New Update at Last.

Back in the Saddle Again
Hopefully we are going to be able to sort out the two blogs now. Joseph is doing Update on Joseph and we are doing this one. Unfortunately we were denied access for a while when Joseph took over his blog. But now we are in and able to post. So here goes a couple of updates:

Bathroom Re-do Redeux
The refurbishing of the master bath at the Taggart home has been completed. You are not nearly so delighted to hear that as we are! It is beautiful. Between Elizabeth's hard work (note the tile work in the previous post), Gloria's decorating craft and friends and neighbor's plumbing skills it is a masterpiece.

Celebrations
July is an eventful month for the Taggart family. July 16th is Gloria's birthday and July 27th is our anniversary. We have been married for 38 years. Time flies when you are having fun! We've enjoyed attending the weddings of friend's the past month, (note Draper Temple photo above left) it really doesn't seem that long ago we were in the Logan temple together with all our family.

In July the Shaffer Family had their annual reunion. It is a wonderful event every year, such a good way to stay in touch. The George Washington Taggart Family Reunion is held every other year and was held in Salt Lake this time. With so many decedents it is a treat to see key family members each time.

Summer Activities
Elizabeth has been very busy this summer as the Beehive adviser in the YW organization. She helped with the ward youth conference in Bear Lake. They had Joseph come up and speak. He did a really great job. During questions and answers after his talk the bishop asked him what he was planning occupationally with his law degree. One of the really bright Beehives suggested: "You could be a professional motivational speaker".

One of the summer's highlights was last week when Tim and Gloria got to tend the grand-kids while Elizabeth was at Girls Camp all week (Photo on right). We took them to Thanksgiving Point to see the dinosaurs twice. For Tim the highlight was reading to them. Having Gavin discover "The Monster at the End of the Book" was a generational delight. At what can be more fun than a race to see how fast Grandpa can read a Dr. Seuss book?

Joseph enjoyed having Gavin on his lap riding around the house, yard and neighborhood for hours. Gloria is the world's most awesome Grandmother and the kids enjoyed every minute with her.

We live in a great neighborhood. The grand-kids enjoyed playing with the kids-next-door and the family enjoyed having neighborhood friends over for diner.

Nephew's Baptism
Our great nephew, Darchon Taggart was baptized, confirmed and ordained to the priesthood a couple of weeks ago. He moved to North Salt Lake and has been attending Wood's Cross High for the last year. There were 150 that attended his baptism including nearly the whole football team. He is a great young man, a brilliant student and an outstanding athlete. We are very proud of him.