2008 Taylors

Mike's high school buddy, who is a photographer here took this picture. Let me tell you that this particular day Pierson decided that napping was for the birds and was jumping off the couch throughout the shoot. Just makin' memories.

SNOW

Its snowing in Vegas! Here are some pictures of my neighborhood. I had six inches on my car when I left work today and it took me 30 min to get home because people don't know how to drive. 

Its Official...

the next time you see me, I'll be looking a little more like this:



Because I was just made Relief Society President. Heaven help me!

Birthdays

Let me know if any of the birthdays are incorrect. Look to the right sidebar and "Birthday Reminders"

Thanks!

I just realized how rediculous our family is.

For those of you who don't know, I will be starting the Advertising Program in January!

A few weekends ago, a lot of the group went to a place called Cinque Terra. It is probably just as cool as Minori and one of my other favorite places in the world. In Cinque Terra there are 5 cities in which you can walk/hike from one city to the next. It starts out on the street of love where thousands of people confess their love for another in a tunnel. So... we hiked to two cities in one day, went to a hostel and slept there, then hiked another one. We pretty much hiked a mountain getting from the 3rd to the 4th city, and then swam in the freezing Meditteranean at the end. It was beautiful though. Every part about it. In the middle of the hike I looked out and saw more of the ocean than I have ever seen before. It was gorgeous. Anyways, life here is quite different. I only have three weeks left in Siena before I head to Venice. I really miss being able to do my laundry, and driving in a car, and living in a place where I can speak to anyone and living in my own place. But in Italy I have seen the most amazing things that everybody should she because they are just breathtaking.

... Like the other day we went to the European Chocolate Festival. haha, not the most beautiful thing i've seen, but probably the most delicious. There was a cow made out of chocolate and a huge chess game with the pieces made out of chocolate, and there were tons of people there to try the chocolate. It was fun. Nutella is really big here. I don't know why it's not as much in the states.

Oh, and I have been taking a cooking class, so I will cook all of you some delicious Italian meals... some pasta from scratch, panna cotta, pizza, etc. Well... it all depends on how much money you wanna give me.... jk.

See you all soon!

Yeah I'm a gorilla no big deal. I chased the banana around school and scared half the kids.

I'm thinking this will be a really warm outfit to wear when i go snowboarding

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Me and maggie

Me and maggie made a countdown rings to count the days until KRISTIN AND PIERSON COMES!!!!!!!! Maggie is so excited.

Really by Austin.

P.S. Natalie i need you to add me as a contributer my email is aglaus2118@gmail.com thanks

In Boca al Lupo...

...literally meaning "In the mouth of the wolf" or the Italian way to say good luck. Besides going to school every day and getting tons of art homework from Peter we get the awesome chance to travel around here in Italy. As of now, my favorite place in the whole world is a little town called Minori which is on the Almalfi coast. It is gorgeous! We stayed there for three days after walking frantically around Rome and it was a paradise. It is really picturesque with the mountains coming out of the water covered in little Italian homes, and the water is so clear that you can see 20 feet deep!

The picture of the boys is the contrada we saw marching on our first day in Siena. They just had the celebration for the winning of the Palio last week. Everybody was walking the streets very dressed up. The Porcupine was the winner of the first Palio and they had this huge feast and a live band, which I can hear clearly from my apartment. It's crazy because there is so much noise in the city every night. It's not a very big city first of all and there are always men chanting in the Piazza del Campo (which is the picture taken at night time), or there is loud music playing from who knows where. I wonder how it is for people who actually live within the historical walls.

Last Saturday we went to Lucca. It was yet another beautiful little town. There ended up being an antique market that day which filled the entire city, so we kind of got lost in that and then we rented bicycles! There is a city wall around the whole city and you can walk or ride bicycles on it! It was really fun and amazing to see the city from the wall. Getting home was a whole other story. We missed our first train and ended up running after every train after that... we missed them all. It must of been funny, or just interesting to see eight American girls chasing after trains. We made it home safe though, and had a lot of fun.

Buongiorno from Siena, Italy

I've spent the past 4 weeks in London and Italy and it has been a new experience. From learning the currency, to getting around a place where you don't know the language at all, to going to church with only 8 members, I have definitely been put out of my place. I live with my friend Christina who is also a student from BYU and Adriana Tani a tour guide who was born and raised in Siena. So Siena is a Medeival town and it is divided into 17 neighborhoods or what they call contradas. It is famous for what is called the Palio. There, the 17 contradas compete in a horse race to be the best contrada in Siena. Now... the Palio is a big deal. Almost every contrada has an enemy and just wants to beat them, take it that this has been going on for hundreds of years. So our first day here we were walking through the town and we heard drumming. We walked around the corner and there were a ton of men dressed up in medeival uniforms marching for their contrada. It was pretty interesting and cool to see. Thousands of people come to watch the Palio and I wish we could watch but we barely missed the second one. It was in the beginning of August. Well, here is the view from my balcony.

