School Projects

A.'s school recently held a "Fun Run" to raise funds.  Each kid was tasked to find "sponsors"--people who would donate a certain dollar amount for every lap they ran in the Fun Run.  The maximum number of laps the kids were allowed to run was 36.  A. was very excited about this Fun Run and on the big day, she totally blew away her parents' expectations by running the full 36 laps.  Way to go A.!!  And many, many thanks to all her sponors.

P.'s preschool recently held a "Crazy Hair Day" to help the students learn about the letter 'H'.  Needless to say, we had a lot of fun with the hairspray that morning.

A. had to make a miniature "Book Float" for a literature parade in her class.  She chose a book entitled A Snake Mistake as the theme for her float.  The story is about a snake that eats some light bulbs after mistaking them for chicken eggs.  We thought her float turned out pretty cute.

And Au. does her best to keep up with everyone and all their activities but every once in a while, it just gets to be a little too much.

 

Pink-Or-Treat

Happy Halloween from the Bumblebee, the Little Mermaid, and the Ballerina!

P. also appeared as a Fairy at several Halloween events.

Got to get a shot in of the jack-o-latern.  This year the girls opted to carve a spooky one.



New Wheels

"Aussie" the Outback has been my car since college.  My parents gave it to me and J. as a wedding gift and that car has come with us to Connecticut, California, and all the various cities in which we've resided here in Arizona.  It has been a wonderful car.  Back in the day it transported me and my roommates on all sorts of fun adventures while at BYU.  It got me safely to and from work during Connecticut's Nor'easter storms.  It brought our babies home from the hospital.  

Yesiree, Aussie has been a great car.  But now that we have three kids, three carseats, and carpool with more neighbors than Aussie has seatbelts for, the time has come to say goodbye to Aussie the Outback.  May she find her way to another good family who will depend on her the way we have.

Hello Mini-Van!!

If you had asked me 10 years ago how I felt about the eventually of getting a minivan, I probably would have been less than enthusiastic.  My, oh my how time changes things!  We are now the proud owners of a mini-van.  Yep, you read that right:  proud and ecstatic.  We have finally thrown off any and all pretenses of trying to be cool and have come to fully embrace our status as Mormon-American-Suburbanites.  Little 2005 Toyota Sienna with your two automatic sliding doors, dual passenger temperature control guages, and moon-roof that my kids love sticking their heads out of:  Welcome to the Taylor Family!!     

Fall Break

It seems like we've only just started school when the kids get out again for their annual two and a half week Fall Intersession.  Here's what we did while the classrooms were closed.

Hiking at Woods Canyon Lake

We needed a break from the heat so J. took a day off work and we drove up to the Mogollon Rim in central Arizona seeking cooler temperatures.  We found a beautiful lake up there with open views, places for picnicking and a hiking trail perfect for our little family.

Multi-family Trip to the Phoenix Zoo

The Pinks' hung out with their fellow "wild things" for the day.

Trip to Tucson

No vacation would be complete without a trip to Tucson to visit our favorite friends, the Ross's.  This time around we also went to visit the Evans family who are moving to Boston soon.  We're so grateful for their friendship and wish them the best of luck in their new home!

Here's a picture of C. Ross hanging out on the top of the Evans climbing dome.

Mulit-Family Picnic

On the last night of break we got together with friends for a picnic in the park complete with family competitions such as marshmallow relays, frisbee tosses, hula-hooping races and soccer kicking contests.