Our Fun New Years Eve!!

We have had a very fun New Years Eve day! It started out with the tradition breakfast out. We didn't take a picture, but we went to Ihop. It was adequate. We ran a few errands in Salina and then we headed off to the Rolling Hills Wildlife Museum!! Thanks Mom for the tickets! It was sure fun. Jason did a puzzle.

Paisley played with the legos and the animals.

Then she put on a puppet show for us! After the museum we headed to the Russel Stover Factory store to get some chocolates for our part tonight!

This is Jason and Jarom partying it up with a sippy cup. Jarom went to the doctor today and she said it was time he start learn to drink from a sippy cup. The cup makes him a little frustrated because he can't get anything to come out in his mouth.

We made some yummy carmel bugles and Paisley is loving staying up past her bedtime, eating bugles and watching Fern Gully. We are having a super fun party at our house!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Dollywood

We had a conversation (howbeit brief) about Dollywood while at Grandma's for Christmas. Leslee thought it was by Memphis and I thought it was my Nashville. I looked it up today and its by neither! LOL. Its just south of Knoxville on the far eastern side of the state. We will have to check it out at some point and tell you if its worth the drive.

The Exploration Place

The day started by making Paisley's hair cute! Then we headed down to Wichita to use our super fun Christmas present from the Cornwall's of tickets to The Exploration Place!

It was FREEZING today but we had to stop for a quick picture!

The traveling exhibit was "How to make a Monster" which featured monsters from several different films and the process they went through to make them. This was a monster was used in a cell phone commercial.

There was an incredible castle to play through. It was multi-leveled and had a lot of different rooms and activities within the walls. It was pretty fun!
At the end of the monster exhibit there was the crocodile from the Peter Pan movie from 2003, this cute poster was next to that exhibit. Jarom and I would make a tasty dinner.

Paisley would make a yummy snack.

And Jason would be a delicious feast!!

Jason was brave and took a whirl in the tornado simulator. Winds got up to 78 mph!

Meanwhile Paisley was building a tower.

We all took turns flight an airplane in the flight simulator. We all crashed the plane, instead of landing it. We'll leave that to professionals!!It was a super fun time!!

Our Anniversary Recap

For Our 7th Anniversary we had a lot of fun!!! We ran a lot of errands all over town. Then in the afternoon our friend called to see if we were interested in going out to dinner for her birthday and we said SURE!! We were already planning on it for our anniversary. So we had a good time going out to eat with a lot more people than we had originally planned. It was a good time!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVE!

Happy 24th to us!!

24 years ago on a snowy cold day in Salt Lake City, the love of my life said yes once while I said it twice! Happy Anniversary Darling!!

Snow Snow and did I Mention SNOW!

Hello,

We are currently snowed in...well not technically, we can force the door open and make it down the steps. Once we get to the bottom of the steps you enter about 2+ feet of snow. To answer the question that just ran through each of your minds, yes the Corvette is completely buried. Luckily we know where we parked it. We hope to see it again in a few days; I say a few days because although it will stop snowing tomorrow morning, after snowing nonstop for 36 hours, the temperature isn't supposed to get above the low 30's tomorrow and not much snow melts at those temperatures. Well enough talk, here are some photos. The battery in the Camera is dead so these were taken with my iPhone so the quality isn't the greatest but it will give you an idea. In the last picture, the Corvette is the car right in the middle of the photo.

Googling your name

I regularly google our names to see what has made its way out there. I found out this time that a Daniel Lewis Whelchel got tired of waiting for his Grandma to die and attempted to kill her. Geeze.

Lewis is out there for his Austin stories.

And of course every single post on the this blog that mentions his name is out there. So do be careful what you post that you don't want others to read. It is accessible.

Violin!

I have my violin! And I learned how to hold an orange! I AM SOOO EXCITED!

I know some of my grades!

YAY! I passed my Marriage and Business Computer class with B+. (Marriage could possibly be an A). My Managerial Accounting class is going to be an A- even if I failed the final! My Econ and Ethics class are either B's or high C's! I am almost done! YES!

A House made of Candy!

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It must be Christmas because we made some really cute gingerbread houses on Sunday evening! We threw a surprise baby shower/ girls night out for a friend and made these super cute gingerbread houses. If you think back 2 years ago I made one then also. Last time I didn't let anyone pick at it and eat it, but this year it has been fun to snack on this fun Christmas project!!

Another Request...

IT IS DECEMBER AT LAST!!!.. Aunt Sefanie, can you plleeaassee change the blog background?? (if spelling is wrong I am sorry!)


Love,
Taryn :)

p.s.: Can't wait until Christmas... and also I am still using that "Norad Tracking Santa" website. lol

Crawling to the finish...

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This semester is winding down and so am I. I had a 6-8 page autobiography due this past monday. I finished it last night and turned it in today! I have a research paper due on Wednesday with a porfolio of everything I have done in the class due as well. I can see the light at the end of the tunnel though, and that is awesome! This week has been an awesome week. I went to the temple for the first time in a month yesterday, I have completed a lot of assignments at work, school, and some for church. I am grateful that this week has been so good. The pressure from school (exams, papers, research, finals) has been overwhelming. Next Thursday is going to be SO awesome! It will be my last day of school, excluding finals. Well, I am in class... see ya'll later!

-James

Don't forget about the other blog

Lewis and I tend to do our posting there. Its official we are headed to Tennessee!

Chopping Block

I am sitting in the waiting room at the Hispital waiting my turn to get
stuck onto the chopping block. I have my sinus surgery this morning.
Hopefully it will happen thus time. Last time I was on the chopping block
they sent me home for high blood pressure. Wish me luck.

Happy Birthday Lewis

You birthday is easy to remember since I remember when Mom and Dad's Anniversary... (tomorrow for everyone who didn't know) So happy birthday!!

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM AND DAD!! 49 YEARS!! Way to go!