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2011-06-09T09:13:00.001-07:00

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New Year, New Goals, New Me!!

2011-01-02T18:57:00.000-08:00

I Love a fresh start at the beginning of a new year!! I am so excited to see what 2011 has to bring to me and my family.. As for now I am excited to set some new goals and really work hard at achieving them. I have a long list and I really am hoping to do them all, and not only just "do them" but to put thought and time into each and every one! HERE'S TO A WONDERFUL NEW YEAR!
(in no particular order)
*Be a better wife and mother
*Go to the temple more often
*Study the scriptures
*Write in my journal every night
*Be more patient
*Do things that will strengthen my testimony
*Update my blog once a week ( I think Sundays are best)
*Be a better friend
*Help those in need
*For every negative have 3 positives
*A better attitude (this is HUGE)
*Play with my kids more
*Fix meals more often
*Date my husband
*Take Daisy on walks
*Take time to Listen
*Lose some more weight .... what's a new year with out a weight loss goal??

I am excited to work on each and every one of them. Happy New Year!

WOW!

2010-11-22T13:46:00.000-08:00

I know it's pretty crazy to see me on here since it's been almost 1 year since my last post.. At this point I think I will make it just that.. 1 year! I do miss posting about my family and events that happen in our lives so, I am writing this to say I will be back starting January. :)

Sidnie turned 2...

2010-01-27T13:28:00.000-08:00

Had the family over for some cake, ice cream and some fun!

She had a pinata that she wanted nothing to do with so the other kids got to hit it with all of their might. She was a tough mermaid to break!

She got all dressed up in her new dance outfit and put on a show... what a pretty lil dancer!

She wanted a caterpillar cake..... well maybe Jaxon wanted her to have a caterpillar cake, anyway she really liked it!

Sid dancing with her life size cinderella.. She really into princess stuff!

Happy Birthday Sweetie!

Merry Christmas

2009-12-22T08:18:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Spooky!

2009-10-31T10:27:00.001-07:00

HaPpY hAllOwEeN!!

pumpkin patch!

2009-10-31T10:07:00.001-07:00

We went to the North Logan pumpkin patch and had a GREAT time.. There was a ton of cute pumpkins this year.

The pictures aren't in order.... You'd think I would have figured that out by now! But these are a few of our favorites.

Happy Birthday Jaxon

2009-10-23T11:08:00.000-07:00

Hooray Jaxon turned 4 Oct 22, 2009. He had such wonderful day filled with getting spoiled a little bit more than usual ok a lot more, family, friends, presents and a pirate party. Thanks for making his special day a memorable one! He's such a sweet lil boy.

Some of the things he really into right now:

* movies (nice for me)

* robots

* transformers

* Diego (go diego go)

* toy commercials (loves telling me all about some toy he saw on tv)

* making up stories (in stead of reading them)

* scary halloween stuff (then regrets it when it's time for bed)

* candy, candy and more candy

* character PJ's

* my camera (which I don't love)

* asking a lot of questions

* playing with Dad

* telling us he loves us every hour or so (love it)

* playing and sharing with Sidnie (wow)

He's such a hoot to be around and I LOVE him so much! Happy Birthday buddy!

Caramel Apples!

2009-10-06T20:23:00.000-07:00

Today Jessica and I made gourmet caramel apples. We made a ton of different ones. White choc dipped in cinnomon and sugar. Peanut butter chocolate dipped in crushed butterfinger. Milk chocolate dipped in nuts... just to name a few! I can't wait to make more..

Photo shoot!

2009-09-29T20:46:00.000-07:00

Prefect day for pictures!!

The GrEatEst ShoW on EarTh!

2009-09-26T11:24:00.000-07:00

We took the kids the Ringling Bro's and Barnum and Bailey's Circus in SLC last night. Grandpa, Tommy, Jessica and Avery went too. The kids had a GREAT time. They did so good to sit through the 2 hour show..

"playing in the rain"

2009-09-14T14:15:00.000-07:00

The kids love the rain so I let them out to play in it. Sid was soaking wet with rain gutter water.. Jax didn't love that idea so he just watched and laughed as Sid got herself soaked!! Gotta love a summer rain storm..

SuMmEr FuN!!

2009-08-25T11:30:00.000-07:00

I know I said I would be better at blogging but it's so hard when all the time you get to yourself is at night when the kids are sleeping. I find myself reading everyone else's blog or not even wanting to turn my computer on. So I am really going to try to be better at it, since I do love the concept of blogging, a journal with pictures. :)

Well we have a wonderful and very busy summer. It seems like every weekend we had something fun going on. Starting in July I had girls camp up in Jackson Hole. That was awesome we floated a very mellow part of the river and it was absolutely beautiful. We saw a lot of wild life. It was great to go and get to know all of the cute young women in our ward.

