Hoover Dam ( I said Dam)

This is our first time going to the Hoover Dam since we have lived here.
It has been to Dam long for us to go.
They are building a Dam bridge to go over the Dam.
But it's not done yet so the Dam traffic was too Dam long.
When we got there we saw the whole Dam, it was a big Dam.
We got to take a tour of the Dam down inside the Dam.
It was fun going to the Dam, but we will wait for the Dam bridge to be built before we go to the Dam again. The Dam traffic sucks.

May Day Dance

Morgan looks so cute as Cowgirl.
She had fun dancing, but not when she had to hold hands with a boy.
One more year of May Day Dances then we are done.
Not sure if I will miss it or not.

Morgan's Birthday (April)

Happy Birthday Morgan!
We can't believe how time flies when your around. You keep us very entertained, with what you have to say. We love you so very much and we are very proud you. Keep saying those special prayers, He is listening and will always be there for you, just like mom and dad will.

Happy Birthday Tyler

Tyler turned 12 this year and was able to receive the Priesthood.

We are so proud of you Tyler, for all that you are and do.

You are growing up so fast that I can't look down at you anymore (I have to look up). We are proud of the things you have accomplished so far in your life, and can't wait to see what happens next. Stay close to your Heavenly Father, he will guide you to become the man you need to be. We love you so very much. Love, Dad and Mom

Kids bathroom (101 things)

Mom and Jody came down the last week of January to help me get the kids bathroom decorated. Yes, it's about time. Two years in the house and two rooms are complete. YA!

Thank you Jody (and mom) for helping, you are amazing and have an eye for decorating. love ya

January

Yes I am way behind in my Blogging, life just caught up to me and took me along for a ride. So, now that it has released me from it's windy travels I am able to sit down and tell you all about it. This week I am doing January and next week will be February and so on.

January was and eventful month, Scott had the opportunity to go down to Houston, Texas for school. I was lucky enough to go with him, and enjoy the big city. We had a good time seeing all the sites and attractions.

We went to NASA we saw an actual space ship and the control room it all took place in.
"Houston we have a problem"

This was an awesome aquarium, they had a restaurant on top of it so you could look down and see the fish swimming below you. They also had rides that where outside.

This was a fun place to see and I think the kids would have liked it. Huge skeleton Dinosaurs and so many different types of shells, it was amazing. We also saw the human show, the one where you see there bodies with no skin. Well that just made me sick to my stomach, so I don't recommend it to anyone that doesn't have an iron stomach.

Merry Christmas!

What a wonderful Christmas it has been for us, we finally got to have Scott home with us this year (no work). I am usually a humbug when it comes to Christmas but this year I enjoyed it, making gifts and spending time with family and having all of us home. Christmas was about Christ this year, less of the hussle and bussle and more of the spending time and not money. I love traditions, we have just one tradition in our family opening P.J.'s on Christmas Eve, putting them on and wearing them for the rest of the day. This year we add a new tradition, we watched the birth of Christ right before bedtime, we want the kids to remember what Christmas is about and what the whole purpose of Christmas is. We need to remember that Heavenly Father gave us all a gift, his Son and we should always remember that. When my kids (Tyler) complains about passing out gifts or doing something for somebody else, I just say "Christmas is about GIVING not Getting". So I hope that we all remembered Christ this Christmas, and the gift he is to us.

This is Christmas eve, opening our P.J.'s and playing games.

Christmas morning, thanks family for the wonderful gifts.

Do you want to know why I am such a humbug at Christmas time! Well let me start from the beginning.
I love to sleep in, I love to stay in my bed and sleep the morning away. And being a kid you get 2 whole weeks off for Christmas I was not thinking of presents I was thinking of all those days of sleeping in. I shared a room with my older sister until we were teenagers, but even then we still slept together on Christmas eve. She is a morning person, need I say more? She gets so excited for Christmas she doesn't sleep, so guess who she loves to wake up all night long saying "are you awake?" I try to ignore her but then she will shake me awake if I don't answer her. I am thinking "curse you sister" (do you see why I humbug?). This however did not work because I married a man who not only sets his alarm on Christmas eve and wakes up before it goes off, he wakes me up and wakes the kids up if they are still asleep. So I will say sorry to my sister and never curse her again, because it came back and bit me on the butt.
Love you all and Merry Christmas!

