Cute Baby Taylor!

What a sweetie! It was so fun to visit Steph and meet the newest member of the Taylor family (still no first name yet :) Steph and I have been very close since high school and it's so neat to share moments like this...she's a wonderful mother and person. Love ya Steph! He looks so much like his dad and his older sister Hallie when she was born. Such a handsome dude!

We're so excited for you Taylor family! Congratulations!

Upset...at the Jazz

We are very disappointed Jazz fans tonight. They HAVE to win game six now. So stupid! Thought for sure they'd be winning this thing and now it's too scary to watch! Can you tell I'm a little too worked up about this! I just want them to WIN!

On a much happier note, congratulations to my beautiful friend Stephanie who had her baby boy today! So excited for them. I'm excited to meet him tomorrow :) I'll post pics! She has two darling girls and I'm sure they are thrilled he is here too! Can't wait to see you!

The house...

...is getting more put together, but I still have many things I'd like to do (eventually :) I know there are family and friends who've wanted to see a few pictures so here you go! But I'd love it even better if you'd come to visit me and hang out!














Entry view from the front door














Main room (from upstairs looking down)














Dining area/Kitchen - This is my new favorite part of the house. My handy husband, brother-in-law and father-in-law put new tile in the kitchen! We also did a few other things to it and now I really like it. My last little project in here is to change out the three cabinets with the chicken wire for doors (not my favorite). You can't really see them in this picture.














Master Bedroom...it's on the main floor which I REALLY like. I'm trying to convince McKay that the red berries picture of the SL Temple would go GREAT above our bed as an anniversary present...














Buddy's room. This was right after his haircut today!














This picture didn't really turn out, but it's my favorite part of his room. When we bought the house there was purple and green ivy wall paintings above the window and the shutters were green with ivy on them...not going to work for a little boy's room :) So I painted them white and hung his navy stars on them...I like how it turned out!

So anyway, there's a little tour for you. We are SO BLESSED to live in this home and I love it. We're grateful to also live so close to our wonderful friends the McArthurs. Thanks for getting us into the neighborhood!

Random Pictures

I've been meaning to post some of these pictures and just haven't yet...



















I bought Peyt this shirt last year on sale so he and Dad could match
















This is actually today. Such a happy kid ready to eat lunch (and get a HAIRCUT!)














Don't think he likes his new cut so much. I already miss the mohawk! But it needed to be cut evenly so now I can just spike it all over. (Well, when it grows back in!)















I loved this picture...so excited to sit in his box from a birthday present!














Also love this one of Dad and Peyt!




















My Grandma Neiger says Peyton is too cute to be a boy (just joking of course!) So this one's for you Grandma!

Go JAZZ Go!

It's a great time to be a Jazz fan. I love the playoffs...brings out the feisty little competitor in me. Feels nice to have our team up 2-0 coming home to play! Hope the winning continues! Wouldn't it be AWESOME to see the Celtics and Jazz in the finals! Hope our playoff wishes come true!

Anyway...hope all of our family and friends are doing great. We're still anticipating a full week of nice warm weather so we can play outside everyday. It's still a little hit and miss....but we always know it WILL get better :)

Fun Spring Day

(Before I begin...the post previous to this was my husband's attempt to make fun of me. He thinks I think of four things all the time...having fun, babies, treats and cute things...oh my he has much to learn about me :)

Anyway...we had so much fun today! My friend Heather is in town from Iowa so we got together for lunch with some friends. Steph had a great idea to take the kids to the park after (it was beautiful outside!) so Peyt and I went. He LOVED it! I think we'll be taking many trips to the park this summer. Here are some pictures from the day!


















































































Peyt also LOVES his cars and trucks. He's started to make a HMMM grunting sound when he drives them and I love it! Can you also see the lovely bruise on his forehead! I need a helmet for this kid! I'm so lucky because he automatically smiles for me when I get the camera out (as long as he's in good spirits). Do I have him trained or what!

