Too Cute!

Merry Covenant day!

What a wonderful covenant God made with his Son so that we could reap all the benefits! I am so thankful for Jesus and what He did so that we can be with Him!!

I am thankful for family and fun and home!

I was wondering what you are thankful for and what some of your family traditions are this time of year?

I always make breakfast on Christmas eve morning and then we open our gifts before heading off to spend time with extended family. On Christmas morning we see what Santa left and then we go to family's for gifts and a big lunch! It is fun and exhausting!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas Party

I can't believe the school year is 1/2 over already! It has flown by. This week was full of school Christmas parties! It was fun watching Morgan with all her new friends! Here are a few pictures of her party!























































































Claire also had her class party! Here are some pictures!























































Have a Blessed Christmas and a Safe New Year everyone!!

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!