Matt, Tiff, and Ellie Taylor

Family Pictures

2010-10-17T16:12:00.001-07:00

I decided that we needed a family picture, so I had my brother take a few yesterday. Matt and I are both doing weight watchers, and are not super happy with the pics. I told him we would retake some in 3 months and we better see much improvement. Well is on the opposite plan, I think will just keep getting bigger. Momma must make cream, she is a giant child:) She is up to 15 lbs, size 3 in diapers!

Ellie's Blessing

2010-09-05T19:14:00.000-07:00

Today was Ellie's blessing. It was a wonderful day. Matt did a wonderful job on his blessing and I am so happy to have such a good husband that took her blessing so serious. I love you babe! I also managed to pull off all of the food and hostess jobs (my first REAL event like this). I started pretty late on Saturday night......... needless to say I climbed into bed at around 6:30 am, to wake up at 8:00. I'm pretty tired right now. Thank you to all that came! It was a great day!

Ellie's Newborn Pictures

2010-07-29T11:12:00.000-07:00

Last week, we went to get Ellie's new born pictures done. I am very happy with the way they turned out, especially considering the circumstances. My little one was not happy with getting her picture taken. First, she was wide awake and we could not get her to fall asleep for the pictures. When she would fall asleep we didn't even dare move her for fear she would wake up screaming. We finally got her to sleep for about a half an hour and were able to get some great shots. I also should mention that she shot poop across the room, in addition to pooping two other times on the white fluffy props. She also peed in Matt's hand and 3 other times. All in all, it was a time we will always remember. Sarah did a great job, she was so calm the entire time! She was fabulous!

Baby Ellie

2010-07-16T10:33:00.000-07:00

Yes believe it, I am posting on our blog! I guess it just takes something as significant as a new baby for me to post! Life for the Taylors is fabulous. Ellie Kay Taylor was born on July 10, 2010 at 8:46 a.m. She was 7 lbs 5 oz, 19 inches long. She is very alert, almost everyone that holds her comments. In the dilivery room she was wide eyed looking around. Matt and I think that she is absolutley perfect! We are amazed how you can love someone that you just met, so much! I have only had her in my life for 6 days, but I can't begin to think about my life without her (corny mom thing to say, I know).

Meet the Zebu

2009-07-23T17:15:00.000-07:00

His name is Joe.

Tiff has tasked me with chore of writing this post. (She made inform you of this, because she doesn't want any credit for the content of what is written here. I'm not sure why, but consider yourself informed.)

This past week Tiff joined me on one of my overnight trips to Jackson Hole. It was a short layover, so there was no time to hike, run the river, or do any other outdoor excursion. However, while I was flying in, I noticed that there was an event going on at their fairgrounds. So that became our adventure for the night. It was turns out that this week is "Jackson Days" or whatever its called. So they have a rodeo all week, and the "City of Fun" Carnival was also setup there. (So, if you were wondering why Sp. Fork was jaded with some third-rate carnival this year, that would be because the elegant upper class citizens of Jackson Hole stole it from us.)

So Tiff and I ventured down to the fairgrounds to see what we could find. Turns out we just missed Pig Wrestling in the fairgrounds. (Which is too bad, because I have seen Tiff chase Bella and Berk around the house when they know its there bath time. And I am confident that she would have taken First Place, or at least Honorable Mention, if she would have competed.) But what we did find there was even better. I'm sure that you are going to think that it sounds boring. But let me assure you that this place was amazing, and I think that as a community we need to petition the city to add this to our Fiesta Days. This place was no ordinary petting zoo. It obviously had regular farm animals, but it had some of the craziest, yet friendly, animals....enter the Zebu.

Apparently, a Zebu is some massive scary exotic bull from Brazil. I am sure that Zebu means something in Portuguese, like "the bull of all bulls", or "it eats small children for breakfast". (feel free to enlighten us Riley). I am telling you this was one impressively mean looking Bull (lets just say that the size of his horns, make the other bulls from around here very jealous....if you know what I mean). I was quite apprehensive to approach this beast knowing that the only thing that separated him from us was a piece of thin-walled metal tubing. But after seeing some some 6-year old girl befriending him, I figured that I better grow a pair of horns and meet the thing. (Its like the rope swing, you just have to do it....right Milo).

