!! We cant believe it has already been 5 years that we have been married!! In the 5 years that we have been married so much has happened, we seriously have fulfilled many dreams that we have had!! I say this a lot but we are truly living a dream come true!! We continue to grow together in every way that we can!! I am truly blessed to be his wife and so excited for the years to come!! Every year just gets better and better! I love you with all my heart Spencer!!! Here are some pictures of us celebrating 5 years!! Spencer brought home a delicious cake!! I think about that cake often! haha!!

Spencer and I blowing out our 5 candles!!!

Sammi enjoying a little cake!! Looking at this picture just melts my heart, she is getting so big and truly is a sweet little girl (most of the time;) )

Sariah! I laugh at this picture because we tell her to say cheese and she always tilts her head, by the time the camera decides to take the picture she is done smiling!!

Spencer enjoying a little cake!!!

The Taylor Family, Just one of our dreams that have come true in the last 5 years!!!

Visit From The Smith's

2010-06-17T12:25:00.000-07:00

A couple of weekends ago we had Mandi, Brian and Brooklyn come hang out for a few days! Brian had a conference here in Vegas and Mandi and Brooklyn hung out with us!! The girls had soo much fun playing together!! It was really nice to see all of them get along soo well!! One of the days they were here we went to the splash pad! Sammi was the only one that would get in the water, Sariah and Brooklyn didn't want much to do with it!! It was soo hot that day, I think like 108!! We ended up staying inside the rest of the days-I was just too hot to even go anywhere!! We had a great time with them and are excited to see them in a couple weeks and play again while were down in Bakersfield!! Sammi and Brooklyn!

Sariah being silly!

Our sweet Sammi aka Mommy's little helper!!

Our cute little Sariah! She was ready for a nap!

Spencer! He loved the water!! Is he not just so cute?!!

Brooklyn

Brooklyn- she's such a funny little girl!!

Spencer chillin in his seat when we first got there!

Brooklyn and Sariah observing!

Brooklyn-Is she not soo cute?!!! Not to mention she has such a funny little personality!! My favorite is when she rolls her eyes!! Its hilarious!!

Sariah hanging out in the play area

Spencer had enough!!

Sammi playing in the water!

Spencer's Fight!!!

2010-06-16T14:21:00.000-07:00

Spencer had his first Muay Thai fight on June 5th!!! I will admit I thought I was going to have a heart attack that night!! haha!!! He did great and of course won!!! So many of our family and friends came to watch and showed there support for him!! Thank you all soo much for coming!! Mark your calenders because it looks like he will be in the next one on September 11, pending Mikey and Larissa's sealing date!! I am happy to see him so happy about doing something he loves!!! I hope my heart will uphold for the next fight!!! Hope to see all of you who came again along with the others who couldn't make it this last time!!!! Great job babe!!! Here are some pictures from the eventful weekend!! Jerroll, Gabe, Steve, me, Larissa and Mikey

Spencer and Chris

Jim and Spencer

Dad, Spencer and Teddy

Weighing in!

The face off!!

The entrance!!!

Kristi, me and Larissa!!

Spencer's 9 Months Old!!!

2010-06-16T13:19:00.001-07:00

I cant believe little Spencer is already 9 months old ! He turned 9 months on May 29th and is just getting so big!! For the most part he is still the happiest baby!!! His little smile still melts our hearts!! He is loving that he is able to get to whatever he wants to now!! He doesn't get into everything like the girls did/do (Yet, lets hope it stays that way) He loves to just chill and roam around the house!! He loves going over to his toy box as you see below and loves to sit on his knees and take the toys out of there! The other night at Steve and Tracy's he pulled himself up!! He loves food and we have stopped with the baby food and now give him whatever we are eating!! I have even started making my own food for him when it comes to stuff he cant quite chew since he doesn't have any teeth yet! I am quite proud of myself since I pretty much gave the girls store bought baby food until they had teeth! He definitely loves the taste of table food much better!!! As far as teeth go, we do see his bottom left tooth just trying to brake through the gums!! We just love our little guy and he is truly a blessing in all of our lives!! We are soo happy to be his parents!! We love you little guy!! For stats here they are- his height was 29 in. which puts him in the 50-75% he weighed 20 lb- 25-50 % and his head circ. was in the 50% He is just perfect!!!!

Memorial Day!!!

2010-06-04T19:40:00.001-07:00

For Memorial Day our friends invited us to The M Resort Pool where they had a cabana!! We had soo much fun!!! We stayed and just hung out and let the kids swim for hours!!! This was little Spencer's first time swimming and he loved it!! The girls had a blast hanging out in the pool playing with there friends!! Needless to say we had a great day with great friends!!!

Our Visit To The Lyman's!!

2010-06-04T19:21:00.000-07:00

Last week we went to go visit Sunni, Nick, Luke and Logan!!! We still had not seen there new BEAUTIFUL new house!!! I cant believe I didn't take more pictures!!! We went the splash pad, and the park one day and just hung out!! Sunni had told Sammi that once they moved into there new house that we were going to come up and have a pajama party and have popcorn, chocolate milk and watch movies!! You know Sammi she didn't forget and had been asking me for the past month!! Ha Ha!! So the pictures below are from the pajama party!! We had the kids make cute little pictures for there Daddy's!! They are coming here tomorrow and we are super excited!!!! Hahaa!! Sunni is going to love me for this picture!!!!

We Have A Mover!!!!

2010-06-04T19:13:00.000-07:00

A couple of weeks ago our little Spencer began to crawl!! He mainly does the army crawl but does get up on his hands and knees!! He is definelty mobile now!! He LOVES that he can now follow his sisters everywhere and be able to move all around!! He is the cutest little guy and its so fun to just watch him roam around the house!! He started out here drinking his bottle after his afternoon nap.........

Ended up here behind the couch!!!

