The Mirthful Morgans: Trunk or Treat

Monday, November 1, 2010

Trunk or Treat

In the past i have never been a fan of "Trunk or Treats" just because it always seemed a cop-out from the real thing. However when you live in the middle of nowhere and don't have any neighbors, it is ideal. I now live in an area where "Trunk or Treating" serves a purpose and i think our ward here in Tennessee does a great job of making it a fun night for the kids. They had dinner inside the church (this year was chilli), hot chocolate and lots of games and crafts for the children while we all waited for it to get dark. Then we all went out to the parking lot where the parents had decorated their car trunks and had candy galore to give out to the children. My kids like to make the decorations for our van, which is great because it means all i have to do is stick them up with tape.

This year John and i decided to dress up (i think it's been since i was in high school, or maybe collage since i dressed up for Halloween). John was a DCOM student and i was a witch. Immanuel was Toothless the Dragon (from the Dream Works movie), Eden, Sarah, and Jack all were cowgirls/cowboys, which made my job all the more easy. After i got done dressing Jack (he refused to wear Iman's checkered shirt) i realized the one i put him in made him look like Freddy Kruger....yikes! Oh well, at least he didn't have the glove with the scary knives on it! ;-)

Thanks to Cumberland Gap Ward Primary and Young Women for all your hard work!

Waiting in line for games...

SO FUNNY, this guy is always making me laugh!

I'm impressed he could fit them in his mouth!

Immanuel - pin the nose on the jack-o-lantern

Our trunk - Edy made the bats above.

My babies!

Yee Haw!

So handsome! I love it when he smiles like this! :-)

I LOVE Jack's response in this picture.

He was REALLY excited about all the candy! Ha ha!

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All about John & Nicola

Well, John is the extremely handsome red-head, of course, and I'm the little one in front of him! John is a marriage and family therapist and I am a domestic engineer as well as a dental hygienist. We met in June of 2000, were engaged by the very end of September 2000, and were married December 16th 2000. We have four lovely children as you can see below and love life and all that it has brought and taught us! We love to talk, have friends over, cook and eat food, camp, and pretty much do anything as a family.

All About Edy

She is fun-loving and pretty much always wants her way (who doesn't) and 90% of the time it works out well as she's a good girl with righteous desires and is extremely responsible and mature for her age. However that 10% of the time where we actually don't agree on something, she can be a little devil! She is a huge help with Jack as these two are best buds! Jack likewise adores her and she is the only one out of his other siblings that he'll let parent him. Eden is also in the fifth grade and loves to read. She has a passion for horses and all animals really and also loves to cook and bake.

Top 7 Favorite of "The Complete Life's Little Instruction Book"

{Why 7 and not 10...because I haven't found three more I really like the best yet. AND these are in no particular order either.}

1. Remember that life's most treasured moments often come unannounced.
2. Hold puppies, kittens, and babies any time you get the chance.
3. To help your children turn out well, spend twice as much time with them and half as much money.
4. Be happy with what you have while working for what you want.
5. Watch for the big problems. They disguise big opportunities.
6. Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly.
7. Never give up on anybody. Miracles happen every day.

The Duty of Mothers...

The duty of the mother is to watch over her children, and give them their early education, for impressions received in infancy are lasting. You know, yourselves, by experience, that the impressions you have received in the dawn of your mortal existence, bear, to this day, with the greatest weight upon your mind. It is the experience of people generally, that what they imbibe from their mothers in infancy, is the most lasting upon the mind through life... Children have all confidence in their mothers; and if mothers would take proper pains, they can instill into the hearts of their children what they please. You will, no doubt, recollect reading, in the Book of Mormon, of two thousand young men, who were brought up to believe that, if they put their whole trust in God, and served Him, no power would overcome them. You also recollect reading of them going out to fight, and so bold were they, and so mighty their faith, that it was impossible for their enemies to slay them. This power and faith they obtained through the teachings of their mothers.

-Brigham Young