The Morgan's Movements {Week 46}

It's Thanksgiving week! We do not have a particular tradition for Thanksgiving so we just go where the wind blows us. This week, we are spending time house-sitting for friends, we will have some time with Grandmom and Granddad and we will eat out at Waffle House for dinner. :) 

That said, let's recap this past week and see what's been going on! 

We were all ready for church early last Sunday so we headed to pick up a couple of necessary things at Target. Of course, we had to check out the Christmas decorations, too! 

And dance to the Christmas music. :) 

We attempted a family picture before church. Maddox wasn't feeling it. We finally get Mason smiling for pictures again and Maddox is out. #ParentHood 

Sunday night, I baby sat for Jenn and her husband while they had a date. I got some girl time and some snuggles. :)  

Matt sent me this picture of the craft Maddox made at AWANA. Can you even?!? 

Monday morning nap time had Maddox like...He was not ready to get up! 

We had a great day all together and that included dress up time. 😂

We got this little head massager in the dollar bin and Mason LOVES it. He needed pictures of himself. ;) 

  

When Maddox woke up from nap, the front door was open and he noticed the decorations on the door. He looked at them for the longest. 

  

  

  

That evening, I had girl's night at a new local Mexican restaurant, Mezcal. It was a yummy and ended with this dessert! 

Tuesday morning was MOPS and it was a blast as usual. That afternoon, Maddox couldn't get enough snack. He's a bottomless pit these days! 

Wednesday morning we saw our buds out at their house. The kids had a great time and the moms actually got to visit a bit! 

  

  

That afternoon, we went to story time and it included a little puppet show. The boys both loved it and danced along with it when they weren't sitting in awe. 

  

  

  

That evening, we went to Grandmom and Granddad's for breakfast for dinner. It was so delicious and we had the best visit! 

  

Thursday was another good day and I didn't take one picture! Matt and the boys were outside that afternoon and he snapped this picture. Maddox was the foreman for the leaf-raking job. 😂

Friday morning, Mason loaded up this box and told me he was Santa delivering presents. 

  

Our friends stopped by for a quick visit and the kids had a committee meeting. ;-)

Later ont hat afternoon, Maddox was ready to go! We went to pick up some items for church and Maddox paid. :) 

  

Mason has been loving getting mail lately and this catalog came. He didn't put it down for nearly four whole days. 

  

Friday night was family movie night and we watched Rudolph. 

I was on the other couch drinking my hot chocolate so I snapped these pics. :) 

  

  

Saturday was a good day and I didn't take one picture. When I realized that at night, Matt and I snapped this one! He had a couple of photoshoots, we grocery shopped, we ate dinner out thanks to a gift card and we just had a good day! 

The Gift by Shelley Shepard Gray {A Book Review}

The Gift by Shelley Shepard Gray is the third book in The Amish of Hart County series. (Disclaimer: While this is a series, I did not feel this book was connected to the previous two books at all and I think it could easily be read as a stand alone book.). 

The Gift shares the story of a family who recently moved to Hart County and begins to face many trials. One of the daughters is in a wagon accident at the outset and as the story progresses, there are other trials that come. You learn that the family of the injured daughter purchased land from another family who was forced to sell because of some bad decisions. It seems that not everyone feels the family purchased the property fairly and that is what impacts the progression of the tale. The story has many twists and turns and in the end, I was truly shocked to find out who was the behind all of the tragic things that happened in the book. 

I loved the characters in this book which were mainly from two families. I think Gray did a great job developing those characters, too. I also enjoyed that there were some out of the ordinary storylines in the book. It wasn't completely predictable, although some parts were, and it kept me wanting to see what happened next. 

If you enjoy fiction, christian fiction, and/or Amish fiction I think this would be a great Christmas time read. 

**I received this book for free.**

Our Boys...

We have been trying for two weeks to get a Christmas card photo and it has not worked out. I mean, why is it so hard sometimes!?! 

However, in the the mean time, Matt has captured some great pictures of our boys separately. Man, I love these guys so much. There is so much personality that our house can barely hold it. 

Deck The Halls! {November 2017}

This past Saturday, we decked the halls! One or all of us will be traveling for 10+ days in December and we will be house sitting for friends for the week of Thanksgiving so we wanted as much time as possible with our decorations! 

Matt took the boys to McDonalds and I got all of the decorations out. We decided against the big tree this year because Maddox is into everything and we didn't want to spend the whole season keeping him away from the tree. 😉

They came home and I had everything ready to go! 

Those boys were excited! 

Daddy, too! 

Our neighbor gave us this tree a few years ago and it's perfect for the boys' room. 

Love them. 

My helpers were in full effect for sure! 

  

  

  

  

Ta-da! 

We put a few decorations outside, too. 

  

And on the windows of course! 

We decorated the mantle, too, but I forgot pictures. 

We also gave the boys their 2017 ornaments. A monster truck for Mason and Ketchup for Maddox because the boy loves Ketchup! ;) 

  

Maddox keeps walking up to the tree and saying, "WOW!" 

Mason Says & Does {23}

We went to a local park and Mason hugged a light pole, "It's just like Dad!" 😂😂😂

While waiting for food at a fast food restaurant: 

Mom: That's the lady who took our order buddy. 

Mason: Oh no! Is she going to keep it?!? 

Maddox was calling for me one morning before wake-up time and Mason said, "No, Maddox! Go to sleep!" 

Mason got into trouble and he was going to get a spanking. He said, "Mom, can I have grace and not get any spankings?"

We were heading to a consignment sale and my mom was in town. I told Mason we were going and he said he would get toys. I asked him how and he said, "GiGi will give me money!" #HeWasRight

Matt stopped Mason from dumping out a whole thing of cars by saying "Remember you have to clean those up if you do that." So, Maddox then dumped them a few minutes later and Mason says to Matt, "Dad, now you have to clean them all because Maddox doesn't know how." #Boom

Mason loads up into the cozy coupe and yells, "GOODBYE! I'M GOING TO POPPOP AND GRAMMY'S HOUSE! HOPE I DON'T GET STUCK IN TRAFFIC!" Then he went over to Maddox and gave him a kiss before leaving.

"TOW TRUCK! We cannot be here all day!"

Buddy, we are going to see some people soon. "Everyone in the world?!?" 

While driving home from Nashville, "Maddox! Guess what! Good news! We are close to home!"

Mason, bedtime is at 7:00."Well, the clock says 656" UH OH!!! 

While at the fire station open house, "I would like 9, no 10 slices of pizza. "

Mason, what would you like for breakfast on your birthday?
"PIZZA!!!!"

We found $10 in Mason's jean pocket that we are fairly certain came from my mom a couple of month's ago. He said, "that surprised us!"

"Why do doctors make babies?" 😳

"On Halloween, we wait until dark, put on our costumes and go trick or treating." Well, guess we can't hide trick or treating anymore. ;-)


"Tomorrow when we get to the beach, it will be my birthday again and I'll be five!"

"I can't wait to drive my cars on the beach!" 😍😍😍

Matt and Mason were at the toy store and Mason was looking at a toy and got so excited to see a toy. "Dad! This holds 50 cars!" Who knew he knew what the number 50 looked like! :)