We have had such a wonderful time celebrating our first Christmas as a family of four. Everyone keeps asking what the boys think about Santa....they don't know who he is, but anytime we are out and the boys see anything related to Christmas they both scream "Baby Jesus, Baby Jesus" it is so cute. Here is a montage of photos from our different Christmas celebrations this month. This morning it was just the four of us (and Miss Clara of course) and this evening we were able to enjoy the company of our neighbors for dinner. We hope and pray that you had a wonderful day celebrating the birth of our Savior too!
Love,
Jeff, Mer, Luke and Ben
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Family Pictures
We have not had a chance to post more about our last weekend in Virginia, we have just been so busy! We will post more soon, with lots of Christmas pictures, I promise. Until then....here are a few photos we took in Virginia when we were trying to get a Morgan family picture!
Mer
Saturday, December 13, 2008
"Chris-Chris Lights!'
We are having such a fun visit with family in Virginia. Luke and Ben love Christmas lights and decorations. Grandma, Grandpa, Jeff and I almost need ear plugs when we are driving around at night because of the decibel level created in the car when the boys see Christmas lights. Of course, they can't say "Christmas lights" so Luke says "Pretty Chris-Chris Lights" instead. Last night we had a chance to go to a local park where every year they have a beautiful Christmas lights display. They boys loved it!
Love,
Jeff, Mer, Luke and Ben
Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Gotta love boys!
So it is official, we have finished another semester. I say we, because Luke, Ben and I are going to school with Daddy too, it is a whole family affair! We are so proud of Daddy for finishing this semeseter that was a really difficult one, and now we call all take a deep breath and finally enjoy the season! Luke and Ben know Jeff's school so well that if we drive within a two mile radius Luke shouts out from the back seat, "Daddy, school!"
Anyway, while Jeff was finishing his paper up to turn in, the boys were playing. I had a bright idea that I would pull out my old Cabbage Patch dolls from the attic. Luke and Ben love babies, so I knew they would be an instant hit, with the hope that they would play quietly and give Jeff some time to work on his paper.
They LOVED them! At first they held the dolls, hugged them and cuddled with them, and generally played with them like I would have as a little girl. Jeff started laughing and I looked back and was hit by the realization that I am the mother of two very active little boys! Luke was caught with the play knife from their kitchen set trying to give one of the dolls a haircut and then he had one of the doll's with drawers down sitting on a toy saying "Mommy, baby go potty!" Gotta love life with boys!!! They are so much fun!
We are headed out today to celebrate and early Christmas with Jeff's family in Virginia! More updates later!
Love,
Mer
Anyway, while Jeff was finishing his paper up to turn in, the boys were playing. I had a bright idea that I would pull out my old Cabbage Patch dolls from the attic. Luke and Ben love babies, so I knew they would be an instant hit, with the hope that they would play quietly and give Jeff some time to work on his paper.
They LOVED them! At first they held the dolls, hugged them and cuddled with them, and generally played with them like I would have as a little girl. Jeff started laughing and I looked back and was hit by the realization that I am the mother of two very active little boys! Luke was caught with the play knife from their kitchen set trying to give one of the dolls a haircut and then he had one of the doll's with drawers down sitting on a toy saying "Mommy, baby go potty!" Gotta love life with boys!!! They are so much fun!
We are headed out today to celebrate and early Christmas with Jeff's family in Virginia! More updates later!
Love,
Mer
Monday, December 1, 2008
Fun in the Snow and Family Fun
We are now home safe in NC. Our normally 8.5 hour drive became almost 12.5, thanks to all the holiday traffic, rain and sleet we encountered! Yesterday was our last full day of visiting family. We started out our day introducing the boys, finally, to snow! They had seen it all week, but this was their first chance to play in it! Luke adored it from the first moment! He just lit up and was a pure joy to watch!
Ben on the other hand wanted nothing to do with it! I can't blame him because he was not able to walk in all his snow gear and he fell face forward in the snow the first two times he tried. He just cried when we tried to put him on the sled, so for the most part he just stayed with Mom or Grandma. He did like throwing snowballs at Daddy though!
After our snow adventures we headed over to Gram and Grandpas for lunch, and another visit. Luke and Ben got to discover what all Shirey grandkids find fun....Grandmas tuperware drawer!!
Luke just loves babies, he just can't keep his hands off of them. He was beyond overjoyed with his twin cousins, Adele and Hannah. The only problem was that he was kept very busy constantly worried about them losing their pacifiers, every time they would spit it out, he would patiently pick it up and offer it back!
After visiting and having fun, we had to say goodbyes. Luke and Ben love their grandparents!
After we said goodbye to Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma, we headed over to visit our cousins Alex and Abby. Alex is four and Abby is one, and they have a wonderful play room. Luke and Ben had a blast. We are also so grateful to Jeff's cousins Mark and Andrea, because they always send us home with a bag of clothes that Alex has outgrown and they boys are soon to grow into!
After that visit we headed out to spend sometime with the Morgan side of the family. Luke and Ben had a blast playing with our cousins. These were the cousins we vacationed with in October, and the boys recognized them right away and had so much fun getting to play with them again. They helped try on some of their hunting gear as well!
Grandma introduced Luke to some Walmart adds with toys, Luke just kept saying, "WOW! WOW!" It was hillarious!
Luke and Ben had a chance to get to meet another Great-Grandma, this time on the Morgan side of the family!
So that is all for our PA holiday updates. Hope you enjoyed the pictures!
Love,
Jeff, Mer, Luke and Ben
Ben on the other hand wanted nothing to do with it! I can't blame him because he was not able to walk in all his snow gear and he fell face forward in the snow the first two times he tried. He just cried when we tried to put him on the sled, so for the most part he just stayed with Mom or Grandma. He did like throwing snowballs at Daddy though!
After our snow adventures we headed over to Gram and Grandpas for lunch, and another visit. Luke and Ben got to discover what all Shirey grandkids find fun....Grandmas tuperware drawer!!
Luke just loves babies, he just can't keep his hands off of them. He was beyond overjoyed with his twin cousins, Adele and Hannah. The only problem was that he was kept very busy constantly worried about them losing their pacifiers, every time they would spit it out, he would patiently pick it up and offer it back!
After visiting and having fun, we had to say goodbyes. Luke and Ben love their grandparents!
After we said goodbye to Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma, we headed over to visit our cousins Alex and Abby. Alex is four and Abby is one, and they have a wonderful play room. Luke and Ben had a blast. We are also so grateful to Jeff's cousins Mark and Andrea, because they always send us home with a bag of clothes that Alex has outgrown and they boys are soon to grow into!
After that visit we headed out to spend sometime with the Morgan side of the family. Luke and Ben had a blast playing with our cousins. These were the cousins we vacationed with in October, and the boys recognized them right away and had so much fun getting to play with them again. They helped try on some of their hunting gear as well!
Grandma introduced Luke to some Walmart adds with toys, Luke just kept saying, "WOW! WOW!" It was hillarious!
Luke and Ben had a chance to get to meet another Great-Grandma, this time on the Morgan side of the family!
So that is all for our PA holiday updates. Hope you enjoyed the pictures!
Love,
Jeff, Mer, Luke and Ben
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