Wednesday, January 28, 2009

VICTORY!!!!!!!!

14 cars
14 hopeful boys
14 competitive dads
1 winner
William Acton





The Car







William's car is the last car (green with flames).




He did really well! He got 1st in every race he was in

(6-0),

by comfortable margins, even in the final heats).







This is William getting his 1st place award (out of 14).



The Final Heats:





Saturday, January 24, 2009

Limbo and Twister



The kids had friends over tonight and I think they had a good time.


Friday, January 23, 2009

Guess Who Turns 2!!!

Our baby girl turned 2!



I loved this picture of her sucking her thumb.
Since this is what she looks like to us a lot of the time.



She got some play food. She liked the ice cream.



Grandpa Acton got her this Little People Carriage.
He also bought her a little dress.




She topped the evening off with Chocolate Cake.







You might be from Eastern Washington If.....


You might be from Eastern Washington If......
1. You refuse to cheat and use the car pool lane in Seattle when you are driving by yourself.
2. You don't know what a car pool lane is.
3. You know all the best Indian reservations to go to get sweet fireworks.
4. You've ever washed your car just to have a dust storm drop sand on it half an hour later.
5. You laugh whenever you hear the rest of the country crying about 90 degree weather and how horrible it is.
6. You have ever wondered how it is that we could possibly be experiencing a drought when one of the largest rivers in the country is just a few miles away.
7. It's not a real windstorm until trees start falling over.
8. You stop at Miners every single trip you take to Yakima with your entire basketball, volleyball, or any other team from highschool.
9. You laugh at anyone who doesn’t know what Miners is
10. You've ever crossed the mountain range and forgotten you are actually still in washington.
11. You wonder what they were thinking when they nicknamed Washington "The Evergreen State"
12. You know that Ellensburg is the middle of the state and have seen the plaque on Central's campus that says so
13. You get annoyed by the fact that everyone you know votes Republican, and yet the Governor and both Senators are Democrats
14. You despise Californians who bring their bad habits and hate crimes to our state as the west siders sell their house to one for twice its value.
15. You think you are invincible with 4 wheel drive.
16. You have Appreciation for Native American Culture.
17. You know and use the word wazzu
18. You refer to the stretch of rocks between the trees and the cold water on the west side as "the beach"...and you've actually been excited to go there.
19. you measure tumbleweeds in feet
20. you've aimed for tumbleweeds as they cross the freeway
21. Liberals are on the protected species list
22. You've been to the Waterfollies
23. someone in your immediate family works at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation
24. you go to Spokane or the Tri-cities to shop
25. you get confused when you go to the west side and see one big huge city, and then people there can tell you that there are actually hundreds of cities there, and can point out the dividing lines.
26. many people you know own snowmobiles, quads, and water craft, and can use them all regularly and year-round
27.you dominate western Washington in everything from sports to academics to political debates to overall awesomeness.
28. you realize that there is more to life than saving the environment
29. you live in the only desert in the evergreen state
30. you ask directions when visiting the westside and get upset that it takes an hour to get somewhere after you were told "only about 15 minutes from here"
31. you hear about a multi-car pile-up during a dust storm and know it was caused by someone from the west side.
32. the hill behind your house burns at least once a year, maybe more.
33. You can't see through the fence for all the tumbleweeds piled against it.
34. you know walla walla is a real town, not just a name in a cartoon
35. you install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked at night
36. you think driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow
37. you know all four seasons of the year. All four to extremes, who else can say that.
38. You know where Tree Top Apple Juice is made.
39. The neighboring city refuses to call a snow day when there is fourteen feet of snow on the street, just because they think your city should call it first
40. Your only exposure to big bands was at the county fair, or at the gorge.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Wesley Turns 5







I know this is a little late, but Wesley turned 5 a week ago Monday. We had a quite little party at our house with just our immediate family. Wesley had a really nice time, we served mac and cheese, chicken nuggets, and corn. Followed of course, by cake and presents. Believe it or not he got a lot of train stuff.

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Monday, January 19, 2009

Brynlee


Allison, this is the picture I was taking when I told you that I was only getting Brynlee. I had already taken the other picture.

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Pictures from my Camera

I have a little camera I keep in my purse. I just downloaded the pictures that were on it. Here is a hodgepodge of pictures since the day we left for Utah.

On the trip to Utah,the boys thought it was fun to yell as we went down hill. Which we did a lot.

Alison, Brynlee, and Erin

Notice all the kids are eating chips!


Shelby and Daddy on Christmas Eve




Our trip to BYU




Pictures from my Camera part 2

William Getting some Air


Shelby sledding




For those of you that do not live in Albuquerque, all of our Krispy Kreme doughnuts closed. Therefore, the children insist that we visit it while in Utah. We stopped by on our way out of town.



Wesley learning to play the wii


Shelby on her way to get her face washed. She found my lipstick and made herself beautiful.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Shebly 1st hair cut

Marsha agreed to give Shelby her 1st haircut while we were in Utah. She really needed her bangs trimmed. We turned grandpa's house in to a beauty salon.





But Marsha gave her the full treatment and trimmed her all up.




Including blow drying her hair with a round brush.




She didn't want her picture taken afterward




Or even the day after that.

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Sleding Part 1
















We went sleding in Utah and had a great time. Our Great Nephew had three sleds and me made use of all of them. All of the children loved it. Here are a few pictures of our trip. I will try to post more later.

Friday, January 2, 2009

Christmas Eve

We spent Christmas Eve at Scott and Cheryl's house. We all had a nice time, Scott and Greg read the Christmas story and we ate Fajitas! Shelby was a bit overwhelmed with all the people that she didn't recognize.


Mekenna and Tom played Christmas Carols for us all evening. It is great to go someplace with live music!