Monterey County Fair

Yes, we went to the fair. We went on Saturday afternoon. It was crazy-no parking, lines to buy tickets, lines for the rides and the amount of money they charge for everything. But we had a blast. The kids love to sit on these things. They don't even know what they do. The cheapest thing at the fair and they had no idea its purpose.
Bradys all boy. He loved the tractors. Of course, he had to sit on each one and we had to visit the tractors two times while we were there.
Alexandria's all girl but she also likes to get dirty once in awhile.

The kids loved seeing the animals. I think their favorite animal was the "baby cow; Cinnamon". It was pretty cute. I am not sure when she was born but not to long ago because she was still learning to walk. She was very shakey on her feet. Brady was so interested in what she was doing. He just watched her lay there, walk around the mommy cow and he tried to reach out for her. At least she didn't try to nibble on Brady because he got too close to the pigs and one grabbed his shirt.
The goat was so cute! Brady and Alex got a sticker that said, "I love goats." So cute.
This was one of Alexandria's rides. I guess it was like a swing. She was nervous at first but she loved it.
This was one of Brady's rides. He loves motorcycles. I guess you can say this is a motorcycle :) But he loved it as well.

So another day of fun for the Morgans.

I am so exhausted...

I woke Brady up by turning the camera on to take a picture so my point of this post doesn't have one OOPS OOPS OOPS OOPS

I will continue anyway! Brady has really never been a napper unless he is absoutley exhausted and I mean complete and utter exhaust. But being that he has gone to school 3 times now, I have had luck with him falling asleep in the car and carrying him from the car seat to the couch. Even in the past he would always wake up while transfering him from the car to the house. So school must be so much fun and take all his energy out of him. So, now how do I get him to take a nap on Monday, Wednesday and Friday when he is not in school?

Hungry Ground Squirrels

Tonight we took the kids to feed the ground squirrels at Carmel Beach. It's pretty cool. The squirrels come right up to you to get a peanut. You have to be careful because they do come right up to you. Whether you are sitting still or walking away.
The kids are waiting for the squirrles to come out. All you do is hold a peanut in your hand and wait about 1 minute. The squirrels come running!


Carmel beach is so beautiful. The kids love rolling down the hill. The waves are rolling, the sand is white and the ocean is blue. Georgeous Georgeous Georgeous...

11 Years in the Making

Yesterday, Joe and I celebrated our 11th wedding anniversary. We went to RJ's steakhouse for dinner. A yummy place to eat but definitely over priced. But your anniversary is only once a year. Its been amazing 11 years. We have had our share of problems but I think each year you grow stronger and love each other so much more.
This picture was taken 6 years ago obviously before children. I really like this picture of Joe and I, it's probably one of my favorites. I look so young and thin. If I could only look like this again :)
We were married in the San Diego Temple on August 5,1997. This is our engagement picture in 1997 (hard to see, I couldn't figure out how to enlarge it).

My happiness is being a wife to my husband of 11 years now and rasing our 2 children. My life has been truely blessed.

Sleepy Brady

I guess it was a great day at preschool. When I picked Brady up today, he didn't want to come home with me. His exact words, "No home, stay at school."

Brady's First Day of Preschool

Brady started his first day of preschool today. He was very excited at first but as we pulled up to his school he shouted, "I don't want to go to school." We think he was confused-he thought he was going to school with Alexnadria. But once we got inside, he was loving it. This was Alexandria's preschool last year so he knew what to expect. I hope he enjoys school and makes new friends.
The school has two birds, benny and tinker. Brady loved looking at the birds.
He found the toys. I was sad and shed a few tears. But I think preschool will be good for Brady. He's so active and curious, he can play and run crazy.

Alexandria's First Day of Kindergarten

Alexandria was ready to go and so was Brady. He didn't understand that his first day wasn't until tommorrow. So, I decided to pack his lunch too.
Alexandria is 1 of 2 kids in her class with blond hair. Kind of different but ok.

Alexandria started her first day of kindergarten today. She woke up so excited and ready to go. It's the earliest I have been up in a long time. Anyways, she was so cute with her uniform, backpack and lunch box. She wasn't scared but probably a little nervous. Mom cried-I will confess. I was such a baby. But I am excited for this big new step in her life.

Alexandria's tooth

Alexandria lost her second tooth. I thought the picture was so cute. Another big step in the growing up of my kids. When they are babies, you think they will never grow up and now that they are, I am excited but sad at the same time.

Ward Campout

Ok so, I don't have any pictures of the ward campout but I thought I would share our experiences from that. We have not been big on camping since having children but decided we should give it a try. The first time we went was a few years ago when Alexandria was barely 2 and I was about 7 months pregnant with Brady. Many of you have heard the stories-locked keys in car, Alexandria screaming all night because she was scared of the wind that blew our tent and so forth. This time we added a child and thought if everyone else is bringing their kids, we can to. Brady pooped his pants twice. Big mess! What's new-he does this a lot however, we have made progress so we thought until last night. Then Alexandria complained of a headache and starting throwing up. That was at about 9:00-9:30 at night. Then after cleaning up the throw up and Alexandria, Brady decides to pee his pants. Mind you we have been standing in front of the bathrooms for 20 minutes because that's where Alex threw up. After going back and forth about going home, we stayed and the rest of the night was not too bad. But what a campout! It was fun and lots of work was put into the planning. Thanks so much Anita!

Excited about School Starting

Alex and Brady are so excited for school to start. We just bought their backpacks and lunch boxes. Pretty typical-princess and spider-man. But I thought it was a cute picture, both kids half naked. Excited but sad at the same time-both kids starting school next week. Big changes, they are no longer my little babies!

Swimming Lessons

My kids are taking swimming lessons at the Monterey Sports Center pool and they are loving it. I am especially excited because it's Brady's first time doing swim lessons by himself. Brady is a Sea Turtle and Alexandria is an Otter. Alexandria is totally swimming. It's amazing-she's not a baby anymore. She's starting kindergarten and swimming all by herself in the deep end. Brady is of course more than the teacher can handle. He's jumping up and down and messing around. The teacher keeps the kids on the stairs while she works with each kid individually. Of course, the other kids can't sit still so Brady's messing around and he slips off the last step. He's under the water trying to get back to the stairs. I am freaking out!!!!! Alex is in the water about 5 feet away from him so I yell to Alex to grab him, she doesn't hear so by now I am about to jump into the water. Another swim instructor about 2 feet away from Brady turns around and grabs him. I was so scared-Brady was fine but it definitley freaked me out!!!!! I may not be ready for him to be a big boy yet.

We have been to the strawberry patch many times in the last couple of months. We went as a family, with playgroup, with aunts, uncles, grandma and our cousins. The kids love it. They have become professional berry pickers. The strawberry patch is in Watsonville, California; about 20 miles from home. They also sell pies, have haystacks and a tractor for the kids to play on.

Disney Land

We had fun on our trip to Disney Land! The kids loved meeting Mickey Mouse. Alexandria is all girl and loved meeting Sleeping Beauty. She also met Cinderella and Snow White. Brady loved meeting Buzz Lightyear. Brady had big eyes and a big smile when he met him. Of course when I took the picture he looked freaked out! Brady also met goofy and Pluto. The kids loved all the rides except the ones that were enclosed, like Mr. Toad's Wild Ride, Snow White's Scary Adventure and Pirates of the Carribean. The darkness and the loud music scared Alexandria to death. We were gone 4 days; 2 days for travel, 1 day at disneyland and 1 day at California Adventures.

New at blogging

This is my first time blogging. I am still trying to figure out what I am doing. Everyone in Monterey blogs so I thought I better get started.