Merry Christmas! 2018

Merry Christmas!

We have heard it said many times that the Lord has different plans for our lives than we do. It’s great to look back on the year and see the many ways in which we have been blessed.

The first half of our year flew by with the regular, day to day activities. Ryan enjoyed being in Scouting and Young Men’s at church and the kids and I played, read, and I did a lot of school work while the rest of the family slept. We also enjoyed family work of building a fence in our back yard and other fun work.

Throughout the summer we spent time at the pool and went to the lake with friends. In July I graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho with a Bachelor of Science in Marriage and Family Studies. We were all so happy to have that done! Ryan accepted a job as a welding instructor at Uintah Basin Technical College, so we had to figure out all the details of moving to Vernal, Utah…quickly!

Within the first two weeks of August, Soren turned 1 and started walking, we sold our house, and Ryan left, with all our things, to Utah to start working. The kids and I stayed for three more weeks in an empty house to finish up the details.

Through the fall I have ran a few 5K’s, and at the end of October the kids and I made a trip back to Arizona so that I could go on my first deer hunt. I shot a nice 3pt on opening morning and we spent the rest of the week enjoying Halloween festivities and meat processing.

Ryan is currently renting a hangar at the local airport to use as a shop, because a man has got to have his space (which there is not a lot of in our little apartment)!

Sharlee spends most of her free time asking for treats and making great arguments for why she needs them. She is also very excited to be 3 years old just before Christmas. All she really wants is cake! Soren is still the cuddliest boy and loves closing doors for us while saying, “door, door, door”.

We were all so sad to have to say bye to our little home in Globe, AZ, especially when we had just put in our woodstove, new chimney, and painted! It was hard to close that door!

We are so blessed!!! We hope you are all doing well and feel the love of the Savior that shines so brightly on all of us!

Love,

 Ryan, Micah, Sharlee, & Soren TAYLOR

Ramblings on a Thursday

In the film Yours, Mine and Ours, it is shown and stated that the work of a mother is important, vital even. 

Helen North in this movie, in the beginning, states that it took her a long time to begin to understand children and especially her own. Humility is a key ingredient in people being malleable. It is in humbleness that we can grow, step back from the things we know and move forward into the unknown. 

I fear challenges and enjoy being where I am comfortable. I am sure this is something many people can say is true for them. Even with that, I love adventures, challenging myself, and learning new things. Those two statements don’t seem to describe the same person, but I would counter that they often do. Marriage is something that no matter what, we dive into. There are challenges that come our way that we could have no idea we would face when we were looking forward to marriage. Sure, standing on the outside you look proudly on, hand in hand, excited for the future and confident in the strength that you and your spouse-to-be have created together. 

In my short 4 ½ years of marriage I have often been faced, or we have been faced with challenges that seemed daunting, yet we did not have a choice whether we would face them or not. We had already made that decision back when we signed the papers and exchanged rings. Man did some of those challenges burn in so many ways, but it is true that looking back, it is like overlooking a magnificent vista; the pure sky after a terrible storm.