The Boren's

2011-02-08T20:07:00.000-08:00

Taylor got a new bike for Christmas. She loves going for bike rides around the block. We still have to push her up the hills, but she said, "Mom, I think I am starting to build muscles, so I won't need you to push me anymore!" She says some pretty random but funny things. Hopefully she will soon learn how to ride it without the training wheels!

2011-02-02T15:36:00.000-08:00

Meet our pet Cinderella ( I bet you can guess who named her!) Cinderella was adopted on January 25, 2011. We just adore her, she is a tri-color Guinea pig. Her face is black, her belly is white and the end half of her body is a carmel color. I would say she is kind of cute! She loves it when Taylor holds her and plays with her in the hall way.

Cinderella even loves to eat Cucumber right out of your hand. When we let her run around she always seems to end up finding Taylor's lap. We are glad to have her in our family!

2011-02-02T15:30:00.000-08:00

For Mother's Day I had asked Mark for a sewing machine, why on Earth would you want a sewing machine.. You have never used one, your right I have never used one, it is time to start! So on my birthday I decided I was going to make my first quilt. I love the color GREEN! It is such a bright and cheerful color. I went to a local fabric store in town and found a quilt they had hanging up. I fell in love with it. It was lime green, black and white. I had to have it, so I bought the material and was on my merry way. Little did I know all the work that was involved in making a quilt. It took me awhile to find how I wanted my pattern to look, after I had it all sewed together I took it back to the local fabric store where I had them QUILT the quilt! I then bought a bright green fabric fro the binding. I hand stiched the binding, so don't look to close or you will see my flaw! I think mine turned out better than the actual one I found in the store!

Now, I want to make another one a king size quilt! We will see what happens!

Taylor's Tinkerbelle Room

2011-02-02T15:24:00.000-08:00

Christmas 2010

2011-02-02T15:16:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful Christmas this year! My dear sweet husband gave me and Ipad fro Christmas, I must admit that I am addicted to this wonderful toy! I am sorry to my family for neglecting them while I spend hours of time reading, playing words with friends and running my bakery and my smurf village!

Mark was lucky enough to get a new xbox and a new recliner ( Oh, when I am not sitting in it playing with my IPAD!)

Taylor was super suprised to see she had recieved a bike and a kitchen. Not one but 2 kitchens. Santa brought her one and Grandma Karen gave her a Tinkerbelle Talking Cafe, which she loves. I still have to take a picture of her all dressed up for Tea Time with Tinkerbelle! I promise to have a picture soon!

We are Thankful for all the wonderful family that we were able to spend Christmas with and are hoping next year we might be able to spend it with Mark's family! We will see what happens.

Where did 2010 go?

2010-12-02T20:51:00.000-08:00

I didn't expect that year to go by so fast, or to let my blog fall behind. My friend Tara, told me I had to update it so she could keep in touch and see what is going on with our lives! All sorts of family members will be happy to see I have updated and added some pictures! Lets see if I can remember what has happened this past year!

January- was my last post, we had Mark's mom in town for his 27th birthday! We had a wonderful dinner straight out of the Pioneer Woman's Cookbook! Love her food and love her!

February- Well in the last post I posted some of the cute crafts I made. Not much happened, well, maybe it's because I can't remember.

March- Celebrated St. Patrick's Day, started working on cute spring crafts. Which I will have a few pictures posted somewhere in this post.

April- Started working out at the gym, doing The Biggest Loser competition at Desert Palms Fitness center. I had lots of motivation, I don't know where it all went. I ended up losing 9 inches across my body and 7 lbs.

May- Desiree got married and chose me to be her Matron of Honor, and what an honor it was to be a part of her wedding. I made a jacket for her to wear, she bought the jacket and I put Mrs. Beacham on the back. Super Cute! I also ran a 5 K, completing it in 39.22! It was at midnight so nice and cool outside. I feel like this is the best shape I have been in awhile.

June- I celebrated my 26th birthday! We didn't do much, how sad I really can't remember. I think we had a BBQ with some friends at my Auntie and Uncle's house! It was a blast.

July- My sweet baby girl turned 4, where does the time go. We also went to Lake Powell, it was Mark's first time. We had a blast camping out in 100 + degree weather. Taylor learned to love the water and swim by herself, thanks to her LIFE JACKET!

August- Taylor started Pre-school out at Watch Me Grow Preschool, with Grandma Smith and Mrs. Julie. She is learning how to write her letters and what sounds they make, she has been doing such a wonderful job. Taylor had her very first Dentist appointment, she had to have a cavity filled. She talks about the dentist filled her tooth with toilet paper! Oh, I love her and all the things she says.

September- We have just been home and hanging out with friends and family. Getting ready for our vacation to Mark's parents house at the end of October. We also spent some time with THE WILSON family out in the BLM, hanging out and riding Dirtbikes!

October- I ran my second 5k, not sure why.. Oh, wait I know, I wanted to hang out with my friend Tara! Thanks for inspiring me to get off my lazy A. Also, to support a good cause BREAST CANCER! Taylor has been asking for months if she could be Princess Peach for Halloween, So I found a pink dress and a blonde wig for her to wear. I also found a crown and some pink high heels for kids. She looked super cute. We spent Halloween in Missouri, with Mark's Parents. While out trick or treating Taylor ran into Luigi and Mario! While in Missouri we went to Silver Dollar City, in Branson. Taylor is tall enough to ride some of their roller coasters. What a brave little girl we have, she loved the roller coaster and all the kid rides. We had the chance to head down to California to go to the X-Games. EXCITING! Super Fun.

November- for the first two weeks we were still in Missouri, hanging out with family. Our friends picked us up from the airport and we hung out did a little Christmas shopping and came home. We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at Star and Shawn's house. Christine, Kevin and Family came down, we spent several nights with them playing games. One night while playing games, Taylor and Katelynn got a hold of our Camera.... Wow, I am impressed with their photo skills.
We sure do miss you guys. One of my best est friends moved back home to Oregon! I will miss her dearly, but am super for her and her family. I am grateful for the wonderful time I have had with her. I am glad I still have JULIE down here!

