Monday, December 22, 2008

Merry Christmas!














We wanted to share some of the highlights of 2008 in the Taggart home with you...

Logan (5) started kindergarten and is amazing us by how quickly he learns. He loves playing with and picking on Caden and Brooklyn. He played on a t-ball and a soccer team this year, and is currently playing basketball. He also enjoys swimming and doing flips off of the diving board. He cried the other day because it was cold outside and asked when it would be summer again. He is a great big brother, always willing to help out. He and Caden love playing wrestle mania with Brandon when he comes home from work each day.

Caden (4) is enjoying preschool. He catches on quickly and has a big vocabulary. He is the comedian in our home, always quick to laugh and make us laugh. We try to compliment him by saying he is handsome or smart and he says, "No, I'm funny!" That is the ultimate compliment in his mind. He still loves his blankie and chocolate milk, and is always wearing shorts and a t-shirt. He taught himself how to ride a bike during the summer so he can keep up with Logan. He's had stitches twice this year, so we hope 2009 treats him better!

Brooklyn (almost 2) is little Miss Independent. She loves to dress herself. Sometimes I try to help her when her shirt is stuck on her head or is inside-out and she says, "No, I do it!" I've learned to step back and let her express herself in her own way. She's quite the talker. She tells us exactly what she wants and gets a lot of satisfaction in being understood. She loves babies and dolls and playing in the kitchen. She gets into everything! Once, I sent the kids downstairs so I could mop the floor, only to come downstairs and find Brooklyn on the carpet, with navy blue paint all over herself and the carpet! After days of cleaning, we miraculously got the carpet back to normal. Talk about a counterproductive day!

Christmas is so much fun with these little guys in our home. They have an enthusiasm for life that is contagious. This has been a challenging year for us with the real estate market being slower than usual. It's been a good learning experience in many ways, as our faith and our abilities have been put to the test. Through it all, we've been reminded that as long as we have our family and the gospel of Jesus Christ, we have everything we need and we can truly be happy.

We are grateful for wonderful family and friends. We appreciate your love and support. We hope you have a wonderful holiday season and wish you the best in 2009!

9 comments:

Buffy said...

Your family picture is really cute. We really have enjoyed getting to know your family. Have a Merry Christmas!

Stefanie Miller said...

Thank you for the wonderful Christmas post. It's great to seet these pictures and read your update. Maybe we'll see you Christmas day. Merry CHristmas!

Debbie said...

Love seeing your family!! Merry Christmas.

Kelly said...

Merry Christmas! I really like those pictures of the kids on the side bar! So I tried making those caramel pretzels this morning and they turned out rock hard! I still have so much to learn from you!

Sharee said...

I love all the new family pictures! You have such a sweet family. Happy Holidays!

We are the Mayletts said...

cute pic. Hope you had a great Christmas!..we would love to see you guys this year! Give us a call.

Jen H. said...

We hope you guys had a Merry Christmas! I was so much fun reading about what each of your kids are up to. I can't believe how big they are all getting. We look forward to being able to meet Brooklyn someday. Tell Logan you guys need to come visit remember it's summer here all year long! :)

Moore Family said...

Cute picture!
It was good to see you guys....your house is darling and your kids look so sweet. If your ever in SLC give us a call.
We hope that you have a good 2009!

DIY REDS! said...

your family is so beautiful. we are so sorry that we missed the chance to come see you this summer, but jeff loved it so much in utah he said he wants it to be a yearly thing. jeffrey will still bring up logan and loves the scrapbook page with a picture of them together. i am glad to hear he doing so well in school. jeffrey is too. we had a lot of fears and none of them have come true. he gets a long with all the kids, except 2 boys whose influences i would love to stop, but i guess i can't control everything. and his teachers love him. glad we can update with blogs
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