Merry Christmas

Christmas is here! So the saying goes once the snow starts to pour down upon us. With the roads too treacherous to drive on, church was canceled and we were 'forced' to have some family time here at the Morris home. ;) It turned out to be a lovely day (though we all missed going to church, knowing it will be 2 weeks before we are able to attend again) with the wake up call coming from my brother around 8:30 in the morning, who was looking hopeful that Trinity Bible Church would not cancel their service. As we all started our Sunday morning ritual's, just in case, Steven announced that our sister church also canceled their service. It turns out that some of our major freeways closed down because of ice. So, being wide awake, I sat in our crowded living room (the joys of remodel) wondering what I would do with my day, I sat staring at our fireplace, which happened to be blocked by our dinning room table, thinking how wonderful it would be to camp out all day in front of a nice cozy fire with a good book and some hot tea. This brings me to the featured pictures on my blog today. After re-arranging our living room, or rather in my case, pushing the table away from the fire place and up against our window (my mother took over the re-arranging, thanks mom) I set to work on building a roaring fire. With a little determination, some wet fire logs, a few prayers and a whole lot of recycled paper, I succeeded and after pushing our big plush chair as close as possible to the fire and coaxing Beau to join me ( he is terrified of fires) I grabbed my book and climbed in to enjoy 3+ hours of reading and tending to my masterpiece (okay, I am a little proud.) Now, here I sit in front of our bay window with Christmas all around me: snow falling outside; blanketing the ground in white, our cute little fiber-optic Christmas tree (thank you, Annie) blinking; yellows blues greens reds and purples to my left, watching cars and trucks try their best to make it up our small hill but failing miserably (doing my best not too laugh at their silliness for even attempting to drive in this weather) and yes, the fire is still crackling right behind me. My dad and I enjoyed taking turns hauling in the fire wood and watching it grow each time.

I pray you all were able to enjoy another Sunday afternoon taking in the gifts and blessings our Lord and Saviour provides for us. Merry Christmas!

Once again my Dad captured the perfect pictures! This photo shoot was the fastest one I have ever seen and he couldn't have done better in capturing the moments.

Pretty little girl! She is now walking...I'll share the video as soon as I upload it.

Such a precious little ham! :)

So precious!!

I love them so much!

Decorating the Christmas Tree

*Memories in the making*

<--- In mid squeal! I think he enjoyed hanging the ornaments. ;) Children make decorating so much fun!

Riiiiight here!!

Looking for just the right spot to hang our ornament, at least I thought we were until he got distracted.


Smile!




Uncle Steven bought a train for the tree and it was a hit! Brent loved pushing the button and watching it go round and round. I love this age, he gets so excited about everything!


A short video of Brent attempting to hang an ornament and Aunt Melinda attempting to multi-task. I think I need to work on that one. :)