Family Picture 2009

Family Picture 2009
you would never guess that my son was picking his nose the entire time accept this one picture

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

forgot a couple things

ok so i forgot to say a couple things in my last post so i will squeeze them in now. ok so merrick is now riding in a big boy seat so he faces forward and he loves it! i cant believe hes so big. well my mom an di made a trip to provo to get the seat and merrick started throwing a huge fit so we started siing old mcdonald and he fell right to sleep so my mom bought him a CD that has all of the kid songs on it and he sings with and gets all excited and most the time he just falls asleep but it works! i recently took him to my dads so he could swing in a swing for the first time i know im a slacker. he loves the swing i think that we might get him a swing set for his brithday! while we were there my step brothers little girl Mallory just got a bunch of little baby chickens and merrick sat and chased them around and he fell on one and i felt bad but the little chick was ok, but he followed them around forever, but i will not be investing in any chickens...haha. but i do have a little video of him chasing the chickens!


Sunday, May 17, 2009

Easter,and Durango,and Stories, OH MY!!!

ok so its been forever since i updated this thing i have new pictures and videos to share, i will start with Easter, so it was merricks first easter and of course the weather wasnt too wonderful! we went out to the desert to hang with the family but we didnt camp, merrick likes the dirt tho thats for sure! he is still to young to understand the easter egg finding but he liked to play with the eggs and he keeps a couple in his toy box. he got a some toys and clothes and crayons and candy he had fun ripping into everything. over all we had a pretty fun Easter!

Next, we headed to Durango, Johnny had a mine rescue competition in Aztec NM, and thats only about 45 min or so from Durango so merrick and i went and we stayed a couple extra days so we could visit family, johnnys sister had a baby in Feb. i think and she is such a doll!so we got to see her and spend time with our nephew as well. johnnys dad has been fixing up some property that was his father in laws, and i couldnt believe how many things he had stored away. i mean there was so many shovels, lawn mowers, weed eaters, rakes, ladders, doors, and of course johnny prized posession the Sky Lark. this car was johnnys in high school and he always had stories about it so he took a ton of pictures of it and now he wants to get it back here and fix it up. hes so funny. while we were there johnnys dad found an old wagon and we laid blankets in it and rigged an umbrella over it so we could pull merrick around, it was totally "redneck" but it was cute! merrick sat and played in the dirt that day and i dont know what it is but he likes to rub it in his hair, he had the dirtiest bath water that night but he had fun. one day while we were there we went to the mall and we had merrick ride a barney train, you know the ones that you put the quaters in and it just moves around, yeah well we did that and he really liked it i got a little video of it. we had alot of fun, its always nice to have a little get away!

now to catch up about the family, we are all doing very well, i just had my first mothers day and it was the best. i got a very pretty necklace and johnny got a card and wrote in it with crayon like it was from merrick, it was so cute i loved it! merrick had started being a little fit thrower so its been alittle stressful at times but hes still so much fun, he really cruising now he tries to run everywhere and suprising enough, he can! hes getting so big he will be one year old on the 31st i cant believe it! hes learning his animal noises now so he knows the ducky the cow and the chicken the best we are still working on it. he loves to say hi to everybody, i took him up to Toys R Us and Barnes and Noble and he ran around like crazy i deffinately got my workout in that day, but he went up to a little girl and peeked around the shelf all shy and was saying hi to her and then he started following her around it was cute. right now since the weather is nice he loves it outside he would play out there all day if he could hes such a sweetheart and monkey all mixed in one. i did get some new pictures of him done they are so cute i love them! so i will get them and all of my other pictures on here. and finally im done i think!

my tattoo

my tattoo
its an orchid, the symbol at the bottom means family and then merricks name at the top

mowing the lawn with dad

mowing the lawn with dad
merrick loves riding on the lawn mower

helping with laundry

helping with laundry
this happens everytime he trys to help me with laundry

so sleepy after christmas

so sleepy after christmas
he had a long day

new clothes

new clothes

bow on head

bow on head
i love this picture

Presents!!!

Presents!!!

Big Bath Time

Big Bath Time
he loves his bath time!!!

after bath time

after bath time
i love that little face

Welcome to our little Donan family blog!!!

We decided to do a blog to let whoever wants to know about who we are and what we do day to day. We are a new little family and thats mostly what its all about right now!

Our little family

Our little family
when merrick was 3 weeks old we had our first family pictures done. I guess we should get some up to date ones done!

merrick j

merrick j
i just love his little face!!!

merrick 3 months

merrick 3 months
we had these pictures done when he was 3 months old

our little man

our little man
johnny loves to wear hats so i found a blaack one for merrick to wear like his daddy and he posed for me! this is one of our favorites!