Sabraw Photography

2010-05-20T15:18:00.001-07:00

I couldn't forget to post some pictures of our sweet little boy at 7 months of age (I know he is almost 9 months but as usual I am a little late!) The talented Dawn Sabraw of Sabraw Photography took these pictures one nice evening while we were outside visiting!! Go check out her website here (just click on it!) http://sabrawphotography.com

Mommy Daughter Day!!

2010-05-20T13:54:00.001-07:00

Last Saturday Sammi and I had a Mommy Daughter day!! I had registered Sammi for a Princess Tea party that they were having at the Library, (you had to be 3) so we decided to make a day of it, just her and I!! The girls had gymnastics in the morning so after that was done we were off to start our fun filled day!! Our first stop was the gas station to get some treats!!! Our second stop was Sunset Park! Sammi loves feeding the duck so we headed over there! While we were there we played a little game that Sammi had made for me for Mothers Day in Primary it included M&M's so you know she LOVED that! Ha Ha! After that we headed over to watch the airplanes land and take off at the airport! She loved sitting in the front seat and just watching them and got really excited when I turned the radio to where you could here them talking regarding the airplanes! After that we headed over to the Library for her Princess Tea Party. She had picked out her outfit that she was going to wear before we left and had it on so we were ready to go!! We got there a little early and Sammi had fallen asleep on the way there so we just sat in the car and I woke her up when it was time to go! She LOVED the Princess Tea Party! There were tons of little princesses there and she has been talking about it for days!! It was so nice to be able to have a day just the two of us!! We will be trading off between the girls and having Mommy and Daddy days more often!!! My cute little Princess
Feeding!!!

The cute little baby ducks!!

Watching an airplane land!

I love her!!!

Silly faces!!

Excited!!!

Being funny!!

Tired!!!

Waiting to go into the Princess Tea Party, she was team Snow White

Painting her little tea cup!

Me and my little Princess!

Helping her out a little:)

Concentrating!!

Putting her listening ears on!

Story Time!!

2010-05-20T13:02:00.001-07:00

So another school year of story time has ended:( My girls LOVE story time and its so funny because we go so much and have gone since Sammi wasn't even a year old they all know my kids names along with mine too! We have ha d the pleasure of getting to know Mrs.Linda who you see below over the years, We see her almost every Sunday at church, her ward meets in the same building! I have been to all the story times here in Henderson and some of the Las Vegas ones but the one at the Paseo Verde Library is by far the best one!! Starting in August Sammi will be moved up to the Preschool story time for ages 4-5 and Sariah will stay where she is at (I think) and I am excited to have little Spencer have his own little story time starting in September too! That means we will be at the Library 3times a week!! Thank goodness its close to my house!! We are going to be busy bee's starting in September between Preschool for the girls M-F and Story Time 3 times a week and not to mention my gym time!! Well here are some pictures of the girls last story time for the School year before the summer Story Time begins!Listening to Mrs. Linda
Playing with some instruments

Sariah loves being front and center!

Mothers Day!!!

2010-05-20T09:39:00.000-07:00

How could I forget a post about Mothers Day?? First of all I want to say once again that I hope our mothers had a wonderful day!!! Spencer and I are beyond grateful for both of you!! What wonderful women you both are!!! We love both of you very much!! Also we hope our grandmothers and sisters/ in-laws and all of friends had a great day as well! The Saturday before Mothers Day our friends invited us to the M Resort Pool for some fun in the sun!! (No kids allowed!) We had a blast it was so nice to relax and just hang out and visit under the sun!!! Mothers day morning I woke up to a delicious breakfast in bed!! (I still think about that breakfast daily!) I then was able to go back to sleep!! Until 10:17am!!!! I think of that all the time too! ha ha!! We went to church and the day I had dreamed of for almost 4 years came true!! Sammi sang in the Mothers Day program at church! She did sooo good!! She snag and smiled at us and did the cute litte wave!! I know some of you may think what in the world? But I truly used to think about my kids singing in the primary program!! And YES I did cry, and I know I will next year when Sariah is up there and the year after when little Spencer too!! We had a wonderful day! Spencer made Salmon burgers for dinner (they are my new fav.) and we just enjoyed the rest of our day!! I am soo blessed to be a mommy to my three children!! They truly make mine and Spencer's life complete!! Happy Mothers Day!!!

Grandma Dawn's

2010-05-20T09:14:00.001-07:00

For all you that don't know who Grandma Dawn is she is a close friend of ours! Her daughter Megan has babysat for us since Sammi was 2 months old! The girls love going over and hanging out with there Grandma Dawn, they have tea parties and crafts and just have lots of fun! Dawn had back surgery so the girls didn't go over there for awhile but they have been able to go play with her a couple times a month now! The pictures below were taken after a day at Grandma Dawns!!Sariah fell asleep eating, Sammi was next to her but not all the way out but she kept nodding!!
What a day!!!

Park Time!!

2010-05-20T09:06:00.000-07:00

The weather here has been absolutely beautiful!!! We have been to the park quite a bit already!! It has even been warm enough to go to the splash pads already!!! I love this time of year! Its not too hot and not too cold!!! Here are some pictures I took with my phone one day when we decided to stop at the park after the gym!

Sammi's Last Day Of School!

2010-05-18T10:12:00.001-07:00

Sammi had her last day of preschool on May 11! She absolutely LOVED her first year of preschool!! I have to say I was soo happy with the preschool not to mention the price, that both the girls will be going in the Fall. Sariah wont be able to start until November because she doesn't turn 3 until then but Sammi will be starting in September. Sammi will go three days a week next school year and Sariah will go two! Here are two pictures from her last day of school!! Sammi and her teachers Ms. Patty, Ms. Maria and Ms. Joanne. They are such great teachers! (I couldn't get Sammi to look at the camera, little stinker)

Giving me a little pose as I take her picture!!

Our Newest Family Member!

