Soccer in Mesquite

Taylor recently began playing competitive soccer. She has a great coach and is working so hard. They practice 3 hours a week and go to cross fit 2 hours a week for conditioning. It has been an incredible experience. The team went to a tournament in Mesquite over President's day weekend. The girls and I left on Thursday morning and Jeff came down on Friday with Ryan and Jamie. The weather was great! Other than great weather I am unsure what the draw to Mesquite, Nevada is!

Here is the "silly" photo after the last game. The girls played 4 games in 2 days. The soccer complex was beautiful. It had 5 turf fields and had a beautiful view. I know, I too thought there was nothing beautiful in Mesquite!!

Taylor's team has some incredible talent. But even more important than that some incredible girls. They were fun, worked hard and were good sports.

After an early morning game the team and their families ate breakfast together. We had such a great time meeting all of these wonderful people. I get so excited and feel so good when I know that my kids are involved with other great kids and families.
Kendall was playing soccer in St. George so we were able to catch one of her soccer games. Kendall is a great defender and she was fun to watch. Kyson is quite frankly one of my favorite people in the world and I loved every minute with him. We stayed at the same hotel as Ryan and Jamie so we were also able to meet for dinner and swim together. Super Fun!!

I am really proud of Taylor and all of the hard work she is putting in. One top of soccer she continues to play the violin, piano, participate in the photography club at school, have activity days and get all A's. I am tired just driving her to all her activities!! Way to go Tay! We love you!

Catch up

I suppose I have given up on the thought of really catching up with the blog on everything I missed. I missed our 10 day vacation to Disney World and a cruise. I missed Christmas and New Years! Maybe some day I will catch up! So.. here are the events of the past month!

We had a great Valentine's Day! Taylor was able to "dress up" for school. Special thanks to Aunt Jill who helped Taylor with the tutu. Taylor knows me well enough to just tell me to call Aunt Jill whenever anything crafty or involving sewing needs to take place. Jordan dressed up for school as well but I didn't get a photo. Jeff sent me 3 dozen roses and we celebrated with dinner on two different nights. We will never pass up a party. The Saturday before we went out ourselves and then on Valentine's night my Mom and Dad had offered to take the kids so we met my brothers and sister for dinner! Thanks Mom and Dad

Every year Mountainside Elementary has "Western night." Jeff and Jordan have gone the last two years. Jordan just thinks it is the best thing ever. They get their picture taken and learn to swing dance!

Sometime in January (can't remember exact day, thats what I get for being a blog slacker) we had we our neighborhood now refers to as "the flood." Our little town was all over the news. Unfortunately "the flood" visited the Morgan's house. Our basement had water, we will NEVER complain because compared to some of our neighbors we were super lucky. We lost some carpet pad and that is all. It had rained through the night and the ground was frozen and not absorbing any water so it ran right downhill. We got water twice during that day. We ended up with sand bags and a sump pump. Here is about the only photo I got. Jeff is rearranging the sand bags. We spent the day helping our neighbors and good friends who lost everything in their basement. During that day I was reminded to the strength of my family. My dad spent the entire day helping us and our neighbors. He brought pumps and worked hard all day. My brother took extra tow truck calls so mu dad could help us and our neighbors. Shea took the afternoon off work and came and help and Hunter helped us in the evening. My mom helped with our kids. I was also reminded of the strength of the community in which I live. Men around the neighborhood left work to help others out. We sucked water out of carpets, pulled out carpet pads, dug trenches and carried sand bags. Families gave of their time and money to help others out. Before the day was over we were closer as a neighborhood and ward. I felt he spirit throughout that day so many times. In the evening when our basement got water the second time Jeff had gone down to the city sheds to get more sandbags. Before he could make it home 3 of our neighbors were here to help. They had seen him down there and came right up. Our neighbors let us use their big fans and everyone was so gracious with their time. Once again I was humbled to be part of such a great community and ward!

Weekend at CES

Every year Jeff attends CES (Consumer Electronic Show) in Las Vegas. This year some of the men invited their wives down to spend the weekend following the show. So, none of us wanting to pass up a chance for fun jumped a flight for Vegas.

When we got to the airport in Las Vegas we had instructions to go to door 11 and talk to a certain guy(I forgot his name). He had a limo waiting for us. We were more than a little silly! It's amazing what happens to 5 responsible mothers when they get away from responsibility (kids, house, regular life)! At one point the limo driver thought we were all married to the same man. Another taxi driver was told by my friend Katie that he needed to spend more time at home and less time in shady places. She was shaking his finger at him, so hilarious!!! The driver took us to the "show." When we arrived all of our husbands were waiting outside the show on the curb to greet us. It was very sweet.
After we went to the show we got in the limo and headed to a spa. We each had a massage and a facial reserved. It was SO relaxing. I felt super spoiled and super grateful!
It was really an incredible experience for me to see Jeff work. I knew he was great at what he did and loved it but being a part of the experience brought me some significant insight. I gained a new appreciation for the talent of Jeff and the team he works with. Their booth was incredible. I am always proud to be married to Jeff but that day I was amazed by the man I married!
We were so spoiled and went to two great Cirque du soleil shows. We spent a day shopping! We ate at fabulous restaurants. Quite possibly my favorite eating venue was this one. It was a crepe joint and it was incredible!! My favorite part was we went there right after dinner. These are my kind of people to travel with!!

I love the men Jeff works with and consider their wives to be some of my dearest friends. They are definitely people I love spending time with. On a side note, which no one will care about or find memorable, except those of us who were there. 6 of us crammed into a compact car and traveled across town. The jokes were many as were the cramps from sitting so stinkin close!!