So know, after meeting my new favorite animal. I am thinking of purchasing one of these Zebu's for the backyard. A sort of outdoor pet, if you will. I am sure that Kandas can open a non-profit fund that all of you can assist in donating to our new family mascot at Central Bank. If the Zebu, seems like a bit much I will settle for the donkey. The sign says he is nice, he seems a little pissed off, but I'm sure he is nice.

Tiff wanted me to add more pictures to the post. I guess that is all people really want to see anyway. So here they are for all of you non-readers.

My Husabnd and His Garden!

2009-07-06T12:39:00.000-07:00

So.... I have not blogged for 5 months! Wow, what can I say I am not the best blogger. I am going to try to be better about it, but I don't really feel that there are that many interesting things that happen to us.

Ever since we have been married (almost 5 years), Matt has always really wanted to plant a garden. We have lived in our house for 3 summers now and this year, Matt got his wish! Not only did he plant a garden, he installed a "drip system" for watering it, and made a cute little picket fence to keep the dogs out. He is in the process of building a deck, but when you come to our house he doesn't want to show you the deck, he wants to show you the garden. He is really in LOVE with his garden!

It is getting really big and we are starting to get veggies out of it. We have not eaten too many of them, because if you come to our house, you will leave with veggies from "Matt's garden". He is really cute. He takes stuff over to the neighbors. I was joking with him the other day, telling him I didn't marry a version of my mom, or dad, I married a version of my grandpa. (My grandpa is notorious for growing a huge garden and taking the veggies all over town). It is really cute and I love how much he loves it. I took some pictures to share with everyone!

EDWARD!!

2009-02-13T08:14:00.000-08:00

Another great day in the life of a teacher. Today Edward came to our class!! All of my girls love Twilight and more importantly Edward!! One of the girls in my class is a little obsessed with Edward. She always puts Cullen at the end of her name, on every paper, she talks about him every day, and she even put a love note in her lunch box that said "take care of my heart, for I have left it with you-Edward" and then acted so surprised when she pulled it out. She is really cute! It reminds me a little bit of Jan Chamber's obession with Justin Timberlake! Anyway, today is her birthday and her friends came early to school and they had bought her a life-size Edward. She was so excited and it was adorable! What cute little friends.

New Roommates!!

2009-02-02T12:12:00.000-08:00

I have a baby living at my house!! Yes, it is true there is baby food in my pantry! It is really fun, especially since last night when Victory pooped really big, her momma took her and changed her! She is such a happy little girl. Nikki and Victory moved in a couple of weeks ago and it has be so much fun having them around. They just sold their house (amazing in this market) and they are in the middle of buying a new house. They will be with us until they get everything closed. Yea!!

Congrats Matt!!

2009-01-23T19:44:00.000-08:00

For quite a while (many years) Matt has been working on getting is A&P. This certifies him to work on airplanes. They obviously will not let just anyone work on an airplane, you have to pass some pretty intense tests. After passing the test he then had to go to Oklahoma City and work with some examiners to prove he knew what he was doing. I think we all agree that, whoever is working on the airplane you are going to fly on better know what they are doing!! He passed with "flying" colors and I am very proud of him. He is such a "go getter". I love that he is always learning and accomplishing goals that he has.

KUP A DERT!!!

2009-01-23T11:00:00.000-08:00

So.... I love my job! I often get asked why I chose to teach 6th grade. People ask me if the kids are bratty or scary, and I always tell anyone that asks, how much I love them! My kids are so cute and here is a great example. Today was our Science Fair and one of my cute little ones decided to play a joke on me (all of my kids know how much I LOVE Brien Regan and we reference it in class all of the time). She showed up late for school and told me that she had forgot it was the Science Fair. Then she pulled out from behind her back a "kup a dert"! I started laughing my head off and immediately went to show the other teacher, who also loves Brian Regan. She is a cutie and it totally made my day! Here are some pictures of her "Science Fair Project".

Here is her real project!