2010-05-18T08:59:00.000-07:00

Yes we got another dog!! Spencer brought home our newest member of the Taylor family a couple weeks ago! SHE is a cute American Bulldog! The girls were soo excited when Spencer walked through the door with her!! We named her Mello! We had two names to pick from, Sammi wanted to name him Mello and Sariah wanted to name him Ruffy!! Spencer said he was not naming her Ruffy! Ha Ha!! Sammi came up with her name because I kept saying how mellow she was for being a puppy!! Caster LOVES her and they are the best of friends already! They try to sleep together in Caster's kennel, and play outside together and nap together side to side!! We are able to take both of them for walks, Spencer walks Caster, Sammi walks Mello and I push the double stroller! Sammi does soo good at walking her too!! We went for quite a long walk the other day and Sammi did a great job!! So all in all she has turned out to be a great puppy thus far!! When Sariah first saw the puppy!!
Soo excited for there new dog!!

Sammi loving her puppy!!

Sariah loving her puppy!!

Sammi showing Spencer the puppy!

Its so hard to get a real good picture of just her! She moves so fast!!

Hanging out with Spencer!

The best of friends already!!

Happy Birthday Spencer!!!

2010-05-18T08:46:00.001-07:00

On April 30th Spencer turned 33!!!! The kids and I went and brought him balloons to his job site and made him a yummy strawberry cream cheese cake!! I decided it would be best not to try to make some kind of cake I have never made before hence last years cake ha ha!! That night we had a sitter come to watch the kids and we went out and had some fun!! Spencer wanted to go eat at the Texas De Brazil and some friends surprised him by showing up and with tickets to a comedy show!! When we got home that night Mikey and Larissa were here to come hang out for Spencer's Birthday weekend!! Spencer and Mikey headed to the race track on Saturday while Larissa and I hung out and went to a Birthday party! Later that night we ended up having our close friends over for a barbecue! It was a fun Birthday weekend!! Happy Birthday to my sweet husband!!!!

The Big 33
Singing Happy Birthday to Daddy!!

Blowing out the candles!!

Spencer and I, Chris, Gabe, Steve and Tracy at Spencer's Birthday Dinner!!

How We Sleep!!

2010-05-18T08:36:00.000-07:00

Every night when we walk in to tuck my kids in before we go bed I always wonder what I am going to see this time!! The girls LOVE that they share a room, we put them in bed and for the first 30-45 min they play in the pitch black dark!!! They sometimes end up passing out together in Sammi's bed or Sariah will go to sleep with dress up on and sometimes with shoes!! Little Spencer has even joined in on the sleeping fun, I got nervous at first when I walked in and couldn't see his head but then quickly saw that he could breath still and it just looked worse than it was, so I had to run and get the camera!!

Dadda, Holding The Bottle and Sitting Up!!

2010-05-18T08:23:00.001-07:00

Its Official Spencer's first word is Dadda!!! He first said it over a month ago but seeing I am soooo behind on blogging....... We were eating at Rubio's one Friday family night when all of a sudden he bursted out with "DADDA" Spencer said he had practiced and practiced with him!! Ha Ha!! Also almost a month ago Spencer starting sitting up all by himself!!! He is a pro at it now!! He can also hold his own bottle and actually prefers to!! Which honestly it makes it soo much easier if I am in a hurry to go somewhere!! He still loves to cuddle which I love!!! I cant believe how big my baby is getting!!!!

Funny Kids!!

2010-05-18T08:16:00.001-07:00

The outfits they come out it!!!!

My kids crack me up, I am sure every parent feels the same way!!! They do the funniest things!! Here are some random pictures of our day here in the Taylor home!!

I couldn't find the girls?? I could hear them, but couldn't see them!!
All of a sudden the doors flew open! I love that they are BFF's!!!

The girls got a hold of there brother!!

Sariah thinking she could be Miss. Potato Head!!

My Little Helpers!!!

2010-05-18T08:05:00.000-07:00

I have to say I am so grateful for how good the girls are with there baby brother!! They LOVE helping me with him, whether its helping me feed him or just trying to occupy him while I am doing something!! Here are just two cute pictures of two big sisters and one little brother!! I was getting stuff out of the car and I had left Spencer in his seat until I was done, Spencer started fussing and Sariah took it into her own hands and decided to give him a bottle, that sure settled him down!!
Sammi and Spencer hanging out watching some TV!!

Trying to Go Potty!!

2010-05-18T07:49:00.000-07:00

About a month ago Sariah decided that she was going to try to go potty all by herself! I was in the kitchen doing dishes when I heard Sariah yelling to me, "Mommy I stuck, Mommy I stuck!" so I yelled back to her thinking she was on top of the bathroom counter which she sometimes climbs on "Sariah you got up there you need to get down now!! Well she kept yelling to me so I went in and this is what I walked into!! I couldn't help but laugh!!!!

Easter 2010 and Our Visit With Stephanie

2010-05-18T07:04:00.000-07:00

For Easter break my sister Stephanie came to visit from New York!!! We had soo much fun with her and the kids just adored her!! Every morning we got up and the girls could hardly stand not being able to wake her up but to much of there surprise Auntie Steph would wake up not much longer after the girls, and we know how early that is! But how could you sleep anyway!! We had so much fun just being able to all be together! We worked out almost every morning, did some shopping, and went to story time while she was here! She helped me so much with the kids which was soo nice!! It was so nice to be able to visit with each other! Thank you Steph for coming out and visiting us!! We love and miss you!! Stephanie was here for Easter so she too woke up to a Easter basket that the Easter bunny left her! The girls couldn't believe all the yummy candy that the Easter bunny left them!! Not surprisingly it was all gone by the next day!!! Yes you read that right! But everyone that knows Sammi knows that if there is candy in the house it doesn't last very long!! Well here are some pictures of Easter break!! Breakfast time!!!!

