The Taylors - Project 365

Day 154

2009-05-30T16:09:00.000-05:00

Tyler’s new fort! While Calvin was here Mike used his help to get a fort from the neighbor’s yard. It was a big deal and took the whole day to do it! But it was worth it, Tyler will love that fort as he grows older!

Day 153

2009-05-29T16:07:00.000-05:00

Today we took Uncle Calvin and Tyler a local truck show. Calvin loves looking at trucks and Tyler did too! Tyler got to be a photographer, and used my camera to take pictures of all the trucks he liked!

Day 152

2009-05-28T16:05:00.000-05:00

While Aunt Jess is here we have to make sure to get our haircut! She gives the best hair cuts and Tyler behaves so well for her. Kalen didn’t get her hair cut though, we are going to wait a little longer for that. :)

Day 151

2009-05-27T16:03:00.000-05:00

We took a day trip with Uncle Calvin and Aunt Jess to Chattanooga to visit the Tennessee Aquarium. It was so big and Tyler loved seeing all the fish and other wildlife! Kalen was content in her stroller and liked the butterfly house.

Day 150

2009-05-26T16:00:00.000-05:00

Girls Night!

Jess, Angie, and I went out to dinner and a movie. We went to Cantina Laredo and I loved it, one of my new favorite restaurants! It was so nice to get out with just the girls!

Day 149

2009-05-25T15:58:00.000-05:00

We spent Labor Day out on Lake Guntersville on the boat. It was cloudy at first, but then it turned nice and we got some swimming and skiing in.

Day 148

2009-05-24T15:56:00.000-05:00

Uncle Calvin and Aunt Jess got in town today to visit for a week. Aunt Jess put Kalen’s hair up for her…so cute!

Day 147

2009-05-23T15:54:00.000-05:00

Daddy and Tyler working hard in the front flower bed. Mike cut down a big bush that got infested with caterpillars…YUCK!

Day 146

2009-05-22T16:55:00.000-05:00

She’s a big girl now! Kalen got turned around in the car today.

Day 145

2009-05-21T16:52:00.000-05:00

Kalen trying to feed herself with a spoon.

Day 144

2009-05-20T16:48:00.000-05:00

Hailey will be leaving us at the end of the week. We have enjoyed having her since the beginning of the year, especially Tyler! I don’t know what he is going to do all day without someone to play with! I got some pictures of her so I could give them to her mom.

Day 143

2009-05-19T16:48:00.000-05:00

We went to the park with the Powell’s today. Hailey was giving Aspen and Kalen a puppet show!

Day 142

2009-05-18T16:44:00.000-05:00

Tyler was riding his 3 wheeler with daddy’s baseball glove as a helmet. Too funny!

Day 141

2009-05-17T16:34:00.000-05:00

The internet keeps going out! Ahhhh!!!

Day 140

2009-05-16T16:33:00.000-05:00

Tackle!! Daddy and Tyler playing football in the backyard.

Day 139

2009-05-15T16:32:00.000-05:00

Momma got smart! Hehe…you can’t get down the stairs now.

Day 138

2009-05-14T16:31:00.000-05:00

Hailey brought Sarah over again to play. We had fun with her outside today!

Day 137

2009-05-13T16:30:00.000-05:00

Snack time. Tyler and Hailey love eating popsicles on the front porch.

Day 136

2009-05-12T16:28:00.000-05:00

Birthday Girl!

Kalen turns 1 today! We had a “polka dot” party for her at the house.

Day 135

2009-05-11T16:26:00.000-05:00

Kalen’s done nursing. She will be turning one tomorrow so I have been weaning her these last few weeks. Tonight is the last time she will nurse and it makes me a little sad. Sad that my baby girl is growing up and won’t be my baby forever :(

Day 134

2009-05-10T16:22:00.000-05:00

Mother’s Day!

This mother’s day I get to celebrate with 2 little ones!

Day 133

2009-05-09T16:20:00.000-05:00

Caleb had an “Incredible” birthday party today! We had fun celebrating with him.

Day 132

2009-05-08T16:19:00.000-05:00

Our little girl is growing up. She will be turning one in less than a week. Today she got her first little bit of milk.

Day 131

2009-05-07T16:15:00.000-05:00

A visit with Sarah. Hailey got a new puppy a week ago. She is the cutest thing and we babysat her today. Coco and Bailey had to check her out!

Day 130

2009-05-06T16:13:00.000-05:00

What a mess! The dishes sure do pile up…I think it’s because of the kids. It seems like we are running the dishwasher at least once a day!

