Alexus dancing hard shoe at the talent show

Blake - E- Boy

Today was the last day of school. Blake went to school a little early. They got to have a BBQ and then got to have their own field day with just the kindergarten class. He was not happy about this being the last day of school. He said that he was sad because he wasn't going to see his teacher everyday any more. What cute kid!

Blake graduated from Kindergarten on Friday! He was so stinkin cute. I can't believe how much he has grown this year. He had a great teacher and made some really good friends.

Another Feis

Alexus had another Feis. She had be practicing really hard the last couple of weeks. I was trying to get here to smile when she danced and she would have nothing to do with it. She said that it was to hard to smile and dance at the same time. I gave up.

She wakes up Saturday, a little nervous. Chuck made her whatever she wanted for breakfast and then gave her a blessing. She seemed really happy, but still was NOT going to smile when she danced!

She gets up for her first dance and what do I see on her face???? A SMILE, not a fake one but a real smile. We all laughed. She smiled in all 5 of her dances. You could tell by the smile that she was having fun!

She had 5 different dances to do. 4 of them had anywhere from 8 - 11 girls in each group to dance against. Then the trophy dance had 20 girls in it. She placed in each dance. She got 2 first places and 3 second places. We were shocked that she got 1st place on the trophy dance. We had prepared her for maybe getting nothing. She was really happy and surprised to. I guess she'll be dancing for another year.

Nathan came home!

A couple of weeks ago Nathan came home from France. He brought his girlfriend Clelia home with him. The kids had a great time playing with both of them. Then it was off to travel. She had never been to the west coast. Thanks for the fun you guys!

I was tagged months ago " The man I love"

It's supposed to be on the man I love!

What is his name?

Charles Bryce Taylor (Chuck)

How long have you been married? 10 years in Aug.

How long did you date? We met a couple days after I graduated from H.S. We started dating in Oct. Engaged on New Years and married in Aug.

Who said I love you first? I think we both said it about the same time.

Who is taller? Chuck is and always will be.

Who sings better?neither of us!

Who is smarter? Chuck this man can just skim over something and knows it right away. He passed the CPA exam the first time, that doesn't normally happen!

Who does the laundry? Me, always me!!!

Who pays the bills? I do, now. He used too, I took it over.

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? If you are facing the bed, it's Chuck. He is closer to the door. Where ever we sleep I make him sleep closer to the door.

Who mows the lawn? He does. I tried at the first house and he redid it because it was not up to his standards!!

Who makes dinner? I do, that's way he fits in his clothes now!

Who drives? Depends, if I'm in the mood or not

Who is more stubborn? We are both pretty stubborn.

Who kissed who first? I kissed him at our friends Kara's house.

Who asked who out first? It just happened. We were going to all go out as a group, then everyone canceled except one other couple. The rest is history.

Who proposed? He did, TWICE! The first time was on the way to a dance. He just slipped the ring on my hand and I didn't notice it at first. Some light hit the diamond and I saw the sparkle.The 2nd time he got a horse drawn carriage in town town Portland and asked me again out there. They both where great. Oh, I said " Yes " the first time!

Who has the most siblings? Chuck does 4 sister and 2 brothers

Who wears the pants? Depends on what, I hope that we wear them both at the same time!

May

Chuck and I started out this month going to Chicago, Chuck had a class. We had 5 days with out the kids. This was my first time leaving Carly for longer then a day. When we first got there it was raining. We jumped on the "L" and headed down town for some PIZZA. The best, with a corn meal crust and fresh chunky tomato sauce. The deep dish took 45 minutes to cook. It was only 9 inch pizza and we couldn't finish it. I will never look at pizza the same after having that. We then headed for Navy Pier. It was cold and rainy. What do you expect for the windy City. We headed back to the hotel.

The next day we headed back out, but it was SUNNY and Warm! This was the last day that we could do a lot of looking around.

We first went to.....

Chuck in front of the Chicago River.

We went back out to Navy Pier. We wanted some pictures. We also had some great hot dogs . They were yummy.
This is the BEAN in Millennium Park. It was way cool . It's a reflective ball. We took several pictures of ourselves in it. We continued to walk around. All of Chicago. Before dinner we went to Sears tower. We went up 103 floors.
This is the view out the window. It was really neat up there. There were windows all the way around. The next day I laid out by the pool and read "Sarah Quilt", good book. It was so nice, in the mid 80's. That night we went to Hard Rock Cafe for dinner. I loved looking at all of the music memorabilia. Food was good to. The next day I continued to read and then we went to a movie. This theater was brand new and HUGE. It was only $10 for the BOTH of us. We saw Ironman, GOOD. Had a good dinner. I finished my book and started "Twilight". This was a GREAT book. I'm hooked. I'll be reading the rest of the series.

We came home and we were so happy to see the kids. It was a great break. Now we are preparing to leave this weekend for a wedding at Cooper's Spur. Then off to Disney world in June. Can't wait for that.

April

We started swimming lessons twice a week.

Chuck was gone late every night because of tax season.

(I'm a single mother 4 months out the year)

We heard of an indoor water park that opened just North of Centralia.

It's called the Great Wolf Lodge.

Only people that stay there can use the park.

The outside of the hotel

Alexus and Blake

This is what they call the Howlin' Tornado. You are in a Square tube, one person sits in each corner, legs toward the middle and hold on for dear life. You go at least half way up on both sides I swear I thought that we were going to flip over.

This Is the start of The Howlin' Tornado. You can see the at least 20 foot top. Crazy, but fun!

March

This month Chuck turned 33 and I 29. Miss Carly turned 18 months. Carl was huge, Still! We was 30 lbs and 34 inches tall. We had a great time during Spring Break. The kids and I went with my parents to the beach. This way Carly's first time going to the beach. She love it. She knew just what to do. She picked up she shovel and bucket and started digging in the sand. Filling her bucket with sand. When it's all filled up dumping it out. Then stomping all over her creation. She wanted to be like Alexus and Blake and put her feet in the water, not a good idea, to COLD.

A BABY!!

A couple weeks later we had a new baby join the extended Taylor family. My kids finally got a cousin that was some what close to their age, at least Carly did. Sabrina, Chuck's sister, had a baby boy David. He was super cute!




This is a picture of Carly at Calamity Jane, after along day sledding.

It's been forever!

( This was on our Christmas card)

Lets start with Christmas. it was fun we had a great day. We opened presents at the house, then off to my parent to open more. Then Chuck's family came over to our house for Dinner. We ate and talked and ate and played Wii and talked and played the Wii some more. It's so nice to be in a house that we can have people over and enjoy each others company. I really loved watching Carly open presents. She didn't quite understand. She was very happy to to her snacks as presents, I think that they were half way gone before we finished open the rest of the gifts. Oh one more thing...... It snowed! a trace, but I'll take anything on Christmas.