The next week Me, Jaxon, my mom, my sister three of her kids all piled in the car and headed to Vegas and then to San Diego. We had a blast we went to the beach and played, went to old town a lot and shopped and also went to Sea World. It was so much fun to take Jaxon. He absolutely LOVED every minute of it. He Loves my sisters kids so he was happy the whole time and was very good in car. Such a trooper for a long drive.. Thanks for driving Teresa and for such a great time we had with you and your kids.

The end of July first part of August we had a family party up in Bear Lake everyone but Tommy, Jessica and Avery were there (we missed them.) All the siblings in the family are in charge of hosting a "family party" and this one was hosted by Mike and Lee. We stayed in Lee's cousins cabin and it was sooo nice. What neat people to let everyone stay there for free. We had so much fun just hanging out and playing games late into the night. Some other things we did were rented some jet ski's and played at the beach all day. Went through the cave, rode bikes all the around Bear Lake (well I didn't my bike was the wrong kind) I made it about 13 miles, but I was so proud of everyone that did make it. 50 miles Way To GO!! That party will definately be hard to top. :) Thank you Mike and Lee for such a GREAT weekend.

The next week was the week of our 5th anniversary and we decided to go backpacking but that friday we were suppose to go was rainy and I refused to go. Rick was not too happy about that because he really was looking forward to going rain or shine! So we postponed that trip to the following week. Which was better anyway because we had more time to get prepared. Rick really got into it and made these really cool zip lock baggie "cozies". So we had some really good dinners up there. We had my parents drop us off up at Tony Grove Lake on Friday and we hiked to the top of Mt. Naomi and went past High Creek Lake then ended up in Richmond canyon where my parents picked us up on Sunday afternoon. It was so much fun to go with Rick and not have to worry about the kids, we left the them home with Grammy one night and Grandma and Grandpa the next night. (Thanks for watching the kids)

The next week we went camping with our friends only this time in my parents trailor. Which is definately more my style of camping. Don't get me wrong the thrill of camping in the mountains surrounded by all kinds of wild life that could be anywhere at anytime was great and all. But if I get the choice I for sure would choose a trailor.. :) So thanks to my parents for letting us barrow it. It made it so much easier with the kids. We went with our friends from high school up to Franklin Basin and had such a GREAT time. We are going to try and make it a yearly thing that we all do. I wish we could all get together more often but everyone is so busy. The kids got so dirty and it was so hard to let them be that way but seriously there was nothing we could do about it. They had baths but two seconds later they were covered in dirt again. It seems as though I am a serious camper but I think I am done camping until next year. However I still have room for any trips that we stay in Hotels though. :) I have had such a GREAT summer and am sad it is almost over.. I still plan on several BBQ's while the weather lasts..

Long time no see!

2009-07-02T22:22:00.000-07:00

Wow it seems like forever since I've checked out the old blog. Or even turned on the computer for that matter. I am kinda in a rut for blogging but decided to update it. I was sick of seeing pictures clear from April.. Don't know why but just haven't been in the mood lately to blog. So where to start??? Well I officially quit the salon and am working from home now. Rick is working hard to put a salon in downstairs (so exciting) So far so good, I am enjoying being home. We are also doing our yard so I just want to apolagize in advance if you come to my house to get your hair done... it's a total disaster. We like to start a million projects and not finish any before we start a new one. I think we are kinda known for that? Hopefully I will be working in the new salon downstairs by the end of the month.. (cross your fingers for me!)

The kids are GREAT. I am just enjoying every minute with them. I am loving Sid's age right now she cracks me up. She says quite a few words and wants to do everything Jax is doing. For the most part they get along pretty good. (Except the sharing part) if anyone has any GREAT idea's on how to get your kids to share I would LOVE the advice :) Jax is just growing like a weed. It seems like yesterday he was just a baby. He's a funny kid too, I just have to listen to him for a few minutes and pretty soon I am busting up from the things he says.

We sold our cute lil puppy Zoey a few days ago. Sad but probably one of the best decisions we have every made. I felt so bad for the poor thing. We didn't have time to train her or really play with her. So we found her a home with people that will spoil her. Things are kinda quiet around here and I kinda like it.. If anyone wants a stress reducer buy a puppy have it around for a few months then sell it you will see that your life is a lot less stress with out the puppy. :)

We've been to the pool 3 times already this summer and it's a lot of fun. Jax and Sid LOVE it. I have to watch Sid she's a lil fish and wants to dunk her head in all the time. Jax is my cautious one and stays near me for the most part. We love to go and are up for a day at the pool if anyone ever wants to go! Other than that we are all healthy and happy and just enjoying the summer. I am going to be better at blogging.... hopefully ;)

Spring break!