Day 129

2009-05-05T16:07:00.000-05:00

Kalen loves her Seahorse. We turn it on for her before she goes to bed every night and at naptime. It plays music till she falls a sleep.

Day 128

2009-05-04T16:07:00.000-05:00

Gotcha! Daddy getting Tyler with the Nerf gun.

Day 127

2009-05-03T16:04:00.001-05:00

This girl is getting really good at the stairs. She makes a little game of it…get up as far as I can before Mommy comes and gets me.

Day 126

2009-05-02T16:05:00.000-05:00

Tyler and Daddy made a fort this morning. Tyler loved it! Look he’s got tea in there and everything.

Day 125

2009-05-01T15:58:00.000-05:00

Kalen helping Mommy scrapbook!

Day 124

2009-04-30T15:56:00.000-05:00

Swine Flu breakout in Huntsville. They have closed the schools and all the parks in the area. Looks like we are staying indoors for a little while!

Day 123

2009-04-29T15:54:00.000-05:00

Catchin’ bugs! Tyler loves playing outside with his butterfly net!

Day 122

2009-04-28T15:49:00.000-05:00

Made a new dessert. Samoas bars! They were hard to make, but SO GOOD!!! Tasted just like the girl scout cookie!

Day 121

2009-04-27T15:43:00.000-05:00

Got some pictures of Kalen outside. I thought this one was neat because you can see my reflection in her eyes.

Day 120

2009-04-26T15:40:00.000-05:00

Tyler, handsome and ready for church.

Day 119

2009-04-25T15:44:00.000-05:00

Played outside today. We washed the cars. Kalen liked playing with a bucket of water, she kept slashing her tummy. Tyler loves his sand/water table that he got for his birthday!

Day 118

2009-04-24T15:36:00.000-05:00

We went to Panapoly downtown. They had a bunch of crafts for Tyler to do and had some stages set up too. Tyler didn’t want his face painted, so got his hands done instead!

Day 117

2009-04-23T15:33:00.000-05:00

The Elmore’s came over to play this morning. We were going to go to the park, but as we were leaving it started to rain. We just had fun playing inside instead.

Day 116

2009-04-22T15:29:00.000-05:00

Today I was able to scrapbook while the kids took a nap.

Day 115

2009-04-21T15:28:00.000-05:00

Tyler LOVES doing puzzles. He is so good at them too. I like it because it keeps him quiet for a little while :)

Day 114

2009-04-20T15:26:00.000-05:00

Little cutie pie. Such a smiley little girl!

Day 113

2009-04-19T15:24:00.000-05:00

Daddy is learning how to get this little girl into some tights!

Day 112

2009-04-18T15:07:00.000-05:00

Tyler spent this Saturday morning with Grandpa Bob. They went back to his house and ate breakfast and then went to watch Jordan row with his team at the river. Then they went to get some new fish for his fish tank. Tyler just loves spending time with his Grandpa!!

Day 111

2009-04-17T14:56:00.000-05:00

Play time!

Day 110

2009-04-16T14:55:00.000-05:00

Cleaned the rugs today. I borrowed Yvonne’s carpet cleaner to clean Tyler’s room since he was sick a few days earlier. It was so easy and fast I ended up doing the whole house!

Day 109

2009-04-15T14:54:00.000-05:00

picture coming

Had some guys drop by who wanted to take the old broken fridge out of our garage today! You know you need to clean out the garage when...people driving by see in and want to take your junk! ;) I have been trying to get that out of my garage for months now!

Day 108

2009-04-14T14:52:00.000-05:00

This little girl is keeping me busy! She learned how to climb the stairs and makes me nervous every time I catch her halfway up! I think her brother is encouraging her in the background.

Day 107

2009-04-13T14:51:00.000-05:00

picture coming

Tyler was not feeling good last night. Ended up getting sick a few times while he was sleeping, poor thing. Hope he feels better soon.

Day 106

2009-04-12T14:41:00.000-05:00

Happy Easter!

We enjoyed a great Easter service at church this morning, followed by an Easter egg hunt in the backyard and dinner at Grandpa Bob and Grandma Angie’s house.

Day 105

2009-04-11T14:39:00.000-05:00

This little snow bunny is my favorite Easter decoration.

Day 104

2009-04-10T14:35:00.000-05:00

This morning we went over to the Elmore’s to dye Easter eggs. Kalen couldn’t do much, but she sure looked cute in those bunny ears!

