Who let the Dogs out?

Morgan came home from school the other day saying"I'm a bulldog. I'm a bulldog!" Then she proceeded to bark and howl! Too cute!

She's a kindergartener now!

Morgan did great on her first day of Kindergarten. She is really loving it! Mommy is so glad! Her favorite things about school are Breakfast, Lunch, & Recess. Oh and 1:00 time to go home! She is so cute! Here are some pictures from her 1st day! Claire really misses her during the day but I don't know why they fight like cats and dogs when she gets home!

There are no words

Morgan Elise Malone. She is 5. She starts school on Monday. Not 2 day a week pre-school where I can walk upstairs at anytime and see her lovely face, no real school. 5 day a week 5 hour a day, I need a pass from the office to visit, school.

You have to understand where I am coming from, For the past 5 years Morgan and I have been together nonstop. I have spent the past 5 years loving her, fixing milk for her, kissing her boo boo's, teaching her, talking with her. She is my life, shes what I do. She is so much a part of my day that in a way I will be board with out being able to care for her. I guess everything I have done for her has been in preparation for this day. It will be a milestone in my life and hers. The end of an era and the beginning of a new one.

I'm not ready to let go.

On the other hand she is ready...

I am so proud of who she has become. She is smart, funny, compassionate, helpful, and much more.
Morgan will do great in school, she will love it. She is like her Momma in that she is a very social girl.
I can't wait to watch her learn new things, for her to come home and tell me about her day.

Does anyone else know what I mean?

This Monday is going to be bittersweet.

~Let me say that I trust God with her and putting her in school will only stretch that trust I have in Him!~

then and now

We went on our family vacation last week and had a great time! We stayed near Canon City at a place called Sweetwater River Ranch, it was right on the Arkansas river. We fished, swam, tubed, and rode the train in the Royal Gorge. I thought I would post some pictures from our camping trip last August and some from this August so you can see how our family has changed!!

Here are a few more pictures from this years trip:

Camp

On the train!







The view from the train!

I fought with the beast and I WON!

I have a secret to share with you my blog world friends but first let me build up to it!

Do you know someone who is OCD about their microwave? Maybe you are one of them. The kind of person who demands that things are covered when being warmed. The person who freaks if something splatters and immediately wipes it clean. I know plenty of these people but I am NOT one of them. I never cover anything and sometimes my microwave gets so dirty that I am tempted to throw it out and buy a new one rather than clean it. Well my friends if you are like me then salvation from the beast is at hand! I got a tip the other day that works wonders!!!

READY?

Fill a coffee cup with water and steam it in the microwave for 2 minutes, remove cup and wipe clean!!! IT WORKS! I used a paper towel. I had to repeat this step about 3 times to be completely successful but remember I was to the just throw it out point! Maybe I won't have to get to that point again and I too can appear to be OCD about my microwave!

*APPEAR being the key word I'm still not going to cover anything.

I hope this helps you today and in the future when you to must fight the beast!

~BLESSINGS!