I have the great privilage to be married to my beautiful wife Ilcy and having 2 wonderful children together. I work as Account manager for Extreme Wireless Sprint . I enjoy my job very much. Ilcy makes fun of me because I have to have the latest technological gadgets in the market lol.
I'm Married to a wonderful, hard working, and loving husband. I'm a happy mommy of two beautiful souls, Asha and Bryce. I just graduated Registered Nursing school. I love Photography and I have the wonderful privilage of Co-owning a local photography business with my friend Stacey. My hobbies are spending time with my family, Dancing, Singing, Camping, and of course taking lots of pictures!
Asha is a wonderful girl. She is simply a unique little girl full of love and charm. She is very gentle, thoughtful, caring, and compasionate individual. At her young age, she posess such a strong testimony of her savior and great faith. She loves to read, sing, and to eat lots of yummy food, some favorites are shrimp and crab, She wants to be a nurse when she grows up. Her favorite color are pink and purple. Favorite Ice-cream flavor: Mint and chip
Bryce is a smart and funny little guy. He is just a character and the entertainer of the family just like his dad. He loves nature and his room is just a jungle of animals. He is also a very loving boy and likes cuddling and giving hugs and kisses to Mom and Dad all of the time. He wants to be a salesman or a police officer when he grows up. His favorite color is red, his favorites foods are shrimp, and crab. Favorite ice-cream flavor: Cotton Candy.
Asha and Bryce will be little bugs this Halloween!
Today we have trunk or treat at the church and tomorrow they will have school parades and classroom parties. They are so excited.
Here are a few fun pics of our 2 bugs.
Happy Halloween! and be careful out there. You don't want to be stung by a bee!
The daily routine for the Orton Kids has been that after school, they do homework and go to soccer Practice. They are busy pretty much all day so when 7:30pm comes around, they are pretty tired. Before going to bed and after brushing their teeth, drinking water, and saying their prayers, Mom or dad will read a story to them and mom will sing a good night song which is most of the time, "I love to see the Temple" for Bryce, and "Families can be together forever" for Asha. Then, Asha will get her breathing treatment to control her asthma. This consits of a dose of Pulmicourt Respules and Xopenex. She is a tough and brave little girl when it comes to enduring her treatment sessions which last approximately 20 minutes each. She has to do these daily. Most of the time she's not even able to stay up through the whole thing since she is pretty drained and tired by that time of day. I really enjoy to see them rest not only because Bryan and I also get a break but also because I realize how Important that time is for them to get some well deserved rest. I thank Heavenly Father for night and sleep.
Here are a couple of pictures depicting the way that Asha and Bryce fall asleep at night.
Sweet Dreams my little ones.
Our cuddle bug
Our sleeping beauty 
Today Bryce decided that it would be a good Idea to make Chicken noodle sopita for dinner.
He takes after his dad who is always watching the cooking Channel and loves to try out new recipes. Asha is the same way and she likes to help in the kitchen. One day She made Chicken caldo from beginning to end all by herself! She even washed the chicken and everything. I was Impressed.
Anyway, today Bryce and I took on the task together and had so much fun. He claims he made it by himself and that he came up with the recipe. He did decide what vegetables to put in the soup. It turned out great. He welcomed Asha and Daddy with a warm bowl of sopita when they got home from school and work. Good job Bryce! you're turning into a great cook!
Since Winter is almost here and I've had some spare time in my hands lately, I've decided to take advantage and make the kids some tie blankets. I went to the fabric store and bough fleece to make the blankets 3 yards long so it could fit their full size beds. I wanted them to be big and cozy! I found the fleece at a good price and bought Asha hot pink and black. I also bought polka dot ribbon in different colors to tie bows on it. For Bryce, I found some fleece with the theme of the movie "Cars". They are turning out pretty good. The kids love them and will get good use out of them for many winters to come.
Today was a real Special Sunday for numerous reasons. We had a beautiful Sacrament meeting. It was filled with the most spiritual and beautiful testimonies of the Savior and his gospel. The rest of the meetings were just as powerful. This whole past week, I have felt the power of the adversary as we are trying to fight in the great cause of keeping the sanctity of Marriage. I have lost friends over this issue, It is so sad. Going to church today, has reassured me of the love of the Savior in these difficult times. He is aware of what is going on and he is on our side. That is of great comfort to me. I'm grateful for the blessing of the Gospel. I'm grateful for the knowledge of eternal Families. Today, We closed Sacrament meeting with one of my favorite Hymns "Where can I turn for Peace" This beautiful song, comforted my soul and made me realize that We can only find peace through our Savior and Redeemer.
