September 2008

Yes, I am still writing this from the month of October.

The first weekend in Sept is Hay Days for the town of Cozad. They have a parade and a carnival. This year was fun because Katherine was old enough to be excited about it. She loved running for the candy during the parade. But she is to generous for her own good, she kept giving it away to the kids around her! She finally figured it out and kept some of it. Devon had fun too. He loved the huge tractors that went by. Devon got to have his first ride on carnival rides. He and Katherine loved it.


I have been having to take a lot of continuing classes this month I am suppose to have 20 hours before next month. I have had 2 years to get the hours, so I don't know why I wait until the last minute. The last two I have gone to have been free, which is a blessing, they usually cost $60-$100 for an 8 hour class. I guess that is why I have put it off. I hate to spend money for something I don't enjoy! I have been doing a few more building projects. I have made Katherine a book shelf for her room to organize all her toys. It took me a good 2 hours to get everything put into the labeled baskets. It looked so good! Then she came in and began to dump everything into the floor again. Yeah, I almost lost it! :) Kids are so fun sometimes.


David has been taking call a lot lately. We discovered we need to replace our outside heat pump unit. It got all banged up during our hail storm this spring. We hadn't even noticed, all the fins were beaten down. Insurance accepted our claim, so we decided to go ahead and replace it. We are going to have to pay for a portion of the bill, so thus the overtime. He is such a wonderful Dad, He loves to wrestle with the kids and they eat it up! Katherine is always begging him to play with her, "I want a piece of me, Daddy!" is what she says. She got that from David, Every time they begin to wrestle he says "Do you want a piece of me?!!!" So she thinks that is what it is called. I laugh every time I hear her say it.

God bless you!

August 2008

Ok this is really backtracking, I am writing this at the end of Oct. I am not doing good at all! Get with it girl!!!

As my last post stated, this month has been a very difficult one for us. But we are all doing good and back in the swing of things. We bought a new vehicle in July, because we were expecting our family to be outgrowing my car. The new vehicle is a 2004 Nissan Armada. I love all the extra room(seats 8), I do not like the gas mileage(15mpg). It has an entertainment system in it, which will make the trips to AR much quieter. I have never had this new of a vehicle so it is pretty fun. It still has the new car smell! Imagine:)

Katherine got to experience her first circus. I was not able to go, but she was talking about tigers and lions all week. But I think her favorite part was the Big Slide she got to go down. David said she went down it countless times. The operator must have thought she was cute because he let her go as many times as she wanted to for free.

Devon has begun to walk finally! He is pretty timid about it, but he is catching on fast. He loves the independence I think. He seems much more content. He has said Mama and Dada, but he doesn't say that very often. He is your typical male, he has a difficult time communicating! :)

David and I have started a Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University class here in Cozad. It is a 13 week long course, but it will be worth it. We have been really falling behind on our commitment to our budget. Well we haven't even done one since we moved, so yeh we need a little boost. I would really recommend it to anyone. It is a great program and Dave is very funny (we watch a video of him each week).

I guess that is it for this month, at least all I can remember now 2 months down the road!

God bless you all.

Baby Taylor

Baby Taylor was not meant to live with us here on earth, but is waiting for us to join him. We found out Thursday afternoon that something was not right. The ultrasound dates didn't match and they couldn't see anything of the baby I thought I was carrying. The Doctor told us to expect a miscarriage to occur. Sunday I began to loss the baby. It has been a great blow to us, but it is a comfort to know the Lord is in control. David and I would ask that your prayers be with us. We greatly appreciate our families and church family for the support they have given us, it has been such a blessing. God Bless You All.

July 2008

Sorry I never got a post out for June. July has come in hot, but I am enjoying every minute. With the memory of the LONG winter still fresh in my mind, I have a new respect for 90 degree days! We had a good fourth of July with David's family. Mark and Emily came with their three kids and Emily is expecting their fourth. Uncle Victor and Aunt Elaine, Stephen and Jeremy also got to spend the holiday with us. They were on their way home from Denver where they had helped Josh and Zusanna move from Virginia. Joanna, Dennis and Addy were also here. We ate Supper at the Bonds. David shot off some fireworks that evening, The kids didn't know exactly what to think. Katherine began to enjoy them after she found out she could hold her ears to muffle the sound. Devon was very wary of them, but didn't didn't fuss about it. At dusk we went to Gothenburg to their fireworks show. We all set up camp in the back yard of the nursing home where David's Grandpa and Grandma are now living. They got to come out and enjoy the show also. It was a good memory, (mosquitoes and all :).

I am doing good in the pregnancy, No sickness at all and not really feeling that tired any more. Hope this keeps up. I am now 8 weeks along. I go to the Dr. Fri so I will have a official date then.