Auntie Steph and Sammi

Getting Ready To Dye the Easter Eggs!!

Sparkly Easter Eggs!!

Admiring there work!!

Showing off their master piece's!

Easter Baskets!!

Showing Daddy all the Easter Bunny left them!!

Candy!!!

Steph bought the kids some stuff for Easter too, Sammi is holding there new Dora hopscotch and there new princess night light!!

The Easter Bunny left them some crafts to do, here is Sammi's wand she decorated!

Sariah's wand that she decorated!

Auntie Steph and Sariah

Auntie Steph and Spencer

Easter Pictures

2010-04-24T22:49:00.001-07:00

This year for the kids Easter pictures I decided to have them taken with a REAL Easter bunny!! Brittany Busk with Brittany Busk Photography took these cute pictures!! The kids were soo excited about being able to hold the bunny!! All three did really good for the pictures but you can tell the last picture taken was of all three of them together, they had enough by then!! Spencers mom made the girls their cute dresses and bows and sent them for Easter!! The girls were soo excited to wear them!!!

Ready for church!!

2010-04-24T22:40:00.000-07:00

Our church time was moved to 1:00pm this year and it is really hard when you have kids who take naps at that time!! So one Sunday the baby was sick so I told Spencer he had to stay home with him and I would take the girls to church. I got the girls all ready and then went back into my room to shower and get myself ready. I finished and came out and this is what I saw!! I am already looking forward to early church again!!!

Bath Time!!

2010-04-23T21:55:00.000-07:00

So this was the first time I ever attempted to give all three kids a bath at the same time!! I survived it!! Or should I say Spencer survived it! Ha Ha!! No but it really makes bath time easier now that I can just put all three in together!! The girls were soo excited baby brother could take a bath with them!!

Funny faces!!

And more funny faces while Spencer just chills in the bath!!!

6 months old!!

2010-04-23T21:40:00.000-07:00

6 months old already!!! Spencer is still the sweetest baby ever!! Not to mention one cute baby!! You cant deny that!!!!! Yes I am very proud to have not only a sweet baby but a cute one too!!! Spencer has mastered rolling over, and loves to roll all over the the living room!! He loves to watch his sisters as they play and run around, his legs start going a mile a minute wishing he could just get up and run with them!! He is eating all baby foods now and we haven't found anything that he doesn't like!! Spencer is still the most easy going baby and just goes with the flow!! His smile just melts our hearts!! Here are his stats from his 6 month check up!! He weighs 17 pounds 10 oz, which puts him in the 25-50%. He is 25 1/2 inches tall, which puts him in the 10% and his head is 17 1/4 in which puts him in the 25%

"I hold baby brother!"

2010-04-23T21:24:00.000-07:00

So one day I had just finished changing Spencer and I had left him on the middle of the bed that is in his room, he had not mastered rolling yet so I thought it was safe to leave him there real quick while I threw out the diaper! Well I had started to do something else and I could here this laughing in the room, I went in there and there was Spencer on the floor covered up and Sariah standing over him! At this point he was all smiles!! Sariah began to tell me how she was holding baby brother!! Yikes!! I ran to get my camera so I could take a quick picture, at that point Spencer had enough and began to cry!! I wonder what he was thinking when she picked him up?? She is strong enough to hold him but not sure if she just dragged him off the bed or what went down!!

Utah!!

2010-04-23T20:42:00.000-07:00

Spencer and I in front of the Salt Lake Temple Temple Square was truly AMAZING!!!!

The Conference Center

In March we went to Spencer's cousin Ben's wedding in Salt Lake! I had never been up there so I was super excited to go!! Spencer's mom and dad came and watched the kids for us so we could go and make it a weekend trip with no kids!! Thanks mom and dad!!! Mikey and Larissa drove up with us and we met Sunni, Nick and the boys in St. George! We stayed at Nicks brother's house and the next day we got up and went over to Ben's house!! Can I first tell you I was amazed at all the Temples I saw just driving in norther Utah!! It was absolutely awesome!! That afternoon we went over to the wedding!! I finally got to meet Natalie Ben's now wife!! What a sweetheart she is!! We are soo happy for the two of them!! They had a nice ceremony and then we went over and took some pictures with them. After that we headed over to Temple Square which was everything I had imagined and more!!! We saw the Joseph Smith movie which was amazing to see all he went through!! After that we headed to the reception! The reception was at the cancer institute up on the hill and it had a beautiful view of the city!! We had a nice dinner and it was so good to be able to visit with everyone!! The next day was Sunday and we headed back over to Temple Square and did the whole tour over at both visitors center and at the conference center!! I had a wonderful time and already cant wait to go back and do the tour again!! There was so much to take in, in such a short weekend!! Here are some of our pictures from our wonderful weekend!!
Ben and Natalie Reber!!

Mikey and Larissa in front of the Salt Lake Temple

Spencer and I in front of the Mount Timpanogos Temple

Mikey and Larissa in front of the Mount Timpanogos Temple

It was soo bright out EVERYTHING was white!!!

Salt Lake Temple

Cruise!!!!!!

2010-04-18T11:06:00.001-07:00

In February we went on a family cruise to the Bahamas!!!!! My grandmother turned 90 years old in January so we had a big Birthday bash for her!!! I had not seen most of my family from back east on my Dad's side in years!!!! It was wonderful!! Little Spencer was too young to go so Spencer's mom came and watched him for the week! I was sad he couldn't go:(Thank you soo much mom for watching him!! So Spencer and I along with the girls flew out to Florida to meet with the rest of the family!! My Aunt Mary's husband Chris picked us up from the airport and we met everyone at there house!! My brother Jesse surprised us all and was there when we went in the house!!!! My Dad and everyone showed up not much longer and it was soooo good to see everyone!!! The next day we headed to the boat to get started with the cruise!!! The Cruise was fun, but my favorite part was just being there with the family!!! It was so nice to be able to reconnect with everyone!! The weather was never nice enough to go swimming but that was okay, like I said just being together was great with me!!! My favorite spot that we went was Key West Florida! We were only there a day but I liked it better than the Bahamas!!! We missed Kai and Elizabeth, they couldn't come because Elizabeth was due withing weeks! Thank you Dad for all that you did!!! We will truly cherish those memories forever!!! Sorry for the picture overload!!Aunt Mary painting with Sariah

Spencer

My Dad and I

Sammi and I

Sariah and Sammi with Grandpa

Sammi

Our little family in front of the boat!!

