Santa and Taylor

We took Taylor to visit Santa the other night, she really loves him! It would probably be easier and shorter to make a list of the things she isn't asking for.

Matchmaker

1. Put your music listening device on shuffle.
2. For each question, press the next button to get your answer.
3. You must write that song name down no matter how silly it makes you look.
4. Title this post what the answer to your last question is.
5. Good luck and have fun!

IF SOMEONE SAYS 'IS THIS OKAY' YOU SAY?
"Whistle Stop by Louis Prima

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOURSELF
Channel Z by the B-52's

WHAT DO YOU LIKE IN A GUY/GIRL?
Happy Holidays by Barry Manilow

HOW DO YOU FEEL TODAY?
Foggy Morning Breakdown by the Statler Brothers

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE'S PURPOSE?
Live to Tell It All by Vince Gill

WHAT DO YOUR FRIENDS THINK OF YOU?
Give My Love to Rose by Johnny Cash

WHAT DO YOUR PARENTS THINK OF YOU?
Betcha By Golly, Wow by The Stylistics

WHAT DO YOU OFTEN THINK ABOUT?
The Day I Jumped From Uncle Harvey’s Plane by Roger Miller

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
Green Onion’s by Booker T and the M.G.’s

WHAT IS YOUR LIFE STORY?
Live Like You Were Dying by Tim McGraw okay how bizarre is this - this answer and the answer to lifes purpose....

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO BE WHEN YOU GROW UP?
Sparkle by Vince Gill

WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU SEE THE PERSON YOU LIKE?
The Gospel of No Name City by “Parson” Paint Your Wagon Soundtrack
WHAT WILL YOU DANCE TO AT YOUR WEDDING?
Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow by Martina McBride

WHAT WILL THEY PLAY AT YOUR FUNERAL?
No Two Ways About It by Pam Tillis

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST FEAR?
What Happened by Gretchen Wilson

WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST SECRET?
Lemon Tree by The Kingston Trio

WHAT DO YOU THINK OF YOUR FRIENDS?
Silent Night by Josh Groban (Thanks for the download, Kayla)

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO NAME THIS EMAIL?
Matchmaker by Fiddler on the Roof Soundtrack

ONE WORD TAG


1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Where is your significant other? couch
3. Your hair color? blondish
4. Your mother? California
5. Your father? Heaven :o(
6. Your favorite thing? floating
7. Your dream last night? didn't
8. Your dream/goal? well-situated (does a hyphenated word count as one word)?
9. The room you’re in? computer
10. Your hobby? scrapbooking (one word for why I haven't in a while "time")
11. Your fear? old
12. Where do you want to be in six years? well- situated
13. Where were you last night? home
14. What you’re not? intimidating
15. One of your wish list items? Health
16. Where you grew up? NORCAL
17. The last thing you did? ate
18. What are you wearing? jammies
19. Your TV? old
20. Your pet? Buck
21. Your computer? sufficient
22. Your mood? bothered
23. Missing someone? Dad
24. Your car? TrailBlazer
25. Something you’re not wearing? bra
26. Favorite Store? Target
27. Your summer? busy
28. Love someone? definitely
29. Your favorite color? Blues
30. When is the last time you laughed? Saturday
31. Last time you cried? Thursday


I tag anyone that reads this blog - which is not many - but it was fun to figure out my answers anyway!

8 is Great!

Wow, Taylor is 8!
That is so hard for me to believe. It really doesn't seem like that much time has gone by since she was born. I know people say this all the time, but "it seems like just yesterday" that she was born, and learning to walk, talk,

going to pre-school all those things your babies and toddlers do.

Then she started Kindergarten, I couldn't believe she was old enough to start school.
Now she's 8, in 3rd grade and Baptized!!!! She is a sweetheart of a girl. She can be so loving, she just wraps her arms around me and says "I Love You so much". I will admit, she's got me wrapped around her little finger. I try to be strict, but she knows how to get me to break! Halloween was Friday, and she dressed as Dorothy from the Wizard of Oz. Doesn't she look cute?