David has found his niche and his hobby in wood working. I really enjoy it too. We have decided that is what we will do in our retirement. Our latest project was a dog house for our two labs. We didn't just make a dog house we made a dog mansion! The thing is 8 feet long and 4 feet wide with a porch on the front. It is so heavy we had to get Bro. Howard's fork lift to move it onto the foundation. We had a blast making it. Our next project is to build a play house for the grand kids for David's folks.

Katherine has finally been potty trained! She has become a very self sufficient young lady. God forbid you help her in any way! She can now dress herself except putting on her shirt. She has really enjoyed our little wadding pool this summer, she is always asking to go swimming. She is brown as an Indian.

Devon is now one year old. His Birthday was on the 11th. We had David's folks over and Lara, Duane and Luke. Luke and Devon have the same birth date. Luke was 10 years old. Devon loved his cake and ice cream. He got a brain freeze eating the ice cream, so he was a little leery of it from then on. He is beginning to let go of furniture and try standing on his own. At least he is beginning to at least think about it.

Lucy our black lab got run over one morning and broke her back leg. so it was another trip to the vet. It is kind of funny to see a dog with a cast on her leg, every time I look at her I see the old dog on Fox and the Hound :).

Till next month... God Bless Ya'll!

I'm a Mom!

I'm going to be a Mom again! We are expecting the new arrival in March, around the 17 I am saying. We haven't been to the Dr. yet so we don't have an official date. I am feeling fine except for being really tired. Please keep us in your prayers.
Click on the "I'm a Mom" title to hear a song. I thought this song described motherhood so well I had to include it. Go fish has become my favorite kids group, although they can get a little too crazy for my taste sometimes. David will actually listen to them with out complaining! :)

May 2008

May has been a very odd month. We had snow at the first of the month and it has only been above 70 degrees a handful of days. I am soooo ready for spring, but I am afraid we are going to pass right through spring into summer. The last few days we have had torrential rains. The roads are flooded and they are afraid the river will overflow it's banks. We had water coming in the house last night. It has been crazy. With the weather being like it has, we have only been able to enjoy our new porch swing a couple of times. That is right, I finally have a porch swing! I was so excited. I got it for a birthday/mother's day present. It looks so inviting on our porch. It makes you think of cool summer nights, swaying with a glass of sweet tea in your hand and the one you love beside you.
We have been doing a lot of home improvement projects, trying to get ready for company for our June meeting. I have been working out in the flower beds quite a bit. It will take a while to get them the way I want them, but the journey is half the fun. I have also been doing some painting, trying to get all our three different styles and colors of trim to look a little more uniform. One of the drawbacks of owning an older home.
David has been very busy at work the last month. Doing a lot of overtime. It has also been very stressful, because his company fired his boss. There has been a lot of tension in the company for a while. I hope it will get better now that the "problem" is gone.

Katherine is getting to be such a big girl. She is now going in with me on our meals on wheels route. Her job is to take the sack of milk and dessert. She knows what her job is and she takes it very seriously. She has gotten on a hair kick. She has to have her hair fixed in the morning, if I forget she will come to me and tell me to "Fix Hair". She also loves to go to the library and get her weekly books. She will have me read them to her over and over again.

Devon is also growing into a little man. He has cut two teeth on the bottom and is eating table food now. He has gotten pretty proficient at pulling himself up to standing and cruising around tables. He is a pretty content guy. He will play by himself in Katherine's room for up to an hour. He doesn't mind being by himself. It is so very nice.

"The Lord has been so good to me, I want to sing his praise."

April 2008 Pictures

April 2008

April was the month of the Arkansas trip. That was one reason for Thomas to stay with us was so I would have someone to ride with me on the way down. I was in AR for three weeks! I never want to be away from David for that long again. It was too hard. I can somewhat relate to the wives of men in the military. Anyway, we were down there to help my sister, Stephanie, get ready for her wedding. The kids also had a school program while I was down there. It was a medieval feast. Everyone was dressed in the "Authentic Garb". They had a dinner with musical numbers, a skit and even a court Jester, my brother Justin. It was a lot of fun. My brothers were so excited about their costumed and they really did look pretty good.
We were pretty busy most of the time. I was sick for the first week we were there. I guess my body decided I would have enough help with the kids and took the opportunity. The boys were so sweet, they babied me something terrible. It was kind of nice.
Stephanie's wedding was on the 19th. I helped her with decorations and shopping for the food. But my main project was making her cake. This was the second wedding cake I have made and I really enjoy doing it. Thankfully, she was easy on me and picked something simple. Katherine was the flower girl, she did so good I was a little surprised. She just walked right up there like she knew what she was doing. we had told her to throw all the flowers out of her basket. So she walked up the isle and stood by me. Then she took out each petal and dropped it to the floor and when the basket was empty, she walked back down the isle. Her job was done! :)
The wedding was beautiful as was the bride. The wedding was held on Mt. Magazine. The trees had not leafed out on the mountain yet, but it was still beautiful.
But I would have to say the highlight of the trip was seeing David again. It brought back memories of our dating days. The excitement of seeing each other after an extended time apart. Only now there are two kidos who are just as excited to see their daddy again. My, how time changes things.

