December

So here are some pictures of our Christmas season. The kids had their annual Christmas Operetta, they did a good job singing their songs. Hannah and Ethan got all kinds of things for christmas. Santa brought them nintendo ds's and then grandma vicky gave them a wii so they are all gamed out.

Everything was good but I am secrectly glad that it is all over with. For me there is just too much going on.

Lilly is now 8 1/2 weeks old. Wow how time flys. She is smiling at us and starting to be a lot of fun.

Finally Pictures

Finally here are some pictures. Isn't she is so cute? We love her so much. She is a great addition to our family. She is a chunky monkey now. She weighs 9 lbs 7 oz and is 22 inches long.

Thankful

So it being the Thanksgiving season I have to give thanks to all of the people in my life. First and foremost I have to thank Phyl. He is the best husband that I could ask for. People told us when we got married that our marriage would not last and that we would be divorced within 5 years. Well here we are having been married for 9 years (10 in may). He is so patient with me,esp through the last 9 months when I could cry for absolutely no reason. He has to put up with my family, (all of my parents) that can not be easy to have so many parents in law. Phyl is a great father. He spends time with them and helps me out more than he realizes. Thank you Phyl for all of your love.

My children are the best kids. Sometimes I think that I am going to go insane if they say no to me one more time but I cannot think of life without any of them, even Lilly now. They each have their own sweet spirits.

All of my parents,brothers and sisters are so good to me. I love you all. To my in laws, parents,brothers,sisters I love you all and I am so glad that I am part of the Morrill family.

Any extended family and friends I am so glad that you are in my life. Thank you for all the support that you give my family.

6 DAYS OLD!!!!

LILLY JANE MORRILL was born on Oct 29th @ 2:39 pm. She weighed 8 lbs 1 oz and 20 1/2 inches long. She is a great baby. She is still a litte bit jaundice and has to be in the bili lights, which is a really difficult thing because she is such a wiggly baby. She has to have these eye sheilds on and she usually wigglies right out of them. Other than that she is great. Hannah is such a good baby sitter already. Ethan is trying but he is a typicaly boy and has too much to do. Sorry no pictures this time for some reason I can't get it to download Sorry...

STILL NO BABY

So here we are a week and a half later and still no baby. I have been to the hospital once but they sent my home. So here I am waiting. One thing that is for sure is that if she doesn't decided to come in the next 2 days then on Wednesday we will have her. My doctor is going to induce me on wednesday the 29th. I was beginning to think that I would be pregnant forever, or at least it feels that way. Anyway I will let you know when the big time arrives.

PATIENTLY WAITING!!!!

Okay so I am trying to patiently wait. Yesterday I got checked by one of the doctors at the clinic. I am dialated to 3cm. My contraction were 21 minutes apart, so Phyl and I are thinking that we will be headed over the mountain at any time. Wrong!! My contractions all of a sudden stop(how rude). So here I am 24 hours later patiently waiting for something to happen. It may be good that I didn't go into labor last night. My doctor is deer hunting in Moab. Well I will keep you all in tough.

Ryan Morrill is Engaged

Yes, it is true. Ryan Morrill is getting married. Can you believe it?? He brought Ginny over to meet us last weekend. She is very nice and cute. She is a perfect match for Ryan. I think they make a great couple. They have set the date for March 13th but I am actually hoping that they move it up.

Hey just an update on the pregnancy. I am 34 weeks and counting. I am hoping that in the next 3-4 weeks we will have this baby. I know that I am definately ready.

Happy 7th

Today was my baby girls 7th birthday. Geez that makes me feel really old. She had a great time. Yesterday she had her 1st friend party. It actually went very well, better than I thought it would. And then today Hannah had her usual family party. It was all good and she loved every minute of it.
Sundays are supposed to be realitively calm, Right. Well not today. First we went to church, and going at 9:00 am is still a bit of a struggle for me, then it was Hannah's family party and then when that was over, Ethan decided to get sick. He had a fever of 102.5(not good). So I called a friend to work for me tomorrow and she said that the PA from our clinic was on his way to the clinic (she is an MA there so she knew he was being paged). I decided to take him in because his fever she so high and not going down. So at 10.00pm I took Ethan to the clinic to find out that he has tonsilitis. Great!! Poor little guy had to have a shot and he didn't even flinch. So here I am waiting patiently for him to fall asleep. Hopefully he will sleep through the night. No promises I am sure.

SCHOOL DAYS

Thursday was the lst day of school. Hannah is in 1st grade and Ethan is in Kindergarten. Hannah was so excited she could hardly go to sleep the night before and Ethan (I think) was nervous. He doesn't like changed very well so he hasn't been acting very well. He gets very attached to me when things are changing. He just wants me to hug him. He will come and give me a hug for no reason, I think it is to settle his own nerves but I don't mind. Hannah got her hair done for school so now she looks even older than she did.

