Michael and Peggy Taylor Family: Celebrating the New Year in Tennessee

In Arlington, Tennessee they have a super park to play in. The girls and everyone had fun sliding, swinging and playing hide and seek.

Heidi is a great tight rope walker.

Kaylee, pretty princess, eating a bowl of ice cream before bed.

I love it in Tennessee, there is so much to do and learn. This is Heidi's front door...

This is what it looks like when the Taylor's look outside their front door and see their neighbors.

It's going to be a good new year for Ben, Shauna and the girls. Ben starts his fourth semester in Optometry School, he is looking forward to practicing what he has learned on school age children as he travels to schools in the area to do eye exams.

Aloooha!

We had the opportunity to visit Elissa and David in Laie, Oahu. David is going to school at BYU there and Elissa is there to support him in all his studies and extra-curricular activities, such as snorkling, spear fishing, surfing, tanning, belly boarding, shopping, etc. It was so great seeing Elissa and being able to spend a whole week with them, talking to them everyday and seeing what they do on this far away island.

We loved being there even though it was humid and the temperature never varied, it was always about 85 degrees night or day. Being able to swim in the ocean and be warm was so nice and swimming in the ocean with a snorkle, goggles and fins was akin to swimming in the hugest aquarium imaginable.

This was an experience that we will treasure forever!