Utah here we come!

So this last week we decided to take the kids out of school and head up to visit family in Utah, because we weren't going to see them for Christmas :(. So we packed all of our stuff and all the Christmas gifts, and sent ourselves on a merry way to grandma's house. It was really late when we left so we had no traffic to dill with and the sky was clear you could see the full moon it was so bright we had a spot light just for us. Did I mention how clear the sky was when we left? Well I didn't see another clear day until we left the valley a week later...Well we had fun and even enjoyed the snow that dumped on us more than once (it was pretty but very cold).

Snow Day!

This is Morgan and Brook having fun in the snow. Kolby on the other hand was moody so he wouldn't even look at me, he kept telling me to "go away"

Little stinker....

NOEL

My sweet cousin Aleca got a cute craft for us to do while we where up there. We made these cute noel blocks, they were so cute I decided to make some for my R.S. Presidency.

People in the pictures: Mom, Becky, Me, Jody, Aleca, Jessi, Dad and Riley.

Rock Climbing
Scott is really enjoying rock climbing, he went about 3 times while we where up there. He took Morgan, my brother Jon and his two girls, Kayla and Brook on the first trip. They had so much fun that the girls want to do it again, even my brother (single, good looking, gentlemen and has two beautiful daughters by the way) if anyone was asking!

Christmas Party

We got to have two Christmas parties while we where up, one at Scotts family and one at mine. We had such a wonderful time with the Acton clan but we forgot to take pictures and I am so mad at myself URG...Thanks for the gifts and the time we spent with you we love you. We also had a great time at my family party, we love you guys thanks for all the wonderful gifts.

Thanks to all of our families who let us crash up there and fed us and keeping us entertained, we had a wonderful time and already miss you. We love you and wish you a merry Christmas.

A special thanks to my parents for my gift (they are helping me on my 101).


MERRY CHRISTMAS!

From Preggers to Baby...

1- Where were you when you first found out you were pregnant?
Spanish Fork-Utah, Salem-Utah, Springville-Utah.
2- Who was with you?
Mindy (old friend), Jody (the sis), Scott (the dad)
3- How did you find out that you were pregnant?
Just a feeling, pregnancy test, doc offices (bladder infection)
4-What was your first reaction to finding out you were pregnant?
Crap (mom's going to kill me), Now (I can do this) , YAH! (We been waiting for you)
5- What main symptoms sold it for you?
NAUSIA
6- Who was the first person you told?
Scott (the dad), Scott (the dad), Mom (my mom)
7-Did you plan to get pregnant?
No, Yes, Yes
8-Was everybody happy for you?
No (after he was born YES), Yes, Yes
9- Did you want to find out the sex?
YES
10-What was the sex?
Boy, Girl, Boy
11-Did anyone throw you a baby shower?
Yes
12-If yes, who?
Mom and Sister
13- Did you get any outfits at the baby shower that you just knew you weren't going to put on your baby?
Ya didn't have al ot of money to by my own so took what I got (Thankyou)
14- How much weight did you gain?
50+, 15, 5
15- Did you lose all of the weight that you gained?
Nope (saving it)
16- Did you get a lot of stretch marks?
Past my belly button (and then some)
17- What did you crave the most?
Pickles and pickle juice, green olives (almost drank the juice), milkshakes
18- Did you crave anything crazy?
Read # 17
19-Who or what got on your nerves the most?
Scott and Jeff, chicken noodle soup (makes me sick to this day), nothing
20-Did you ever resent your husband for "putting you in this situation"?
Yes (who wouldn't if you gain that much wait and they don't), No, Loved him for it
21- Did you have any complications during your pregnancy?
Yes to all (had low water in all kids) emergency C-section
22-Where were you when you went into labor?
Didn't go into labor (#21)
23-Did your water break?
Nope on all
24- What were you feeling when you knew your baby was almost here?
Scared to death (so was Scott), just wanted her out, SADDNESS
25- Did you go early or late?
Late (11 days), early (2 weeks), way early (3 1/2 months)
26- Who was in the room with you when you gave birth?
Just my supporting husband, Scott (in all of them)
28- Did you have any drugs for the pain?
Epidural (I'm not stupid)
29-Did you go natural or have a c-section?
C-section, C-section, natural
30- What was your first reaction after giving birth?
Does he have an uno eyebrow (being pregnant will make you say some weird things), is she little, girl or boy
31- How big was the baby?
8 lb 7 oz, 5 lb 6 oz, not sure
32- Did your Husband cry?
Only when we found out we had to do C-section after that he was grinning like a boy
I don't think he did, we just couldn't wait to see her
Who wouldn't when your heart is broken
33- What did you name the baby?
Tyler Scott Acton, Morgan Tay Acton, Corbit Clark Acton
34-Was it difficult coming up with his/her name?
New every single name before they were even conceived
35- How long were you in labor?
12hours labor, 30 hours, can't remember
36- How much time did you get with your baby before they whisked him/her away?
Didn't see him until I woke up, 10 seconds, didn't dare look
37- Did the baby(s) have any complications?
Yes to all (that is why I only have the 2 kids i have today)
38- How old is your baby today?
11 (going on 18), 8 (going on 16), would be 5 this year
39- When is the next one(s) coming?
Only the Lord knows
40-If you could, would you do it all over again?
Yes (but when I was older), Yes, Yes (only to make me stronger)

