FoR SaLe!

I guess if you can say there is one good thing about your basement flooding, is that we totally reorganized everything. Here are some things I listed on KSL that we are interested in selling. I thought I would also post them on my blog. If you are interested in anything, email me at ktaggart1@hotmail.com

This stuff could make awesome Christmas gifts! :)

Black and Silver Ogio Laptop Bag - great condition $25




Franklin Day Planner - Perfect condition. Spence got it at his old work and rarely-never used it.
$20


Black Laptop Bag - fine condition, not as fancy as the other 2. $15



Beautiful Ogio carry on suitcase. Excellent condition. The only problem is that we can't get the stick thing to pull out, so you would have to carry it vs pull it with the wheels. Other than that, it's a great piece of luggage. $25



Black leather office chair - $60



Excellent indoor/outdoor table. We used it for our computer, but it could also make an awesome eating table for inside or outside. $55



This would make a wonderful Christmas gift. We got this for our wedding and NEVER used it. It is so cute, but I just don't really see us ever using it. It is a picnic suitcase with service for four, plus has a big cooler section and it has the stick thing that comes out and you can wheel it like a suitcase. Perfect condition. $65



Black Ogio Premium Laptop Bag - $70.

Spence thinks this retails for $130, that is why the price seems a little high. It is a super nice laptop bag with no flaws or anything on it. Excellent condition.


Let me know if you are interested in anything. Happy shopping!

Utah State Fair!

We had a blast at the fair last weekend with our fun friends.

We saw the animals and the different displays including the 12 foot alligator and the freak show...


We watched the grizzly bear show...

We rode on the ponies...


This was the cutest thing ever, every time the ponies would come around, Ella would cheese it up and wave and scream when she passed us. She LOVED it!



These kids drank far too much diet coke...


Took family pic's...




Hung out and chatted with good friends and super cute chubby babies!

And in the spirit of tradition (4 years counting now), Spence won a stuffed animal his first try at the basketball game.

We also got sucked into those booths with all the junk they sell (this happens every year). This year we ended up with a knife, a wallet, and 2 pairs of sheets!

"Fair"well until next year...

BiG BeD!

Since our basement flooded and we had to take all the furniture out of Lance's room, we thought, heck, might as well move him out of the crib. So far, it has been awesome. He LOVES his "Big Bed!" And with "big bed" - we are talking - BIG BED. We need to keep the crib for baby Sis, so Lance gets the queen. Lucky guy. He looks so little in the big bed, it's so cute!


It was funny, we went to put him in his bed, and we were trying to snuggle with him the first night and read him a million books so he would sleep well and Lance is like "Time for night-night!" In other words, mom and dad - get out of here, I'm tired. It was funny. So here he is waving goodnight and goodbye to us.

I hope he continues to sleep well and enjoy his big bed. We'll keep our fingers crossed!

It's BBQ time!

We had some of Speen's HS friends over for a BBQ the week before we went to Florida. What good sports these guys are, I asked them to pose for a picture, and although they did it quite mockingly, I think it turned out cute!

From clockwise: Eric, Speen, Jason, Zann, and Luth

The girls: It is super fun because Jonna (pictured first) just had a little baby boy a couple of months ago, Sasha and I (are due one day apart next month) and Erin is due I think in February! Zann's wife was working, but she is also expecting a little girl in January. So, there will soon be a lot more kiddos in the picture below!

Aren't these kids cute? Lance and the two girls are all within 4 months of each other. Jonna's new baby was asleep so he is missing in the picture.

Big fan of coming home to this goose!

Can I just say my mom is the world's best grandma! I mean honestly, one of the best things about the trip was not having to worry that my Lance was taken care of. Thanks mom, you're the best!

Beach Photos

We decided to take pictures on the beach one night.

Here are 10 of my favorites:


Walking on the Beach


Baby Love!


Relaxing on the Beach

Close up

There's no hiding that baby bump now!


Love this picture of Kristin, shows so much personality

Group shot

Hey Handsome Hubby!

Lovin the moon!

Dock love - aren't the colors amazing in this picture?

And now I can officially say goodbye to Florida posts!

Florida Marathon Day

So my plan was to update the blog daily with our Florida trip, but unfortunately my basement decided to do a little of this! Definitely not one of the pluses of home ownership, but all I can say is that I am SO GRATEFUL that it didn't happen while we were in Florida. So enough about the flood... onto the trip!

(To clarify, this picture was taken off the internet to illustrate my point of a flooding basement, our flood was not even 1/8 this bad - luckily!)

Wednesday was definitely the Marathon day. It went a little something like this...

I started off the morning with some R&R -


While the boys and Kristin hit up the outside beach gym for a little of this -


Later on that evening we headed out to Shark Stadium to see the Florida Marlins take on the Atlanta Braves! (Thanks to Kristin's mission buddy, we got free tickets, woo-woo!)


I was super excited to go to a professional baseball game; the lights, the crowds, the enthusiasm, and especially the Chicago Dogs... Plus, Dave and Kristin had never been to a pro baseball game, so I got them super excited. Ok, talk about the biggest let down of the trip. What the crap? There were NO fans there. I tried to post a picture that showed how completely EMPTY the stadium was. I bet the fans wouldn't even fill up 1/3 of the Buzz stadium. It was so pathetic. And do you know what was even more pathetic? The Marlins are good! They have only been around since 1993, and have won the World Series 2x (1997 and 2003). So, why there were no fans, will remain a mystery to me. Plus, they had NO Chicago Dogs, and were "sold out" of regular hot dogs. Weird?


But that bummer didn't get us down - because after the baseball game headed to our next activity - SaLsA DaNcInG!!! I know, an 8 month pregnant woman salsa dancing, yes it was a sight to be seen!


We definitely couldn't bust out the moves like Dave and Kristin...


But we (or should I say I) gave it a good if not awkward try at times!

Now if that wasn't enough- after dancing, we headed over to a Karaoke Bar for some pool and karaoke...


Dave and Kristin busting out Shaggy's "Angel." Dave seriously sounded better than Shaggy, it was awesome. Spence also busted out "Joy to the World!"


And then finally heading home, but not before posing for a picture with our favorite grocery store...

I mean really, WHO NAMES THEIR GROCERY STORE THIS???


I am going to skip Thursday for now, and go to Friday. We basically hung out on the beach all morning, and then took Dave and Kristin to the airport. Afterwards, Spence and I were able to hit up a movie (a luxury when you have kids) and shopped around for some fun stuff.


This hands down has got to be the picture of the trip. Spence HATES sand. And with that, I mean, he likes the beach, he just hates sand anywhere on his towel, his body, his stuff, etc. I know, what the heck? Super annoying, I mean, we are at the BEACH!!! So, Friday he just runs and dives in the sand, starts rolling around, creating sand angels, it was so funny. Yay to Spence for actually getting sand all over him at the beach!






Thanks to Dave and Kristin for making the trip so much fun. I don't think there was a day that went by where we weren't crying from laughing so hard, loved it! By the end of Friday, I was kind of freaking out that my water was going to break from lack of taking it easy and we would be stuck in Florida for 6 weeks, but luckily we made it back in one piece!