Jungle boy

Jungle boy
Merricks room is done in jungle animals so i had pictures done with them

merrick and daddy

merrick and daddy

bath time

bath time
he loves his bath time and we like to have fun to

Bathtime with Nemo

Bathtime with Nemo
merrick loves Finding Nemo and now he has bath toys that ar e Nemo

merricks little bum

merricks little bum
johnny was getting ready to bath merrick , isnt he cute

Mine rescue

Johnny is part of the mine rescue team for Consol coal mine and he has had awesome trainings and of course huge achievements.

mine rescue clothes

mine rescue clothes
johnny showing me his mine rescue clothes

Lake Lynn

Lake Lynn
this was johhnys first training back east they were given tasks they needed to complete

FIRE!!!

FIRE!!!
johnnys team had to put out a fire on the belt line

CAN"T SEE

CAN"T SEE
it was really smokey and they could hardly see anything at all

Emery Miners Win Mine Rescue Contest

CONSOL Energy Inc.’s Emery Mine-Black team, from Emery, claimed first place honors in the CONSOL Energy “Best of the Best” Mine Rescue Contest held Sept. 16-18 in Virginia, capping the 2008 contest season. The Emery-Blue team claimed third place overall in the Virginia contest.

A total of 18 teams from throughout CONSOL Energy and its subsidiaries from five states, including those based in Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Utah, competed in the event held at the CONSOL Energy Mine Rescue Training Center at Oakwood, Va. CONSOL Energy has more mine rescue teams than any other company in the industry.

Members of the Emery-Black mine rescue team are Ron Wright, Brandon Wilde, Matt Crosland, Johnny Donan, “For all your efforts, all your sacrifice to serve on a CONSOL rescue team and to participate in mine rescue, thank you,” Hyita said. “It takes time away from your families and the whole industry appreciates your service. You are the most highly trained people we have in the company.”Corey Prettyman, Kasey Thompson and Jim Kulow, trainer.

Emery County Review

Competition

Competition
this was consols last competition back east

WINNER!!!

WINNER!!!
Johnnys team took first place

contest

Merrick is in a baby contest and he was chosen to be part of an even bigger contest because hes such a handsome boy. the picture below is the one i entered i had a hard time finding the one i wanted to put in it there are so many but i love his little tounge sticking out.

contest picture

contest picture
Merrick was recently chosen to be part of a huge baby picture contest and he could win a $25000 savings bond!!!


Elvis Fan

Elvis Fan
johnny loves Elvis

Rock n' Roll

Rock n' Roll
johnnys such a nerd, but a cute one!!!

more Rockn' Roll

more Rockn' Roll

even more Rock n' Roll

even more Rock n' Roll

mommy and merrick

mommy and merrick

Our Trip to Durango

This last week made a little trip to Durango to see family that we haven't seen in awhile and to introduce our newest addition to his grandparents, great grandma, aunts, uncles, and cousins. we were there for 5 days and we got to spend time with everybody which was alot of fun, johnny's dad played the guitar and sang for us and i was going to record it and my camera was dead but eventually i will get a recording of it, Merrick loved it! It was nice to visit and see everybody, johnnys brother lives in new mexico so we made a trip there to see him and the family. Merrick hated being in his car seat all of the time but overall i feel that it was a trip worth while. we will have to go there more often.

grandma and grandpa and merrick

grandma and grandpa and merrick
they had a piggy bank that would light up and oink when you put money in it, they gave it to merrick

grandpa roy and merrick in durango

grandpa roy and merrick in durango
this is johnnys dad and merricks first time meeting him. he loves his grandpa

merrick and grandpa roy

merrick and grandpa roy
merrick wasnt being very smiley

aunt nat and merrick

aunt nat and merrick

aunt nat and cousin jw

aunt nat and cousin jw
this was in durango and merricks first time meeting nat and jw

great grandma regina

great grandma regina
we went and visited johnnys grandma in durango and it was merricks first time meeting her

daddy and merrick

daddy and merrick
this was on our trip to durango in our hotel room

merrick in his hut

merrick in his hut
johnny made merrick a hut in his bed in the hotel room

johnny in the hut

johnny in the hut
johnny was peeking in the hut and making merrick laugh

more of the hut

more of the hut

learning to crawl

merrick has been learning to crawl the past week, when we were in durango he learned to get onto his hands and knees and now hes getting ready to crawl away. hes getting so big

merricks learning to crawl

merricks learning to crawl
he still kind of wobbly but her getting it

my happy boy

my happy boy

Puppy

Puppy
this is our lazy dog, his name is puppy