More from Provo

• "Yeah, someday maybe they let us out to run around outside."

• "MARCO ! . . . come on, Mom, say it. Say 'Polo.' "
• "Now this is a backyard pool! Everywhere is the deep end, and it's just about as big as Delaware."

• "Mom, the best thing about you running the Provo River Half-Marathon was me getting to sleep in on a Saturday morning."
• "Hey, Grandma, how about holding me on the other side — Mom's a little hot and sweaty to be around this morning."

• "Hey, we need to do this more often, don't we?"
• "Grandma, hold me a little closer to the fridge — Dad wanted me to look at the calendar and see what you've got written down for dinner this Sunday."

Pool time is cool time

• "Uh, hello. This is the kiddie pool, and this kiddie is the only one who's NOT in the pool."
• "Hey, Mom, Grandma - I said I wanted to play 'Marco Polo,' not talk about Target's polos."

• "Grandma, I think you're having more fun than I am — and that's just not right."

• "Oh, yeah, this is the kind of face I see when Mom or Dad get on the New Jersey Turnpike."

• "Hey, what does this button do?"

• "Whoa! Multi-jet water cannons!"

• "Wow! We could use this on our cars back home. Just think of what we could do to the cars in front of us that were going too slow."

• "Again! And again! And again.!"

• "Yeah, this is almost worth moving to Provo for!"

• "Oh, yeah, shivering until I'm blue in the face is my kind of fun - hurry and take the picture so I can get back in the water."

• "I don't care if she looks like Auntie Bree or even is Auntie Bree - that lifeguard there scares me!"
• "She blew her whistle at me and said I was running in the pool — and I can't even walk yet!"

• "Yeah, this is about the best way to warm up after a cool evening at the pool."

First Taylor family reunion

• "What do you you mean, 'look at the camera?' "

• "Oh, yeah, Matthew, this 'hands and knees' thing is a fun diversion for you 'cause it's NOT your primary mode of transportation like it is for me."
• "I've learned at an early age - knees feel better on the grass than the cement."
• "On the count of three, you go for the ankles and I'll grab the shoelaces and then we'll have her."

• "Oh, yeah, this is about as much fun as one can have at a family reunion — getting sidetracked in your aunt's arms and unable to get away. And, look, everybody else is getting first crack at the popsicles. Thanks, Auntie Bree."

• "What do you mean they've run out of hamburgers already?"
• "With a little more practice and some one-on-one training with the expert --- a k a my mom --- I should be able to make fish faces with the best of the Taylors."

• "Oh, yeah, this family suits me to a 'T.' "
• "Oh, yeah, this family scares me something silly."

Carter in Almo

• "Hmmmm. I wonder why they call this wooden porch 'The Sliver-Maker?' And if that's the case, I wonder why my mom is letting me crawl around on it with shorts and no shoes?"

• "Uh, hello, got a blanket over my face here. Can't see the camera, which means the camera can't see me."

• "Uh, same problem. No can see; no can be seen. Don't want to be remembered for the City of Rocks trip as 'oh, there's Carter somewhere in that baby carrier.' No, the public wants to see me. The public needs to see me."

• "Great. So they finally get a shot of my face, and what do you know - my eyes are closed."
• "Zzzz . . . mmmm ... gotta remember it's the cows that saw 'mooooo' ... zzzz ... mmmm ... slobber on Braden ... zzzz ...mmmm ... smile at grandma, get a treat ... zzzz ... "

• "Hey, it ain't quite the Park Plaza, but it sure beats sleepin' out under the stars -- except when my Uncle Braden starts to snore. Not so tight, please."

• "Come on, Mom, real cowboys don't have to wait for their mothers to put on their makeup before headin' out."

• "Hey, now this is my kind of hiking! Feet and legs don't get tired — I could go on for hours! It is a little bumpy in the back, though. But I'm good to go."

"I don't care who you are, a blankie's a welcome sight in any time zone."

• "Let me get this straight, this stick horse is our ride, the pop cans on the lawn are the barrels, and I'm competing with my mom in the family reunion barrel riding — my wildest dreams have come true. [pause] Mom, I said that with sarcasm."

• "OK, Mom. That wasn't that bad. And you make a pretty fast horse. But some shock absorbers would have helped."

• "Oh, no, Mom's taking me out behind the wood shed."
• "Ooooh, you weren't watching where you were walking, were you."

• "OK, so this is a family tradition of a photo. So, been there, done that, and not even one year old yet."
• "I'm glad we're getting a photo taken in the old woodshed and not the old outhouse."

