Temple Square Lights

 Last night we went to Temple Square to see the lights.  It was magical.  I think I could go there every night and never get tired of looking.  They do such a great job.

 The kids thought they did almost as good of a job as their Dad does.  :)

 The Temple was a perfect picture of the season.

The trees looked like they were on fire.  It was breath taking.  If you've never seen it, you have to come.  It's amazing. 

Christmas Cookies

Merry Christmas from the Taylors!

Christmas is in full swing around the Taylor house! 

 We let Thanksgiving pass and dove right into our Christmas cheer.  We've got Grandma at the stove making fudge for the masses.

 Aunt Cheri rolling out the dough with Em.

 Em was really into it-- literally.  Check out that flour fluff.

 These little stinks snuck the bowl into the closet for some "cleaning."

 Some of us were very precise.  (inheriting that from their mommy)

 We had a little creativity...

 Some fun...

...but mostly eating.  That's what it's all about.

Quick Update

Hello from the Taylors!  We have been busy doing some fun family adventures.  Here's a quick snip of a few of them.

 We had a hair dying party for the girlies.  Ok, and a few older girlies too.  B went with a blue stripe.

 Z decided on purple. 

 Mr. Muscles here.  He is always eager to show off his goods. 

 We did a little family ice skating last weekend.  It was the kids' first time.  It was a little touch and go at first but by the end they were loving it.

We found a fun new toy store for the kids.

 OK, maybe not just for the kids.

 We've explored some new places to eat out.

 Rugby's class put on a first Thanksgiving play.  He rocked his lines!

 Zoey put together an important person biography and chose Oprah.  She had a lot of fun putting it together.  On presentation day her class set up in the gym for all the other grades to come and see.  She was supposed to dress up like her person-- but that proved difficult with the skin difference.  We went with a cut out of Oprah's head on a stick.  It was pretty great.   

We also spent a little time in the bowling alley and the lazer tag ring.  It turns out, our new favorite family activity is lazer tag.  I think each of the kids has a little pinch of their dad in them. 

We hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!  The Taylors had a great Halloween this year.

Every kid was just what they wanted to be. 

We ran into a few snags with Rugs.  He was a werewolf but he was convinced he just looked like a big teddy bear.  We affectionately called him Mr. Cuddles.

I helped him out by adding teeth and some nasty eyebrows.  He looks pretty fierce, don't you think?

Breckyn had her heart set on being Cleopatra.  She loved the glam appeal.

 She was insistent on a wig because everyone knows that Cleopatra didn't have blonde hair-- duh. 

 Em wanted to be a ninja soooooo badly!  He looks pretty tough.  I wouldn't mess with this guy.

 OK, maybe not that tough.  He's so cute. 

Zoey had to be Hermione after a year of solid dedication to Harry Potter.  It was meant to be.

 Tim and I had a little too much fun dressing like punks for our Halloween party.  He looks pretty comfortable doesn't he. (Tats compliments of Alice.)

Zoey was so into my pink hair. The next morning she stole all my stuff and punked out.  She was loving it.