Day 103

2009-04-09T14:33:00.000-05:00

Fun at the park! We are loving this beautiful weather and taking the opportunity to get the kids outside. Kalen loves to sit in the lady bug, and today Tyler and Hailey joined her.

Day 102

2009-04-08T14:29:00.000-05:00

Kalen doing the sit and spin. She loves watching her brother do it, so she wants to get in on the fun too. It was so silly watching her, she almost fell off a couple times.

Day 101

2009-04-07T14:29:00.000-05:00

picture coming

Heard Hailey tell Tyler today, “No I don’t want to do that right now, I’m folding laundry.” I love my little laundry helper!

Day 100

2009-04-06T14:27:00.000-05:00

Pesky woodpecker!! This guy has been waking us up WAY TOO EARLY for the past couple weeks! He pecks on the house, right above my window, at the crack of dawn. Wakes me and the kids up, and I try to scare him away by hitting the window to make a loud noise, but by then we are already up. Arrrgghh!!!

Day 99

2009-04-05T14:24:00.000-05:00

Palm Sunday.

Tyler’s craft he made in Sunday School.

Day 98

2009-04-04T14:23:00.000-05:00

picture coming

Day 97

2009-04-03T14:20:00.000-05:00

Bailey’s favorite spot for napping, on the recliner.

Day 96

2009-04-02T14:19:00.000-05:00

We had a lot of bad storms today. The tornado sirens went off and we had a lot of hail. The kids and I were all huddled in the basement hallway.

Day 95

2009-04-01T14:09:00.000-05:00

We went on a field trip with Bright Lights to the local Fire Station. The kids were so excited to meet the firemen and learn all about what they do.

Day 94

2009-03-31T14:07:00.000-05:00

Family Game Night. We played Chutes and Ladders with Tyler.

Day 93

2009-03-30T14:06:00.000-05:00

I love opening the windows and getting some fresh air! It was nice enough outside that we were able to do that today!

Day 92

2009-03-29T14:02:00.000-05:00

picture coming

Drove home from MI today and glad we did, they got snow up there today!

Day 91

2009-03-28T14:01:00.000-05:00

picture coming

Day 90

2009-03-27T17:37:00.000-05:00

We went to the park one afternoon when it wasn’t too cold. It was nice we were able to get a few pictures! I had my mom take this one of all 4 of us!

Day 89

2009-03-26T13:34:00.000-05:00

It was cold in Michigan! Tyler had to bundle up one morning while he was watching a movie!

Day 88

2009-03-25T13:27:00.000-05:00

Another visit with baby Cole before we headed off to stay at Grandma Jan’s house. I hope they will be close cousins and this will just be the first of many, many memories to come!

Day 87

2009-03-24T16:25:00.000-05:00

Knock him out! Grandma and Grandpa have a Wii at their house. Tyler asked to play it all the time! It was fun to watch him knock daddy out in boxing!

Day 86

2009-03-23T13:44:00.000-05:00

We went to Jungle Java…an indoor playground with coffee for the parents. Tyler loved it, he had Uncle Matt with him to play!

Day 85

2009-03-22T21:40:00.000-05:00

Tyler and Kalen meeting their new cousin!

Day 84

2009-03-21T16:37:00.000-05:00

The new parents!

Day 83

2009-03-20T23:37:00.000-05:00

Baby Cole is here! Just in time…he was born this morning, and we got to Michigan in the afternoon and went up to the hospital to meet him!

Day 82

2009-03-19T23:30:00.000-05:00

AFTER!! So much better! These doggies needed a hair cut!

Day 81

2009-03-18T11:28:00.000-05:00

BEFORE….

Day 80

2009-03-17T21:25:00.000-05:00

St. Patrick’s Day! The kids and I went to the parade! It was a beautiful day. Tyler enjoyed seeing all the trucks and different floats. I think our favorite was the little green doggie though!

Day 79

2009-03-16T11:20:00.000-05:00

Standing up! Kalen is getting up on everything. She hasn’t let go and stood completely by herself yet, but as long as there is something to hold on to she is good! She loves looking out the front door and watching the squirrels.

Day 78

2009-03-15T23:47:00.000-05:00

Tonight we went to my dad’s to celebrate Mike’s birthday with them. He got to blow out some more candles. Kalen thought it was neat!

Day 77

2009-03-14T23:44:00.000-05:00

We watched Caleb, Nate, and Emma Lee tonight while their parents went to a hockey game. They love to play crazy!!

