Kim's Tag

Two Names You Go By:  Kim and Dad.  (That's right, by daughter still likes to call me Dad.  I think its a game for her.  She laughs every time I say ma ma.)

Two Things your wearing:  Nothing exciting - white shirt and brown  pants.

Two of the longest car rides:  Almost anywhere now, when I have to go to the bathroom.  (ya, pregnancy will do that to you.)  Other than that, I haven't driven very far.  

Two things to do today:  I just finished cleaning my house, so thats already done - yea.  And watch my friends two kids for a couple of hours later this evening.

Two things I want right now:   I would love to go for a motorcycle ride.  (not generally a good idea while pregnant).  And I wouldn't turn down a brownie sundae, if anyone should bring one to my door.  

Two animals I've had:  The family dog Blackie, when we were all little, and my cat Daisy.

Two things I ate today:  Bowl of Honey Nut Cherrios, and a granola bar.  (still hoping for that brownie sundae!)

Two People I last talked to:  Emily, though she didn't say much back.  And myself (maybe I shouldn't admit that one! )

Two things to do tomorrow:  Go to the office (and get my paycheck - :)  ) and go to a Relief Society meeting.

Two Favorite Holidays:  I'm not very good at favorites.  I love all the ones that Todd gets off from work with pay!!  

Two favorite beverages:  Water, and ice cream.  (Hey, it's a beverage if you let it melt first!)

Two people that I tag:  Hmmmmm....... How about Liz Bryner and John Prete.

Janet's tag

Two names you go by: Janet, Mom, Grandma, Sister Haroldsen, What can I say?
Two things you're wearing: right now, leopard pajamas and wedding ring, (I'm going to mop the kitchen floor before I get in the shower this morning)
Two of the longest car rides: In the truck with Brian from California to Utah when the truck broke down in Wendover years ago and to Arizona to Ben and Ashlee''s wedding last summer
Two things to do today: fold laundry, tend Emmalee, clean house and get ready to go to Idaho. Ok, that's more than two but that's how life is.
Two things I want right now: Enough time in the day to get things done and enough energy to do it with.
Two animals I've: dogs named Ginger and Jinx as a child. I haven't had many pets since I was married much to my family's dismay
Two things I ate today: orangepineapple mango juice and string cheese so far
Two people I talked to last: Brian and Jason
Two things to do tomorrow: Visit with Brian's family and maybe attend the Rexburg Temple
Two favorite holidays: Christmas and Thanksgiving
Two favorite beverages: water and my punch made with my home made grape juice
Two people that I tag: Richard and Aunt Carma

Ashlee tags......

HI
Since Ashlee is new in our family, she didn't know who to tag, so I'll fill in a couple of names for her. I tag, Kim and Aunt Janet.

Betty

Just checking in

Hi Everyone,
I decided to follow Kim and Betty's advice and contribute again to the blog to update you on our family.
Brian is going to take a short break from the Stouffers run and take a few days off before he does a different run hauling flowers from Oregon. I'm not sure all of the details yet but he will drive thru Salt Lake often and goes thru Montana and other neighboring states. He will start that on Monday. We are going to see his dad tomorrow afternoon for a couple of daysin Rexburg. His cancer has returned and they are getting set up with Hospice.

I am tending Craig and Mindy's little girl 3 days per week and 3 of Debbie's kids 1 day per week. It really keeps me hopping when all 4 are here like they were on Monday. I was just put in as our ward Primary president a few weeks ago and am still feeling my way around. I need one more teacher to be fully staffed for a week or two. It always keeps me on my toes but I do love the kids. I am still making quilts for all of the weddings and babies. Life is never dull for me. I just run out of time to do all I want to do.

I got to attend the solemn assembly for conference on Saturday morning and was privileged to sit on the 12th row. My friend had some connections and it was fantastic being up so close. I really enjoyed conference. I also enjoyed Jeremy and Rachel being here with some of our family on Sunday afternoon for our traditional dutch oven dinner. I enjoyed the company and the food.

I will let my kids send in their own information. They've all been given the information, so I'd love to hear from them all.

I am looking forward to the reunion. I especially want a picture of all of the twins together at last. That will be 13 people. Wow!

