Swim Lessons

Taeya has been taking "survival" swim lessons for almost 3 weeks now. They have been private lessons every day, 20 minutes long. The first 2 weeks she cried through the entire lesson which I was really suprised about because she loves swimming so much. This 3rd week she has loved going.

These lessons teach her how to save herself is she falls into the water, or if she jumps in (which she did today right before her lesson and I almost had to jump in to get her! Luckily with one foot in the water I was able to grab her leg and pull her towards me. She oviously hasn't perfected her skills and that is why we are still taking lessons)!

The lessons are supposed to teach her to immediately roll over onto her back when she jumps into the water. Then she floats to the side of the pool and as soon as she bumps her head she knows to roll over and grab the wall. She can grab the wall great, but we are still working on rolling onto her back when she jumps into the water, and floating on her back on her own. She does great while you hold her, but as soon as you let go she starts kicking! After she learns to save herself then they actually teach her how to swim!

Taeya and her teacher Katelyn. Today was the 1st day that she actually wore the goggles.

Taeya floating with some help.

Floating on her own for about 5 seconds! (We are making progress!)

Strawberry Day's Rodeo

We thought it would be fun to take Taeya to the Strawberry Day's Rodeo last weekend. She loves Horses so we thought she would be entertained. Who decided that Rodeo's should start at 8:00 pm? That was way to late for Teaya. We got there at about 7:00 because we were thought the pre-rodeo stuff started at 7:15, it didn't really start until 7:30. So by the time the rodeo started at 8:00 Taeya was already done!! She liked the "Horsies" but got a little scared of them bucking the cowboys off. Needless to say, I think we only lasted until about 8:45. Oh well, maybe we will try again next year!!

Brandalyn, Taeya, and Gordon waiting for the Rodeo to start. (Notice all of the empty seats behind us because we got there so early).

Taeya clapping for the bareback cowboys!!

Taeya and Brandalyn towards the end. We had to give her the binki, that bought us 15 more minutes!

Black Widow

I really don't like Spiders, especially huge, poisonous spiders! So imagine my Horror when we found this huge black widow in the stair well of our walk-out basement. Actually Gordon discovered it first and was trying to keep me from seeing it, he know I am so nervous about poisonous spiders, especially black widows. We have seen them a couple times in the neighborhood since we have lived here and they freak me out!!

We had walked up and down the stairs at least 20 times that day because we were working on the deck. She just appeared out of nowhere. This spider was so big you couldn't miss it, she was at least the size of a dollor coin. I get chills just thinking about watching her walk around on the wall. She is dead now of course, and we are definitely calling the Pest Control!!

Fathers Day

I know I am a little slow in posting this but Fathers Day was nice. We went to church, Gordon took a nap, we went to Gordon's dads house and had a BBQ, and it was a beautiful day. (For those of you who don't know, my mom and dad are on a mission in the Phillippines so we didn't get to see my dad). Gordon got a new Miter Saw and MASH Season 8. He got the Miter Saw a little early as incentive to build our new deck. This picture is of Gordon and Taeya sitting on the steps of the unfinished deck on Father's Day.

Taeya Tagged!

Here are 10 things you might, or might not, know about Taeya:

1. She loves her binki!! She would suck on it all day long if I would let her. Of course I don't. Does anyone have any great idea on how to get rid of a binki?

2. She loves to go swimming. We go to the Lehi pool quite often. She love the shallow end where she can run and jump and be crazy. This picture is of Taeya and her friend Brielle. Brielle looks so dang cute in this picture I couldn't resist adding it in.

3. She loves Bubble Baths. She likes to take them in my big bath tub with the jets on. It is great, I put her in the tub and get ready for the day!! A few months ago I bought new bubbles , "Mr. Bubbles." After the tub filled up Taeya wanted the jets on. I turned them on, went back to doing my hair, and the next minute I looked over and I had a tub overflowing with bubbles. Taeya had a blast. I recommend Mr. Bubbles" they work great!!

4. Her favorite movie right now is "Scooby Doo 2, Monsters Unleashed." I can't figure out why, but she sure loves it.

5. She loves to cuddle when she first wakes up in the morning and after her afternoon nap. I think that is one of my favorite parts of the day. It is especially nice when she wakes up at 6:30 in the morning. We can put on Scooby Doo, give her a sippy cup of milk and she will lay in bed with me (or Gordon) for another 20 minutes or so!!

6. She loves books. She will just go in her room and pull out all of her books and read them outloud, one at a time. It is really funny to listen to her. Most of the time she rambles on and I don't know what she is saying, but sometimes if she gets a familiar book she will use the same word over and over. For instance she has this silly little book called "Harvey Happy Bee" and while she is reading it, she will say "Happy bee, blah, blah, blah, Happy Bee, blah, blah, blah." (The blah, blah, blah parts are her words I don't understand)! This is a picture of Taeya reading to Daddy! We always read her a story before bed and lately she wants to read us a story!

7. She loves to jump. She will jump on anything. She loves trampolines, since we don't have a trampoline at home she prefers to jump on my bed or hers. She also loves to jump off the porch, the sidewalk, the curbing, into the swimming pool, pretty much anywhere she can. She says "I bump."

8. Her favorite toys are her polly pockets, Cinderella "rella," Little Mermaid "mermaid," and Snow White, "Whata White." Unfortunately she has taken the hair off of Snow White and now she is bald (I think we lost her hair in the grass). These polly pockets are great at church!

9. She loves Macaroni and Cheese, candy, treats, and Juice. I don't know how we started this bad treat habit, but it is getting ridiculous. The juice is very dilluted but she still always asks for it and throws a fit if I don't give in!

10. She loves to run. She is pretty fast, if she gets a head start I have to run to catch her. She thinks it's a game and when you start running to get her, she goes even faster. Half the time she trips and I feel bad, but she is pretty tough.

Pretty much, Taeya is a typical toddler, but we sure do love her and we are grateful to have her in our lives!!

Taeya tags, Brielle, Chance, and Tate!