tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78901384728240161752024-02-18T18:43:44.042-08:00Orton Family est. 1995melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892979925882201791noreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890138472824016175.post-39513782543311445012014-09-09T08:53:00.001-07:002014-09-09T08:53:21.571-07:00Rodney and JaNan Neilson Reunion 2014<a href="http://youtu.be/oQnohQLdcNU">http://youtu.be/oQnohQLdcNU</a>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892979925882201791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890138472824016175.post-45207689318727642542014-09-09T08:40:00.000-07:002014-09-09T08:40:21.533-07:00Matt Falling from Rope Swing Virginia Trip 2014<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892979925882201791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890138472824016175.post-12528504267116962192012-12-17T08:57:00.000-08:002012-12-17T08:57:06.851-08:00December 16th, 2012 Family LetterMy parents are having email problems so I am copying our weekly newsletter here so they can read it. For videos, scroll down.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">It has been one crazy but mostly fun week at our
house.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We have enough video links to be
your evening entertainment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We started off the week with our annual ding dong ditch
of delivering one nativity piece per night with the corresponding
scripture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That is always fun, and, as
far as we know, we didn't get caught.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I spent three full days working on Primary stuff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Now I know why my rear end is so flat; it is
because I am sitting on it all of the time!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have had 5 teachers quit in the last four weeks and lost 6 more to
other callings, and they still haven’t been replaced.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To say the least, I am very frustrated!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I mentioned so in Ward Council and may have
ruffled a few feathers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I guess they can
just release me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wednesday was the Ward Christmas party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Sydney and her friend sang a duet of Silent
Night, but the Ward members were so rude that they didn't stop talking to
listen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>No one even knew they were done
singing because they didn't even realize they had started.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It irked me, but Sydney was okay with it
because she messed up anyway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
audience behaved the same way to all of the youth who performed that
night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can be sure if the roles were
reversed, that would not have been okay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Matt and Morgan missed the party because it was Morgan's
final night to work at The Roof.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
made good tips that night, so the experience ended on a good note. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thursday was Matt's company party.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They were going to have dancing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I do not look forward to these events because
you are socializing with complete strangers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>As part of the entertainment, they had a group of people from the office
get together and do a flash mob.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hopefully
you know what a flash mob is.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>That was
good entertainment and I would like to share it with you!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I put it up on our blog, but the recording on
this YouTube link is better quality, so that is the one I would watch.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Matt does a little improv as part of this
:).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I wish I was with you all as you
watch it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I will just picture your
laughs in my mind. :)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgLnUtLmzuo&feature=youtu.be"><span style="color: blue; font-family: Calibri;">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgLnUtLmzuo&feature=youtu.be</span></a><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">As you know, we have spent the last few weeks making
things for our Primary's upcoming sharing time, Journey to Bethlehem, which
will take place next Sunday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On the
heels of finishing the final piece, I got a phone call telling me that we might
not be able to do it.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was not a happy
camper!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I won't bore you with the
details, but it was someone high up who was on a power trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Then, we heard about the school shootings in
Connecticut.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>By the end of the day, I
was a mess.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The issue with Journey to
Bethlehem is somewhat resolved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They are
going to let us do it, but I know we are going to be closely watched.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Friday night we hosted a gingerbread house decorating
party for Sydney and Savy's friends (we offered for Morgan too, but she
passed.)<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We had 10 girls, lots of
frosting, and candy.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They had a really
good time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Saturday morning, we all got up bright and early to go
serve others as part of a community Christmas.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We spent several hours in a large and very cold barn, distributing much
needed items to families in our community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Prior to this, the girls had helped make hats and mittens to donate to
the cause.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The girls and Matt helped
escort people through a makeshift store of food, clothes, diapers, shoes, toys,
etc. so they could get the things they needed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Over 1,200 people were served that day.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Some arrived as early as 5:30 a.m. standing out in the cold without
coats, hats, gloves, etc.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a good
experience for our family.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We left that event to go to the girls' piano
recital.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see their performances
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To finish off the day, we got to go to the Mormon
Tabernacle Christmas concert with Alfie Boe and Tom Brokaw.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The girls' violin teacher plays in the Mormon
Orchestra.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She had four extra tickets,
so she gave them to us.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Matt opted to
not go since he doesn't love MoTab.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
program had Savannah on the edge of her seat for the whole first half.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Tom Brokaw narrated the story of the Candy
Bomber.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a regular solider in WWII
who decided that something he could do to improve the kids' lives where he was
stationed was to get the other soldiers to donate their rations of candy and
gum.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They tied handkerchiefs to the
pieces of candy and dropped them out of the planes for the children.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As they told the story, snow fell from the
