New York!

(This is a long post, but i am using this as my Journal, so Bare with me...)

We had an absolute blast in the "City that never Sleeps" (Literally)!! The weather was Beautiful, we didn't really need our jackets the first couple of days, and it only rained once, and it was so fun walking through Central park with our Umbrella's!

We did everything on our list and then some... We checked into our hotel on Wednesday night and Threw on our dresses and walked to The Manhatten Temple, did a session, took some pictures and it was a perfect way to start off our trip. We then headed over to "patsy's pizza" which was sooooooo Good! I LOVE new york pizza!
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We took the subway to "Serendipity's", there was No line, and i ordered the double ice cream sundae with Hot fudge and Peanut butter sauce, and Frozen hot chocolate! Thanks to Kelli granum for all the yummy and fun recommendations.

"Serendipity's" Famous Frozen Hot chocolate!

Day 1: Heather and I took off early over to Rockefeller center, saw the "Bachelors of america" outside and just barely missed seeing "Dj Tanner" from Full house! We walked through the St. Patricks Cathedral until "Saks fifth avenue" opened! We met up with the other girls and took the Subway to "Canal st" and "SOHO". Jane found this Yummy Lobster Place, where we ate Lobster Rolls and Salads. MMmmm it was so Good.

We came home got dressed and walked around the corner to the Gershwin Theatre to see
"WICKED"! Oh it was soooooo GOOD! The best Broadway show i have Ever seen! After the Show we went to get some Dessert.

Here is My SIL Jane who was like the BEST travel guide ever, On the subway with some new friends! hehehe...Good Times.... Everyone was Really so nice to us, helping us get to our destinations... Only a couple of RUDE ones.
Day 2: We hit the Shops on "5th" avenue Where there was the Coolest "NBA" store and "american girl doll" store, and LOTS of other shopping. Saks has a whole level of Shoes on a floor that is so big that they have there own ZIP Code!
Later we went to Macy's and then it started raining on us as we walked through Central Park!
We went to The "MET" and toured some of the "Rembrandt" art work.

We did have a Star sighting, We saw Gene Simmons, of Kiss, while we were walking to Macy's!

Then off to Rosa Mexicana for some delicious FOOD, there Guacamole was made right in front of us and it was seriously Fabulous!

After a delicious meal, we went to T&Co on Madison avenue, and some other shops..

Of course, i had to have a New York City, HOT DOG! (it was ok!)

Heather, Kelly and I went to see "Les Miserables" this night while the other girls went to Mary Poppins. I hadn't seen it since i was in High School, so it was soooo Good!

After we got out of the Show to meet the girls we Hailed a taxi, and as we jumped in, this guy and his Drunk friend start SHOVING us out of the Taxi, like it was his, i still can't believe that it really happened! Jerk.... Well that was the Only rude moment, so that was fine!

So instead we Hailed a LIMO. It was so fun. We all fit and were excited to go to "Cafe Lalo" where they filmed "you've got mail", but when we got there, it was closed! ughhhh...that was so weird in new york some places closed early. I have no idea why, cause everyone is up and going Somewhere!

Day 3: We woke up early so we could fit everything in. We took the Subway to the "The Staton Island Ferry" and saw the "Statue of Liberty"! It was so fun to see it and we of course took lots of pictures. That was the one thing Boston cared that i did!

Then we walked to Wall st. and saw the NYSE. (that one was for Cory ;)) then to "Ground Zero".(Very Touching)

After the Financial District, we went back to Canal street and SoHo for some last minute shopping, where i found my Oilily Store, and then went back to eat some NY Style Pizza before we headed to the Airport!

Heather and i brought back our Boys some Pizza! Yes, it was a PAIN in the Butt, but i wanted Cory to have it New York Style!!

It was so fun, and i seriously can't wait to go again
soon! We made lots of Memories and have Plenty of stories to talk about! Thanks girls for a Fabulous & Eventful trip! LOVE YOU!!

To check out more Pictures (as if this wasn't enough) you can go to my Smugmug account.

I came home to LOTS of Snow, Cute homeade signs,2 fever-ish kids,Lots of Loves and Kisses and Everybody LOVED there Suprises,

It is so GREAT to be home again!

Carving Pumpkins!

Last night we carved out pumpkins and had so much fun! Hayes and Olivia loved carrying there little Pumpkins around. Hayes kept saying in a deep Voice "heavy, heavy" and they would be laughing their heads off.
Boston's actually look so much cooler looking when they are lit up outside! (it was alot of work!)

