NOVEMBER 2015 APM Related Activities

November went by in a flash!  But it was full of great APM related activities here and there and pretty much ANYWHERE!

We love living close to students, so we get to run into or have visits from some of you!

Joseph Cotton introduced us to his finance Rachel this month!  We will attend their sealing in December!








We hosted our monthly APM DINNER GROUP with:
Nolan Blackhurst and his friend Faith, Spencer Brame, Dani Robinson, Christina Muhlestein, Bobbie(Pilcher) and Sean Fluckiger and baby Aria, Jarod Maynes and Jesus Castro.

One of our very first missionaries we met in the MTC before going to Phoenix was Scott Larsen.
He married Marissa this month in the Payson temple.

 We got to see Nathan Judkins and his wife Kaylani at their reception...it was so good to get to visit with both their parents!

Saw Matt Mason and Michael Kellett there too...I don't know why we did not get a photo!!

Most of the missionaries from our Branch at the MTC this month:
Elders Buckles, Allen and Bowers.
Sisters Marshall, Drake, Anderson, Peterson, Arbon and Strader.
(Missing Sisters Lau and Johnson in this photo)

When I went to pick up my race packet for the "Santa Run" guess who was there to help me!

Kyle Bradfield!!

He and his wife are expecting their first baby in January!  Oh Yeah!











And my daughter and I in the infamous SANTA RUN!
It took President Taylor a while to figure out that yes, all race participants were really wearing Santa Suits.  He thought we just made it up when we were dressing for the race...


...could be because we like to dress up to run sometimes.  Y'know, cat pants, witch costumes etc.










December Dinner Group:  Collin Christensen, Landon Bangerter, Scott Moore, Nathan Wainwright, Matt Bryson, Whitney Welch, Sonya and Jordan Hastings.  A good time was had by all!  We watched the First Presidency Christmas Devotional after dinner.

And Sunday morning when I was getting ready to head up to the MTC, look who stopped by the house on their Sunday drive...
Rebecca and Daniel Handley!  They look so happy!  Marriage is the best!!

Happy Holidays!  We look forward to several more sealing this month that I will post the end of December!

Message me!  We are always happy to plan something or go see YOU in your special event!

OCTOBER 2015 APM ACTIVITIES/VISITORS

 Since Reunion we have had some great interactions with APMer's or Mission related.

Of course, one of our favorite activities are TEMPLE SEALINGS!

We were grateful to attend Andrew and Alex Pehrson's sealing in Salt Lake this month!  They are so down to earth and happy!!

It was a beautiful day with them!

Another thing we look forward to is getting together with our own Mission President Group...just like a RM may love getting back together with a District or Zone; this group went out with us from the MTC and we trained together our entire missions twice a year.

We met at Crawford's cabin up Millcreek Canyon and it was beautiful up there!

Some of our dearest friends!

 Augustins, Bourne's, Pingree's, Crawford's, Killpack's, Durrants, Mike Neider and us.

 Here are the districts we had for October at the MTC in our branch.

Heading to Italy Rome or Milan:

Elders Carnahan, Cleveland, Young, Olsen, Freckleton and Allred, Sisters Workman and Tolosa.

 Heading to Italy Rome or Milan:

Elders Rizzo, Battaglia, Marriucci, Juhasz, Brooks, Griffiths and Dohms.

Heading to Romania:

Sisters Torres, Savoie,Falkenberg, Elders Hubbard, Seegmiller and Brownell.

One of our monthly joys are our APM DINNER GROUPS!!

 Front:  Sean Catlett and Greg McCuch.  Back: Jason Barrus, Alex Beck, Johhny Cook, Lance Cabral, Cody Silcock, Brady Nelson, us, Amanda Vallejo and Sarah Neary.





This month at the MTC we have had some great Arizona or APM related connections!

First was Elder Carnahan from Phoenix who showed up in our branch!  Shout out to all the APM Elders who took him our on splits and helped shape him into who he is as a missionary today!  He is so excited to be serving in Italy-Milan!







Next connection was Sister Lau, who we realized was daughter of a Stake Presidency member we knew from Prescott Valley stake on our mission.  They have since moved to the Salt Lake area, and she is also headed to Italy-Milan!

And we also met up with Elder Christ Stott's brother who was in the MTC in October as well!  That family has 3 missionaries out serving right now!!  It was great to meet one more great Stott!

And last, but surely not least, is our own Elder Allen...as in brother to Zach Allen who served with us in the great APM.
And he is headed to Italy-Rome!

We love how small the world is within the Gospel of Jesus Christ!

And this past week we loved having Dan and Alexis Jensen stop by one evening!  They are so great!

Forgot to get a pic with Andy Marble who also stopped by...sorry Andy!
WE LOVE SEEING ALL OF YOU!  Thank you for being a part of our lives!

APM UTAH REUNION WEEKEND FALL 2015

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We had a GREAT REUNION in Provo this fall!

Couldn't have pulled it off without the help of some of our awesome RM's!  Thanks especially to Trazer, Conner and Natalie for all your help setting up!

 We had our usual table of sign-ups for APM SUNDAY DINNERS...message me if you missed out, I can squeeze you in almost any month.

Here you see Jesus Castro writing a little note to the GRIFFINS...we are always mindful of what a great service they are providing down in PHOENIX!!  We sure do love them!

 We were blessed to have some of our wonderful senior RM's and currently serving missionaries come spend the weekend with us!


Sister Cherry and Kathy Turville pose with Spencer Brame here...the afternoon before he had yet another surgery for his brain tumor...keep him in your prayers!

 And you see here that we had Sister Templeton and Elder Cherry visiting with Zach Jensen.

We have a few more MISSION BABIES that we got to OOH and AHH over...

The Grasleys little guy...

...and the Kleckner's little guy!

And they even SMILED for us!!

We did not have a photographer for this reunion so please look at the link to see the photos that I took...not tons, because I was busy talking just like you were...but a good sampling of who was there!

 We always bring over the ping pong just for fun!
Jay rocks it here with Parley.

An "HERMANAS" photo!

And just a good mix of some English speakers.

 And, we got one photo with President T and I in it with Heather Hale and her fiancé Adam.

 We have some of our RMs who are finishing up their time in Provo and moving on...as Eric and Carly Turner will be moving to my home state, Iowa for more schooling.

We will miss seeing them around!

 And at the end of the night we had some TWIN SIBLINGS show up!


Jenny Greenwood and her twin (Jenny is on the right)

And Landon Bangerter and his twin brother (Landon is also on the right)
GREAT NIGHT!
THANK YOU ESPECIALLY TO THOSE WHO TOOK TIME TO HELP SET UP OR TAKE DOWN!!!  It meant a lot to us!

 We had our older missionary friends stay with us the weekend so we took a little trip to show them Payson Temple...





We also went to Provo City Center Temple, and then SHOPPING for craft components for our own LADIES NIGHT craft activity while the men were at Priesthood meeting!

 We cooked marbles and then cracked them so we could use them to make some pretty bracelets, earrings or necklaces with them.

 Then after Priesthood we had over a few of our RMs for playing some games...

 Don't Eat Pete...


...the Candybar Game

 And some good old SMORE'S!!

Thanks for a great weekend all of you!
We look forward to our Sunday Dinners, Hikes, Sealings, Temple Trips and any time you want to just come visit!

Til we Meet again...with love, Taylors