During Relief Society, my soul was touched again as one of the sisters shared with us her testimony of one of the special gifts she possesses. She said that ever since she was a child when she first learned of Heavenly Father, she knew without a doubt that there was a God who created us and she has never questioned his power nor his love for us. It is a great feeling to know I have the same knowledge of Heavenly Father and I have never questioned him nor his power and love for all of his children. We closed relief Society's meeting by singing "Families can be together forever" This Is Asha's Favorite song. It is so sweet to hear her powerful and piercing testimony of the gospel and of Eternal families that is inbeded deeply in her Heart.
When We got home from church, after eating dinner, we gathered as a family for Family Home evening which we sometimes hold on Sunday rather than Monday because of busy schedules. We learned that we can have a piece of heaven In our Homes by keeping our Home Clean, tidy and inviting to the Spirit. We have made a commitment as a family to do better in this aspect which is hard to keep at the Orton's residence. Little by little, it will happen.
The whole purpose and main idea of this blog entry is to express my feelings of this Special Sunday and to share how thankful I am to know that we have a Father in heaven who loves us so much and has created a plan of happiness and Eternal families for us all. We are not alone in this world. Despite of the adversity, we have the gospel and the Savior and his atoning sacrifice as aids in this life and can find ways to be happy here on earth and find eternal happiness as eternal families One day.
Vote Yes On Prop 8Asha is a big fan of Hannah Montana. She's not into the show at all, she loves her songs, clothing, and Style though. Today, after she finished her homework, she asked me if I could let her borrow some of my jewelry, I gave her some of my cool bracelets and then she went into her room and came out with this super cool Hannah Montana look. I laughed because she just cracked me up with her style. I had to help her do her hair, and I just couldn't resist so I pulled out my Camera and took some pictures. Here is My super cool Asha Montana!!!
We really enjoy conference every time it comes around. It is such a nice reminder and assurance of the love our Heavenly Father and our savior have for us all. It makes me realize that we are so important to him that he provides us with a prophet to guide us in this latter days. How grateful I am for that!!! We live in this world full of adversity. It is nice to realize that we are not alone and that we have a Father in Heaven who is there for us to guide us every step of the way.
The other day, I was talking to a good friend of mine and I hope he didn't really feel this way but he said that this world and life is only filled with ugliness, violence, and horrible things. I told him, yes, it might be filled with ugliness but also with so much beauty. He replied, I don't think so. I said to him, look around you and see for yourself. We are filled with so many nice gifts from God daily. He still had that look in his face like thinking I was crazy.
I just have to say, how tremendously grateful I am to have the gospel and the certainty to know there is beauty in this world and despite of all the violence and horrendous things that we see daily, we have a vision of hope and a different perspective of things.
It also reminds me of the great responsibility we carry upon our shoulders to share this knowledge with our brothers and sisters who do not have it. I personally really need to work in this aspect.
I am so glad that my children have the opportunity to have the knowledge of the gospel and the prophet as well. Yesterday, during the first Sunday session of conference when President Monson spoke, Asha said, Look It's Prophet Thomas S. Monson, He is our leader. I replied: "yes you are right", and then I asked the question : So what should we do? Right away Bryce shouted: "Follow him!".
I am so thankful that this knowledge of the gospel and the prophet is so alive and planted in the lives of our children. Harder times will come and I pray that when they present theme selves, Our children will have the knowledge, blessings, wisdom, and tools to overcome them.
I am so grateful for Our prophet, we would all be lost without him.
I am so grateful for the love our Father in heaven has for all of us.
We Thought it would be good to document some special moments of Asha and Bryce with their Grandpa and Grandma Orton. These Pictures were taken last May for a special family gathering we had up In Tehachapi at John and Cherie's house. The Kids are so blessed to have them as their grandparents. They are both very loving and caring. Grandma Charlotte always has special goodies for them every time they see her including at church. The kids always look forward to seeing grandma and spending time with her reading books, coloring, and having walks and snacks together. Grandpa Neil, is just as caring. There are many times he has offered to babysit the kids when Bryan and I have had things to do. Grandpa Orton is also a great fan of their soccer games. He has been present at each of the kid's games on Saturdays. He cheers them up and takes lots of great pictures.
Thank you Grandpa and Grandma for being so caring and loving. You are a great example of faith, dedication, hard work, and love to us all.
We love you soooooooooo much!!!
Neil and Charlotte Orton
They are a great example of true love
testing out uncle John's tractor
Just boys!
Fun!!!
Grandma playing peekaboo!
Bryce Chatting with Grandpa 
