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...