Anyone who would love to go back memory lane, you are tagged......

Red Rock

We always thought Morgan was a monkey, the way she clings to you and never lets go no matter how hard you try to pry her off. Well she proved us right about being a monkey, but not by clinging but by climbing. Scott took Morgan up to Red Rock with his buddy Ryan and his two boys Liam and Quinn. They climbed up the rock and then rappelled down. Morgan loved it so much she will be going with dad whenever she can. He even bought her, her very own harness.

Thankful for Thanksgiving

I love this time of year, you can see the seasons changing by the color of the leaves and all the kids with runny noses. But most of all it's the time we get to see family and friend's and be truly thankful to have them in our lives. Thanksgiving came to fast and left to soon that I didn't even get to eat any turkey skin (try it before you knock it). This year was a little sad for me, because I didn't get to spend Thanksgiving at my parents house. But I did have it at home with my family and some good friends of ours the Delgadillo. We had so much food to eat and it was delicious. It was a good day, but also a busy day and I didn't get to tell my family what I am thankful for, so I'm doing it now.

I am Thankful for my husband who is very loving and patient with me, and who would give me the world if he could. I am Thankful for my kids who give me the extra hugs and kisses when I need them. I am Thankful to my Heavenly Father, without him I would have nothing. I am Thankful for my family, because no matter how far I am they always make me fill like I am home. I am Thankful for friend's, they love me for who I am. I just wanted you all to know what you mean to me and my family. We love you and hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

The Acton Clan

101 in 1001

I was checking out Blogs when I came upon Jennifers (Jennifer is a friend of Scott's, they have worked together and also taken classes together for work. I don't know her personally but Scott speaks very highly of her). Anyway, she has this 101 in 1001 posting that I just loved. So I decided I'm going to do it, this is very exciting for me (pick 101 things you need, want, wish or need to finish then complete them in 1001 days). These are things that I always procrastinate on, so spreading this stuff on a paper then putting it on my blog and making a goal works for me. I have a very supportive husband who wants me to keep my goal, so I put things on there that would not have been done for many many years (love you). Also by putting it on my Blog I have the support of my family and friends (I hope:). So wish me luck....

