Hiking the Y

 A couple of Saturday's ago we decided to hike up to the Y in Provo.  This is my first time and the kids first time too.  Jeff had hiked it before when he was a student at BYU.  After our hike we ate at the  creamery on 9th...YUM

The Prophet said to plant a garden...

This year our ward has encouraged all families to plant a garden.  We have planted a garden most years, but haven't been very good about making it a good garden.  We don't prep our soil well, we are not good at weeding, we only plant a couple of things.  This year I decided that for my Mother's day gift that I wanted a garden that was planted properly and tended to on a regular basis.  So, for Family Home Evening  a couple weeks ago we spent the night pulling weeds and turning the soil.  The following Monday for Family Home Evening we spread fertilizer onto the soil and tilled it, and the we planted our seeds. My mother in law said to soak the seeds for a day or 2 before you plant them.  We have corn, zuchinni, cantalope, carrots, tomatoes & pumpkins.  We even made a small area for Morgan to plant her own garden, she says she wants to be a farmer someday.  We are excited to watch our garden grow and have fresh veggies to eat this summer.

Tilling

Raking

Our seeds ready to be planted

Morgan's own garden

Dirty hands

All finished and waiting to grow

My Oh My Look Who Turned 5

Morgan turned 5 last week and had a very fun filled day!  She chose cinnamon rolls for her birthday breakfast and was excited about going to pre-school to share her day with her friends.  After pre-school we went to lunch with her friend to her favorite place "Old McDonalds".  After lunch her friend came home with her to have a play date.  Later that afternoon we ventured to Build A Bear.  When I asked her what she wanted for her birthday, she told me she wanted a puppy.  So, I quickly had to come up with something that would steer her mind away from that much wanted dog.  I mentioned Build A Bear to her and explained to her that she would get to pick out her own bear, watch it get stuffed, give it a bath, pick out new clothes and then name her bear. She was so excited and I never heard the mention of a new puppy again.  Here she is at Build A Bear creating her new bear named "Butterfly"

 On Saturday she had her friend party and chose a "Garden/Fairy" theme.  I made the tissue paper pom poms in the back and Morgan wanted to keep them up for a few days longer, so they are still adorning our nook.

Butterfly Pinata

 

We played a "hot potato" game to open presents.  We played music while passing around her stuffed frog, when the music stopped the person who was holding the frog got to give Morgan their present from the pile.  It was a bit confusing to them, but it all worked out and everyone was happy.

Blowing out her 5 candles on her butterfly cupcake cake

 We LOVE Morgan to death and we couldn't imagine our lives without her. It's hard to imagine that 5 years have flown by so quickly.  As her birthday was approaching we would tell her that she had to stay 4 forever, but she promised us that she would stay 5 forever :)!  There are so many things about Morgan that I LOVE

She is my "girls night out" companion when the boys are camping - oh yea, we are looking forward to a whole week of "girls nights out" in June when the boys will be at scout camp!!! She makes me laugh and appreciate the simple things in life.

Morgans Likes:

Spaghetti

Reading, Reading and Reading - did I mention Reading

Coloring

Creating

swimming

taking baths

being outside & riding her bike

painting her fingers and toes

sleeping in

story time

pre-school

Morgan's Dislikes:

broccoli

Grilled cheese sandwiches & Quesadillas - she said she doesn't like the melty cheese part, but she will still eat pizza.

going to bed

getting up in the morning (sometimes I think she must be 15 not 5)

spiders & bugs

 

This is how much she LOVES her books - they are all over her room most nights when I go to kiss her goodnight on my way to bed.  She has to have a stack of books in her bed with her before I leave the room.

 I Love the broken glasses I caught her wearing a few nights ago.  She is always making me laugh!