Soccer Stud!

Hunter's Team: The Elves

(Hunter is the second one in from the right)


It's kind of excited being a "soccer mom." Maybe when I have to start sitting in the rain for hours, it won't be as fun.

In Hunter's first game, he didn't really understand what he was supposed to do. He would run as fast as he could to catch up with the person with the ball and then stand there and look at it.

I think he caught the vision of the game by his second go 'round and he scored three goals! He stole the ball and ran all the way to the other end and scored! It was great fun to watch!

Run Buddy

Victory Cheer!

Even though they won about 10-0 Hunter asked on the way home, "did we win?" I hope the other team was as clueless to the score.

Mickey Turns 2!

A pretty princess birthday cake.

Grandma asked what McKenna would like on her cake. I told her that marketing hadn't seduced her yet but she had some things with princesses on them and knew what butterflies were.

We tried to rushe through the whole "party" because it was nap time. Can you tell?


The proud parents (and some strange man in the background)

Enough pictures! Dig in!

Who needs a spoon when you can do the face plant?

Present Time!

When I asked her what she wanted for her birthday, she said, "power ranger." In case you didn't know, Hunter has been fully indoctrinated by the power rangers. I knew that she just didn't know what to ask for. We found a pony at the church one day and I told her we couldn't take it home with us. She said, "birthday." So we bought her a "My Little Pony" and after seeing her reaction, we should have saved money and stopped there.

A princess ball from grandma and grandpa. The other party goers were Grandma Blanche, Matt and Carda and their family and Beth and Matt and their family.

A Trip to the Zoo

Hunter and Kistena

Ready to explore the world of wild animals!

Christmas in August!

Linda had our name for Christmas and bought us a family day pass to the zoo. We had a great time with our friends Chuck and Theresa.

A brown bear


Horseback riding... for pretend

The Polar Bear

Hunter is almost as big as the sun bear

McKenna Bear

Hippo

Norman Morrison Reunion #3

With much anticipation, we awaited the day of the reunion. Unfortunately, Sean and Melissa were unable to attend. A lot of hard work went into planning it and boy did we have fun. Here are the pictures to prove it!

Family Home Evening

Matt and Carda prepared a wonderful family home evening lesson on being the light of the world. As all good seminary teachers should, Matt had an object lesson. It was one involving electricity. The kids were all excited to see if anyone was brave enough to get electricuted. Thankfully, none of them stuck their fingers in the water with live wires. Maybe it should have been a lesson on temptation?

Fun Activities and Unforgettable Moments

When I heard that there were tennis courts nearby, I put together a tennis tournament.

It's all fun and games until you play with a competitive Morrison.

Here I am serving to Matt.

A Killer Game of Kickball

In the Red Corner we have Hunter, Bailey, Brynlee, Caleb, Spencer, and all the other grandchildren present

VS.

The Blue Corner

RJ- the first baseman

Daniel-out field

Matt- pitcher and Dave (not pictured)

It was a ruthless game that sent at least two children into tears.

Skit Night

We had a skit night in which each family had to bring 5 props. We drew numbers to see which bag of props we would get. Dave got the lucky bag with a pair of thong underwear respectfully refered to as "Goldie". Here he is as a circus performing weight lifter hoisting Riley high above his head. This outrageous stunt was one of the two skits to make my blog.

Dan and Sandy as pirates. What could top seeing Dan in a unitard?

How about adding a pair of goggles!

What goofballs! Who ever said there was such a thing as sibbling rivalry? We had so much fun together, we were up into the weee hours of the night laughing, playing and talking.

Thanks to RJ's mad dutch oven skills, we enjoyed italian chicken, potatoes with bacon and blueberry cobbler.

Eager Hikers!

Thanks to the Discovery Center in Reedsport and the Portland Zoo, I was able to identify bear scat while on our friendly little hike. I couldn't help but think "What would I honestly do if a bear attacked me right now?"

RJ and I have been on only a handful of hikes together. Our first one was hiking the "Y" in Provo. We were dating and wanting to impress each other with our level of fitness. In attempted silence, we gasped for breath and stopped only to enjoy the scenery (or that was our excuse). Hunter almost died of hyerthermia in our second hike and because the path wasn't as stoller-friendly as was implied by our host, I had to run it back to the car and clocked an extra 3-4 miles. I will have to say, that this family hike was a much more pleasant experience. Not too easy but not too hard. It wasn't too hot nor was it too cold but how did that baby bear once put it? Oh yeah, it was "just right!"

The Summit!

Picture Day

Pinata Time

It wouldn't be a family reunion without knocking the head off a pinata.

McKenna knows what to do with a stick

Hunter getting serious about busting that clown up. Of course Grandma made sure that everything was split evenly. It was not a free for all.

Being Silly with Canteloupe

Me and my hairdresser

Boys will be boys

Grandma and Grandpa with almost all of their grandchildren

The Whole Group

Megan, RJ, Hunter and McKenna

Beth, Matt, Madalyn, Carter, Hayden, Bailey, and Paige

(Because Beth was our photographer, her family pictures were the last one's taken and the kids had had enough).

Matt, Carda, Jarom, Amanda, Caleb, and Rachel

Dave, Christine, Austin, Parker, Brynlee, Spencer, Carson, and Rylee

Dan, Sandy, and Dezi

Mom and Dad