An Interesting Adventure

So, we bought a cow this year. And before you have visions of Bessie tied up in our backyard grazing and making wonderful compost for us- let me just tell you that she's in packages in our freezer now. We had to drive over the Cascade Mountains to just outside of Yakima this week to go and pick up our beef. It's amazing the difference between western and central Washington. It's very green and lush here in the Puget Sound area this time of year and central Washington is desert-like farmland. And it's obvious that the main industry there is agriculture. I found it very refreshing to be in an area where a more simple way of life is the norm. Matthew, of course, was just fascinated by the cows. The exciting part of the trip was the drive back home through the pass. We were a little worried when the snow started falling sideways and the road was a sheet of ice. But when we saw all the semi's pulling over to put chains on their tires, we knew that we were in for an interesting ride. Growing up in Michigan, I'm pretty comfortable driving in winter weather, but that was exciting. But we're home now and had our first steaks tonight and it was worth the drive through the snowy pass. We look forward to heading back over the mountains sometime soon (in better weather) for another visit.

Taylor News for October 2009

Hello all. It's time for the monthly Taylor review. October was a busy month for us. We made a trip back to Michigan for Scott to join some friends walking the Detroit Half Marathon. We also got a chance to visit with lots of family and friends. We thoroughly enjoyed the Michigan fall colors and got to reminisce about our wedding day.
Matthew seemed to really enjoy getting ready for Halloween this year. We made several trips to the pumpkin patch and he really enjoyed getting a chance to carve his very own pumpkin. While I was getting this post ready tonight, though, I realized that we didn't have any pictures of him in his Halloween costume. I guess we got a little busy with all of the festivities on Halloween evening. Matthew really got into the concept of trick or treating this year. Of course He had to examine each piece of candy after it was put into his bag which made for a very long evening.
His newest infatuation these days is the movie Cars. He watches part of it everyday and has his very own Lightening McQueen and Mater. It is very cute to watch him developing his very own sense of humor and watch him laugh at certain parts of the movie. He really is growing up fast.
Well that's all for now. Enjoy the pics....

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