Happy New Year 2013!

2012 was sure a whirlwind!  It was one of the hardest years of my life, but also the most wonderful.  Funny how that works :)  Here are the highlights!

January:

- Met our nephew, Ben, for the first time!

February:

- Our fun Valentine's Day celebrations!  Gaucho Grill, Beauty & the Beast, and an at home date with Papa Murphy's pizza!

March:

- Bought our truck, Brutus!
- Found out we were pregnant!!!

April:

- Went to Colorado and through the temple for Cam's first time!

May:

- We threw a Cinco de Mayo party!
- A song I wrote was performed by Sky View High School Choir
- We had to cancel all of our Anniversary plans because of my morning sickness... which landed me in the ER.  Fun :)

 

June:

- I was in bed for most of June, but we did have the Taylors come and we all said bye to Cam as he left on his mission!

July:

- 4th of July in Paris!  (Idaho)
- Fun with the Faerbers at Snowbird!
- We found out our baby is a boy!

August:

- The month full of Birthday fun!  Aggie pre-season game, dates and lots of food, Famous Dave's with the Thompsons, and Colorado with the Taylors.  Happy Birthday to us!

September:

- The Aggies beat the Utes!!!!  And the Thompsons came to cheer with us!
- Jesi and my best girl friends had a baby shower for me :)

 

October:

- Jake got home from his mission!
- Halloween fun!  Logan Pumpkin Walk, and a party with the Thompsons!  We were Pac Man  :)
- My family baby shower was so wonderful!

- November:

- I had my final voice/piano recital before most of my students were done.
- The Taylors came to celebrate Thanksgiving in Logan!
- Right after we went and cheered as the Aggies were awarded the WAC championship trophy, Carson Brock Taylor was born 11/25/12!!!! The most incredible day of my life :)

December:

- Heather got home from her mission!  We got to see her on her layover at the airport in Salt Lake!
- We spent Christmas with the Thompson family in Salt Lake.  It was wonderful.

We brought in the New Year with a relaxed, fun celebration with just us three at home.  Pigs in a blanket, Martinelli's while making resolutions, and of course, a Mt Dew drinking game!!

So all in all, it was a great year full of ups and downs but ending with a bang!  We are so happy!  Happy New Year everybody!  Here's to a great 2013! :)

The Tale of the Taylor Vehicles

That's Brutus.  The newest addition to our family :)  Car number 6 in our marriage of 2 1/2 years... ha ha ha hopefully we don't have to purchase another one for a looong while!

We started with George.  A 1994 Mazda Protege, manual transmission... so, right when I got married, I had the stress of learning to drive stick shift!  Hahaha.  A couple months later, I did this to him...

Sorry George :(

 But then we bought Billy and Bonnie!  Bonnie was a 1995 Honda Accord and she was very good to us!  And Billy was a 1994 Ford F150.  He was not quite so good to us.

So, 5 months after purchasing Billy, we saw the err in our ways, and sold him for $1000.  Yeah that's right.  Only 3 zeros there.  Bahaha.  But we bought Dundie!!!!  I am gonna miss Dundie the very most so far.  He is a 1995 Nissan pickup truck.  Tiny.  But awesome :)

Then we decided, since both of our vehicles were 15 years old, it was time to buy something that would be more reliable for us.  That we would feel comfortable driving long distances in, and would just be reliable and safe.  So we sold Bonnie and bought this beauty!

Louetta.  A 2005 Honda Accord.  Graphite Pearl is her listed color :)  Hahaha.  We bought her in December 2010, and paid her off last month!  Boo yah!  And we made it a whole year without buying another car.

But, in planning for our future, we realized that Dundie is not going to last much longer.  And while we both have a steady income in Logan, we have no guarantees of much income at all when we move for Physical Therapy School in a couple of years.  And, Dundie is only a two-seater.  No one else will fit in the car.  So, in planning for future financial stickyness, and future additions to our family, we decided it was time to buy something that will be more reliable and carry more people.

So we said a fond goodbye to Dundie.  And last night, we bought Brutus.  A 2001 Dodge Ram.  He is beautiful.

Hopefully this ends the tale of the Taylor vehicles for a while, as we plan on taking very good care of Louetta and Brutus, and keeping them for a long long time.

The End :)