I have discovered a new passion! Gardening!!! It is so much fun, plus very relaxing when you need a break from life. I have created a flower garden in our front yard(will post pictures later). It is beautiful and it took a lot of work. WE have also started our vegteable and fruit gardens as a family.
Yesterday we all went to the temple grounds to take my senior pics. For those who don't know I told mom and dad that if we went as a family and took pics that could replace professional senior pics. They look really good and we had a ton of fun plus we got some cute shots of the little kids too. WE all dressed in red shirts of various shades for the family pics even Koda ( we put a red bandanna-okay it was a small apron folded to look like a bandana but it was cute, on him). The next step will be to pic out my favoraties. When I do I will post some.
Today we finally installed the doggy door into our back door so hopefully we will stop having those icky accidents in the house when someone forgets to let Koda out. I think so because he is already using the door to get in and out of the house at will.
-taytay
Monday, March 30, 2009
Happy Birthday to me
I am 18!!! YEA! I really can't believe I am able to say that. It is a little wierd. I had a super fun birthday though. Mom and I went to the gardening centers and got all the flowers for my flower garden. It is so pretty! They are all planted now and I should have pictures up soon. When we got home, Annie had a super fun suprise party set up for me with just family. It was really fun. I am also thouroughly enjoying my gifts. My new scriptures have all the scripture masteries highlighted and it is really nice to wake up to the nature sounds on my new alarm clock then the horrible beeping that came from my old one. We didn't make it to our lunch date on my birthday due to Johnathan's unexpected appointment with the doctor to inspect what turned out to be pink eye. But we did go the next day. We went to sweet tomatoes and it was super fun. I am also loving the new cell phone (kind of an early birthday gift) that dad gave me adn have even given in and learned how to text. Mom and I were also supposed to go out to the movies but we didn't get to go till Friday. It was a lot of fun when we did go though. We went and saw the one about the numbers on teh paper. It was good but a little to intense adn I am still not sure about the ending. Anyway that concluded the birth day celebrations
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Temple Reflections
So I went to the temple last night and they have remodeled the baptismal font room. Among other things that are different are teh doors to the rooms where you get confirmed. They are now clear glass with a wood frame. Anyways right after I was done with my confirmations when I opened my eyes I looked at teh door and the door reflected Christ giving a blessing to someone in a painting that was behind me only I could not see the person he was blessing in the painting because my own reflection started there. It was really neat to see and it reminded me whose work we are truly doing when we go to the temple.
Poems from the Heart
Well,
sorry it's been months since I posted. Got caught up in life. Everything is going great. I thought I would post my poems that I have written since they are about the most important things in my life and are ussually promted by a big event in my life.
Watching My Sister Fall in Love
Watching my sister fall in love
I’ve realized how little I know
Love is a thing hard to describe
It is sharing your life
Your stories, your friends
It is showing your faults
And not trying to hide
It is a glow, a change
A difference in your very being
It is trying your best to become
Better than you are
It is telling and sharing and laughing
Together
It is hope and a joy
It is commitment to each other
It is growing, it is striving
It is working together
It is recognizing how you change
One another
Watching my sister fall in love
I’ve realized how little I know
A sister is there to help you to grow
To lead and to guide
And sometimes to tell you no
A sister is there to comfort
To laugh with and cry with
And enjoy growing up with
A sister is there to show you the way
To set the example
That you always will follow
To create memories
Pure and sweet
In the high times
Or the low
A sister is there to dance with
To sing with
To imagine a world beyond our own
And make it true with
She helps to show you
That tears are okay
That laughter is medicine
And that fairy tales
Can be true
For that sister that
I have watched fall in love
I LOVE YOU!!!
