Happy 28th Birthday Morgan!

Today is Morgan’s 28^th Birthday! I thought that it would be fun to share 28 things about the birthday boy…

1. Morgan LOVES to read. I think he reads almost daily.

2. He’s a sports nut. If you are a Red Sox, Celtics, or BYU fan… you’re a friend for life.

3. If he had to eat one meal for the rest of his life, it would be… Beans and Hotdogs! No joke! That’s going to be his birthday meal tonight.

4. Morgan speaks Spanish (he learned on his mission to the Canary Islands) A blessing since he uses it heavily with his work!

5. He LOVES Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Enough said.

6. He’s from Maine and has been known to say “wicked good” and “friggen” from time to time.

7. When sleeping he cannot have his feet covered. They must be exposed. (weird, I knowJ )

8. He has never paid for a hair cut. He does it himself – and does a good job at it too!

9. Morgan hates surprises. He’d be happy opening up his Christmas gifts in October. (BUT I did throw a surprise party for him 3 years ago – he loved that)

10. Played (and excelled) in three sports in high school. Basketball, Baseball, Soccer. When asked which one of those was his favorite, he’d reply with “Whatever is in season”

11. Was a very inquisitive and mischievous child. (Andrew’s taking after this with flying colors)

12. He’s gone to three Universities. BYU, ECU, and now UGA. He has been in said colleges for almost 8 years now. Yikes. And he still has about 3-4 more to go.

13. Morgan SWEARS that he was the one who started the nationwide trend of guys bleaching their hair back in the late 90's.

14. Wants to coach little league sports in the future.

15. Wants to write books.

16. When any baked goods are being made, I have to leave him some of the batter to eat. He loves that stuff.

17. Wants to live in Montana. We’ll see how that goes…

18. He’s been published in a few scholarly journals. (of which I’m SO proud)

19. Once attempted to kayak to the Atlantic Ocean from his home in Maine.

20. Wants to be a college professor. And stay in college for… forever!

21. Morgan plays the guitar, Very well actually.

22. He never has his clocks set to the right time. Some are fast by 13 minutes, others only 5 minutes off. Some how he is able to manage it!

23. Hates having pictures taken of him.

24. Loves sipping on a cup of hot cocoa. (almost as much as me)

25. He’s a great “Uncle Momo” and loves his nieces and nephews dearly.

26. Loves to sleep and take naps!

27. Morgan’s one AMAZING husband, one whom I’m so glad to be sealed to.

28. Finally, Morgan is a WORLD CLASS dad! Andrew can’t get enough of him!!!

Like father, like son.

Anyone who knows Morgan knows that he is ALWAYS reading. It looks like Andrew's going down the same road, we couldn't be happier.



(Mimi - that's the book you go him-- he LOVES it!)

The way to a mans heart....

Is through his stomach, right?

Growing up there was a meal that Morgan's mom made that was dubbed "Morgan's Meal." It consisted of Roasted Chicken, Mashed Potatoes, Peas, and Hot bread. (New Englanders sure love their bread)

The whole time we've been married, I've NEVER made this. I'm not sure why. I think I was afraid of roasting a chicken. (or better yet, getting all those nasty gibbets out of the bird)

Well, I finally did it. And boy was my husband happy when he got home from a long day at school to smell 'his' meal. It was so simple that I can't believe I didn't make this years ago. Here's to many more "Morgan Meals"

Funny Note. I roasted the chicken upside down on accident. When Morgan started carving it, he was put back on what a bad job he was doing - there was hardly any meat for him to carve from it! We quickly found out it was upside down - and was able to have lots of moist meat :-) Lesson learned, when roasting a chicken, make sure the breast is on the top! :-)

Christmas in Alpharetta

We had a great time seeing my family before we left for Utah. It was so nice to have all my family (minus Chris) together! Here are the few pictures I took....

Here's the family pic that I had intended on sending out with a Christmas card, but that never happened. I was bad this year - but I LOVE how the picture turned out!!



BIG HIGHLIGHT... I MADE these beauties!! My grandpa is a very skilled craftsman and took the time to show my sister and I how to work with silver! Lollie has a great blog post about it... CLICK HERE

Christmas is Athens

This year we were able to celebrate Christmas 3 times! Yep! Once in Athens (at home) one in Alpharetta (with my family) and once in Utah (with Morgan's family). We had a blast! So, here's an update as to what we've been up to...

I baked a lot of these....
Andrew had a lot of fun climbing on these...

He had A LOT of fun undecorating this daily...
And LOVED opening up some presents!