Little Miss Cheer

Hannah and Daphne did Little Miss Cheer this year and they absolutely loved it! Plus they looked super adorable. Grandma Jeep came to see them as well. Our neighbor Aylah came home with us from church and wanted to be in the picture

Last Camping Trip of the Summer

We spent two nights camping up at Stateline Dam. Had a gorgeous spot and a fabulous time. I really like going camping (of course with modern conveniences)These cute girls were the grand daughters to the camp host. They all played so cute together. And of course by now I have completely forgotten their names. It made camping a lot more fun for everyone though.




I LOVED all of these lily pads at Bridger Lake. We didn't catch anything but it was so pretty.

The campground was paved so the girls even took their bikes

I loved our spot. I definitely want to stay here again next year.

First Day of School

My Daffy Dru started Kindergarten this year. Pretty sure I hated it. However she has loved EVERY minute of it. She was so excited on the first day. And of course had to wear camo! Gotta love her!My beautiful 3rd Grader


My baby started preschool this year too. She goes Monday and Wednesday from 9:00 - 11:30. It is so quiet in the house during that time. Its a perfect time to study for me but I miss them terribly!

Taylor Family Reunion

I wasn't at the family reunion this year so I can't describe all of these pics so I will just post them. Looks like everyone had a great time.

Daphne and Bella
Great Grandma Taylor and all the kiddos




Kenzie and cousin Lyndee
JD and Peyton. From what I hear she was his little sidekick

Filling in the blanks

I sat down today for the first time in over 6 months and saw my sad little blog. No attention. No changes. Nothing. And I think it dawned on me why there hasn't been any changes. Why there isn't any updates. Why there is just a lot of nothing. Well there is a simple reason. This summer was one of the most difficult I can ever remember. Our family struggled a ton and in particular our marriage. I even debated not posting this because of the shame of it all. I realized however that I am mainly the only one that reads this blog. And years from now I will look back and wonder why the gap. So this post is mainly for my own memory. JD and I have struggled greatly. In fact to the point that we both wanted to be done. We spent the majority of a month apart from one another. The girls were tossed back and forth between here and Utah. It was difficult to say the least. During that time I realized that I felt trapped and that the only person I could blame for that feeling was myself. So I pulled up my big girl panties and laid it all out on the line. I told JD I was going back to school. I need to finish my degree because if things continued down the path we were on I was going to be a single mother without a proper education. So I enrolled in school and started classes in October. Between trying to get over a lot of hurt and anger and classes and the girls it has just kept me busy. Plus I wasn't able to look past the frustration and post happy pictures of our family. Today I had an epiphany and realized that this too shall pass and that I will regret more not having a record of our time together. So I'm gonna play catch up for a while and just get it done.