Day 76

2009-03-13T23:42:00.000-05:00

Today is Mike’s 30th Birthday! He is still in denial and thinks he’s in his 20’s but he’ll get over it!

The kids helped bake his cake this morning!

Day 75

2009-03-12T23:33:00.000-05:00

We had some good southern cookin at the Elmore’s. Country Fried Steak, Cornbread, Mac N Cheese, Sweet Tea…it was so yummy! We are slowing getting introduced to all these southern food’s and love it!

Day 74

2009-03-11T11:25:00.000-05:00

Here is our Living Room all painted. It was so nice to come home from the scrapbook trip with a newly painted room and I didn’t have to do any of the work! All the pictures were back up and everything! Thanks Mike!

Day 73

2009-03-10T23:20:00.000-05:00

I had a Pampered Chef party this evening. It was so much fun to have friends over to eat and learn more about all these fun cooking products!

Day 72

2009-03-09T23:18:00.000-05:00

Today was such a beautiful day, the kids played outside all afternoon! I snapped a few pictures of Kalen in this cute hat!

Day 71

2009-03-08T23:09:00.000-05:00

Well our scrap retreat is over. We all had such a great time and we are definitely planning another trip!

Day 70

2009-03-07T10:07:00.000-06:00

Here is all us girls on the beach! We took a break from scrappin to get some pictures and stick our toes in the sand!

Back at home Mike took the kids to a kite show here in town. They really enjoyed it and Tyler talks about it all the time!

Day 69

2009-03-06T09:58:00.000-06:00

Scrappin the night away!

Day 68

2009-03-05T09:47:00.000-06:00

Left the kids with Yvonne so I could go on a scrapbooking trip with the girls! This is my first time leaving Kalen for a long period of time.

While I was busy scrapbooking that night, Mike was painting the living room (without my knowledge).

Day 67

2009-03-04T19:48:00.000-06:00

picture coming

Getting all my scrap stuff ready for our getaway this weekend!!

Day 66

2009-03-03T09:45:00.000-06:00

High Five!!

Day 65

2009-03-02T21:32:00.000-06:00

and only another 300 to go :)

Oh the fun to be had with bubble wrap! Tyler and Hailey liked dancing on it and listening to it pop! It was LOUD!! I was surprised at how long they were able to keep it poppin, there are a lot of bubbles on there!

Day 64

2009-03-01T14:28:00.000-06:00

Snow, snow, snow! We got a lot of snow this morning, well a lot for Alabama! Tyler and Daddy had a snowball fight before church. Tyler got too cold and said his hands were freezing! Good thing they played a little before church, because when we got out of church there wasn’t any snow left!

Day 63

2009-02-28T22:00:00.000-06:00

Daddy reading Tyler and Kalen a book before bed. Tyler looks forward to this every night and we are starting to get Kalen into the routine too!

Day 62

2009-02-27T23:10:00.000-06:00

Picture coming

We got new phones! They had some good rebates and we were available for an upgrade! Mike wanted a phone/pda in one so he didn’t have to carry both around. And I wanted something that I could keep a calendar on and have it sync with the computer. (Bonus- it’s even a touch screen!)

Day 61

2009-02-26T13:07:00.000-06:00

Can’t go wrong with Play-Doh. They love to make Spaghetti and use the rolling pin.

Day 60

2009-02-25T21:22:00.000-06:00

Today I worked on getting my 365 album all caught up. I love the way it is turning out!

Day 59

2009-02-24T23:03:00.000-06:00

Chef Ty! The kids love playing kitchen. Tyler loves cooking me up some food, and making me some Sweet Tea!

Day 58

2009-02-23T20:30:00.000-06:00

When we saw Dr. Jeff last week he said that Kalen can start eating table foods. Tonight we had pancakes for dinner so we gave her some too. She loved it!

Day 57

2009-02-22T13:23:00.000-06:00

We went out to lunch with the Elmore’s after church! The girls were so cute sitting at the end of the table, and they were even sharing their food. Best friends in the making!

Day 56

2009-02-21T20:57:00.000-06:00

Our first time eating Steak Out! Steak Out is a big thing with a lot of our friends down here. We had a gift certificate from Christmas, so we decided to see what the hype was all about! It was very good and they give you a ton of stuff! YUM!

Day 55

2009-02-20T21:54:00.000-06:00

Tyler talking to Aunt Jess on the phone! Tyler loves talking on the phone and he has to walk around when he talks. Must get that from his mommy.