Grandpa Bill

Zach's Grandpa Bill passed away unexpectedly last week on Sunday. He was an amazing man and I feel privileged that I got to be a part of his family. We went to his funeral this past weekend in Utah. I am so glad we were able to be there. All of his grandchildren were there and all but two (I think) of his great-grandchildren were there.

The thing everyone said about Grandpa was that he made everyone feel important. Each grandchild felt like they were his favorite. I even felt like I was his favorite. He always made me feel special when we saw him. His family was so important to him. He loved spending time with them. He was an incredible example of forgiveness, and hard work.

We miss Grandpa Bill, but we are so grateful we know that we will be able to see him again.

We love you Grandpa.

Grandpa reading to Sarah at Christmas

Papa and Grammy Come to Visit

We were so lucky to have Grammy and Papa Taylor come visit us for over a week. We loved having their company. While they were here we blessed our sweet William.

The first picture we have of all four of us *please disregard how exhausted I look :)

Joe with his Grammy

Drinking some of Papa's Matte (sp?)

Playing in Holden

This kid could eat snow all day. Now that we are home he will stand at our sliding glass door and say more (sounds more like moo) until we get him some snow to eat.

Check out that face (if you click on the pic you can get a really good look), he LOVED sledding with daddy.

Recovering after sliding off the sled. It only took him a second to be beaming again.

Sarah, reading with Grandpa Great

Christmas Morning!

We sure had a lot of fun on Christmas. All of Zach's family was able to be together which was hectic, but a lot of fun!

Opening PJ's on Christmas Eve with Grammy

Sportin' the PJ's and playing with the cousins' toys

Papa Taylor being festive

Grammy's pretty happy Christmas morning

The Christmas loot. It's pretty crazy when you have five families plus Grammy and Papa under one roof!

Grandparents!

We were fortunate to have my parents come visit us a couple weeks ago. They used to live the same place we live now, and my dad also attended Creighton for Dental school. It was fun to show them around and see how things had changed, or not changed. Mostly though, it was fun to just spend time with them. Joseph loved hanging out with them and had very little interest in me or Zach while they were here.

Watching the penguins in a little viewing bubble (I'm not sure how else to describe it)

Watching the sea lions

So happy to be at the petting zoo with Dad

At the cemetery behind the winter quarters temple.

My parents

Babica and Joe

Joseph loved the snow. I don't think he really remembers it from last year. The snow was a little of a surprise, we didn't have gloves or boots for him. He trudged through the snow anyway and picked it up with his bare hands.

Giving Grandpa kisses

SO happy to be with Grandpa!

Thanks Mom and Dad for everything! We had so much fun while you were here!

To the Dad's in Our Lives...

Happy Father's Day! We love you!

Conference Weekend and Other Fun

Joseph loves to feed himself. In fact, the last few weeks he wouldn't eat anything unless he could eat it by himself. Luckily, he started letting me spoon feed him again, but I have to be a little persuasive. Here he is in his booster seat, he loves it. I think it makes him feel like a big boy.


Bath time!


Joe really likes to be with me wherever I am. If I'm doing dishes, he likes to play on the floor in the kitchen, if I'm making our bed, he likes to be in our room, if I'm on the computer, he likes to play under/around the desk and if I'm in the bathroom for any reason, yep, he likes to be in the bathroom with me. That really wouldn't bother me much except that his favorite thing in the bathroom is the toilet, and that is just plain gross. So I recently discovered while in the bathroom I can just plop him in the sink and he is happy to play/look in the mirror, for long enough that I can dry my hair, pluck my eyebrows, or just go to the bathroom! I realize that this solution is temporary, because he will soon learn how to turn on the faucet, or crawl out, but for now it's working great!


We were lucky enough to have visitors conference weekend. Papa Taylor, Aubs and Sean came and stayed with us. Joseph had a blast playing with Papa, and I think he could have watched Aubs and Sean all day! Conference was wonderful, and as always, left me feeling uplifted, grateful and motivated to improve.