Trick or Treat

Here is the whole scary bunch of us, we kind of went with a dark, black theme, creepy.

Mollie, the kitty cat. I love her little pink nose and doesn't she look like she's purring.

Elise is the Wicked Witch of the East, as she puts it, "The one the house fell on."
Reagan wanted to be a Vampire with Gold sparkling ears, (What are ya gonna do?)

I am Spider lady, a little much I know, but I really like Halloween.

Thank-you Ashley for Hosting a really fun Halloween Party last weekend so we could get together with friends in costume, lots of fun.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween!!!

Stay tuned for costumes!
Be Afraid, Be Very Afraid!

Pumpkin Crafts

A friend gave my mom and fun decorated pumpkin that will work for Halloween and Thanksgiving. I loved it and so decided to make some for our Enrichment Night decorations and then keep them for my home. They were so easy to make and it only took me about 10 minutes to put together. They need to dry overnight before adding the leaves, but that was not a big deal.
What you'll need:

• Craft Pumpkins, (Michael's $10.00 for the large and $6.00 for the small, they are currently 50% )
• Craft paint, any metallic fall color will work
• Fabric Paint, I used two colors, but you can use one or more
• A brush
• Fall foliage
• Gold wire, I used bow wire, because it was .99 cents for the pack, but it does no hold it shape as well as I would have liked
• Straight pins
  

After I painted them with 2 coats, I let them dry to the touch and then just drew designs in a random pattern all over. I let that dry overnight, then with straight pins attach the leaves and any other fall embellishment that looks good. For the wire just twist it around a wooden spoon and either hot glue it or again use a straight pin. Lots of fun and so easy.

Reflection

I decided today for this post to just simply list a few of the funny things that have happened in the last couple of days. Now as I look back they are funny , but at the time many of them happened, not so funny, but this will give you a glance as to why I have not posted for a few days.

1. Dropping my blender that was full of tomato puree. Did you know they bounce and the contents can fly as high as the ceiling? New info to me, but got a picture of that one.

2. Fighting off light saber attacks on my vacuum as I vacuum my house.

3. Bleaching all bathroom toys, Cometing my bathtub for the 3rd time this week while my 10 month old, once again sits on the cold bathroom floor, naked, waiting as I clean the poop out of the tub.

4. Cutting out, organizing, picking up vinyl letters 3 different times, collecting money, creating numerous spreadsheets to keep the money thing on the up and up, practicing and failing umpteen times to learn and be able to teach how to do vinyl letter tiles, loading and unloading 200 tiles into the church and then back into my van, going to the church to set up tables only to find another ward beat us to it and used the tables, burning my potato soup base and having to start all over, dropping the tomatoes (read above) for my tomato bisque and having to start that all over, working on getting Reagan's temperature down so he could go to his pumpkin carving party at the school at 6, making sure Tyler gets home from work in time for me to leave so he could take Reagan to the pumpkin carving and get him back to the house with Grandma and Grandpa Morgan so he, Tyler, could get to work by 6:30, and then walking into the church with a big smile on my face and enjoying Enrichment last night.

5. Coming home at 9:30 to my 3 amazing kids running out their room to tell me they missed and they love me.

Anyway, that's what I have been doing in the last 24 hours, pretty crazy, but I think I can breathe now for a minute.

History

Since I started teaching World history with the IDLA, I am finding myself getting sucked back into one of my true passions in life, History. I am fascinated with anything historical and it is really fun to be researching history again. Tonight I was trying to find an answer and came across a History Blog and I can't tear myself away from it. It the blog of author Michelle Moran who wrote Nefertiti. This blog is a compilation of news stories she has run across about archaeological finds, WOW! it is amazing. Anyway, I just wanted to share, if you have a minute check it out by clicking HERE

Elise's Eyes

I was organizing my pictures on my computer and came across this picture. Isn't she so cute and look at those EYES! (Click on the picture to make it bigger so you can really see them.)

A Evening at the Falls

Tonight we all went down to the Shoshone Falls to try and capture some of the beauty of fall with pictures of the kids. We took 82 pictures in all and I think there are about 2 that I really like as far as a formal type picture. There are some really cute candid ones, so I think we will focus in that direction for this photo shoot and let the professionals help us out on a real family picture. We focused mostly on the kids for this but I jumped in on a couple.
I have to say the kids seemed to have a good time, but the reality of a photo shoot:

• They preferred throwing the leaves rather than sitting in them
• Reagan finally said forget this
• Elise had more fun rolling down the hill and getting dirty and
• Mollie just did whatever she wanted to.