Gingerbread Houses

2008-12-21T19:27:00.000-08:00

Sunday was our annual Taylor gingerbread house contest. We always have so much fun. This year we had a Princess Castle, created by Sydney and Tiffany, a Redneck House, created by Matt and Kevin

(idea inspired by Riley Birch), The Delicate Arch getting smashed by a monster truck, created by Scott, and a Traditional house, created by Uncle Denny. I love Christmas time and spending time with

the family!!

Pumpkin Carving Contest

2008-10-26T20:25:00.000-07:00

Matt and his family have an annual halloween carving contest. They take it really pretty seriously (but not as seriously as the Gingerbread House contest). Here are some fun pics from the night. We lost to Matt's dad. Who had a pumpkin shape inspired design (its the one with the thong and tattoo).

Club

2008-10-18T18:00:00.000-07:00

I screwed up on the club date! All friends please check the club blog! So sorry!!!

Conference Weekend

2008-10-06T10:01:00.000-07:00

Matt and I had a wonderful conference weekend. It was really laid back and for once not totally busy. At the end of the morning session we decided to make crepes, which were AMAZING and we ate way too many of them! Our favorite ones are always with Nutella!

My mom and I had a girl’s night while the boys went to the priesthood session. We went to dinner and we seriously stood in line at rod works for 1 hour and 10 minutes, to get some killer deals, I have to add. They had a girl’s night out sale, and it was good!

On Sunday we went up to conference, for the second session. It was great to be there and feel the amazing spirit. My dad of course could not resist talking back to the protesters, thank goodness he was not mean, but if you know my dad, he could not keep his mouth shut.

My favorite thing about being up at conference was when the congregation sang with the choir, not only were we singing the same song, at the same time, in the same room with The Prophet, but it was so loud and just sounded like a choirs of angles!! We are thankful for the wonderful experience we had. We really had a great weekend.

Baby Victory!

2008-09-13T20:16:00.000-07:00

Matt and I are the proud new Aunt and Uncle of baby Victory!! She is so adorable. He dad has been serving our country in Afghanistan, and arrived home last Thursday, his little girl waited for her dad and broke her mom's water Friday night, then came to us Saturday morning (after 15 hours of labor)! We are so happy her dad made it home and everything went well! She is such a cutie!

A Romanitc Anniversary!!

2008-09-13T19:24:00.000-07:00

Well, I have to say my husband is absolutely AMAZING! He was in charge of planning our anniversary this year and he did a wonderful job. Our 4 year anniversary was on August 27, (I know this post is a little late). That was Labor day weekend, so I had school off on Monday. Matt told me that I needed to take off Tuesday and Wednesday for our "anniversary get away". I hesitated taking off school so early in the year, but he assured me that it would be worth it.

Saturday morning we set off for Italy!! (Totally worth it)! I could not even believe it!

Our trip started off with me insisting we washed the dogs before we left (because they would be very stinky when we got home), therefore causing us to be running a little late, causing Matt to speed and get a ticket, therefore causing us to miss our flight to Rome! Oops! Instead we ended up taking a flight into Venice and I am so glad! It was very romantic and just so beautiful! We were able to go on a gondola ride and see the magical city on the water! We then took a train down to Rome! Most of you probably don't know, but I teach ancient Rome for Social Studies, so Rome is somewhere I have really been dying to go. It was so neat to see the Coliseum and the old Roman forum. It was crazy to think about how old everything was and how many historical events had happened right where we were standing.

Just like our Paris trip I enjoyed the food again (the food in Europe is really amazing). I started every morning off with a chocolate filled croissant, ate Pizza at least one a day (heck, we were in Italy), amazing pasta on a steet ouside with candles listening to live music, and last but not least a lot of gelatos (even ones with nutella).

It was truly a dream come true! We had an amazing time! (We did miss our travel buddies, the Woolfords!)

Say Eight!

2008-08-16T20:58:00.000-07:00

Happy Birthday Matty!! As part of Matt's Birthday presents, he got Brian Regan tickets!! Matt and Riley both LOVE Brian Regan. Kandas and I got the tickets, secretly, for the boys and surprised them at different times. We had so much fun. We laughed so hard. It was a great night.

