Hello Family and Friends! Wow, another year has gone and so
much has been happening. We are so grateful to the Lord for our many blessings
and so happy to be celebrating Christ’s birth at the end of the year!
Last year we were dreaming about having our own house, as
always, and stumbled upon a little house at the end of a cul-de-sac in our
neighborhood. We joked and told family we were going to buy it. In February we actually
made it ours! We have already been busy customizing it by knocking out two
walls, opening up the living area and kitchen.
Since we are in our own place, Micah decided that we needed
a dog and spur of the moment picked one up from a trailer park in April. We
named our little puppy Biighah, and she grew fast and learned to bark—one of
her favorite things to do other than play with Sharlee.
We have kept this year busy, as Ryan has worked a lot of
overtime, while Micah and Sharlee traveled many times between Globe and
Prescott. Why you might ask?
Sharlee got a little brother! Soren Ryan Taylor was born on
August 5th, 2017. He weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces and was 19 ½ inches
long. We were shocked that he was born with a full head of dark hair! He was
born in Micah’s childhood bedroom. We were so happy that her parents accepted
our crazy plan to have a baby at their house, assisted by the same midwife that
was present at Micah’s birth. Soren is the best baby! He is full of smiles and
giggles. He is no exception to “growing
up too fast”.
How is it even possible that Sharlee will be 2 before the
end of the year? She is such a delight. Sharlee loves reading books and had so
much fun swimming at the local pool this summer with Mom. With her expanding
vocabulary she is now giving us lots of laughs too!
Ryan went hunting this fall and shot his first Arizona Mule
Deer. It was a lot of arduous work and Micah was impressed and excited to put
meat in the freezer. Sharlee pointed at the deer hanging up and told us,
“Dinner!” and “Nummy Deer Meat”.
We hope you all have had as good a year as we have and a
very Merry Christmas.
With love,