101 in 1001

Home Fixens
1. Keep the house cleaned daily
2. Put shades up in Tyler’s room
3. Finish kids bathroom
4. Curtain for front room
5. Put up pictures in hall way
6. Redo bookshelf in bedroom
7. Paint laundry room and put shelf up
8. Tile backsplash in kitchen
9. Finish decorating my bathroom
10. Decorate computer room
11. Redo front yard
12. Complete 72hr kit for each of us
13. Get bedroom set for my room
14. Build shed in backyard
15. Get out of debt
16. Build a garden
17. Plant a garden
18. Finish pictures for Peggy
19. Hang shelves in computer room
20. Finish fence around house
21. Cement on side of house
Organization
22. Cupboards in laundry room
23. Craft closet
24. My closet
25. Recipe box and books
26. Music on computer
27. Pictures on computer
28. Filing cabinet
29. Transfer old videos to DVDs
30. Food storage
31. Put numbers into phone
32. Put everyone’s birthdays on calendar
33. Find addressed to all relative and put them in address book
Sewing/Crafts/Scrapbooking
34. Take sewing classes
35. Take classes for camera
36. Sew everything in sewing cupboard
37. Make curtain for Tyler’s room
38. Make curtains for Morgan’s room
39. Make curtains for kitchen
40. Learn to make baby bibs and blankets
41. Make a quilt
42. Start a project and finish it
43. Scrapbook first year of Tyler
44. Scrapbook first year of Morgan
45. Sew to cute bags for me
46. Make a toe painting binder w/pictures
47. Make a runner for each month (0/12)
For my family
48. Daily family prayers and scripture study
49. F.H.E. 4 days a month (0/143)
50. Talk one on one w/ kids weekly
51. Video the kids more
52. Do a project w/ Tyler
53. Do a project w/ Morgan
54. Help kids start their own journal
55. Get Morgan’s hearing test done
56. Have family game night once a month (0/33)
57. Start calling Peggy *Mom*
58. Cook a new recipe once a month (0/33)
For others
59. Make and send birthday cards
60. Send a personal letter to someone once a month (0/33)
61. Visit Teach every month (0/33)
62. Invite friends over for game night 10 times (0/10)
63. Do the 12 days of Christmas anonymously for another family
64. Invite pat over for dinner once a month (0/33)
65. Don one service a month (0/33)
Health
66. Run a mile without stopping
67. Drink water only for 1 week a month (0/33)
68. Lose 50 lbs. (0/50)
69. Take multi-vitamins
70. Play volleyball every T-W-F
71. Yoga every M-T-S
72. Dive and spike at the volleyball
73. Get a body message
Places to go
74. Go to the Temple once a month w/ Scott (0/33)
75. Go to 2 Temples I’ve never been to (0/2)
76. Go to 2 live sessions (0/2)
77. Go to dinner and a movie all by myself
78. Go on a picnic
79. Go rock climbing w/ Scott at least twice (0/2)
80. Go on a cruise
81. Visit Scott’s dad and sister
82. See the Grand Canyon
83. Visit 2 states I have never been
Read
84. Read 3 religious books (0/3)
85. Read scriptures every morning
86. Read 3 books recommended by someone (0/3)
87. Read 50 books all together (0/50)
88. Read family proclamation once a month (0/33)
89. Read lessons before church
Self
90. Pray every morning and night
91. Update blog weekly (0/143)
92. Start personal journal
93. Practice the guitar at least once a week (0/143)
94. Learn to sign language
95. Start Toe Painting business
96. One day a week no T.V. (0/143)
97. Whiten teeth
98. Paint my toes every 2 weeks
99. Put a note in the kids mail boxes weekly (0/143)
100. Write Scott a note once a week (0/143)
101. Write 20 things I like about myself

What a Month

Ok, I know its been awhile since I have done my blog but I have a really good excuse. When I think of one I will let you know. Seriously, I just have been going none stop for the last few weeks. Halloween was two days of activities, then after that we decided to head off to Utah. It's nice to have two days off of school so we can visit everyone. Then right after that we had family come and visit us. Dad, Mom, Aunt Becky and Uncle Mike, We took them for a ride while they where here, I think they're still spinning with all the Vegas lights. wheeee.....

