Fantastic Morgan Dawn

We love our Morgan. She is smart, funny, loves to read, draw, gymnastics, takes care of Liv, and keeps us on our toes.When Jen was in town in November, we had a tour of the fire station. The kids got to play with the uniform. This was a great activity to do, and all the cousins had a great time.

Here's Mosey on the first day of school. Notice she still has her front teeth here. Also notice her pose. For some reason, she comes up with these funny poses. She thinks they are great, and make her look good for the picture. Don't you wonder sometimes where kids get their ideas, and what is going on in their head?

On Morgan's birthday, My Dad and Mom(Nedra) picked Mo up in their new convertible, then got Heidi(Krista's daughter who is 6 days younger), and took them to Cold Stone for ice cream. As the story goes, the girls picked odd combinations, took two or three bites, and threw their ice cream away. My dad said that next year he's taking them to McDonald's for their dollar fudge sundae. I think thats probably a good idea.

Every year I bring the supplies and make gingerbread houses with my girls school classes. It has become a fun tradition. Next year, Olivia will start pre-school, so I'll have 3 classes to go to :)

All about Haley Marie

Haley had to do a Mission project for school, and long story short, she didn't tell us until 2 days before it was due. We rushed and helped put it together. I think it turned out pretty good.

This is Haley at her piano recital with Rebecca Parkin.


















Haley eating it at the snow.

Gymnastics

Olivia loves to go to gymnastics with her friend Ellie Greenlaw. They always hold hands as they walk in together. So Cute!!

Just for fun

For Christmas , we bought Haley a Cute childrens camera from Limited Too. She loved the gift, but the camera turned out to be junk. So, we did what any good parents would do. We returned the camera to the store, gave Haley our camera, and bought ourselves a new camera. Haley was thrilled and loves to take pictures. The other day, Chris and I were curious to see what she had been taking pictures of. It took us 10 minutes to stop laughing. I love our Haley, she has a very creative personality.
The following pictures are a few that I uploaded from Haley's camera.

Friends and Family and Fun

The cousins were so excited for the Easter Egg Hunt. It seems like the only way to get them all to look is to tell them to do a silly face.This is my brother Gabe, his fiance Marlene and her parents.

My brother Garth and his wife Barbara.

Chuck and Linda Seagull. (our good friends)

Haley finding an egg

Easter Sunday

My beautiful girls ready for church on Easter morning.This year, Chris hid the Easter baskets. When the girls woke up, there was a piece of paper on the table with a riddle on it. Chris set up a scavenger hunt and the girls had to follow the clues to find their baskets. They loved it. I think we might start a tradition with that.

My HUNK of a Man!!

This is a picture at 2 weeks post surgery. Chris has now lost about 28 pounds. How awesome is that! Chris continues to do great and looks forward to a healthier life.

Many of you know that Chris had Gastric Bypass surgery last week. He gave me the ok to post some pics. I'll try to post a new picture every week to document his weight loss. I'm so excited for him!!
These are the last 2 pictures of Chris before his surgery.

This was taken this morning (March 25) one week post surgery, and almost 20 pounds lighter. Thats Haley and Morgan hiding behind Chris giving him bunny ears.

I made this birthday party invitation for Olivia.
I thought it was so cute, I wanted to share it. This will be Olivia's first friends party. She is so excited she can't contain it. She doesn't understand time, and she still has over a month to go.

We went bowling with the cousins and had a blast! This is me, my sister Krista, and my brother Gabe's fiance MarleneThis is Gabe and Marlene's son Logan. He is a total ham.

Olivia is always ready with a big smile for the camera.

Haley gets prettier every day.

This is Morgans pose of the week. She's always coming up with a new pose that she thinks is cool. I love her toothless smile. She has lost her four top front teeth. She's so gorgeous.

Here's our classic group shot of the cousins.

Haley managed to get a gutter ball with the guard rails up. So funny!

CTR

I made these cute shirt for my girls. I found this website freeldsart.com, and it had fun designs that you could download and print onto iron on transfer sheets. It was very easy.

In December, Chris and I went to L.A. to see The Forgotten Carols with Dad and Nedra, and Tony and Carissa. We took a tour of the Ronald Reagan Library while we were there.

New Years Day at the snow

These are our sweet girls. In this picture, Haley is 8, Morgan's 6, and Olivia's 2.