Morgan's Birthday!

She is 8 years old and I cannot believe it. Wow. Where did the time go? Here are some fun shots from her big day:

Morgan and Rachael with Morgan's breakfast in bed. Morgan requested a ham and cheese omelet, toast, applesauce and orange juice. Rachael was quite the helper. She made the orange juice, rolled the silverware in a napkin, made Morgan a beautiful card, and carried the tray in to the birthday girl. Breakfast in bed on your birthday is a fun tradition that we adopted from some friends. The girls LOVE it, and look forward to it both as the server and the receiver.

In our house, I make your favorite dinner for your birthday. Morgan's favorite is fondue, so that is what we ate. We had a large bottle of fuel for our fondue pot that lasted 3-4 years. We only eat fondue on special occasions, so the fuel was just always there. Because of this, I never thought to look to make sure that we had some for the birthday dinner. It ran out last time we made fondue. (Oops). Of course I did not realize this until the table was set and we were getting ready to put the cheese fondue together. New discovery: an electric skillet works great! We just plugged it in and kept it on the 'warm/simmer' setting.

What could be better than cheese fondue? Chocolate fondue! Yum! Thanks to the Blackhams for the delicious recipes.

Sweet Dreams...

So, Chris and I have been staying up a little later than usual as it is winter break. After we put the girls to bed, we play some games or watch a movie, and just enjoy spending time together. (Something we don't get much of.) A few nights ago, we put the girls to bed in their beds, and proceeded to play some games. A couple hours later we went up to bed, and this is how we found the girls:

Morgan sleeping on her pillow in the hallway just outside her room.

Rachael, sleeping on her pillow with her bear in the hallway just outside her room. I would bet money that this was her idea.

Hair Cuts

We thought that we would ring in the new year with a few hair cuts. Just trims this time as the girls have decided that they would like to keep their hair long.

Morgan in the 'Hair Chair', which happens to be our piano bench.

Cheeeeeeeeeeeeeese! Rachael's turn in the 'Hair Chair'.