Taylor Dearden Family
YEAR IN REVIEW-2010
TAYLOR
This has been a fantastic year for Taylor. He has accomplished some major health goals by losing 70 lbs and by running three half marathons (Top of Utah, Layton and Provo Halloween Run). He is a great example of commitment and dedication to his family.
Taylor has continued to excel at work and has been asked to training new hires and assist other Fidelity departments in understanding annuities. He is often given special projects from his boss and he is a top performer on the Annuity Specialist team.
Taylor serves as the fourth Sunday Elder’s quorum instructor and he is well prepared and does a good job of teaching. He is a dedicated Home Teacher and has been a good support to the families he visits.
Taylor had the opportunity to show his family his mission field in Fresno, California during a family vacation to Disneyland.
DIANA
This has been a challenging year for Diana. In February her Dad died from Lung Cancer. The resulting sorrow impacts all aspects of life.
The majority of the year Diana continued to serve as the ward Relief Society President. In September, she was called as the Stake Young Women’s First Counselor, though she asked, they wouldn’t let her do both callings, so she was released. This has been a big transition.
Motherhood is the best! Diana keeps the family running and participates in teaching the children preschool with a neighborhood group, plans weekly field trips and playgroups and tries to keep things under control in the cleaning and laundry departments.
Diana volunteers as the choir pianist at NDPA for the after-school choir, but this has also lead to being the pianist for the Kindergarten program and school sing-along. She also assists in the classroom once a week.
CARTER
Carter started Kindergarten at the North Davis Preparatory Academy (NDPA). Their focus area of study is Spanish and it is a perfect challenge for Carter. Carter’s teacher, Mrs. Susana Aznar, is from Spain and Carter loves her. On his first report card his teacher said that he is “brilliant and understands everything.”
Carter is also participating in the after-school choir and for the Christmas Program he sang in a trio and stole the show with his hilarious actions as he sang, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.”
Carter participated in T-ball and soccer this year. He is a natural at baseball and was one of the best on the team. He improves each year at soccer and this year was really good at staying with the ball, it must be the great teaching he gets from his coach (his mom).
Carter has discovered the wonderful world of computers and would play all day if he was allowed. He tries to sneak in Star Wars games, but quickly changes it to a learning or sports game when mom comes around.
Carter is as dramatic as ever and likes to act out Ben 10 and other super hero figures. He is always making up stories with friends and running through the house saving the day.
SERENA
Serena is mom’s little helper. She always wants to be doing what mom is doing and she is really good at going and getting things. She does her chores without being asked and it is cute to see her lugging her laundry bin up the stairs.
Serena participates in a weekly play school and loves to go on fieldtrips. She loved the vacations we took this year to Disneyland, Vegas and St. George. Whenever we are now on a longer van ride she asks if we are going to a hotel.
Serena played soccer for the first time this year, or should I say Serena stood on the soccer field and hugged her coach and talked with her friends, while wearing a soccer uniform. She loved getting ready for soccer and the snacks, but didn’t spend much time actually kicking the ball.
Serena loves dolls and Barbies’ and always has a load of toys to take with her. She plays really well with her sister and loves to dress-up.
Serena has an interesting accent and we have discovered that she has low level hearing loss. She will be getting tubes in her ears the first of 2011 and we hope that this will fix the hearing loss and help her to hear and understand better.
ALEEYA
So cute and so loving! Aleeya turned two this year, but she still is so petite that people are surprised at how well she talks and runs around.
Aleeya loves to read books and play with her sister. She is really easy going and just joins in with whatever the family is doing.
Aleeya is a star in nursery and her teachers love that she sings the songs along with them. She is taking after her brother and loves to dance and sing.
Water is Aleeya’s favorite past time. She constantly wants to have her swimsuit on, all times of the year, and she will play in the bath for hours. She has no fear and at the water parks we visited this summer she would go up and down the slides on her own.
Love visiting the Tree House Museum. We had four other families that we knew there also: Curtins, Baldwins, Tanners, and Williams. It makes it fun to have friends to see as we run from place to place. 
Chuck E. Cheese is one of our favorite field trips. I use a coupon to buy tokens and they last us for about three visits. Since we have gone 4-5 times I am losing interest in pictures, so here you have it, the only one.
Aleeya helping Grandma Hoppie pick up the wrapping paper.
Carter needed a bank. This one has slots for tithing, mission and fun.
Aunt Kimmie helping Aleeya open her "Wocket in My Pocket" book.
Carter wanted a Nintendo DS, but we had convinced him that he was too young. All of his friends that had them are at least eight. The look on his face was awesome and he said "I knew I would get one!" I guess we hadn't convinced him.
