A Forever Family

2010-10-07T09:36:00.000-07:00

Ok so... our last post was of Christmas LAST YEAR. That's terrible. So let me explain myself, We got a new computer and I haven't been able to figure out how to put pictures up! So while I'm on Fall Break I've decided that I WILL figure this out. So hopefully there will be lots of updates soon!

Christmas Pictures

2010-01-02T21:27:00.000-08:00

Mom took some family Christmas pictures. Tomorrow we will be getting our whole family picture taken by Jana Miller. We will be posting those as soon as we get them!

Christmas

2010-01-02T21:09:00.000-08:00

We had an awesome Christmas this year! We've all been spending tons of time together and it has been great. David and Malia are even down from Boston and we have been loving seeing them again. Well, as usual we did our annual Christmas Eve dinner at Grandma and Grandpa Jarvis' house followed of course by the acting out of the Nativity.

Christmas morning we woke up and opened presents. I (Ashley) of course got my gigantic Toblerone in my stocking just like last year and loved it. :)

Clint got a brand new guitar that he was VERY excited about.

After all our presents were opened we went over to Ben and Lexi's house and watched their kids open their presents. Among many other things was a new bike for Cooper. Sadly when poor little Coop got on it to ride it we found out his feet don't reach the pedals. Maybe next year he'll be able to ride it. :)

The rest of the day was spent sleeping, eating, and playing with presents. We couldn't have asked for a better Christmas.

Utah

2009-10-11T13:52:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we had the opportunity to go up to Utah for General Conference. It was so great. The weather was perfect. It was a wonderful experience to be inside the Conference Center along with the Prophet and other General Authorities. We stayed at the Allen's house. On Saturday after Conference we ate at the Lion House Pantry. It was really good. After Conference on Sunday we drove up to the Oquirrh Mountain and Draper temples. We got to see some snow up in Draper. :) The temples were beautiful.

The Salt Lake Temple

All of us minus Clint in front of the Salt Lake Temple

Clint and Ashley in front of the chandelier in the Joseph Smith Building

Ashley in front of the BYU sign. Hopefully she will be enrolling here in just 3 more years. :)

David and Malia's new adventure

2009-07-27T17:16:00.001-07:00

Darcine here! David and Malia left for Boston on Tuesday July 21st. David will be studying at Harvard Law for 3 years. What an adventure awaits them! We will sure miss having them around.

Clint

2009-07-27T17:13:00.000-07:00

Darcine again! It has been so great having Clint home. He returned with honor July 15th from the Barcelona, Spain mission. He's registered for school. Now he just needs to find a job and an eternal companion. :)

California

2009-07-27T12:52:00.000-07:00

Well I'm sad to say that summer is coming to an end. Queen Creek High School starts this Wednesday. :( But, I did get to go on a super fun vacation this summer! This last week me, Clint, and Ben and Lexi's family all went to California. We got five day hopper passes to Disneyland and California Adventure. It was SO much fun.

We ate at Johnny Rockets one afternoon.

Kami and Cooper loved the escalators. :) They made me and Clint take them like 5 times before we could leave. :)

We found out that Huntington Beach was only about 9 miles from our hotel!

Ben and Clint with the kids.

Cooper is SO attached to his dad. It's so cute. :)

Ben and Clint turned Kami into a mermaid. :)

4th of July

2009-07-06T10:54:00.000-07:00

This year for the 4th of July we went up to the Taylor house. Gary and Lindsey's family went up too. It was lots of fun!

The fireworks are a big deal up in Taylor. They had an awesome show.

Grandma and Grandpa's neighboors had a new baby chick and Aubree and Nathan went to go see it.

They thought it was pretty cool.

Grandma and Grandpa put up a white picket fence in their front yard. It looks really pretty.

Great Grandma didn't have a five generation picture with Nathan yet so when they came over for dinner we got one. From left to right it's: Mom, Grandpa Jarvis, Great Grandma Jarvis, Gary, and Nathan.

Family Reunion

2009-06-15T20:17:00.000-07:00

Two weekends ago we went up to White River for our Morris Family Reunion. It was lots of fun and we had some great times.

As usual I took lots of pictures. :) This is one of Ashley that I really liked.

This is a family picture I took for Gary and Lindsey up by the river.

This is Ozzie, Larry's dad, and Bubba, Larry's uncle.

Ben and his kids had lots of fun in the river.

It wouldn't be a Morris Reunion without some volleyball. This is Malia hitting the ball over the net.

New York City!!!