ceiling of the conference center.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As
they told about the parachutes, 100 parachutes with candy were dropped from the
ceiling and then, much to the audience's surprise, the 92-year-old original
Candy Bomber appeared.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was really
cool and we were glad to be there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sunday, the girls performed a musical number in sacrament
meeting.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They played the same song in
this meeting that they played last week.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They did a good job.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We recorded
it for you when we got home.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You can see
it below.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We ended the week by being asked to be a Ma and Pa on
trek this next summer.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Should be fun,
kind of!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892979925882201791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890138472824016175.post-20952184165409037632012-12-17T08:43:00.004-08:002012-12-17T08:43:48.471-08:00O Holy Night December 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Who says accountants are boring?<br />Matt did his own version at times. :)</span></h3>
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Our Stoker relatives, have a little hay maze that run during Halloween season. Since it was still up when we came home for Thanksgiving, Matt had to take advantage of it. Matt is proving that he can still jump around like a kid at his ripe old age of 38. Our house can be seen in the upper, right hand corner of the screen. My brother Thad filmed this.<br />
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Savannah picked out the notes herself by listening to the songs. Didn't look at any sheet music.melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892979925882201791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890138472824016175.post-63097835766430133382011-01-16T16:41:00.000-08:002011-01-16T17:10:22.334-08:00Harpooning the Turtle PinataFor Matt's 37th birthday, Savy made him a turtle pinata out of two paper plates. 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It's the first time we had ridden together in over 18 years! My, how the time flies. We survived the trail without any crashes or injuries.melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892979925882201791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890138472824016175.post-25107755509774863542010-10-23T14:18:00.000-07:002010-10-23T14:24:32.421-07:00Cox Farms 2010<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz0VdVCFBMzx54djVaxxNdvJal1PRBTEMHpN4xWgZTWAGELoshsx2jXHFHddYApBZ7F_oKhQ3FOLfYinV3K3w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892979925882201791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890138472824016175.post-84002479568783221902010-10-04T06:43:00.000-07:002010-10-04T06:55:49.093-07:00Taylor and Lyndee's WeddingNaturally, the highlight of our trip was Taylor and Lyndee's wedding. We were so glad that we were able to be there for the event! I am always glad to have another girl in the family!<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz-baBxJm00S2ul0cwA7JI0FVoeiyAQg8tcNdQDlgTH9A1ZjNiLGeBTHzg4pWQ26hbSo6yJMvSwFf3sYYnfbA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892979925882201791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890138472824016175.post-34683573716929669352010-10-04T06:33:00.001-07:002010-10-04T06:43:30.370-07:00Shooting GunsWhile I like shooting guns, I find this video boring, but I had to put it up for my brothers.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz22aSV0TngZ0m-ABQT-B3S-6DPHM7f4R80hzbFDoWAFCbPES7lh3zRyDizWupIdxHTceWn-pFOI1-tLi7tiA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892979925882201791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890138472824016175.post-31740878877225368722010-10-04T06:11:00.000-07:002010-10-04T06:57:58.917-07:00Motorcycle Riding with Steve and KellyBeing the daring people that they are, Steve and Kelly decided that we needed some excitement in our vacation and they took us out to Hagerman to go motorcycle riding with them and Steve's friend Lane Heward. Steve is amazing. He can climb straight up some crazy steep hills. Steve arranged for me and Matt to ride in Lane's two-seat Rhino, but that only lasted about half of that day when Matt took over Kelly’s motorcycle. Steve is on the green motorcycle and Lane is on the white one.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dy8CC2XaLEtwt8e7Xe_Fe5m9OF6BGukkCpmVCPgtAjl7oDrCiS323bbT0Voi9B3d_A2BLSkORW5arW8gD0JmA' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892979925882201791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890138472824016175.post-54147702019865554552010-10-04T05:56:00.000-07:002010-10-04T06:11:43.799-07:00Floating the Lost RiverOne of the favorite things to do in Mackey is to float the river. For those who are too young to navigate on their own, we tied them to the tube of an adult. Dad took Sydney, Matt took Savy and Uncle Bud took Audry. <br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dyS5DEZlUnpLQiXHbA0z7FRWfpjQzBtaions6y9rUHUvA5qkvsfWqwclbHpnwidvSOaPuR3-zkUptdJV5Oz_Q' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892979925882201791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890138472824016175.post-3078558684913264682010-10-04T05:38:00.000-07:002010-10-04T05:48:56.261-07:00Little MotorcycleSteve and Kelly brought over Wyatt’s little motorcycle a few times and the kids took it for laps around the yard. Ok, the adults did too. Steve rigged it so that it wouldn’t go very fast.<br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxZAl21P_za9m5u75POQMtw6uFKrbs3vdD73e5KXyErqR169SwY1gaI0aCu0bt52jl3CQUw11itGCtLatAKRw' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892979925882201791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890138472824016175.post-32647832163267166092010-10-03T19:19:00.000-07:002010-10-03T19:37:01.031-07:00Dad Recatching his worms<p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxZxE7MW1fnEL7BkdRSQ4IjeZrtxtwguIp-RCnN80sOmpareZuBcymxkpfVdb_rWzS9fmnZASwUvKG6DYe5jQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p></p><br /><br />Before we left for Mackay, we had to have our family’s annual event, the “Gathering of the Worms”. My dad fills a 50-gallon drum with water and some chemical that makes the worms feel like they can’t breathe. Then he dumps it on our lawn and hundreds of worms start coming out of the ground immediately. Then everyone picks up the worms as fast as they can and we dump them into the bait box for our trip to Mackay. The funny thing is that we stand around saying or thinking about how disgusting it is, yet we just can’t help ourselves and we have to pick them up. It’s like zits; they are gross, but you just have to pop them! Anyway, after multiple dumps, we collected about 1,300 worms. The worms are stored in bait containers in the basement because it is cool. One evening we were in the basement with Matt and Erika. I commented on something smelling funny. I figured it must be a dead mouse, but upon closer inspection, we discovered that dad had left the lid of the bait boxes so the worms could get some air and some of the worms had gotten out. They were slinking across the cement floor. My dad had already gone to bed, but when he found out that the worms were out, he put on my mom’s bathrobe and came right downstairs to check on them. He started picking them up like a mother hen gathering her eggs. We were all so shocked by his outfit that we just stood there and laughed instead of helping.melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892979925882201791noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7890138472824016175.post-68619449260838352882010-06-20T18:06:00.000-07:002010-06-20T18:40:46.175-07:00Piano Recital<p><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzmw40I29km1J8CwbLfRZgsbFks_E_6Q-QsRRDMPcV2aYNK1cbzn7Zrs1pfdPFjySyGXuk7Khmzh-IKHU5w' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe></p><p>Toccata Fugue in D Minor</p><p> </p>melissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04892979925882201791noreply@blogger.com1