The Mirthful Morgans: 2012

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

Christmas Time is Here.....

I LOVE, LOVE LOVE, this time of year, but i think it's safe to say that many people feel this way ( at least i hope they do and have reason to.) One of our traditions when we get our Christmas decorations up is that we all pick one ornament that we like the most that year and choose to hang it on the tree as our "first" ornament for that year. Below are pictures of everyone's "first" ornament for the 2012 year and a couple more of your tree and our wreath that John so skillfully put together with the clippings from our tree and some ribbons and such i had in a craft tote under my bed. I think he did a fabulous job and the kids did a marvelous job decorating this years tree.

Funny story for this year already and that is that after we were all done decorating, John and i were upstairs helping the kids get ready for bed, when we heard the most enormous crash! Yep, you've guessed it, our tree actually toppled over! I could believe it! This has, thankfully, never happened before and we're still not quite sure what happened other than our tree (7-8ft) is perhaps a little too big for our tree stand. Luckily there were only two completely broken ornaments and three damaged ornaments that were brought back to health through some super glue medicine. John had to anchor the tree to the wall with some rope so that we could put it back up. :-/ I'm sure it will be a funny memory for years to come.

And last,but not least, John's Reef in the Wreath (facebook joke for those of you that saw the posts. ;-) )

Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Horses, Trees, and Barns, Oh My!

I love Springfield and all the specimens for me to capture in my photos. I also love playing around with the editing functions on my computer. So these pics are a perfect combination of the both. Just figured it was time to post something even if there's not too much to the writing portion of this post. Hope you enjoy!

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