This week at his School it is "Red Ribbon Week" so today is "Backwards day"
Wednesday ~Crazy hair day
Thurs~Hawaiian day
Fri~Pajama day, They have so much fun doing this all week
I am off to my tennis lesson and then to get my hair done!! I leave for NEW YORK tomorrow with all the Taylor Girlies! I am so excited to SHOP, See Broadway shows, Eat, and just hang out with the Girls!
Wish Cory some Luck!!

Brody's Birthday Party!!

This morning i took Boston, Coop & Cam to Gymnastics, for Boston's Gym Class. They and My Niece Charlee were the only ones there for about 20 minutes, so they were going Crazy and loving jumping in the Foam pit, on the Tramps, and doing the Rings and Bars!
After Boston's Gymnastics we went to JUMP ON IT, for my Nephew Brody's Birthday Party!
Brody just turned "3" and is so dang cute!
Then we went to Chuck E Cheese for Lunch and Birthday cake Party! It is so fun to have so many cousins for my kids to play with.

Children's "discovery" Museum...

Thursday we went to The Gateway to the Childrens Discovery museum, with Nana, Heather, lucy and Boys. It was so fun, and the Kids did a workshop on Static Electricity, and learned all about Electrons.
There was a cute little Kid's Zone, where they could do Construction, Grocery shop, A farm, Gas up your own car, a water area, etc... Seriously a lot to do for all ages, it was definitely worth going!
Hayes was feeding the horse a carrot, and giving him kisses!
The museum, had a HUGE area where they showed how they animated the Movie "Robots", and we made our own motorbots.

After The Museum, Camden & Cooper had a sleepover, We made a delicious dinner (with the help of the boys)of Sloppy Jose's! Heather and Shea came over for a while and lucy,Olivia & Hayes played so cute for a long time! It is so fun to see these little cousins love playing together!

"Blog" shirts!

I found these cute shirts and i just had to buy them! If you can't read them very good they say;
Hayes' ~"My mom's blog is better than your mom's",
Olivia's~"Born to be Blogged"
Boston's~"my entire life is being blogged" The site is "tot rocket" and they have so many other funny sayings!



Last night for Enrichment, i made "Cheezy Potato Soup" It is one of my Favorite homeade soups, so i bought the Pumpkin bread bowls and my kids LOVED it! Too bad it wasn't a rainy day but a beautiful 78 degrees here!

Cory and Boston are pretty pumped that the "Red Sox" are playing "the Indians" and NOT the "Yankees"! (Sorry Derek P.)
Cory went to California for the "Red Sox game where they won the "Angels", he was pretty pumped that he was there for that final game!

We are on our Fall Break starting today after school. Some fun things we have planned these next 5 days are;
Discovery Museum at the Gateway
"jump on it", "Chuck E Cheese", Brody's Birthday party!
Running the BYU Track, Bike rides, FHE at our House, Biking to Borders and The Movies, breakfast at Magelby's, & Sleepovers!
It will be beautiful weather so we are all excited!

Conference Weekend...

I absolutley LOVED watching conference this weekend! Saturday was awesome, I felt that they talked a lot on Service, and A lot about what we believe, which is great for all the Media Checking out Mitt Romney! I loved to hear Sister Beck talk about Mothers, and how our children can really learn so much from our own homes. What a priviledge it is to be a Mother!

I have just had such an amazing feeling all weekend, I am so grateful for the Testimony that i have of the Gospel, I remember my grandma Bagley always telling us that we are "RICH",
"Rich in the Gospel of Jesus Christ"!
And i Feel "Rich"! I love this Gospel with all my Heart, & i love Pres. Hinckley! What a blessing it is to be a member of this Wonderful Church!

I asked Boston what he liked best about Conference, and he said "they talked alot about the Articles of Faith" and he said "mom, i want to shake all the apostles hands, cause i love them all so much, but i really want to HUG Pres. Hinckley"

I said..."So do i" We just love him to pieces and hope he will be around for a while longer!

"My Friends..Tigger and Pooh"

Here is a Little Halloween Preview....
These are actually NOT their Costumes! But they wear them Daily!
We are still debating on their costumes...

The weather here is cooling off, which is so exciting to me, because i LOVE fall!
I love October, and Halloween, and Sweaters and Rain etc, etc, etc....

I am in one of those moods where I just LOVE life! I have been so blessed to have such an amazing hubby and my kids are Amazing!