She had some friends and cousins over for her birthday/baptism celebration. Everyone had a great time.

Taylor is just like any other 8 year old girl - it's all about High School Musical and Camp Rock and stuff like that. We had a High School Musical cake - it was delicious!

Her cousin Danny was able to baptize her. This may not mean anything to anyone but me, but, Danny was wearing my Dad's white pants. I always thought my Dad would be the one to baptize Taylor. I miss him a lot, but times like this, I miss him even more. He was missed and thought about and I think it was cool that Danny could wear "Pop's" (Grandpa) white pants!

Always Always Busy

I feel like I'm so busy lately that I don't even have time to breathe! Being Co-President of the PTO and 2nd counsellor in Primary as well as volunteer in my daughter's classroom and the after school choir and doing yard duty... sometimes I think I forget to breathe. But I don't think I'd have it any other way. This has been an exceptionally busy time. We have our Harvest Carnival coming up this Saturday and I feel like there is still so much to do to get ready. I really hope it turns out to be a fun event for the families from our school. Not only have I been totally immersed in that, but we had a ribbon cutting/dedication ceremony for some new playground equipment on Tuesday, I was in charge of planning the ceremony and seeing it through. We dedicated our new Rock Wall to the memory of a young girl that passed away last year at the age of 8. She was such an inspiration to everyone in our community. As soon as the Harvest Carnival is over it will be time to focus on Taylor's baptism. Then I'm hoping to come up for some air.
This coming week is Taylor's 8th birthday. It is so hard to believe she will be 8. She was born on my niece Kayla's 17th birthday. I was so excited. I have always felt as if Kayla were like my own daughter. I know she's not, Denise, don't worry...I won't steal her from you. But I do love her a lot. And now Kayla's baby is turning one! WOW! Where does the time go? I wish I could be in Utah this week end to celebrate Shelby Lynn's (my middle name ;o), Lynn) 1st birthday. Have fun you guys.

Blog Snoop...

I'm a snoop - no doubt about it. When it comes to blogs I am intrigued by what others have to say. People I don't even know. I love to see who these people are in the lives of my family and friends. One blog I came across (through my niece's sister in laws sister, see how bad I am) is C Jane Run. I am addicted to reading what is being written. I am touched by the love and devotion this family has for their sister and her husband through the horrible trial they are being faced with. Maybe this is wrong of me to peek into the lives of people I don't know! But I feel uplifted, in some ways after I've read this particular blog. I know if anything ever happened to my sister, I would step in and do exactly what Courtney is doing. What an inspiring family.
Also, I love to read blogs of my nieces cousins... I remember her talking about them after spending summers in Utah, each year, when she was growing up. I don't really know any of them. But I feel like I do. One of her cousins recently was going to make her blog private. It is a blog I love to read, also! She is so funny and I love how she writes. So, boldly, I asked if she would invite me to her blog. She did!!! Yay for me! Does all of this say I need to get a life? I thought I was pretty busy and had one, but as I write this, I'm beginning to wonder!
Tomorrow is my 12th anniversary. It is unbelievable to me - 12 years!!!I will admit, there were times I thought we wouldn't make it. But we did! I'm grateful. I love my husband. He is a good provider and he gives me SOOOO much space to do ALL of the things I get my hands in. I appreciate him and fail to tell him often enough. He gave me the greatest gift ever - almost 8 years ago, our daughter Taylor was born. More on her later in the month - she's turning 8 and getting baptized. That will be a big event. With lots and lots of pictures.
Today we spent the day at the Renaissance Faire, we went last year also and had a great day together. Here are some pictures from our day!

Handbag Planet

So I saw this on Lindsay and Landon's blog - I'm posting it as well - anything for a new purse - love 'em love 'em... so go to handbagplanet.com and enter to win for yourself...