Oh my how fun and cute

Hello everyone I just wanted to say that things are so fun at the Ercanbrack house! Cute boys, babies, and treats galore!

American Idol Junkie

Yes that's right...I LOVE American Idol and I haven't said one thing about it this season. So here is my ode to American Idol post commenting on tonights performances (well, my four favorites anyway). I was a big Mariah fan in high school (and still say she's a very talented singer) so it was fun to hear her songs tonight. May I make a note that I only cheer for those who I truly believe I would buy a CD from...and I would be very likely to purchase a CD from any of these guys...




















DAVID ARCHULETA



















You are deaf if you don't think he has an incredible voice. LOVE him! And it's great that he's from Utah! I was thinking about it tonight and if he makes it to the finals, they will come to Utah and have his little ceremonial debut here. I would be surprised if he didn't make it to the end.

DAVID COOK











My favorite performance tonight. I was a big fan of Chris Daughtry and he's got a similar sound to him. Would definitely buy his CD. He's always good.

BROOKE WHITE












She's got an awesome, unique sound to her voice that I love. Didn't love tonight, but she's usually really good.

JASON CASTRO



















His voice reminds me of Kalai for all of my high school friends out there. I think he's great (even though I don't love dreadlocks!)

All the contestants are actually really good, but you gotta have favorites.

While I'm admitting my TV obsessions, thought I'd also mention McKay and I are on season 3 of Lost. We gave in to everyone telling us to watch a television series on DVD. So addicting. We usually watch at least 2-3 episodes every night. Bummer though that soon we'll have to wait for season 4 to come out on DVD who knows when! Can't start it in the middle of the season :(

So excited as well that So You Think You Can Dance will be starting next month. OK that's it. Those are the shows I love! (Oops, and the Bachelor and the Hills)...thank goodness for tivo and eliminating commercials.

Also GO JAZZ tomorrow night against the Spurs...I believe with a win they can clinch the 3rd spot in the playoffs with a guaranteed home court advantage in the first round! Yeah!

Sleeping...

...should not look so uncomfortable. This position isn't really as bad as how I've found Peyton before, but I thought it was cute that he laid on top of his dog...needed someone to cuddle with :) This kid cracks me up...except for when we are at church and he doesn't want to be there (like every week!)





















We also got lucky yesterday and got to go play golf with McKay and the McArthurs! It was so nice to be outside and enjoy spring! I of course had a rough day golfing, but I'm determined to get better this year. Peyton loved it as you can tell...hopefully he'll enjoy playing with his Dad someday!

What a fun day...

I had so much fun on Good Things Utah. The girls on the show are so SUPER nice and made it such a great experience. We didn't know if Reagan was going to make it due to weather, and I'm so glad she did so I could meet her! Funny that the day I was on it snows :) But it was a great time and I appreciate all the support from friends and family. I had some great friends in the audience and I know many at home cheering me on. I love you all! So bummer news of the day...my tivo didn't work during the show...OF ALL TIMES! Good thing I have on the ball friends. Davy's great mom recorded it and is letting me use her tape so I can watch it and my family (McKay didn't even get to see it live!) So I'm excited to see it...and make fun of myself :) Anyway, thanks for humoring me and being excited for me...it was a great experience I'll never forget!















All my cute friends who came up...Jessica, Steph, Lisa, Raelene and Megan. Thanks girls!

I love conference weekend...

I love to hear from the prophet, apostles and leaders of our church! It's such a great weekend to learn so much. The conference edition of the Ensign is one of my favorite things to read. I hope all of you enjoy the weekend. It's also exciting to hang out with my Mom and sister during the Priesthood session. We're going to the Cheesecake Factory tonight! Yum!

Great Job Lisa!

My wonderful friend Lisa did an excellent job on the show today! It was so fun to go up again and support her. It made me excited for my day on Monday! Yeah! It's finally here. It should be a fun thing to do. I had so much fun today Lisa...you were great!