Well, I haven't been on this website for ever, but thought it might be fun to start it up again, since Annette might send some pictures here. Has anyone heard anything about the pictures she took? We are had a great time in Hawaii, so fun to be with everyone, and in such a beautiful place. Hard to get back to the real world of work, and paying for it all. We sure love all of you guys, and think we have the best kids, spouses, and grandkids ever!! Love, Mon

It finally worked!! Here is the picture we took with everybody on my birthday!! What fun!

Mom's Birthday

I thought mom would've put something on here by now about how much she loved her birthday. I know we had fun surprising her! And boy was she surprised. I was surprised by how upset some people were that they were not in on the whole thing. I guess you can't please everyone...

It was so hard being in the hotel with her Fri. night and Sat. morning. Especially when she said "I guess we should've had a party or something" I nearly lost it right then. Plus Dad kept calling on the cell phone to check where we were.

Anyway, I think the party was a big success. I especially loved watching mom as she saw all the different people who kept coming to see her, since she didn't know who we had invited. It was a fun weekend with everyone, but too short as always. She said she was totally brain dead at work on Monday from all of the activities of the weekend. I think she was back to normal by Tuesday, though.

Sophie and I enjoyed the rest of the week with mom and dad. I hope we didn't leave things too chaotic for them and that we didn't keep them from getting all their work done. Sophie had us play foosball and Wii for FHE Monday night and I think Dad lost at least an hour and a half to that. I think maybe it was good for him to get a bit of a break

Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks to everyone for being there for mom, and for all of the help to make the party so great! I know she won't forget it for a long time!

She made the team

One more quick note about Brenna. She made it onto the Sophomore softball team today. They've been having try outs the past few days. The coach told her not to expect much playing time; a lot of the other girls have had a lot of experience playing on club teams, but she's really excited and looking forward to being on the team. Their first game is next week.

Important milestone

Jen and Brenna went to the DMV a couple of days ago and Brenna walked out with a brand new Learner's Permit in her possession. She got her first real road experience later that night when I went out driving with her. Should I be concerned that she kept repeating "I just want to go so fast!" as she would lean forward over the steering wheel?

She ran her very first red light that same night. I had her driving down State St. (OK - my mistake for having her drive this busy street at night her first time out) when a green light went to yellow. She wasn't ready to slow down and stop, so we just went through.

We went driving again tonight; turns out she has a slightly different understanding of how the pedals should be used. She's always pressing on one of them. There is no off position on the accelerator pedal. As we were driving down the street, I teased her about how fast she was going. "I'm sorry, it's just so wide open and straight!" Several times through the drive as we would pull out from a stop sign, I'd tell her when she reached the speed limit. And then she'd just keep going faster. Gonna be interesting few months...

Sunday--February 24

Well, hello to all of our family out there. Is everyone watching the Oscars? Dad has it on while he is working at the kitchen table. How is everybody this last week of February? We are really enjoying that it is still light out at 5:00. Rainy day, but better than snow and cold.
Dad actually went golfing Saturday and played 9 holes. So Keith, you are not the only one able to play golf in February! Other than that, we are busy working on tax returns. By the way, I worked Saturday while dad played golf. But he had stayed up 'til two in the morning working, so I really think it was a good break for him.

So, Amber, how is college this semester? We really hope you get a job up here this summer. We would love to have you with us for some time. I always forget you are still not living at home--I always picture you there.

We are getting excited for the arrival of midnight girl (Sophie Lewis) this Friday, and Jen and then Ryan and Charlotte!! Which, by the way, for those of you who we haven't talked to, Natalie and Craig had a baby boy on Feb. 21. They barely made it to the hospital in time, with Craig speeding the whole way to the hospital. Then fifteen minutes, Joseph Curt Acton was born. He is a beautiful baby and Natalie is feeling much, much better.

Last week, Bullet got into the house with a bird, and then proceeded to eat it on the basement stair landing. I think Natalie let him in, and didn't notice the bird. When we got home there were feathers everywhere on the stairs, and lots of bird seed!! So Bullet got removed to the outside for several days. These pets!!

Hope you all have a wonderful week, and that you take good care of each other all the time!! Love to you all. Mom

Hello Everyone!

Well, mom's been after me to get something on here. I keep telling her that I'm way to boring. But I figured since I'm just sitting here in my bed watching the superbowl I might as well write a little something. I'm cheering for the Giants by the way, Mom. They are winning right now, but New England's about to score I think. :(

So lets see what else have I been up to? I am going to the Jazz game tomorrow. My company has season tickets, so I get to go every now and then. I'm not really a big jazz fan, but its pretty fun to go. Plus they have a new player that is really cute, so I like to watch him. It keeps me entertained at least.

I've also been playing on a volleyball team with Wendy down in Spanish Fork, we're in the tournament right now, but we did so badly during the regular season that they actually dropped us down a division. We lost one game, but one the next one last week, so we're still in it for now. I'm not sure why we're not very good, we have some really good players. But its fun if nothing else. ( And New England just scored, typical!)

Also, I am incredibly sick of all the snow we are getting, it is completely ridiculous. And of course, even worse than the snow is all the stupid drivers we have here in Utah. It still surprises me that people really just can't handle it. We had a big storm today, and supposedly there's more on the way. Will it ever end?

So I guess that's all for now, hope everyone is doing well!

-Sarah