Longest blog ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well, sorry it has been so long since I have posted. We have been very busy. I will start at the beginning of this whirlwind. First of all, Kaegen had her first dance recital on Friday, December 19th in Sonora. It was really neat and Kaegen had a blast. Here are some pictures.

Her teacher in the middle.

Kaegen is the 3rd one from the right.

After her recital we left Sonora and headed for Littlefield for my side of the family Christmas. We arrived at 2:00 am. So we started off our vacation exhausted and still have not caught up on sleep.

Kreek got lots of great things.

And so did Kaegen.

This is my nephew Ty Carr. He is 8 months old and too cute.

On Sunday, we celebrated Kaegen's Birthday (actually birthday was on Monday 22nd) with my family. She got to make and decorate her cake with Grumpy (my dad) and she loved it.

She got more presents. I hate that her birthday is so close to Christmas!

On Monday the 22nd we left Littlefield (after I visited the dentist for a cleaning and the chiropractor for an adjustment) and headed to Midland for another party. Kaegen wanted to play video games and ride go-karts (in 30 degree weather, but it is her day to do what she wants to do) at putt-putt and go bowling. SO we did!

Then we headed to Uncle Dave and Aunt Stef's house for a hamburgers and a party. Notice the beautiful castle cake made by Stef. We are so lucky to have a cake designer in the family.

More presents!

We managed to get home around midnight and were completely exhausted again. Then Tuesday and Wednesday I did laundry, laundry and more laundry and cleaned house. We did our family Christmas on Christmas morning.

Santa brought Kaegen a saddle and Kreek a scooter.

Also, the kids wanted to buy presents for eachother this year (with our money of course). They were so excited to give them to eachother.



Then around noon we headed to Coy and Ashley's house for the James Christmas, were the kids got even more presents.

We spent the night in Iraan, then got up Friday and headed back to our house for another Christmas. Sharon's side of the family and Butch's side of the family all met at our house in Eldorado on Saturday for a get-to-gether. A cold front came thru making it a little cold, but we survived. This was a redneck Christmas with the food being served in the barn on a flatbed trailer and people sitting on the dirty floor. I think around 50 people were there and it seemed that all enjoyed the day.

The James side of the family.

The Morgan side of the family.

Sunday, we went to church and with what energy I had left I cleaned up a little. On Monday the 29th, I did laundry and cleaning. Then on Tuesday, Kaegen woke up feeling horrible and throwing up and I had no idea why. I had planned on going to Iraan because my mean boss and mother-in-law (ha,ha) thought I needed to work over the holidays. Not really. So we finally made our way there around 3 pm. All of the sudden around 9:00 that night she started feeling better and has been fine ever since. I worked at Sharon's on Wednesday and then went to the Sheffield Church New Years Eve Party, which once again got us exhausted from no sleep. On Thursday, I woke the kids up and we headed to Eldorado. We have to pack up and head to Dallas that afternoon. Some may remember, but Kaegen had won 4 tickets to the Alamo Bowl at the Eldorado Fall Festival raffle. Well, I was talking to the man in charge and I told him that we were Texas Tech Fans, so he got us tickets to the Cotton Bowl instead. We had him get 2 extra tickets and we all headed to Dallas. David, Stef, Avery, Coy, Ashley, Sharon, Tim, me, Kreek and Kaegen. Sharon stayed at the hotel with the kids while we got to go to the game. It was so much fun even though Tech got their butts kicked. I will post pictures later when I get them from Ashley. So on Friday night the kids ate at the Rainforest Cafe and had a blast. Well around 1:00 am Kreek started throwing up all over the place. He throws up every 30 min all night until about 4:30 am. There were no other rooms available so we just had to spray lots of air freshener and stay there. It was horrible and once again no sleep. We came back home on Saturday and were exhausted. Kreek felt better and was fine Saturday and Sunday, then guess what he threw up again in the middle of the night on Sunday. I am so sick of throw up (it has been almost constant since Thanksgiving). Then to make matters worse, Tim, Kaegen and I all had doctor appt on Monday morning, so Kreek skipped school and came with us. After lunch he was feeling fine and I sent him back to school when Kaegen went. On top of all of this Tim decided to buy 50 more calves to feed along with the 50 we are already feeding. It never ends. So Tuesday I spent all day doing laundry and cleaning.(I think I have done that alot on this blog). So today I worked for my mean boss again (ha,ha) and took the kids to the dentist which was not a good experience, but we survived. Only to come home to Tim being sick and nausious. If he starts throwing up I am going to just lay down and give up.

Well I hope I did not bore anyone with the mile long blog, but as I said at the first this has been a big whirlwind of a vacation.

Christmas Parties

This had been a very busy week. On Monday, I did all of my Christmas shopping after the kids got out of school, thanks to Sharon. The kids picked out things they liked, then she occupied them while I bought the things and hid them in the car.

On Wednesday Kaegen got to wear her PJ's and housecoat to school. They watched the movie The Polar Express. This is what she picked out to wear. (Good timing on your gift Memaw).

"Fishing Princess", so true

After school on Wednesday, we made cookies for Kaegen's party and homemade bread for the teachers.

