The Mirthful Morgans: Tenth Anniversary Spendor.......

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Tenth Anniversary Spendor.......

Over ten years ago John and I made a decision while we were engaged to make a quilt for ourselves for that day that we would get married and be able to share it together. It was an idea that was formed in a quilting store in New Bern, North Carolina which was also the same day John proposed to me.

We began right away and got quite far,e specially for two people that had no clue how to make a quilt and had never done anything like it before. John being the creative mind that he is, decided that a regular patchwork quilt wouldn't be fancy enough for us and so we came up with a more intricate design for the center of the quilt. Well the quilt didn't end up occupying enough of our time and it got laid to rest for a couple of years.

I picked it back up while we were living in Utah and completed most of the front. But it slept again....its's funny how having 4 kids and a life can get in the way of things like that...well for me at least anyway.

A year ago, while still living at the farm i had this great idea that for our 9th anniversary i should secretly complete the quilt for John. I worked on it....but again it got put down for various reasons.

A week before this Christmas, which was also a week after our 10th anniversary, i decided that nothing was going to stop me for finishing this quilt for him and i finished it all in a matter of two days! Sometimes we just need to buckle down and finish....how many other things are there like that in our lives?

Nothing was more worthwhile than the look on John's face as he opened it up on Christmas day. It was a sweet moment for both of us and although i don't plan on taking ten years to do any other quilt, it is symbolic of the journey we have taken thus far....and the journey we will continue on for all eternity. Line upon line, precept upon precept, here a little, there a little. (2 Nephi 28:30) We grow in bits and pieces and we are the ones that decide how joyful it will be along the way until we have created a master piece. The quilt itself is very symbolic and the fabric and design were carefully picked and created. I am glad....it is done....more journeys to be had......a bit at a time.......

Each square is some sort of design having to do with a sun, moon, or stars theme. There are four shades of yellow and four shades of blue

which were our wedding colors.

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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