Thursday night was mutual night, Jared(2nd councelor), Basir, Bashir, Micheal, Brandon(president) and Dalyn(not pictured-1st coucelor in the bishopric) went all over Philly looking at Murals. These murals are everywhere out here on all different types of building and they all mean something. I can't explain what they mean since me and Taegen sat in the car and didn't get the spill, but they were still fun to look at. Some of them are so big I can't believe one person can do something like that! After mutual Jared, T, and I decided to go get some icecream. It was a fun night and I think all in all that everyone had a good time.

So If you didn't know Jared has a new calling in our ward, he is now the 2nd councelor in the Young Mens. That being said he is trying to get to know some of the kids in his class. He is over the Deacons and has two kids in his class, Basir and Bashir, twins if you coudn't have guessed. They are on the left of the picture. On the right is Daryl, their 16 year old brother. We decided to have them over for dinner on Sunday, it was great getting to talk with them and getting to know them better.

After dinner we were hanging around and Taegen was playing at the top of our stairs leading to the basement. Now for those of you who live in Philly these stairs probably look familiar and normal, for those of you who don't, they probably look like there in a house that is vacant or a shack in the woods. Just as I was starting to think that it was probably not a good idea that T was playing there and I was actually on my way over he somehow fell and rolled all the way down the stairs!!!! On normal carpeted stairs this is not as big of a deal, but on stairs that look like this it was pretty scary. We were lucky he didn't drop off the side on his way down since there is no railing. He stopped on the landing crying and Jared was there in a flash to get him. He was crying pretty hard but other than a couple of visible bruises on his face and probably a couple that can not see he is ok. I was probably shaking for 30 minutes I was so scared. But all is good.

So it has been a while since I have posted any pictures, I feel like I have been busy, but it is probably more like lazy. Nothing new is going on in our lives, Jared is still in his internal medicine rotation and loves it. He has 5 weeks left of it and then he will move on to OBGYN-lucky kid!

Don't let these pictures fool you, Taegen is not being potty trained. I just thought that the more he gets comfortable and the more he is wanting to sit on the potty the easier it will be when that time comes. He definately looks comfy though, don't you think?
What a cute kid, he will be a heart breaker when he gets older. He is such a boy and is getting really smart. I can't believe he will be 2 next month, where does the time go?

TAGGED!!!!

I got tagged!!! I have never done this before and I think the only reason Kristen picked me is because I have been so bad at updating my blog. So anyway here goes...

3 Joys

- My family
- Hearing my son laugh
- When Jared has time off

3 Fears

- Termites ( only since I moved to Philly)
- That Taegen will get hurt, I always have thoughts or dreams of bad things that could possibly
happen or might go wrong.
- That we will be debt our whole lives!!!!!!

3 Goals

- Seriously, to have more patients (Taegen has hit his terrible two's and is definately testing me)
- To be a more positive person
- To start working with Taegen more with reading, shapes, colors, ect.- I have been pretty lax
on trying to teach him things and I want to be better.

3 Current Obsessions

- Getting my kitchen and bath remodeled
- I have a major obsession with muddy buddies... so yummy!
- Desperate Housewifes season 3.

3 Random Facts About Myself

- I am pretty handy with tools, I am in the middle of building some shelves.
- My friend and I got in a fight with 2 ladies at the pool today, and it got pretty heated! (we won)
- I always squat on public toilets, I will never sit down even if there is a protective cover, I hate
public toilets!!!


And now I get to tag three people of my choice, so here goes.
1. Chaci Fisher
2. Amber Pollie
3. Mandi Gibbons