Christmas 2011

We had a very Merry Christmas this year!  Macy woke up at 7 a.m. and wandered into the living room.  I heard her kitchen making bubble noises and jumped out of bed.  I walked out to find her playing with her kitchen.  She looked up at me and said "a kitchen!?!" like it was weird that it was just there in her living room.  Too funny. Enjoy some pictures from our day:

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Thanksgiving 2012

 

We got to enjoy two Thanksgivings this year.  We celebrated early with the Ricks family and I forgot my camera thus no pictures of games, food or 11 cute kids running around.  These pics are from the McGarry fams Thanksgiving.  We went fancy and used goblets, plates and actual silverware...no paper products for us. (which meant 3 hours of dishes later)  :)

                                         Here is the Taylor Clan

                        Shane, Logan, Whitney, Kelli and part of Kliss :)

                               Scotty(loner) Brigham and Ashtyn

            Macy attempted a big bite of jello.  This did end up on the floor.

                                   Grandpa being Grandpa with Ben.

 Now it is Ashtyn's turn.  No grandkid is ever safe if they are close to Grandpa!

 We had a lot of performances by the grandkids.   This may have been a time when they were trying to get us to have a sleep over.  (it makes it harder to say no when they have put so much effort into it)

 Alittle game of "ha ha"

It was fun hanging out with family all weekend.  We hit the movies and a two hour long dinner at Applebees (sheesh!) and we did a lot of gaming.  Our new favorite game is Time's Up. We must have played it at least 10 times over the weekend.  We learned that my Mom has a mean Scrrrreeeech!  ha ha  Farkle and Bannana grams were also fun favorites.


Here is Haylee and Zack performing a Thanksgiving song they composed and had to perform for all of us.   There are a lot of reasons to be thankful this year.

Halloween 2011

 2011 Halloween brought us Miss America, A Knight, a Princess and a Maid.

 A cowboy joined us to celebrate at the Kennedy Spookfest.  Macy only lasted part way through but the rest of the kids had a great time.

 I always dread pumpkin carving time but this year it went a little smoother.  The kids can mostly do it on their own-- with or without clothes.

 Trick or Treating was a lot of fun.  Macy thought it was really great that people kept putting chocolate in her bucket.

We were the first and probably one of the only trick-or-treaters at this house.  Boo Grandpa!

Brigham Ricks is Six

Brigham turned six on 10-23 and since it fell on a Sunday and we had family in town for Logan's wedding, we made a weekend of it.

 He got this bullet bike a few weeks before his bday so he would get a chance to ride it before it got too cold and snowy outside.  He has a lot of fun cruising around on that little thing...so does Scott.

 We were lucky enough to have family in town so on Saturday we got everyone together and headed off to a straw maze.  Brigham, Brock, Noah and Macy got separated from us for nearly an hour.  I was really happy to finally meet up with them again and know that Noah had Macy...that had me nervous for awhile there!

 Brigham picked this cake since I did not have time to bake one up myself. 

 Brock, Brigham, Haylee and Zack playing the Lego game he got from Grandma and Grandpa McGarry

We built lots of Legos on Sunday together and had a lot of fun playing with his new toys.  Thank you to everyone who made this birthday special for him.  :)

Family Photos 2011

 We had our family pictures taken at the BYU-I gardens this year.  I am thankful for my little family. (especially when they are all sitting still and smiling ha ha)

 Ashtyn-10 years old

 Haylee- 8 years old







Brigham...almost six

Macy Turns 2!

On September 8th Macy turned two.  We celebrated on a Monday night during FHE with the McGarry's and then with the Ricks' on her birthday.  She got spoiled twice!

She has been in a phase where she wears my shoes all over the house.  Good thing Grandma got her some shoes that fit her a little better.  She wears them every day now.

 Hanging out by her pile of gifts.  She had no idea that there was some good loot in those things or we probably wouldn't have kept her out of them.

 She got a lot of help opening her gifts and playing with them for that matter. 

 She loves anything princess so this cake was a big hit.  The sucker was also a favorite.  (thanks Grandma!)

 When we got home that night she got to open all of the packages and play, play, play.

 She had a great pre-birthday!

 Now, here is Macy when she is officially two.  She was so excited that we kept telling her it was her Birthday because she now understoon what it meant.  Anytime you ask her how old she is she will tell you three and start to giggle because she knows it isn't right and that I tease her that she is only two.  Funny girl.

 She got a Birthday card in the mail from Grandma and Grandpa Ricks with $2 in it.  How fun!

 Balloons are a lot of fun too!

 We took her to Smith Park for a picnic and to play on the toys while Grandma and Grandpa Ricks came to give her some more gifts. 

 She enjoyed some cupcakes...

and her new tent.   We love you Macy Lou, Happy Birthday!

1st Day of School

 I am playing catch up since things have been busy since school started.  I have three kids in school this year.  They head in different directions at different times but hasn't been too difficult.  Ashtyn started 5th grade which is at the Middle School with Mrs. Kay as her teacher and Mrs. Corbridge as her team teacher.  Haylee is in 3rd grade at Kennedy Elementery with Mr. Lloyd as her teacher.  Brigham finally started Kindergarten!  He has Mrs. Jackson and goes in the afternoon.  So far they have all done really well and are enjoying school.  Macy misses them while they are gone.

 Ashtyn headed off to school.  (Hooray that she gets to ride the bus!)  Haylee is headed off to school on her bike since they no longer will bus the elementary kids (boo to school cuts!)

 Brigham getting ready to leave his little sis behind now that he is off to school.  She is used to have him around. :(

 Meeting his teacher on his first day. 

 My handsome little boy all ready for his first big day.  So happy for him since he has been waiting so long to go!

Wild Weekend

We got a wild hair over the weekend. I have been debating on moving my ofice space downstairs because I currently have my office in Brigham's room and the poor kid just needs some space of his own. I have been searching the internet high and low for room dividers, shelves, entertainment centers etc. that could help divide the space in my basement so that having my office down there would look decent and makes sense. I found what I wanted on Friday night around 8:30 p.m. on the Ikea website. It was going to cost $300 to ship it so I said lets just drive to Utah right now and pick it up tomorrow and drive back. Scott was on board with this so I booked a hotel and we rounded up the kids and were outta here by 9p.m. We rolled into Sandy, UT around 1 a.m. got a little rest and then got up early and shopping we went. Once we got there the item I thought I wanted was quickly thrown out the window as there were sooooooo many options to choose from. We finally settled on a desk/shelf combo and I am happy with it. I think I can work peacefully down here in the basement rather that stuffed in Brigham's messy room. I love Ikea! I love a husband that is willing to drop everything and take me there last minute and then set it all up for me because he wants me to be happy! 

Here it is in all her glory.  I have a long basement and needed to divide the space somehow without it looking too funny.

My new office space.  Yes, I have a piano in my office but you can't win them all. 

We are giving the Futon to someone Scott works with so it is a little out of place there.  The hula hoop is just always out of place.  This is the view right when you walk down the stairs.  Living room....then office space... then Ashtyn and Haylees room and the bathroom.