Ellie and Kimberly's Music Video

Hello by Martin Solvelg & Dragonette

A new blog...

Hey guys!

I started a new blog about my weight loss journey. Check it out and follow me If you'd like!

Kimberly

Click Here!

Merry Christmas! We love this time of year... the food, the family, and remembering the true meaning of Christmas. We hope all is well with everyone and that 2011 (wow did I really just type 2011?) is super! We hope to see you all soon!

Kimberly and Jonathan

Hey! Where have you been?

I'm trying to get back into the swing of blogging. Just getting too distracted by Facebook. Well we went to Disneyland for Halloween and we took cute Ellie with us. She helps her mom out so much so we decided she deserved a good break! We had a lot of fun and a well deserved break from reality. It's always hard coming home from that!






A lot has happened over the last few months but we are really grateful for wonderful family and friends that help us along the way. We have amazing ferrets that never fail to make us smile and cute nieces and nephews that always brighten our days!

Right now we are getting ready for Christmas and we are excited to be able to spend time with our family.

October

We've had a really busy month! Lots of homework and major changes in our lives. Something fun we did with Becky's family is do some family pictures. Jonathan took, and I posed them. Here are some of my favs!











We are so grateful that Becky is still here with us, she has such a beautiful family!

We are so excited for Halloween, we are going to Disneyland and we're bring Ellie with us! We are meeting my sister Jessica and her kids down there. We are going to have so much fun!

We will miss you Grandpa Taylor!

Melvin M. Taylor 1935 ~ 2010 Melvin Midgley Taylor, dedicated husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, brother and friend, left this earth with honor, and was reunited with his beloved wife, on Sunday afternoon, September 26, 2010 at Salt Lake Regional Hospital. He bravely endured months of hospitalization, with the goal of returning to health and enjoying more years with his family. The tender care and dedication of the medical professionals involved in his stay is greatly appreciated and will never be forgotten. He often expressed his gratitude for their kindness and encouragement. Melvin was preceded in death by the love of his life, his dear wife Carol and is survived by his six daughters: Teri Jerman, Melissa Longton, Wendy Bradbury, Rebecca Lund, Jill Pitkin, Amber Russell; his 21 grandchildren and his 21 great grandchildren, also Mel's brother and sisters: Helen Richard, Myrna Lou Banks, Marilyn Lundberg, Don Taylor, Luann Putnam, Joyce White, Glen Taylor, Linda Duering and their spouses, all of whom he loved dearly. Melvin was a long time business owner and was appreciated for his excellent business skills, but more than that, he was loved and admired for his honesty, trustworthiness, hard work and respect for his fellow man. His decisions were always guided by these values. Mel's love of his wife and family were always evident. His family sees his life as a tribute to his Savior Jesus Christ. Melvin served in many church callings including several LDS missions, the most recent where he and his wife Carol, served, helping in the "Addiction Recovery Program". He will be truly missed but we know he was welcomed by a host of waiting loved ones.

I know I know it's been awhile... here is August!

Jonathan and I at Toby Keith






Hey guys! Things have been nuts around here! But I just wanted to post a little riddle for you.

Try drawing this envelope without retracing your path or lifting your pencil. This one took me to forever to figure out but I promise it can be done. Try it you will get so frustrated lol!





This month has been nuts! Jonthan's sister Becky was in the hospital for a couple of weeks and we got to take care of her children (she has 5 so we took 2-3 at a time) and that was a lot of fun!







Want something cute? This is where Jonathan and I had our first kiss... yes Lagoon parking lot in 2000. Thanks Ellie for taking this pic!

We miss little Ellie, Nana, Abbie Marie, Dayton Tiger (or Hudson), and Taylon. Thanks for the good few weeks!

This month we were suppose to go on a road trip to my cousins wedding. But since Becky got sick, we decided to stay and I just flew out to Milwaukee for a couple of days for the wedding and Jonathan stayed home with Becky.



As for Becky, she is a miracle! A true fighter! She is amazing. She went from the edge of death to walking, talking in just a matter of days. Her progress is amazing and we all love her so much! We are thankful to the good doctors and nurses who took care of Becky and espcially of Heavenly Father for answering so many prayers! Thank you all who helped in any way whether it was a prayer, or helping with kids or bringing meals to Aaron etc...



Unfortunately we spend several hours here for a few weeks.



Happy to still have our sister!