Paris

2008-06-29T20:32:00.000-07:00

Paris, Belguim, and Holland were amazing!! They were even better than I imagained. What beautiful places! Kandas gave a wonderful summary on her blog of everything that we did, so there is really no need for me to repeat it (thanks Kabes). I will just mention a few things. It was so much fun for Matt and me to eat with people from Sister and Elder Birch's missions and see what an impact they had on the over there. You can tell they really changed lives and are really loved. It was fun to experience there culture by eating with them and being in their homes. We would have never had that experience if we just traveled there on our own.

The trip started off great! It was fun to see New York again, I have never been before this summer, and now I have been there 2 times in 2 weeks, I felt a little spoiled. First Class was amazing!! Really amazing, I have had in on domestic flights, but it was nothing like this. It was really fun to watch our friends reactions, when they kept feeding us and waiting on us like royalty. We had such a great time though out the entire trip. We ran the entire time, living on an average of four hours of sleep a night. It was great to see some many beautiful places and meet so many great people. The food was also amazing!! Thanks to the food, I do have a few new "loves" in my life. They include: Nutella, Paul (which I will name one of my children after, it was that good, jk), Kinder, Fries, oh the fries, Pizza, Baguettes, and so much more. I tried to make a list in order of my favorites and I could not even do it.

I am not going to write anymore. When I get home from vacations, I just love to look at the pictures, I think they tell the story. Just watch the slide show and you will see all of our adventures. I would like to thank our travel buddies for the most amazing trip. Kandas thanks for organizing everything, leading us around, and just being the fun ,cute girl you are. Birchy thanks for the best fries in the world and for some of the funniest moments on the trip. Ri thanks for falling behind the crowd with me, therefore leaving plenty of opportunity to discuss Paul and all of the other yummy foods. Matty thank for being the best Hubby I could ever ask for and treating far better than I deserve. Thank you for working so hard to provide these experiences for me, and thanks for loving to fly, so the experiences are a lot cheaper. I love you Matt and I love you travel buddies. I would like to end with one final word "Charlie". It is a good story ask any of us about it.

P.S. Soldes rocked!!

Washington D.C.

2008-06-29T19:36:00.000-07:00

When we were in New York we realized that Washington D.C. is really close, and it is a place we both really wanted to visit. We were regretting not planning our trip better. We could have done both when we were back there. We came home for a few days and thought, why not? We are young, no kids, this is a great time to do spur of the moment things. We flew back out to D.C. for two days. It was incredible. The history there is so neat.

Matt's favorite place (of course) was the Smithsonian, Air & Space Museum.

New York City!!

2008-06-10T16:31:00.000-07:00

Summer started and I decided that we needed to begin vacationing. I have never been to New York and I decided that was just not right! I talked to Matt and we decided to take a quick trip to New York. It was a lot fun!
Brooklyn Bridge

The only thing Matt wanted to do in New York was go to the top of the Empire State building. I could believe how high we were.

Lady Liberty has a twin!!!

Two Tiffany's in One City!!

The one I am pointing to is the Tiffany's from Breakfast at Tiffany's.

Run, Matty Run!!

Party in Time Square!!

2008-04-23T21:39:00.000-07:00

IT'S DAVID COOK!!!

Not really, it is my brother Nick. People keep telling him that he looks like David Cook, from American Idol. I can totally see it. These pictures don't really show how much he really does. Not only do they look alike, they have very similar mannerisms, it creeps me out a little. A little crazy!?!? Can you see it?

Matt Won!!! The stump is gone!

2008-04-23T21:33:00.000-07:00

Matt finally got the stump out. It was a difficult little bugger! I must let you know why this was an extra difficult task. The nice, sweet lady that lived in our house before us (do you sense sarcasm, you should), decided to plant a tree on top of the power, gas, and phone lines. When the tree grew it roots wrapped all around the cords. If he was just to yank the stump out all of the lines and cords would go with it. Not the best plan. Matt used his muscles and dug that stump out. He worked so hard. Thanks babe!

The tree is WINNING!!!

