Thanksgiving!!

What a great holiday to reflect on how many blessings in our lives we can be thankful for. It is so much fun to gather together with family and enjoy each others company. This year we had dinner with Jake's side and it was a blast. I am so mad, I forgot to bring my camera. Thanks to Robyn and Gary for having the whole family over for dinner and games! We enjoyed a GREAT dinner (with seconds and thirds might I add). After dinner the little kids made Turkeys out of apples, toothpicks and candy. They were adorable! Then we enjoyed a game of Bingo. Later that night we stopped by my parents house to see my family and enjoyed some pie. Jake and I truly have so many blessings in our lives. We are so blessed to have wonderful families, friends and each other. Most of all we are so greatful for Walker and the joyfulness he bring to our lives. - i must add a side note - OF COURSE I WENT SHOPPING ON FRIDAY! I hit the mall with my sisters at Midnight!! The best of all - we all stayed at my moms house and at midnight I went up to tell her goodbye and she said "if there is anything good call me - because I already have my clothes on" She moved the covers and she was in her jeans! ha ha! You gotta love some great shoppers! We hit Mervyns at 4am, Walmart 5am, Target 6 am, and Bath and Body Works at 6 am! What a great day!

The Perfect Outfit

My neighbor gave Walker this outfit when he was born. It is so cute!! She was in a little shop in San Francisco and thought of him because his room is decorated in "vintage western" - she thought it would be perfect for him! I really think it is so cute! He is teething - so don't mind the drool all over his shirt - it is standard!

We Love Sugarhouse!

Honestly, we really do love it here. We love fall, the huge trees that line our streets, and the awesome changing colors of the leaves. BUT, once those leaves fall - it is madness! We hate raking leaves! We tried to mow up some of them, but there are so many that the mower just can't handle it - so we put our arms to work raking and bagging! The city drops off bags (well only 10) and then you can put all your bags on the sidewalk and they will come and get them. How nice of them?! Here is the start for us - 28 bags and counting!! Most of our leaves have fallen, but in the back yard our neighbors have huge trees that droop over to our side and those leaves have not fallen yet - so there is more raking to come! AHHHHHH!

5 Months Old!

I can hardley believe it - Walker is 5 months old today. I remember at 6 weeks just wishing that he was a little bit older and here he is already 5 months! He is such a joy to our lives and makes us laugh all day long. I have noticed over the last week so many changes. One huge one is that he seems to have grown out of the "really young" stage. He is so much easier to take out, put down for naps, smiles all the time at everything, and can entertain himself. He also has found his feet, puts everything in his mouth and drinks from a sippy. I thought for a while there he was getting some teeth, but nothing yet! Here are a few pictures of his new accomplishments! We sure do love our Walkie Talkie! Just chillin' in his walker. He loves to play on his mat with the hanging things.

He eats the bottom of the hot air balloon. That is the only one he likes.

Just getting a drink after eating some dinner!

He eats his fist and feet all day! Isn't he so cute!?

One last Halloween scare!

ROAR!! He loves these glasses. My mom had them at her house so I put them on him and he laughs and smiles everytime he is wearing them! He is such a cute guy!

And the verdict is...

I LIKE IT! I decided to start Walker on rice cereal today. I was a little nervous, I guess mostly afraid that he would absolutly hate it, but he loved it! His first bite he gave me that half open, rectangle face, but then he was fine. I was thinking about waiting till 6 months, but he has been putting everything his his mouth lately and he chugs his milk. So yahoo to a new food. Poor guy has only had milk.

He likes to eat his toys too!!

UMMMM Mom I love Rice Cereal!

HALLOWEEN!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN. Halloween in our family always lasts more than just one day! So here are a few pictures of what we have been up to the last couple of days.

My parents are tearing up their kitchen, so we decided to have everyone over to our house for Sunday dinner and pumpkin carving! Here are the results! I love my old school retro triangle face pumpkin - simple, but AWESOME!

I made cupcakes for Mare's birthday and I liked them so much I made more for my neighbors. I really like the "one-eyed monster!" Some of the grandkids hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa. Walker wasn't too happy. Sorry about that!

Last but not least, Walker chillin' in his Halloween Jamies!!!

ADDICTION!