Here is a little something cute we taught Dayton, almost by accident... he is so darling!



As for Jonathan and I... we are now back to school! We are both at Westminster. Jonathan is computer science and I am Elementary Ed. We hope this semester brings many good things. We have been doing p90x and hope to have ripped bodies in the near future lol! Wish us luck! Love you all!!

Anybody out there?

Hi all! We are just curious if anyone gets on this thing anymore? Write a comment so we know!



Also check out this cute pic of Nickaylee! Becky made this dress.

Question

What is everyones favorite dessert? Mine is cherry cheesecake!

Merry Christmas!

Enjoy some Holiday Cheer with these old old Christmas Dance videos. This is from Dance Company 2003.

Lock your doors!

I'm writing this to remind everyone to lock their doors during the Holiday season and well... always.

Last night I was home alone in the basement when all of a sudden I heard a ruckus upstairs and what sounded like footsteps. Then I started to hear Junior, the cat, meow really loud. Not the normal type of meow either. The type of meow where she is hurt or being tortured or something. I decided to call Jonathan after a minute to see if it was him upstairs and what was he doing to Junior. I called about 3 times and he finally answered, but he wasn't here, still at school.

Panicked I called the police and locked myself in my room. At this point Junior was still meowing a lot and I was still hearing creaks upstairs. I had already heard what sounded like a door shut. The first operator had a hard time hearing me but she was able to get my address. Then a second operator called me and told me officers were on their way. When they got here the circled the house and then the operator told me to go upstairs and get the door. When I got up there the officers were already in the house. I told them what I heard and what had happened. They looked around the house to check and see if anyone was hiding out. After nothing found I felt a little dumb, but I felt better knowing that no one was there, at least not anymore.

I checked the back door and it was locked, but I asked the officers if the front door was unlocked and it was! When they left they reminded me to lock the door behind them and to be careful.

I took a look around and nothing seemed to be missing or even touched. The strange thing was Junior was locked in the downstairs living room and I have no idea how she would have got there because she was upstairs when I had closed that door last. I started to question myself thinking maybe it was silly and I was just psyching myself out down there. But then I formulated a theory.

I'm guessing someone might have come in the house to look for Christmas tree loot to rob. We don't have one set up here so when they saw there was nothing maybe they left. Whats so so scary is some of our neighbors have had break ins in the past. Our next door neighbor had their car stolen from their garage while they were still home!

And as far as Junior goes maybe they came in the downstairs living room to look and as they closed the door she got locked down there. Or another theory is her cat companion Surfer left recently so she could have just been meowing because she missed him, but this doesn't explain the other noises that I heard and nothing seemed to be knocked over so all I can guess is footsteps and door.

So please everyone be so so careful and don't hesitate to call the police if you suspect anyone unwelcome in your home, trust your instincts. I heard enough noise up there to think Jonathan was home! Plus it's good for the police to have an idea of criminal activity in your neighborhood.

Be careful everyone and have a safe Christmas!

Thankful to have had such a wonderful dad

Gregory Hilton 1953 ~ 2009 Gregory Kim Hilton passed away on Tuesday, October 6, 2009 of heart failure. In deed, his heart was so large from caring for so many. Greg lived his entire life in one home, his family home in Murray. Greg wore many hats. Without question his favorite role in life was loving his pride joy, Kimberly Pookie Bear Bradbury. And Greg only had one job - growing and running his father's radio station with his family and friends, turning KSOP into a pillar of Salt Lake. Among other things, Greg single handedly turned scrubs into a cool outfit for those outside the medical world and recently added a tie-dyed twist. Greg, a.k.a. Grudda Hilltop, lived well yet not long enough. He shared a birthday, March 10, with more relatives than the writer can remember. He is survived by Kimberly and Jonathan Bradbury, Colleen Witt Hilton, Jessica and Michael Shannon, Henry Hilton, Michael Hilton, Kathy and John LaValley, Don and Karen Hilton, Christopher Hilton, Tommy and Tracy Hilton, Amy and Jason Sazama, Ravi Dharnidharka, Rajiv Dharnidharka, Sarah and Shaun Sparks, Layla and Jason Aronow, Robert and Daisy Hilton, Rebecca Hilton, and several little munchkins, including two Xanders. He joins his mother Luana, brother Eric, and brother Sajjan. Please join us this Saturday, October 10th at 2 p.m. to celebrate Greg's life at Jenkins-Soffe South Valley Mortuary, located at 1007 W. South Jordan Parkway (10600 South), with a viewing from 12:30 - 1:45 p.m. Interment (likely Greg's) at Murray City Cemetery. Donations to Greg's favorite charity Utah Food Bank in lieu of flowers, please. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.jenkins-soffe.com



It's been a month now since I've lost my best friend, my dad. I love him so much and my heart hurts everyday from losing him. I feel like I need him here with me so much! Sometimes life isn't fair and takes away those we love too soon. I love you dad and miss you so much!

