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...

Peter Pan Clan

Costume Decisions Finalized - Christian finally chose Peter Pan, probably because GREEN is his absolute "fabe-rit color" and he loves to fight Captain Hook with his sword! "I got you Cack-tain Hook!" I decided to save Mason from dressing as Tink and be her myself (a plus-size, non-slutty, brunette version).

Dad looks more like a hippie but we went budget Captain Hook meets Captain Jack Sparrow - and he already dropped the hat and coat before we got a pic.
And those Morgans can eat!! Troy and his sister Stacey won the pie eating contest at our big family party. I'm so proud of the family talent. Good work!
Yet another costume choice?? Can you tell we like Halloween at our house?!

Halloweens of Past

2007 - Our Little Monkey, 18 months
2006 - Cowboy Christian, 6 months

A few have asked why none of just me and Troy from our early years - too bad I don't have any digital but those could be interesting...

Now all you fellow bloggers, it's your turn to dust off your old Halloween pics and post them for all to see!

More Publicity for the COBBLER

For those of you who just happen to see this in time, Troy and the Village Cobbler will be on channel 2 news at 10 tonight! They interviewed them for quite awhile today so we're excited to see how the story turns out!

Who knew being a cobbler was such a novelty these days?? Great FREE advertising to say the least, way to go honey!!

Witch Hunting at Gardner's Village

Everything is "Spooky Halloween" according to Christian, then he reminds us "it's just pretend mom, it's just pretend" as he tries to convince himself. Buzz enjoyed dancing with the witches and shouting his catch phrase: "To Infinity and Beyond."

Apparently he's already at the age when the costume choice changes daily so watch for more costums to come...and he always announces what the rest of us will be. The latest: "I'm gonna be Peter Pan-that guy that flies and daddy will be Cack-tain Hook and mommy is Wendy and Mason will be Tinkerbell!" Such a great imagination. I thought a pirate was more appropriate for Mason than Tinkerbell but we'll see what Christian thinks come Halloween. Aren't holidays so much better with kids around?! I just love Halloween-time...

Go Utah!

Family Bonding time at the Utes game a couple weeks ago. Christian loves loves loves sports and will actually watch the game, as long as there's a big bag of popcorn on his lap. Gotta love the 80's glasses compliments of Aunt Paige and Nana.

Cobbler in News

My hubby "the Cobbler" made the paper yesterday. Thanks for working so hard for us Honey, we love you!!
Check it out at: http://deseretnews.com/article/0,5143,700265121,00.html

Twins??

Check this out, Christian at 3 months in the same outfit as Mason below...striking resemblance!

Mr. Mason - 3 Months Old

Our Little Mason
* Loves to be held and halked to constantly
* Has 4 dimples when he smiles big, one in each cheek and above the corners of his mouth like a little mustache. His Big Blue Eyes smile too-melts mom's heart...
* Sneezes in the sunlight (guess the myth is true).
* Mommy calls him lil' Stink when he's fussy, also appropriate for his gas issues, this kido rips the loudest farts!
* Is very vocal - always grunting, moaning, cooing or screaming - gotta love those sweet baby sounds.
* Sleeps best on his tummy, helps soothe those dang gas pains.
* Giggles when Big Brother "baby talks" to him.
* Will not take a binky, much to Mom & Dad's dismay. Discovered his Thumb yesterday (hooray-this boy needs a little self-soothing action).

We are so grateful to have Mason in our lives, he brings us so much joy (even if the lil' stink keeps us up all night :)

To Infinity and Beyond!

Testing out the Buzz costume from Grandma's vast selection. We peered out to the deck to see Christian leaping from the lawn chair shouting "TO INFINITY AND BEYOND" as he jumped. If only we could all play like 2-year-olds, such a joy!

Lazy Morning

We just got dressed for the day. Ate breakfast at 11 and feeling totally unmotivated. Maybe it's the back to work hangover (yes it was my first week back) or the serious lack of sleep (baby needs sleep training). Or maybe it's exhaustion from non-stop play the last few weeks. My house is a disaster, anyone know of a good housekeeper for hire?? It looks like another beautiful day out and cold weather will arrive soon (so depressing). Guess we'll say no to chores today and go play some more.

Another Day at the Zoo

We frequent the zoo often thanks to the good ole' season pass. Christian's favorite Aunt Nat, Uncle Andrew, and cousins Braxton & Hailee were in town from Cali so Christian was thrilled to hangout with them! As you can see, it was more like Andrew & the kid's day at the zoo. He makes a great Manny! Christian pretends to call "Bob & Nat" daily, I'll hear him in the other room "hi Bob & Nat, what doing? I'm just hanging out with my mom. You come on airplane to my house?" He misses them dearly!




The highlight of the day was getting to meet Troy's high school girlfriend (who sent him on his mission with talks of marriage) - pretty entertaining - I was video taping my kido on the merry-go-round and she was in the background of all my shots. She was actually really nice...dang I should have taken a picture to post :)