November is HERE!!!!

Well I hope everyone had a GREAT halloween! I know we did. The girls were too cute this year. Mira was an "electric witch" Ava was a bumble bee at her schhol parade, and minnie mouse on Halloween night. They had so much fun and got so much candy! You will see a bunch of pictures from Mira's 11th birthday party, to boo at the zoo, to halloween, to carving pumpkins and the pumpkin patch. I cant wait to post some Thanksgiving pictures soon! Before we know it the snow will be rolling in! Enjoy the pictures ! Love , The Amber, Jason, Mira and Ava :)

Hi everyone ! Thanks for visiting our family website. We have so much fun updating it and I hope that everyone enjoys looking into the life of the Taliaferro's! The Holidays are upon us and before we know it we will be gobbling up turkey....... Everyone have a great Thanksgiving and we are so Thankful for all of our friends and family :)

September...... Ahh fall is here!

This past weekend Ava and I traveled out to Missouri to see my brother coach a football game. He is such an awsome coach! We miss uncle AJ!!! Our time was short but fun, the weather has been BEAUTIFUL the last few weeks. I am really not ready for the chills of winter yet! My student teaching is going great and I am already done working in first grade.. that was a fast 9 weeks. Now I am starting with 4th grade and 5th grade special ed this week for the next 6 weeks then GRADUATION!!! I hope to get a teaching job offer in December but otherwise I will full time substitute teach until next fall. For those of you that didn't know, Jason had major lower back surgery this week. He had a herniated disc for over a year now and it finally just ruptured in his lower back. The neorosurgeon went in and removed the entire rupture. Hopefully this will relieve Jason of his pain for the future! We are praying for that to happen. The surgery went well and just a little more complicated then planned but still went well. It was rough for the first 48 hours then things started to look up. I snuck a picture of him right before we left the hospital and then one of his incision site.... it doesnt look as bad as it really was! I also attached some photos of Ava at school. She LOVES to do art projects.... however she is SOOOO MESSY! There are also a few pictures of me teaching first grade! I really did enjoy that age group. Well our next post will be of the girls at the pumpkin patch and halloween. I love Fall ! Enjoy your week and I hope a few of these pictures make you smile! Love you all.

School is off to a great start!

Hello All: So sorry that once again it has been over a month since we blogged. August flew by and so did September. We are ready for October at the Taliaferro house. We love Halloween. This year it falls on a Friday night and both girls will be trick or treating together.... so cute! My student teaching has just flown by I have 9 more weeks. I have learned so much about first graders.... they are EXHAUSTING!!! In 2 weeks I will move into special education to finish up my student teaching.

Well, anyway every year Jason's parents have this really pretty vine that grows up their deck, we took Ava's picture there when she was just 4 months old and now when she is a year and 4 months old. Hopefully we can take these pictures here every year on the same date.

We got to see one of my brother's football games last weekend. His team is doing pretty good this year and way better than last year.

We haven't had much time to do anything else but lesson plans, lesson plans, lesson plans. Being a teacher is so much planning!!!! I can't wait until I have my own classroom. Hope to see all of you this fall!!! Love the Taliaferro's

Ava 4 months old. September 2007

Ava 1yr 4mo old September 2008

Ava and her cousin Macie having a deep conversation at Uncle Aj's football game last weekend.
and from the front side: they wont tell me what they were talking about...
Awwww Ava looking up to Cooper and Macie....love it!
Ava always gets the sunday paper after daddy is finished with it! She loves to "read" it.
Awwww so pretty looking at the flowers.

Mira is enjoying her new bedroom and she was laughing so hard here. She just cracks me up all the time! She is getting to be so independent...... So simple and sweet. She wanted me to take this picture to put on her student council posters, she was running for class representive but lost by 1 vote!
Mira's friend, Alyssa, they were playing the Wii. Ava thinks she is one of the big girls when Mira has a friend over... too cute.

Ava just learned how to say "Cheese" when taking pictures. Ava loves to play in Mira's lego's when her sissy is not home... she gets in so much trouble!!!

Once again have a great week and thank God for all the precious moments of each day!

Hello All:

This is my first grade class . I am the student teacher for the next 8 weeks. It was hat day today.This is the Washburn Emblem, to remind everyone that my Graduation is FINALLY coming up on December 12th at 6:30 !!!
My Degree will be a Bachelors of Education. Elementary Education with an Emphasis in Special Education.
Jason and Mira on her "last" day of summer. Now she's a big 5th grader.

Ava and her big belly after a picnic at Grandma Taliaferro's house. She will show off her belly any time you ask... so cute :)
Grandma and Grandpa Taliaferro's backyard. BEAUTIFUL!
2 seconds later she took off running away from me.....the story of my life!
Daddy reading Ava her night time story...it's usually the same one that she picks out, night after night after night :)

We hope that everyone has had a healthy and safe August. As it winds down and another September sneaks upon us we pray for each and every one of our friends and family to enjoy every moment of every day.

summer has ended for the Taliaferro's:

Well Summer has come and gone already for us! I can't believe how time flies...... Here are a look at a few things we have done this past few weeks. These days are so much fun for the girls and I! We really just play and swim and hang out all day . I know Mira had a great summer with swimming lessons, camp, her first crush, sleepovers, ice cream lots and lots of ice cream, late nights, talking on the phone, getting a new bedroom, and really overall just growing up into a beautiful and talented young lady... she's going to be 11 this November!!! I just remember her as this little girl who loved to dance and tell jokes with her sweet little voice...oh the memories!!!

Ava has had a great summer too! She is of course just 1 and really adventouous! It is so humerous to watch her and she has no concept of "spacial areas" she thinks that her chunky little legs and booty will fit into every corner and under everything... so cute. Although this has been a very trying summer for mommy and daddy, Ava has been cutting lots of little teeth this summer and boy oh boy it has been tough! She is getting into everything she is not suppossed to and she has learned how to throw tantrums... but hey what are the toddler years for right?

Jason and I are pretty much the same, no major changes this summer! I do start my LAST semester before achieving my bachelors degree in Elementary Education with a Minor in K-6 Special Education. I am student teaching at a local elementary school in first grade! I start this wednesday!!!! Yeah, Hope to learn lots!! Jason is still working on building 3 new buildings at Fort Riley in Junction City KS. He says these 100 degree days are starting to wear on him! That's enough rambeling for now... enjoy a look at the Taliaferro's 2008 Summer Pictures! Mira in Swimming Lessons --She's moved up to Advanced Level 5 !

This smile is what keeps me going every day! She loves to giggle... so girly!
Jason and Mira do a lot of relaxing in the pool........ lazy bums!
Ava's first adventure with watermelon..... what fun. This actually took over an hour!

Cooper and Macey stopped by for a visit last weekend! We miss them so much!
Ava's friends from mommy's work-- they are all 6 weeks apart.... they are sitting in order.
Mira painting her new room-- pea pod green! It's really pretty -she picked all the colors out!
We gave an old bookshelf new life.... beautiful!
The finished product.. polka dots everywhere! She loves it!

July... sweet sweet summer!

Mira wanted to turn the camera on herself, I'd say she did a pretty good job! What a beautiful girl she is growing up to be..... SO independent and charming..... I just love this girl!
Coach and Ava visited some dairy cows, Ava really did have fun until they started to MOO!
This is what I have to clean up EVERY day! Today it just happened to be oreo's... I know, I know I learned my lesson-- NO more Oreo's!
One of the few photos taken at Tablerock on our vacation this past week!. The swimming pools were amazing and the lake was awsome!
Mira getting ready for the ride of her life on a jetski! SO much fun!!!