Hi, my name is Teylor Mauss, and I am addicted to THE TWILIGHT SERIES!!! So I need to thank my older sister Whitney, for introducing me to these books. She told me how good they were and me being my usual self, "oh really, well I hate to read so thanks but no thanks." She gave me the first book anyway and it sat collecting dust on our desk for a good month or two. Well, last week while Walker was sleeping I had an itch to read it. I think it was calling out my name. I decided to start for a half an hour and see where I would get. AND - 2 hours later I was in LOVE! What great books! I read all three of them in about 72 hours total. Which is really wierd for me, because I don't read. I would way rather pick my split ends - and ususally I have other things that I could be doing. I seriously could not put the books down! I was mad when my sister gave me the third book on Saturday - I was way too busy this week to start it and it just kept looking at me from our kitchen table. SO - I read it in one day! FINE BY ME! After reading for so long Jake called me a "book worm." (hardley) Once I was finished he was excited to "have his wife back." OH MAN i can't wait till the next book comes out. I really should have spaced the first three out a lot better so I wouldn't have to wait so long. I would recommend these books to EVERYONE, even if you don't read. AND they are really easy reading! Oh and I am way for Edward!!

Tagged!

I have been tagged - so here it is! 4 Jobs I've Had: 1. Mrs. Fields Cookies (yes, I wore an oatmeal color shirt and good times with Muranda) 2. Credit Union Service Center (good times with Kim) 3. Clear Channel Broadcasting 4. New Freedom Mortgage/First Horizon Home Loans (more good times with Kim) 4 Movies I can watch over and over 1. How To Loose A Guy in 10 Days 2. Teen Witch (YEAH!!) 3. Clue (really, it is good!!!) 4. Christmas Vacation (i love watching it with my dad - he laughs so hard) 4 Places I have Lived 1. my moms stomach 2. Sandy 3. Holladay 4. Sugarhouse 4 guilty pleasures 1. Shopping 2. eating anything called a "treat" 3. buying holiday decor when I don't need it 4. AND shopping -ok I need to add one here - Thanks Tori for reminding me - I LOVE HOTDOGS! just plain - nothing on them. I find myself going to Home Depot for lunch to get a hot dog!!! I do love the gas station hot dogs and this great hot dog joint in Midvale, Johnny Beefs! 4 Favorite TV Shows 1. The Hills and Newport Harbor (this counts as one) 2. The Office 3. Greys (which I may boycott - to dramatic for me now - bring back the old days!) 4. Biggest Looser - what a great show! 4 Places I have been on vacation 1. Hawaii 2. Boston 3. Mexico 4. Florida 4 Favorite Foods 1. a good salad 2. anything from PF Changs 3. French Onion Soup (it has to have tons of cheese on top and an onion ring) 4. Lion House rolls - OOO with lots of honey butter 4 Places I would rather be right now 1. on the beach at Turtle Bay watching the whales 2. at the mall shopping 3. at the World Series 4. Canal Street in New York (i have never been, but I AM SURE IT IS GREAT!) 4 Websites I visit daily 1. My blog/friends blogs 2. people.com 3. ESPN.com 4. yahoo.com Authors I love 1. Ok so I don't read that much, ok at all, but I just started reading the Twilight series - OOOO I LOVE STEPHENIE MEYER!! Great writer! I also have read a few Dean Koonz books in the past! Things I would like to know how to do 1. Golf (so Jake would be happy) 2. Knit/crochet a blanket (like a full on Afgan) 3. Draw 4. Garden - like pick out flowers and make my yard flow. Things I worry about (i must add - Jake's famous line is "you just need a little bit of Faith") 1. our budget 2. Family - mine and Jakes 3. What the world will be like when Walker is older 4. making everyone happy Happy moments 1. Marrying Jake 2. Having Walker 3. hearing Walker wake up - going in there to get him and he has a huge smile on his face 4. Sitting with Jake and Walker watching a great game Things I want to do next year 1. Organize my house 2. be a better gardner in the summer 3. Go to the US Open 4. Go to a MLB game People I am tagging 1. Morgan 2. Debby 3. Jill 4. Tori

Practice Round!

Halloween is such a fun time of year! When I was young I used to LOVE getting dressed up! My mom usually made our costumes - and I was so excited about it! Jakes mom was the same. One year he wanted to be Daryl Strawberry so she put him in a baseball outfit and spray painted his body with black spray paint! There has gotta be a picture of that somewhere!! Now that I have a child, it is so much fun to dress him up! So we dressed him in his costume and got some pictures with his cousins! The good news is he dosen't mind his costume that much. Luckily I was able to find one that was pretty easy for him to handle! We went to Engh Gardens with Jakes side of the family, and JC Penney with mine! It sure was fun! Jackson, Annie, Walker, Luke and Bowen

Boston, Ashton and Walker (Ashtons costume - SO CUTE)

Bowen wins for costume of the year!

Walker, Bowen, and Luke chillin in the pumpkins.

SO CUTE!!