Thanksgiving 2008

Thanksgiving this year was spent with the Morgan side of the family. We were lucky enough to have my parents come from St. George and they, along with Kenny, stayed at our home. Megan loves having her grandparents sleep over; she helps get their room all ready.
My parents arrived on Wednesday afternoon and they stopped by my work to see the new job. They were able to meet some of the fabulous people I work with and see some of the archives too. That night when my parents got their car unloaded, we all went to Chick-fil-A for a quick bite of dinner. My mom forgot her PJ's so she, Megan, and I went over to Target for PJ's and a roasting pan so we could cook the turkey in the morning.
On Thanksgiving morning we were able to sleep in for a bit which was a nice change to the early mornings we are used to. We all headed to my Aunt Elaine/Uncle Wally's for the annual "Morgan Family Turkey Bowl". I didn't play football, big surprise I know! There was a large group there and from the pictures you can see the "crazy dress" tradition we all love so much. Morgan slept pretty much the entire time we were at Elaine's so that was nice. Megan played with the Barbie’s and then she and her cousin Bailey went to play outside. They had their own football game going on. At the end of the game the football group did the traditional pyramid stack and pose for pictures and also the dog roll. There was a younger generation that did the dog roll, but then Peter, my Uncle Vernon, and my dad did it too - they are crazy! It was great to see my Aunts and Uncles and cousins...we always have a great time together.
For dinner, we headed to my sister, Suzanne's house. Of course there was a TON of food and it was delicious! I was responsible to take a Jell-o salad; thanks to a co-worker for a great, simple recipe, and a pie. Ryan's dad is a great cook and agreed to help me make a pecan pie on Wednesday night. He is so great, that he made it while I was at work so I would have more time to spend with my parents...he is a great guy. After dinner, we all looked at the after Thanksgiving ads and just sat around and visited with each other. Megan and Bailey were playing great all night and as we were getting ready to leave they asked if Megan could sleep over. It was great for us because Megan was sleeping at Suzanne's! It did remind me of the times my cousin Trisha and I would do the same thing though. We would have Thanksgiving together at different times and it was inevitable that we would ask to have a sleep over...love those memories!
After Thanksgiving, it was just a regular weekend except my parents were here which made it that much greater! We had a great Thanksgiving and had a wonderful time with our family. If we didn't have our families, we wouldn't have much. It has been a very long, uncertain year for Ryan and I and the one constant has always been our families. We are so grateful for their unconditional love and continual support.

Going Private...

OK, I am really going to do it; I am going to set my blog to private. I apologize to mom and dad in advance...one more step - sorry. The reason behind it is simple, I am paranoid! Seriously, I had a mysterious person leave a comment on my blog and that just proved to me how vulnerable my family is out here in cyberspace. Send me you email address and I will send you an invitation; littleajax@msn.com or leave me a comment! I welcome friends, family, friends of friends and friends of family. I guess I will feel like I have a bit more control over things. Happy blogging!

Halloween 2008

For Halloween this year M was Ariel.

Here is M before catching the school bus in the morning.

M with MJ at the Fall Festival at the Elementary school.

Here is M pumpkin bowling.

MJ, cute as a button!

M was getting her palm read at the festival.

Again with the fortune teller.

Here are the kids at the bus stop...such a great group of kids!

Trick-or-Treating! M's cousins surprised her and came from St. George to go trick-or-treating with her. They had a great time.

Pumpkin Carving

Here we are carving pumpkins! We had a good time and made a great mess! We all had planned to carve one, but I didn't get mine completed because I was busy doing M's and cleaning out all of them! Oh well, I did roast the pumpkin seeds and boy where they delicious!