Carter in Grouse Creek

• "Come on, guys. It's a cowboy kerchief, not a scarf."
• "You think those animals look big to you, try it from my ground-level view."
• "Whoa! Did you see all that that came out of the end of that horse?"

• "I'm telling you, there's nothing like getting down and dirty, is there?"
• "That's what it's like for me, so what does it mean for you to be 'dog tired?' "
• "They tell me I'm going to ride a horse today, but you look more my size."

• "Guys, I want you to show me how you can run so fast on all fours. I keep getting caught by my mom — how embarrassing."
• "I don't see any hydrants around, so what do you guys do out here when you, you know, gotta go?"

• "No, really, Mom, he said he's never been to New Jersey and wants to check it out. Can we take him home? I'll take care of him. Really, Mom. And Dad would love him, don't you think?"
• "Wow, those are big dog tags they have out here."
• "Hey, Mom, we've been trading — I shared some of my fruit snacks with him, and he gave me some of his fleas."

• "You know, Grandma, most people don't want to pick me up when they hear I have 'dirty pants.' "

• "You know, I think I could look like a much tougher cowboy if I didn't have my grandma hanging on to me, thankyouverymuch."

• "Whoa, Grandma, did you see what you just stepped into there? Keep me away from that."

• "To quote my Auntie Bre, 'Can her walk? Does her swim?' "
• "I'll bet I can beat her in the Grouse Creek foot races and win a quarter!"

• "If this here be a 10-gallon hat, pardner, then I must have me a 6-quart head."

• "Horsepower, huh? Dad says his car has several hundred of that, and this thing ain't even going nowhere."

• "They said I get to be a real cowboy today. Then they don't give me any boots. I can't wear a hat. I've either got my mom or my grandma hanging all over me. And then they don't even let have the reins. Some cowboy, huh? But I'll still give them my best 'True Grit' or Louis L'Amour look for the camera. Just not so tight, Mom, please?"

Funny

• ". . . and then when Mom said that at the dinner table, I laughed so hard that milk came out my nose."
• " Stop me if you've heard this one, Dad. It cracks me up every time I tell it. A woman gets onto a bus with her baby. The bus driver says, 'That's the ugliest baby that I've ever seen. Ugh!' The woman goes to the rear of the bus and sits down, fuming. She says to a man next to her, 'The driver just insulted me!' The man says, 'There's no call for that. You go right up there and tell him off. Go ahead, I'll hold your monkey for you.' "

Things looking up?

• "Yeah, this may be a new photo angle for you, but it's pretty much more of the same for me, Mom, just having to look right up your nose."
• "Shoes? Really, Mom? Shoes? You got me all excited by talking up our shopping trip today, and it's shoes? And I've got nothing here that says 'Playskool" or "Fisher Price" or "Mattle" or "Little Tykes" or "Legos" or "XBox"? Really? Just shoes?"
• "Yeah, I just heard the announcement over the store speakers, too - 'Clean-up on aisle 14.' Sorry about that. My bad."

You shop 'til I drop

• "Why am I smiling? I'm just planning ahead some of my grocery store tactics I'll use today — smiles in the fruit section of the produce area, tantrums in the vegetable section, and an assortment of pointing, grabbing, begging and pleading in the cookie/cracker/candy aisle."
• "Look - I can drive this shopping cart with my eyes closed!"
• "Just warning you, Mom, I have a tendency to get cart-sick when I'm sitting backwards and being pushed around."
• "I'm happy now, but if you spend more than 10 minutes inside, I'll be screaming my head off."

It's an apple, Jack

• "With all five of my teeth, I ought to have this apple finished off by, say, next Thursday."
• "Hey, Dad, you may be able to make a spoon stick onto the end of your nose, but see what I'm trying."
• "Joey said last week he got a bean stuck up his nose, so I'm just going one up the food chain, if you know what I mean."
• "I'm trying to put together a 'snowman' costume for this Halloween, but my parents couldn't break down and buy me a carrot."
• "Joey said last week he got he whole fist stuck inside his mouth, so I'm just trying to one-up him, if you know what I mean."
• "Yeah, yeah, the roast pig on the spit at the luau had an apple in its mouth just like this."

Sweet as candy?

• "You know, if this was Grandma helping me, she'd have the candy unwrapped and already in my mouth. Just sayin' "
• "I don't know what gets me more excited, the crinkly foil wrapper or the sticky, gooey chocolate."
• "Wait a minute! This has bite marks on . . . Hey! Did you sample this already?"
• "Actually, I really had a hankering for a plate of nachos from that boardwalk cafe."
• "Hey, this is mine! Get your own, Mom!"