Have a wonderful week. I hope you all will send in stuff so we can learn more about our family.
Aunt Janet

Ashlee's Tag

Two names you go by
Turtle #2 and Loose Fang

Two things you're wearing
Contacts no glasses YEAH!...and and red-ishy shirt

Two of the longest car rides
Was the trip to my Grandpa LeFevre's Funeral in Utah,...Long and VERY Painful trip!
Oh and just traveling all over Peru some days was very long, but it was nice to visit my parents

Two things to do today
Watering the tangelo and tangerine trees out back and working on making a gift for Jeremy and Rachel

Two things I want right now
Lets see that is hard, either get a baby white tiger, read my scriptures, maybe roller blade around the block, play Disney Scene It 2nd addition or... and tell Ben just how much I love him and show my gratitude for all that he is and has done for me. Sorry more than two!

Two animals I've had
Water Turtle and a Dog named Blanka... aah! Dunno how Mom and Dad spelled it

Two things I ate today
Bread and Sees candies

Two people I talked to last
Ben and Betty

Two things to do tomorrow
Get ready for my tacky party Thursday. Want to know my visiting teacher partner better and the sisters we need to visit. That is more than one thing to do! Oh, and decide how to be dressed tacky.

Two favorite holidays
Do Birthdays count? If not Christmas and Halloween

Two favorite beverages
Better be my moms version of Butter beer (from Harry Potter) and I love good old A&W Root Beer with or without vanilla ice cream mixed in! But if you are talking about hot beverages Apple Cider with some Carmel mixed in.

Two people that I tag

Elder Pearson's missionary moment

Hi
Our ward does a missionary moment, in the newsletter. David wrote this back in Dec. but it was good, and I thought you would enjoy.


Greetings from Paradise!
That’s right, you may not have known that Tampa Florida is the greatest place on earth. It is about a ten-twenty minute drive from the beach… on three sides. Needless to say the salt air is glorious and tracting is wonderful as we share the gospel in 65-75 degree weather.
I guess since this is the first Missionary Moment I had written in the field I’ll share a little bit about the mission. First of all in the Florida Tampa Mission we do things a little bit differently. First of all we don’t teach first lessons in the home. We take investigators on tours of the church building. There we talk about the programs the church has, show them the chapel, cultural hall, classrooms, and family history center. We also teach the first lesson as we highlight some of the art work in the building. We dos this for a few reasons: First, the church is the dedicated house of the Lord. Therefore the Spirit will be present in the lesson. Second, if they can keep the appointment time for there tour, they will be more likely to keep other sacred commitments that we extend to them. Lastly, we are able to focus more on the Savior as we ourselves feel the spirit that is in the chapel. This program has turned the Florida Tampa mission into one of the highest baptizing missions in the United States.
Our mission President, President Colton, challenged the mission in October to read the Book of Mormon before Christmas Conference (Dec 12, 2007). While reading we have been highlighting the references to Christ, Christ’s words, and attributes of the Savior. I must admit, this challenge has been most enlightening. He promised that as we would do this three things would happen:
1. Our love for the Savior would grow,
2. Our effectiveness as missionaries would increase and,
3. Our hearts would be changed through the Atonement of Christ.
As I have read the Book of Mormon I have been amazed how much it testifies of Christ. It took me almost a month to find a single page that did not mention our Savior at least once, most of the time the entire page is colored with his words, names, and attributes. I have come to realize how wonderful the Book of Mormon is. I know that it is a Testament of Jesus Christ. The crowning point of this testimony is when The Lord and Savior visited the New World in his full resurrected glory. Upon visiting them he stated:
Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world. And behold, I am the light and the life of the world; and I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning. (3rd Nephi 11:10-11)
May this New Year be one full of the love of Christ. I know that he is the Savior of the world. As I have read and studied the Book of Mormon I have grown closer to my Savior, I have come to know the power of the atonement in all that I do. I have felt the love of God and Christ daily as I have strived to "always remember Him". My final wish is that of Moroni "And now, I would commend you to seek this Jesus of whom the prophets and apostles have written, that the grace of God the Father, and also the Lord Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost, which beareth record of them, may be and abide in you forever. Amen" (Ether 12:41).
Love,
Elder David Pearson

Ben's Tag

Two names you go by
Ben and Benjamin
Two things you're wearing
A watch and a my wedding ring

Two of the longest car rides
The way back from St. George, with it raining the entire 8 hours back...
Puno to Arequipa Peru with my wife feeling really sick the whole way...

Two things to do today
Went to work, and listened to an online lecture for one of my classes

Two things I want right now
Have all of my final projects done and be able to spend more time with my wife.

Two animals I've had
A dog Caesar and my wife's cat Ice Cream

Two things I ate today
Pizza and Wheat Thins

Two people I talked to last
My wife and my mom on the phone

Two things to do tomorrow
Work and homework... My life for the next few weeks it seems...