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St. Augusting Pics

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Here's our fun trip!

Thanks everyone for a great time!

birthday

who's birthday is coming up next?

Happy Birthday Katie!!!

Just a Reminder that Katie turned 11 today.

Happy Birthday Katie!!!!

Boring videos for mom

Night Time Bike Ride

Riding my bike is one of my favorite things to do in the summer. On Friday night Mike fell asleep with Pierson at 8 and so I thought that a self-lead bike tour through Brooklyn Heights would be lovely. I made my way up to the Promenade, such a romantic view of the Brooklyn Bridge.




Then I discovered this dead end street of amazing townhouses with a gorgeous view of lower Manhattan and the BQE (Brooklyn Queens Expressway).


I think of when dad taught me to ride my bike. One of my most vivid memories is of him snaking in the road so I could keep up with him, but I thought that I should follow him, so I snaked too...until he explained that I should ride straight.
I also remember getting my first 10-speed in California and riding through the hills of our neighborhood.
And then when I went on my first long bike ride with dad throught Salt Lake City, that was eye-opening. I think it was the first time I rode for so long and wasn't going anywhere in particular. Just going.
A few months ago I met a girl my age who didn't know how to ride a bike. I thought, how unfortunate because she doesn't know how it feels to ride through the city and race down the hills.

Maggie

I took this picture at Grandpa Glaus' around the time of the funeral. It's stored in my phone and I happen upon it every once in awhile. Jared and I giggle every time we see it.

Birthday

Happy Birthday Jamie!

Some of Zach's EFY

matts

matts scouts

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mario kart rules

goooooooooooooo mario kart

i vg

its i vg

here's Matts new hair cut! 

you think mom will like it? 

Softball

Jared is playing on a co-ed softball team! He played a great game, even scoring some points.

dinosaur painting

It seems like I am the only one who posts to this blog....and maybe the only one who reads it. Pierson made one of his first paintings yesterday. He said it was dinosaurs. I can totally see that.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

Last night I finished reading A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. It was such a interesting historical novel from set in turn of the century Brooklyn. I would so recommend it.

And, a side note, Mike defends his qualifying paper next week!

Worst Mother's Day Ever

My bike was stolen. I was thinking yesterday how much I really liked my bike and how fun it was to ride and easy to get around. And then this morning Pierson and I were leaving the building and it was not where I had left it. Today I hate NYC.

Hope you all enjoy Maggies performance at her school!!!!

Pierson's TWO

happy birthday PIERSON!

Video of Pierson at the Beach

Matt has a restaurant in Georgia!

YAHHHH!!! ME MIKE AND KRISTIN IN NEW YORK!!! ISN'T THAT AWESOME!!!

Matthews Birthday

This is for everyone who missed out on matthews birthday!!!!

THE BLOG

I GET IT NOW THE WHOLE POSTING A THING AND NOT JUST ADDING COMMENTS!! LOL!!! WELL I AM TIRED AND REALLY LIKE THIS WHOLE BLOG THING!!! BUT I HAVE TO WORK ON A PROJECT I DON'T GET THE POINT!! TODAY I WENT TO SEE THE SUNSET IT WAS PRETTY COOL I ALMOST GOT STUNG BY JELLYFISH IT WAS REALLY SCARY!! I JUST WANT TO GO FALL ASLEEP IN MY BED I THINK THAT IS THE BEST THING EVER!!! TODAY I GAVE A TALK IN SACRAMENT MEETING EVERYBODY THAUGHT IT WAS THE BEST SOMETIMES I DON'T LIKE SO MUCH ATTENTION!! WE HAVE 6 WEEKS AND 2 MORE DAYS OF SCHOOL LEFT AND OR 30 DAYS!!! I AM EXITED FOR SUMMER AND TO BE ABLE TO GO TO NEW YORK YAH WE ARE GOING TO PARTY!!! NEXT TIME I AM NOT GOING TO DO MY PROJECT AT THE LAST MINUTE!! HOPE TO TALK TO EVERYONE SOON!!!

