The Perfect Punkin!!

Yesterday we had so much fun!!... We went out to the punkin patch. First we stopped in Hermiston, and then realized that the Bellinger Farms Pumpkin patch just didn't have much to offer. Taylors favorite part was kickin up the dirt and covering her pretty pink tennis shoes in dirt. It was great..lol. since the sarcasm.

Mommy and Taybugz... at Bellinger Farms
Daddy and Taybugz checkin out the punkin patch in Hermiston.

See the dirt she was havin fun in... and what use to be pretty pink tennies. lol

Taylor was finding a punkin by pattin them lol.
Daddy blocked the sun from her eyes, so she could get her pic taken. lol.Taybugz and Daddy...



We decided to try out another pumpkin patch, we were headed to the walla walla Klickers , but from Hermiston we were closer to Pasco, and from what i read online about their pumpkin patch at Country Mercantile, I was so down into checkin it out!.. So about 70 some miles away we found the perfect pumpkin patch!.. We had so much fun, it was unreal. This place was amazing, and we already decided that we were goin to go there for next year. Anyways, kind of a cool story, the Country Mercantile started as a produce stand, and over the years developed into this incredible market store, where everything is homemade, from chocolate gourmet candy to homemade candles, they even had a deli inside with homemade sandwhiches with a ton of breads to choose from, they had homemade mexican food.. I tried this amazing peach salsa, i fell in love. Brian had decided before we leave he was buying some beef tamales... as we walked through the store more, we found honeys, syrups, baking mixes, and a produce center, they seriously had everything, including the best home made ice cream i have ever had!!...

We started inside the market to check it out, but it was goin to be a definate stop before we left. We grabbed a wagon for taylor, she climbed inside, the cutest thing ever!!.. It was dang cold, so she was bundled in her leopard coat, and wouldn't you know, i forgot her gloves!...worst mommy ever.
she even took her binx out of her mouth so she could smile for the picture. lol




on our way out to the pumpkin patch we stopped by the petting zoo...
taylor was not even excited about the animals.. she was excited about the lil boys..hahahaha. Im being so serious... she did pet one lil baby cow





... but then something caught her eye, this cute lil boy with blonde peach fuzz for hair.. he was about her age..




she just randomly walked up to him and gave him a hug, and then she went after him with her lips... she wanted to kiss this lil boy...hahaha.. funniest thing ever ... it was love at first sight. the lil boy even told her he loved her!!... will they every meet again?..lol.

Taylor and her spur of the moment boyfriend



I told brian that when she hits kindergarden we are goin to get phone calls from the teacher tellin us that taylor won't stop kissing the boys... he didn't think i was very funny...lol. however im thinkin she's not goin to go through boys have coodies phase!!!... lmao.

We took some pictures at the barn...

Taybugz and Mommy.


Taybugz and Daddy

Anyways, once the two love birds departed, we loaded up taylor in the wagon, and out to find the perfect punkin. This punkin patch went on forever.. they had hay rides for a reason...lol. Taylor picked out her own punkin... she found her perfect punkin back at the petting zoo but settled for something less real...lol. She packed that thing around.. she loved it...

She was helpin daddy pull the wagon..hahahaha she's very helpful

On the search for the perfect punkin!!... following daddyfound one!! she even helped pick out my punkin =)


Taybugz with her perfect punkin...

Very proud of her punkin...

I still think i got the best punkin in the patch.. and her name is taybugz.

once we showed her to put it in the wagon, she then wanted to pick up all the punkins and put them in our wagon... lol. We found our punkins, but had to ditch a few towards the end, cuz we had alot of them ...lol. taylor rode back to barn in the wagon, and hey i even got a lil lift myself, until i could see that brian was really strugglin pullin all the punkins plus taybugz and myself!!... but i had alot of fun riding in the wagon with taylor...

Taylor holdin a ghost punkin.