Two favorite holidays
Christmas & Thanksgiving

Two favorite beverages
Tampico Kiwi Strawberry Punch, and home made Tangelo Juice

Two people I am tagging
Sarah Prete and Jeremy Pearson

Aunt Betty's life

HI All,
I agree with Kim that we all need to post here!!! We need to get to know each other before the reunion, so we can really get to know each other!!! So, come out and play and update us on your lives!!! I hope we all can make it to the reunion. David is the one who has the best excuse, no one can debate, for not being there, and I'll let him off the hook, but everyone else??? I am anxious to see you!!!

OK, update on me and my family.

Ben and Ashlee are in Tucson, and plan on being to the reunion. Ben works for Raytheon, and is working on his master's degree. Ashlee is an artist, and enjoys learning more about art and doing art projects, and other fun things. Jeremy is excited about his upcoming wedding. He was hired at the MTC recently, teaching Spanish. He also works custodial work for BYU, and hopes to do some drafting jobs this summer, too, along with everything else. He and Rachel plan on living with Raylene for 6 weeks, after thier wedding, until they can move into BYU housing. Robert is still in school and trying to find his nitch in life. David is having troubles with his knees, but the diagnosis is a misaligned knee cap and there are several other's in our family who have the same thing, and physical therapy and building up muscles is the best thing that can be done. Cassy just got her drivers license. Yeah, the Baby Taylor Cousin IS DRIVING!!! Delrey is recovering from having knee surgery, but is doing a lot better. We were all sad when his mom died the end of Jan. but life goes on. I'm still working on family history and am loving the new Family Search. I plan on bringing a 4 generation PAF file for everyone, to the reunion, and hope to get some histories together, and maybe work with Carma on sharing some of them. We have an amazing heritage and we need to learn about our ancestor's and appreciate them! We are blessed!!

OK, enough about me. I want to hear about YOU! What is happening IN YOUR LIFE???

take care!
Love,
Aunt Betty

My life in recent days

So, after some talking with my mom, I decided to make my first post on this blog, and let you all know a bit about what's going on in my life. Since I haven't seen most of you since Grandpa's wedding, at least, then I'll start from there.

Shortly after Grandpa's wedding, I started serving my mission in Brazil, in the Brazil Goiania Mission. Goiania is right in the middle of Brazil, about 3 hours away from it's capital, Brasillia. If you google it, you're likely to find it was the site of the second largest radioactive disaster next to Chernobyl. It really isn't well known for tourism, but is a very interesting place. Two years later, I returned to finish my B.S.E in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arizona, which I completed last May, 2007.



In September, 2006, I was going up to the temple on a ward temple trip, and sat next to a cute girl I had seen at ward Family Home Evening the week before. We talked the whole way up, the whole way back, and were married June 2nd, 2007, n the Mesa AZ temple. She is the love of my life, kind, caring, sweet, and even cuter than the day I met her!


We bought our first house in October, which we hope will serve us well for some time to come. It's definitely come to be home over these last few months.

Ashlee's parents live in Peru, due to her dad's occupation as a mining engineer with Phelps Dodge. We visited them last Christmas, and got to see alot of cool sites in Peru, including Cusco, Machu Picchu, Lake Titicaca, and even an unscheduled trip to the ER in Arequipa, Peru. Don't worry, nothing too serious, but it was quite the adventure...


Currently I am working at Raytheon Missile Systems in Tucson, AZ. I just got my first promotion at work yesterday, which I am excited. I'm working with the ballistic missile defense missiles, which has been alot of fun. I am also a part time graduate student at the University of Arizona, studying more Electrical Engineering, with a focus on optical and imagine systems. In whatever spare time I have, I've been known to watch a few TV series, play around with computers, read, and work on our house.

My wife is an Artist, working currently mostly on odds and ends that various people have requested of her, including anything from a Transformer quilt to a backdrop for a Hawaiian wedding. She has done some face painting, and lots of other fun things. She might also hurt me if I forget to mention the Christ pictures that she has done for several people. Well, she wouldn't hurt me, because she's not the violent sort, but, well, you get the idea...

So, hopefully that'll give you all some information as to what's going on in our lives. Whew. Maybe I'll get to posting a bit more, after my semester is done in the middle of May, but hopefully you can all get to know me and my wife a bit from this.

Nursery for Baby

I love the idea of this Taylor blog, and the opportunity to get more acquainted with all of you. There's only one problem; not very many people are posting!!!  So here's another contribution from me, and I hope it motivates all of you to keep posting and not let this blog die out.  

