Thankful for today

Happy Thanksgiving!
I woke up this morning and of course I am so excited about today, I cant wait to get this day started.
I look forward to spending time with our family's.
It is such a blessing to have them so close.
I wish it would just poke along very slowly.
But, at the end of the day I know it will feel as though it has flown by.
So in the spirit of being thankful.
Wouldn't it be nice if everybody looked forward to every day like they do the two holidays that are coming up
what an exciting place we would have.
Then I thought about how I would love to have friend holidays.
Where you have to meet at least once a year just because its what you do..
I may work on that. So look out Rhonda...Your up first.... I miss you so bad.
I think about your family so much.. They mean the world to me..
Our kids our way to big. They have grown up right in front of our eyes.
I want them to go back playing in your cabinets.
So eat alot and enjoy your day.. I will just have to run one more lap to make up for all the calories I am getting ready to have.

So for a serious thought I am so thankful that I have a healthy family. I have become more thoughtful to the special ones that I know and even the
ones that I don't that are fighting a battle of sickness. You message is strong and you are affecting so many with your incredible stories. I pray every day for so many now.. May God give you strength like you have never known.
Have a Blessed day!

The day after

I didn't know what I was going to do to my child when I got home.Well I still don't know to the extent of what's going to happen to him however he has been banned from the TV, computer since I don't let him play video games during the school week anyway that's nothing lost. However, he did have to write a pretty heart felt apology letter.
Up to my standards even... Nothing worse than writing a letter and bringing it to your mom and
getting it shot down and having to start over...

It went a little bit like this
Trevin: Mom I'm done with this letter I am going to bed.
Me: Bring it to me I want to read your letter.
Trevin: OK.... I did the best I could do is it alright?
Me: Well, I would love to tell you yes but, no! You need to reach deep into your heart and pull up your most thoughtful sweet spirt that I know is in there and think very hard about how you
want this to make up for what your hurtful mouth has said.
Trevin: OK... I will be back.......

WAITING!!!!

STILL WAITING!!!!!

Then he did it .... it made me cry it was truly the sweetest thing I have ever seen.

So now in prayer will everybody agree with me that he has learned his lesson on just how hurtful words can be. I am back to what else are going to be his consequences.... Yes....
This was a very big mess up!!!!


I went to bed feeling like I had been run over by a mack truck. Its got to be the one thing that
gets to me. You know that your children our a reflection of you so when things like this happen
you wonder what in the would have I done that would ever make my child think like this. So then you pray and pray.
I woke up in the night and still was burdened and I thought back to when I was a teenager and
my stomach sank I to said hurtful things and really messed up. I would like to think I turned out alright and am probably one of the most sensitive people you might meet...
So in that reflection I seen my mothers face and I thought about her nights that she went to bed with prayers on her mind..... We just have to keep going and keep showing our children by example to be a good person.

As the boys left this morning for school both not just one turned around at the door and said "see you tonight mom", "I love you momma"!
At that very moment I couldn't think of anything I would have rather heard to start my day after off!

Is it illegal to tape children's mouth's!

Yes, I know it is I am having one of those times when I want to crawl under a rock a stay forever..... I know that one of the hardest age's is 11ish and they speak befor they talk. I trully think I am in denial that my sweet baby boy would ever say such horrible things and then the
excuse I got was I didnt know beter......WHATEVER. Needless to say that didnt work for my sweet baby boy. I had to have a meeting with the prinicple, vice principle and the transportation director this morning way to start out on a monday. I was mortified I couldnt even talk. I love that child so much but at that moment I was thinking about all the things in his room that I was burning or where he was going to sleep for the next several months because, it was not going to be in the nice comforts of his own room.
Then at the end of the meeting they let Trevin come in and he starts to cry and tells me just how sorry he is and "that he would never do that to our family again". For just a second I was like
ok we are done here and all is well, he said we he did and now look at him he is truly sorry. "Have a nice Thanksgiving"...... Then momma mode kicked in I love that! I just looked at him and before I said a word to him I thought about how I really didn't like this feeling of sitting in the office with all the other teachers walking by looking and I'm sure they were like "yep there's the bad child meeting room". I did not like that. Hes a good boy and I may not like his actions all the time but, I love him every single millisecond that I have had him so.... I laid into him like a Good mother should and I told him exactly what I thought of his behavior and that I was not sure what would happen to him when we got home ....but that he could if he wanted to make smart choices from here on out blah blah you get the point... Ended it with a positive.... These are times when being a momma is not glamorous...it stinks!
On to a new note I have said that our house has been turned upside down with blogging well it truly has so now Trevin has started his own blog and if one was not enough he has two..
ttsportreport.blogspot.com and then ttliferepot.blogspot.com.......Way to cute if I do say so myself. So read what my baby in trouble, way trouble boy has written and then tell me what you think.

