Talia Updates End of 2018

Dear Talia,

It has been a while since I have written an update specifically about you, so here we go!

• You are in four dance classes this semester and you are LOVING it. Your favorite is definitely jazz dance. Dancing and music is just part of your soul. You are always walking around the house singing something and you always want to be playing music with whatever we are doing. 
• You read 10 chapter books for homeschooling in the last 3 months. It was awesome watching you do that! Your favorite was "Little Women" and a book about an Indian Princess. 
• You are in piano lessons with Tauna Buckway and you LOVE her. You like the music you are assigned, but more than anything you like to make your own music and play around with sounds a lot. 
• You were BAPTIZED this year! It was in Idaho, in a swimming pool of a friend of Papa and Mimi's. Mimi has been REALLY sick, so you were baptized up there so you could be close to her and cousins while we were in Idaho for the summer time. 
• You did a homeschool choir this past semester and ATE it up. 
• You sang a solo in the St. George Tabernacle during a concert of your dad's and did fabulous!
• You are a major social bug. Your biggest motivation for getting your task chart done is so you can go play with Emery and Maeli (girls in our neighborhood circle). You invited as many girls to your birthday party as possible because you wanted a good crowd. You are always asking who can come over for dinner, especially on Sunday's!
• You are in Karate as well, and you are killing it! You are definitely a warrior princess. You are currently a blue belt. You missed your belt test because of piano lessons... so the next class Master Judd just had you do a bunch of extra things and he gave you the belt in class! You have intensity in class that is amazing to watch.
• You earned 100$ of your own money to buy a tablet. You are determined to get it and saved for about 3 months! Your favorite thing to do is message people that are close to you and tell them, "I love you". 
• You really want a kitten but we have to wait until we aren't renting a house anymore. 
• You are SUCH a little mom to Joshua. One of the first words he said was your name! "Taya!!" He is always calling for you to come and help him and hug him and get it out of bed. It is adorable to see how naturally you just know how to help him, know what to do to make sure he's okay. 
• You love art, you love crafts and you LOVE containers of any kind!! You would do your nails, make up, and hair every moment of your day. You are a girlie-girl, that is for sure. You are still very sad that you don't have a sister, but we try to make up for it by going out just the 2 of us as often as possible. 
• You made a secret "hiding spot" under your bed where it is JUST your space.
• You LOVE to cook. You want to be with me in the kitchen all the time. You get out your "easy bake oven" with your friends EVERY chance you get. You always want to cook something and your favorite meal is Tilapia and veggie rice.