I think I did pretty good with the updates. I promise to post more often to keep in touch with all those people who like to keep in touch with our family. We are Thankful to have such a wonderful family and such wonderful friends who bless us everyday!

Crafts I have Made!

2010-01-30T22:26:00.000-08:00

Playing in the Snow!

2010-01-30T22:07:00.000-08:00

We never really get to play in the snow, living in beautiful sunny St. George. So we decided we would head towards Pine valley and let Taylor have her first snowball fight! I thought for sure she would cry when she fell onto the snow covered ground, but she got right back up and just laughed.

This past winter we bought the original Frosty the Snowman cartoon and Taylor became obsessed with Frosty. Anyways, there is a part in the movie where they put a hat on frosty and he comes to life! On our way up to the snow she said, " I can't wait to put my hat on Frosty!" I didn't want to say anything, but I thought I better so she didn't freak out while we were up there! Kids are just to Cute.

Happy Birthday Mark

2010-01-24T09:06:00.000-08:00

Happy Birthday to Mark, he turned 27 on January 11, 2010! He is not to big on birthdays, he has never really let me invite friends over and celebrate. Well, he changed his mind this year. On Saturday we went to our friend Tara and Tommy's house for dinner with Mark's mom. We made a wonderful dinner and thanks to, Pioneer Women for her recipes! We made Chicken Fried Steak, Creamy Mashed Potato's, and last but not LEAST Mt. Dew Apple Dumplings. Oh, my what a wonderful meal.

On Sunday, we went to my aunt and uncle's house for dinner, because we were celebrating my Grandma's birthday amd Marks at the same time. We had some wonderful tasting Spaghetti and my aunt made Mark a Pecan Pie.

Monday, Mark's actual birthday we picked up Papa Murphy's pizza and invited Mark's friends Brady and Abee and Peter over for dinner and games. While the girls played the Train game the boys played call of duty moder welfare.

Mark, We love you and are glad to have you be a part of our little family. Thanks for all you do for us.

2009-09-25T09:31:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone, sorry it has been so long since my last post. We have been super busy! I left off on my birthday post which was a month late.
On July 7th, 2009 our little Taylor had her THIRD birthday! Wow, I can't believe how fast the time goes by. We had a birthday party for her and she loved every bit of attention. We would ask her what she wanted for her birthday and she said, " I just want Candles!" What a funny little girl we have, who knew blowing out candles would be so much fun.

The month of September has been a busy one Taylor started PRESCHOOL! She gets to go to school M-W-F, so it is a nice break for all us. Everyday we pick her up she has some new learning game to play at home. I tried taking a picture of her before school, well, lets just say she is at that cheesy picture stage.....

The second week in September I was lucky enough to get a little vacation and head up to Salt Lake City for a few days at my cousin Tami's house. I was going up to work on some cute crafts and christmas presents, while she scrap-booked! Would you know I forgot my camera, it seems like I am always forgetting that darn camera. I got to her house on Wednesday afternoon and we then headed to The Wood Connection, where I spent a good chunk of money.... This is what I made with some of the wood I bought, I am still working on my other projects.

I made this cute sign for my cousin Lindsey for a wedding present. I think it turned out cute! Not bad for my first sign. I might just have to make one for my house!

This is a cute "T" sign for little Taylor's room. I also did some vinyl on her bed. Lets just say I love my CRICUT!

I made this clock for myself, It was not that hard to do. The numbers are a little off, I would love to take the numbers off and fix them but I think it will rip the paper. I will just get over it or have to make another one...

On Thursday Tami and I went to Gardner Village and had lunch, walked around and shopped for a little while. The rest of the weekend we just hung out and watched some movies and crafted! Made some Oreo Truffles, way to good. It was so much fun, I can't wait to go again. I am going to have to get a job so I can support my crafting habit!

I came home for a few days then went back up north for my cousin Lindsey's wedding. I was the lucky one who took grandma and her beloved SPUD up to the wedding. It was a long car ride, we had to stop 5 times so Grandma, Spud and Taylor could all go to the bathroom. By the time I got to the cabin I was exhausted and didn't ever want to get in the car with those three again. I think next time I will be putting Diapers on all three of them. ( No it wasn't that bad). She got married up in Millcreek Canyon. I had never been up there, it was absoultley beautiful. I was sad for her because just as she was walking down the isle it started to rain. We had a wonderful time spending time with family and friends we had not seen in a long time.

Now, I have been home for a few days busy working on school pictures that I am helping with, it is keeping my busy and I am having a lot of fun doing the work and thinking about the nice Paycheck coming my way. Today is Friday the 25th of september and we are going to Lake Mead with the Mahoney family. Julie has a nephew getting married on Sat. in one of the little white chapels in Las Vegas. So we are going to Lake Mead and then to the Wedding and we will be home late Sat. night. We are so excited to go play in the water!

That is our story for the last couple of weeks.

My Birthday

2009-07-13T09:49:00.000-07:00

We made it to Mark's parents house on June 14, 2009. I wanted to get there so I would not have to be stuck traveling on my birthday. So we made! I turned 25 on June 15, it was a great day. It started off with my favorite " CORNMEAL PANCAKES," if you have never had them you should try them. You can get the recipe of the jiffy corn muffin box or just go to their website!
After breakfast my mother and sister in law and myself went and got a pedicure and a manicure, and went to Chili's for lunch so we could get the White Chocolate Molten Cake! Another favorite!
When we got back to the house the boys and Taylor had cleaned my car out! It looked so good, thank you for scrubbing the carpet papa Dave!

Mark, Taylor, Dave, Jan and Myself all headed for Branson, Mo to have a wonderful dinner at Mels Hard Luck Diner. A place for American Idol Rejects (the good rejects). It was kind of interesting because the waiters would take turns singing even while they were waiting tables. They sang Happy Birthday and it was pretty amazing and a little embarrasing but I enjoyed the fun!