I LOVE Hot Chocolate

I am sitting here at the computer, it's almost midnight, and I'm feeling a little lonely. Tyler left earlier this evening on a hunting trip, the kids are all in bed and I decided to grab a cup of Hot Chocolate. Tyler gave me a new Hot Chocolate Mug for my birthday. To some this may sound silly, but Tyler knows me better than anyone and he knows my love for Hot Chocolate. Today, he asked me how my mug was working out. This is where my true passion for Hot Chocolate is revealed. I hadn't used it... yet. Hot Chocolate is not just a drink I want when I am thirsty, Hot Chocolate is my escape. I only drink Hot Chocolate when my kids are in bed, when the house is quiet, when I am warm inside my house and it is cold outside, when I am cuddled up under a blanket, when I am in my pajamas, when my house is clean, when I am watching Friends, when I am watching a movie with Tyler, when I am all alone and I don't want to be. This is the magic of Hot Chocolate. I guess it is a private obsession, but it is mine and it makes me smile. Sometimes, I put marshmallows in it, sometimes, I put a dollop of whipping cream or cool whip on it and then sprinkle straight cinnamon on that, sometimes, I drop a peppermint candy in it and let it melt. I rarely drink it plain and I always drink it really hot. My sister Rachel, introduced me to Stephens Italian Amaretto flavor, and that is now my favorite, I stocked up on it after Christmas when it went on clearance. Rachel bought me more when she found it on clearance again just a couple of months ago. It is the best with Milano Amaretto cookies dipped in it. Hot Chocolate is my serenity and that is why I know my husband loves me, he buys me Hot Chocolate Mugs for my birthday.

Happy Birthday to Me!

So today is my 34th birthday and I don't look a day older than let's say 32. I woke up this morning to a vase of lilies, a new hot chocolate mug and a peppermint patty from Tyler and the kids. Tyler sure knows his audience, the flowers are gorgeous, and I love hot chocolate. Then I got a solo of Happy Birthday from Elise, she sang the whole song to me and gave me a big hug, priceless. I don't know what the rest of the day has in store, but so far I love being 34.

She is growing up so fast!

Mollie will be 10 months old this Friday and I can hardly believe how quickly the time has gone. She is still an amazingly happy baby and loves to cuddle, smile and is still a momma's girl which I love, because I was too. OK, who am I kidding, I still am a Momma's Girl.

Yesterday when I put her own for her nap, she wasn't really very thrilled, but soon there was quiet in the room, I went to peak in on her and found her sleeping like this. She was still sitting, but had bunched up her blanket and her stuffed musical bear and fell asleep laying on them. Too cute!

We have now welcomed her to the dinner table in her new high chair and she is loving it. She seemed so grown up tonight sitting with all of us eating her first Panini sandwich. Ooh, she is fun!

Halloween Decorations

Tis the season for Halloween Decor
And the kids and I came knockin' on the door.
Trick or Treat, or not quite yet,
But haunted houses, here we'll set.
Ghosts and Goblins, not so many
A tree with pumpkins the size of a penny
Is our latest decoration addition.
But, beware this tree is not in good condition.
It's old and dead like it ought to be
For Halloween to truly be scary.

Soccer Pictures

Reagan's soccer season has come to an end and we finished with a bang. Unfortunately, we lost our last game, but it was the only loss of the season, but who's keeping score, right? After the game we took pictures and went out for pizza. We had some fun boys on the team and some great parents. Tyler really enjoyed coaching these kids. Here is the team picture. I took it and my sister Rachel spiced it up. She is going to do Christmas cards so if any of you readers are interested in having custom made Christmas cards send her an email at rachel.durazzani@gmail.com. Anyway she is really good at this stuff.

Morgan Sisters Take on Salt Lake City

This weekend my sisters, my mom and I decided to have a girls day away. We chose Salt lake City because it was the closest and the easiest for just one day. We set up appointments for pedicures, we went to the Market Street Grill for lunch and then went to the Women's Conference at the conference center. I have never been there, so that was really fun to be there. It was actually my sister Carrie's birthday, but since she lives in Michigan we mentioned this to her, but she said she would have to miss out, but to have fun and think about her. I was a little bummed that we wouldn't all be there, but sometimes that happens.
So Saturday morning Mom, Paula and I climbed in the jeep, dad drove for us, that was very nice, and we headed to Melanie's house in Kaysville to get in her car and meet up in Bountiful with the other two, Rachel and Jacque coming up from Provo. We climbed into the Highlander, trying to avoid as much rain as possible and Melanie had to run back in to get the tickets. Well, out came Carrie, YEAH!!!. She had flown in from Michigan to spend the day with us. She rocks. Melanie had set this up with her to surprise us all, and it was awesome. We had so much fun and most of all, I love all of my sisters and my mom and getting to spend time together. Thanks all of you!