I LOVE being a Mother, and watching your Little Kids grow up is so AMAZING! I love watching them experience new things, i LOVE how much they Love DISNEY characters,( Wink, Wink Cory), i love that all our Fav TV shows are being DVR'd so we can watch them tonight, I LOVE that i am going to NY in a couple of weeks with my SIL's , I LOVE Mondays....To just start off a new week, with a Fully Stocked Pantry, Making new things for dinner, planning the week, and just getting off to a good start of the week!
I know i am bugging sorry, but remember it is my Journal! Right??

We (hayes & olivia) went and had lunch today with Boston at School, we brought him and some of his friends Happy meals. They were all so cute and sweet to Hayes and Olivia.

Boston is such a Great Brother, and kept hugging and kissing them.

He just finished his Favorite book of this "Rotten School" series. These books are so great!

Happy October!!

Chaser Boy's Baptism!

What a beautiful day! Boston's Bestest friend since they were "2" got Baptized today. Geoff did such a great job and the minute they stepped into the baptismal font the spirit was so strong. After the confirmation, chase was crying and wouldn't stop hugging his dad! It was so precious, and he is such a great little kid! These kids are coming down with such stronger spirits, i am so amazed at how strong their testimonies are at such a young age!
Congratulations Chase, and Thanks Jenn for the Delicious "Magelby's Breakfast!

It is raining here today and quite cold! These are my favorite kind of days, to just curl up with a blanket by the Fire and Watch some football with Cory(actually i am reading, while he is watching ;)!
My things that i am into latley are;
~Digital Scrapbooking-I wish i could post the Whole Baptism book of Boston's IT's sooooo Cute! Heritagemakers.com

~Indoor soccer team, I am trying to put a team of Boys together for Boston, and i have a league i play on too! (SO much fun!)

~The "Eat Clean Diet" Book, by Tosca Reno~ Fabulous Recipes with Lean protein, and Whole grains.

~"The Sneaky Chef"~ SOOOO awesome, my sister told me about this book. You sneak Healthy vegetables in kids food, and they have no Idea! (It works!!)

~Christmas Shopping!- i know it's a little early, but i like to get the ideas down and mostly done, so i don't have so many projects, and can focus on the Real Meaning!

~Reading the Book of Mormon in 90 days!! I did it before and the Reading is so fast, but i can get so much out of it and DON'T want to put it down!

~Trying to Watch Our DVR'd Shows; we are loving "The Office", "man Vs. wild" is back on, "Prison Break", "Dancing with the Stars"...Vote for Marie Osmond, and "Survivor China"
oh and my favorite, not Cory's is "The Hills"!

I am off to make some Delicious Bran Muffins, then off to the RS General Broadcast with my Cousins!

Las Vegas

Cory and i just got back from a quick trip to VEGAS! It was a Last minute trip, that was so much fun!
I went with him to the "Interbike" Tradeshow at the Convention center. He is the buyer for all the bike gear and Bikes (and ski's) at "Canyon Sports".( He is now one of the Proud owners)

We met with Fox, Pearlizumi, Giro, Jamis, Titus, cliff bar, etc.... We even got to see the Tour de france winner...Alberto Contador. It was a huge line, so i went right up to the front and just took his Picture!

It was of Course right up our alley with Biking. So we were quite excited and Overwhelmed with how many Booths were there. IT was HUGE!!

We went for 2 days, the weather was Great! We stayed at the "Wynn" and ate at the "okada" Sushi resteraunt, Worked out, Enjoyed the spa, Finished "New Moon"and watched an incredibly scary, but awesome Movie "Disturbia"!

It was so fun to just hang out with him for a couple of days, since he has been so busy!

Today is My SISTER Jill's Birthday!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY JILL and TJ (my nephew)

We went to Bajio to celebrate the Big "38"!!! Woo Hoo....Have fun this weekend Jill!

I love you to Pieces!!!!

BOYS.......

Need i say anything more!!

Boston found a snake today after school and has been trying to train it to be his pet! NO THANKS!! IF anyone knows me at all, then you know that i HATE snakes with a HUGE passion!! I freaked out just taking his picture! Ewwww.
We let him go "alive" in the grass, so he can maybe go visit him once in a while!!

Yesterday after school, i had Activity days with the Girls. I took them to "Jump on it" since our last activity was Service! i told Boston he could come along, and they taught me how to do a Back flip! Oh yes, and now i can land them!! WOO HOO....It was quite the Hi light, so now i have Mastered the Front Flip! ( i know you are thinking...Pretty basic, but for me No, it's not!!)

We had a delicious dinner of Talapia and Wild rice with Grilled asparagus, and Jane's "Best ever Pork Chops" that she Brought over to top it off!