2008-04-18T16:07:00.000-07:00

Matt, Nick, my dad, and Matt's Grandpa cannot get the tree out!! It is totally winning, and the boys are not too happy about it! They get creative on trying to remove the stump.

What should we do?

Maybe..................

No, what if we...................

It is still there, still winning!!!

The YARD!!

2008-04-17T22:21:00.001-07:00

Matt has been working so hard on the yard! He is really getting into it. Thank goodness for Grandpa and all of his toys! At our house in the last week we have had a backhoe three different times and a little, old, orange, tractor from the 50's, twice. My brother, Nick, has been a huge help, I guess he knows in a few years he will needing the favor returned. I took a few pictures because I thought that my working boys were rather adorable. We are still not done, so there will probably be a few more pictures as the process continues!

Grandpa, Dad, Matt, Kev (trouble, really!!)

"Hel-en-a" lot of fun!

2008-04-17T21:50:00.000-07:00

Alright I know the title is a stretch but I tried to make it work. It is spring break this week and it is "crazy"!!!! Not really, it should be right, most 23 year olds would be partying in Florida or something! I did leave the state, I went flying with Matt on his trip. He was overnighting in Helena, Montana. For a capital city there was nothing there, I mean nothing. It was like the size of Salem, nothing against Salem, but it is not the capital of Utah! So the highlight of our trip was eating at this cute little grill and getting a basket of fries, I mean a basket, and I LOVE fries!! We also went and saw Leatherheads, which was pretty good. It was fun to just have nothing to do and hang out with each other!

My cute friends!!

2008-04-17T21:45:00.000-07:00

Well, this is going to be a bit of a corny blog, but I wanted to tell all of my friends what cute moms they are. I have been hanging out with a few of them and watching them do the "mom" thing, and they are all such great little mommies. I am totally impressed. You can see how much they love their little ones when they look at them and talk about them. Well enough of me rambling on about this, but I am so happy for all of them and impressed on what naturally good and sweet mommies they are!!!

Cast your vote now!

2008-04-16T09:43:00.000-07:00

So, inspired from some of Tiff's friends, I too, am looking for a new hair style. Tiff likes number 3 (because of the American Idol kid), but I vote for 4 (something about looking like 1000 volts just went through you seems interesting).

So Tiff has wanted me to post something on the blog for a while. So this is what she got. I think she was hoping for a little more content. But thats what happens when she doesn't give me enough direction.

Thanks Kandas and Whitnee for the inspiration for this post.

What about Tiffany?

2008-03-21T09:50:00.000-07:00

Well, a few people have let me know that I forgot to put stuff about me on this blog. Well, I didn't forget it is just hard to write about yourself. So a quick update on just Tiffany. I am almost done with my third year of teaching sixth grade. I taught for two years in Jordan School District and now I am down in Nebo. My kids are so cute and fun! They are a lot better than I was in sixth grade (thank goodness)! I am so excited for the summer! I have recently purchased some amazing shoes that are sitting in my closet waiting to come out and play! I also am big into the gym scene right now. I have converted to the wonderful life of working out, and I really enjoy it. Ya, I said I really enjoy it! Well, that's a Tiffany update.

Paris Baby!

2008-03-16T20:00:00.001-07:00

Yes it is true, we are going to Paris! Kandas and Riley are also coming, so we have our own little tour guide, Claudia j.k., Soeur Birch. I am so excited, I can hardly wait. I told Matt to be prepared because I am going to buy something fancy and expensive in the fashion capitol of the world!!! There is a good chance it is going to be an amazing purse!

Crusing with the Families!

2008-03-16T18:28:00.000-07:00

We just went on a Cruise with our families. Yes, both of our families. It was a lot of fun! I ate so much food! I seriously was sick for two of the five days on the cruise because I totally pigged out! The best part was I finally convinced Matt to go to Disneyland on the way home! He is not a huge Disneyland fan, but I think I changed his mind. We had a blast!

About Us

2008-03-08T15:11:00.000-08:00

We have been married for almost four years! I can't believe how fast it has gone by. A year ago we bought our first house and moved back to Spanish Fork. We spent about three months remodeling it, had a nice little break, and now it is time to start on our back yard.