Sammy

On October 6, 2008 we were forced to put down our beloved and wonderful dog, Sammy. She was with us for 12 years, from the time she was 6 weeks old. I found some of her puppy pics the other day, and one of these days I'm going to scan them in and upload them here.

Morgan's first recital

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Morgan volunteered to play piano at the end of the year talent show at the school. I was so surprised and excited to go to see her perform! The school made a schedule change without telling us and we missed it. I almost cried on the phone with the school secretary. She must have sensed how upset I was because she talked the music teacher into doing it again so we could watch. I was so grateful!

Singing Happy Birthday

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Dad and Jake with the water balloons

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Dad can't help himself.

Balloon Toss

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Morgan and her friend doing a balloon toss at Morgan's 9th bday party.

4th and 9th Birthday party

We combined birthday parties this year to save some effort and money. We didn't have a lot of people, but the weather was gorgeous after several days of rain and we got to enjoy the pool. We did a water balloon toss and a corn husking contest. One of Morgan's friends was really good at tying off the water balloons and she and Morgan spent an hour just making balloons while every one else kept popping them!!

Mike made a couple of nice cakes; one for Jake with a spiderman toy on top and one for Morgan with pixies on top. He did a really nice job and the kids enjoyed the toys once the cake was gone. We even had Jake licking the frosting off of his toy! lol

Everyone was sunburt and exhausted after the party, but it was such great fun, that's all we cared about. Will post pics soon.

Three years later....!!

I wish I kept up this blog...but here I am again. It's time to teach Morgan how to blog and I remembered this family journal. The perfect place. I look forward to see what comes next. :)