Boston made his own version of "Orange Julius Smoothies" for our FHE Treat, and Hayes and Olivia picked the Game of "Duck, Duck , Goose" (guess who played for about an hour....Yes, ALL of us!) You have got to get the FHE on DVD's, they are seriously so Awesome, my kids love it!

Well I am off to my Soccer game tonight, it's quite the Workout! I don't know if it's more of a workout for Cory who has to tend the Kids there, or me! haha

Hillcrest School Carnival!!

We had so much fun tonight at the School Fall Carnival! It was a gorgeous day here, it felt like summer!

Boston got his tickets and took off to hang out with his friends! He was having so much fun trying to Dunk the 6th graders in the "Dunking tank"! Boston was so excited when his first throw hit the target and DUNKED our Neighbor Caden morton!

The kids ate Pizza, Popcorn, cotton candy, snow cones, cupcakes from the cake walk and played all sorts of fun games, while i got to visit with Friends and walk around the "silent auction" and Bid on some sweet Stuff! I was hoping to get the highest bid on the Rock quarry, but someone beat me by $1! I was so mad....O well, i did however get the "Arts and Crafts" basket (the one i made for the 2nd Graders) i wanted it so bad! It was a blast, i always love the School carnival.
Now the kids are all hyped up on Junk!




Tomorrow i am going on a long run in the morning, Cory is going on a bike ride, and Boston is off to a birthday party at 10, so pretty much a busy morning, then no soccer games! we are done, we had our last game on Tuesday, and played so AmAzInG, they only lost one game!!
He is doing Indoor soccer, but it doesn't start until the end of October!! FREE SATURDAYS!!!
Then Sunday is our "primary program" where Boston and 4 other boys are singing a song, Should be a good one!
Have a great Weekend!

BYU 1 Mile Race!

Today after School and Scouts, we went to the Elementary kids 1 mile Race at BYU! It was so exciting to see the kids Run the "cross country" course for their Grade! Boston did good with a time of 9:15! He had a lot of kids from his class there running too. Way to Go Hillcrest kids!

Caden G. actually placed for the 1st grade and he is only in Kindergarten. He literally ran the WHOLE race, and looked like he was going to cry when he came to the finish line. He even beat Chase and Boston's time!
They went by grades, Girls first then the Boys! Here are all the Second grade boys ready to start.We were cheering him on at the end of the Finish line and so he started rippin past these 2 kids, it was so awesome. So he can pretty much do a mad Sprint at the end!

His Biggest Fans!! !
When we left the Track, Hillcrest Elementary was 3rd overall, so we will see tomorrow if we won the HUGE trophy!!

ROCKIN' Out Family night!

We had a fun night! Boston decided that he wanted to be the Activity part of FHE , so we let him rock out to his Guitar! He is actually pretty good, Uncle Darren and Ben would be so proud, since they taught him "Smoke on the Water"! Here is Boston on the Video clip acting a little Goofy, but you can hear him Play!(be sure to press Pause on "Shannon's Tunes")

WAY TO GO BOSS!!

For those of you who don't know me, i have a Secret (well not too much of a secret) obsession with Chocolate Chip Cookies! Not just any kind either, it's the Otis Spunkmeyer from Costco!
I am going through some serious Withdrawls the last two days!! I CAN'T FIND THEM! Our costco just stopped selling them, i guess! It's not that i eat them all the time, i just like to know that if i want them, i can make some! They seriously must have Crack/Cocaine in them, cause i haven't felt like i was addicted ever before! SCARY!

Camping.....a new adventure!

(a new adventure that is, with Twins!)
Cory came home on Saturday around 5 pm and decided that we were going to go camping with the kids! It was a quick pull together but we were up and set up at around 7. We went up to American Fork canyon to "granite flats" campground, it was seriously so gorgeous! The leaves are changing colors and we had a perfect little spot!
Hayes and Olivia had never been before, our idea of camping out is usually on a Houseboat in Lake Powell. They were loving every minute of it!
Boston was helping cory on the Fire duties, and Hayes was quite obsessed with FIRE, just like his Daddy and Boston!!
Olivia was busy laying on this one rock and saying "Look, i on the rock like Ariel" while she was singing......"ah ah ah"

We woke up this morning to Cory's delicious Breakfast of Eggs, Sausage and Bacon.....and S'mores ;)
It was such a fun Family Bond trip, my kids were loving every minute of it and it was well worth it!
We were home by 11 am and i got dinner in the Crock pot and we were all off to Church at 1:00! (you gotta love late church)


This is the Famous Rock that i was talking about, She was loving pretending she was Ariel!
LOOK!! I got Hayes Smiling at the Camera, we have been working on him!
Of course, we went to Tibble fork and threw rocks in the Lake, and Boston was catching bugs! (what's a camping trip with out going on a hike and throwing rocks in a lake.)

