Christmas

Temple Square in the rain....

Christmas sure was exciting at our house this year. Tavan got all sorts of toys and books that he loves. We spent Christmas eve with my mom in Dinosaur and then Christmas day we spent the majority of the day with Rickys family and a few hours with mine. Ricky and I exchanged gifts shortly after Thanksgiving (He got the Nook and sunglasses, I got a new camera). We went to SLC on Wednesday to go to temple square and look at lights and look at cars. Well we ended up trading in our Toyota Corolla for a Mitsubishi Outlander. I love our new little SUV! It is so nice and will be such a good little family car for years to come. WE upgraded for many reasons but one being that the SUV is 4wd...which around here we need. I do miss my little car but am so very happy with the suv. here are pictures from our week (they arent in order..sorry)

sledding with Daddy, Uncle Brian and Cousin Aubrey

sledding buddies

our new car!!!

i just love this picture...Tavan sledding next to daddy

going down the little hill (the warm up)

Opening presents at the Morgan house

opening presents at our house

Christmas snuggles

Tavan on the trip out to SLC..last time we rode in our car

Leaving the traditional sugar cookies for santa

the Tree after santa came...all for tavan (well one was for Ricky, it was his only surprise present)

Christmas morning

moms chrsitmas tree

On Sunday we got the opportunity to go out with my mom to find a tree for their house. They loaded up in their truck and we piled into Rickys and away we went! We did a lot of driving in the mud and hiking around. we made some pretty good memories. here are some of the pictures that i took

Tavan giving his opinion on which tree from the safety of grandpa guys truck

of course what tree hunt would be a tree hunt with out a snowball fight???

I just like how you can see the "hit" in this pic

Tavan wanted out in the snow..but it was TOO muddy for him

classic Jason picture while cutting down the tree

Trip to Santa

Earlier this week It was 50 degrees outside so Tavan got to go to the park in December!! He Loves to swing and slide, so we took the camera to get acouple of shots. His Uncle Andy (Rickys brother who lives in California) even came to play with Tavan.

Loves the swing

Uncle Andy teaching Tavan to go up the slides

The next day we had our church Christmas party and Tavan got to sit on Santas lap. WE weren't sure if he was going to be OK with it, but Tavan didn't cry, Just gave weird looks.

After the party we ran over to the High Schoool to catch my brother JoDs concert. Tavan did well at the concert and watched very intently.

JoD is in the White shirt playing trumpet

Tavan watching his uncle

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Christmas Tree

I love his chubby cheeks in this picture

my sleeping little angel

no matter how many times i try to cover him, he escapes

Trying to get a picture with Tavan and the tree is hard

The only time he has ever touched the tree

I am so excited to get to spend this christmas with Tavan. I can't wait to see him on christmas morning

Loves!!

Tavan is becoming more adorable by the minute!! I love this picture..it shows all 4 of his teeth. He has such a huge space between the 2 top teeth right now its hilarious.

love you little man!

More Pictures from visit

Again, these are photos from my dads camera. ( i accidently left ours out in the stroller and it got ruined in the weather :( ) I was so glad that they could come out and spend time with Ricky and Tavan. I know that they both really enjoyed the visit. Tavan loved all the attention and Ricky liked the "man time".

Tavan telling stories to grandpa

so cute!

Tavan and Grandma

Ricky out hunting with my dad

Tavan enjoying his new toys from grandpa

Hunting

I was not present for this hunt at all but my dad was and he was able to snap some pictures for us! Ricky and dad went hunting with Rickys dad, and 2 brothers.Shawn ( a brother) invited them along to go to a "top secret" place. well the place was a good one! Ricky and Shawn both got their elk and from the stories they all had a blast! so glad Ricky and my dad had this time to bond. enjoy the pictures!

My handsome man with his cow.

standing by the elk

Rickys dad and brother Shawn (the masterminds behind the top secret place)

Birthday fun!!!

These are just some pictures....I will blog about it later

too fun!!

i really do love this outfit...the camera just snapped at the right moment

Gifts

my handsome 1 yr old!!

WE couldnt get a picture without Tavan trying to share

yum face!!

Diggin' in

The cakes!!!

Tavan as a long horn!

Happy Birthday!

Happy birthday to this lovable bundle of joy! Today is packed with fun! I am so excited for his party tonight!

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I can't believe my baby boy is going to be 1 on Friday. Geesh! Time really does fly when you are having fun! Tavan is such a little sweetheart, Ricky and I adore him so much. Here are some things Tavan does

-he is always on the go....crawling or WALKING. He prefers walking but if he falls he will crawl over to something, stand up then take off!

- He loves stairs......(thanks to whoever invented the gate!)

-he is generally a happy baby

-he loves food! bread and potatoes are some of his favorites

sidenote....He remembers where candy dishes are! Once you walk in the door he will start pointed and "oh- oh-oh" like a monkey...hahaha

-He LOVES socks...strange i know but he does

-He likes wearing shoes (plus for mom!)

