The Morgan's Movements {Week 44}

Last week was an excellent week for us! We celebrated Mason turning four, enjoyed time with friends and had a great trip to the beach. This post has much of the week included but I've written some other posts about the birthday specifically, too. 

We started the week off with a bang! We let Maddox feed himself yogurt. It was past time but judging by the mess, you can probably tell why we didn't do it earlier. 😉 

He was so proud and loved it! 

Once he was dressed (costume day at church), he got into some shenanigans. Boy, oh, boy. 

Love my guy...man, my eyes were sleepy! 

Then a picture miracle happened! We are all in the picture and we are all looking and we are ALL SMILING!!!!! Multiple times!!! 

After church that day, Maddox headed to nap and Matt took Mason to the park for his birthday week treat. They had so much fun one-on-one. He was running a fruit stand here. 

That evening, the boys went to AWANA and Matt and I had a little date. Jimmy John's and walking around The Fresh Market. 

Oh, and then Matt got coffee and I got ice cream. 😂

Does he look like a PawPaw or what? 

Cute in black and white, too! 

Love my boy so much. 

We snuggled up and watched a bit of TV before nap. 

  

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I am so blessed to have a 4 year old! He was giving me gooooood snuggles! 

We went to Hatcher Garden to meet a few friends, have muffins and a nature walk. While waiting for friends, we saw this tiny little grasshopper. The boys loved it! 

We had the best time with our friends and we are so grateful for them! 

  

  

It appears that Maddox is now a big boy. I had the iPad open one day and he just pulled it over and started playing a game. 😂

We had donuts the next morning and the boys were HAPPY! 

  

  

Mason found $10 in his jeans pocket when getting dressed that morning. I am fairly certain that my mom gave it to him on her recent visit and it just got washed. Regardless, he was PUMPED! 

  

Love that little face! 

I think Maddox was upset that his candy bag was empty! Or upset that we weren't going outside the door at the exact moment that he wanted to go! 

  

  

We went to meet someone to drop off a picture CD to them and decided last minute to head into the library for story time. The boys had a blast! 

Goofy smile...

  

  

  

Mason and I got a little bit of school work in and he did so well! 

Straight chillin'. 

The boys trick or treated at our neighbors house Tuesday evening. 

Another day, another donut. 😂

  

We pulled out tons of books one morning and the boys had a blast! 

That afternoon, Matt was home early and I went out to eat by myself. It was delightful and way too heavy! I didn't finish it all and brought some home to Matt. :) 

Mason was worn out at nap time! Look at him! 

Maddox woke up still a bit sleepy, too, so I took advantage of those snuggles! 

  

  

  

Kris and I went to see, I'll Push You, and it was so good! We both read the book in the summer and Kris got us tickets for my birthday in August. Such a good night with a great friend! 

Total Christmas Makeover by Melissa Spoelstra {A Book Review}

Each year, I try to read a devotional to prepare and/or move me through the Christmas season. Matt and I typically try to read through together. This year, I was asked to read and review Total Christmas Makeover by Melissa Spoelstra and I could not be more pleased with this book! 

The first and main thing I enjoyed about Total Christmas Makeover is the design of and content of each of the daily devotionals. One scripture (or more) is presented at the beginning of each devotion. The devotion that follows is well-written and such a great combination of the writer's life experiences and just great info based on the scripture(s) for that day. 

Each devotion also includes a great practical application for that day as well as questions to answer based on all of the above. 

I love this devotional and I honestly think it is my favorite that I've read for a couple of years. I cannot wait to re-read with my husband for the Christmas season. We are focusing extensively on giving this year, in a new way than in the past, and I think this book is going to be really helpful for that. 

**Thanks, Litfuse, for this book! **

Donuts & Gentrys {Nashville October 2017}

I shared earlier this week about our trip to Nashville and I'm popping in today to share pictures Matt took of our Saturday morning adventure. 

We had breakfast at Five Daughter's Bakery and it was definitely top 3 donuts ever. The Morgans love donuts so that's really saying something! 

Mason got a donut with blackberry glaze! 

Matt had the King Kong donut which was maple, bacon, peanut butter. Oh my word, it was something! 

I got the milk chocolate sea salt...soooo good! We also had a biscuit. So much deliciousness! 

Favorite picture of Maddox thus far? That'd be a yes! 

The boys had a blast playing for a bit before we headed to Gentry's Farms. 

Matt's sister and her family have told us about Gentry's and how much their kids love it so we knew it'd be a great activity for our whole family to do. 

Our first stop was the hayride and it was fun! 

Then we hit up the little play area. Mason and the other kids mostly played in the little store but Maddox, he needed to work with his tractor! :) 

Love this shot! 

We checked out all of the animals, too. 

We had a snack, played on the playground, did the corn maze and then Mason fell apart because it was time to leave! Can't say I blame him! We got a cousin pic...well 5/6 since Rory wasn't there. They didn't turn out great because Mason wasn't feeling it but hey, that's life! 

Prob my favorite one! Love these kiddos!