A few fun filled weeks!

We have had a fun summer so far! We have taken a few friends out on our boat which has been a blast! Payton loves to talk about Lucy and Mimi. Justin is determined to get a back flip down. We have had softball games (which payton loves to watch with her cousins and shout GO DADDY!) and fun in the back yard with pools and such! And of course Lagoon. We had a great time at the Rodeo with Troy and Tammi and you can see payton with her hand over her heart! So cute. This is such a fun age and i just want to savor every moment with Payton that i can she is growing up so fast!!!

New Car!!

I am so excited to say that i have a BRAND NEW CAR!! It is a 2009 Dodge Journey and we love it! Look at Paytons smile in the back seat! She loves that when I answer my phone in the car we talk through the speakers. She loves to look out the window and see everything. In the truck it was hard to see anything but the sky.

This car is so much easier for us to get in and out of and the gas mileage... need we say more about the difference there!

Little Buddies!

My friend Lindsey and I took the kids to the park today and they loved it! They are only 2 months apart and love to play together. Payton is the little mother and wanted to "catch u" when he went down the slide. And Cooper was a little gentlemen helping her cross the street! So cute :)

Haircut!

As you can see i am sporting a new haircut! This is the darkest and the shortest that i have ever had it! Even Payton didn't recognize me. She was scared at first! Silly girl!

A Day at Lagoon!

Saturday we had a chance to go to Lagoon with Justins brother and his family. The kids had a good time and Payton is tall enough to go on all the kiddie rides! I can't believe she is not even 2 years old and she can do this stuff!! I think that justin had a mild heart attack letting his "baby" go on all the rides by herself!! He was more nervous than me. Thanks for letting us come with you guys. We had a great time!

Memorial Weekend Fun!

Payton with her "Helmy" on!

So cute! This NEVER happens so it was fun!
Payton asking to go for a ride!!!!



Justin jumping the wheeler!
Mandy attempting to jump!

We had a great weekend camping with the Anderson Family. Luckily the weather somewhat cooperated and we had sun and it was just a little breezy. Payton had fun wheeling and playing with her cousins from sun up to sun down.

A shout out to our MOMS!

With tomorrow being mothers day I want to put a plug in for our Mothers! I am so lucky to have a great relationship with my mom. She is always there for even the simplest things like helping with a recipe or giving me a little pep talk on relaxing every once in a while. When Payton was born it was really important to us that her name would have a piece of her mom and her grandma in it. So when we came up with Leeauna it just clicked. My mom is so loving, caring and has given up alot to raise all 9 of us. Finally an empty nest with Phillip in the MTC! Enjoy mom!!! WE LOVE YOU!!!!

Now i realize that this is the latest picture of Gramda Gloria that i have so this will have to do! We will work on that! Justin also has an awesome Mom. Who he is really close to. I consider her as much of a mom as my own. She is kind, selfless and raised 5 amazing boys! She is so willing to just let us drop in whenever and get a brake! WE Love you!

We had a chance to get together on Saturday for Morgans Baptism and Makenzies blessing. Payton had a lot of fun playing with the kids. Grandma Twyla was there and it was good to see her too.

The Big Apple!

It was our 4 year anniversary back on the 15th and we had the chance to go to New York for a few days just the 2 of us! It was so awesome. We saw Wicked the Broadway play and it was probably our favorite thing we did. We tried to do it all.... the different museums, central park, Empire State Building, Madison Square Gardens, a boat tour around the harbor, Statue of Liberty, Times square... the list goes on. We had a great time shopping and walking and just being together. It was the first time we had been away from Payton for more than a night and we did pretty good. Other than the day before we left she decided to start throwing up. But she had a great time with Grandma and Grandpa Anderson and Grandma and Papa Taylor. We really appreciate them doing this for us and taking care of our sweetie pie!

Buckle Up!

We still had our suitcase out downstairs and Payton thought it was "so cool"!! If you can see all of her toys are still in the bins and she would rather sit in there and buckle the buckles around herself! She also wanted to watch Shrek her new word and show!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

Yesterday was Justin's 24th birthday. Payton and i made him a poster together. She thought that was fun. On monday justin was snowboarding and had a good crash right on his face so he doesn't think that 24 looked that good on him. But we know better. Happy Birthday Daddy!!!

Easter Weekend Fun!