Taylor Time

A Sandbox? I can't believe I bought a sandbox! I hate sand! When I am relaxing on a beach sans kiddos I love it, but with kiddos it gets EVERYWHERE!!!! We lived in Santa Cruz for several months only one block away from the beach and I can count on one hand how many trips I made to the beach with the girls because I dreaded the clean up. I know, my poor kids. Back to the sandbox, Hailey LOVES digging. She tries to dig in our flower beds all the time and she cherishes the times she has played in Carter's sandbox. So, when I drove past this turtle at a garage sale I thought of Hailey and her love of digging. I concluded it would be best to give her a special spot of her own rather than have her tear up our flower beds. As I guessed, I immediately regretted this choice, but the smile it puts on Hailey's face makes it worth the nuisance. 

Play Time!  He thought this was pretty funny, so did I! =)  He got it in the right spot! So smart!!! 

 Micah is so proud that he is doing his hair just like his sisters. =)

  Happy 9th Anniversary I love you!!!! 

Friends Forever

Walking?  Here's Micah practicing his walking skills. On May 15th Micah took his first steps! He has taken a couple more since then, but I wouldn't call him a walker yet. Before we know it he will be running all over the place! What a big boy he is already.

Our precious girls  Hailey vs Taylor I think these pictures capture their individual personalities well. =)

Brother and Sister Playtime

California and Mexico Brian, Susanne, and Elliott moved to Rosarito, Mexico at the end of December/beginning of January to start their adventure as missionaries in Mexico through YWAM . We were all itching to go visit and since our nephew, Elliott, turned 1 in March we decided it was the perfect reason to plan a road trip. The trip turned even more eventful when Brian and Susanne decided to do a house build in lieu of gifts for Elliott. Here's the link to Susanne's blog post to read about how this decision came about, Susanne is a much more talented writer than I am! Elliott's-birthday-house-build . We decided if we were going right past Disneyland on our way down how could we not stop? Grandpa and Grandma were very generous and gave us season passes for Christmas so we were set! We packed up and began our journey south, first stop DISNEYLAND!!! All 3 kids did an excellent job in the car, we were so thankful! We stopped about every 4 hours and made it to Anaheim in ...