Last Lecture

This guy is amazing! I've watched him a few times, including last night on primetime. He really makes you think about life and how you want to live it. He passed away on July 25 of cancer. The lecture is 10 minutes long and I PROMISE it's worth watching, it takes you 10 minutes to check out your blogs (or longer) so take 10 minutes to watch this!

So I'm having a hard time getting the link to post so go to my favorite blogs or my friends list and click on Jamie and Manny, she has the link at the top of her blog! Sorry, but it really is worth taking the time!

ABC TAG

This is for those of you who are bored and kids are entertained!!
A. ATTACHED OR SINGLE? Married just over 6 years
B. BEST FRIEND? My hubby
C. CAKE OR PIE? UM..either, I love both.
D. DAY OF THE WEEK? Friday!!
E. ESSENTIAL ITEMS? Food!!
F. FAVORITE COLOR? Yellow
G. GUMMY BEARS OR WORMS? bears, worms are sick!!
H. HOMETOWN? Ogden
I. INDULGENCE? Cookie dough, Nachos
J. JANUARY OR JULY? Absolutely July, I hate snow, I hate cold, I pretty much hate winter.
K. KIDS? 2 one boy one girl
L. LIFE ISN'T COMPLETE WITHOUT? Kids and hubby
M. MARRIAGE DATE? May 30 2002
N. NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS? One brother
O. ORANGES OR APPLES? Both, I hate peeling oranges but once it's done I love em!
P. PHOBIAS OR FEARS? Sharks and the dark (I know Kurt still makes fun of me!!)
Q. QUOTE? Courage does not always roar, sometimes it is a small quiet voice at the end of the day saying 'i will try again tomorrow'
R. REASONS TO SMILE? Because I have a wonderful family, health and a purpose in life! And because the new Twilight book is coming Saturday!!! :)
S. SUPERMAN OR WONDER WOMAN? I think i am wonder woman? Aren't I? HA HA
T. TAG 5 PEOPLE? I'm not sure how exactly you would 'tag' someone so anyone that read this is tagged i guess?
U. UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT ME? I have 2 tatoos.. I know.. I know..
V. VEGETABLES? I like green veggies but my family won't eat them so corn..
W. WORST HABIT? O wow, this is personal! Jk.. probably eating, I'm trying to quit! Not really..
X. X-RAY OR ULTRASOUND? Ultra sound for sure! What kind of question is that??
Y. YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? Sushi, Nachos
Z. ZODIAC SIGN? Aquarius

7 days and counting...

Ok so I know there are many of you out there that are just as crazy as me when it comes to these books so I have started an offical 'counter downer' for the new release of "Breaking Dawn" There is only 7 days until it's release so take these next 7 days to get laundry done, make some homemade dinners and play with your kids! O and let's not forget to give our hubbys some attention, because we all know as soon as August 2nd hits these things will be neglected! You can order the book on Walmart.com for $10 BUT you may not get it right away, it says when you order 'you will receive on or shortly after Aug 2' You decide if you want to take the chance of not getting it ON August 2nd! As for me, I will be attempting to find some young teenie bopper willing to go stand in line at midnight on Friday Aug 1 at either Walmart or Barnes and Noble in Layton! If I am unsuccessful, you may see me in all my glory standing and shoving in line! I'm up for anything so if any of you ARE as CRAZY as me, I would love to have you there by my side. Considering I am an old 'mom lady' I may need back-up!!

Medical Mystery..

Koy is better, Dr. Rose is back, all is well! YAhoo!! Thank you to everyone who was so concerned and caring this last couple of weeks, it was a bit stressful!!

Am I a softy?

Ok so my kids LOVE the movie 'Cars' as most kids! We watch it almost everyday, it can get a little mundane, to say the least! Koy has his collection of all his favorite cars, including, The King, Chick Hicks, Leakless, Mack, and of course Lightning McQueen. So we are watching it this morning and at the end when The King crashes and Lightning McQueen slams on his breaks to go get him, it flashes to Doc Hudson's picture of his crash, I started crying! It is my favorite, and I seriously cry every time I watch that part! Am I just a softy or does that part get to anyone else?

Memories of ME!

So my sister in law did this on her blog and I thought it'd be fun to do!

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses.

Dixon Family Reunion

We had a great time this weekend at the Dixon family reunion. We went up to Beaver Mountain.

We first all met together so we could follow each other, we stopped for ice and Kurt and James came walking out with a shopping cart and I swear they looked a little 'fruity!!'

On the way there we stopped in Logan for lunch where we met Kurt's brother and his family who moved to Idaho. :( The kids don't get to see those cousins very often so they were SUPER excited!

When we got to the mountain, we played alot and had tons of fun!
The boys played 'My dad is better than your dad' and Kurt won, (with a little help from himself..) The kids all lined up and had to throw cheerios on the dads faces, they had shaving cream all over their faces, it was a little disgusting!! The kids had to eat limes (Yuck) and the moms had to eat bubble gum and blow bubbles!

We played 'Deal or no deal' and 'Family Fued' The girls, (me, Jolene, Jodi, Montay and Ann) beat the boys!! (Kurt, his dad and brothers). It was a little rough on their egos but one day they'll get over it!!

There was a pink scooter that one cousin brought and the boys took over and were making jumps at the bottom of a hill, they all crashed and burned a few times!!