-He doesnt like anyone touching/riding in his car!

-He can smile, point, clap, stick his tongue out (see pic), scrunch his nose, and his recent trick is blow kisses (only took 1 day to learn)

-He likes to open cupboards and drawers (thanks to whoever invented cupboard locks!)

- He pulls anything clothes, movies, wipes etc...one at a time

-He is an awesome traveler....he doesn't mind going places and doing things just like his mommy!

-he likes to shop! hahah now if only we can teach him to not like the girl clothes in the store more than the boys! He always points and pulls at the girls stuff

-Ricky may not be so much of a fan but Tavan does like pink things.....he carries around anything that is pink...and he also loves to find my debit card!

- He loves his crib and bear without them going to sleep is rough

-He sleeps through the night

-Generally he wakes up happy!

Tavan is such an amazing kid! This year that we have got to spend with him has been awesome. It has been filled with ups and downs but I have enjoyed it so much. I cant wait to spend many more with him!!!

so after a few days of considering it, i am no longer continuing the blog challenge i started. 1 i have other things to and 2 ehh wasnt that into it! sorry!
As for other news, Tavan now walks everywhere, he still falls down a lot but if he can pull himself up on something he will and he will walk to he falls down again...its a cycle that never ends! Tavan is getting more and more adorable everyday and I cant believe he is going to be one on Friday...Where did the year go??

my baby boy!

It won't be long now till he is fully walking! For now he walks along furniture then lets go and takes a few steps before he plops down. I can't believe he is doing this already! but I get so excited and happy when he takes his first couple of steps. He makes me so incredibly happy! pictures from Halloween to come!

DAY 12

A picture of the town you live in....

So I searched and searched the internet and there is no picture of Rangely...just pictures of random buildings in town.....but Rangely is tiny tiny(everyone knows EVERYONE sort of town) so it would be hard to get a picture of the whole town...so here is a clip from google maps. Rangely is an oilfield town. The attractions are the Dinosaur National Monument,and Rock crawling. There is not much to do here and the locals find weird forms of entertainment (redneck??? i think so) Rangely consists of a few churches ( i can think of 5) 3 bars, 3 hotels, 3 gas stations, 4 restaurants, 2 liquor stores and a couple other buildings but that is about it. The only "chain" stores we have (excluding gas stations) are Subway and Family Dollar, the rest are locally owned.

Facts about Rangely

- its the smallest town I will ever live in

-from end to end the town is a mile long

-the town is 4 square miles of all land

-the population is right around 3,000 people on a good day

-it is 95% white, every other race is below 5%

-the median age is 31 years old (more men than women)

At first I hated it here, there is nothing to do for me, there really isn't any "culture" in this town at all other than "roughneck". I never thought that I would be living here or finding Mr. Right here. Since I have lived here, Rangely has grown on me. Don't get me wrong I still want out soon but for now it works. Since having Tavan I have realized that it isnt so bad to raise a kid here (eventually, provided we are still here, when Tavan is old enough to be out terrorizing the town with his friends, it will be hard for him to go somewhere where no one knows him. I will not only know his friends but his friends family, which is comforting to me), But I would prefer to raise him somewhere bigger where he has opportunities to try anything and more things to do than rub 2 sticks together to make fire for fun!

Day 10 &11

day 10- favorite place to eat

My favorite place to eat is Olive Garden....i LOVE their sausage soup...so delicious!

day 11-Items in my makeup bag

the basics.. foundation, blush, eyeshadow, lip balm and gloss, mascara, eyeliner and eyelash curler

Tagged yet again

I tag EVERYONE who reads this!!

1. YOUR REAL NAME: lDeanna Morgan

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (first 3 letters of real name plus izzle): Deaizzle

3. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color and favorite animal): periwinkle zebra

4. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (your middle name and street you live on/or neighborhood if it's a number): Marie Rio Blanco

5. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name): MorDe

6. YOUR SUPERHERO/CRIMINAL NAME: (Your 2nd favorite color, and favorite drink) Pink Dr. Pepper

7. YOUR IRAQI NAME: (2nd letter of your first name, 3rd letter of your last name, 1st letter of your last name, 2nd letter of your moms maiden name, 3rd letter of your dads name, 1st letter of a siblings first name, and last letter of your moms first name). Ermumja (thats hot)haha

8. YOUR WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (parents middle names): Sue Frank

9 . YOUR GOTH NAME: (black, and the name of one of your pets): Black Sophie

10 . YOUR HOOD NAME:....first 3 of your first name and add -iqua....:Deaiqua

day 9

- a picture of the last thing you purchased

yep, its true, the last thing that i purchased was a postage stamp. Though it did not look like this one, it had pretty purple flowers on it.