Taybugz and I riding in the wagon that daddy is pullin. hehehehe... so fun. poor brian


Once we weighed our punkins and loaded them in the car, we went inside to warm up... hahahaha with home made ice cream =) best ice cream ever.. taylor and i shared a cherry cheesecake, and she made sure she got it all down to the last drop... lol. brian had raspberry... and taylor thought she should have some of his too... Okay now im triple freezing... but no worries, taybugz and i warmed up with some warm chia tea... taylor was a lil unsure about it... but that was her first warm drink ever...

this is yummy mommy...

almost gone, one more drop!!
And Taylors new favorite word...



And of course before we left, we picked up some homemade beef tamales, caramel apples on a stick, homemade caramel candy.

Look at all our yummy stuff we came home with... the tamales were yummy.. and brian already ate his caramel apple

And she is eyeing the homemade candy. lol.

We were there for hours, and we could have been there longer, but they were closing... Taylor on a sugar rush... crashed hard on the way home!!... which was fine for us, cuz then brian could concentrate on watchin for deer. We would hate to take out santa's reindeer before Christmas!!!

Another really awesome thing about this place is they pretty much do something for every holiday, our next lil trip out to Country Mercantile, will be a visit to santa's workshop!!! Can't wait for December!!

The punkin patch was great family time for our family, we had a blast. Best day ever!!...
However i never did find my perfect punkin... you know the cinderella punkins... oh well maybe next year... At least Taylor will have the memory of meeting her Perfect Punkin!!

Our family... completed our mission of perfect punkin huntin!!...

Family Fun Night!!

After the punkin patch, we got home 70 some miles later... gave the punkins all baths.. lol. and then just spent some time with taylor, we just played around, and later on settled down with dinner and a movie... this is the kind of family i signed up for!! I couldn't ask for anything more!!.. i love us!!>. all of us!!... And taylor knows how much we all love her and eachother!!...


Taybugz showin off her punkin.
taybugz and mommy
Daddy tickling taylor... she loves playing with him.Daddy and taybugz... my 2 perfect punkins.

playin tug o ware with taybugz...
Taylor this morning saw me playin with the camera... and she decided that she wanted her pic taken...lol. what a ham.

Fall Fun Pix!!

Taylor playin in the leaves...

My 17 month old baby girl... look at all that pretty hair. =)



Taybugz and mommy with our big red tree!!

My lil Miss Taybugz..
This is my favorite picture... how cute is her coat on her =) and her pretty blonde hair blowin in the wind... super model baby...lol

I love this picture too, of us... she lights up my life!! I love her so much.

Fall Fun !!

So yesterday in our front yard needless to say ...was very fally..lol. We had piles and piles of leaves in our front yard from our red tree. So Taybugz and I bundled up and went and played in the leaves... Taylor was more interested in kicking them, then actually playing in them. I would fill up the wheel barrow with leaves and taylor would pull them out one by one.
We had alot of fun together, we were only missin Daddy.
Im really lookin forward to takin Taylor to the punkin patch this year.. Last year she was just a tiny lil thing. She should have lots of fun this time, I will be sure to take alot of Pictures on her memorable experience.

I know that everyone has been wondering about how Brian is doin with his new job. well I will tell you its not what we all expected. Its not bad, I mean at least he is home, and he can come home every night. Its just way out of his comfort zone... He went from workin on machinery to doin paperwork in the office... not his favorite thing!... although when he does get someone interested in joining the Navy he gets so happy... Comes home and tells me all about it =) Reminds me of a lil kid comin home from school and tellin mommy we did this and this... oh and the we did this. You know what I mean...lol.

I guess all jobs have its good and bad parts. Brian is really hard on himself, and expects to be the best to soon. And i know when he gives it time he will be. Im not worried like he is. This is only his 2nd month in recruiting, and he expects miracles. lol. Dont all men, though... i mean seriously.

I know that when he gets the hang of things, he will be the best, and he will enjoy it alot more!!...
Im just glad that he can actually be with us, and not being shipped off across the seas for months at a time...

I love havin our family together =) Its the best feeling ever!!...

I will be enjoyin makin curtains for our new home, I can't wait to get started on that, and to continue decorating, and makin our home... HOMEY!! ps. Im still gettin caught up on laundry... but at least there are no more boxes to empty!!..

