Black Friday . . . .

Happy Dang Black Friday!!! I'm so annoyed - I just typed a stupid post TWICE and accidentaly deleted it TWICE. GRRRRR - so happy flippin' black friday.

Sleep? . . . . . . . What is that?

There must be something weird in the air in my house because for the past week, or two, maybe even longer my kids just think they need to wake up all night long and come and get in mommy and daddy's bed, and despite the fact that they are continually carried back to their own beds, they keep coming back. What is that all about? Charly's not so bad, but has been coming in at least once a night saying she had a bad dream, we let her cuddle for a while and take her back to bed when Mason shows up or when Porter starts squealing. What is the trick? How on earth do we get our kids to stay asleep, IN THEIR OWN BEDS all night? Porter gets in this habit of waking up anywhere between one and three and thinking he needs to crawl around and play, and this lasts up to an hour or more. It is just oh so annoying, and I am quite tired, quite easily irritated, and not as happy as I could be - don't they understand - to have a happy mom, let mom sleep!!!!!! Mason has never been interested in being in mom and dad's bed, and all of a sudden, here he is showing up several times a night. I try to be patient with it all and think, they are only little for a while, let them cuddle, let them have this, but yet, I AM TIRED - can't we bargain and like give me two nights of full sleep, then they can have two nights of waking us up all night, and so on? Probably not, huh? Darn kids.

Yesterday was the Primary Program, I am a primary teacher so I was sitting with my class and did not get to see my little Charly girl, but I was such a cry baby. The first song the kids sang was I am a Child of God, holy crap, the music started, my tears started, and I was like, come on, Heather, get a grip - then the sweet, little, powerful voices blared out the words (In a good blaring way - it was powerful, and very spirit inviting). Yeah - I pretty much lost it. Dang those primary songs!! It was great - the kids are so sweet and innocent, and hearing them sing of the Savior was wonderful - everytime I thought I had pulled myself together, they were singing a new song. It was great to feel the spirit through these sweet children's voices.

Our October, Halloween (and Nov. 1st) events

So, you will have to bear with me, as I have LOTS of pics that I will be adding. I love Halloween (mostly because it's the start of the Fall and Holidays and I love decorating and just getting into all of the Holidays) but I am certainly glad Halloween is over - it's always so stressful as it gets closer because I'm always down to crunch time in finishing the costumes, but we got them done and had a good night. So here it goes - story with pics:

A week or so before Halloween, we carved pumpkins. Dustin carved like three and spent hours doing so - only got a pic of one. He took one to work before I could take a picture and threw the other one away because it wasn't doing what he wanted it to do - yes, bit of a perfectionist. Anyway, even the neighbor kids got into cleaning Charly's pumpkin out - good thing, 'cuz Charly is not all that into doing it. Mason threw his pumpkin and broke it, so we got a picture of what was left. Porter just sat there like a sweet boy and watched it all. He was just so happy to be outside.

On Halloween day I got to go to school with Charly to help with her class Halloween party - it was fun to be there with her. She was princess by day, and she got to participate in the parade. I warned her before she walked through the gym to walk slow and careful because the shoes she is wearing are very slippery. Needless to say, she did not believe me, and she slipped and fell. (yes, for those that would ask, I teared up), but I just called out her name and gave her a big smile - so the picture where you can barely see her, is her slipping into her fall - poor girl!! Also is her in her classroom watching the other kids parade around, and her kindergarten class.

After school, we rushed home, finished costumes, decorated our garage as we were having a little hang-out/party, got ready to go trick-or-treating and here's some pics of all of that. I'm a weirdo and 'theme' my kids - so they are Spongebob Squarepants (with a jelly fish on his head), Patrick the starfish, and Gary the snail. It all really turned out so cute. D and I were obviously not themed with the kids. Ashley and Bryton (and Chelsea, Ashley's sister) came trick-or-treating with us too.

Porter pooped out, pretty much the second we walked out of the door, so he and his stroller ended up becoming Gary the Snail. Porter slept the whole time we trick-or-treated.
While trick-or-treating we came upon the funniest costumes, also because of who was in them. Here we have Nacho Libre, whom we found out was our manager here over the townhouses, and Pee-Wee (Dan, our neighbor). It was hilarious - he even talked just like Pee-Wee, and Dan that dressed as Nacho even pranced like him - it was great.

