The Morrill's 2009

Another year has come and gone.  So much has happened this year.  Jeremy turned 6:

Bailee turned 5:

And Matt and I, well, we just got another year older:
 
Matt and I celebrated our 7th anniversary.  Man how time flies:

We have had a lot of fun this year.  We've gone to Jazz Games:

The Draper Temple Open House:

Spring General Conference:
 
Rolling Easter Eggs:

We went to Disneyland with all my family (minus Louis and Dad):

We went to baseball games:


We took a trip to the zoo:

We went to Galulah:

Holly took me to Vegas for my Birthday:

We went to the Oquirrh Mountain Temple Open House:

We celebrated the 4th of July, unfortunately, the fireworks got rained out:

We got wranglered out and headed to the Ute Stampede:

We spent Pioneer Day down south with Linsey:

We went to 7 Peaks:

We celebrated the return of Psych:

We went to Castlerock over Labor Day:

The girls headed up to the Relief Society General Broadcast:

We headed back up to Salt Lake for Fall General Conference:

We went to Thriller with the Morrills:

Bailee and I kept our tradition of visiting the witches at Gardner Village:

We also decided to take a Fall trip to Disneyland:

Holly came down for Halloween and a little Trunk or Treating:

The kids did great in their Primary Program.  Jeremy bore his testimony about the Savior and Bailee spoke about her pioneer ancestors:
 
There were plenty of Thanksgiving festivities at the Bailey house this year:

We put the kids in the Nebo Children's Choir this year, and they had a performance during the Christmas Festival this year:

We watched the 2nd Annual Christmas Light Parade:

We watched Forgotten Carols which is the 13th year in a row for me:

Finally, we took the family up to see the lights at Temple Square:
 
Academic milestones were abundant in the Morrill household this year.  Jeremy graduated from Kindergarten:
 
Bailee graduated from Preschool:

Around August of this year, Matt decided that it was time to go back to school.  After studying for 3 weeks he took the GMAT, sent in his applications and GOT ACCEPTED to the University of Utah's graduate school!!!!  He'll be pretty busy for the next two years, but we are so proud of him. 
This year, if you couldn't find Jeremy he was usually doing this:

This kid LOVES to read and he is getting pretty good.  He even takes a turn when we read our family scriptures.  
Louis' family came out to visit this summer and we decided it was time for some more family pictures:
  
 
One of my goals last year was to hold FHE regularly and with the exception of 3 weeks, we managed to have family home evening.  It has been one of the biggest blessings in my life.  We have learned about prayer, temples, tithing, Easter, Jesus, service, obedience, families, prophets and the list goes on and on.  Teaching my children about the Savior is the most worthwhile thing I have done all year.  I look forward to family home evening and it has made our family stronger.
As I think about the past year I realized how blessed our family truly is.  We are all healthy, happy and loved and what else is there really?
So from the Morrills to all of you, may you have a Merry Christmas and may the Spirit of the Savior be with you throughout the coming year.