Memories of You
Memories of you
When we were still young
Of our room during nap time
Voices quietly playing
Statues or dolls
Of playing elves
Of princesses
Ordering our poor servant
Kristi around
Of adventure and
Excitement
Exploring something new
Of growing up
Staying up late
And talking of dreams
Of dancing on the beach
Or in a thunderstorm
On our driveway
Of sweet voices
Singing me to sleep
At girl’s camp
Late one night
Of water fights
Getting soaked to
The skin
Or of being locked outside
And racing
To all the doors
To get in
Memories of toilet paper
Flying through the night
As you taught me
A new kind of art
Of the moon
Bathed in red
As we watched
An eclipse
Or of discussions
About what
Harry Potter would
Face next
These memories of you
Are bright shinning pillars
Showing me what
To do
Because these memories
Cherished and sweet
Are my way of
Remembering
Just why
I looked up to you
I wrote those two poems when Bri got engaged. I read them at her wedding reception.
This next one I worte in response to a question Brother Norton asked in Institute, he asked who taught us what we know about love
What I've learned about love
What I've learned about love
I've learned from my dad
who guided and counseled
and shown me the way
What I've learned about love
I've learned from my mom
who saw past the
faults mistakes and the flaws
What I've learned about love
I've learned from my brothers
who forgave and forgot
the things that I've done
What I've learned about love
I've learned from my sisters
who've shared in my joys
my pains and my griefs
What I've learned about love
I've learned from my teachers
who shared with me
their great knowledge and truths
What I've learned about love
I learned in school
from fellows reaching out
for caring and comfort
What I've learned about love
I learned from my Brother
who laid down His life
that all might live
What I've learned about love
I learned from my Father
who provided the plan
to lead me to Him
Finnally my last poem I wrote in response to a recent crisis concerning Koda. On monday I got out of school to find out that Koda had bit Matthew when Matthew tried to take an icecream container away from him that he had found. When dad had called the Humane Soceity to find out what to do they had told him that because Koda had bit he would have to be put down. This was written durring the hieght of that crisis. We learned the next day by calling our vet, animal control, and teh health department that the humane society was wrong. All that happens the first time they bite is a ten day quarentine(they have to stay in your house or backyard) to make sure they don't have Rabbis.
My best friend
You were the one
I came to with problems
Who listened to me
As only you could
You were the one
Who cuddled and snuggled
Deep into
All hours of the night
You were the one
Who loved me to bits
Who didn’t care
About looks or smell
You were the one
Who smiled without fail
When that was what
I needed the most
You were the one
Who was happy to wake up
Who grinned at the chance
To spend one more day with me
You were the one
Whose bark full of joy
Who would not be silenced
Whatever the neighbors said
You were the one
Who tore stuff to bits
Despite all protestations
And scoldings of NO!
You were the one
Joyful to see me
Grinning around corners
And saying catch me if you can
You were the one
Who taught me patience and love
Through all the midnight hours
Full of potty training trips
You were the one
Who taught me no mess
Is to big
To forget to laugh about it
You were the one
Who taught me how to comfort
As I saw you lying sick
In those first few months
You were the one
Who taught me to hold on tight
Because you were the one
To jump after the squirrels
You were the one
Who taught me to face my problems
As I watched you learn
To get over your fear of other dogs
You were the one
With that big puppy grin
That told me everything
Was going to be all right
You were the one
Who was ready to play
Fetch or tugtug… whichever
Just for the fun
You were the one
Who taught me
How to teach as I taught you
To sit, lay-down, and to stay
You are the one
That I will always remember
Because Koda You were always the one
-Tay tay
sorry it's been months since I posted. Got caught up in life. Everything is going great. I thought I would post my poems that I have written since they are about the most important things in my life and are ussually promted by a big event in my life.
Watching My Sister Fall in Love
Watching my sister fall in love
I’ve realized how little I know
Love is a thing hard to describe
It is sharing your life
Your stories, your friends
It is showing your faults
And not trying to hide
It is a glow, a change
A difference in your very being
It is trying your best to become
Better than you are
It is telling and sharing and laughing
Together
It is hope and a joy
It is commitment to each other
It is growing, it is striving
It is working together
It is recognizing how you change
One another
Watching my sister fall in love
I’ve realized how little I know
A sister is there to help you to grow
To lead and to guide
And sometimes to tell you no
A sister is there to comfort
To laugh with and cry with
And enjoy growing up with
A sister is there to show you the way
To set the example
That you always will follow
To create memories
Pure and sweet
In the high times
Or the low
A sister is there to dance with
To sing with
To imagine a world beyond our own
And make it true with
She helps to show you
That tears are okay
That laughter is medicine
And that fairy tales
Can be true
For that sister that
I have watched fall in love
I LOVE YOU!!!
