Weekend in Logandale!

I got a little lazy last week and did not post about our awesome weekend with the Statheli's.

I drove down to Logandale with my parents and Carrie Thursday morning. Dave came down Thursday after work. We got to watch Makenzie and Drake play soccer that night. They were both so awesome. We had so much fun cheering for them. Friday Nikki was nice enough to take us to Boulder City to get ready for Dave's triathlon. On our way past Vegas we stopped by to see Fireman Uncle Steve at his station. We were lucky enough to get a private tour of the station and the fire truck. Steve let Tyson and Taylor play in the truck, go up top to the bucket, and he even let them ride in the truck. Taylor absolutely loved it. THANKS Steve!



After our trip we got to watch Sawyer play football and he did a great job. Saturday morning Dave and I took off at 5am to go to his triathlon. Taylor stayed with the rest of the family (THANKS). This triathlon trail was a little more difficult than previous races this year so I was a little more worried about Dave. He did awesome though and finished 7th in his age group. This triathlon had a lot of athletes. I believe his race had about 550 participants. Good job!



After the race we went to a Fiesta and watched Sawyer play his saxophone and got some snowcones. Right after that we headed to the ward Elder Quorum activity at the Warm Springs. The water was warm but the air was cold. I wish I would have got a picture of Steve wearing my jacket.

Thanks to the Staheli's for hosting us and letting us take over your house and beds. You guys are awesome. We loved spending time with you. Here are two pictures of future triathletes.

BYU

Dave isn't happy that Taylor's first football game was a BYU game but hey we had free tickets. Saturday afternoon after a lot of deliberation we decided to all attend the freezing cold BYU vs New Mexico game. By brother-in-law Shane is on the BYU team and his parents and my parents have season tickets they were not using. So, Dave, Taylor, myself, Cindy, Cindy's friend, Uncle Jeff, and Logan got to attend the game. My parents got to use player tickets and sat on row 7 with Carrie and Kace. They had great seats.

Taylor actually did fairly well and we had a lot of fun. We wished the game would have been a little more exciting but the overall atmosphere was awesome. We took a walk in between every quarter to relieve some or Taylor's energy. I got a serious work out carrying Taylor up and down the stairs.



This was a really fun time as a family and I am just glad it didn't rain or snow.

Thanks to my parents and the Hunters for the tickets. #47 is Shane!

Snow Badgers

I got to spend some time with a few Badgers this Friday. Michal, Marilee, Nicole and myself were roommates (we counted Marilee as a roomie) while attending Snow College. It was really good to see Nicole's new baby girl, Savannah.

Thanks for a great time. We need to get together more often.

Garden 2008

Our garden this year was not that big but we got a lot of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. Taylor loves to help pick the vegetables. Sometimes he picks the green tomatoes on accident but he is trying his hardest to help. Every time he picks a vegetable he says "Yum, Yum .... Yum, Yum." The irony is he will not eat any of them. He won't even try them.

TAG

This tag is quite simple and fun. Just go into your picture folder on your computer. Find the 4th folder, then the 4th picture. Post it and describe the picture.



This is a picture taken from the Quicksilver boat in Port Douglas, Australia. Dave and I went on vacation after he graduated to my dream place - Australia. We went with a tour group (which is always entertaining) and on this day we were heading out to the Great Barrier Reef (more specific - Agincourt Reef) to Snorkel and ScubaDive. This picture is of the scenery. The overall vacation was an unforgettable experience.

The picture is kind of boring but there is a good story behind it.

I tag anyone who wants to do this.

My Taylor Favorites!

Taylor loves to climb on everything and ride on everything right now. This is a favorite of mine. He looks so big sitting on the truck.

Taylor is very loving right now. He loves to kiss and hug and cuddle. What a sweetheart.

He has learned how to be silly and runs around doing a fake laugh, yelling "No."

His "Hi" and "Bye" to everyone and everything.

His willingness to help me clean my house, cook dinner, change his diaper, and everything else I do or Dad does around the house.

I love that when I ask him to do something, he does it and he likes doing it.

And I just love his smile especially this smile...

Conference in Idaho!

We were so excited to spend the weekend in Idaho with Grandma and Grandpa Allred. Dave's mom flew in from New Jersey and Bob, Emily, Carter, Cindy, Dave, Taylor and myself joined up in Burley. Thanks to Cindy for entertaining Taylor on the way. Thanks to Grandma & Grandpa for hosting. Thanks to MaryAnn and Grandma for the delicious food (Bob thanks for puffy pancakes). Emily thanks for taking me to Children's World.

We spent most of our time watching all the wonderful speakers for the LDS General Conference. It taught or reminded me to live on less, be kinder, smile, reach out to others and so much more. To read more, click here.

What a great weekend.