Blessed Day for us all!

We are happy to report that Baby Taylor has arrived. She came @ 10:58 this morning (May 21, 2008) and weighed in at 7 lbs. 13 oz. She was only 20 inches long so her sister is the tall one, I suppose. Here is Alisha checking out every finger and toe. Alisha did an awesome job. She was so brave doing this with no epidural. However, don't ask her if she would do it again anytime soon.Wait at least a week or two. Ha, ha. Good job, Alisha, we are so very proud of you. (And baby too.) Jeffrey was brave too, I guess.

Here is daddy welcoming the new one into the world. What can you say when you have a little girl .....it just makes you go weak in the knees. Now, Jeffrey has three girls in his house to deal with. "Good luck Jeff!"

Here is her first full body shot. She is so perfect. (Apgar 9.9) Is her name Camille? Is her name Tori? We don't know. The suspense is so fun. Never fear, before they take her home all records will be complete.

Growing Things

If I can get to this tomatoe before the birds do I will have really accomplished something. I have several big ones coming and I am tending them so joyously. This plant shows some of the cherry tomatoes that are growing I have already eaten two that were orange because I couldn't wait ......they were already sweet and yummy.

So if anyone has advice on growing things in Arizona feel free to comment and give me any advice you have. I only have zuchinni and tomatoes and vinca in my garden because I have to keep it as simple as I can. I still have a growing boy in my house, a growing Ward @ church and a growing practice @ my work. Feed, nurture, pray and feed some more. That's my life right now.

Little happy plots

In a little patch of gravel, there is a little patch of dirt with a little bit of seed struggling to turn in to a little zuchinni. I am always excited by the effort and sooooooo happy when I see green. In the gardening world in Arizona...it is not easy being green. I am anxiously waiting each leaf and hope to see blossoms in a few weeks. Then I will go out and paint brush the blossoms so they will pollinate. Because......we killed a whole hive of bees in our backyard. Sorry.

If you put a frog in a pan of cool water and turn on the heat.....

This picture shows their True Colors....Beavo is on the left and has bigger paisley spots. Steve-o has more yellow. They say that if one of them gets much bigger than the other...the big one will eat the little one. Hey, it's a cruel froggy world!

Here they are together.....Steve-o and Beavo...it is hard to tell in this picture but they really do have red eyes.....no need to use the "get the red eye out" button. You can see by their smiling faces that they are very happy at our house. Well, maybe they are like daddy smiling on the inside.

We run, we're runners, we're running.....

When Jeffrey was preparing for the Triatholon he made this ridiculous head covering to help keep his head and neck from sunburn. I won't tell you what it was made from .....but it was mesh, nylon, white and sooooo comfy. Here, he is showing his method for reserving his strength while running. I guess he didn't need it because he came from behind and ended up in the middle of the pack after his bike-ride and his running. GOOD JOB JEFF!

The week before the Triatholon was Pat's run, which everyone but myself participated in. Here are a couple of the pics and the kids have more pictures on their blogs. If anyone out there is interested in being involved, the proceeds go to a great cause and all is done in remembrance of a fallen hero. Pat was the ASU/Cardinal football player that signed up to go to war after 9/11 and turned down a 3.7 million dollar contract. Evidently,there are still some athletes out there that put honor before $$$$$$$$.

Speaking of honor.........................well, let's not. Did anyone notice that in the 2006 pics of Pat's Run, Ross is soooo much shorter than he is in these pictures? He has grown at least his own head length since 2006.........Yeah, Ross! And I quote from the man at the San Angelo, Texas Rodeo..."That kid's got a big ol' head" -----to be said in a strong Texas accent.

Poppa's Birthday!

The best Birthday present ever......4 little granddaughters to love on. Daddy was in heaven when everyone came over to say "Happy Birthday POPPA! Emma and Sadee drew pictures and the little girls dressed up as usual .....we all ate food and I'm sure there was some wrestling going on. The normal fun when the Taylors get together. There was one important person missing in the picture. Sorry, Jared. We still love you.

Daddy's children.
How'd they get so big? How'd they get so cute/handsome? How'd they get so smart and successful? He had very little to do with that! But they wished him a happy birthday anyway.

We were so excited for them....

Debbie and Dave invited Caitlin and Ben to Utah for Conference and Dad and I were so excited for them. I think this was the first time for both of them to be at General Conference. LIVE>>>>from UTAH...........the Prophet and Apostles!!!!!!!! I hope that wasn't sacreligious. I am just glad they got to have that experience ....especially together, as newlyweds. Nice memory. I stuck this in because Caitlin hasn't blogged anything about it and her pics were on my camera. (also, we were almost as excited about it as they were)

Above, as you can see, they are at the Tabernacle and below they are at the Conference Center. What a blessing. When we used to go, the lines were so long and the crowd was daunting, but we squished in until it was most illegal, I'm sure, then we hung on every word and felt the wonder of being in the presence of a Prophet of the Lord. (Or we went to sleep) I can't remember. jk