2009-04-14T15:17:00.001-07:00

We had a really fun spring break with the Raymond girls. We went to Kangaroo Zoo on thursday and the kids played and played and played. On the way home to Logan my kids were completely exhausted! Then the girls came to Logan and had a sleep over at my house and watched a movie and played with the kids, while my mom and my sister and I all went to dinner and a movie. A great break from the kido's. Friday we colored Easter eggs while I colored my sisters hair. Then we all went to baby animal days. Which was CROWDED! It wasn't as fun as it has been in the past because of all the people it was probably because it was the best day for weather out of the 3 it was going on. All in all we had a GREAT Spring break! Thanks for coming along girls!!

SpEcIaL gIfT!

2009-03-31T08:46:00.000-07:00

Keeping the chain alive

The first
five people
to respond to this post will get something given by me! My choice. For you. This offer does have some restrictions and limitations:

1. I make no guarantees that you will like what I make/get for you!
2. What I create or find will be just for you.
3. It'll be done this year.
4. You have no clue what it's going to be. It may be a song. It may be a self portrait or maybe even some creation I haven't yet dreamed up. I may draw. I may bake you something and mail it to you. It may not be big or impressive. Who knows? Not you, that's for sure! So come on, sign up!
5. I reserve the right to do something extremely strange.

The catch? Oh, the catch is that you must re-post this on your blog and offer the same to the first 5 people who do the same on your blog. The first 5 people to post this same blog on their blog and leave a comment telling me they did will win a FAB-U-LOUS gift from me! Let's keep the chain of love going around!! I forgot I signed up on Dennis and Cheri's blog a little while ago and forgot to post this sooner. This should be fun so here we go!

Newest member of the Nelson family

2009-03-27T20:29:00.000-07:00

This is our old black lab "Daisy" she's the sweetest doggy ever!

This is the new puppy "Zoey" and she's a sweet lil thing too!

About 4 weeks ago we decided we needed more chaos at our house.... So we got a new puppy! Yes thats right A NEW PUPPY! What were we thinking?? Her name is Zoey and she is a Boston Terrier, she is the cutest lil thing but very wild at times. The kids absolutely love her (when she's not biting or taking their toys and running around the room with them.) She's pretty good so far as potty training goes. She thinks Daisy is her Momma and lays next to every chance she gets. Daisy doesn't mind she has always been so mellow and well behaved. Lets hope that her good behavior rubs off onto Zoey.. It's pretty wild but it's fun!

Interview with Jaxon... age 3

2009-03-06T21:01:00.000-08:00

My sister in-law Kim gave me this idea to interview my kids. It was so much fun to hear the things he came up with. So today Jax and I sat down and I asked him a hand full of questions and here is what he said...

1 me- what is something mom always tell you?

Jax- I don't know

2 me- what makes mom happy?

Jax- me

3 me- what makes mom sad?

Jax- um.. crying sad

4 me- how does mom make you laugh?

Jax- mom do you want to laugh? To think with me?

5 me- what do you think I was like as a child?

Jax- um a boy?

6 me- how old do you think I am?

Jax- I don't know

7 me- how tall do you think I am?

Jax- this big (holding his hands all the way up)

8 me- what is my favorite thing to do?

Jax- you like to play inside

me- ( I would rather be outside)

9 me- what do you think I do when your not around?

Jax- you cry

10 me- if I were to become famous what would it be for?

Jax- mom can I have a fruit snack now?

11 me- what is something you think I am good at?

Jax- putting your hair in back

12 me- what is something you think I am not very good at?

Jax- I want more fruit snacks

13 me- what do I when I go to work?

Jax- you work and paint hair on people

14 me- what is my favorite food?

Jax- carrots ... cold carrots

15 me- what make me proud of you?

Jax- pee and poopin in the potty

16 me- If I were a cartoon character who would I be?

Jax- aunt Kim

17 me- what is something we do together?

Jax- play hide and seek with me mom

18 me- how are we the same?

Jax- no we don't match

19 me- how are we different?

Jax- we are.. and I am small

20 me- where is my favorite place to go?

Jax- to the store

21 me- how do you know that I LOVE YOU?

Jax- cuz you just do mom!

Questions about Jax

1 me- what is something you like to say?

Jax- Hi

2 me- what makes you happy?

Jax- you make me happy mom

me- ah thats a cute answer

3 me- what makes you sad?

