Come what may and love it

The title for this blog comes from our beloved apostle Elder Wirthlin. I had an experience the other day in which the counsel from this talk helped me make a good choice. Nathan had been pleading for me to make cinnamon rolls and finally on Sunday I relented and started making the rolls. Nathan being the helpful thoughtful young man that he is wanted to help and so I gave him a cup of flour and told him to dump it in the kitchenaid with the other ingredients. Well Nathan accidentally dropped the flour AND the cup in the whirling kitchenaid and lo and behold flour, batter, and cup went flying everywhere! Oh what a lovely mess! My first reaction was one of dismay because of the enormous mess. Then I looked at an equally stunned Nathan who was completely covered in batter and flour and I burst out laughing with Nathan joining in. It was a wonderful sweet moment to be with my son laughing at something which I could have chosen to be upset about. Thank you Elder Wirthlin for teaching us to laugh and see the humor in difficult and annoying situations. I love you all! Mom

No Need to Worry About Me!!

Last week we got Panda for dinner and when I was done with my delicous meal, I opened my fortune cookie and found this...

 

(sorry it's a little fuzzy)

Anyway, I'm pretty sure this is my calling and election made sure. Who knew I was so righteous? I certainly didn't! :)

Whitney

Graduation!

Thank goodness!! The day I've been waiting for has finally come! I'm graduated! And now I would give anything in the world to go back to high school. I truly have loved high school since moving to Rexburg, Idaho. The people I've associated with have been awesome and I've had truly amazing experiences that I will never forget. Yet, I suppose it's time to enter into the world of college. I will be attending BYU-I in the fall and my declared major is sociology. I hope to one day be a mental health client/socialist. Anyway, this summer is filled with....lots and lots of snow cones. I work at the snow shack/snoasis. We stay busy as long as the weather is nice. I spend the rest of my time with family, friends, books and exercising. Life is good and I'm excited to soon enter a whole new world!

~Kels

Happy Father's Day to all you studly dads!

I'm so loving this blog! I love all your comments and insights about life, your families, and the gospel. You are amazing people and I'm so happy to be related to you all. Life is so good and I feel so much gratitude for everything. Today I'm thinking about Richie, Adam, and Stu. You are good honorable men who are great dads and husbands. Thank you so much for loving the women in your lives. Thank you Whitney for keeping us abreast of Hallie and Ashton, we can't wait to see them in August. We love you all and wish you a lovely Sabaath

Families Can Be Together Forever

I have been meaning to post this thought with all of you, and I have finally just stopped thinking about it and I am doing it! A little over 2 weeks ago I have definitely had an eye opener on what is most important. Of course, I have always known, but it's important to have experiences that make you count your blessings that much more. ETERNAL FAMILIES is not only what will bring us the most joy, but it is crucial, and we MUST keep ours together forever! We all have our weaknesses, and at times our greatest strengths can become our weaknesses. Recognize what yours is, and do everything you know how to do to overcome those. Satan must not win, and it is our choice if we let him. As a family we are here to uplift and encourage one another. I know I'm not perfect, but I am going to work harder to be better at this. I hope you know how much I love you and how extremely grateful I am for all of you! Stu, thank you for being such a perfect husband and a wondeful Dad whom Tate adores!
Update: Tate's birthday is today...the BIG 2! Lately he has been embracing the word "NO" and using it every opportunity he can. Oh we love the terrible 2's...but he still has sweet moments and those can not be taken for granted! Tomorrow evening is the big day at Riot Zone! Mom got us all a great deal at Riot Zone and Tate will LOVE it!! This is what we are doing to celebrate his 2 years on the earth! Stu is plugging away with Get Found First. His biggest month so far...and it's not even over! Stu's the man! He is a great provider, and I have no need to ever fear! I am pregnant...enough said :) I LOVE YOU ALL!!

--Lindsey

We meet again... on the blog

Hello, Fam!

Hope all of you are doing well, we're hanging in there around the Morris household. Hallie and Ashton have been waking up at ridiculously early hours, and we don't know how to solve the problem without waking up all of our neighbors. However, the children are in good spirits as we get to go swimming nearly every day.
Hallie has NO fear of going under the water, down the slides, and has even gone on some of the super huge slides with Adam. The girl lives for a thrill... and for Mickey Mouse. Hallie is a magnificent pray-er, she says all of the prayers at meal time and says her own nightly prayers. She can even say prayers all by herself!! They go something like this... Heavenly Father, thanks for this day, thanks for swimmin, name of Jesus Christ, Amen. Haha, she says that prayer all throughout the day, and knows that she's pretty cute when she does it.
Ashton continues to LOVE Hallie, he relishes in any ounce of attention she'll give him. He's starting to scoot along by pushing along the ground with his toes, and I'm pretty sure he'll be a full-fledged crawler by August. He still doesn't sleep through the night,he still wakes up way too early, and he still demands a lot of attention, but he's not spitting up as much, hooray!
Adam continues to chug along at school. Despite his severe decrease of desire to study or do homework, his grades remain mostly pleasing to him. He is officially finished with his entire education on June 18, and then he gets to study some more for the 4 CPA tests, lucky him.
I remain in my position as the children's life-line and home manager. I am also trying extremely hard to be more tidy so that people don't think I'm a slob :) Hallie is doing pretty well with keeping all food and drink items in the kitchen, although Ashton can't seem to understand that he's only allowed to spit up in the sink... oh well, you can't win them all. I am also reading more, too! This should bring a smile to Mom's face, and may I recommend the book Fairest by Gail Carson Levine... cute book, easy read, in the Goose Girl genre. Any recommendations for me? I'm thinking of picking up the DaVinci Code...
We're really excited to move to Vegas in August and I'll make sure that I get up to Rexburg with the kids before August (with or without Adam). We love you all and wish you a happy Sabbath!
Love, the Little Morris Clan