Here's our garage and some of the folks that came to our party. Thanks guys - it was a lot of fun.

Porter and Jarom found the 'treat bucket' and helped themselves, it was really cute. Porter even shared a sucker - I couldn't get the camera ready fast enough to catch a picture of that, but the two boys going after the candy was just precious.


The night after Halloween we went to the corn maze at Staheli Farm. There was lots of stuff for the kids to play on and they had a really good time. My sister Lisa and her boyfriend, Greg came down and went along with us. Mason didn't like the 'corn slide' so much, especially because Charly pushed him down, he landed face first and if you look close has corn stuck on his lip. OH, KIDS - what are ya gonna' do?

Halloween Reminiscin'

When we lived in Logan we participated in this little event where you would leave goodies and a note w/ a pic of a ghost on other people's porches, telling them that they had been spooked, ghosted, or whatever, and they need to ghost someone else now. I thought it would be so fun to do down here in the neighborhood and started prepping things to do so, just needed to pick up a few items from the store and I would have been good to go. Well, what do ya know - last night we hear our door bell ring and who/what is it? We had been 'ghosted'. So I guess I'm not the only one who knows of such an event - oh well, it's still fun, even though I didn't start it :).
So, anyway I was looking at old pictures of my little kiddos and thought it would be fun to post past Halloween pics (and cuz this is a good way to keep a journal w/ pictures - so here's our Halloweens of the past, with our kids.

Here's one for my homie . . . .

YAY!!! I am so proud to announce (as we just found out today, or I guess yesterday), that Dustin D Morris (my husband) has been accepted into the Nursing Program at Dixie State College!!! It has been a long, trying, difficult, trial-filled road (which I am now able to see that we needed to go through before we could get here), but we made it. Or I guess, he made it - okay - we made it! I am just so proud of Dustin, this is such a great opportunity/achievement for him in his life - he has worked hard and had some disappointments and downers along the way, but he kept his persistence up and kept on and it has now paid off. I am so thankful for Dustin and the provider he has been for our family. Even while going to school and being a busy bee there - he works and takes care of our financial needs and STILL takes time to play with the kids, take them fishing, take them for a slurpee, make them smile and laugh, etc. We all love him and are so proud of him and appreciate his hard work in life and making it all fit together. These are some old pics we took of him (when he was in the CNA class), now with newer meaning. I'm so proud of you Dustin and I love you forever!!

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Baby Tag

1- Where​ were you when you first​ found​ out you were pregn​ant?​
#1- At work in the bathroom
#2- At the doctor's office - trying to get some meds for depression
#3- At my brother's house (I already knew by how I felt, but others insisted I take a test)

2- Who was with you?
#1- I was alone in the bathroom - how awkward if I hadn't been (I was at work)
#2- A nurse (and my father-in-law) was waiting in the lobby for me
#3- Dustin, Brian, Ashley, Charly, Mason and Whitney

3- How did you find out that you were pregn​ant? ​
#1- I was late, had headaches, felt a knot in my stomach, and took a test
#2- Had to take prego test before I could be put on anti-depressants
#3- I knew by how my body felt, just as with Mason, I was sick, hot, depressed, moody, late, etc, so my family members said, just take a test, and I did - and it was positive :)

4- What was your first​ react​ion to findi​ng out you were pregnant?
#1- Scared, yet excited, and worried that Dustin wouldn't be excited
#2- Surprised, had just had a miscarriage, wasn't expecting to be prego again so soon, but excited
#3- (Sorry Porter) - I was pretty much sick to death - things weren't so hot in life when I found out with this pregnancy and I didn't feel it would be such a great idea to be bringing another baby into the mix. (But Heavenly Father knew more than I did) :)

5- Your Husba​nds react​on?​
#1- Excited - I told him to wait to tell - he pretty much just called everyone we knew.
#2- "It better be a boy." (He was excited and again told everyone)
#3 - Kinda some of the same feelings I had, but yet, still wanted to tell everyone

6- Who was the first​ person you told?
​#1- Dustin
#2- probably father in law - since he was my ride home from the dr's office
#3- well, I had already been trying to tell Dustin that I was, so after taking the test, I walked out and told everyone that was there