These 2 boys were mesmerized by FIRE!! Seriously i couldn't get them to stop throwing stuff in it!

And Last but not least, HE wanted me to blog this picture especially, of him Catching a Grasshopper with his own two hands! He was quite proud! Then his dad told him to eat it!
EWwwww!

Biking to BORDERS!!

We attempted Borders again for Reading time today! It was so fun, Becky came with max, and the kids were hilarious! Lets just say, we may still be a titch too young still.. ...heehee (o well, were still going)
We were pretty much laughing our heads off, our children can sometimes be little handfuls!!!
Becky's little butt could actually fit in the little chairs for the kids, and when she would get up to help max with his drink, her chair was stuck to her!!!
Sorry becky, i just had to share it! after the Story time, they had fun little coloring activities, and little sized smoothies,with whipped cream and Cookies! It was once again so cute for the kids!
Crew sucking down his little Smoothie, and loving every minute of it!!

Soooooo Cute!!!

k... so i just have to tell you what Olivia said this Morning!
Cory asked Hayes if he wanted to have Mini-wheats for Breakfast, and Olivia says
"No daddy liv's wants mini wheats and Hayes wants Mickey Wheats"!
Ok so my kids are a little Obsessed with Mickey and Minnie! heeheehee;)
They are so adorable and say the Cutest things!

Their favorite Show is "Mickey mouse clubhouse", and "Backyardigans" and Ocassionally "The Suite life of Zach and Cody" since Boston and I HAVE to watch it!
How did i get so lucky!

On the Agenda for today....

This is supposed to be so great! I am excited to check it out, if anybody goes to this, check out the Hapari Booth there.




These Petiskirts were at the EXPO and they are seriously so dang cute! It's a new store in Riverwoods called "Trendy Tots". She is going to wear it everywhere!!! Oh and the cutest little polka dot shoes, i don't know if you can see them, but they are darling.
Little Girls are so much fun!

"Story Time"

Jenn and i took the kids on a bike ride to Borders and they had the cutest story time today about Princesses! Lots of cute books and lots of kids.
Then we went and ate Bajio for lunch, shopped at the Riverwoods and just had a great afternoon with our little kids. The weather is still so nice and warm, so i am trying to get all my fun outdoor activities in before it's too Late. Hayes and Olivia love to look at books, and love, love, love to go in the Bike Buggy.
So we came home with some fun halloween books.

We were talking about how we used to do so many fun things with our older child as babies....Like story time (i took boston twice a week to the orem library), Zoo stuff, Rollerblading up the Canyon, picnics, etc. Which we still occasionally do all these things, but there isn't enough time to do it everyday like we used to. We have turned into Full time mama's now. Soccer games, Practice, Gymnastics, Scouts, carpools, etc...Which i wouldn't change for the world!!!




Of course Hayes doesn't look at the Camera for me, but Crew was looking so happy!

"LABOR DAY" part 3!

ok, so three times is a charm! Sorry to bore you with some more "Jump on it" stuff, but it is so much fun and we went today with the Johnson Cousins! My nephew Ben is here visiting with his friends and so we Just had to go AGAIN!
We saw a ton of our friends there today too, Check out the Video's of Boston doing his Backflips and Cory and The Twins!

We had so much fun with Todd, Jane and Kids. Brynn and Olivia played so dang cute with their Belle, and Ariel dolls. Boston Was LOVING his Sleepovers, and nowBen and Aaron leave tomorrow and i am back to a boring Schedule.
We LOVE hanging out with Cousins, Boston and Ben have been jamming out to his Electric Guitar all night, and Boston actually sounds really good!

Part "2"!

We loved it so much that we had to go again this morning!!
We were the first ones there at "Jump on it" this morning!
Boston decided to tear it up again, and Showed us a "Triple" Backflip! NO JOKE! (ok, well 3 backflips in a row ;))
This place is so cool! They are starting a Trampoline Aerobics class on Tues, and Thurs nights.

Brynn and Olivia
Hayes & Olivia Posing.(Olivia is doing the Famous Ally Pose, haha)

Mamma and Hayes-er Boy!( Olivia and Hayes LOVED this place) ALL Cousins, Brooke, Boston, Brigham, and the Birthday Boy Cade!! Happy Birthday BUDDY!

Boston is off to the BYU football game with uncle Todd and the Taylor Boy cousins for Chase's Utah Birthday!