christmas village.

we had a family outing last night to see christmas village! i love all the little shops. we had fun eating pizza at Tony's and then the lights although so sad we missed the gooch family..(love ya) and watching the kids run around! it's hilarious to watch so many little snowmen running around. carter and the twins just crack me up. the twins are so little and just run all over. no wonder heidi and shelley are so skinny they never stop running!

we're glad to have the branch's in town:)

dax thought he was funny the whole night.

and braden was on a kick with goofy faces, and getting his head in everyone else's pictures.

the taylor fam

the sudbury bunch

dIsNeY's pReP & lAnDiNg!

i hope you all got a chance to see disney's prep & landing on abc last week! it's adorable. if your kids loved it like mine we've been getting the house "safe" for santa to enter! go http://family.go.com/entertainment/pkg-disney-prep-and-landing/?cmp=otc-abc_prepandlanding to get cute printables, make your own wayne and lanny and get a gingerbread decoder! merry christmas everyone!

miss tysie

our little singer.............

you might have to pause the player at the bottom to hear her:) she sings ALL DAY LONG!

december...december...

decemeber at our house hasn't been too eventful yet... but it's coming soon! and might i add i'm not at all ready for christmas this year! my kids are sleeping at the in-laws tonight for their christmas party so maybe i'll get something done! ms. kembrie thinks she is the biggest thing ever and wants to walk but gives up, she has taken about 4 steps on her own then she giggles and falls! she thinks she's hilarious and we all laugh because it's about the best entertainment we get!

my attempt to maybe take a cute picture (the lighting in this room is horrible!)
aren't my girls outfits cute! my mom made the skirts. i looove them!

snow days....daddy built the kids a snow fort. they loved it!

it got too warm and caved in on the 2nd day but they still had fun destroying it (and snowboarding down it!)

it's bigger than it looks. that's kembrie's head you can see

santa! kembrie made until the very end to cry! i had to take a picture!

COUPON????

DOES ANYBODY KNOW IF THERE IS ANOTHER COUPON OUT THERE FOR IKEA? THERE WAS A $20 OFF A $100 PURCHASE THAT EXPIRED ON 12/15. (DANG I MISSED IT!) IF ANYONE HAS SEEN ANY MORE OUT THERE LET ME KNOW I'M HEADED DOWN TOMORROW:)

christmas!!

we celebrated a pre-thanksgiving last sunday at my moms since it was the off year for our family. and christmas arrived for us too! my mom bought all of us "ELF ON THE SHELF" which i am sooo grateful for i've wanted it forever! and they also got a cute book from great grandma and chocolate advent calendars (which i already had to hide for a couple days!)

we have named our elf "buddy" and he is going to be my life saver this christmas. if you haven't read the book i would say it's a must have! it's so fun. today we set up our tree and we've been watching christmas movies and getting into the christmas spirit!

I LOVE CHRISTMAS!

what goofy boys!

opening the present.

my little hunter

uncle jared called dax and braden to go hunting saturday. dax had a blast! it was his first time hunting. jared shot one (maybe more?) but he got to wear jared 's hunting vest and even a camo hat! so cute to see a little boy so excited! i love it. it reminds me of jared when he was little

silverline reunion!

we had our "first" silverline reuion on friday night. it was so fun to see everyone. and fun for us taylor girls! it's cool that i get to share it with both my sisters. between the three of us dancing in high school and college my parents were involved in drill for like 13 years! (what supportive parents we have!) i loved dancing and i miss it so much. drill taught me so much that has helped me in life and i'm so glad i got to be a part of something so fun! i also got to see all the girls that i coached and they're all growing up and getting married and so cute. here's some pic's

jodie, me, shelley, kari and jen

(jodie and jen were our coaches)

some of the group. some girls had left so we didn't get everyone

FaNCy NaNcY!

cute fancy nancy coloring pages..http://www.harpercollinschildrens.com/harperchildrensimages/printable/fancynancyposhpupactivity.pdf

loving the snow!

my kids are loving the snow! it's been sooo nice outside. here's a few pic's of our "snow fun!'

what cute girls!

and crazy boys!

tank pulling dax. it's hilarious to watch

is it any suprise that when we went coat shopping. we had one option....PINK!

MY LITTLE CLIMBER!!!

searching for dax....why isn't he answering me and why can't i find him! oh maybe it's because he decided to climb in his closet "to find treasures" and wouldn't answer me! are we kidding! i have quite the little "super hero" on my hands lately. first i caught him last week jumping from kembrie's crib to tysie's bed. and then the closet incident! any mom knows too much silence is a bad thing! we've had way to much silence lately!

i was sneaky and this was his face as he turned around and saw me standing there!

it's done!!!!!!

tysie's bedspread is finally done! yay! ok so i know i'm slow a year and a half in the making but oh well it's finished right! i wanted so badly to try to get some of the talents that are in the blood of the women of my family (i'm just not there yet) but at least i'm trying! this top quilt is kembrie's that my mom made for her, and it matches the bedspread (pic's below) of tyise's. i actually sewed the all the squares of the quilt and had it machine quilted (it has cute flowers quilted in it it's darling!) and then my sweet mother finished the binding for me (oh and she did the borders too) it's just so hard for me to ever have a moment without my kids to do anything so i'm so grateful for my mom and all she does for me and the patience she had helping me do this quilt! i love it! now i can finally finish the girls room.

the pictures don't do it justice.

tysie was a little upset that i took her picture too. but she matched on sunday so i had to take one with her on it right!

me and my mom painted these flowers on the wall too. i still need to make more butterflies. but hey we're making progress! and don't you love the bed. my parents let me borrow it, me and my cute sisters slept on this daybed growing up. it had a trundle underneath. i love it! someday also i want to switch out the gold knobs:)

enjoying every last moment of fall!!!!

i don't want it to get cold!!! we love the outdoors and i'm sad to think it might be ending soon. hopefully we'll have a couple more warm days in november and then hopefully my kids will love the snow this year!

the kids helped me plant some bulbs in our yard today. dax is seriously helpful! i love that kid! he's a hard worker already.
kembrie was enjoying the swing

.....and the dirt! why do they always have to eat it?!

and she thinks she's the biggest kid in the world can you tell! she thinks she wants to walk already and i want her to stay put!