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WELCOME! This blog represents some of the activities or interactions with our amazing ARIZONA PHOENIX RETURNED MISSIONARIES 2011-2014 and some of our current family activities! Thank you, The Taylors

Thursday, January 3, 2019

NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2018


HI FRIENDS!!!


Recognize this guy?!  He loves going shopping with me...the DINOSAUR KING of Smiths!

(Almost got this mask for the grandkids!)



We love so much going to receptions and sealings for our great Returned Missionaries!  Here is our Eric Cassity at his reception in Provo with his cute wife Dani.  All I know is they are perfect for each other, so very fun!



We still love serving in our local YSA ward and enjoy the enthusiasm of the youth...pie in face and all!










OK, here is some of our local family at Thanksgiving after starting a project we do each year to SERVE a school class in SLC.  We fill stockings with all sorts of things for the kiddos!




And remember how when I take President Taylor out shopping how he dresses up in things...I can't take him ANYWHERE :)


Another beautiful day for a temple sealing!  Mt Timpanogos today.



And Joseph and Amy Barley!
Such a great day with them and their families in the temple!


So, do you wonder what President T and I do with "all our spare time"???

We wish!

Here are all 279 boxes of IKEA kitchen components for the 2 kitchens and 1 laundry room in our new home.


And here is the MASTER OF IKEA CABINET BUILDING himself!


2 days and a night later...




Yup, DONE!  I didn't even get over to help very much as I was teaching or at the gym or something.  He rocked them out!!! I was shocked!




So, here is our house early December.  Coming along.


And here we are IN OUR JAMMIES for the POLAR EXPRESS TRAIN RIDE in Heber City with our kids...it's what they wanted to do this year!


Scott got to interview 3 men we served with in the SW area...Elder Durrant, Elder Callister and Elder Ashton in the General Sunday School Presidency.
Look at CHURCH NEWS.COM to see the article!



And, as we love to dress up so much...as you can see...we got to be ELVES to deliver those great stockings to the kiddos in our daughter Breanna's class.

THERE IS NOTHING LIKE SERVICE TO KEEP YOU CLOSE TO CHRIST!
If you are unhappy at all...and even if you want to be more happy, please SERVE as part of what you do.



Did I mention that we love temples?


Here is PAYSON this month too.  I love the large Nativity statues they place at temples in December!



We were at the Payson Temple with Alex and Mariah Newton for their sealing and for little Ian to be sealed to them.  Super special day for this great family!





Then we were blessed to have a visit from Alisa Baumgartner Hansen and hubby Tyrel, kiddos Lincoln and Thatcher.  They entertained us the whole time!  So smart and fun!






Lincoln loved the Rudolph nose we gave him...and he loves his little brother!  Check out this sweet video!




Our family has a tradition to go on a SANTA HAT WALK each Christmas morning now that the kids are big and can wait to open gifts.
It was so nice out, we ditched the coats!









And, here is how President T got up the LAZYHEADS on Christmas morning so we could go!!














The whole cheerful crew!

We loved that our dear friends the Gutierrez from Phoenix called to meet up on Christmas Day at our new home.  We miss those AZ friends a lot!!



Some progress on the house...all hardi-sided



And stone getting placed on the front lowers.

We will let you know in a couple months if things progress to the moving stage...the cold is slowing up paint outside, and we have to share workers for the inside with other projects of our contractor so it is a slow process, but has been super fun.
WE LOVE YOU ALL!  Sign up for dinner and plan on REUNION EARLY JUNE 2019!!