Happy Birthday, Morgan!

Morgan turned 7 on the 23rd. It's a little hard to believe that she is that old. The years have gone by so quickly. Morgan has always been our little sunshine child and we are so glad that she is a part of our family. She wanted sausage and pineapple PIZZA and FRUIT SALAD for dinner. We had fun making it together. It was very yummy--according to Morgan it was the best pizza she ever had. Then we went to the Primary talent show. Morgan displayed pictures of things that she made. Sierra played a duet with Emily on the piano. Caden did some magic tricks. And Carson put some puzzles together and displayed them. We were very proud of our children and their individual talents. When we came home we enjoyed BANANA SPLITS and watched Morgan open her presents. Here are some pictures of her birthday.

Don laughed, but we still had to have candles even though we didn't have a cake.

She chose banana splits over cake.

Mmmmm! GOOD!

Enjoying Dessert and each other.

Let the unwrapping begin....

Socks

Hmmm...

Nail polish

She is so excited!

A make your own glamour jewelry kit. She can't wait to use it.

Park Day at the Mall

When the weather is nice Carson, Connor, and I go to the park with our friends once a week. The weather has been cold and rainy lately. So last Wednesday we all went to the mall and let the kids play in the play place there while the moms supervised and visited. We all had such a good time. Here are some pictures of the kids playing.

Sliding!

Carson is King of the Mountain!

Connor is MAD about something.

Lunch time!

Carson and Connor riding the little Carousel.

WHAT FUN!!!

Firestation Tour

On January 13th Carson, Connor and Mom went to the firestation with our friends for a tour. We all had a really good time. Just now Connor was looking at the pictures and said, "I want to do that again, Mom."

At the end of the tour they were given plastic fireman hats and stickers that look like a fireman's badge. They thought that was pretty cool.

We got to sit in a fire engine. Carson thought that was the best part.

Connor wasn't as thrilled about getting in the truck so I didn't get to sit in it.

Sitting in front of the fire truck.

The whole group.

Random Pictures

Sierra got to bring one of the class pets home over the winter break. She brought home Sally, the bearded dragon. All the kids enjoyed playing with and taking care of Sally. She didn't do a lot and was kind of boring, but the kids really enjoyed holding her and watching her eat and move around.

Playing with Sally.

Sword Play.

Don bought these swords for the kids a few years ago.
They enjoy taking turns fencing with Dad.

Brotherly Love.

Morgan got an Easy Bake Oven for Christmas.
She really enjoys making yummy treats to share with everyone.
Sierra is really great at helping her out.

Putting the cake in the oven.

YUMMY!

My little chefs. They love to help me in the kitchen.

Sierra took a GATE photography class and over winter break was supposed to take some pictures of certain things and make a scrapbook to take to the class. She took this picture of Carson making a puckery face to represent sour. I think its a funny picture. I love it!


On the last day of winter break we went to Nubi's for one last fling before resuming normal life.

Frozen yogurt and a choice of any 2 toppings.

The kids were in heaven. It was very fun.

A bit of a cheesy smile from Mom, but hey, at least we were having fun.

Happy New Year 2010

We didn't do very much on New Year's Eve. Jen worked with Kristi Royer at a party. Don and the kids stayed home and watched a movie. Except Sierra who went to Emily's house for the night. New Year's Day was quite fun though. We spent the morning watching the Rose Parade, picking up the house and making preparations for our little party. In the afternoon, Jen's family came over. Several people went out shooting while the rest of us stayed here and had lunch and visited. When the shooters got back we ate burritos for dinner and then played games. The kids had a lot of fun playing together outside and in. The adults, and Sierra enjoyed games such as Apples to Apples and Loaded Questions. It was a fun day and pretty relaxing. Unfortunately, I forgot to take pictures.