Today, I made Christmas tree and star shaped sandwiches for Kreek's party and finished the homemade bread. Then we zoomed to Kreek's party at 11:00 then to Kaegen's at 1:00. Here are some pictures.

Here is Kreek's teacher, Mrs. Hernandez

Forgot to take a picture before the class ate the sandwiches, these were left over. I decided that sandwiches taste a lot better when they are shaped like Christmas trees and stars.

They got a present from every person in the class.


These are his friends.

Then we had Kaegen's party

They only had to buy one present (books, coloring books, crayons, etc.) and they drew numbers to see who's present they got.

Kaegen and Mrs. Rojas


Kaegen and Mrs. Droll


Then they had Santa come visit. Kaegen told him that she wanted a saddle for her to ride a horse with. Santa brought Kreek one last year, so now it is her turn.

It was a great and busy day. I am glad it is over. After school tomorrow we are heading to Sonora for Kaegen's Christmas dance performance. Then off to Littlefield for Christmas this weekend with my family.

Christmas Lights

Well I might have went overboard. I have put up 51 strings of lights, 2 deer, 3 spiral trees, and an 8ft tall blowup snowman. Since moving closer to town and living right on a highway, I figured it would be worth the hard work of decorating. It took me 2 days, but it is done and all set on timers so they come on and off all by themselves.

Here are some pictures.

The barn has lights on both sides and the little building is our well house.

The wind blew our snowman over the other day and it blew a fuse. So I am trying to find a new one so it will start working again.





Of course the kids have to decorate their rooms also.

Decorating the tree.


They are finally old enough to understand how to decorate evenly, so I didn't even have to move any ornaments around.

Our Christmas Tree

On Sunday after Church we drove to Cristoval to cut down our own tree.

We rode the hay ride again with Kreek and Tim this time.

We searched and searched till we found the perfect tree. Kreek began to cut it down while Tim and Kaegen watched. It only took a little while till Kreek decided it was hard work and Tim helped him finish the job.

Then it was time to find Nana a tree. So we finally found it and both Tim and Kreek cut it down.

Kreek was under the tree and when it fell over it alomost got his head.

Then Kreek got to help press the button that shakes all the loose needles and critters off the trees so we don't take them home with us.

Pictures with different back drops.

It was a very neat experience and we will probably do it again next year.

Sorry it has been so long

Well we have been very busy people lately. After about 12 days we are all finally over the stomach bug. I think everyone at Thanksgiving eventually got it. Both kids and I then got a cold and have been coughing and congested. Maybe one day we will all be healthy again.

Last Thursday, Kaegen's class went on a field trip to Cristoval to the Concho Christmas Tree Farm. It was a little cold, but we survived.

Kaegen got to help unfold the flag and attach it to the pole.

They rode on a hay ride around the farm.

They got a partner and dressed the farmer.

The owner dug up a dead tree and they got to help plant a new one.

They decorated a little Christmas trees.

They also got to feed alpacas. Most of the "city" kids thought that was great.

Kaegen had a great time and Kreek gets to go on the 17th.

Forget spreading Thanksgiving cheer we spread the stomach bug!!!

Well we had a very eventful weekend or should I say week. Kreek started getting sick and throwing up on Friday the 21st. He threw up at school and got sent home. The rest of the day he was fine and going 90 mph. All day Saturday he was fine. Then on Sunday morning he threw up again. It was really strange because after he threw up he was fine. So he went to school again on Monday and felt fine. Then in the middle of the night on Tuesday he threw up again. So he did not go to school on Wednesday. My brother, sister-in-law and nephew were headed to Kerrville for Thanksgiving and stopped by to see the house. We figured Kreek wasn't contagious since Tim, Kaegen or I have not gotten sick yet. They took Kaegen with them and we made Kreek stay with us and we were heading to Kerrville on Thanksgiving Day. Well Kreek threw up again that night, but felt better after so we headed to Kerrville. Well my mom called and said that Kaegen had threw up all night long while in Kerrville. So we figured it must be the stomach bug that was going around. As you probably guessed it we all started falling like flies. My sister-in-law and nephew got it, then Tim got it horrible and was in bad shape all night, my Aunt got it, I got it, my mom got it, my brother got it, my dad got it, and Kaegen got it again. I think that was all as of Sunday morning. I hate to think how many more are sick today. I just hope and pray that my Memaw (who is battling cancer and taking cemo once a week) does not get it. The good thing is that it only last 24 hours. We thought Kreek was all better since he had not been sick since Thursday morning, well you guessed it last night he started throwing up and was sick all night. He is not at school right now, but is feeling ok, so when Kaegen goes at noon I am going to send him also. He had perfect attendance until this happened and now he as already missed three days.

On a better note, Tim got me a new camera for Christmas. Well let me rephrase that, I told Tim he was getting me a new camera for Christmas and I wanted it before Thanksgiving and I drove to Best Buy and bought it myself. I have not downloaded the new stuff on my computer, so as soon as I do I will post some pictures of the better times at Thanksgiving before we were all sick.

We do hope all the family will forgive us and we will be invited back next year. HA HA!!!!