Here are a few pictures of that we thought were fun in Branson, and also crossed the Table Rock Dam.

We headed back to Mark's parents house for Cake and Ice Cream. It was way good cake and the best Rocky Road Ice Cream I have ever had!

More to come. I still have Taylor's Birthday and Zoo pictures to post. I promise to be better at posting!

Picture Overload and Catch up Time!

2009-07-13T09:20:00.000-07:00

Here is some more pictures from our TRIP across the UNITED STATES.

These pictures were taken in Colorado just outside of Aspen. It was breathtaking! We also went through a very long tunnel, is it me or does no one honk as they go through the tunnel?

As soon as we got to Denver, and head northeast to my moms we hit a little rain storm!!! Notice how flat it is after you reach Denver.

While driving in the rain storm we saw some flashing lights ahead that looked liked cop cars, nope, they were snow plows scraping the the hail of the roads. It was so loud we could not even talk to each other in the car we were yelling just to hear one another. CRAZY!

After spending two nights with my mom we went to MTN. Rushmore. It was way smaller than I thought it was going to be. It was fun we saw a mtn. goat, and Taylor chased all the squirrels away.

In South Dakota they have some pretty amazing billboards, this one had to be our favorite one,

This part of the trip was fun, we had a great time visiting my side of the family. We love you all and miss you so much. Thanks for all the fun!

ROAD TRIP

2009-06-17T07:00:00.000-07:00

Since Mark has some time off due to his fractured elbow, we decided that now was a good time to go visit all of the parents. I told him I didn't have a problem with going, but I would like to make it to your parents house before my birthday so I would not have to be sitting in a car all day. So we woke up on Wednesday (June 10) at 4:30 am and got the car packed and walked out the door at 5:45 am and started our journey.

First stop would be my mom's house in Brush, Colorado. So we took the I-70 and made a couple of stops. We arrived at 4:30 that afternoon. We hit a horrible thunderstorm with hail that made the road look like it was covered in snow. So much hail that the snow plows were out! While we were at my moms we were in a tornado watch. Crazy crazy! The visit with my mom was super fun and a way good visit.

We got back on the road at 9:00 am on Friday (June 12) and headed to where my step-mom Kris is living. She is currently in Rapid City, South Dakota. Only 20 min. from Mt. Rushmore, so we decided that we would stop and see what Taylor says, "the faces in the mt."

We had a wonderful time with Kris, she made us a wonderful dinner followed with a game of Yahtzee, which she won 3 out of the 4 games. We woke up on Saturday (June 13) and headed to my dad's which in Yankton, South Dakota. It was a pretty boring drive, pretty flat. I will post more in awhile.

2009-06-03T20:10:00.001-07:00

Marks arm. First time out of the splint. Do you think that will leave a scar?

Mark and his Elbow

2009-05-25T07:59:00.000-07:00

On Tuesday Mark decided he was going to go ride his dirt bike with his friend Rob, out at Washington Dam Road. He was about ten min. into his ride when he decided that he was going to jump this jump, well needless to say he didn't quite make the jump. He ended up going to the ER.

He arrived at the ER at about 6:40 PM and had to have some X-Rays done, he knew he had broken something but was not sure how bad it was. Just take a look at this X-ray and you will see just how bad it really really was :(.
Mark, had to have surgery on his elbow at 11:30 PM. While waiting in the waiting room there was not a sole in sight. Lets just say I was a little worried since that is all there was to do. At about 1:00 Am I finally picked up the phone to the surgical room and asked if he was out of surgery yet? They said we have just finished and the Doctor should be up there in a few min. to talk to you. A few min. turned into 15 min. I was relieved when the Doctor came out and told me the surgery went well.

Mark now has a plate in his elbow with several screws. Once I get those X-rays back I will post those pictures. We stayed in the hospital for two days. So thanks for all the visitors it was nice of you to come check up on Mark. Thank you to all the Family who watched our sweet little Taylor.

Mark says he is feeling pretty good except for the road rash he has on his back......

Damage to dirt bike-$ 100.00
Damage to Mark- $12,000.00
Cost of Insurance- Priceless

I love you honey! I hope you get feeling better!

Jewelery Party

2009-05-24T09:09:00.000-07:00

Hi Everyone my friend Tara and I are hosting a Jewelery party of May 27, 2008 at 6:30-8:30. We would love it if you could come look.
Stacie Stilson makes most of her Jewelery and there a a few pictures attached.
Necklaces- $ 8.00
Earrings- $ 2.00
Interchangeable Watch Faces- $ 10.00
Interchangeable Watch Bands- $ 15.00
Cuff & Beaded Watches- $15.00
Safety Pin Watches- $ 15.00
Men's Watches- $15.00

you can check them out on her blog at
www.staciestilson.blogspot.com

Address:

1060 W Province Way #121, St. George UT

(across from Tonaquint Cemetary, also near Dixie Commons, in the Tuscan Hills Subdivision).

Presents for the first five posties

2009-04-24T16:06:00.000-07:00

5 Gifts

The first five people to respond to this post will get something from me! My choice. For you. Handmade.This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1- I make no guarantees that you will like what I make.
2- What I create will be just for you.
3- It'll be done within a year.
4- You have no clue what it's going to be.
5-I have to know you so that I can customize the gift!

The catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to do so and leave a comment telling me they want to receive a homemade gift from me will indeed receive one. Be sure to post a picture of what you win when you get it!!!

2009-04-13T14:11:00.000-07:00

Hey Everyone, so my auntie sent me this awesome email with a great Video about the real reason we celebrate Easter. It is very touching if you would like to see it go to http://www.sonofmanproject.com/

You will love it, Kenneth Cope does a great job singing. "Miracle of Heaven"

Taylor's Easter Dress

2009-04-07T15:18:00.000-07:00

Just wishing everyone a Happy Easter! I know I am a few days early but I have been so busy lately I thought this might be the best time. I just can't believe how grown up my little Taylor is getting. She has a doctors appointment coming up so when we go, I will then let everyone else know how big she has grown to be. We just love having her around, she says to most random things, that keep us laughing.
The other day I was doing something and she came up behind me to help me, so I said, "Back of Barbie!" Taylor's reply was, " I am not a barbie, I am a princess!"

