Joe's Percy Song

Several months ago Joe started requesting I sing him "The Percy Song" before bed. I had no idea what he was talking about so I had him sing it to me. Apparently, it is a Joe original. Although it has changed from when he first sang it, he still sings it to us and then requests we sing it back.

*Sorry, the background noise is louder than he is, you might have to crank up the volume a bit

Summer Trip - Utah

I did not take nearly as many pictures as a should have while we were in Utah, but we had so much fun.

Before the men left we went to Seven Peaks. Will only lasted an hour before I had to take him home to nap, but my sweet mom listened for him so I could go back and hang out with Zach, Joe and everyone else. Joe had so much fun. As soon as we got down a slide he would ask to go down again. We had a double tube, so after I got back I took Joe down a couple times. I didn't realize that Zach had been holding Joe on his lap even though they had a double, so I just went down with me in one side and him in the other. His hands couldn't even reach both handles, but he did great. Over a month later and he is still talking about the big water slides.

While the boys were on their fishing/camping trip the wives hung out with the kiddos. One of the nights we decided to get babysitters and go out to dinner. It was so fun. We went to this newer restaurant in Provo at Riverwoods called La Jolla Groves. It was yummy. I was a little bit worried how our kids would do with the sitters, they haven't really had anyone but Zach or I put them down at night for a long time. Additionally Will had been quite the pill around that time so I was nervous how he would do. I ended up not giving Joe and nap that day and put him down before we left so the sitters would only have to worry about Will. So they tried to put Will down and after he cried for five to ten minutes they went in to get him. This only made him more upset. They realized that he was happiest when they put him down and watched him from the other side of the room. So that's what they did. Eventually he fell asleep in the middle of the living room floor and they moved him to his crib! I guess Zach and I need to go out more often.

Zach walked in to check on Joe in the bathroom one day and found this. What a goofball. He sometimes finds it necessary to strip completely when he uses the bathroom, and he couldn't quite get his shirt off this time.

Joe and Will had so much fun playing with all their cousins. I wish I had taken more pictures of all of them together.

Will and Lily decided to throw the ball to each other across the table one day. No one had played this with them earlier, they just came up with it all on their own. I wish these pictures could capture how much fun they were having.

We are so thankful for our wonderful families and grateful we were able to spend some time with all of them this summer. We miss them already!

Fish Lake Boys Trip

While we were in Utah, Zach, his dad and all the brothers/brothers-in-law went to spend a few days at fish lake. Of course, they did a lot of fishing, they went to Richfield to golf one day, and just hung out. On the last day they were there Zach's uncle Joe and his boy Harrison joined them. They had such a great time I think they might make it an annual tradition.

Sean caught this rainbow trout. Zach says the picture doesn't do it justice and that it was a beautiful fish.

All the men on the trip.

Jake

Papa

Jerry

Justin

Zach

Adam

Fish Lake is a beautiful place that holds a lot of memories for the Taylor family. I am so glad they were able to go spend time there. I will admit though, that I was relieved when the dad's got home. The kids and moms missed them.

Summer Trip - Idaho

Our next venture was Idaho. We hadn't been to Zach's hometown since his sister Aubree got married two years ago. We have seen his parents since then, several times, but we wanted to go spend time with them at their house.

Joe swung a bat for the first time while he was there and he loved it!

He also loved playing with the Micro-Machines, Heman, Ninja turtles and all the other action figures.

Grammy was happy we were there.

This is an everyday occurrence at our house. The boys love to wrestle, well, Joe loves it all the time and Will only sometimes.

These boys were so excited to play every morning. It was so fun for both of them.

Joe wearing his hat Papa and Grammy got him that Papa picked out. He also got a Lightning Mcqueen tackle box that he took with him on his first fishing trip ever. He loved it! When he got back, I asked him "What did you catch, Joe?" and he responded "worms." Haha. So it was fun, but not successful regarding the catch :)

I didn't get any pictures of it, but Joe also loved working out in the yard with his Papa. He would help water their awesome garden and watched Papa mow the lawn.

Outnumbered

We're having a baby! Due to arrive sometime around February 7. That was actually Will's exact due date, and he came five days early, so we'll see what happens. Joe is super excited and prays for the baby in mommy's tummy every day. It's very sweet. Will has no idea what is going on yet. But, the kiddos are going to outnumber the parents. We are so excited and grateful.