The worlds best NANNA!

Today was another wonderful day with the Taylor Girls (Fielder) sorry Mimi I totally forget that name change thing. Even though that was the most beautiful wedding ever, nice pictures too!!!! No, I'm not bitter I will just have to look at the red eyes of my entire wedding party forever. You just were so much smarter than us or perhaps learned a valuable lesson and hired a real photographer. Your day was truly perfect.....especially your hair!!!!!
So anyway we girls went to lunch and boutique shopping today, and Addy scored. Galloway has the cutest shops ever now... They used to be so many now there are only three or four boutiques, but they are so neat. Addy just doesn't know yet how lucky she is to have you and Mimi in her life.... what I would have done to have known my grandma! Well its priceless.
So until Addy knows I will speak for her and say we love you both with all our hearts... We are so blessed to be Taylor's!!!!!!!!!!! The hat is soooooo cute, huh? She wore it for at least an hour. Thank you for always including me in your mother and daughter bonding time! Love you, Love you, Love YOU!!!!

The worlds best NANNA!

Holidays are coming

So today for the first time this season I felt the chill you get when you know the holiday hustle and bustle is just around the corner. I guess for whatever reason its slipped up. I cant even start to believe that next week is Thanksgiving.... so crazy that another year is almost over. We have had such a good year. My precious Trevin starts every year out the 1st with his birthday, I dearly love that. Then on January 21 our sweet baby girl came into our lives. Once I seen those beautiful eyes looking up at me for the first time I was in love again, hook line and sinker...I have often said that its a perfect love that we have for our children. Its also one that you cant explain no matter how hard you try. You just cant grasp until you are a parent yourself.
On to the holiday decorating. I cant wait to see how many times the tree is flipped over and all the ornaments sent flying. The boys are very into all the decorating I even have Sayer saying he would help "just one more year". Its quite the production! We have to watch Elf. We have elf hats (ugly) too if I might say. I really should try and find new ones. We have hot chocolate not even spiked for mom. Pictures, soon as it all takes place. We have to plan around a teenagers social life now. He would love to miss out if he could.....but, no way am I going to miss out on another special moment with the kids..Even if they grumble we will make some really awesome memories
I have the pleasure every week to go to work and visit with some of the coolest people EVER!
I love my job and I am so amazed at the special friends that I have found, doing what I love.
I have a mother and daughter with the coolest family (stories) hands down ever. They could write a movie about their adventures... wedding rehearsal diner, close encounters with the law, tow trucks, bar room brawls...weddings in the sticks. Its more than those stories that I love its the fact that they are real people with huge hearts. They love each other and so many more! They are in every since of the words earning their wings.. for all that you do. I am sure they don't realize that in their every day life they have changed me! I feel like I am a better person for even knowing both Cheryl and Chrissy! Not to mention they started this crazy blogging frenzy in my house.

Where did a month go?

I have been so crazy busy,but I have no idea what I have been doing. I do know that my baby is now almost 10 months old I cant believe it. I have been sick that's no fun nothing to really complain about only the fall cold and allergy stuff.
I have been going to lots of soccer games. Sayer played for the championship last week. I have to tell you, sick and coughing like there is no tomorrow I was there. Very cold indeed. They fought a good fight double overtime still in the end they lost the game by 2 points....... Way to go boys!!!!! NIXA rules.... I sit here today after reading my normal blogs and am so thankful for the family, friends, home, children, I could go on and on you get the point.... We are very blessed here in the Taylor home. Have I mentioned that I love my kids?
Baby Addy is going everywhere we have barricaded the house the best we can and still she finds wood chunks, paper, crumbs.. who needs to ever vacuum again, not me. We have Addy! Its been such a long time since I have had to child proof anything its crazy around here.... might I mention the boys don't like it. I think its funny if only I could lock the messy rooms in the house up and deal with them when she is say 5ish.. that would be nice.
I was updating Addy's baby book this weekend and after reading all that I have written, I have found that since she is my third child and my last I don't want to forget anything. They grow up right before our eyes and we cant wait for the next step to happen, all the while we never want them to really grow up. I love every little thing she does. For that matter I love every little thing each one of the kids do. I love that the boys can say," I love you" . I love that they know how hard we as parents work to make their life comfortable as we can ....and say"thank you for doing all you do mom!" I dearly love baby teeth!!!!!! All four of them now....