Another thing Taylor told me was after her nap, she came running out to me and told me that she talked with Jesus during her nap time. I said oh, ok, what did He have to say? Taylor told me he was sad and that he wanted her to come home. I told her when she had finished all she had to do on Earth, it would be her time to go. I said well, what makes Jesus happy? She then told me well it makes him happy that I am with my mommy and daddy. How cute is that!!!!

Taylor you make mommy and daddy happy. We love you so very much and are glad you chose us.

Where is my baby?

2009-03-05T15:38:00.000-08:00

Where did my baby go? Well, she decided that she would grow up on me. Taylor will be 3 in July. I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. I love her she makes me smile and laugh. Taylor loves to play outside and with her cousin Katelynn. The other day we had to take her to the doctors because her ear was bugging her, while we were there I had them weigh her. At, 2 1/2 years she weighs 25lbs. I am not quite sure about her height, but last time she was 36 inches. She just needs to grow six more inches so she can go on all the rides at DISNEYLAND!
Things that Taylor can do
* Counts to 14
* Counts to 5 in Spanish
* Sings Twinkle, Twinkle little Star, I am a Child of God, Humpty Dumpty, and her favorite song her daddy made up for her.
* she loves to empty out the shampoo bottle in the tub
* she loves to watch SNOW WHITE
* she loves her dopey doll
* she is now loving to go potty on the big potty
* the other day I told her she was driving me crazy, her response was, " I am not crazy!"
* she can sing her abc's
* she loves to jump
She is a pretty good girl, I think I might just have to keep her. I love you Taylor!

My Hubby

2009-02-26T21:54:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to tell Mark how much he means to me. He is so grateful because
- He is a great dad
- He goes to work and provides for Taylor and I, so I can stay home
- When I need a break he always volunteers to watch little Taylor
- He is always willing to help me when I am in need
- He is always listening to me and giving me a shoulder to cry on.

For all these wonderful things he does for me I let him do this.........

Thanks for all you do for Taylor and I, we love you so much!

Update!

2009-02-19T07:40:00.000-08:00

Our little family has been quite busy. We moved back into our "little" condo, and we are loving it. We loved living with grandma, it was nice to have more room and a yard for Taylor to play in. One thing that we were going to miss at grandmas is her kitchen table. It was nice to have dinner not sitting on the couch with Tay in her high chair. So we decided that we would look for a table and get one. Mark and I love the high tables so we headed out to the furniture stores. We finally found one that would fit in our condo at Ashley Furniture. It has black legs on the table and on the chairs with a cherry oak top. One of the things we love about it, is it has the butterfly leaf, so you don't have to find a place to put the middle leaf, it just folds right into the table.

Before we moved back we decided that we were going to make Taylor a little toddler bed, something more her size. Wow, we really didn't know what we were getting ourselves into. If we had not met this NICE man at my SIL house we would still be working on the bed today. Taylor loves it and let me just say she is trying hard to sleep with mom and dad.

I was just looking at some blogs and can I just say that I hate my post settings. I see that some people have a choice where they can change their font colors. I want to be able to do that! Is there some way that I can do that? is there an update that I missed? Well, anyways, here is a picture of Taylor who fell asleep on the couch with her little legs crossed. What a little Lady she is becoming.

Mark and I were able to go to the Draper Temple open house. It was so beautiful, when we walked into the Celestial room Taylor just looked up at the chandelier and said "WOW." It was nice to be up north with family, so thanks for the VACATION Mark. Thanks for the wonderful Valentines day dinner and present! I love you.

Disneyland

2009-01-07T10:32:00.001-08:00

We went to Disneyland for New Years Eve and New Years Day. Can I just say that is not the time to go to Disneyland. The park was sold out and once you left you could not get back in. We were able to go on a few rides and Taylor loved it. We had a blast, so thanks to my dad and step mom.

Picture Overload

2008-12-09T09:06:00.000-08:00

Here are some other pictures that were taken of our little angel!

The other night I went to see what Taylor was doing because she was being way to quiet. I go into her room she was tucking her babies into her bed one on each pillow and then she took our portable dvd player into her room and put a movie on for her babies! She then turned on the lamp and said good night. I love you and walked out. Now, I know you have to watch every little thing you do because they will copy you word for word.

Gingerbread House & Crafts

2008-12-08T19:45:00.000-08:00

Sorry it has been so long since we have posted. Life has been pretty busy for us. I went up to Sprigville three weeks ago, and hung out with my Awesome SIL Brandee. We had a blast, we went to this wood store up in SLC. I bought a few pieces of wood and turned them into some Christmas presents.

Here is the first project I made it is for some friends of ours, It was my first time using my cricut so it is not the best, but I am getting better!

Here is another craft I did using my cricut. I made this for my parents, but now I see how cute it turned out I need to go back to the wood store and get a few more so that I can have one!

Here is a Christmas decoration I just made as well, it turned out way cute!

Last night we made our gingerbread house. Taylor kept eating the candy. She had so much fun. She kept saying oh, wow.

Crazy 8 Tag

2008-11-16T13:21:00.000-08:00

8 Favorite TV Shows
1. One Tree Hill
2. Ugly Betty
3. CSI
4. Gossip Girl
5. 90210
6. The Hills
7. Heroes
8. The Biggest Loser

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Texas Roadhouse
2. Macaroni Grill
3. PF Cheng's
4. Cafe Rio
5. Goofy's Kitchen
6. Rain Forest Cafe
7. The Blue Bayou- Inside Disneyland
8. Quiznos

8 Things that happened yesterday:
1. Went Off Roading
2. Put Bed up in Taylor's Room
3. cleaned out boxes
4. cleaned Taylor's Room
5. made a fleece blanket
6. heated up left overs for dinner
7. saved my pictures to a cd
8. made a few digital scrapbooking pages

8 Things I am looking forward to:
1. Mark moving to the day shift
2. Thanksgiving- so I can put my Christmas decorations up
3. Taylor sleeping in her own bed
4. Taylor being potty trained
5. Going to Disneyland and the end of December.
6. my dream house
7. Traveling
8. retirement

8 Things on my wishlist:
1. A house of my own
2. Having another baby
3. seeing my family more
4. to see my kids get married in the temple
5. going to Hawaii
6. getting active in the church!
7. getting my temple recommend renewed
8. and going back to the temple

8 People I'm tagging:
1. Michelle
2. Jess
3. Brandee
4. Ashley
5. Aubry
6. Kortni
7. Rachel
8. Lora

Good luck to everyone!!