I have less than 16 weeks left until our baby boy comes.  I'm counting down and very excited!!  I have been working on baby blankets and decorating the nursery.  I'm still working on the quilt for the crib, but here is a picture of another blanket I did.  It was a panel to begin with, and I quilted around the stars and the edge border, and added the yellow binding.  I think it turned out very nice, considering I'm still learning.  The nursery is brown and white, accented with blue.  And it has a teddy bear theme. 

                        

More about me: (I'm telling you this not because I love to talk about myself, but so that you will all tell more about yourselves as well.)

I love love love being a mom.  Emily is so much fun.  She is 14 months old, and absolutely adorable, but some might consider me bias.

I work part time from home, which I count as a wonderful blessing.  I worked full time in an office for years before she was born, and then my boss agreed to allow me to carry on from home.  I am a drafter at an architects office, so I get to play around drawing house plans all day. It is lots of fun, and very challenging at times.  

I am in the Stake Relief Society Presidency, as the Enrichment Councellor.  It is a challenging calling, because I'm not as involved with the sister's as I was when serving in the ward.  I've been doing it for 2 years, and am starting to figure it out, a little.  

I was against digital scrapbooking when I first heard of it, but now I'm convinced it's the only way to go.  I don't have to pull out all my supplies every time I want to work on a page.  And I love that I can share my pages with people online.  Here are a few of my favorites.

      

      

Okay, so now it's your turn.  Please take a few minutes and tell everyone more about yourself.  

-Kim

Reunion Agenda

My goal is to have the reunion agenda and information sent by the end of the week. I know you're waiting anxiously. We are going to have a rip roaring time, so.... be prepared.

Conference Bingo

Here is the link for Conference Bingo. Anything to listen and learn while listening:
http://lds.about.com/library/bl/games/bingo_boards_12.pdf

Here are the markers.

Happy listening!

Cassy's tag

Two names you go by
Cassy & Cassandra
Two things you're wearing
Wizard of Oz pj bottoms & purpleish nice long sleeve shirt
Two of the longest car rides
St George for my grandmas funeral, Robert and Ben talking politics! Ahh!
Tuba City to Casa Grande sharing the seat with David.
Two things to do today
Go to church, Watch I am Legend
Two things I want right now
Talk to my friends & Go to sleep
Two animals I've had
A dog Caesar and Copper
Two things I ate today
roast beef &Mashed potatoes
Two people I talked to last
Mom and Robert
Two things to do tomorrow
Go to the doctor & Homework
Two favorite holidays
Christmas & St. Patrick’s day
Two favorite beverages
Apple Juice & Water
Two people I am tagging
Ben and Ashlee Pearson

Robert's Tag

Two names you go byRobert & Rob
Two things you're wearing
jeans and a button down striped shirt
Two of the longest car ridesCasa Grande to Salt Lake in the back seat of a pick up
Dad and me in a U-haul from Tuba City to Casa Grande
Two things to do today
Another chapter for Health Care, law and efforts
Apply for a student loan
Two things I want right now
playing outside &Watch a movie
Two animals I've had
Caesar, a dog &A baby chicken
Two things I ate today
roast beef &Mashed potatoes
Two people I talked to lastmom and Grandpa Pearson
Two things to do tomorrow
talk to the financial aid office &More school work
Two favorite holidaysChristmas &St. Patrick’s day
Two favorite beverages
Green tea & doesn’t want to say….don’t think to hardTwo people I am tagging

Cassy Pearson and Matthew Gardner

Chris trip to Dubai & India

Chris riding the camel - so they are normally supposed to have two people on them - but when Chris got on, apparently the weight limit had been reached, so the camel stood up... Time for us all to hit the gym!

Getting a Henna tattoo, it had almost completely faded when he got home. I showed Chandler a picture of his daddy's tattoo, and he said "hide, daddy, hide... the snake will get you!"

A really cool building in Dubai. Fact 30% of the world's cranes are in Dubai. Soon, it will have the tallest building in the world. It also houses an underwater hotel, in addition to your own island.

Some cool building in Bangalore, India.

A tree in the middle of the desert. No one can figure out where it gets the water source, but it is thriving and people drive from miles around - mostly because it is really in the middle of nowhere to see this amazing tree that had managed to survive for several years on minimal water - unless the roots are a mile deep and the sand isn't so deep, but that's only one philosophy
For more pictures visit my family blog

Change in Jeremy's wedding

Morning
Just letting you know there is a change in Jeremy's wedding plans. He now will be married July 3rd in the MESA Arizona temple with the open house that night, in Casa Grande, then a reception in Colonia Juarez a week later. Rachel's parents will finish their mission July 1st or 2nd and fly directly from El Salvador to Phoenix, for the wedding. Will be interesting, for sure! We're still very excited and happy.

