Don't you love this card!!!!

 While my brother Marlon was here he helped me take some pictures of the baby and all of the kids! It is a little hard to get everyone posed for a picture, but I think they turned out great!! I love all of the pictures, I will post more later. My sister in law Kim and all of  her talent on her computer with Photo Shop then put together this birth announcement/New Years card for me to send out. I am so happy with the way it turned out! Thank you Marlon and Kim!!!!

Marlie meeting some more Morris'

                                     Dave's sister Cortnie came to meet Marlie.
                                 Marlie meeting her grandma Stacie Morris for the first time.
 Uncle Scott and Aunt Shay Morris also see their new niece. They spent the night! We always have fun playing games with them. (except Shay always wins!)

Happy New Years!!!!

Here we are celebrating the new year. I was surprised that we all stayed awake until 12:00 a.m.! We didn't go anywhere this year because of the baby being so small, but we were happy that the whole gang (Marlon, Tim, Kim, Addie, Cam, and Mary and my parents) we nice enough to hang out with us so we were not so bored.
After spending more than a week visiting uncle Marlon had to leave on New years day to go back home to California and continue his hard work and training for the 2008 Paralymic games this Fall. It is always sad when he has to leave, but enjoy the time we get to spend with him and appreciate the efforts he makes in visiting us as much as he can. Dave and my kids especially appreciate all of the toys that he brings and leaves for us like a the psp and the wii!!! We are spoiled!
On New Years day we ventured out with the baby for the first time to visit some of Dave's family. His Grandpa Williams suffered a stroke the 1st part of December and is still in the hospitial. We thought it might cheer him up to see some of his great grandkids.
We also were able to stop and visit Dave's Grandma Morris. Mason loves to go there and play with all of the old cars that are as old as Dave (or older). She made Marlie the beautiful blanket that she is wrapped up in . We had a wonderful time visiting with everyone that day. 

Celebrating Christmas

The kids showing off all of the things that Santa left them. Mason was happy with his new pirate ship and truck, and McKayla and Madison were excited to see a new stereo and bedding for their room as well as a house for all of their Little Pet Shop toys! They also all got new winter coats and lots of other fun things!
                                                     Marlie and Uncle Cam taking a nap.
 This year we had a great Christmas. On Christmas Eve all of my brothers and sisters (along with their families) were able to spend the night. This was Marlie's first time meeting her cousin Addie as well as Aunt Kim and Uncle Tim. We all had so much fun being with each other! We played games and read the Christmas story, and as usual ate a lot of wonderful food prepared by my mom! My dad had  to work, but he was able to be home Christmas morning as we exchanged gifts and had the traditional Christmas breakfast of cinnamon and orange rolls, scrambled eggs, ham and eggnog. It is so wonderful to be a part of a family where we like and take the time to spend time with each other and make lasting memories!

IT'S A GIRL!!!!

The Morris family is happy to announce the arrival of Marlie Rae Morris

After 7 hours of labor she was born on Thursday December 13th at 11:46 p.m.
She weighed 8 pounds 13 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long.
We came home on Saturday and we all have been enjoying having Marlie in our family. She is a very good baby! She only cries when she gets her diaper changed. She has Jaundice so she has been having to spend a lot of time underneath lights that we had to bring home from the hospital. We are hoping by Thursday we can keep her out of them for good!
Her sisters and brother are very big helpers and love to hold her when they get the chance. Marlie is very fun to cuddle with! We all feel so blessed to have this special spirit in our lives!!!! She is the best Christmas present that we could have asked for!

Deck the Halls

We have been trying to decorate and get ready for the Holidays for the last couple of weeks. I have not had much motivation to do it with all of the other messes I have been in the middle of trying to get ready for the baby's arrival. I was so suprised when I came upstairs after doing some hair in my salon to find that Dave had put up the tree as well as put all of the lights on it. He had also put up the Garland and lights on the inside railings as well. It made decorating the tree a lot easier and fun on me. I am so glad that Dave loves Christmas and is so willing to help out with the decorating!!

The girls helped out by putting some decorations on the tree and Mason has been getting into the Christmas spirit as well. He had fun helping Grandpa put up the lights on the house, and helped his dad put up the new Santa Clause we got for the yard.

Here is a picture of the house last night with a fresh blanket of snow that we got yesterday.

Family Celebrations

Last weekend the girls got to go to Grandma Sherie's for a fun Christmas party. It was for kids only 8 years and up (they let Maddi join them.) I asked her if she needed help, she said "There is only going to be 15 of them." I guess for her that is nothing. ( She is used to feeding about 50 at a time.) They ate a lunch with the choice of pizza, hamburgers, and chicken cordon blue. Then they had candy to dip in chocolate or fondue as they call it. Then they had an auction where they got to bid on lots of fun things. Everyone had a great time.
Next weekend she is having a party for the kids 3 to 7 years old. That should be fun!!!! Thank you Grandma Sherie!!!

The next night we went to Dave's family party at his dad's house in Ogden. The girls are always so excited to spend time with their cousin Sierra and Aunt Kenzie.

Then there is the 3 boys Garrett, Mason and Easton. It works out great! Everyone has someone to play with.After we had dinner Grandma Stacie was brave enough to help the 6 oldest grandkids make Gingerbread houses. They were messy, but they sure had fun!!
It is always nice to get together with the ones we love and make new memories. Too bad life is so busy that we don't do it more often!