My brother Jesse who had one to many!! ha ha just kidding!!!

My brother Jesse! Every time we would ask him to take a picture of us he would take one of himself first:)

Dad, Jesse, Robert,Chris and Spencer

Spencer and I

Spencer, Daniella, Stephanie, Robert and Sammi hanging out in the Bahamas!

Sariah passed out!!!

Robert, Lynn and Stephanie

My Dad and I

Robert and Spencer

Robert, Spencer and Dad

Stephanie, Lynn and I

Uncle Frank, Jesse and Dad

Stephanie, Me and Daniella

Spencer, Jesse and the girls in Key West

Our cute girls!

Robert and Sammi

Every night at dinner they would bring out a Birthday cake for my grandma!! Doesn't she look great for being 90 years old!!

Hanging out at dinner!

Robert, Dad and I in Key West!

We went and visited the Ernest Hemingway house and saw all the cats and even the ones with the extra toes!!

This guy was walking around Key West!

The girls getting there dance on!!

Group photo at Aunt Mary's!

My grandma and I

Stephanie and I

Daniella Sariah and Stephanie

Grandpa coloring with the girls!

Sariah and Stephanie

Sammi talking with Great Grandma

Stephanie!

Spencer and I in the Bahamas!!

Spencer, me, and Aunt Mary

Aunt Vicki and Uncle Peter

Sammi and Daddy!

Spencer and his girls!!!

Lynn

Jesse, Robert and Dad

Jesse, Robert, Dad, and Uncle Jimmy

Aunt Carol and Aunt Mary

Uncle Frank and Aunt Carol

Hanging out on the ship!

Sammi and Grandma!!

One night all the waiters did this dance around the whole dining room!

Our table

KeyWest! Right before I lost my camera! Yes I lost my camera the last day we were there!

Jesse and Chris!

All of us watching Sammi and Sariah as they performed for half of the cruise ship!!

Aunt Carol and Aunt Vicki

Jesse and Dad!

Aunt Mary!!

Uncle Jimmy, Uncle Peter, Dad and Aunt Carol

Grandma and Aunt Carol

Waiting to leave to go back to Aunt Mary's after the cruise was over!

Daddy's Girls!!

2010-04-18T10:56:00.000-07:00

Everyone told us that when you have little girls they are always Daddy's girls!! This has definitely come to be true!! Boy do our girls LOVE there daddy!!! They ask all day during the week where there Daddy is, Sariah now understands that Daddy is at work s0 she walks around saying "Daddy at work" The minuet he walks in the door after work he has two little shadows!! Its soo cute to watch!! Here are some pictures of the girls and there Daddy!!

Our Little Sunbeam!!!

2010-04-17T22:07:00.000-07:00

In January our little Sammi became a Sunbeam at church!!! She was soo excited!! I have to admit I got teary when she went off to primary!! I know I am a dork!! I am soo excited for her to be able to experience primary and learn soo much!! I am truly thankful for our gospel and soo excited for our children to be able to grow up in this wonderful church!!! Sammi had a rough time for a awhile but is now getting the hang of how things work!! She comes home now and tells us what she learns! I love listening to her throughout the week as she sings all the primary songs and when she teaches them to me too!!! Yay for Sammi!! We love you!! All ready for church!!!

Happy New Year!!

2010-04-17T21:29:00.000-07:00

For New Years we went up to Sunni's along with Jamie and family!!! We have gone the last 2 years and I think it has become a tradition so be ready for all of us next New Years Sunni;) We had SOO much fun!! We always do!! We hung out at Sunni and Nicks and played fun games when the kids went to bed and even went up to the cabin and played in the snow, and I almost forgot we went to a place called Jumping Jacks, I think that was its name?? Grandma and Grandpa came over for a visit too!! But anyway we had so much fun!! I know I am probably forgetting something but that's what I get for waiting until APRIL to finally blog about something that happened 3 months ago!! Ha ha!! Well here are some of the pictures from our fun trip!!! Hayden and Spencer

Jaime and Sunni

Ellie and Spencer

Taylor and a tired Spencer

Sammi holding onto Charley for dear life!!!

Luke!!!

Logan and Sariah. Sariah found the drinking fountain, hence the no shirt!!

Sariah before the drinking fountain!!

Jaime and Michael

My HOT husband!!!

Sammi!!!

Spencer playing with the girls!!

Sunni and I decided it would be fun to go down together!!!!!

Haahaahaa!!!

I almost peed my pants from laughing soo hard!!

Having soo much fun!!!!

My first time sledding!!!!!

Sammi loved the snow!!!

Our cute little Sariah all bundled up!!!

Spencer and his girls!!!

Spencer and Sammi!

Grandpa and Spencer

Grandma and Spencer

I love this picture!!!

The three Spencer's!!

Grandma and Sammi!

Grandpa and Sariah!!

Grandma and Sariah!!

Spencer's 4 month check up!!

2010-04-17T18:26:00.000-07:00

He jumped himself to sleep!!

