Easter Egg Hunt

On your mark, get set, GO!

Best Friends

27 eggs (the most of all the girls!) and a bag full of loot later, she was one happy Easter Egg hunter!

Coloring Easter Eggs

A Week at Nannie and Big Pop's!

This past week Morgan got to spend the entire week by herself with Nannie and Big Pop on their farm in central WV. She had a wonderful time helping Nannie around the house, learning how to sew, playing outside (when it wasn't raining), and just soaking up some much needed time with her grandparents. I talked to her every night and she always sounded so happy. She had lots of stories to tell me and would excitedly tell me what she and Nannie and Big Pop had done that day.

Mopping for Nannie (wish I could get her to do this at home!)

Superman Ice Cream Cone


I think she got more paint on her than on the project!


Pretending to drive in the Barbie Jeep (which sadly still doesn't work).
One of my favorite pictures of Morgan, by the creek on the farm.

On Friday afternoon Big Pop took Morgan and Julia to a neighbor's farm to get up close and personal with the farmer's horses. Morgan was scared of the big animals at first, but warmed up to them the longer she was around them. Now all she can do is talk about seeing and riding a horse again soon.

Morgan was brave and fed the horse some hay.

Both girls loved the horse

The farm dogs were a big hit!

Mommy and Daddy came to spend the weekend at Nannie and Big Pop's for some early Easter festivities. Morgan really enjoyed her time on the farm and cannot wait to get back to her grandparents' house real soon!

Scrapbooking Weekend!

This past weekend I got the opportunity to go away to Accident, MD for an all-weekend scrapbooking camp. A colleague at work invited me since she is a serious "scrapper" and found out that I liked to scrapbook as well. I invited my sister-in-law, Amy, and we really had the best time! I was gone a total of 50 hours from the house. I spent 23 of those hours scrapbooking. I stayed up really late (until 2:30 AM), slept in until 11:30 AM, stayed in pajamas all day Saturday, and really enjoyed only having to take care of myself. I met a lot of great women who are really funny. Luckily they scrapbook once a month in Fairmont so I'll be joining their group. It was so fun just to be able to throw myself into a project and not have ANY interruptions. I ate when I wanted, went to bed when I wanted, did what I wanted, and had sucha wonderfully relaxing weekend. I also did manage to get a bunch of pages done too! I am really excited about scrapbooking again and hope to get the opportunity to get out my stuff and work some more soon! Amy got 15 pages done, and also got her pictures organized and ordered from Shutterfly. I am so glad that she came with me!

The fruits of my labor.....26 pages scrapbooked in 23 actual hours of scrapbooking time.

Below are some of the pages I got done. I am a minimalist scrapper...simple layouts, not a lot of extras. I saw some really great layouts this weekend but my poor Type A brain has such a hard time with being creative!

This is my favorite 2 page spread....so colorful and I really felt like I matched up things well and the embellishments went with the page.

I love this page because it makes me laugh remembering Morgan trying to learn how to golf. And I like how sassy she looks!

And this is what I came home to.....what happens when Daddy is left in charge for the weekend. His comment? She dressed herself this morning. No kidding :)

Arcade Fun with Daddy

Over the weekend we made a trip to the mall because I had to return a few things. Before we left the house Morgan ran to get her poodle purse and asked to have a few coins to put in her purse so she could buy herself something. When we got to the mall she was drawn to the flashing lights and noises of the tiny arcade. Instead of playing at the play place and buying herself something, she opted to play some games with her daddy!

She had to have the PINK car!

I love Patrick's smile in this one.

Trying to shoot bucks on a hunting game. I think the gun was as tall as she was!

A glimpse into the future...can you imagine what she'll be like at sixteen?!?!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy St. Patrick's Day from our little leprechaun! Or as Morgan calls it "Happy Daddy's Day!"

Our little jokester has been full of life lately. While we've been at home more the past few weeks that doesn't stop her from being on the go. One of her favorite things to do is say "Made you look!" I wish I knew which kid at school taught her that because I'd like to tell him/her to quit it! The other day Morgan said "Mom! I'm BLEEDING!" When I rushed over she said "Made you look!" and laughed hysterically. I didn't think it was funny :) She especially likes to tease her daddy with that saying. Another of her favorites is "Move your meat, lose your seat!" Or as she says it "Lose your seat, lose your butt!" HAHA. She's so funny.

She's also been very busy practicing writing. She is getting very good at writing her name, and has recently learned how to write our last name!

I am proud of her that she is working so hard at school. We are all having to do a little change at our house with homework needing to be done every night and remembered the next morning (that's our biggest challenge). We are trying to make some changes to our morning routine to get us all ready for school to start in the fall. I can't believe my baby will be going to Kindergarten in less than 6 months!

Morgan is very excited for warmer weather so she can play outside. She has been on her swing set a few times this month, but our yard is pretty swampy right now, so she can't stay out for long. Ballet continues to go well, and soccer season starts April 2nd. I think we are all ready for warmer weather and the return of sunny days.

Here's hoping you have a wonderful St. Patrick's day, have a green beverage (I had a Shamrock Shake from McDonalds!) and enjoy your day!

Egyptian Goddess

For Christmas Morgan's Papa (my dad) bought her a pair of 100% Egyptian cotton pajamas while he was in Egypt for vacation. Morgan really wanted to wear them tonight and I thought they would finally fit, so we tore the tags off and slipped them on. They are SO SOFT and she looks absolutely adorable in them! So here's our Egyptian Goddess in her Egyptian pajamas!