Kelsey's Talk

Hey my name is Kelsey Glaus and I was asked to speak on what I can do to share the gospel with my friends. I had just turned 12 in December and I was so exited to be able to give a talk in sacrament meeting. I got so impatient that I went up to brother Hoard and told him I wanted to give a talk in sacrament meeting, just to make sure I was on the list. Then about two weeks later he walked into the classroom and handed me a piece of paper that said I was giving a talk which is the talk today. I remember having the biggest smile on my face being so exited that I could do this. Well first I am going to say my feelings on sharing the gospel with my friends. Sharing the gospel to me really helps my friendship get closer. I have a friend I have tried to invite many times but she rejects because she says it is to boring, to long, or because they don't like church. Just because friends say that I just think don't give up they could be one of those friends who take years. I try to encourage them but it makes me feel bad inside that they don't give it a chance. Yes there are easier friends then others and people would do think it is boring but are such good friends they will come anyways. Bit I can fell the big difference asking them with love and making them feel like it would be a great experience, saying it is an unmeaningful way. In and article from the October 1984 New era written by Lindsay R. Curtis I got many ideas on how to be an effective missionary. You can be a good model for our religion by, making them want to share standards such as ours, letting them understand the importance of the church, and inviting them to youth group. Also by making them feel comfortable, inviting them to talk to them about it so they can understand, and giving them the invitation because you would never know if they have been wanting to come to a youth group of yours. Fast and pray that you can find a person to come and enjoy the church. Put a challenge on your self to find a person to bring. Pray that you will know what to say if they ask questions or for other situations. Make it as if you really care for them to come. Don't be impatient some people are harder the others. You may be lucky enough to find someone to come and join right away or some that takes months or even years. But if you pray for it with a good heart and have great faith in that person you are trying to bring in to the church it will help in many ways. IN doctrine covenants 88:67 we are told: "And if your eye be single to my glory, your whole bodies shall be filled with light." We are different when we are living the way the savior has taught us. Our bodies will be filled with light, and people will become aware of this. If we live as we believe our effective missionary for us and for the church especially for those who are searching for the more excellent way. These are many people who admire our way of life and our standards of conduct. They want this way of life foe themselves and for their families. There are many on the earth that are only kept from the truth because they do not know where to find it. The book of mark says, "GO ye all into the world, and preach the gospel toe every creature." What I am beginning to realize is that all of my friends are just paying attention to the rules such as not doing activities on Sundays and not wearing bikinis. What I would like to try and teach them is the love of Jesus Christ and the effects of his atonement in him personally. I would like to bear my testimony that I definitely know this church is true and that the bible and book of Mormon are true. I know that if we really have faith we can have many of our friends join our church and help them understand the real reason of the church. I love my family so much and this church and the big influence I receive from it. And hope that one day I can be able to be go on a mission but still be an example of one in my days today and I say these things in the name of Jesus Christ Amen.

Pierson's Booger

Pierson woke up yesterday morning and said, "Daddy, I go the booger and I ate it." Soooooooo sick.

There's a little girl that he plays with who taught him to eat his boogers. I mean that's just the first pier pressure incident, I don't know if we can play with her anymore.

FYI

Kristin - Thanks for posting the link to the tutorial.

Everyone - If that doesn't help everyone, we can have a live tutorial when Jared and I are there for Memorial day (hopefully - plans still pending).

Also, I've reserved admin rights for Jared and I - so if you want anything changed (settings, the layout, links, etc.) let us know. I figured it would be best if only a few of us could mess with settings. If you would like to receive emails whenever a new post or comment is made, let me know and I'll change that for you.

family, what family?

Thanks to Kristins post (not comment) I know how to write a post.

I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm a little disappointed that me and Randy are the only ones going to Florida for Memorial Day. What happened to family tradition? Its like we don't have to see each other anymore, we have a blog now.

Blogging Tutorial

First of all, I think it's really cool that we have a family blog. But I think I peed in my pants from laughing when I saw that everyone was just adding comments instead of publishing posts. Like Lynzie said, it's 2008, so what's the deal?

To help you all out a little and to make this thing work I thought I could give everyone the link to instructions on how to post to a blog.

Posting to my Blog? I'm so confused.


OK, just click on the above link and follow the instructions--piece-of-cake.


If you're still confused call Jared, I think he's pretty smart.

For Everyone

Mom has been mentioning that she wanted a blog for the family ever since I've known her. Now that Google has made it easy, you all will be able to add updates and pictures and whatever you want.