Love
Aunt Betty

Happy Easter!!!!!!

Happy Easter Everybody! I hope that you were all able to attend church and feel the Spirit and that The Savior lived and died for us and lived again. Happy Easter!

Who is this?

Anyway, this is Lucretia, my (potential) girlfriend. I have been on a few dates with her, and I can see several more coming.

-Jason

And the Ultrasound says....

Hi Everyone.  I had my ultrasound yesterday, and they say I'm gonna have a Boy!!!  We are very excited.  Now I can get busy working on all the fun things that come with having a new baby!

-Kim

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Hello everyone, last night we were visited by a leprechan while we were sleeping. He was too sneaky to catch, although he left some footprints on the wall. Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

Aunt Betty's Tag

Two names you go by

Mom, Aunt Betty, Sister Pearson ( I can't count!)



Two things you're wearing
jeans and a sweatshirt (hey, it's cold inside in Arizona in March)


Two of the longest car rides
Home from St. George after Delrey's mom's funeral with Ben and Robert in the same car!
From Tuba City to Casa Grande the day we moved here with 6 of us crammed into our little Toyota

Two things to do today
Took Amanda to the airport
Helped Cassy get ready for her Sweet 16 party tonight


Two things I want right now
Take a nap (did I mention I had to leave at 4:30 for the airport)
TAKE A NAP

Two animals I've had
Copper, our Beagle
Baby, our Cockatial

Two things I ate today
Egg Roll
Sweet and Sour meat balls

Two people I talked to last
Delrey and Cassy

Two things to do tomorrow
Go to church
TAKE A NAP!

Two favorite holidays

Easter
Veterans day, because Delrey has the day off work and the kids have to go to school

Two favorite beverages
water
diet coke

Two people that I tag
Robert
Rochelle

Anna's "Tag"

Two Things you go by
Anna
Anna Bryner or Miss Anna (what some of my teachers call me for some reason but I don't really tell anyone to but it doesn't bother me)

Two things you're wearing
tan shirt
funky socks from Emma and Sarah with pompoms on the back that stick out (they are really comfy and I like how they feel)

Two of the longest car rides
Las Vegas to Rocky Mountain House, Aberta, Canada
Las Vegas, Nevada to Price, Utah to somewhere at the top of New Mexico

Two things to do today
sleep a lot (I am sick)
write in my journal and read my scriptures

Two things I want right now
A nap
My journal writing to be done so I won't be tired doing it

Two animals I've had
Pierce ( so-called my brother, but Alexandra would agree he is an animal of a kid.)
Garrett ( also so-called my brother, but Alexandra would agree he is an animal of a kid.)

Two things I ate today
Tons of popsicles
Beef Stew

Two people I talked to last
Dad
Mom

Two things to do tomorrow
Rest
Read Books

Two favorite holidays
Christmas
Thanksgiving

Two favorite beverages
Water
Grape Juice

Two people that I tag
Alyssa Doig
Sarah Prete

Beginning of the "Tags" - Brooke

This will go as follows - I will answer all of this information. At the end, I will tag 2 people. Then it is their turn to fill out the information and tag someone else. This way, we can find out some interesting or not interesting things about each other. This is the Twosies tag.

Two names you go by
Brookeahontas
Mommy

Two things you're wearing
capri's
sandals

Two of the longest car rides
Logan to Des Moines
Vegas to Logan with a sick child

Two things to do today
Shop at Home Depot for granite tile
Paint the trim and doors

Two things I want right now
A nap
A milkshake

Two animals I've had
Sarah, the Lhasa Apso
Goldfish

Two things I ate today
Chocolate Covered Sunflower Seeds
Peach yogurt

Two people I talked to last
Shelly Coray
Chandler

Two things to do tomorrow
Go to work
Paint

Two favorite holidays
Christmas
Independence Day

Two favorite beverages
Vitamin Water
Dr. Pepper

Two people that I tag
Aunt Betty
Anna

Chandler, Maddy, Lily, Izzy

Chan & Lily. She is 26 inches tall. He is 37.

Maddy & Izzy in the background.










Chan loves the snow - but I'm ready for it to be gone!












Lily is finally taller than Izzy! But she could take your face off. :)















Chan, Maddy, Lily, Izzy

Happy Birthday USU - Grandpa's Alma Mater

USU is 120 years old today. Let's have cake!