March 2008

Hey everyone, March was a busy month. My Family came to visit us and see our new house. They were able to stay for four days. We had a great time visiting and the Lord blessed us with a little snow storm while they were here. So we spent most of one day building snowmen and taking turns sledding down the road behind the truck. It was a lot of fun. The rest of the time we just hung around the house and played board games and video games. As always their visit was not long enough. The only consolation was that my brother Thomas was able to stay with us for two weeks. He worked for Bro. Howard some and was able to go to work with David one day and go out on outage calls with him. We kept him pretty busy, but I still think he thinks we are a couple of old stick in the muds that never do anything. :) We did take him to the Cabela's store in Kearney, which was one of the highlights of the trip I think. Katherine got to where she liked Thomas pretty good and would let him do just about anything with her. Which was a big breakthrough for her. Following are pictures of the month of March. Enjoy!

January

Hey Everyone!
January has been a very busy month. I thought it would slow down after the holidays. Obviously not. David has taken call at work now for a month so we haven't been able to go anywhere too far away. We did get to go with the Bonds to a concert featuring the Five Browns, a family of 5 children who all play the piano. They each had a piano and played them at the same time. Sis. Elaine and I really enjoyed it, but Bro. Thomas and David didn't have such rave reviews. I think the only highlight of the evening for them was when one of the brothers played a rendition of "Great Ball of Fire" using his feet as well as his hands and the ice cream treat afterwards!
I have cut down my hours at the hospital to strictly PRN. It is such a relief to have every weekend open. I am still taking call on Tue though until one of my co-workers gets back. Her dad has some serious health problems so she is having to stay with him until March sometime. It has worked out really well for me though. I am getting the hours I need in order to keep my liscense. Which is all I need. Cutting my hours has come at a good time, it is going to allow me to go to AR for 3 weeks in order to help my sister Stephanie prepare for her wedding which is April 19. I am so excited for her and her fiance Luke. Poor Katherine and Devon are going to be so confused, this makes 3 Lukes in our family!
Katherine has begun to potty train. she is doing pretty good. She told me she had to go and she actually made it to the potty for the first time this morning. I am beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel now. Hallelujah!! She is becomeing quite a little talker now, She is finally beginning to talk on the phone with my family. I know they really like it. They are not so interested in talking to me now, it's always can I talk to Katherine! :) She is so interested in reading also. She will sit for hours and listen to me read her books. She gets so excited when we pull up in front of the library, "ibarry?" "ibarry!".
Devon is becoming quite the little man also. He has mastered rolling and can now be found underneath tables and chairs pretty much anywhere he wants to go. He is also getting better at sitting up. He can sit for about a minute, then he comes toppling over. He is for sure a lot more layed back than his sister, he is content at the stage he is in. He doesn't have the overwhelming energy Katherine had at his age, for that I am most certainly thankful.
The Taylor farm has added it's first animal occupants. 2 dogs and two cats. The two dogs, one looks like a chocolate lab and the other looks like a black boxer/lab mix, started out free, but as of now they have cost us at least $350 in vet bills due to the fact they had ring worms and a staph infection when we got them. It has been driving Katherine crazy not to be able to play with them, but finally last week she was able to play. She loves them. The two cats are both toms so we rarely see them. So I hope our animal experiences in the future turn out to be a little less complicated.
Well ya'll have a great Febuary. Happy Valentines Day!

This last year has been one filled with lots of change.

Our son Devon was born on July 11. He is doing great. He is nothing like his sister looks or temperament. He is content most of the time and is not very demanding. At 4 mo. he weighed 16lb. 2 oz, whereas Katherine weighed 13 lb. at the same age. I think we are certainly going to have a big boy like his uncle Thomas and his great-grandpa Hill.

Katherine has really grown up in the last few months. She is a big help to me or at least she tries! She is always willing to help me in any way she can. She loves to entertain her brother and she is also very protective. The other day in Walmart a woman stopped to admire Devon. She saw his sock was about to fall off and she began to put it back on. Katherine looked at her with a frown and said "Stop!". After working with Katherine for two years she is beginning to get the idea of praying. She even decided to teach Granny a thing or two. Granny was holding her during a prayer, Granny looked over at Katherine during the prayer and Katherine caught her looking and promptly pushed her head back down and said "Bow your head.". At least we know she is listening.

We also sold our house in town and moved into the country! I am so thrilled. The house is 2 1/2 times bigger and we feel like we have room to grow now. The house came with 12 acres, of which 8 is an alfalfa field. (So of course now David thinks he needs a tractor... and a box blade, and a swather, and a square bailer, the list goes on and on). We were able to have David's family out for Christmas dinner. It was so fun to have the room to have guests.

January seems like it will slow things down a bit of which I am so glad. I hope ya'lls year goes well and God bless.

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