Weekend of "Uns"

Happy Early Un-Thanksgiving Celebration at the Morgan's

If the Pilgrim and Indian hats aren't enough to get you geared up for the big Thanksgiving Feast, then I don't know what is! Grandma Jody went all out, as she always does for the holidays,

she never fails to impress us!

Such Darling Indian Boys...
Cousin FunI know, the pilgrim hat is oh so flattering on me, ok not really.

This Thanksgiving, I am so grateful for: All our Family who Love and Support us...Good Friends who are Good Examples...Great Health...Being a Mother to 2 Beautiful, Funny, Healthy Boys who Teach Me so Much and Entertain me Daily...My Sweet Hubby who is my Best Friend...God and all the Privileges and Opportunities He Blesses us with.

Life is a great journey and I hope to express my gratitude more often for all that I have. Wishing you all a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend filled with friends, family and good eats!
Love, Breklyn

Happy Un-Birthday to Me!

The weekend of "Uns" began with a very early (1 month) un-birthday celebration for me and my brother's cute girlfriend, compliments of my dad & step-mom's fam, tiaras and all. Chrstian stole the show with the real deal Ninja turtle costume...no, Halloween STILL ISN'T OVER! Thanks Dad & Linda for a fun party and my fabulous spa gifts! I can't wait to book my massage and get pampered.

Our Ninja Boy Rafael
The Girls

Aunt Brooke steals a kiss!

Go UTES!!

Mason predicts the winner of today's BIG GAME...

TAGGED by Sarah - 8 Things

8 TV Shows I Watch:
1. Grey’s Anatomy
2. Brothers & Sisters
3. The Bachelor (yes, I’ll admit it)
4. Oprah
5. Anything on HGTV – So Addicting!
6. E News
7. Lipstick Jungle
8. The Hills

8 of My Favorite Restaurants:
1. Market Street Grill
2. Porcupine Grill
3. Cafe Trio
4. Happy Sumo
5. Michael Angelo’s
6. Café Rio
7. Nordstrom Cafe
8. California Pizza Kitchen

8 Things that Happened Yesterday:
1. Took Mason to get shots – ouch!
2. Lunch with my wonderful mom & grandma at Cheesecake Factory – yummy!
3. Tried hard to avoid the Nordstrom sale after lunch
4. Attempted to work a little from home, yeah right!
5. Changed diaper after diaper after diaper…
6. Grocery shopped without kids – thanks mom!
7. Made dinner for the first time all week, impressive.
8. Took 3 hours to get myself and 2 kidos showered and out the door, particularly slow morning.

8 Things I am Looking Forward to:
1. Thanksgiving in St. George – sunny skies!
2. Christmas
3. Next Summer
4. Fitting into my skinny jeans again someday
5. More of Mason’s “Firsts”
6. Spa Getaway with my 2 dear friends who have moved away
7. Sleeping through the night again
8. Christian & Mason being able to play together (Amen Sarah)

8 Things on my Wishlist:
1. A bigger house in our same neighborhood
2. Housekeeper for my bigger house
3. SUV
4. A Beach Vacation
5. Healthy kidos
6. Troy’s back pain to improve, it’s miserable!
7. More money to play
8. More time to play

8 Things I love:
1. Hangin' with my 3 Boys
2. Hawaii
3. Pedicures
4. Shopping
5. Homemade Sugar Cookies
6. Going to lunch with friends
7. Summer
8. Diet Dr. Pepper

8 Things I Can't Stand:
1. Solicitor Calls
2. My piles of mail
3. Getting up early
4. Boogers in my kid's noses
5. Hotdogs – yuck (although Christian loves them)
6. Pumping gas - I conveniently run out of gas when Troy will be using my car
7. Dry skin
8. A sick baby-so sad and stressful (Amen Jen)

8 People I am Tagging: Jessica M., Jessica F., Holly, Carrera, Jen V., Julie, Natalie, Megan

Tag you're it! Have fun and I hope you take time to eat at one of your favorite restaurants soon...

So Stinkin' Cute!

I just want to SQUEEZE HIM and EAT HIM UP and I really do! Mason is getting SO BIG and more fun each day. He's rolling over and holding his toys and he's SO VOCAL. He's always shouting and talking and he's SUPER TICKLISH - he giggles uncontrollably when I'm getting him dressed! His big blue eyes twinkle when he smiles. Can you tell how much this boy is adored by his mommy? I JUST WANT TO EAT HIM UP (I know, I already emphasized that). Check out little Aunt Jemima wearing his girlfriend's hat, I couldn't resist...

Such the Imagination...

Who knew the geeky swim goggles would make a great mask? As I walked downstairs, all couch cushions were on the floor and Christian was flying around with his makeshift swords in action.
"I'm an 'ENGINE' TURTLE Rafael and you be Michael Angelo. Hi-ya, KA-POW! I gotchu with my turtle swords!" Thanks to Jace & John for teaching him all the proper names and moves. "DISEMBOWEL YOU!" - another lovely term he shouts as he stabs his sword, like he has a clue what he's saying. I guess there are worse alternatives.


See the resemblance? He watched part of the movie a few months back (which was quite violent for a 2-year old) and now he's truly OBSESSED! We get the pleasure of having turtle fights daily with anything that remotely resembles a sword - string cheese, baseball bats, remotes, you name it.

Farewell Fall

Glancing out at the white blanket covering my yard, I'm missing the beautiful 70 degree weather of last week. I'm not ready to don coats and boots and say farewell to my flip-flops! We were spoiled with the warm fall weather! My poor kido desparately wants to make a "really big snowball" but I'm just not excited to join in the snow fight yet. What a mean mom! It really is pretty but the cold, dreary winter lasts much too long!
Apparently pliers are for leaf collecting.

Trick or Treat...

give me something good to eat! Christian loved loved loved Trick or Treating, especially having sword fights with all who passed and seeing his neighbor friends in costume. Fun with Pirate Nana & Indian Aunt Paige
Busted! Who needs dinner on Halloween with so many good treats?
"Ya, I gotcha mom!" Watch where you aim that sword!

This one's for Julie...