2014 Review

January-

-Grandpa Luzitano taught us how to shoot guns.

-Kelsey started physical therapy for her back.

February-

-Tendonitis in Kelsey’s neck started up.

-She got an X-ray and MRI for her back.  Diagnosed with degenerative disc disease, a herniated disc, and two bulging discs in lumbar area.

March-

-We finally got a dishwasher!

-Visited Dallas to see Carlie and Seth, and Taylor did “I fly”.

-Started swimming to help Kelsey's back.

April-

-We started our own garden,

-Became a member of Red Butte Garden,

-Bubba-Fish joined the family!

-Kelsey promoted to Charge Nurse/Nurse Manager at Rocky Mountain MS Clinic!

May-

-Kelsey finished her physical therapy for her back!

-Went on a Disneyland 1 year anniversary trip!

-Bought our cute painted agama Tannin for Kelsey and Taylor’s birthday!

-Taylor started doing research at the Moran Eye Center and quit his surgical assistant job.

-Taylor got an X-ray on his right hand, diagnosed with tendonitis and a glomerular cyst.

June-

-Kelsey found out she’s lactose intolerant.

-Kelsey had ear tubes placed, and a steroid injection in her lumbar back

-Camping for the Manti Temple Pageant,

-Got a day bed,

-Camping at Diamond Fork hot springs.

July-

-Tannin started going on walks outside on a leash,

-Train concert,

-Celebrated Pioneer day: Daughters of Utah Pioneer museum,

-Camping at the Mormon Trail, and

-SLC cemetery tour.

August-

-Saw Sir Paul McCartney in concert!

-We heard about these great lactase enzyme pills, and our lives were saved!  Kelsey had ice cream again!

-Our week long camping trip!

-Craters of the Moon, Bear World, feeding baby black bears,

-Camping at Yellowstone, Teton’s kayaking,

-Bar J Ranch, and Wyoming DUP museum,

-Taylor started to wood burn, Kelsey started to teach herself to paint.

-1 year mark for Kelsey’s Rocky Mountain RN job and a pay raise!

September-

-Taylor found out he’s very lactose intolerant. Farewell, gallons of milk!

-Bad back relapse for Kelsey, TMJ specialist, and a CAT scan.

-Taylor’s research is presented at a science symposium.

October-

-Physical therapy for my neck and face,

-Canadian Thanksgiving: Jigg’s Dinner,

-Hobo spider infestation,

-2^nd SLC cemetery tour,

-Discovered a great soy cheese!

-Tannin had her last outside walk and got a new climbing wall…Spoiled

-Made Barbie and Ken costumes.

November-

-New tent for more glamp-ing!

-Carlie came to visit from Dallas,

-Pierre/Fiero/Fishy joined the family

-K-Laser treatments for Kelsey’s neck.  Beginning to be out of pain.

December-

-Tannin learned how to throw a tantrum and walk on the ceiling.

-Nerf wars,

-Music and the Spoken Word with the Muppets and MoTab.
-Christmas Street and Bible Story Street.

-Las Vegas for New Years with the Justice family:  Elvis!  Area 51!
-Coming soon: Taylor gets abducted by aliens.

Christmas Time, is Here!!!!!!!!

On Christmas Eve I worked half a shift, and then Taylor and I celebrated Christmas Eve by going to Christmas Street and the Bible Story Street in SLC!

We woke up to snow on Christmas!  6 inches!  We hadn't gotten any snow all December!

 Taylor made apple-top pancakes and hash browns.

Fishy wanted some, but didn't get any...

Then we opened presents and worked out!

Followed by removing all that snow from our car so we could head to SoJo.

We had lunch at the Drake Home and opened presents.  We got our nice camera!

Also, Grandma Shepherd made this cute nativity;  300 hours of hard work!

 Then we went to the Justice Home and had home-made Cafe Rio chicken salad after we helped Mom Justice make 3 T-Rings.

Carlie and Seth flew in from Dallas the day after Christmas.  So we waited to open presents with them.

Then we had a Jensen Family Party.

On Sunday we took some family photos in the snow since we finally had Seth over!

And our most favorite....

Taylor's never been rejected before...it hurt him a little...

Finals, Finished, Festivities

Taylor finished his finals!

We celebrated by playing nerf wars! Even Tannin joined in:

"What the...?"

*Scared*

"I can't believe you guys."

I"m done with this game.  I just want to eat and sleep.

I made a statue of Jesus with little children, with my mom

Now that Taylor is done with this semester, we started watching this TV show "The Normal Life of Gortimor Gibbons."

This little kid's last name is Justice, but he looks like a tiny Taylor!

The story follows these 3 friends.

Taylor likes to do things big.  You know, go big or go home.  So he made these babies for the Drake Family Christmas party in West Point.

 Ogden Christmas Village

Our cute stockings are hung!

Mom Drake put our names on them for us.

 We had a Christmas dinner at Grandma and Bill Shepherd.  Grandma made us this nice Christmas towel.

Tantrums, New Skills, and Music

We had to renovate Tannin's cage last week to completely stick her cork crawling wall against the glass cage.  Used some cement-like glue.

To do so, we had to let the wall set for 24 hours, so we put Tannin in a smaller cage....

 And that's when Tannin learned how to throw a tantrum...

"It's...So...SMALL!!!!"
Seriously, look how she pouts.  I guess Santa's not bringing her a present.

She was so happy when it was done setting.  She loves climbing her sturdy wall!

 And asking to play.

Thanks, Mom and Dad!

 We enjoyed dinner at Gpa Luzitano's and Terry's.  We decorated their tree and made ornaments with some of Terry's grandkids.  Then during dinner, the tree fell on one of the little kids b/c we decorated the front too much...

No one was hurt in the making of these ornaments.
Ornament on the left is a sick Santa after Rudolph flew through  turbulence... 

Tannin hit a big milestone at 10 months:  learning to walk!  ...On the roof!

The roof is mesh metal and she learned she could grasp it with her claws.

She did fall a few times....Taylor got an action shot when he was trying to take a picture of her on the ceiling....

Geronimo!
Also, take note, falling a few times did NOT deter Tannin from doing it again and again...

 Here she is while we were eating dinner....

Whatctha doin'?  Oh, you know, just hanging out....

We decided to go shopping together for each other's Christmas gifts, and Taylor became distracted, and found 2 nerf guns!  So this happened....Spy Wars!!

He was lucky.  Just a few more inches...

We went to Peter and the Star Catcher play at Pioneer Theatre.

We were supposed to show up an hour early for Tay's free tickets. So we ate a Toblerone while waiting.

Sunday morning we went to Music & the Spoken Word featuring the MoTab and Sesame Street Muppets.

And in other news, this tree looks weird.

They were coveted tickets!  Luckily my parents got some for us!