2009-04-27T18:10:00.000-07:00

So I did the most awesome thing you could possibly think of doing this weekend. I went to New York City. I went on a choir trip with my school. It was the BEST trip EVER!
Random skyscapers. There were so many!

This is the NYC temple. It didn't have a visitor's center though. :(

They were filming a movie on a street we were walking on and we got to see the set and everything.

We went to Bryant Park. It was so pretty! It was especially beautiful compared to the rest of the dirty city around it. :)

This was in Central Park. It was awesome too. Nothing like it was in Enchanted though. :)

We didn't actually get to go into the Ed Sullivan Theater, which made me kind of sad. We got to stop and take pictures of it though!

This is the big piano inside FAO Schwartz. Anyone ever seen the movie Big? This is the piano Tom Hanks was playing in that movie. They actually sell them! If anyone feels the urge to spend $250,000 this is a good way to go. :)

This is the cathedral we sang in. This is SO not the best picture I have but me and all my technological skills can't seem to find a way to upload it. Anyways, this cathedral was amazing! We were invited to sing for their Catholic Mass and a concert after wards. It was really an awesome experience.

We went to The Lion King on Broadway. Where do I begin on this one??? It was truly amazing. AHHHH I don't know what to say about it so let's move on.

We took the Staten Island Ferry around the Statue of Liberty. This was the view. It was soooooooo cold though! That was the only time on the whole trip that I really felt it could never be this cold in Arizona.

$18.00 Toblerone. I was too excited for words when I saw this in the store.
Dreams really DO come true.

Haha alright. So as you can see, I saved the best for last. This was in a store at the airport. They call it a Barack-in-the-Box. I'm not really sure what to say about this one except WHAT THE HECK.

Pictures of Ashley

2009-04-11T19:18:00.000-07:00

Ashley and I spent the day together yesterday. She consented to be my model. She's such a good sport. Here's a few of my favorite pictures we got.

This was one of Ashley's favorites.

For those of you who have read Twilight, she says this is her "vampire" face.

Yet Another Photo Shoot

2009-03-14T10:06:00.000-07:00

I'm starting to think mom likes taking pictures. :) On Thursday, LaDawn came out with Aidan and Libby and we went and took pictures.

Clinty!!!

2009-03-14T09:58:00.000-07:00

Well, Clint sent us his SD Card!!! These are just a few of the pictures he sent.

Kiddos

2009-03-11T13:53:00.000-07:00

On Saturday, mom took a bunch of pictures of the kids. They were super cute and I wanted to put them on here.

Mutual

2009-03-11T13:41:00.000-07:00

Well, this Tuesday for mutual we went to the big park and played volleyball. I decided to take some pictures. These are just a few of them.

Pre-school

2009-02-07T12:47:00.000-08:00

Well, little Aubree is starting pre-school! She's so smart!! She got put in with the older kids because she's so advanced. :)

Okonomiyaki

2009-02-07T12:43:00.000-08:00

Gary and Lindsey's family came over on Thursday. Gary made us Okonomiyaki. It's a Japenese food that is actually quite delicious. He learned how to make it on his mission. I'm not really sure what's in it but it's like a pancake type thing with lettuce and bacon and this special sauce. It's pretty much TOTALLY BOMB. No lie.

The finished product.

My birthday

2009-01-24T18:46:00.000-08:00

Well, I am officially 15. I'm not gonna lie, there is absolutely nothing more exciting about being 15 than being 14. I can get my permit in like 6 months though !!!

P.S. The picture of Aubree was taken at my party. It was wayyyyyy too cute to not put on here.

Mini Golfing

2009-01-24T18:39:00.000-08:00

Okay so we haven't posted anything in a while so here goes. We went miniature golfing with Gary's family a little while ago and mom took the opportunity to use her new camera.

Hey sorry, look at the post labeled Christmas before this.

2008-12-28T08:57:00.000-08:00

I got a HUGE Toblerone!!!
Kami and Cooper playing in their new wagon.
Ben and Cooper got light sabers :)
Mom got her dream camera

2008-12-28T08:56:00.000-08:00

Dad got a Joseph Smith Statue

The Nativity.
Grandma and Grandpa opening their scrapbook.

Gary and Nathan at dinner.

Christmas

2008-12-28T08:54:00.000-08:00

Well, Christmas was really fun this year. On Christmas Eve, we gave Secret Santa presents and then we all went over to Grandma Jarvis' house for dinner. Over there we did the traditional family acting out of the nativity. After that, we all opened our presents from Grandma and Grandpa. On Christmas Day my parents and I went over to Ben and Lexi's to watch them open presents. Then Ben and Lexi's family came over to our house to watch us open ours. Everyone came over at 1:00 for our phone call with Clint. It was really great to talk to him.