Jax- you make me sad mom... how come I don't like your hair brown mom? Change to blonde

me- ha ha ha interesting answer buddy!

4 me- what makes you laugh?

Jax- you make me laugh

5 me- what were you like when you were a baby?

Jax- when I played with baby toys

6 me- how old are you?

Jax- this many... 3

7 me- how tall are you?

Jax- I'm this tall like you

8 me- what is your favorite thing to do?

Jax- make snow angels

me- ( I think he's done this once.. funny)

9 me- what do you do when I am not around?

Jax- I fall and hurt my head

me- (he did this last night)

10 me- what do you want to do when you grow up?

Jax- I want to eat sandwiches

This was such a fun activity to do with my lil buddy. I love to hear what he comes up with. A few more things that he has said lately that made me laugh...

Jax- mom don't just clean it, Oxy clean it

Jax- mom let's be-tend we are boo-dogs (bull dogs)

I often remind him that we dont pick our nose.. well in church he looks back at me in the middle of the prayer and says to me in a loud voice "mom we don't pick our nose"

Jax- my feathers are in a bunch

Anyone with kids of talking age should do this its so much fun!

ReAdY fOr SpRiNg!

2009-02-20T08:27:00.000-08:00

We are sooo ready for spring. I can't wait for the days when we can go outside and play and go for walks.. Everyone of us has been sick for what seems like the whole winter. Starting to feel cooped up and thats not a good feeling. So BRING ON THE SUNSHINE!!!

My Dancing babies!

2009-02-11T18:50:00.000-08:00

Anytime there is music playing my kids are grooving! My kids think the best part of a movie is at the end when the credits roll with the "theme" song! In this case Madagascar 2 " I like to move it, move it." We often turn the ipod on and dance around the room together but... you'll never catch me on video doing it.. :)

Sewing Club!

2009-02-06T15:41:00.000-08:00

My first project a skirt for Sid... I am not going to lie it was frustrating after 4 1/2 hours of sewing and taking care of kids..

My second project a cute blanket for Sid.. I am planning on making her some PJ's out of the same material for Valentines day.. I am also going to make Rick and Jax matching PJ bottoms.

My mom working on her project

Joylynn watching kids and Amber working on doll clothes..

Jeanna working on her machine I think she was making some doll clothes too.

So for Christmas I got a sewing machine from Rick, his parents and my parents. I was way excited but I honestly had no idea where to begin. Recently my sister in law Jeanna got a machine and Kim has one and is so creative and makes darling apron's. My mother in law Joylynn sews wedding dresses (she's amazing) and my mom sews and is very talented making home decor things. So I am surrounded by sewers and I truely knew nothing about it. But since I got a machine I wanted to learn to sew. I was and still am feeling a lil intimidated by all of these sewers, but we just started a "sewing club" every other tuesday and Joylynn is teaching it. So far there is Joylynn, Kim, Jeanna, Amber,my mom, and myself. We either bring a project we are working on or start a new one every other Tuesday. And can I tell you that I LOVE IT! So far I have made a skirt for Sid with a cute lil fabric flower and a darling blanket ( if I do say so myself).

Super bowl Sunday!

2009-02-02T12:11:00.000-08:00

We had a wonderful time watching the super bowl at my parents house. Teresa and her kids came the Jensen's were there Kylee and Brody and my dads good friend Jim was there too! Teresa came up with some fun games to play while we were watching the game and someone won a prize every quarter and also answered a 10 questions like who will get the first fumble and who will score first and my little niece Maddy won!! It was so fun to be together and just hang out and snack on some yummy food!!

Happy Birthday Sidnie!!

2009-01-22T21:15:00.000-08:00

pink, brown and white cupcakes and balloons ( I must like those colors for her thats what her bedroom colors are)
wrong order of pics. She really enjoyed her cupcake!

a little shy at first and just "tasted" it.

I didn't tell anyone that Jaxon actually made the cupcakes.... J/k!

Well our sweet little girl is officially one year old today! Wow how the time has flown by and yet it seems she's always been apart of our lives. She had a GREAT day today just her normal day woke up at 8:15 ate her favorite breakfast banana oatmeal with extra banana's in it. Played for awhile with her brother went down for a nap at 10:00 for a 2 hour nap. Woke up HaPpY as ever (she must have known she was gonna have a party) had a GREAT lunch she loves chicken noodle soup with no chicken.. Played some more.... took another 2 hour nap and was ready to PaRtY when she woke up! We had family over for some cup cakes and ice cream. Grandma and Grandpa Weyerts, Grammy and Gramps, Uncle Brett and Aunt Amber, Aunt Kim, Olivia, Gray, and Teague, Aunt Jeanna and baby Nixon and of course her Mommy and Daddy and brother Jaxon. She got tons of great things books, clothes, jewelry, baby doll, and some toys. By the night was over she was completely exhausted and went right to bed! Thanks everyone who came to share this special day with our little girl! HAPPY BIRTHDAY SIDNIE WE LOVE YOU!

