Morgan Loves Daddy!

Even if he is sleeping.  She also got stuck between the mattress and the wall.  He works so hard that when he is home, he somehow slept through it.

Riley Just Woke Up!

I love how Riley looks when she wakes up.  She usually sleeps in and when she strolls into the kitchen, I tell her good morning in a happy tune.  If I don't, she reminds me to say it. Sometimes, she makes me come in her room and wake her up.  I love her so much.
This morning, she woke up with messy hair and puffy wake up eyes. She asked me to take a picture and so I did.

This picture is from the same day. She drew a picture of Jesus' hands. I love how spiritual she is.

Update: Eli drew this picture of Jesus on the cross in April. I love it so much, I put it on my fridge to remind me of childlike love for the Savior.

Vacuum

Okay, so I have one child (Riley) who is terrified of vacuums and another who loves them.  When Riley was little, I couldn't vacuum unless she was asleep.  Now I can't vacuum because she wants to clobber it. Housework is overrated anyway.

Picture Perfect Family!

I love how everyone is smiling in this picture.  Ok, I admit, I photoshopped Riley's head, because she wasn't looking, from another photo from the same series.  It was difficult because she is in stripes.  In the future, we will stick to solids.  I also had to tilt the photo, because the tripod was crooked.  But now, it is Picture Perfect!

Happy Birthday Morgan!

I can't believe this girl is one! Just yesterday, we were living in El Paso, bathing in the sun in order to lower her bilirubin.  Here today, we are at Grandma Koyle's house celebrating with everyone whose birthday is in February, which includes, Daniel, Alexa (because she is moving to Japan and we wanted to celebrate her birthday before she leaves), Ruth Makenzie, and Emmaline.

These pictures with the chocolate cake are from our family birthday. I made the tags with my machine.  I love how each time kids this age have a birthday party, they learn that much more, like how to open presents, blow out candles (even though she still didn't get it) and that birthday's are fun!
After cake and icecream, and a shower, she got to open presents.  She got a castle with Klip-Klop horses and we opened the stuffed animals that were packed in the garage.  All the kids loved them and she almost got a turn on her own castle.

This is the amazing cake that Mercedes made for Morgan. I wanted her family to come down and celebrate because she celebrates a birthday with Morgan. I love that when Morgan was born, she was overjoyed with excitement and thanked me for giving her a niece for her birthday. I would like to make celebrating with her a tradition.
Update: June 8, 2015. I got a niece on my birthday. Sonya had her little baby Dannika in Japan on my birthday!

Shoes

This is Morgan, wearing two different shoes. I lost a shoe of each pair and had her wear the mismatched pair so she would have something on her feet.

Another Valentine!

Everytime I get a little one at this age around Valentines Day, I attempt to do a photoshoot.  This was Morgan's photoshoot.  These were the other kids: ELI and RILEY.