Friday

First thing we did after they got here was take them to dinner and the show "KA" at the MGM.

That was a very cool show!

Saturday

We went to the Temple (Beautiful) then headed to the Olive Garden (my favorite) for lunch.

After that we did a little shopping then we went to the Shark Reef at Mandalay Bay.

(kids got mad they didn't get to go)


Sunday
They went to church with us then it was time for them to go home.
We had so much fun, the only time we had a break was when we were driving or sleeping.
I hope they will never forget this weekend because I know I wont.
We love you guys and hope to see you sooner than later.
(Stupid Dog)

Halloween

Can you believe Halloween is over? Well it may be over but we had a wonderful time while it was here. Thursday Morgans class had a Halloween party, then we all took of to see "THRILLER" at the Tuacahn theater in St. George. Tyler and Morgan loved it and decided that it will be a family tradition every Halloween. Scott and I both agree that it's a good idea.

Check it out, tuacahn.org

I just love to make costumes for Halloween and Morgan wanted to be dead zombie girl, so I thought it would be funny if she got attacked by her kittens. We pinned one of her stuffed kitties on the back of her and cut up an old t-shirt and jeans. The funnest part was doing her hair, she has a lot of it and it was everywhere. Tyler didn't want to do any of the Halloween stuff so I found this jacket for him, what a party Popper. Friday was Halloween so we headed to our church and had dinner and did the Trunk or Treats, it was a blast!!!

Moms Only Weekend

Once a year Mom, Jody, Sherrie, Desi and I take a nice little vaca from the kids and husbands. I know it's hard to believe that we could pull ourselves away from our loved ones for so many days, but believe me when I say it wasn't that hard (we still love you). Me and Sherrie hop in her hubby truck heading North, while Mom, Jody and Desi hop in moms little car heading South. We meet in the middle and head on up the mountain to Sherries cabin (thanks Sherrie).
Can you believe this is the view we saw everyday while we were up there? It was beautiful (except for the snow)! We just had to walk out the doors and enjoy this from every direction. I think the sun setting was my favorite, just watching the colors change slowly form red, purple, blue as the sun sinks into the mountain. WOW

We not only enjoyed the view outside we also enjoyed the hot tub. Your probably wondering why the bottom two pictures of us in the hot tub are kinda fuzzy. Well let me tell you about the wild and suicidal Pot Gut they have..... Jody, Desi and I sat it in the nice warm hot tub enjoying the nature sounds and the cool breeze. But something was missing in our nice warm water, "BUBBLES" that is what we needed. As we started to fiddle with the buttons to turn on the bubbles, something caught the corner of my eye. But not just me, Jody sees it too, a rolly polly pot gut is running straight at us with those short little nubbin legs (and trust me he was cruising). Let me just say that we have one light on and its in front of us, so we can't see a single thing in the water. Being surprised at this little guy, we step back, and then we see him jump up on the stairs to the hot tub. We all start screaming, and splashing the water out of the hot tub hoping that he goes with it. Something brushes Jody's leg and she jumps on the small rim of the hot tub. Desi starts laughing at Jody, then all the sudden the light flick on and Sherrie pops her head out of the door and my mom peeks through the window. Did they ask us if we're ok? NO, they just laughed at us and took pictures. Anyways, we search the water frantically hoping its not in there, ok me and Jody search while Desi laughed. Nope, he was not in there and neither was all our warm water. Let me just say watch our for those fuzzy pot guts if your in Beaver.

Ok, we also do have other activities besides hot tubbin we have crafts (thanks mom and sis). This year we made a Halloween table runner. It was so cute, pumpkins, ghost and a bat. We love to just be with each other and make each other laugh, which we had plenty of both.

These are just some fun pictures we took on a warm day. As you can see my sister had way to many yummy sweets, that we had at the cabin.