On December 30th we took Spencer in for his 4 month check up! He did great at the Dr.'s he hardly cried after he got his shots!! He was definitely a little trooper!! He is still the best baby EVER!! So sweet and hardly ever fusses!! He sometimes sleeps through the night and eats like a champ!!! His little smile just melts your heart!!! The other day Big Spencer pulled out the jumper, I looked at him and said "babe I think he is a little young for that yet!" Spencer was like no you watch he is going to love it!! Since he was born he has always like to stretch his legs out so after getting into the jumper it was all over with!! He sat and jumped in that thing until he passed out!!! I swear he was in that thing forever bouncing around until he just tired himself out!!! Well here are his stats!! Height is 24 inches which puts him in the 5-10%, he weighs 15lbs 5 oz which puts him in the 25-50%, and his head is 16 1/4 which puts him in the 5-10% We love you little guy!!! 4 months old!!

Merry Christmas!!!

2010-04-08T15:43:00.000-07:00

Well this year for Christmas we stayed home!! It was our first Christmas here and we absolutely LOVED it!! No traveling just enjoying our little family in our own home! Don't worry moms and dads we did miss you guys!!! The girls loved being able to play with all there new toys Christmas day! They were sooo excited the night before they couldn't sleep!! Spencer had to go in there and tell them that he could here Santa circling over the house but he couldn't stop because they were not asleep yet!! Ha ha!! I made my first turkey which turned out pretty good!! We stayed in our pj's all day it was wonderful!! As you can see I got a new camera for Christmas!! I was super excited because my old one was shot!!! Here are some of our pictures from Christmas day!!! Our cute Christmas tree!! Notice how all the ornaments are towards the top?? The girls were enthralled with them so as they came off the higher they went!!!
Hanging out Christmas Day

The two Spencer's

Little Spence

Me and my Jo Jo

Sammi and Sariah jumping on there new Trampoline my mom got them

My first turkey

Christmas Dinner

Loving his boy and Loving his Daddy!

Spencer and I

Playing with my new camera

Spencer putting the girls princess tattoos on!

December Parties!!

2010-03-25T14:48:00.000-07:00

December is always a Christmas party month!!! Here we are at two of the parties we went to!!!

November 2009 Pictures!!

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While we were in Bakersfield Sunni did a little photo shoot of our kids!! I forgot to put the big family picture in my last post so here it is as well!!

Our Visit To Bakersfield and Thanksgiving!!

2010-03-24T13:12:00.001-07:00

Wow am I behind or what!!! Once again!!! So as you see I have not blogged since NOVEMBER!!!!!! I am thinking I will get all caught up hopefully by Monday!! Being a mother of 3 definitely keep you SUPER busy!!! May I add being a mother of 3 children ages 3 and under!! Ha H!! But I wouldn't change it for anything!! They make our life complete!!! Well here we go...... November 2009 Sunni and I drove down to Bakersfield to go stay for a couple of weeks before Thanksgiving, The hubby's had to work so they drove down together the night before Thanksgiving!! We had soo much fun as did the children!! The sleeping situation with my children was... quite interesting to say the least!! Sammi and Sariah slept together in the play room and oh boy they would wake up at odd hours of the night and would turn on the lights and start playing like it was the middle of the day!!! I would never hear them so poor Sunni would get up and tell them to go back to bed!! I am sure Sunni was so glad when we were gone!! Ha Ha!! We ended up having to take the light bulbs out of ALL the lights in the room and even had to put tape over one of the light switches!!! If there was a light in that room they would hunt for it in the dark! Crazy girls!! So that made nights very interesting!! My mom even got to come hang out for a couple of days!! I took a ton of pictures with her camera so I need to get them off of her camera and I will add them to the top!! The kids were in heaven having two grandmas there!!! My mom got to really spend time with little Spencer this time because when he was born he went right to the NICU so she had to leave before he was able to come home. I was soo sad when she had to leave:( Thank you Mom for coming I had a blast!! While there we made several trips to the park, Target ha ha, and even got to have a craft night out at Jaime's and even went on a girls night out!! I am sure mom was soo glad to have her house back to normalcy once we left!! Ha Ha!! I am looking forward to another trip this summer, I am sure mom is soo excited too HAAHAAAHAA!! Well here are some pictures of our fun trip!!! Our 2009 Family Picture!

Mom and Dad Taylor

Armijo Family

Urmston Family

Lyman Family

The newest Taylor Family

All the guys

All the girls!

4 Generations of the Taylors

All the grandchildren!! All 14 of them!!

Me, Sunni and Larissa

Ha Ha, I asked Dad to hold the baby for me and he said okay as long as he doesn't poop on me or anything!! Sure enough not a minute later Spencer had a blow out!! Hahahahah!!!

Sammi!! She is going to love this picture when she is older!! The little stinker was not into having her picture taken this trip, hence the lack of pictures of her!!

Kauner Luke and Sammi playing at the park!

Dad rescuing little Charley off of the top of the slide!! Scary!!!

Me and the girls

Sammi sporting the pink hair

Sariah the little devil!!

Hahaa little Luke!!

Hahaa cute little kiddos!!!

Happy Sisters!

Luke and Sammi-Dont they seem so excited??

Me being a weirdo-look at poor Spencers face! Haahaa!!

So Sunni and I dressed Sariah up in this cheerleader outfit

She started posing for us! haahaa!!

haahaa more posing!!!

So I told Sunni to see if she could fit into the baby swing she was like no way I am not doing that!! So I did!! What a dork I know!! So as she took the picture I made a fuuny face little did I know what was about to come next!!

Yes I got stuck!! Haahaa!!!

My cute little Jo Jo!!

Logan and Sariah!! Soo cute!!!

Sariahs funny face!!

Grandpa, Luke, Loan and Sammi watching a movie!! Can you tell who was scared??

The 2006 babies!! Only there not babies anymore:(

Sammi and Spencer!!

