The Mirthful Morgans: Happy Ninth Birthday Eden!

Friday, December 9, 2011

Happy Ninth Birthday Eden!

So i first have to start by saying how pleased i am with myself that i am posting this only a few short DAYS after it actually occurred instead of weeks or months, HA! ;-)

So...kids have birthdays and....they get older...yep, it's true. Not only do I just have a 10 year old, but i have a 9 year old to go along with him now. The kids keep having discussions with me about when they will be old enough to be left home alone and/or left home to watch over their younger two siblings. Not sure what or if the law says about that, but it's not happening this year, although Eden i have to say is an extremely responsible child and probably is more concerned about safety and appropriate behavior than i am (unless she's the one having an inappropriate moment that is, lol).

ANYWAY, Eden did in fact turn nine on the 5th of this month and i was reminded about the upcoming birthday several weeks prior to it occurring. One day i asked Eden if she was excited about her birthday because she was turning 9, or if it was just about the presents. She responded that it was ALL about the presents! :-) I think she made out pretty well with everything that she got. And of course a big thanks for all the presents, cards, and money sent for her, she is still very excited about it all.

One of Eden's bigger gifts this year aside from clothes that she LOVES, was a pink BB gun. :-) I remember when i was a teenager and my brother being allowed to use bow and arrows (what Iman got for his birthday just 2 months ago) and BB guns, when he was about my kids current age, and thinking it was irresponsible of my parents to allow such non-sense. We'll either i am completely senseless, or just now appreciate what children are capable of and also love to see the joy on their faces when they open that special gift. Of course adult supervision is always required. :-)

Eden picked again this year a three layer cake and asked me to decorate it with the numerous "Littlest Pet Shop" animals you see in the pictures below. It wasn't until she blew out the candle and began to remove the animals that it dawned on me why she had chosen so many other them to be put upon the cake. You will see what i mean in the pictures that follow. We were also blessed with the presence of most of our Sweet Dream Farm folk, and so we all had a very exciting time.

I love how Evelyn is right there in the action. She is so excited about presents, it's adorable. :-)

Wait for it....

Don't know if you can tell, but the candle flames are the same color that the candles were.

Pretty cool. Eden picked them out. :-)

Yep, that's right.....the more things on your cake them more you get to lick the frosting off!

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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