Tuesday, November 11, 2008

Morgan's 8th Birthday Party!

Over a month ago Morgan said she wanted to have a monkey party. We thought of different things to do for it and then she saw a commercial for Madagascar 2 opening the day of her birthday. We took 10 of her friends to the movies on Friday. We had a great time! The kids were great. They each got a kids snack pack and sat through the entire movie.
Morgan was so excited she got to go up to the movie room and start the movie! It was so neat tho see the huge movie reel and how it all works.
We stuck with the Monkey theme since we were seeing a jungle movie. Unfortunately the cake didn't look so great! It looked more like a Sesame Street character than a monkey. I brought a picture to Walmart of a monkey's head made from cupcakes and they said they made a whole body monkey, so I told them to try to make it look like the picture. This is what I got!HAHA Thank God it tasted good!
Singing Happy Birthday Morgan!
Thanks to all of Morgan's friends for making it a great party!
McKenna's 10th Birthday
We didn't have this blog when we had McKenna's birthday this year, so we wanted to share her special day too. We went to the Ice House, an indoor ice rink, here in Wilmington. She loves to ice skate and be with her friends. What a perfect party for McKenna!
Watch us!
Happy Birthday to McKenna!
McKenna didn't want presents this year for her birthday. She asked all of her friends to bring a Walmart gift card to give to the Methodist Home for Children. We were so proud of her. This was one present one of her friends got her anyway!
It's hard for me to comprehend that my children will stay in Wilmington their entire childhood years. They have had the same friends since they were 4 years old and they will grow up together. What an awesome opportunity! I didn't have that experience. I moved every three to four years when I was growing up. I never stayed in one place for very long, this forced me to make new friends all the time. We are so blessed!

Friday, November 7, 2008

County Fair Fun!

One of the activities we love to do as a family is visit the county fair. The girls love the rides, lights, and games. It's lots of fun for Tony and I to see how much they change from year to year, what new rides they want to try, and how adventurous they get. Morgan finally meets the height requirements and loves to ride the "big kid" rides! She rode the Zero Gravity ride, where you stick to the wall with our babysitter Stephanie. She said it was "AWESOME." Poor McKenna cried when she got on because she was afraid Morgan would fall off and die! How different can two sisters be!

Maya loved riding all the kid rides! She even wanted to ride the big rides with the girls!

They rode every ride that spun around and loved every minute of it!

The one ride we all rode together was the Farris Wheel. It will be the last one we ride together. Not many of us liked it. It was a little scary! McKenna and Tony were on edge the entire ride!
O.K. I was a little scared too!

Halloween at the Brigman's

We had a great time carving our pumpkin! Of course I forgot to get a picture of it at the end. HAHA
Maya wasn't sure if she liked the gooey stuff inside the pumpkin!
Tony and his employees dress up every year here is Tony the Wizard!
Maya liked his beard. Me and my old man!
We went to a Halloween party and went on a hayride. These are Morgan's classmates! Maya enjoying an early candy break.

The girls enjoying the hayride through the neighborhood!

My beautiful Indian Princess!

Morgan the Fancy Flower Fairy

McKenna and her Friends