Mary Kay

2008-11-14T07:57:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone I am going to be putting a Mary Kay order in on Tuesday, so if you would like anything let me know. You can go to my website and order off of there it is
www.marykay.com/hillaryboren

The first three orders I get will receive a $10.00 discount!

2008-11-01T14:59:00.000-07:00

Happy Halloween!

2008-11-01T14:48:00.000-07:00

So I thought that I would try something new this year. I actually carved my very first pumpkin. I also made Taylor's Halloween Costume. Taylor is obsessed with Tinkerbell, so I thought that I could make her a cute Tutu. I had no Idea how to make them, but I found a website and taught myself. I thought it turned out super cute!

Halloween night my parents came into town, to take little Tinkerbell around. I think she just liked the freedom, she ran all over back and forth. I thought she would be tired but she kept going and going. It was the funniest thing, Taylor would carry her basket to the door put the candy in it, drop it for mom to pick it up, then she would run off. Her Winnie the Pooh pumpkin basket was filled to the top of candy for her mommy and daddy!

Do you know the #1 song the day you were born?

2008-10-02T13:44:00.000-07:00

My Cousin has this on her blog and her sister had sent it to me and I thought it was funny. So if you want to try it you can here is the link you go to www.joshhosler.biz/NumberOneInHistory/SelectMonth.htm

Mark- Jan 11, 1983 ... "Down Under" by Men at Work
Hillary- June 15, 1984 ... "Time After Time" by Cyndi Lauper
Taylor- July 7, 2006 ... "Promiscuous" by Nelly Furtado featuring Timbaland

Give it a try, it is kind of neat to see what the hits were back in the day and how the music has changed over time.

My Sweet Girl

2008-09-18T22:00:00.000-07:00

The other day I was over at the Mahoney's House for Megan's birthday, and Jeff was just practicing with his camera! So I was like do you think you could practice with Taylor? He was like sure, Taylor was so dang cute. She is finally hold enough to sit still and would actually pose! Now, that I know this, we are need to get FAMILY pictures done. I no longer have a baby, she is a big girl. I just can't believe how fast time goes by.

Taylor is starting to talk a lot, I love it. The other day we were at my aunt and uncle's and my cousin was leaving she stood up and said bye-bye, Doug laughed and started to leave, when Taylor then said, " Peace-Out!"
Some of her sayings are: Be Nice, Shut up Spud( Spud is the dog, she learned shut up from Great Grandma!), Look at that! Everything is Look at the mamma! This list goes on. She is such a blessing to have in our lives. I love you Taylor Nicole!
Here a few of her poses!

Mary Kay

2008-09-09T17:50:00.000-07:00

Hello Everyone I am now an Independent Beauty Consultant for Mary Kay. I would like to help you get the products you need to make you feel better about yourself. So check out my website and make an order. Feel free to do it anytime. Give me a call if you have questions. I will be putting an order in a week from today so don't waste your time!

Boren Look-alike Meter

2008-09-07T12:14:00.001-07:00

MyHeritage: Look-alike Meter - Family pictures - Roots

Thankful For My Grandma

2008-08-26T21:36:00.000-07:00

This past weekend was a busy weekend and a not so fun one. It started on Friday with a cute stray dog that had been running through the neighborhood. On Friday night, the dog sat outside our window and just howled. I felt very bad for the dog, so the next morning I went out with some food and befriended the dog. BIG MISTAKE. I posted signs for the dog and no one called. My Grandma was getting more stressed out which was causing her to be quite sick and dizzy. My grandma had let the dog in her house so it wouldn't have to be out in the heat. She is way to nice.

On Sunday, Grandma was not well at all, she was so dizzy and worried that this dog would get killed at the pound so she was calling all these places frantically to see if they were a "no Kill" facility. Mark and I went to church in our new ward, only stayed for Sacrament, Thanks to Taylor! The sweet angel she is.... Anyways, I was preparing a nice dinner, Kevin and Christine and Katelynn were coming over for this wonderful meal.

After dinner was done we decided that we were going to play the Wii, I was stressed out because my grandma was so worried about the DUMB DOG. So I decided that the Wii is just what I needed. We started to play, we had the two girls in Taylor's Room playing with all her Toys. It was my turn to go and all of a sudden we heard this big loud THUD, and ran to Taylor's room, it was nothing in there and then all of a sudden I could hear my grandma moaning. Mark and Kevin rushed to be by her side. All I saw was blood and more blood.

Mark and I drove grandma to the ER where she had to have 25 Stitches put in her head. She had hit and artery in her head which wouldn't stop bleeding, so they had to clot the blood, then gave her 5 stitches on the inside, then 20 on the outside.

Grandma is doing ok now, I am just grateful that Mark was here to help me. I don't know if I could have pulled it off by myself. I am also grateful to have such a wonderful grandma who would do anything for us. I love you Grandma and hope you get feeling better soon.

Also, thank you for those of you who helped out with Grandma and also with watching Taylor.

What a fun weekend

2008-08-14T09:25:00.000-07:00

Christine & Hillary (holding Taylor) and playing horse shoes

Rob & Mark battling it out in horse shoes

Katelynn & Taylor on the Teeter-Totter!