This is all of us just having a good time and enjoying the peace and quiet. Ok, not so much quiet.

I just want to say thanks to the hubby's for letting us take off and leaving the kids at home. Mom's do need a brake every once in awhile and this is what we all needed.

So big hugs and kisses from me.
I so can't wait for next year......

Rope Rescue Training

Scott and a couple of his co-workers went up to Washington for Rope Rescue Training.

Different companies also sent there guys out to this training, here are some of them.

This is Seattle, Washington, where you will find the Space Needle.

Can you believe the beautiful views they have up there.
I am so going with him for round number 2

This is a little bit of Mount Erie and Chuckanut. They learned how to rappel down a side of a cliff, patient packaging and retrieval. Basically they learn how to rescue someone off a cliff.

This is also Chuckanut, here they are High Lining. It's taking someone across a large gap, or they take them to the middle of the gap and lower them down into it.

This is District 4 Fire Station and Training Facility.

They learned how to rescue people from a building.

Scott said this is one of the hardest trainings that he has been to, long hours and lots of sore muscles. But he also said it was by far the best one he has gone to.

Scott took the kids to the Renaissance fair in Las Vegas.

They had lots of fun and plenty to eat.

They enjoyed watching all the wierd people dressed up in robes and sneakers.

Then they headed to the Bass shop to get some stuff for there dad.

(I think they had more fun there)

Spiders

Me and Morgan were enjoying the wonderful weather outside just soaking up the sun and feeling the lite breeze. We looked at my flower bed and decided that these huge plants that were taller than Morgan had to go. One by one we pulled these suckers out and just as we got to a root of one, a huge spider jumped on me. If you know me you can guess what happened next. I started screaming, shaking my leg and running all at the same time. Poor Morgan in confusion of what was going on screamed and ran with me. Thank goodness there were no neighbors around, that would have been a sight. After that little incident we went into the house, never to set foot out the front door until dad got home and killed the spider. For the rest of the day I had the Heebie Jeebies, felt like something was crawling on me all the time. After a long day Scott comes home and guess what he brings..... a tarantula from work (again). Why would you bring a spider home if you know your wife will NOT let you keep it? These are the times when I wonder were his brain is, obviously not in his head. Let me just say it will be a while until I go and pull my weeds again. I love you babe, please stop bringing them home. I HATE spiders!

Tyler

I finely got some pictures of Tyler, it wasn't easy but I succeeded. He is just growing up so fast, he is only about a half an inch shorter than me. His feet are the size of his dads, and he is in men's clothes. I no longer can shop in the kids area for him. He is growing into a fine young man but I miss that little blond, blue eye baby boy. Not only is he growing so is his brain, he is moving into accelerated reading and honors math. We are so proud of him.

Here a frog there a frog everywhere a frog, frog...

Yesterday was one of those days where you can just open the windows and let the soft cool breeze flow through the whole house, you can hear all kinds of birds singing and the bugs chirping. But when a day like this happens there is always something that comes with it. If you look out your window you could see a storm rolling in, see the lightning as it feels the whole sky and hear the thunder rumbling. Don't you just love a good rain storm? Slowly the darkness wins and everything goes into hiding to wait out the storm. Well everyone but the Acton clan, we decided to go frog hunting. Yes, you read it right "frog hunting" and let me tell you it was a night to remember. Morgan couldn't contain herself with excitement as we catched these little guys. Even I caught one, but said "eww eww eww" the whole time it squirmed in my hand until I put it in the bucket. Wonderful Scott held the bucket that had all the frogs in it. Every time he opened that bucket they tried to exscape, they climbed all over him trying to find a way out. And trust me they are quick little buggers. But don't think of us as cruel by containing these frogs, we were saving there lives. All these frogs that we collected were on the road, some were already dead from vehicles that could not avoid the many frogs. We decided to catch as many as we can so nobody else would run them over. Once we were done we took them home and let them go in our yard were they would be safe. We had such a wonderful time we can't wait for the next rain storm to come so we can catch some more...