Cora Suzanne

Beautiful baby Cora; Callie finally has her baby sister; Cody, Callie, Collin, and Cora; Jason, Kim, and Cora; The whole family (check out the boots on those boys!)

Look what I did!

OK.....for those of you who do not know, I have recently become obsessed with cloth diapering. So obsessed that I have drug at least one friend in with me. LOL! It started out as a way to save some money and has grown from there. Anyway, it can get quite expensive if you purchase them all custom made, so I decided to try to make some of my own. I started out using old t-shirts. Very cute, but he is out growing them already, so time for a new plan that will fit longer. I bought some fabric over the weekend to make a different style of diaper and to make some covers to keep the wet in. Here is my first cover. It is made from very soft fleece. I made it tonight with a little guidance from my Mom. (She did teach me how to sew when I was young, but I am pretty sure she thought that it was a waste of time, but look at me 20 years later! I do still remember a lot of my lessons.)

It's a GIRL!!!

The Nebraska branch of Taylor's has been blessed by a new baby girl today! God is good! Cora Suzanne was 8 lbs 13.6 oz and 21 inches long. Mom and baby are doing well. Congratulations Kim and Jason on your new daughter! Congratulations also to Cody, Collin, and Callie on a new baby sister! We can't wait to meet her!

Day Camp

Josh, Nate, and Cliff went to Cub Scout Day Camp at Lake Malone on Saturday. They had a lot of fun shooting BB guns, Archery, Torpedoes, Milk Jug Volley Ball, and many other activities. Ryan and I stayed home and had a very relaxing day.

A sad day!

We discovered last night that our Beta fish "Dave" had past on. We got him when we lived in McCook, so he had moved from McCook to Palisade to Grant to this house with us in the last two years. We are not sure if he died from old age or starvation, but either way we will miss him at least once a week. (That's about how often we remembered to feed him!) We do still have our other Beta C.B. which can stand for Corn Bushel (he origianlly lived on my desk at work) or Cow Boy because Nate adopted him for a while.

Exciting Weather!

The pivot that is standing is Ron & Dena's the one in the background is the neighbors

This is the creek behind Ron & Dena's house from their deck
More storm damage in Chase county from this past week.

Granola Bars

OK, several people have asked for the recipe for the granola bars that I have been making at home, so here it is! Thanks Kim for giving me the recipe!

Mix the following dry ingredients in a bowl:
2 cups quick oats
1 cup flour
3/4 cup brown sugar
3/4 cup raisin or substitute (M&Ms, choc. chips, etc.)
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 cup walnut (optional)

Mix wet ingredients in a separate bowl:
1/2 cup veg. oil (opt. 1/4 cup applesauce and 1/4 cup oil)
1/2 cup honey
1 egg
2 tsp vanilla

Combine all ingredients.
Spray 9X13 pan and spread in bottom. Bake at 350 for 25-30 min

Bitter Sweet

Josh and his dad Ron flew to Washington to see Grandma Taylor on Sunday. She has not been doing well and asked to see Ron. Josh was thrilled to get to go but a little sad to see her struggling. Josh got back late Tuesday night and Ron came home yesterday. Here are pictures of Josh, Grandma, and Ron. A picture of Grandma's farm from Uncle Gene's house, and a picture of Uncle Gene and Aunt Pat.

It was an accident Mom!!!

Nate came into the house with blood streaming out of his mouth saying, "It was an accident Mom!" Cliff was trailing along behind him crying. Apparently Nate "accidentally" got his face down by where Cliff's foot was kicking. It split his lip open on the inside. Cliff was upset because he thought that he would be in trouble. It took a couple of days but the swelling is gone now.