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Brian is hunting this week. When he is gone the kids take turns sleeping with me! On Sunday night it was Halle's turn. When I woke up on Monday morning Halle was smiling at me and wanted to cuddle. Then she asked me "Mom, what is today". I said "Monday". She got sad and said "Darn it, I wish it was Wednesday". When I asked her why she said "because Dad said the baby only kicks on Wednesday and I wanted to feel her". Oh, boy! Those girls of ours sure love their Daddy because they believe EVERYTHING that he says!!!
I always hate when our summer is over and the kids go back to school. This one has been especially hard since we actually had a summer (-minus Logan urology and grandma and two yards and gardens). We did so many fun things and spent time together. It was also hard having Hal go to school all day. I get lonely. She kept life hopping around here. This is Bug's first day of 1st grade. She loves Mrs. Morrison (but who wouldn't) and loves making new friends. I love her hill billy look with her teeth (or as Bri says hill Betsy). She is growing up so fast.
Our beautiful Gracie. She loves school and loves being with her friends. She is sad that she had to go back to school before our baby got here. She loves babies and is so excited to meet her sister and get to baby sit.
Handsome Gid. I just love this kid. He reminds me so much of his Dad. He always wants to be outside and doing work with either his Dad or Grandpa Taylor. He is loving school and loves his teacher Miss Palmer. This is a plus since he really would rather not go to school ever. He is sad he has to stay home this week and go to school though since his Dad is hunting for one week. He is also excited for the baby and gets to have her in his room for a few months. He asked me the other day if he could hold the baby. I asked him why not. He said "because Gracie always hogs the babies and I want to hold her too." Silly boy.
This year I had awesome helpers in taking care of the garden and the yard. Gid and Halle really love mowing the lawn. Gid is just awesome on the riding lawn mower and a better driver than his mom. Halle really enjoyed the push mower. Gracie prefers to help clean the house. You gotta love kids that love to help others.
Our family got to go to our fav camping spot this year. We bummed in on Grandma and Grandpa Taylors trip to Warm River. We floated the river several times and went fishing. We loved every minute of it. Since Grandma and Grandpa Taylor will be leaving in November for a mission to Montenegro we will not see them for a while. It was fun hanging out with them. This is Grace climbing out of the river after floating.
These next 3 pictures are of Brian literally having to drag Hal out of the water. She loved tubing. When Brian told her it was the place to get out she kept going. Brian had to wade in to get her and she started paddling away from him because she did not want to get out. She was quite upset at him as you can tell.
Brian floating down with the kids.
This one Grandpa was floating down also. We could not manage to get Grandma in the water but maybe in a couple of years when she comes out. It was so much fun and the water was nice on a hot day.
Even Tank enjoyed camping. He claimed this chair as his own.
Gid got a fishing pole for his birthday from Grandma Nette and Grandpa Air so the kids went fishing, well Gid and Grace did. Halle wanted nothing to do with touching a fish. Brian got really good at releasing the fish and keeping them alive to put back. I do not cook fish or eat fish so they all went back in the water. They caught so many fish and it was fun to see how excited they got when they hooked one. In most of the pictures Bri is holding the fish since it kinda freaked all the kids out holding a live fish.
And Grandpa helping. Gid and Grandpa have done a lot together this year. Gid mowed Grandpa's lawn this year a couple of times and did not want to get paid but just go for a ride with Grandpa so Gid was in hog heaven. Grandpa even let him drive his RZR home. He is going to miss his Grandpa tons.
Our summer has been insane and we are just THRILLED we made it through June. We are done getting wood already and usually we have not started. We had 3 different baseball/softball teams this year and they are over (that was insane). We managed to get 2 camping trips in already and have 4 more to go. The coolest thing we have done this summer was on May 31. Grace and Gid turned 8 and were baptized. It was a very special day and we were so proud of them! Thanks to the great family we have that came and supported them on this special day!
Bug told me the other day she wanted "piggy buns" in her hair. I asked what that was and this is what she told me. She is so funny.
Gracie played her first year of softball and loved it. She got to be an awesome batter and does well in the field when she is not playing with her hair or worrying about how she looks. She is a girly girl but we love her and she is excited to play next year again. She loves to just play catch with her mom. That is about all we can do to get the girl outside and away from tv and books. I am just glad she loves it and wants to do it again!