Squeek squeek squeek!

I already put this up on facebook but I thought it was so cute I'll post it here too. This is my niece Nicki running with her new shoes that have squeakers on the bottom. I guess this is the new way of keeping track of your kids lol



Here is a couple of pics of Abbie and Dayton as well. All these were taken Sunday when Laura and Linds came home for a few days from college.







Thanks for coming to town Lindsey and Laura! We love and miss you! Fun family gathering.

Kimberly & Jonathan

ADAM BRADBURY

Aren't those Bradbury boys so handsome in uniform?

The other day I was getting out of my car at the mall. We are right by Hill AFB and there was a big airplane that was flying overhead. I tried quickly to get my camera out but failed. Well as I was coming out of the mall the plane was flying over again so I recorded this. I couldn't help but think of Adam. I know its not the same plane he flies but the size just clicked. I just wanted to say thanks to all those who serve and their families.



Be safe Adam we miss ya!

Filly our nana eater!

Filly really will eat anything! How blessed we are to have this little dude in our family!

Happy 24th of July!

Happy 24th! Jonathan was sick but we went up to Hank's for a BBQ and Fireworks! Good times!

Kimberly's Rainy Day Adventure!

A few weeks ago I was driving back to work from class and this is the fun I was driving in. I can't believe how hard it was raining.

This first video is on the freeway. I was so shocked it was raining so hard I had to pull out my camera. The video doesn't do the rain justice it was much worse than it looks!


This second video is when I got off the freeway and I was still shocked how hard it was raining when I was driving slow. It was even harder than before!



At this point it was really windy and the rain was going crazy!



Lastly this is inside. You can hear it pounding on the skylight!


Hope you all enjoyed going on my rain adventure with me! :-)

Grandma Taylor

Last week this world lost a fabulous lady! Grandma Taylor passed away last Sunday the 14th. Grandma loved all of us so much and touched everyone with her smile! What touches me the most is to see the love between Grandpa and her. They have been married since she was barely 17 and him barely 18 and they kept their love strong til the end! And because they were so in love they had 7 girls. For the funeral I made some slide shows to play during the viewing. One I made was the Legacy of her and Grandpa. 21 Grand kids and 20 Great grand kids! Amazing! It really fits the saying "All because two people fell in love." What a legacy she left behind! Here is everyone.

I Love YOU!!!

Can I just say how much we love our nieces and nephews? Dayton does the cutest thing to say I love you. Such a Sweetie!

Disneyland

Last week Jonathan and his mom and I got to go to California. Wendy is getting ready to head back over to Iraq and there was a family training in LA where they fly you down, pay for your hotel and food and you go to the conference. So we flew down on Friday and spent all day Saturday at the conference and then Sunday and Monday we spent at Disneyland! Here are some fun pics.



We just got to Disneyland and we are already tired!



This is actually a funny story. We got a wheelchair and Jonathan was pushing me and had his heeley's on. As we pulled into Main Street USA he decided to push me while riding his heeley's. Well he fell backwards and didn't let go of the wheelchair. Therefore I went back with him. At first I thought he was teasing me... until I fell on top of him. Within 5 seconds we had 10 Disney employees around us and one took thier walk e talkie and said "we need a medic!" Embarrassed I was like "I'm fine I swear I'm fine!" They helped me up and I think I hurt Jonathan more than I was hurt falling back. This is just a pic of his injury.



Here we are at the Blue Bayou. This is the restaurant inside Pirates of the Caribbean.



After the whole wheelchair incident Jonathan needed it more than me.



I'll kill him for making that face! But still a cute pic!



The second day we got a electrical scooter.




I just love this saying.





Lastly here is a video from our hotel room. We stayed at the Westin LAX airport and we could see planes coming in. It was awesome! I think I enjoyed it more than Jonathan.

Overall our trip was fun and I just can't get enough of Disney!

Kimberly and Jonathan