Adventures of a young family in Minneapolis

Welcome to the Outside, Elias Peter

born July 5, 3:17 pm, 7 lbs 6 ou, 20 1/2 inches

Beach Day: Caleb and Mom

June 26
Caleb and I spent this hot morning at Lake Josephine in Roseville. After our week of toasty weather, the lake was a comfortable temperature, and we enjoyed walking/swimming out far. We saw fish swimming around our legs–that was fun for Caleb.This outing was more relaxing and enjoyable to me than the packed wading pool [...]

We’ve had some spring-feeling days and made the trek to the park. Earlier this week the playground was a lake because of the melted snow. Yesterday we could walk on the sand.

Snow Sculptures

On Saturday, January 31, the Taylors took in the sights at one location of the winter carnival.

Shoveling with Dad

Sunday, January 11

Children’s Museum

Friday, January 9

Christmas with the Taylors

Hello, Everyone. Here are a few photos from Christmastime 2008. Click on any of the photos to go to the complete set on Flickr if you want to see more.
Sharing the holiday with Caleb was especially fun this year. Traditions certainly become more meaningful when children are present.
Happy New Year!

Micah’s 34th Birthday on December 19

Micah had a musical day, beginning with gifts of a guitar case and cymbal and “Harmony” guitar shirt. He recorded a rock and roll song with Russell during the afternoon that you can hear on his website (micahtaylor.com). We ate dinner at Longfellow Grill that evening, then Micah headed over to The Bean Factory for [...]

Caleb’s First Big Boy Haircut

On December 12, Mom and Caleb headed to Kid’s Hair to take care of the baby shaggy look. The key, the stylist told me, is to cut quickly and have Mom “hug” the kiddo when he needs to be perfectly still. Caleb wanted to use the comb, too, as you can see in the photos.