Thanksgiving 09- part 1

Grandma Torie and Catherine (now 1!)

Jacob and Lily were picking berries off the bushes, and taking it quite seriously : )

Uncle Shane and Kit Kat


Jacob

Catherine



We had a super fun Taylor family gathering at Sierra and Greg's house for Thanksgiving. It was so fun to have all the kids together (and the adults for that matter). We all have so much to be thankful for.

just a few more fall pics

Hangin at the pumpkin patch with Riley

Our friends Kim and Riley : )


Lily's first finger painting

Happy Fall

Here's a few fall pics from our visit to the pumpkin patch, trick or treating at Halloween (Lily was a butterfly), and playing in the leaves at home.

Boston!

Here are a few pics from our visit to Boston. It was such a fun place to visit- great food, awesome hotel- they put us up on the top floor of The Westin at Copely Place, amazing architecture, beautiful old churches, and lots of history. We had a great time. Being parents is a great joy, but it was definately nice to get away and have some couple time. Thanks again Mimi, Grandad, and Aunt Shelley!

Mimi, Grandad, and Aunt Shelley stay with Lily

Mimi, Grandad, and Aunt Shelley came to stay with Lily for 4 days after the wedding while Mommy and Daddy went on a trip to Boston. Shane's residency was flying him out there for an Emergency Medicine conference, so I tagged along and we made a vacation of it. It was our first trip away from Lily, and though it was kind of hard to leave her clear across the country it ended up being a very good thing. Lily had an awesome time with her Mimi, Grandad, and Aunt Shelley who dedicated lots and lots of time to playing with and entertaining Lily. They did lots of fun things. They played with play do, trimmed our trees (Lily apparently loved helping clean up the branches and we were so grateful for that labor of love!), went to Outdoor World, and baked cookies. Everytime we called or heard from them Lily was having a blast. Thank you so much Mom, Dad, and Shelley!

Hatfield Hitchin

Uncle Mike and Lindsay's wedding was held at a ranch in the cutest little Texas town- Salado. Almost all the family was able to come. And it was such a fun time of family togetherness celebrating Mike and Lindsay. Their wedding was absolutely beautiful. And the whole family stayed at the same hotel so we could hang out together. Lily and Hailey were the flowergirls in the wedding. We weren't sure if Lily would make it out of the dressing room in her dress, much less down the aisle. She was not originally a fan of wearing a dress. Thankfully we were able to convince her (after lots of praise and bribery with a lollipop) to put on the dress and walk down the aisle with my beautiful cousin Brittany. On Sunday morning the family gathered for a send off party for our cousin Jerry who went of to basic training in the army on Monday. It was a special weekend, and we were so grateful to be able to be there with our awesome family.

Happy Birthday Shane!

We had the Schaefers and the Maberrys over to celebrate Shane's last birthday in his twenties. It was a fun night and a worthy celebration for one awesome daddy and husband.