Great Grandma gets her own post

There were too many pictures for just one post. Grandma gets her own post.

Belated Taylor Thanksgiving

Jim and Brenden ventured to the wilds of Spokane unsupervised this last weekend. His family arranged to meet and celebrate Thanksgiving a week off for schedule and $$$$ reasons. Jim was able to go while Riss was at home working. Having a sugar moma is a good thing, but we missed her in Spokane. Papaw and grandma Janet made the trip from Carlsbad, Uncle Chuck from Portland. Brenden got to see his great-grandma for the second time in about a month. He was very excited. This was Brenden's third round-trip flight. He's gonna be quite the jet-setter. Hopefully he can support his parents in the manner in which they would like to be accustomed to. :-)

Thanksgiving

It has been a busy November for us and I have been really bad at updating my blog. So sorry for all of you that check it and are frustrated with me.
We all had an awesome time for Thanksgiving. Lisa, Mark and the girls came up from Salt Lake area for the holiday. It was so fun getting to see them and hang out. It has been awhile since we could all just hang out for awhile. We can't believe how big the girls are getting and Samantha is going to be 10 yrs. old on Decemeber 3rd!! They are getting too old!
So we all ate too much yummy food and all are not looking forward to going back to work this week...back to reality is what we all call it :-) I am posting a few pictures of the good time we all had this weekend!! It was sad at times but I know my dad was there with us in spirit. We all miss him so much!!
Hope you all had a wonderful holiday!!!

One month into the helmet

Hello everyone,

Just wanted to update everyone on Brenden wearing his helmet. He had a Dr. appt recently and she was really happy with the progress. The Orthotic person (that shapes his helmet) said today that he is doing really well. So we are all excited!! He doesn't seem to mind wearing it and it really is looking great!! We have placed Boise State Stickers on it as you can see and we get a lot of that's cool!! So we do look forward to the day he doesn't have to wear it but he still looks cute as ever!!

Halloween and Trip to Montana

We took a long weekend and went to Montana for Cora's baby shower. She is expecting a girl in early December.
We flew to Spokane and visited Great Grandma Taylor, Aunt Gayle, Uncle Terry, and Aunt Renee. We stayed with Kelly and went trick or treating with Carter (Who brought long his parent Brooke and Aric :-))
Carter was a Monkey and we dressed up Brenden as a Giraffe. It was sooooo cute.
Carter was tentative at first but once he figured out what to say, he started working people over for extra candy.
The trip to Montana was great. We stayed with Uncle Bob and Aunt Mary, and visited with Uncle Clinton. Larissa and Brooke put together the baby shower for Cora.
It was great to see family. Thank goodness Brenden is a good traveller.

Brenden's First Haircut

We had planned on cutting his hair on his first birthday, but the helmet was making him too hot with all that hair. Hopefully it will be more comfortable for him. Thanks to Grandma Neen for cutting Brenden's hair. Mommy was sad to see his curls go, but we saved several locks. He is definitely a blonde boy now. Reminds us of his cousin Carter. I have a feeling those two are going to be trouble. :-) Afterwards we took him to see Grammie Linda and she thought he looked really cute with his blonde hair. He really looks like a boy now.

Complicated Our Life Just a Little More

As if we weren't busy enough Jim found a Viszla puppy. He's been wanting another Viszla for years. Kuai is enough work, we really didn't need two super high energy dogs. But he makes up for it in cuteness and Brenden adores him. Brenden also received his cranial sculpting helmet this week. He developed a flat spot on his head because he is always laying on his back and in the same place. We tried tilting him and a lot of other things. It was getting better, but not enough better. The helmet should allow his head to grow into the shape it should be. He will have to wear it 23 hours a day for 3-7 months. Rob, Dee, Erin, and Brandon also came to visit. We all met at Mom's for a nice breakfast.

More pictures from this past week

Week of Fun!!

This week we have had fun with Brenden...he is getting so more mobile. He is now rolling everywhere and moving all around in his walker, both backwards and forewards. He loves it and we are so happy we got it!! We had lots of fun yesterday playing with Madelyn and Forrest. They came over for a fun time with us while Denny and Lori got to go on a date night. We played with the kids here for a little while and then took them to Red Robin for dinner. It was yummy and they had so much fun!! We look forward to the next time we get to hang out together!!

Sept 13th-Forrest Football and Kim's 30th Birthday!!

We had Forrest's second game and he is getting so good! He scored a touchdown and is loving flag football this season! Jim, Brenden and I are enjoying going to his games and watching him play. The kids are growing up too fast! He is going to be 7 in January!! Its just crazy!!
So also was my good friend's birthday and she wanted to have April and I go for pedicures...so we all met up at Two Rivers Spa and Salon and had fabulous pedicures!! If you have never had one...you need to...they are wonderful. Then we all met on Sunday at Kim's house for a yummy barbecue with sushi, ribs, salads and cake it was so good!!!

Forrest's First Football Game

So it was early but so much fun to get to watch Forrest's first football game!! He did great and Brenden really enjoyed getting to watch his big cousin play!! We had a good weekend getting things done and enjoying the weather. Jim put up the second bay garage door opener and it is so nice having it!!! It will really be nice when the snow comes as well.

Labor Day Weekend

So I know it has been awhile since my last post. It seems like there is never enough time in the day. We went to Bend last weekend and had a wonderful time getting to see everyone!! We ate wonderful food, shopped and hung out! It was so good getting to see Deb! So we visited Jim's Mom's gravesite and showed it to Brenden and took some pictures. So in a few days is her birthday so we will be thinking about Mom "Shauni" on her special day! Brenden had so much fun this weekend and he is always happy...I hope he always stays that way. So we started throwing the Kuai dog's toy up into the air and Kuai would jump up and catch it...well Brenden thought this was hilarious! So I will try and attach the video...it is SO cute!!!

Continued Convention

I needed to add the other pictures to show all of you how much fun we had!!! I was so happy to have my consultant Lauri come with me this year and I know that she had so much fun and was really inspired!! This years going to be so much fun!! I can't wait for the possibilities, "Live like Never Before"!!!