Happy Halloween!

Here are the kids in their Halloween costumes.
Molly is Dorothy and Ethan is the Lion.

I hope that everyone has been enjoying this Halloween season! We have! There are so many fun activities this time of year!

Last Friday I took with kids (with my friend Melissa) to the "Zoo Boo". It was very cute! Molly had so much fun with her friend Belle, but Ethan sat in the stroller with a sour face the whole time. I think that he was totally embarrassed that I made him where his lion hat in public! :)

On Monday we had our special Family Home Evening! We carved pumpkins and had a fun treat! This was Ethan's first year of participation and he had a BLAST! We had pumpkin goo everywhere! So fun!?!

On Saturday we have our ward's "Trunk-or-Treat"! Molly is SO excited! She has asked me everyday for a week if we are doing trick or treat today. I am sure she will have a great time!

Happy Halloween!

*~Zoo Boo~*

Molly and her best friend Belle!
Dorothy and Jesse- two peas in a pod!


~* FHE*~

Chef n Training

I found this blog that I am totally in love with! Its a food blog and she has some really really great recipes! She also has some great giveaways! There is one going on right now, in fact! Check it out and try some really good food! chef-n-training.blogspot.com

The Pumpkin Train

Its that time of the year again. Molly never lets us forget! I think that it is something she looks forward to every year! Its the Pumpkin Train!!! Its a super fun train that takes you for a 15 min ride through the farmland and neighborhoods of Noblesville. It drops you off at a cute little pumpkin patch where you get to pick a pumpkin, pet animals, and go on a hay ride. Even Brady and I think its pretty awesome. This year is was our 4th year going and we found out an new interesting fact. The train that we were riding on was the first one in the US with AC (1930s)! I guess the reason we didn't know that before was because in the past we've had to wear coats and hats to stay warm. This year it was 80 outside! Crazy! I LOVE the fall!

Its a Girl!!

For those of you who don't know...we are expecting our #3 in February!! We found out a couple of weeks ago that it is another girl! We are really excited! I am now 23 weeks and the baby is an active one! The pregnancy has been good so far. the 1st trimester was a bit rough, but I am feeling great now!
Molly is insistent that it is a boy in my belly. I think that she will be happy to have a sister when she stops being so stubborn! :) Ethan (i am sure) will just be CRAZY jealous once the baby is here. He doesn't like me to show too much attention to other babies.
Now on to the hard part...a name. (Note- i know that the picture is horrible. It is from my phone and the only one I have. Blah)

Fall

I love Fall! It is so beautiful and the weather is perfect! We went to the park a couple of nights ago and had a picnic. It was great! Here are a few fun shots of the evening!

*~* Birthday Boy *~*

Ethan Miguel Taylor turned 1 on July 12th 2011!! Even 2 months later, I am having a hard time accepting the fact that he is 1. It went incredibly fast!

Ethan is one crazy ball of fire! He keeps us on our toes! He loves anything that can be thrown, shaken, climbed, eaten, or ripped. Its a good thing that he is the cutest kid I have ever seen! He has been walking now for 1 1/2 months and is on his way to running. He constantly jabbers and speaks his own language. It sounds a lot like Japanese. :) He walks around pointing at things and saying "whazzz-a" (whats that) & "whazzz-dis" (whats this)! We still haven't figured out if he really knows what he is saying.

Ethan's most favorite person in the world is his big sister. He follows her everywhere, and anything she does is hilarious! His laugh is infectious! We love him to DEATH!! We are thankful everyday that Heavenly Father sent him to us!

Happy Birthday Baby Boy!

The cake was made by my friend Amy.
She makes amazing cakes!
It was SO good!

~July~

**The 4th of July**

We had a wonderful Forth of July! Westfield (our town) decided, for some really odd reason, that they were going to do their fireworks show on Sunday the 3rd instead of Monday the 4th. So we went to 2 nights of fireworks! It was great fun! Then the next morning we went swimming with Chase and Joni. We had a BBQ (of course) and then my parents (& a few siblings) flew in from Idaho. It was so exciting! We went straight to Carmel's (another town) Fireworks show. It was fantastic! What a great 4th! **note: This is a LOOOONG post with a LOT of pictures!

This was Ethan's reaction to seeing fireworks
for the first time! So cute!

Ethan LOVES the water!

Chase and Joni

Brady on the diving board.

The family watching Carmel fireworks show.

This was Molly the whole time! So funny!

Fireworks show the next night at home.
Fire hungry boys!

Ethan and Papa. He LOVES his Papa!


*Happy Birthday to Me*
I turned 28. Thats all.

Splash Park Fun!
We went to a really fun swim/splash park while my family was here. We all had so much fun! The kids had a BLAST! What could be better than swimming AND constant family attention?!

This may look really sad, but he LOVED it! He didn't want to move.

Ethan, Papa, & Ava

Braden and Molly

Molly and Emma

before

After.
She was terrified! She had NO idea it was coming.
We felt bad. But it was funny! :)

~Michigan Beach ~
My parents LOVE going to the beach! So, while they were here we took them to Michigan beach. It was a beautiful day, a little windy and hot, but great! I think that they had lots of fun!

The boys
Brady, Dad, & Bryce.

Braden & Emma
(my little bro & sis)

Ethan & Ava

~Indianapolis Zoo~
We went to the Zoo on one the hottest day of the summer. It was HOT! We actually at one point got a down pour shower. It wasn't even refreshing. We had tons of fun though!

~Other Fun~
Here are some other pictures that touch on all of the other fun activities we did while my family was visiting. We had a GREAT time with them here! It was awesome! Thanks guys! Come again soon!!