I found Jerzi out in the parking lot all alone, just playing in the dirt, laughing herself silly! It was hilarious!!

We went 4 wheeling a little and the kids LOVED that!

We did the girls hair in matching ponies, they thought that was great fun.

Kurt was in charge of the fire (by his own free will) and he built a house, seriously! It was funny to watch it burn!

We also played 'The Newleywed game' and I'm afraid Kurt and I may need counseling! We lost by a long shot scoring 35 out of 100! Ouch!!

It was alot of fun to get to hang out with family and the kids had a BLAST hanging out with cousins all weekend!!

As soon as we got home, we went to the Weber State fireworks with my family, so by the end of Sunday the kids (and me) were pooped! What a fun weekend though!! That's what it's all about!!

Pictures of DFR

The Bachelorette

So the season finale of The Bachelorette was on last night and it was SOO good! For some reason that show hooked me so fast! Just this one though, I haven't watched the Bachelor forever! The last one I watched was the last "Bachlorette" with Trista and Ryan. I don't get it though, why are so many peolpe interested in watching 25 crazy women but when it's reversed and there are 25 HOT men, noone watches? I couldn't believe it when I started asking around! Sunnee and my mom were the only 2 people that watched this one!! Anyway, it was so cute! She picked Jesse, when he got out of the limo in episode one, he was wearing a crazy jacket, had long hair and pink shoes! He is a snowboarder! It was the cutest finale ever! I was a bit sad because Jason, who she sent home, was my pick since episode one! But Jesse was a close second! Next time I will not let myself get hooked though, I would get really sad every Monday when it was over and I had to wait til the next week. I'm not sure what it is about that show but it was not a good thing, I would neglect my family just to watch it! (Kind of like reading Twilight..) O well at least it's over now! Did anyone else out there watch it? (The song playing is 'their' song, Yes, I am crazy!!)

4th of July and Pepsi

We love the 4th! We always get together first thing for the Riverdale parade and then end up at Netso's, it is Brock's birthday so he always gets a HUGE party, with fireworks and all! Lucky him!! We swam, played Monopoly, Rock band and ate tons and tons of food! It was so fun! The funniest part of the day was going to get drinks. Netso and I went to chevron to get 7 fountain drinks. After getting them and realizing we didn't have 7 hands, we were a little taken back, we weren't sure how to get them home! Well good thing we have brains because we figured it out! We seat belted them into the back of the Jeep! 3 drinks in each seatbelt and 1 in the front cup holder! I was laughing so hard the whole way home! It was hilarious, and the best part was that none of them even moved! I was turned around watching them, planning on catching them when we turned and they didn't budge! Wow! We are working on a Pepsi commercial, I think we could make millions, don't you?

My favorite pictures of Koy this year!

My favorite pictures of Jerzi this year!

Ok so I added a "new element" of all my friends blogs! If any of you mind, please let me know (i swear i won't be offended) I thought it'd be fun for you guys to get to see some of my fellow 'blogaholics' as Sherice would say! We may be starting up a BA group, I'll let you know!! (Bloggers anonomous)

Family Pictures

We got our family pictures up if you want to see them! mjmorganphoto.com, click on proofing and my password is mindi1 Let me know what you think, and which one is your favorite of all of us because I will be ordering a BIG one for the wall! I can't choose, it's too hard!!

What we've been up to this summer...

This summer has been soo fun! We can do just about anything with the kids being 3 and 4. They are actually really easy these days, they can do most things by themselves!

We have been lucky enough to have Netso's pool that we hang out at almost every day! It is to hot for anything else! The kids love it and are learning to swim so good! They took lessons at the first of the summer, hoping to teach them safety..Well so far Sunnee has had to jump in to save Jerzi along with Aubree saving her once as well! Not to mention the many times I have had to scold her for taking her floaties off! She thinks she can swim and gets mad cause she can't reach the bottom to dive with her floaties on! She was actually teaching the older kids how to dive and really was doing good! She is a very independent little stinker! Koy is swimming very well, he can go from one end (of the shallow of course) to the other without stopping! He loves every minute of it!

We have been going to Lagoon all summer and the kids absolutely love it! They are so fun to watch and see grow up! We go see the dollar movie every Tuesday with many friends. We love the dinosaur park and nature center as well! Most mornings we try to make it to the gym, the kids finally get to be in the same class while I go so they are loving that! Jerzi does dance on Mondays and Koy just got done with Tball! My neighbors laugh that we are never home but we're taking full advantage of this summer with no little baby..just in case :)

Koy had a blast with Tball! He got to play with cousins Luke and Boston and his dad, James and Chase were the coaches! Every day he would ask, "Is it tball today?" and if I said no not today he would be very sad! He looked forward to it every day!

They have had fun being in parades this year rather than gathering candy. I gather the candy for them to eat when they get done, I've had to fight for it at times and i'm sure parents are thingking what the heck!! They were in the Udays parade riding there 4 wheelers and then in the S. Ogden parade riding on this house pictured. It was a playhouse that Nilson Homes built! They had so much fun, but now they want it and that's not going to happen I'm afraid!

Some other fun things going on this summer will be-

Fishing with grandpa

Camping (we tried it in our backyard once! Uh never again!)

Reunions

Playing in yard

Running (Koy will be doing a 5k with me sometime this summer!)

And many many more things to come I'm sure!

Thanks for reading!!