Merry Christmas

We have been enjoying a White Christmas here on Cape Cod. It has been a very special day for us, watching our boys enjoy the excitement and joy that Christmas brings. As this day passed we thought often of our family back home and wished we could be with you all today as you open gifts and enjoy one another's company.

We want to say thank you for all the wonderful cards and gifts that were sent. The candies from Aunt Jeanette and Uncle Dean are disappearing at a rapid rate, the toys are being played with non stop and the sound of a toy vacuum fills our ears, the warm clothes and socks will come come in very handy as the temperature continues to drop. We appreciate everything that was sent!

We miss and love you all very much!

Merry Christmas to all our family and friends!



Here are a few of the pictures we took today. We will upload more later...right now we are on our way to see Christmas Lights :)

White Christmas

We will be having a white Christmas this year. Today we experienced our first Blizzard. Forrest Jr. was very excited to wake up to a snow covered yard and had a lot of fun playing in it. Missy enjoyed it too. Hopefully we will be able to get our cars out tomorrow.

Captains Lighthouse

Every December the Captain of Sector South Eastern New England invites all of the families to his house, which happens to include a lighthouse, to meet Santa and have hot chocolate. Santa knows all the kids names in advance and hand them each a gift!

The countdown has started

The arrival of Grandma and Grandpa Morgans box full of Christmas gifts marks the official countdown to Christmas. Now that the tree has presents underneath it Forrest Jr. wakes up in the morning wondering if its Christmas yet.

The other day we tried to get both the boys to sit still for Christmas Card Photos...here are some of the results.










and here are a few from the last few days...

Breakfast With Santa

Breakfast with Santa was this morning. The Chiefs Association served a pancake breakfast and Santa arrived by helicopter. Here are some pictures we took with the boys before we left. Thank you Great Grandma for the cute Christmas outfits :)

Happy Thanksgiving

We have been in Massachusetts for a year now! It has been a long, full year, and we are Thankful for all of it. The good and the bad. God has blessed us in many ways this last year. We have discovered a new part of this great country, and on Thanksgiving day it feels quite amazing to know that we are living where it all began. The most wonderful thing that happened is we added a new addition to our family, Aevery was born in April and has brought even more joy and excitement to our little family. Forrest turned three in October and his year long dream of meeting Mickey Mouse was finally fulfilled. We also celebrated our five year wedding Anniversary this year :)

While we are coming to appreciate this place that God has placed us in, the journey has not been easy and we have been very homesick. Our trip home in October was highly anticipated and we enjoyed it immensely. We are so grateful for the time we got to spend with our family and friends.

Today we miss you all back home and wish you a Happy Thanksgiving.

Back By Popular Demand

Our trip home to California was great and a very much needed break. We really enjoyed all the time we spent with our family and friends. We had a ton of fun in Disneyland. Little Forrest was so happy to finally meet Mickey Mouse and hang out with his cousins, grandparents, great grandparents, aunts & uncles. It was really hard to leave and we are already missing everyone back home.

We are so grateful to Aunt Cindy for inviting us to stay with her. We had a wonderful time and Forrest Jr. is still talking about Aunt Cindy's house. Some of the fun can only be describe in pictures.

"Tut-tut, it looks like rain"...and thunder and lightning too.

So I have been told that the weather we are having is pretty normal for the east coast during the summer. We woke up to clear skies, warm weather, and lots of sunshine. I took advantage of what I thought would be our third straight day of sunshine and put Aevery in his stroller and Forrest Jr. and I walked up to the base PX for an ice cream cone, which we planned to eat by the water fountain. Just as we sat down by the fountain black storm clouds began to roll in. In the back of my mind I remember watching a Winnie The Pooh cartoon where Christopher Robbin is carrying around a yellow umbrella and saying "Tut-tut, it looks like rain." Of course it looks like rain we live on Cape Cod. So instead of enjoying our ice cream by the water and then strolling home, we raced for home and arrived at our door step just as the first drops began falling.

This picture was taken at 3 in the afternoon...looks more like 8pm

Yes, this is summer.

The results of eating ice cream on the run.

The only way to get all the sticky stuff off :) Is there a better way to listen to the thunder than while taking a bubble bath?

Aevery is always happy, rain or shine.

Long walks make little boys sleepy.

Liliana and Forrest. This picture was taken on a sunnier day. They are asking for popsicles, please!