Shirley said, "It's your turn."

Shirley's Mom
Ethan's new hulk gloves
Hannah, Ethan, Shirley's nieces Christa and Darci Durfey
Shirley's sister Sharon, husband Micheal Durfey
Our dog Rocky
I asked Shirley a few days ago why she hasn't posted and she told me it was my turn.

We have been both very busy with work, kids, reunions, ect., I have been trying to beat the rain

and get hay put up. It seems like everytime I get a field ready we end up racing to get it done

before the rain ruins it.



Speaking of hay, it is going to be very high this year, we are probably going to pay aroun 200$ a ton which is triple what it was about 5 or 6 years ago. I know the world is trying to go green but it is putting many ranchers and farmers in a tight spot. One of the main reasons hay, milk, meat, and alot more things is so high is from all the corn demands to make ethanol which supposedly puts off les polution. Ethanol is still very high priced and our government (well most of it) is pushing for more ethanol producing plants. We are starting to see a lack of hay sales where we go and is going to get worse. Right now it takes us around 1000$ dollars to fill one of our trucks with fuel which of course is driving up the cost of hay also.



Enough of that boring Phyl grumbling.



Shirley is doing well, I think she is on week 24 or 25 of her pregnancy and every thing is doing well with the baby. Hannah and Ethan are doing good also, Ethan turned five last month. They are both taking swimming lessons here in Bicknell, they go to a daycare three days a week and to Shirley's mom's the other two days. It sure has been nice having Janet and her husband Jimmy here in Loa they are a great help and teach my kids alot.

Here is a few pictures and if I can figure out how to put a caption with them I will.

Fishing

Phyl and the kids went fishing up to Donkey Lake with Grandpa Jimmy. They all had a lot of fun. They rode the 4 wheelers up there and had a picnic.

Ultrasound

So yesterday I went and had my ultrasound and found out what gender the baby will be. Can you guess. Well, it is a GIRL. We are excited it didn't really matter to Phyl and I. Either way we are just excited that it is so far healthy and ok. I am finally feeling better, as far as the morning sickness goes but now I have all the aches and pains that go along with pregnancy. I think that it may be a long summer for me. To Randy and Adrienne: we are missing you guys alot but I hope things are going well. Hannah and Ethan have been doing t-ball I will put some pictures up soon. Phyl has been going to Phoenix to get hay about every week for the last 4 weeks. I think that he is getting really tired of it . Phyl just got back from New Mexico. He went with Uncle Pete and my dad. These two guys are the worlds biggest junk lovers. They came back with all kinds of things. He is really glad that he got back to Bicknell, with those two they could have been gone for another couple of days and been really happy.

3 Kids

So I couple of months ago we found out that we are having another child, Due November 4th. This gives me total anxiety because in a few weeks my baby boy will turn 5 years old. Having a new infant in the family is a little over whelming!!! I just got rid of all the sippy cups and baby toys and now we will start all over. Don't get me wrong we are way excited but it is definately an anxiety builder. Hannah says that it is going to be a girl and Ethan says that it is going to be a boy. We joke with them that at least one of them will win. Phyl on the other hand teases me that we are going to have twins. We are pretty sure that is not happening but he likes to tease. I get to go for my ultrasound in a few weeks to see if Hannah or Ethan is right. I have a feeling that Hannah is going to win but Phyl is really set on another boy. Anyway we will let you know after the ultrasound.

Hello!

Ethan

Hannah

Hello,

Well, we finally decided to catch up with the rest of the world and start a blog, so hello every one.

In case you don't know much about us here is a little history:

Shirley and I met in the sixth grade, I tried to get her to be my girlfriend in the eight grade but was rejected (thankfully). Then about halfway through our senior year at Wayne High School she finally agreed to go an a date. We decided that we liked each other (thankfully). After graduation I went to boot camp in the Marines, Shirley worked and then went school in Logan at USU. I graduated from boot camp on Sept. 18, 1998, went back to Camp Pendelton CA. and finished the School of Infantry. I then started my reserve tour with Fox Company in Salt Lake City, Fort Douglas.

Shirley and I started dating again and I moved to Logan to be closer to her. I worked for Midas.

I proposed to her a few days before Christmas. After Shirley finished school that year we decided to move to Cedar City. We were married on May 29, 1999. We lived and worked in Cedar until Shirley's father, Glen Dee, hired me to help him with his hay business in Oct. 1999.

We then moved back to Wayne County. We were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple in July of 2000.

On Sept. 7, 2001 our first born Hannah came into our lives.

On June 12, 2003 Ethan was born.

We live in Bicknell, I still work for Glen Dee, Shirley is a pharmacy tech. at the Wayne Community Health Center.