Sawyer Tait

We wanted to let everyone know we will be blessing Sawyer on October 18th. We would love to have family and friends come but understand that most live far away. We did however want you all to know!!!

A Month of Firsts

Maisie went to her first day of school September 8th at a brand new charter school. Nampa Classic Academy. We are very excited about the new school and its traditional methods of teaching. Maisie is very excited and ready to work hard this year!! As you can see she wears uniforms which I love... no more battles in the morning over outfits!! She looks so darn cute too!!!

Addie had her very first day of Joy School Preschool today as well! Joy School is a parent taught preschool done in our homes. She is only 3 as are the other 3 girls and it is mostly an introduction to letters, sounds and structure! She is beyond excited and keeps asking where her bus is and where her uniform is!!

Sawyer started smiling at 7 weeks and we are more in love with him each day. He is a very sweet baby. I have been blessed with another "angel" baby I think. He sleeps pretty well and he is sleeping longer all the time. He even went for 6 hours the other night!! He loves to be snuggled and loves his sisters all up in his face! He is a very patient boy. Everyone says he looks just like Brannon, and that its not just the hair line!!! He loves his binky. At 8 weeks he was 11 lb 2 oz and 25 inches long!! 90% for height! We can't figure out where that is coming from! I love the newborn phase, which is now over, and I really love little babies!! We look forward to lots of fun months ahead.

Weekend Escape

We knew some bad news was coming so we escaped to Salt Lake for our last weekend of summer. On Friday September 4th we received the call we have been dreading for over a year now. Brannon and the Idaho National Guard have been placed on notice to deploy next September. We really didn't want to be around when the information hit the news so we went on a little trip and had a wonderful weekend despite the bad news. We have learned in a military family we can't live or do things tomorrow or next year. Because next year or tomorrow may look very differently and we may not all be together. So we will have a year hopefully filled with fun, family time, and memories.

We went to the Mayan Restaurant for dinner our first night there. Wow what amazing divers!! The girls thought it was crazy scary!! A very neat place and worth the trip!

The best part about the weekend is we went to Temple Square. We spent hours looking and viewing everything. In the evening we went and watched the Joseph Smith video in the Joseph Smith Building. Sawyer and Addie slept threw it and sweet Maisie balled her eyes out during it. She was very concerned for the baby when Joseph was taken and tared and feathered, when he had his leg operated on and the worst was when he was martyred in Carthage Jail. As rough as it was on her it opened up many opportunities to talk about Joseph, the restoration of the gospel, our church and our testimonies. As a mother I find it hard sometimes to find opportunities in everyday life to begin discussions about gospel topics. This movie has provided us many opportunities for which I am grateful!! We had a wonderful talk sitting in front of the reflection pool by the Temple. If you look carefully you will see Maisie is still upset as we are talking. She couldn't wait to go to church again to tell them all she saw and learned. I love how excited it made her to see it all!! My favorite as we are walking away from temple was, "Mom I really felt the Spirit today!" A give back moment as my Mom calls them. As crappy as a parent as I have been the last year, moments like that help to make up the difference.

We also went to the Discovery Center at the Gate Way. The girls would have spent the entire day there if we would have let them. Sadly 4 hours was all we had before we headed home. We had a wonderful weekend as an entire family swimming and playing!