Pure and trusting. You are a gentle soul who can get along with just about anyone. Everyone you meet instantly falls in love with you. How can they resist? You have a pure, lovable nature that's irresistable. Just don't trust everyone who comes across your path.
Strong and spirited. You're no one's girly girl; actually you are very determined person with a strong sense of self. Never let go of that! The only thing that equals your sense of self is your family, but the traditions of society can always be bent to protect something or someone you love.
Donovan has been begging me for days now to take him to the Skate Park. Every time we have driven by there has been several older guys and I told Donovan we should wait for a time when there aren't so many around, especially for his first time. Well, that time was tonight. Without hesitation he rolled right down the inclines. He has always been so natural on a scooter. Since he was like a year and a half, no lie. But I have to say he had me laughing quite often because every time he went down a hill or up a hill, he would say woo-hoo! He was in heaven and I loved it...
Make sure you turn your sound on so you can hear his woo-hoo's. Lol! It was so cute. The other boarders that were there would stop every now and again to watch this little boy have so much fun going up and down the hills. Most were smiling at him and some even gave him a little chuckle. There was one that rode by on his bike and smiled at me as Donovan did it, I smiled back and said "first time, can you tell"?
K, now here is cute Ryan giving a valiant effort in trying to run up the side and grab hold of the top. He was successful a couple of times, of course his mommy missed those on camera. Oh well, its still cute anyway.
So, My Donovan is growing up. One indication of that is, he has lost 2 teeth in the last couple of weeks. The first one he lost (literally lost) by biting into a big piece of pizza. We can only assume that he swallowed it because we looked everywhere for the tooth and it was no where to be found. Then, last night, he came home from the movies with Uncle Jed, Aunt Michele and cousins, jumped up on my lap and said " Mommy can you pull my tooth"? So I grabbed the sleeve of his shirt, wrapped it around the tooth and yanked. The first try I was unsuccessful. The second try I latched on real hard, gave it a good tug and that baby popped right out. Donovan, Ryan and I started giggling and Donovan ran to show Grandma and Grandpa that one more tooth is gone. They grow up so fast don't they? Tear...
This is for you dear Kimberly. See all these yummy Chocolate Chip Cookies? They are in memory of you. Not to mention I used your recipe. Delicious!!! I so wish you were here to help us enjoy them. We miss you, your family and Aaron/Stephanie like crazy. Hurry home and I'll make you cookies any ol' time. Aaron and if you hurry home I will brew you up some sauteed cabbage to swim in. LOL!I tag Lindsey and Stephanie. Have fun... (Michele get on your horse)
This picture is so funny to me. We all had a good laugh. Ethan is quite the digger/burier. (if that's even a word)
My little Ry-Ry guy guy! He loves to take pictures. And his mommy loves to take them. I'm a very proud mommy of a great group of kids. 
I learned that Sarah has a fear of little fish, Ethan can make a fishing pole out of a twig, fishing line he found in the water and a lure he found on the shore line. "Cessie I almost caught a fish", Ethan said as he tried out his make shift pole, Macy is like her Mommy and enjoys laying on the warm beach, "catching rays", Nicholas is so content for hours on end, in the water, digging, exploring and building. What fun we had at the Reservoir.
Breea and Sarah so diligently tried their hardest to bury Donovan. The sand just wasn't staying on top of him because of one minor problem. Donovan was laying on top of a mound of sand. Therefore the sand would role off of Donovan the minute the girls tried to put a pile on. This is the outcome. As you can see, plenty of sand around him, not so much on top. LOL! Give em' all credit for trying.
Ethan on the other hand, succeeded in burying himself and putting a baseball in his mouth too. Whata worker he is. Part of Donovan's problem was he tried to bury himself on top of Ethan's mound of sand he made when digging his hole.
The Whole Gang! Even a part of my leg and arm was caught in the picture, in efforts of keeping Nicholas in the pictuire. O well, cute group of kiddies.
Don't be fooled, this was not taken at the Reservior. I was in the kitchen at the Morley's and all of a sudden I hear Ethan yelling "Cessie, come quick. Hurry, Ryan is stuck". I ran out to the play area to find this. My child buried up to his neck and loving it. Although Ethan scared me with his desperate plea for help, I couldn't be upset at that sight. 
So, not to long ago I had the priviledge to help care for the Morley Children while Michele and Emily went to Girls Camp and Jed carried on with his duties. (lots and lots of duties LOL! He's a very busy man.) It was a week filled with lots of good times, and a lot of other emotions, many times I felt lucky to make it through the day without major injuries or death. Nonetheless, it was a week to remember. And here are a few of our greatest memories.
Everyday after chores were done, Sarah (our designated 4-wheeler driver) would jump on the 4-wheeler and give lots of rides to lots of kids. They came up with the idea to tie a rope around the back of the 4-wheeler to a snow sled and pull it all around the field, over jumps, in and out of holes, dirt spewing everywhere. As you can see, if you were on the sled a helmet was a must. The kids had a blast doing this and spent countless hours, getting dirty and laughing their heads off. Thanks Sarah for the fun on the 4-wheeler.
K, this here was a sight to behold and a hilarious story. Sarah pulled this stop sign out of the garage, (STOP on one side and YIELD on the other) put a whistle around her neck, stood on the other side of the street from her house and proceeded to blow her whistle and stop cars as they came down the road. As cars stopped, Sarah would either, blow her whistle again and have the other children cross the street to where she was standing or just chit chat with the drivers of the cars that stopped. It was so funny! After a while of doing this they decided to up the Anni on what to do for the cars that stopped. So, they got a package of Chocolate Chip Cookies and if cars stopped they graciously handed over cookies to the passengers of the cars that stopped. Cute Ethan also decided to give his "famous" paper airplanes out to those that stopped also. There were lots of very nice people that stopped to join in the fun and some not so nice that sped on by, way too fast with kids on the side of the road. 
Look closely at Tessa's right eye. Tessa was stung by a bee in her right eye lid. Immediately we gave her allergy medicine and started icing her eye. Tessa was a trooper. This picture was taken to of her to reassure her mom and dad that all was well with their little girl. Tuesday we had Quinn, Megan and Tessa join the fun. Wednesday we had a great time with Hansen and Jens joining us too. 
Thursday after chores were done we decided to get out of the house for the day. Dear ol' Jed brought me some money, so we went to Dollar Tree to get sand, sun and fun stuff. We made a quick detour to Wendy's to fill our bellies and then ventured onto the Spanish Fork Reservoir. We had such a good time, getting out of the house, swimming, digging in the sand (for lack of a better word, although it was more like tiny pebbles) and enjoying one anothers company in the great outdoors.
