The Morgan's

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Stay tuned!

Maclaine and her BFF Delani got to put their modeling skills to use last Friday. They got chosen to do a really cool photo shoot for a local photographer and they had a blast! Let me tell ya, modeling is hard work though! They were on the go for about 3 hours! Afterwards, Maclaine said her face was numb from smiling :) We won't get to see the pictures for about 4 weeks so stay tuned!

In the meantime, here's some snapshots of the girls "modeling" during a couple of their playdates....

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Mama doesn't have a say anymore!

Well, picture day was among us, once again! Maclaine's school takes pictures twice during the school year and last week they took their spring pictures. I REALLY tried to pick out an outfit for Maclaine but after she whined and complained about it I said, "you know what, wear whatever you want." I've decided that for one it's not worth the fight and two, I would rather look back at these pictures and see what her style was at that time. She has WAY more style than I ever had at that age!

This is the outfit she picked....

Monday, February 15, 2010

Happy 8th Birthday!

Today is Maclaine's 8th Birthday!!!! To celebrate her birthday we had a dog themed party over the weekend. It was a theme she had picked and I had so much fun coming up with "dog ideas!" Lunch consisted of "Weiner dogs" (hot dogs), "Alpo" (macaroni and cheese) and other goodies. We had the usual gang over, family, Shannah and Philip, and Delani (Maclaine's BFF, who lives down the street). The day turned out to be a beautiful day, a little warm actually, and it was just a really nice time.

Here's what the invitation looked like...

Here's some pictures of all the decorations...

I had planned on making a dog bone cake but after I realized I would have enough cake for an army, we settled on this...

Paw print cupcakes...

"Puppy chow," which is really chex mix with chocolate, peanut butter, and powdered sugar....

"Dog treats......"

Party favors....

Here's some pictures of the festivities....

Pin the tail on Barnaby...

My dad even got in on the fun....

I'm pretty sure Maclaine won...

Pinata time...

Mallory actually broke it open and I didn't even get a picture of it, I think I was too worried that I wasn't going to get a whack at the pinata....

Present time...so many goodies....

Uncle Kenny was in charge of picking out Maclaine's card and it ended up being a boy card :) with a pink envelope though! I thought Maclaine's face was so funny as she was reading the card....

"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you....."

"Happy Birthday dear Maclaine...."

"Happy Birthday to you...."

Grandma and Grandpa bring balloons every year....

Here's my dad talking with Ellie, I love this picture....

Nephew Donovan, such a sweetie....

Maclaine with her BFF Delani...

Nieces Mallory and Ellie...

Family....

Ellie, Maclaine, Aubrey, and Barnaby of course...

Nieces Aubrey and Ellie...

My BFF Shannah and I....

Aubrey, Maclaine, Delani, and Philip...

"Two little love birds sitting under the tree...K-I-S-S-ING..."

Grandma and Grandpa (Ty's parents)....

Ty teasing Granny, thank goodness she gets his humor....

Much better....

My sister DeAyn and her husband Kenny...

All the kiddos...

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Karate belt exam!

Maclaine joined karate almost two years ago and I wasn't sure if it was going to be a keeper or not. What I mean is, we've tried just about every activity! She did tap and ballet...didn't like it, she did hip-hop...didn't like it, she did gymnastics...liked it ok, she did baton...didn't want to join after the second round, I'm pretty sure she just wanted the baton :). She never wanted to do soccer or anything like that SO, we decided to try karate. Well, she's actually really enjoyed it and has never said she wanted to quit.

Last weekend she tested for her blue belt and did great!

Here's a few pictures to show you how it went...

Warm-up time...