Memories of You
Memories of you
When we were still young
Of our room during nap time
Voices quietly playing
Statues or dolls
Of playing elves
Of princesses
Ordering our poor servant
Kristi around
Of adventure and
Excitement
Exploring something new
Of growing up
Staying up late
And talking of dreams
Of dancing on the beach
Or in a thunderstorm
On our driveway
Of sweet voices
Singing me to sleep
At girl’s camp
Late one night
Of water fights
Getting soaked to
The skin
Or of being locked outside
And racing
To all the doors
To get in
Memories of toilet paper
Flying through the night
As you taught me
A new kind of art
Of the moon
Bathed in red
As we watched
An eclipse
Or of discussions
About what
Harry Potter would
Face next
These memories of you
Are bright shinning pillars
Showing me what
To do
Because these memories
Cherished and sweet
Are my way of
Remembering
Just why
I looked up to you
I wrote those two poems when Bri got engaged. I read them at her wedding reception.
This next one I worte in response to a question Brother Norton asked in Institute, he asked who taught us what we know about love
What I've learned about love
What I've learned about love
I've learned from my dad
who guided and counseled
and shown me the way
What I've learned about love
I've learned from my mom
who saw past the
faults mistakes and the flaws
What I've learned about love
I've learned from my brothers
who forgave and forgot
the things that I've done
What I've learned about love
I've learned from my sisters
who've shared in my joys
my pains and my griefs
What I've learned about love
I've learned from my teachers
who shared with me
their great knowledge and truths
What I've learned about love
I learned in school
from fellows reaching out
for caring and comfort
What I've learned about love
I learned from my Brother
who laid down His life
that all might live
What I've learned about love
I learned from my Father
who provided the plan
to lead me to Him
Finnally my last poem I wrote in response to a recent crisis concerning Koda. On monday I got out of school to find out that Koda had bit Matthew when Matthew tried to take an icecream container away from him that he had found. When dad had called the Humane Soceity to find out what to do they had told him that because Koda had bit he would have to be put down. This was written durring the hieght of that crisis. We learned the next day by calling our vet, animal control, and teh health department that the humane society was wrong. All that happens the first time they bite is a ten day quarentine(they have to stay in your house or backyard) to make sure they don't have Rabbis.
My best friend
You were the one
I came to with problems
Who listened to me
As only you could
You were the one
Who cuddled and snuggled
Deep into
All hours of the night
You were the one
Who loved me to bits
Who didn’t care
About looks or smell
You were the one
Who smiled without fail
When that was what
I needed the most
You were the one
Who was happy to wake up
Who grinned at the chance
To spend one more day with me
You were the one
Whose bark full of joy
Who would not be silenced
Whatever the neighbors said
You were the one
Who tore stuff to bits
Despite all protestations
And scoldings of NO!
You were the one
Joyful to see me
Grinning around corners
And saying catch me if you can
You were the one
Who taught me patience and love
Through all the midnight hours
Full of potty training trips
You were the one
Who taught me no mess
Is to big
To forget to laugh about it
You were the one
Who taught me how to comfort
As I saw you lying sick
In those first few months
You were the one
Who taught me to hold on tight
Because you were the one
To jump after the squirrels
You were the one
Who taught me to face my problems
As I watched you learn
To get over your fear of other dogs
You were the one
With that big puppy grin
That told me everything
Was going to be all right
You were the one
Who was ready to play
Fetch or tugtug… whichever
Just for the fun
You were the one
Who taught me
How to teach as I taught you
To sit, lay-down, and to stay
You are the one
That I will always remember
Because Koda You were always the one
-Tay tay
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