Life Lately with the Taylors - thru Oct 14th

A few more pictures of Corey's Birthday Party with the Raynor side 

Now we have a band since Corey got a guitar too! 

Family picture in the cotton with the Taylor crew - weekend before Corey's birthday 

Thanks Dana Ash for the picture!

Caleb playing Bingo with a friend - can you find Mammy?

Daddy and Ella were riding rides and I hated to miss the fun but knew it was best this year!

Caleb's 2nd Baseball Game of the fall season!

Go Down East green team! 

We went over to Owen's soccer game after baseball one night - Corey's Birthday

October 8th and Ella wanted a hug from both of her Raynor cousins before she would leave :)

Cute Halloween idea from one of my favorite bloggers - gotta print these! 

Halloween Movie List :) 

Celebrating Corey and Cole with Corey's favorite - a cheesecake! 

Sweet and silly cousins - love them! 

Can you find MeMa?  She had a lot of kids in a little bedroom for us mamas! 

MeMa and her girls!

Micah Taylor made #5 for the girls! 

MeMa and her boys!

Four grandboys from all 4 Taylor boys!  We are blessed!

We sure wish PePa was here to meet them all! 

9 grandkids - still counting or done ?

You will have to ask someone else! 

Me and my favorite girl waiting for Mammy to pick us up for Caleb's baseball game last week! 

Kids were out of school for another hurricane so we tried to make the most of it! 

Haystack Tower and pumpkin picking 

Milking the cow and playing with some kids we didn't know but they had fun! 

Caleb's play dough rode - with the help of Ella! 

Friday night dinner at the new Hibachi/Sushi place early on Friday night!

Blue hair special as Corey calls it!  But I was hungry and he was headed to church to set up! 

He dropped us off at Mammys' with coffee and dessert and kids got a shower after eating! 

Saturday we went to Ocktoberfest at a church 

The kids had so much fun and look at how cool the face painting was! 

Caleb and one of his best best buddies Grayson with matching tiger faces 

Love these boys and how close they are!  We love their whole family! 

Ella was painting a pumpkin so we stayed and played for a little while 

Church Homecoming - Sunday, October 14th

Ella and Emmalynn sliding 

Caleb went down with her too!

I had fun on this last year but just watched this year! 

So thankful for our church and how its multi generational and family oriented!

Corey and Ella made Jell-O on Saturday and Ella could not wait to try it out after church and a pumpkin carving party at our neighbors 

Ella's Baptism :) (and a few more pics thru Oct 1st)

Corey and the kids were checking out a watermelon to see if it was ready 

Last Saturday I took the kids on some errands and we all got a Starbucks treat when we finished!

Sunday, September 30th - Ella's Baptism 

She woke up early and we had a baptism charm for her 

Her baptism buddies - Emily and Catherine

Love these girls! 

It was also Parent Child Dedication Service

Carter was dedicated - we love this family so much! 

The girls on stage being announced as "Candidates for Baptism" 

Baptism was at the end of the service and all the kids came back in the service to watch 

Ella was so excited!  She is waiting her turn as her friend Catherine was baptized. 

Ready for her turn 

She was on cloud 9 all day! 

Our new pastor Michael Crocker asked her to pop up so everyone could see her. 

She had the biggest smile! 

Love this girl SO much! 

Can't wait to see the big things God will do with Ella's life 

Our Family and Friends

We had a cookout at our house for our family after church and I am so thankful the Taylor crew did all the work!  It was delicious! 

Corey saying a sweet blessing and Ella was hugging on Brooklynn 

Ready for her lunch - she requested cheeseburgers, chips and coconut cake :) 

Caleb made up a sweet "Happy Baptism Day" song and sang it to her during lunch.

He is such a good big brother to her! 

Ella's day was made with her favorite dessert - Coconut Cake!

Thank you Mema!  Susan was a huge help with all the food preparations! 

Kids table - Mom and Kent joined them 

Caleb sat with Brooklynn 

Adult Table 

The Browns came - Ella was so glad to see Haley! 

Ella enjoyed cuddling her new baby cousin Micah 

Aunt Nina and Micah were chilling after lunch 

Love these two Taylor Girls!  Ella could hold her all day!

Micah would cry and Ella leaned close and said "Shhhh, Micah you are ok" in the sweetest little voice!  She loves to hold a baby! 

Mom got Dad's spot fixed up after the hurricane 

New fall flowers - sunflowers were his favorite and put the cross back out :)

Neighborhood Crew riding bikes on Sunday afternoon

These 7 girls have so much fun together riding from house to house on their bikes!

Caleb and Nathan enjoy the fun too! 

Ella and I did some Target shopping on Monday night - this girl LOVES shopping!

Its hard to tell but this is Ella's class all lined up making a human number line 

I started the study of Joshua at BSF and its so good! 

Love the first 5 app in the mornings! 

Claire and I went to visit our "Mama Jean" in the rehab center and took her some things to brighten her day - some signs, a book, flowers and snacks!