8 Things - Tag!

I took this tag from Kayla's cousin - I like it because it makes you think about things. So here is another tag - Also, I changed it up by putting the 8th picture from my picture file... It amazes me how fast kids grow up. This is my daughter, Taylor, with some of her cousins...Danny holding baby girl, Karlee, Alexa, Taylor, Harrison and Sam. Karlee is turning 5 this coming Dec so this pic was take 41/2 yrs ago...

8 Favorite TV Shows~

General Hospital, Brothers and Sisters, Grays Anatomy, Dancing with the Stars, The Bachelor(ette), ER, Top Chef, Celebrity Apprentice

8 Favorite Restaraunts
Tahoe Joes, OutBack, Elephant Bar, China Chile, Texas Roadhouse, Market Broiler, Red Robin, Hawaiian BBQ

8 Things that happened yesterday
Had dinner at Elephant Bar, bought Walt and Tay hallowen costumes, Went to Target, Worked at the school, finished counting the fundraiser, did some laundry, cleaned the kitchen,went to Tay's choir practice

8 Things I look forward to
Walt getting paid, going to the Renasaince faire this weekend, having my laundry finished(someday), Christmas, Taylor giving me hugs and kisses without being prompted, pedicures, family time, Spring

8 Things I love about fall....
This is a tough one - it means we're close to Christmas, Taylor's b-day, weather cooled down, color of the leaves, Turkey day, Halloween, Primary Program, the air smells different

8 Things on your wish list
Cure for Cancer, Cure for Diabetes, Financial security, clean house, lose a few more pounds, Taylor to be happy always, Good Health for my family (well heck for everyone), age gracefully
Your turn - what are your favorite 8? It's harder than you think...

Hmmmm!

Not sure if I know how to play tag! But I'll give it a shot ....Kayla tagged me, I think I'm supposed to post my 6th picture in my 6th folder - I don't know how to post the picture part but I'm giving it a shot...
This picture is of Taylor on her first day of dance class. I'm not sure what year this is, I think 2003 - yikes! She's so cute - I can't believe she's turning 8 in a couple of weeks!
I tag Alexa, Alaina and Landon

Up to my ears in money!!!

So because I am PTO co-president, I have the "honor" to count and make sense of all the orders through the fundraiser. I swear, people don't know how to add. How is it that several people can turn in orders of $80- to $200 dollars and not send in all the money? Now I get to take time out of an already busy schedule to call these people and tell them they need to bring in more money. I hate making these calls. Oh well. Hopefully we made enough money to cover our activities and some teacher enrichment for the next year. We need to find a better fundraiser out there - this one was the worst I've ever experienced..

What am I thinking!!!

I'm not good at all about writing. It always impresses me how creative other people are with their words and expressions. I don't know that I'll be as good as Kayla about posting, but I thought it would be fun to do this as a way of journaling. I've never been very good about that either - Who knows...this may be a one time only entry!

So, who are we? I'm Sheryl, since you're reading this, you probably already know that. I'm married to Walt. We've been married for 12 years! We have a daughter, Taylor, she's almost 8...I think she has the days counted. We also have 2 other daughters, that don't live with us, Kristin is 26 and Kim is 22. They are Walt's daughter's and became my family 12 years ago. Kristin is getting married in April. Her fiance is Joe, he's a really nice man and we are happy to have him join our family. Kim is busy these days doing job interviewing. She was working for a place that didn't have much to offer her, so she is in the process of finding new work. She has two interviews today! Good Luck, Kim!

Walt has the good fortune to work from the house. He doesn't have to dress up or drive far to get to work. That's been a huge plus for us. Especially with gas prices the way they are. Taylor is in 3rd grade and I have to say she is having a fantastic year at school. I'm very proud of her. As for me - I don't know what to say about what I do- just a little of this and a little of that. I am your everlasting volunteer. I have my self involved in a bunch of different places. So I stay very busy.

So that's a little bit about us. Enough for now. Let's see how long it takes me to update this journal thing! I love when other's update their blog - cause I'm so nosy and love to read other peoples business.