The Kids Enjoying the Cabin

2008-08-14T09:17:00.000-07:00

Katelynn

Taylor

Alex

Annual Cabin Trip

2008-08-14T09:08:00.000-07:00

Mark & Hillary & Taylor

Kevin & Christine & Katelynn

Rob & Jess & Baby Alex

Mark & Rob are excited that they are not working!

Taylor's New Dress

2008-07-31T13:51:00.001-07:00

We wanted to Thank Aunt Star for the cute dress she got Taylor for her birthday. It looks so cute on her! Also, we wanted to thank Grandma Bev for sharing her Ice Cream bar with Taylor. She just loves Chocolate! My Grandma just loves to have her picture taken, can you see how she placed her hand right in front of her face. Silly Grandma!

Bowling

2008-07-31T13:39:00.000-07:00

We went bowling yesterday with Kevin and Christine. We were all brave parents we didn't get a babysitter. We took our kids and it was so much fun.... Can you hear the sarcasm in my voice? Anways, Mark and I really have never gone bowling before, we just usually bowl from our living room on our Wii. Our first game I lost big time I bowled a 93 and Mark bowled a 102. Kevin and Christine killed us they were like 141 and 132. So we played another game and it looked like I was going to loose again, but then Mark decided to give me a good luck kiss, which led to four straight strikes. I couldn't believe it. I won the second round bowling 163. I was so happy, I think I finally figured out how to bowl.

While the Cats are away the Mice will play!

2008-07-31T13:19:00.001-07:00

Kevin and Christine came over to our house a last week to hang out, we watched Fool's Gold. We also had a wonderful dinner, Ribs! I love ribs and could probably eat a whole rack myself. Don't worry I have never eaten a whole rack( Thanks to my self control!!)

When we sat down to watch the movie Taylor and Katelynn were in Taylor's room playing with toys, so we thought......
I decided it was a little quiet so I went in to check on them and found that they were not in Taylor's room, but that they were in the bathroom. They had put a whole role of toilet paper in the toilet. They had so much in there, that there wasn't even any water in the toilet. Hey at least they had fun right?

Boating

2008-07-31T13:08:00.000-07:00

Taylor and I went boating with the family. We had such a good time. I didn't know I had a dare devil for a child. Taylor rode the tube twice and when she went over the bumps she would say, " oh, no!". She even jumped off the boat into the water. I couldn't believe it, she played in the water all day and didn't complain about her life jacket at all. Taylor was also the official flag holder. We couldn't get her to let go of the flag!

I didn't have my camera with me, so I had to take pictures with my phone! They still turned out way cute.

My new haircut.

2008-07-15T20:36:00.000-07:00

I found a picture of a haircut on the internet, I loved it, I just didn't know if I could pull it off. For the last few years I have really long hair, now I have really short hair. I am really liking it, it is way cooler than having it laying on my back during the hot, hot summer. So here are a few pictures of the new haircut.

I got Taylor already today and she wanted to wear a hat, so I put her hair in a ponytail and put her hair through the back of the hat. I got the camera out to take a picture and said Taylor can you say "Cheese!" She says no, she takes the hat off and puts it on backwards, then looks at me and says, "Cheese!" I have no idea where she got the idea to wear her hat backwards. Kids are just simply amazing.

More Pictures of Taylor's Birthday Cake

2008-07-14T14:48:00.000-07:00

Taylor's Birthday

2008-07-14T14:38:00.000-07:00

Taylor turned two on July 7, 2008. I can't believe that my little baby is now entering her terrible two's. Oh, Mark and I are so lucky to have this sweet little toddler. I love her to death, but I am not loving the tantrums that she loves to have. She will throw herself backwards and land right onto the ground, it doesn't matter what the ground is. We are lucky that she has not had any major injuries.

Anyways, here are a few pictures from Taylor's Birthday. Mainly of the cake and a few cousins that came to the party. My cousin took the rest of the pictures, once she gives me a cd I will then put those on later.

PS. I made the cake myself... Taylor loves pigs, so I found a website that showed pictures and I just went from there. Then, I decided that I needed to do piglets so I made cupcakes. I was very proud of myself for how they turned out.

Taylor's First Horse Ride and Taylor's Puppy

2008-06-24T11:47:00.001-07:00

Moose Pictures

2008-06-24T11:35:00.000-07:00

Cabin Pictures

2008-06-24T11:26:00.000-07:00

Summer Time

2008-06-24T11:08:00.000-07:00

We have moved into my grandma's house to help her out and to provide her with company. We moved all of our stuff that we would need, we left our furniture in our condo. We are not sure what we want to do with it quite yet. We are loving it, Taylor now has a big yard to play in, and even a little dog.
Lots of things have happened since my last post, I had a birthday, it was on Father's Day. I turned 24 and we had everyone one over for cake and ice cream. It was a really good cake, Thanks to Costco for doing such a great job.
We went up to Salt Lake so that Mark could take is NCLEX test. He passed, so he officially has his RN. He answered 112 questions, then we had to play the waiting game to see if he passed. I knew he would because he is so smart.
During that trip we went up to my family's cabin, which is like 30 min. north of park city. Mark saw his very first moose. We got a few pictures, but it was so dark outside it was hard to get super good ones.
That is our summer in a nutshell.

Disneyland

2008-05-31T11:52:00.000-07:00

Alright, we are back from Disneyland and have been for awhile. I just have not had time to put the pictures on the computer. I had to go through them and find some good ones. I am still waiting to get some from my sister-in-law. We had a lot of fun. When we first got there we went straight to my favorite ride. Pirates! Taylor was not sure what she was getting herself into, at the first drop she clutched on to me and would not let go, other than that she loved it. The characters were not really out, we were really sad about it. We only saw Mickey and Minnie in the parade. We didn't want to go to the dreaded toon-town. So maybe next time she will be able to see them. Well, here are some of our pictures. We also went to the beach, which she loved very much.

2008-05-24T07:19:00.001-07:00

You Are Snow White!

Pure and trusting. You are a gentle soul who can get along with just about anyone. Everyone you meet instantly falls in love with you. How can they resist? You have a pure, lovable nature that's irresistable. Just don't trust everyone who comes across your path.