Here she is playing with her hair again! She hit her first triple this year! It was so cool! She was so excited!
Gracie and Halle did a theatre camp this year. They had so much fun! They did 3 numbers. Halle was Snoopy and had a speaking part! She did so cute.
Halle was so cute as a monkey in the Dr. Seuss number. The thing I love the most about her is that the girl is ALWAYS smiling! She is so cute and fun to be around. This camp was right up her alley!
Gracie was the Cat in the Hat. She had several speaking lines. She did well, she has her mom in her though. She memorizes really well but when she gets nervous she talks really really fast!
She also had a poem she had to do by herself. This was the most nerve wracking for her.
The other number was "Your never fully dressed without a smile" from Annie. We kinda missed this number since the camera went caput but it was so cute.
So this year I ended up (by default) coaching Gid's baseball team. Brian stepped up and pitched to the boys since he did not want me out there with balls flying. It was fun to spend time with him and Gid. Gid improved very much once we figured out the poor kid could not see the ball coming at him. We got him in to the Dr and he was given glasses. After that the became our best hitter and did so awesome on defense. He LOVED this season and was sad to see it end.
Gracie became our photographer since Bri and I were both occupied. She did pretty well. Gid hit 2 triples in one game and was so excited. He loved hanging out with his friends.
Our handsome boy in his glasses. He almost look weird to me now if he does not have them on but he LOVES them.
On deck
He is such a fast runner.
Halle also played ball this year and was thrilled to play coach pitch instead of "boring T-ball". She did awesome. She had the cutest batting stance. We had to work with her a bit to "widen it up". She hit so so good and loved every minute of it. She got to play with her cousin Chloe and that was so cool to her.
That cute stance.
And then the sass.
New recruit to join Team Taylor! Coming Sept 2014! (This was how we announced to our family we were having another baby)
We are excited to be having yet another girl! Grace and Halle are so excited (this is what they wanted). Gid is adapting to yet another sister. His finger and toe crossing was obviously not a success.
Our beautiful little "bug". She has become a lot easier to deal with since she found out she will no longer be "the baby".
We had a new member join our family in January (yea, I know I am so slow). Lisa finally found her soul mate in Trevor. They are doing great and love being married. Lisa is having to share being the fav Aunt/Uncle now. All of the kids typically run to Trevor first for a hug and it does not sit well with Lisa who was the favorite for so long. Becki and I get a kick out of it and say "welcome to our life".
Since the kids have already had the end of the year program I thought I would post their Christmas program pictures (no, not a typo). This is Halle in her first program ever!
Gid and Gracie in their program
Christmas pj's from Grandma and Grandpa Taylor
What the Easter Bunny brought the kids!
Handsome Gid.
Beautiful Gracie
Gracie at the end of the year program.
Bug, with her rooster doing her song!
And finally Gid.
Halle just turned 6 and I am freaking out. She got her roller skates she wanted so bad and got a "frozen cake". She is smart as a whip and very sassy. Her favorite color is still purple since she wants to be like Grandma Blauer. She is excited to play coach pitch this year for softball instead of T-ball and loves to be outside with her brother. She had her first birthday party this year with her friends and thought she was so grown up. We love having this little firecracker in our home. She does keep things interesting.
Gracie also got her "monster high roller skates for her birthday and Halle is just glad that Gracie will not use hers all the time now. She just turned 8 and is so excited to be baptized. She gets to play softball this year and is excited to play pitching machine. She loves tumbling and signed up to go to a volleyball camp this year. She is a sweet heart and such an easy going girl (especially for a red head). We love her.
Gid and Gracie both had a party this year and took one friend to the fun park for the day. They got Monster High and Pirate cupcakes for their birthday and were so excited for them (what can I say I was way lazy on cakes this year.)
Gid was shocked and so so so excited when he got a bow and arrow like his daddy. Anything he can do with his Dad is ok with him. He loves to hunt, play sports and just be anywhere but in the house. He loves to mow the lawn especially with the mowing lawn mower. He is playing coach pitch this year and was way excited to find out that his mom got roped into coaching his team. He is doing a football camp this year. He is also excited to be baptized. He is such a good boy and great example to others.
Gracie had her first tumbling recital. She loves to tumble and says she likes it more than dance. I got tons of pics of her but lots were blurry (mainly since Gid was our photographer for the evening). That is our last 6 month in a nutshell.