2009-11-14T21:56:00.000-08:00

Yesterday afternoon while Sariah was sleeping Sammi wanted to hold Spencer while she watched TV, I stayed right there and watched her hold him and took some pictures! She was so happy to hold him and he was very content as you can see below!! Later that evening I had Spencer sitting with us on the couch and Sammi went and got her books and started to read to him!! It was so cute and brought back memories of when she would read to Sariah when she was a baby!

Hanging out!!

Can you tell Sammi made a really loud noise! ha ha!!

Reading to baby brother!

Fun Day At The Park!

2009-11-14T21:37:00.000-08:00

On Friday my friend Andrea and I decided to take the kids to the park! Andrea has two kids a little boy Landyn who is 2 and a little girl Lilly who was born in October. Our kids get along soo well, the girls just love playing with Landyn! The weather was really nice that day so they played for a couple of hours! They would have played longer but we needed to get them back for naps so we were not paying for it later!! Here are some pictures from our fun day! Sariah and Landyn!!
The best of friends!!!
My cute little blue eyed girl!!

Sammi's "Cheese!" smile!!!

My cute little Sammi having some fun on the swing!!

Sariah

Sariah on her favorite toy, it spins around and around!!

Our Sweet Sammi!!

2009-11-11T21:58:00.000-08:00

So I had to blog about how truly blessed I am to have such a sweet little girl!! Yes we all have our moments but for the most part Sammi is such a sweet little girl! She loves to help me and loves to help others!! She loves playing with Sariah and loves to try to teach her!! She loves her new baby brother and loves to be a little mommy to him already!! She is growing up so fast and lately I keep saying to myself "Did she just say what I think she said?" Not expecting her to say such grown up stuff!! She asks lots of questions and really remembers EVERYTHING you say!!! I wish I had her memory, its no joke when I say everything!! Here are a couple pictures I took this week while playing!! Sammi!!!
Best Friends!!

Guess Who Slept Through The Night???

2009-11-11T21:51:00.001-08:00

Yes our little guy slept through the night for the first time last night!! Whoo Hoo!!! I put him down at 9:30pm and he didn't wake up until 5:00am!!!! I know I shouldn't get too excited, but I am hoping for another one of those nights!!! He is starting to stay awake longer during the day now and the last two days have been kinda the same routine!! I love when there is more of a routine!!! Little Spencer is smiling all the time now and is even cooing and just started to bat at objects!! I cant believe it!! This is going way to fast!!! Hanging with Daddy!!
Smiling it up!!!

Such a sweet little boy!!!

Happy Birthday To Our Sweet Sariah Jo Jo!!

2009-11-05T14:57:00.001-08:00

Sariah 6 days old

Our sweet Jo Jo turned two this month!!! I cant believe it!! These past two years have gone by so fast!! Sariah has turned into such an outgoing sweet little girl!! She def. is not as quiet as we all thought she was going to be!!! She keeps us on our toes that's for sure!! She loves playing with her sister and loves to play with her babies, dancing, reading and dress up! She loves going to the park. And loves her daddy dearly!!! She is adjusting pretty well to having a new little brother and loves talking to him and helping me change his diaper. She loves to sit next to me while I nurse and cuddle with me!! She is talking really well and you can really understand her!! We are truly blessed to be her parents!! Our day started out by taking Sammi to pre-school and then off to the Dr.s we went for her two year check up! I know, I will never do that again!! What a mean mom!! It was quite the Dr.s app. but that's another blog entry!! My mom had called and sang happy birthday to her so Sariah kept saying "Happy Me!!" the whole day! It was soo cute!! We later picked Sammi up from pre-school and headed over to the park!! We then went home and took naps!! I wanted to have a little birthday party for her with all her little friends, but thought we would skip this one seeing things are crazy here right now, since we have a new baby and lack of sleep!!! We did have a little family party for her the night of her birthday! I had a stake RS meeting so I didn't get home until like 8:45!! Spencer was in charge of getting a cake. He did an excellent job as you can see below! Sariah LOVES Dora so it was perfect!! We sang Happy Birthday to her which she absolutely loved and opened presents!! She didn't get to bed until 11:00pm poor thing!! But she enjoyed her special day!! Thank you to all of you that called to wish her a Happy Birthday and to all who sent such wonderful presents!! It was so thoughtful!!! Happy Birthday Sariah Jo! We love you!! Her Dora Cake
Look at that face!! We were all singing to her!!!

Taking it all in!!

Helping Daddy blow out the candles!!

Enjoying her yummy cake!!

Showing us her Dora rings!!

Sammi enjoying the Birthday cake too!!

Yummy cake!!

Opening presents!!

Her new Beauty And The Beast microphone!!

Her new Ariel toy!

Her new Cinderella toy!!

Princess Sariah!!

Riding on her new princess scooter!!

Loving her new Dora movie!!

Two Months Old Already!!!

2009-11-04T22:14:00.000-08:00

Our little guy is already two months old!! I swear since having three children I wonder all the time how my day can go by soo fast!! Its just CRAZY!!! We are all enjoying our sweet baby!! The girls love there baby brother and constantly want to hold and touch him!! We still have to be real careful with Sariah around him but she is getting better! Sammi on the other hand is absolutely great with him! She loves to sing to him and loves getting him to smile at her!! He is such a good little baby!!! I am soo blessed to have such a great little boy, I couldn't ask for anything more!! We took him last week to his eight week check up and the Dr. said he looked great!! Here are his stats!! He weighs 11lbs which puts him in the 10-25%, he is 21 1/2 inches long which puts him in the 5%, and his head circumference is 15 1/4 inches which puts him in the 5-10%. He hated the bath at first but is now liking it!!
All ready for bed!!

Sammi holding her baby brother after his bath!!

Sariah holding her baby brother before his bath!!

They love giving brother lots of kisses!!

Happy Halloween!!!

