Happy Birthday, Leo!

Happy Birthday to this cute little guy, Mr. Leo! I can't believe that he is 3 already!! We hope that he has a great day today and wish that we could be there to celebrate with him. Happy B-day, Leo!

Happy Birthday, Eliza!

 

Happy Birthday to this CUTE six-year-old, Eliza!!!! We love you very much and hope that you have a wonderful day. Sorry that we can't be there to celebrate with you in Illinois--remember that one time that we went to the Cheesecake Factory in St. Louis for your birthday? That sure was fun. We are sorry if your present hasn't arrived yet, but it's on the way! We love you!
Love, Tiff & Greg

Pre-spring Update

Apparently when I say that I'll be updating my blog soon, it means that it will be over a month! :) Sorry that it's been so long since I have posted anything--it certainly was not for a lack of important things happening! It's not quite spring yet, but thankfully it has been feeling like spring outside, and spring is almost here, so I shall call this my "pre-spring update." The best thing that's happened in the last couple of months was that this CUTE little guy, Sawyer, joined Sarah and Joel's family!!

 

 

His sweet brother and sis. love him so much!

 

Camden and Lindy got to head to Illinois to help with the new baby. Sawyer already loves his cousin!

These two sillies helped us celebrate Greg's birthday in February. :) It just so happened that the Super Bowl was on Greg's Birthday Eve, so that was a great reason for a football cake!

Despite there only being five candles on the cake, this was not Greg's fifth birthday. We figured that 32 candles would be a bit extreme, so we did three on one side and two on the other. Ben especially loves helping to blow out candles. What a fun evening we had!

On Greg's actual birthday, he and I went to a Jazz game!

The Jazz were playing the Sacramento Kings, so we got to see JIMMER play!!! (I know, it was probably more of a present for me, but I think Greg had a good time too.)

For Valentine's Day, Lily posed with my favorite Valentine's pillow--"Your Mine." For some reason when people spell "your" instead of "you're," it drives me CRAZY! :)

And here is our traditional President's Day cherry pie! This year we also had President's Day cherry doughnuts. You can't have too much cherry in February!

Have I mentioned that I love my job? :) The other day at work I got to see this really cool, important piece of papyrus. This is the papyrus that was with the mummies purchased by Joseph Smith in 1835, from which he translated the Book of Abraham! How cool is that????? He sold the papyrus and mummies when the Church came into financial trouble, so we don't know where the mummies ended up, but the papyrus was donated back to the Church a number of years ago.  

 

Something fun that Greg has been doing for the last couple of months is playing church basketball. It can get a little violent at times, but the guys are generally pretty nice to each other :) His last game was last night, but he's glad that they will all still get together to practice each week. Greg has been crazy busy at work, but I think he is enjoying working with his new boss, and we love our house and new surroundings here in Lehi. We are definitely ready for spring!

Salt Lake Saints

I have a new fantasy baseball team, and I named them the Salt Lake Saints. Greg and I play in a fantasy baseball league with our friends David and Teal. I created this new logo and had to upload it from a website, so that is really why I am posting it on the blog. Also because it's kind of fun :) And HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!! I will update my blog with fun pictures from the last couple of weeks soon.

And here is the new logo for Greg's team: the Utah Undertakers. :)

January in Review

 

A lot has happened in just one month! It was a month ago today that sweet Grandpa Taylor passed away. We were able to say our final goodbyes at his funeral on January 9. It was a wonderful funeral service, and a fitting tribute to Grandpa's extraordinary life. He will be missed, but we all look forward to the day when we can see him again.

Three-and-a-half weeks after Grandpa Taylor's passing, and the day after Grandma Taylor's birthday, Sarah and Joel welcomed a new little guy, Sawyer, into the world. I love this picture of Sawyer and his big brother Leo--look at Leo's eyelashes!! It's neat to think that Sawyer got to spend some time with Grandpa T. before his birth. I bet Grandpa told him all about the wonderful family he was going to join. We're so happy that Sawyer made it here safely and that he and Sarah are both doing well!

 

Also in January, we got to celebrate Dad's birthday! Here is the Birthday Grandpa with four of his favorite girls.

 

One of the highlights of January for me was the sleepover extravaganza with the Barretts! We had a lot of fun watching movies and hanging out with Mom and Dad.

 

Also this past month, I was able to begin presenting a fun program about Joseph Smith's candidacy for President of the United States. I've only presented the program a couple of times, but it seems to be really popular. Everyone's favorite part is seeing this original campaign pamphlet from 1844 that we have on loan from the Church Archives. I love my job!

 

 

 

Today Mom and I had a fun adventure at Macey's Super Bowl tailgate party. It was so much fun! February has gotten off to a good start!