"Thankful" Family Home Evening

On Monday, November 23 we had a special FHE on being thankful. We had a short lesson on how we are supposed to be thankful for things and how Heavenly Father wants us to be grateful. We then made a "Thankful Turkey". I went ahead and made the turkey's body and glued it on paper, then I cut out a bunch of different colored feathers. Each of us got one feather each and wrote something we are thankful for. I cut out enough feathers for the week leading up to Thanksgiving Day, so each day we will write one thing we are grateful for on one of the turkey's feathers. After we did the turkey we hung it up on the wall to be seen all week long. We then took Reese's pieces for our 'dessert' and went around a spoke about the things we are thankful for and why we are thankful for those things. Tegan truly understood what the meaning of our FHE was and she was so cute when we were taking turns with the Reese's pieces saying things we are thankful for. She said "Jesus" the first time around...we then went and said a few other things...and it came back to her on about her 3rd of 4th time and she said "Jesus" again... I told her she already said Jesus, so she then said ummm... "Jesus Christ". It was so cute and so priceless!!!

FALL 2009 FUN

Make a Smilebox photobook

Berry Patch Farms

CARLEY'S 1 YEAR CHECKUP

CARLEY HAD HER 1 YEAR WELL CHILD CHECKUP. EVERYTHING WAS GREAT. SHE WEIGS IN AT 23 LBS. 2 OZ AND IS 30 INCHES LONG. SHE IS STILL FOLLOWING THE SAME CURVE SHE'S BEEEN ON SINCE SHE WAS BORN, SO SHE IS GROWING JUST PERFECT.

SOME THINGS CARLEY DOES/LIKES NOW:

~WALKING.... SHE STARTED TAKING STEPS AT ABOUT 10.5 MONTHS THEN AT ABOUT 11 MONTHS SHE STARTED WALKING ON HER OWN REALLY GOOD
~SHE CAN SAY THANK YOU(KIND OF--- WE TELL HER THANK YOU AND SHE IN RETURN WILL SAY TANK U)
~SHE IS STARTNG TO BECOME A LITTLE BIT OF A PICKY EATER...BUT APPARENTLY THIS IS NORMAL SO I SHOULDN'T FRET ABOUT IT
~SHE LOVES WHOLE MILK
~SHE CAN RIDE ON HER LITTLE POWER WHEELS 4 WHEELER ALL BY HERSELF
~SHE PLAYS REALLY WELL WITH TEGAN---- BUT TEGAN HAS A HARD TIME SHARING WITH HER(WE'RE STILL WORKING ON THIS)
~SHE GIVES GREAT KISSES AND HUGS

WE LOVE THIS GIRL SO MUCH SHE BRINGS SO MUCH HAPPINESS INTO OUR HOME!!!

LOOK WHO'S ONE!!!

The birthday cakes made by Carley's mom ;)

pin the #1 on the baby

PARTY GAMES

BIRTHDAY BANNER MADE BY YOURS TRULY ;)

CARLEY CHECKING OUT HER PRESENTS





IT'S CAKE TIME!!!!!

DIVING IN FOR A BIG BITE!!!!

AFTER SHE WAS DONE 'SMASHING'

CARLEY WITH HER GREAT-GRANDPARENTS NANNY AND PAPA MORGAN

CARLEY WITH HER COUSIN ETHAN

FAMILY PIC WHEN ALL THE PARTYING WAS DONE

9.25.09 CARLEY TURNS ONE!!! WOW IT'S BEEN A WHOLE YEAR SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN ATLANTA AND SINCE WE'VE HAD CARLEY.... WOW HOW FAST A YEAR CAN GO!!! CARLEY HAS GROWN UP WAY TOO FAST.... SHE IS GETTING TO BE SUCH A BIG GIRL NOW...WANTING TO DO STUFF BY HERSELF ALREADY--- I THINK SHE WATCHES HER SISTER A LOT!!! SHE IS SUCH A SWEET GIRL AND WE JUST LOVE HER TO PIECES. SHE BRINGS SO MUCH JOY INTO OUR LIVES...WHAT BLESSING SHE IS TO US!!!

9.26.09 CARLEY'S BIRTHDAY PARTY.... WE HAD A GREAT DAY TODAY!!! WE HAD FAMILY AND FRIENDS COME VISIT FOR CARLEY'S PARTY..... THANKS TO ALL THOSE WHO MADE THE EFFORT TO COME UP FOR IT!!! WE REALLY APPRECIATE IT. WHAT A GREAT DAY TODAY WAS... A MILESTONE IN OUR SWEET CARLEY'S LIFE!!!

DANCING QUEEN

Tegan had ger first ballet/tap class today. She was so cute with her leotard, tights, and shoes on and her hair in a bun. She was excited about going to ballet. She did pretty good for her first time ever....Miss Neta(the teacher) said they girls did great in tap but not so good in ballet today.... they kept running back and forth during ballet---so they didn't get a sticker... Next week they can try again :) I hope she likes ballet and tap and maybe she'll develop a love for it and want to do it forever!!!




ALL READY TO GO TO CLASS



PRACTICING BEFORE LEAVING




IN CLASS




DURING TAP

READY FOR SOME FOOTBALL!!!!!!