Which Disney Princess Are You?

Congratulations

2008-04-29T20:49:00.000-07:00

I just wanted to congratulate Mark for his up coming graduation. Mark graduates on Saturday with his R.N. He has been working full-time and going to school full-time, so it has not been an easy thing for him. He also found out today that he was accepted into the PCA Internship at Dixie Regional Medical Center. Good Job Mark, Taylor and I love you and are very proud of you!

My diet is no more thanks to....

2008-04-19T08:17:00.001-07:00

TWENTY FIVE MAIN can I just say I love their cupcakes. They are absolutely delicious. I went onto there website and it even has a cupcake schedule so now I will be able to go in and get the flavors that I have not been able to try. Oh, am I in trouble. It is a very good thing that the Cancer for Life walk is next week. I will be walking for two days but only two hours on Friday and one on Sat. If anyone wants to come walk with me they are more than welcome to.

If you have not been to Twenty Five Main, I would go, it is so cute inside. I love their color scheme. So far we have had the strawberry, orange, and Chocolate Raspberry. They are the best cupcakes. They also have wedding cakes.

I Figured Photoshop Out!

2008-04-11T21:37:00.000-07:00

It only took me like a month to get a page done, because I had no Idea what to do. Thanks to a friend I was able to find a website that was very helpful. Here is my first couple pages they are not quite finished yet, just like the rest of my scrap-booking!

Snoop Dog a Mormon?

2008-04-03T09:42:00.000-07:00

So I like to listen to the news, some days I really don't get the chance to so I will read about it on the world wide web! So I was skimming articles and found this article I have no Idea what to think and thought that you guys might want to see it for yourself. Here is the link http://www.benderboyz.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Music/04/01/

Let me know what you think!

Ok so I posted this, this morning and later today my husband was reading the article and in very small print and the bottom of the page it said Happy April Fool's. We all know I will believe anything. I was just trying to give snoop dog the benefit of the doubt.

Getting Excited For Disneyland

2008-04-03T08:47:00.000-07:00

We are going to go to Disneyland for Marks Graduation. I can't wait. It will be so much fun because it will be Taylor's first time. I let her watch Micky Mouse Club House in the mornings and now she can name all of Mickey and his friends so I know she will have a wonderful time. Here is a couple of Pictures of Taylor with my Mickey ears on, I secretly think she is excited too!

The Name Game

2008-04-02T15:06:00.000-07:00

So I got this email today and thought I would post it, if you like it give it a try!

This made me laugh so I had to pass it on.

> Subject: Lets play the name game
>
> 1. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (mother & father's middle name) Ann Allen
>
2. NASCAR NAME: (first name of your mother's dad, father's dad) Joseph Golden
> >
> 3. STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2
> letters of your first name) Borhi
>
> 4. DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal) Green Cow.
>
5. SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born) Jean Salt Lake.
>
> 6. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd fav color, fav drink, add 'THE' to the
> beginning) The Orange cherry sprite.
>
> 7. FLY NAME: (first 2 letters of 1st name, last 2 letters of your last
> name) Hien

> 8. ROCK STAR NAME: (current pets name, current street name} this one doesn't work for me so I will have to used an old pet with an old street so here goes, Bruno Rivers Edge

> 9. STRIPPER NAME: (name of your fav perfume/cologne, fav candy) Very Sexy Three Musketeer.

10. PORN NAME: (1st pets name, street you grew up on) Ralph Paiute. I like the manly porn name!

Family Pictures

2008-03-14T21:23:00.000-07:00

Family Pictures! They turned out great, Thank you so much Mr. Jeff Mahoney! Your a wonderful photographer!

I hate people who leave junk in my comments

2008-03-14T20:57:00.001-07:00

Can someone please tell me why I keep getting weird comments by crazy people? Since, I can't get people to stop leaving virus's on my blog I am going to have to go private. So if you would like to remain a reader on the Boren Digest then please email me your address to hillaryboren@hotmail.com or leave it on my blog!

Air Supply

2008-03-14T07:35:00.000-07:00

Mark and I had the oppritunity to go to Las Vegas and go to an Air Supply Concert! We had a blast. we had the chance to meet the band! They were sweet and the really put on a wonderful show. When we were given the tickets I was like who is Air Supply, but when they started playing their music I knew who they were. Now Mark and I are preparing our trip to Dinseyland. We are taking Taylor for her first time we are so excited!

Pampered Chef Party

2008-02-21T06:25:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone I just wanted to invite you all to my pampered chef party. I think it will be lots of fun. So if you want to come to the party email me your address at hillaryboren@hotmail.com. If you can't come to the party of March 6, 2008 and want to order some of their products let me know and I will get you a catalog. Thank You!

One Tree Hill

2008-02-19T21:54:00.000-08:00

Ok so my favorite TV show for the last like five years has been ONE TREE HILL. I have to watch it every week it is on. If I am not home I record it. I own all the season and also the soundtracks. Anyways, I have very upset with the show right now. All of you who watch it weekly may agree with me that Lindsey and Lucas do not belong together, Nanny Carrie needs to go fall of a cliff or something and Nathan and Haley need to rekindle there relationship! Ok, now I feel better for getting that off my shoulder. If anyone wants to borrow the seasons just let me know.

Happy Valentines Day

2008-02-14T09:55:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to tell my husband how much I love him. He works hard for Taylor and I. So we love you Mark.

2008-02-08T18:34:00.000-08:00

Hey Everyone I saw this slide show on someone else's blog and fell in love with the way it shows President Hinckley.

http://samples.photatobug.com/president_hinckley/index.html
All you have to do is copy and paste the link it will do the rest! Turn on your speakers.
I hope you all check it out.