Ben got a PSP!

Cooper loves candy canes.
Kami got a cute little princess outfit.
How cute is that girl?

Surprise!

2008-12-28T07:19:00.000-08:00

Do you think she was surprised when she opened her IPod?

Harvard Law School

2008-12-14T05:20:00.000-08:00

David received a phone call last week from a Harvard Law School rep. congratulating him and welcoming him to the graduating class of 2012. He isn't sure where he will attend law school, but what an exciting option. Way to go David and Malia!

Gary's birthday

2008-12-14T05:09:00.000-08:00

We celebrated Gary's birthday last Sunday. What a cute family!

Chandler's blessing day

2008-12-14T05:04:00.000-08:00

Chandler was blessed by his father, Ben, December 7th. It was a beautiful blessing.

Baby's first Christmas

2008-12-14T04:54:00.000-08:00

This is one of Grandma Jarvis' favorite poems. She would read it every year when there was a new baby in the family.

Hang up the baby's stocking.
Be sure you don't forget.
for the dear little dimpled darling!
Has ne'er seen Christmas yet.
But I've told him all about it,
And he opened his big blue eyes,
And I'm sure he understood it--
He looked so funny and wise.
Dear! what a tiny stocking!
It doesn't take much to hold,
Such little pink toes as baby's,
Away from the frost and cold.
But then for the baby's Christmas,
It will never do at all,
Why, Santa wouldn't be looking,
For anything half so small.
I know what we'll do for the baby.
I've thought of the very best plan:
I'll borrow a stocking of grandma,
The longest that ever I can.
And you'll hang it by mine, dear mother,
Right here in the corner, so!
And write a letter to Santa,
And fasten it on to the toe.
Write, "This is the baby's stocking,
That hangs in the corner here,
You never have seen his, Santa,
For he only came this year;
But he's just the blessedest baby!
And now, before you go,
Just cram his stocking with goodies,
From the top clear down to the toe."

2008-11-30T07:02:00.000-08:00

On Saturday, everybody came over for Aidan's birthday. Since we had everybody there, we took Christmas pictures.

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Here's LaDawn's family.

Here's Ben's family.

Here's Gary's family.

Here's David and Malia.

Here's Grandma and Grandpa Jarvis.

Proposition 102

2008-11-03T14:59:00.000-08:00

They had this at the haunted house. We absolutely loved it!!! 102 passed!!!

Halloween

2008-11-03T13:59:00.000-08:00

Halloween this year was super fun. We went to Lindsey's (Gary's wife) parents haunted house. Then we went to the Davis' and passed out candy.

Gary and Lindsey's family.

Kami in her fairy costume.

Cooper as a little knight.

Lexi and Chandler in his pumpkin costume.

Elder Morris

2008-10-28T06:48:00.000-07:00

Clint sent us his SD card. Last night for our FHE activity we watched videos and looked at pictures. It was so fun. Only 9 more fast Sundays and he will be home. We are so proud of the work he is doing. What an amazing experience a mission can be! For those of you who don't know him, you can probably tell from the pictures that he's kind of a nut. That's why we love him!

9 days old

2008-10-26T21:21:00.000-07:00

Chandler is 9 days old now. He is such a good baby.

Yeah for David!!

2008-10-26T19:28:00.000-07:00

David retook his LSAT. He got a 178!!!!! How crazy is that? The highest you can get is a 180. This means he can go to any law school he chooses. This includes schools like Harvard, Yale, Princeton. Any of them will definitely accept him. We're all so excited and so proud of him.

Ward Camp Out

2008-10-25T19:42:00.000-07:00

This last weekend we went to the ward camp out! It was so much fun. Even though they're not in our ward, Gary and David's families came too!!! Aubree and Kami had so much fun playing together.

Chandler Jet Morris

2008-10-19T10:09:00.000-07:00

We have a new little baby boy in the family!! Ben and Lexi's son Chandler was born on Friday at Banner Gateway Hospital. He is 8.5 pounds and 20 inches long. He is one of the cutest little babies we've ever seen!

Our trip to California

2008-10-18T12:07:00.000-07:00

This last summer we went on a trip to California with Ben and Lexi. Our "adopted" daughter Alyssa came with us. It was really fun!

Our Very First Post

2008-10-18T11:36:00.000-07:00

Well, this is our very first post! Yes, we decided to finally make a blog! We are definitely beginners at this so any suggestions are appreciated.