2009-11-04T21:48:00.001-08:00

What a hectic day Halloween was!! We woke up and Sammi had gymnastics and then we were off to find Spencer and I a costume for the Halloween party we were all going too! What a nightmare that turned out to be!! We finally found a costume for us at 4:30 pm and the party was at 6:00!! And we didn't even get a picture of us!! We were a receptacle and a plug!! ha ha!! The costume was quite funny looking!! The kids had a lot of fun at the party we went to and loved going trick r treating!! They got lots of candy that we went through and put Sariahs separate from Sammi's, (because of her nut allergy) she had no clue and was just so happy to have some candy!! They ask for candy all day!! Especially our little Sammi! She has a major sweet tooth!! It was all gone by day 3!! My mom bought the girls there costumes and she brought them when she came to see the baby being born. The kids looked soo cute! Sammi was Ariel, Sariah was Tinker Bell and the baby was a dragon!!

Pumpkin Patch!!

2009-11-04T21:07:00.001-08:00

The day before Halloween my neighbor invited us to this really cute pumpkin patch!! It was at this little farm off of Dean Martin way!! It was super cute and the kids had a blast!! They got to feed all the animals which Sariah was not too sure about!! She didn't want to get out of the stroller, but Sammi on the other hand LOVED feeding them!! Sammi was non-stop and once Sariah got used to it she too was non-stop!! They had a hay ride, horse rides, a place for the kids to dance, snacks, and a swing set for the kids to play on, and of course a big pumpkin at the end!! The baby was really good the whole time, he just layed in the stroller and fell asleep!! At the end of it he woke up and wanted to eat so that was our que we should go!! Here are some pictures of our fun little outing!! Sammi ran right up and started feeding the horses!!
Not afraid at all!!!
Sariah and I

Our cute little boy!!!

Me trying to get Sariah to touch the horse!!

Sariah not liking it very much!!

Sariah soo excited she fed the pony!! I told her to stick the carrot through the fence and to feed the pony, instead she threw it over the fence and threw her arms up and said "Yeah!!"

Out cute little Jo Jo getting ready to take a bite of the carrots that we got for the animals!! Ha Ha!!

Sammi not too happy about riding on the swing!!

Sariah riding on the swing!

They had this really cute spinning thing!! The kids loved it!! Here is our cute little Sammi enjoying the ride!!

Sariah getting her groove on!!

The clan!!

I thought this was so funny of Sariah!! I told her to look at me and smile and this is what she did!!

Sleeping it up!!

My girls and I!!

Our Smiling Litte Boy!!

2009-10-31T22:52:00.000-07:00

This past weekend Spencer started to really smile!! He loved smiling at everyone except me! ha ha!! I even tried to change my voice to get him to smile!! Yes I know I am a dork!! Sunni took these great pictures of him!! Isn't he the cutest baby ever!!!

Spencers Blessing!!

2009-10-31T22:42:00.001-07:00

This past weekend we blessed our little Spencer!! We had a lot of family come to town as well!! And missed all those who couldn't make it!! Spencer did such a great job blessing our little Spencer it was definitely an unforgettable day!! The girls loved having there cousins Luke and Logan here for the weekend as they always do!! Mom and Dad watched ALL the kids so all of us adults could go do some shopping on Saturday thanks so much again!! That night we watched the fights with the family and some friends!! Thank you all for coming and being a part of our little guys special day!! Here are some pictures of our eventful weekend!! All the little kiddos with there shirts off!!
Getting ready to go to some shopping!! Jaime and Michael met up with us a little later!!

Our little family on Spencer's Blessing day!!

The Taylor's!

The two Spencer's!!!

Father and Son!!

Our Funny Little Girls!!

2009-10-31T22:26:00.000-07:00

Our girls are constantly making us laugh!! They bring smiles to our faces everyday with the things they say and do!! Here are some funny little pictures of them!! They think its so funny to sit on each other!! The one on bottom is usually always screaming!!
So while Grandma and Grandpa where here we put the girls in to sleep together!! Sariah was in the pack and play so we thought and Sammi was in her bed! I went to go tuck them in and here is what I saw!! Too cute!!

I went back into the room for something and this is what I saw when coming back in!! ha ha!!

Pumkin LOT

2009-10-31T22:07:00.000-07:00

This month a group of girls went with all our kiddos to the pumpkin lot at the Sunset Station. The kids always love going!! As you see I wrote lot instead of patch because it is in a parking lot! ha ha!! That's Vegas for you!! There were rides and a jump house along with a little petting zoo! The girls loved it all, well except Sariah hated the petting zoo!! She wanted nothing to do with the animals! She actually clung to my leg the whole time while little Sammi chased after all the animals trying to hold them!! Here are some pictures of them having some fun!! On one of the rides!
Sammi holding a rabbit!!

Waiting there turn!

Sariah on the swings!!

Sammi on the swings!

Sariah playing in the little pumpkins!

All the kids on the little train ride!

Sammi's First Day Of Pre-School!!

2009-10-30T23:09:00.001-07:00

Our little Sammi had her first day of pre-school this last month!! She was so excited as you can see in the picture below!! We went the week before and she picked out her little Tinker Bell backpack! She kept telling everyone how she was going to school and would ask me daily if she was going to school today!! We went for orientation the week before so she could meet her teachers! We are in the second month of it now and she is absolutely LOVING it!! She has made lots of friends and loves her teachers!! I am so happy we signed her up it has been so worth it!! The teachers were so impressed that she knows all her ABC's! Her teachers tell me that she loves to help all the other kids!! What a cute girl!!

Little Spencer-Sabraw Photography

2009-10-30T22:52:00.001-07:00

When Spencer was 11 days old Dawn took his newborn pictures!! She did such a wonderful job!! Spencer was a little trooper through it all!! Most newborns like to be all curled up in the fetal position but not our little one!! He wanted to be all sprawled out!! We kept trying to get him to curl up it was so funny!! There were soo many pictures to choose from, but here are some of my favorites! Thanks again Dawn!!!