And then I can continue on to Taybugz scrapbook, that i started way back in the day!!...lol. For our anniversary, my wonderful loving hubby got me the cricut machine... great for scrapbooking... it does all my die cuts so that i don't have to buy them, or sit there and draw them out and then take hours upon hours cuttin out each individual letter... lol. Im very excited to get goin on that =)

This is my cricut machine!!... isn't it pretty!!


And this gives you an idea of what it does, if you didn't already know!! I love it!!

Summer Pictures!!!

These are the rest of the Pictures that Alicia took for us!!.. She did such a great job. I love these mommy and me photos.. Can't wait to get them taken again!!!...
thanks alicia we miss you!!...



Auntie Coley n Taybugz!!! August 2008


Little Miss Taybugz... 15 months!...











Mommy n me!!!

And now there are SIX!!!

Taylor officially has 4 teeth now!! two on the top and two on the bottom... and now we noticed 2 more comin thru... They haven't officially broken through yet... but they are visible... 2 more top teeth!!... Who knew!!...

Busy Mama!

I have finally unpacked all of our boxes and put things where they are suppose to go. Day after day since we have been in Pendleton I have been unpacking and organizing!... Its finally done. I have a few things left to do, such as buy curtains and what not. But DAMN it feels good to be done!!.. Home sweet Home!!..

In the meantime.. My dad, Travis, Jill, and James came out to see the house, and to bring up our things from Idaho in the trailer, including my 1956 VW bug that my dad built me for graduation. It is officially in my hands now. Brian drives it to work daily and he loves it!.. He leaves the Tahoe for Taybugz and I, in case we need an escape..lol. to walmart or something!!..

Taylor is adapting to her new home very well. She loves it. When we get home she just runs around like crazy bringin out all her toys to play with at once.. lol.

Taybugz runnin around and rulin her new HOME!!



The day the Chandler clan left, the following day, Mom and Coley came out to visit, and check out our new home, on their way up to my Aunt Debbies in Eureka WA.. It was great for them to come out and visit us. they were here for bout a day, and then went on up to washington. Saturday My aunt debbie came down here to our house with mom and coley... they spent the day here, I made lunch, and we just chatted and visited. Lots of fun!...

When Brian got home, Taybugz and I packed our bags, and we all followed them up to my aunt debs.. let me remind you, she is only about 2 hours away. we had so much fun. I was really lookin forward to seeing my cousin Shelly but she was unable to make it out there. We did see our cousin Melanie. I hadn't seen her since Taylor was 3 months. So its been awhile.. My how her daughter has grown up!!... I fell in love with Debbie's new kitty. Milou...he's adorable, so cuddly and sweet. Taylor fell in love with him too... she loved the kitty. She got down on all fours and crawled to follow the kitty under the chair, and around the kitchen, it was really cute... course she couldn't say his name so she called him Aboo. Oh and that was Taylor's first time eating cat food... lol. hahahaha she didn't care for it very much. but she saw every one pickin up the kitty, and so she wanted to pick up the kitty as well... only she couldn't. We told Brian taylor needs a furry friend. He didn't say No, he just said later on down the road... which is always good news...


Meet Milou... isn't he cuddly!! we love him!! we want him!!

The saddest part of the whole trip was leaving. I hate leaving, and I only wish we could have stayed longer... we left pretty late, it was a breeze to get home, no traffic, no deer... Taylor sure was happy to be home, she just ran around, and played with all her toys... its a very great feeling that she loves her home so much.

When we came home, we noticed that we had a big beautiful red tree in our front yard... I don't think i have ever seen a real red tree... Its definitely fall!!.. lol. before we all know it, there will be snow on the ground!!...

Today is Tuesday, its a whole new day, and I have alot of catchin up to do!! I know i slacked bad on myspace, keepin in touch with all our friends, and i really slacked on our blog!!... Just so much has gone on lately I didn't have time to do it all!!...


Taybugz helpin me build the bathroom shelves!!

Such a Great Helper!!... at times =)