New Bike and Kite

Since Cedar City is so windy I bought Taylyn a Dora the Explorer Kite. She is having a blast with it. Anyone that comes over she has to show her kite and then they have to fly it. The only problem we have encountered is that when it gets really windy and she is finished holding it she just lets go. It ended up on the roof and Cody had to get a ladder to get it down. We now keep a really close watch or hold on to the string with her.

This is when she was flying it with Daddy!

My neice Brittney is in college at SUU and she came up to visit and ended up flying the kite too.This is the first time I got the kite out. I showed her how it worked and she was ready to go. Linda bought her a little 4-wheeler to ride around the house. She wasn't so sure about it at first and wanted us to push the button to make it move but now she has gotten the hang of it and is all around the house. She is even learning to turn the handles to make her go in a different direction. Her favorite thing to chase...of course Roxie. The poor dog!!!

Shoes and Socks

She has continued to love shoes, especially if they are high heels.

New Obsession... Daddy's socks.

Roxie and Tay

Roxie is such a good sport. She has to ride in strollers, be chased and picked up by Taylyn and now Taylyn even makes her ride her horse! Look at that FACE!!!
Taylyn was not ready for Roxie to get off so she held her on!

Taylyn's House

Nana (Cody's Mom) bought Taylyn a pop-up house. It came in a little box all folded up. He brought it over to our house to set it up. He pulled it out of the box and gave it a yank not realizing how big it actually was. It hit him in the face so hard he thought he broke his nose. It makes for a great story. Taylyn has absolutely loved it and has so much fun in it. She always asks Cody and I to come in with her. She teases the dog a lot in there. Cody and her chase each other all the time in and out of it. He is such a great Dad!!!

Whatever Daddy does Taylyn has to do.

My Three Babies

How sweet! Both Roxie and Taylyn love to snuggle with Daddy! The best is when Taylyn grabs Cody's hand and puts it on her back so he will tickle it.

Walk

We have a walking trail behind out house and decided to go on it so we could get some fresh air. We didn't get very far because the path narrowed so much we couldn't fit the stroller but we sat and had a snack on the bench and Taylyn walked around the trees and bushes for awhile.

Fishing

My parents spent a couple of weeks here this summer so we went up the mountain and went fishing a couple of times. I had forgotten how much I love the mountains.

Tay decided that she could drive us up the mountain. She was not pleased when I took her out and put her in her car seat.

By the time we got up the mountain it was raining so Tay and I sat in the car for a little while until it stopped. I was freezing and didn't bring much to layer because I am so used to Florida summers (hot , hot and a little more hot).Taylyn fell a couple of times and if you notice her position, she doesn't like to get her hands and feet dirty. She kept them well protected!!There is my mom, Tay and Cody just kicking back waiting for the fish to bite!

Taylyn , Cody and Garrett.
Me and Taylyn relaxing having a snack!
Daddy and Taylyn went for a walk to find some rocks! This was one of two fish we caught in 4 1/2 hours. We were there at the completely wrong time. Addy and Tay were holding hands walking all around the edge of the water. They were really cute and had fun playing together. My Dad really enjoyed being out there even if he didn't catch anything.
He even fell asleep a couple of times but never let go of his rod! What a true fisherman!!!

One of Tay's favorite things in life to find ..... so many rocks!
Checking out the bait to make sure it was still good!

Alldredge Reunion

Every year my Mom side of the family has a reunion. We usually go camping somewhere but this year my Grandfather was ill so we just had it in St. George. Taylyn had fun playing with the cousins. Here are a few pictures of the trip. Jennifer, Nathan, me and Taylyn went down the slide. I kept asking Tay but she would say no, but she finally decided to go. She loved it and kept asking," more, more slide pleze," but it was time for it to be taken down.
After the park we went to the church to have lunch and all the kids made cars out of potatoes and then raced them down a track. They had so much fun.

Standing: Uncle Dennis, Uncle Micheal, Uncle Jerry and Uncle Allen
Sitting:My Mom , Aunt Darlene, Grandma and Grandpa Alldredge, Aunt Nancy and Aunt Evone
Picture Below is all my mom's brothers and sister and all their spouses.

Taylyn decided it okay to share food with your cousins. It took a little convincing but she finally started to give a few to Sophia.

After we were done with the church we went for ice cream. Tay loved it. I had to do this picture big because I thought it was so cute.

Taesi enjoyed hers as well.

For dinner we all went to my Aunt Darlene's back yard for dutch oven. It was so good all the kids had a blast. Taylyn loved the dirt and I realized how much dirt she collected after I gave her a bath and then drained the water. There was at least a half cup of dirt in the tub. She thought she would help garden a little. She found the shovel and rocks and she was in heaven. I put this picture big so you can see the determination and pure joy in her face.