Happy July!

We are headed up to Salt Lake for the 4th. I'm actually really excited to go. July is the only time I really get homesick for Salt Lake. You can't beat Utah in the summer. The canyons, evenings, and temperatures are near perfect. This picture we took at Temple Square the last time we were up there. It is so fun to show the kids where we were married. It is a pretty impressive sight. I hope you all have an awesome 4th of July and we will miss all our Vegas friends.
Particularly we will miss the Moores since we are counting down the days with them. They are truly irreplacable in our lives! Who else, but Angie will heighten our learning in Book club? Who else but Angie will give us a variety of cheeses and organic appetizers when we come to visit her home? Who else but Dan would dress up like characters in literature, and add such variety to our lives? They are awesome, unique friends and I am going to miss them terribly. I know they are only 2 hours away, but the reality is it is going to be different without them here with us! We will miss you guys!! I have to give a thanks to Heather for making my blog look so pretty. I even have little quails on the header!!! I am not very computer literate so I really appreciate her in my life, for that reason among many others!
I am skipping around in thought a bunch, but my brother Brad came to visit on his way to California with his family this weekend. As always we stayed up talking and I really love and appreciate him. We remember so many funny things about our childhood together, and talk about spiritual things, intellectual things, and it is awesome to have a brother who has never teased me! (Which Justin thinks is not normal, that I never got teased by a brother)
Anyway here is a picture of my brother taken at Disneyland with his two boys, Mary, and Scott. Love you Brad!

I'm on a Roll!

This is awesome! I am on some kind of roll! Two entries in two days! I wanted to get some of our family pics on my blog, because we had a great May. It was a liberating period, not to be sick anymore and we ventured out to do some fun things. My first May highlight is our overnight visit to the Valley of Fire on Memorial weekend. We had such a great time. It was very unexpected, because we hadn't really been desert people, and usually water and trees enhance a campout, but! we were wrong. We did some great little hikes and the temperature was ideal. We will definetly be going back.
One hilarious moment is when the kids were climbing through the rocks and we said "Hello?" because we couldn't see them, and James popped his little head through the rocks and said "Hi!" We laughed so hard. It was perfect comedic timing on his part!

Hello stranger!

It's my first blog back in a while and to ease in slowly, I thought I would answer Angie's tag. Then maybe I can work back slowly into some of our happenings in May and June. My computer is up and running and I hope to be blogging on a more regular basis. It's fun to talk about my husband, because I think the world of him, and love to talk about him.
What is his name? Justin Scott Taylor

Who eats more? It's kind of a toss up, which is sad to say, but I think I eat more often, but he eats more.

Who said I love you first? Justin. It's a funny story because when he said it to me, I was nervous to say it back like some cheesy cliche, so I just said "Really?" That didn't go over well so I said it a few moments later.

Who is taller? Justin (perfect height for me, by the way)

Who is smarter? The long answer to this question is, Justin is tech savvy, very good at Math, instinctive with animals and children, insightful in many ways. I am a better reader, a better communicator, Very right brained. So the answer is we both have very different strengths of intellect that seem to compliment one another.

Who is more sensitive? Me, I'm the biggest baby. It's kind of embarrassing.

Who does the laundry? Me, although not exclusively

Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do, although we sometimes switch. It is not set in stone.

Who pays the bills? I do. I'm in total control of the finances. Which we both prefer.

Who cooks more? I do more, but Justin is a fantastic griller, and Mother's day cook.

What meals do you cook together? When we grill, Japanese food, or Sunday dinners.

Who is more stubborn? Justin

Who is the first to admit when their wrong? Me, unfortunately Justin knows this, so he just waits.

Who is more clean? We are both naturally messy people, but I make more effort.

Who has more siblings? Justin, he comes from 8, I come from 5.

Who wears the pants in the relationship? I would say it is pretty equal.

What do you like to do together? We love to road trip and vacation. We go on too many. We love to play tennis together, Eat ethnic food, Listen to Broadway soundtracks to plays we've never seen, and try to figure out the storyline.

Who eats more sweets? Justin

Guilty pleasures? Justin-ice cream, Me- there are too many, the list will go on and on, especially while I am pregnant.

How did you meet? At temple square on my sister's wedding day. He was the videographer shooting my sister's wedding. It was his regular habit to flirt with bridesmaids at the weddings he shot. I fell for it!

Who asked who out first? Justin

Who kissed who first? Justin, but he claims I gave him no choice. We kissed on the second date and he was trying to wait a few more days. He was trying to be respectful.

Who proposed? Justin. He's really great at romantic surprises.

His best feature? His eyes.

His greatest quality? His sincerity. He is always doing everything in earnest. He is not cynical, or satirical. He is always self evaluating and trying to be honest with himself, and others.