Sir Ryan

Little Ryan is getting more mobile by the day and is getting more and more fun to play with.  The other day Jordan put this knight helmet on him.  He thought he was grand and loved it...for a minute anyway.  He is TEN months tomorrow!  He started really crawling in the last two weeks and is now standing up to everything and walking along all the furniture.  He also is standing up in his crib and screaming like a mad man during the night.  We've had the older two sleep in the living room the last tthree nights to have him "cry it out" again.  It's like the moment he wakes up he stands up and starts jumping in his bed and then doesn't know how to get back down and go back to sleep.  Fun times here at the Taylor house.  Good thing he is like the cutest little guy in the world.

Stanford fans?

So, we've become Stanford football fans this season.  Kent and I got to go to the Stanford/USC game and then Jack and Kent went to the Stanford/Arizona game.  We just ride our bikes down the road about a mile and a half to the stadium.  Jack loves watching football and can get a little emotional when the team he is rooting for doesn't win.  We've had fun following them this year, although our hearts are still in Cougartown. 

Whale Watching

When I heard that a blue whale had washed up onto a beach about 40 minutes from us near Pescadero, I knew I had to go and check it out.  It was incredible.  It was about 80 feet long.  It was injured by a boat.  It was pregnant when it died, so you could see the baby whale (in the last picture it is the long white thing you see to the left of the mom).  The kids thought it was fascinating, especially Jack who could have stayed and studied it for hours.  Due to the awful smell, I limited it to about 15 minutes before we headed to the other end of the beach.  Now I can imagine that Jonah really was swallowed by a whale.  Before seeing this incredible mammal, that story seemed a little "fishy."

Halloween 2010

Happy Halloween!  I know it was a week ago but we are still dressed up over here.  We had a great Halloween this year minus the traditional trick-or-treating.  Between Jordan's joy school party, Jack's school parade, class and school parties, and our ward party we got our fill of costumes and candy.