My baby...

turned 1!!!

Not really sure how it is possible...but I do know one thing for sure we ADORE her

We celebrated the big day by having the cousins over for a birthday celebration
that entire day she had no idea what was going on, but she loved all the attention and LOVED being sang too. And of course in true 1 year old fashion, the wrapping paper was more of a hit then the actual presents

the cake....

her own little cake....

gosh I just LOVE her

"not so sure they MEANT to leave this cake on my tray"

"maybe I should find out"

"hmmm, i guess it's okay!"

"in that case....YUM!!"

Oh Morgan...we love you so much!

You are such a sweet baby and pretty much have our entire family wrapped around your little fingers! We love your chubby smile, how much YOU love food ANY FOOD, your little giggle, and especially how you love to sleep.

We are so lucky to have you in our family.

We love you Mo!

Missions and Lions

my little brother got his mission call for our church last week

he will be serving for 2 years in Ghana

cool, right?

I think so

You know what else I think is cool? The above picture!

Thats the Ghana flag painted on his face {not my brothers face, but that would make it even more cool} I told you...COOL!

Back to the story...

the whole family was on the phone when he opened his call and we were all so excited.

When I got off the phone I looked at Brig and Raegan and said

"Guess What? Uncle Alan is going on his mission to Africa!"

Brig got real serious and worried and said

"What if he gets eaten by a lion??"

I love that kid!

Congrats Elder Henderson, we are already so proud of you

First Day of School...

the kids have officially been back in school for a week now...

A few days before school started Brig told me he was excited to FINALLY be a "grader"

Here he is the 1st Grader...

He tried not to act nervous that morning, but I could tell he was a little anxious.

But boy was he ready to get his new Yankees shirt on and head out the door!

And as soon as we got to his classroom his teacher walked up to him and said

"You must be BRIG!"

I loved her already for that and so did Brig.

When he found his table he was at the same table as 2 of his best buddies...and he was set to go!

He LOVED his first day and we loved hearing all about it.

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And then there is the preschooler, little Miss Raegan!

Oh how she has been excited....she loves school.

The only thing that would have made her even happier is if I would have told her YES one of the million times she asked me if she could start kindergarten...one more year little one, dont try to grow up too fast on me.

I made a BIG mistake and told her she was starting school the same morning as Brig, then that night AFTER she had laid her school clothes all out and gotten her backpack ready for the big day I realized she didnt start for 2 more days. OOPS!

I felt awful, but even though she was disappointed she handled it like a champ.

But that made the REAL THING even more exciting for her...she couldnt wait to get there.

She has the same cute teacher as last year but lots of new kids in her class, she LOVED it and went on and on telling me all about it when I picker her up.

All in all the first day of school was a hit!

As for me...it was a bittersweet week! I loved some one on one time with Morgan, but I missed the other kids too.

I'll pay you a million bucks if you can figure out how to freeze time or at least slow it down.

Any takers??

9 years ago

we were doing this...

9 years later

4 years of school

4 apartments

2 homes

2 states

3 kids

Loads of learning experiences

Lots of growing up

&

Countless laughs

We are...

more in love and happier then ever

which I am sure I thought wasnt even possible on our wedding day, but I was wrong.

I have fallen even more head over heels with my man over the last 9 years, and thank my lucky stars that when I was just 19 years old I was smart enough to snag this guy and take the plunge...

it was the best thing I ever did.