7- Did you plan to get pregn​ant?​
#1- Not necessarily, but it was all good
#2- Not necessarily, but it was all good
#3- Not necessarily, but it was all good

8- Was every​body happy​ for you? Pretty much

9- Did you go out and celeb​rate?​
#1- Yes - went out with my dad and step-mom Michelle (dad's idea - thanks dad)
#2- No, don't think so, had just gotten back from road trip up the east coast (ended in Palmyra, NY) and had spent two weeks after that in Utah (we were living in South Carolina) so we were probably pretty broke by then.)
#3 - Don't think so on this one either

10- Did you want to find out the sex? Yes on all 3

11- What was the sex?
#1- Girl
#2- Boy
#3- Boy

12- Did anyon​e throw​ you a baby showe​r?​
#1- Yes, My mom, my sister, Dustin's aunt and his cousins
#2- Yes, Grandma Nancy
#3- No

13- If yes, who?Ooops, I already answered this question..

14- Did you get any outfi​ts at the baby showe​r that you just knew you weren​'​t going​ to put on your baby? Maybe

15- How much weigh​t did you gain?​
#1-??
#2- ???
#3- WHOA!!!!

16- Did you loose​ all of the weigh​t that you gaine​d?​
#1- I sure gave it a good shot
#2- It's the effort that counts, right?
#3- Still working on it..

17- Did you get a lot of stret​ch marks​?​ No, I was pretty lucky. I got nothing with Charly, a tiny few with Mason and they were accentuated with Porter - but not too bad

18- What did you crave​ the most?​
#1- snow (I know - weird)
#2- sugar cookies or anything sweet
#3- all the holiday eatin'

19- Did you crave​ anyth​ing crazy​?​ No

20- Who or what got on your nerve​s the most?​ Anybody that would let out a "tooty" next to me . . us pregnant women can smell everything and that's the last thing you want to be smelling when you're pregnant.

21- Were you marri​ed at the time? Yes.

22- Did you have any compl​icati​ons durin​g your pregnancy?No, except with both boys I had some serious depression issues.

23- Where​ were you when you went into labor​?​
#1 home - had been in labor all day and had no idea - decided to go ahead and go in and get checked - it was the real deal
#2- my in-laws house (we lived w/ them at the time) Dustin had just left to go raccoon hunting, I told him I was in labor, he didn't believe me. The second he stepped out of the truck to begin the hunt, I called and said his dad was taking me to the hospital - he made it home in time to take me - I had to shower and shave my legs first. :)
#3- I was induced a week before my due date, so I was in the hospital

24- Did your water​ break​?​ Nope

25- Who drove​ you to the hospi​tal? ​
#1,2 and 3 Dustin

26- Did you go early​ or late?
#1- four weeks early
#2- three week early
#3- one week early

27- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth​?​
#1- Dustin, my mom, Kathy (Dustin's aunt, whom I have actually known longer than I have known Dustin)
#2- Dustin and my mom-in-law
#3- Dustin (Whitney 'my sister' and Charly were in the hall)

28- Was it video​ taped​?​ no

29- Did you have any drugs​ for the pain?​ Oh yeah

30- Did you go Natur​al or have a c-​secti​on?​ Natural

31- What was your first​ react​ion after​ givin​g birth​?
​#1- Excited to have the baby, but also thought - that was it? That was SO easy.
#2- So excited to have another baby, and a little boy
#3- Excited again, I had received a blessing while pregnant that discussed what a blessing/gift this baby is to our family.

32- How big was the baby?
​​#1- 6 lbs. 7 oz.
#2- 7 lbs. 10 oz.
#3- 8 lbs. 6 oz.

33- Did your Husba​nd cry? He may have gotten a little choked up

34- What did you name the baby?​
#1- Charly Nicole
#2- Mason D
#3- Porter Reese

35- Did the baby have any compl​icati​ons? ​ Jaundice, Jaundice w/ hospitalization, No

36- How old is the baby today​?​ Charly is 5, Mason is 2, Porter is 81/2 months

37- When is the next one comin​g?​ It will be a surprise to me.

38-​If you could​,​ would​ you do it all over again​?​ Absolutely! I love all of my babies and I couldn't imagine my life without them.

I tag all my girls (including in my peeps list) that haven't already done this!!!