2008-02-07T18:32:00.000-08:00

Can I just say where does the time go. My little Taylor is nineteen months today. I don't have a baby anymore I have a terrible two. I want my sweet little baby back. Well, some days she is sweet and some days I am wondering where Taylor is and who this person that has taken over body. We went to the doctor yesterday and these are her Stats!
Height 33in. 80% of her age group
Weight 21.3lbs. 6% of her age group
they said for her height that she should weight about 26 lbs. Lets just say she has her dads figure! Tall and skinny! Taylor has almost fourteen teeth, she is cutting four right now. I am so glad that she has them come in, in multiples. I can't deal with the crying 24/7.
Life is going great with the family. We are going to go to Missouri on the 22, and see marks parents and their new house! So when we get back from that trip we will have more pictures to post.

2008-02-07T18:27:00.000-08:00

We had our house full of kids a couple of weeks ago. We were babysitting our cousin's baby Eraleigh and also our niece Katelynn. It wasn't to bad, I don't know if I would have survived if I didn't have Mark's help. Taylor thought she looked so cute in my Grandma's glasses. I would have to agree with her. I am glad that she kept them on long enough for me to get a picture!

2008-02-07T18:26:00.000-08:00

Here is some of our Christmas pictures. Maybe next year I will get some more when Taylor can actually open her own presents!

2008-01-12T10:34:00.000-08:00

Hello Everyone sorry it has been so long since my last blog. Mark Taylor and I spent Christmas with Mark's sister up in Springville. It was so fun, we even woke up to a WHITE Christmas. Taylor still wasn't really into Christmas, maybe next year. On Christmas eve we went and looked at the lights at Thanksgiving point. It was a lot of fun. We really enjoyed spending quality time with his sister and her family. Then the day after we went to Salt Lake and spent the day with my family. I had a very nice visit my Dad and my new step-mom. I had a wonderful visit and am thankful that I got to know Kris( My step-mom) better. Then my mom and step-dad (Chris) came over for a wonderful dinner. My dad made prime rib, It was excellent.
Now, we are home the Christmas decoration are down, and my house is finally back to normal. I have been re-decorating all throughout the house. So when I get my printer hooked back up to the computer I will post pictures. Anyways, I hope life is well for everyone and I hope everyone is enjoying the NEW YEAR!

2007-12-14T21:42:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS! Here is some pictures I took of my new Disney ornaments. I hope you can see them. I hope you are all enjoying the Christmas season!

2007-12-13T14:21:00.000-08:00

I just wanted to post some pictures of Taylor, and show how much she has changed throughout the months. I can't believe that she is almost 18 months. She is starting to get an attitude when she doesn't want something she throws the biggest fits. Hopefully I can catch one and video tape it. Taylor was a wonderful baby, I think she is already hitting her TERRIBLE two's! I love you Taylor! Keep being my little Angel.

2007-11-25T09:13:00.000-08:00

Mark and I just got back from disneyland. I love going there because I can act like a kid again. It decorated for Christmas, and they even made it snow by the Castle. We go almost every year for anniversary since that is where we went on our honeymoon! Anyways, we have a little tradition we like to go when it is decorated for Christmas because you can get Christmas ornaments. Our Christmas Tree is only decorated with Disneyland Ornaments. So needless to say I look forward to going to pick out new ornaments. I will take pictures of them and post them along with some of our other pictures! I just wanted to say thank you to all my family who watched Taylor so that Mark and I could get away for a nice a few days. Oh, Megan don't worry Jake will be home in a few months and you will be able to go on a nice "Vacation" with no kids. I will even offer to babysit!

2007-11-18T20:12:00.000-08:00

I just want to say that I have made it three wonderful years! I love you Mark. You are a great husband and a great father. Thanks for the wonderful memories. I can't wait to make more memories. We are leaving for DISNEYLAND tomorrow so I will post pictures of that when we return. Once again, I am so grateful for all you do for us. I love you Mark!

2007-11-10T15:23:00.000-08:00

Pictures of our trip to Missouri. I don't have time to blog about it now, I will later just enjoy the pictures for now.

2007-11-09T13:21:00.000-08:00

So I have been a slacker and have not blogged about Halloween Yet! For Halloween both Taylor and I were nurses. She was so cute, she would take a piece of candy and put it in her bag. I don't know what I am going to do with all her candy. I have no desire to eat it. I have now lost almost 20 pounds and that Halloween candy could be very devastating. I have a lot more pictures to put on of my trip to Missouri. So next time I blog it will have all those pictures.

2007-11-09T08:39:00.000-08:00

hey everyone I sent emails to you to invite you to my blog,which I am going to set to private. Well, some of you responded and I accidently deleted the email. So if you could please email me back that would be great. I will be putting my blog to private in a week. I promise to update my blog within the the week.

2007-10-13T08:52:00.000-07:00

We just got our family pictures taken. I never thought it would be so challenging. Taylor did'nt want to sit still. So only half of the pictures even turned out. Taylor is now 15 months. I can't believe how fast the time goes by. Anyways, life is great, just super busy.

2007-09-14T12:57:00.000-07:00

I just want to tell everyone how much I love my husband and my little angel! They mean the world to me. I am so thankful for them and all the wonderful things they do for me. Life is going good for the three of us. I love you Mark & Taylor

2007-09-05T14:26:00.000-07:00

Labor Day Weekend,

I just got back from our Wonderful Cabin, that is up Weber Canyon, in Northern Utah. It was a blast. The weather was wonderful. Nice and cool, I really enjoyed the freezing cold and night. What a difference compared to St. George. Anyways here is a picture I took of Taylor on Cabin Porch.

2007-09-05T12:55:00.001-07:00

Hello everyone,

I thought I would give this a try. I love hearing and seeing pictures of how everyone is doing. Life has been great for Mark and I. We have been busy this past year, Life is full of wonderful suprises, one being our little girl Taylor. Wow! can I just say she is a handful now that she is walking(running) through the house. I clean it and she tears it apart. I don't mind cause I love her so much. I am back in school I am still working on my associate's degree. I think I am on the fifty year plan!! Mark is almost done with school, infact he has eight months left. I can't wait. We are still in St. George, I would love to get together with all my old friends and catch up since I have not seen you for so long. Any ways I hope you all have a good day. I can't wait to hear from you!