Bloggin Blues!

2009-01-21T21:56:00.001-08:00

Yes we are still alive and doing well.. I am just not in the mood lately for blogging! Tomorrow my baby girl will be 1 year old and I am sitting here about to cry. I know everyone says "they grow up fast enjoy them while you can" it's soo true. I am realizing that this phase goes fast in our lives and I am cherishing every bit of it. I love where we are in life right now. Everyone is healthy, we love our house and neighbors life is just GOOD. As for Sidnie's birthday I will post about her day tomorrow..

Holiday pictures!

2008-12-16T20:31:00.001-08:00

Just a couple of cute pictures of my kids. Their Grammy Joylynn bought all of her grandkids coordinating clothes for a picture all together and they turned out so cute. Thanks Gram for the cute clothes and a GREAT idea on the holiday photo shoot

On a Happier Note!

2008-12-08T08:48:00.000-08:00

Rick is doing GREAT! He is on medication still and has a doctors appointment later on this month. We will know more about his condition as time goes by. It's a waiting game! But on a lighter note, we had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are sooo excited for the holidays. Can't wait for snow, family gatherings, yummy treats, snuggling up by the fire, and the feelings ya get around this time of year! We are so blessed to have such great friends and family that are so supportive in all that we do. Thanks and LOVE YA!

Trigeminal Neuralgia

2008-11-17T10:56:00.000-08:00

I haven't been blogging lately because we've been a lil busy around our house these days. My sweet husband has been diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia. It all started on thursday November 6th Rick started complaining of a toothache on his upper right side of his jaw. He continued complaining about it and said it was getting worse. It was hurting him so bad that he wasn't getting any sleep over it. Monday nov 10th he tried to get an appointment with his dentist but his dentist couldn't see him that day and reffered him to someone else in the office. They took x-rays and saw nothing abnormal with his teeth so they thought it was a sinus infection and sent him home with a Z-pack (antibiotics). Well that didn't help at all and the pain continued to get worse and worse. Tuesday November 11 he called me from work crying from so much pain. And if you know Rick he is a pretty tough guy so I knew something was really wrong with him. He hadn't slept in days due to this severe pain he was experiencing. So that day we made an appointment with a Doc who happened to be our bishop as well to see if he had any answers as to what was causing this pain. He too told Rick it was a sinus infection and sent us home with a stronger antibiotic and said to call in 2 days if that didn't help. Around 9:30 that night he got a call from his dentist (not the one he saw on mon) but the one he was trying to get in to. He told Rick that he had been thinking about him all day and thought that this didn't sound like a sinus infection but more like something called trigeminal neuralgia. He talked with rick for awhile on the phone and Rick was relieved that someone else besides himself didn't think he had a sinus infection. That night I stayed up all night with him and watched him suffer with this terrible pain he was having. Wednesday nov 12 Rick was in so much pain my heart was breaking for him. We got the doc to make an appointment to get an MRI and wanted to look more at this TN that the dentist was thinking it could be. We were scared to death that there could be a tumor or MS that was causing tis horrific pain he was having. Our family fasted and I prayed like I've never prayed before that rick would be ok. We got the results of the MRI the next morning and there was no sign of a tumor or MS so we were so greatful for that news. But he was diagnosed with TN which is something that we are both going to have to get used to such a life changing thing. They put him on some anti seizure meds which are really helping with the pain for now and have a neurologist appointment first thing monday morning. So for now thats all we know. I will keep updated on him as we know more info. Thanks to everyone who has been praying and fasting for us.. Its very much appreciated.

Jax's 3 years old and Sid's 9 month photo shoot

2008-11-06T21:08:00.000-08:00

I love this time of year for pictures and was soo excited to go as far as our back yard to get some cute pictures of the kids. Jax turned 3 on Oct 22 and Sid turned 9 months the same day. My kids are exactly 2 years and 3 months apart which makes it easy to remember. I love how close they are (it kinda seemed crazy at the time) and I'm noticing how much they really do love each other all ready. I am excited to watch them grow up together and am very excited for the day when I don't have to remind Jax to "be nice to his sister"...

Ah what a princess!

Love, love, love this one!!

So sweet!

Handsome lil devil!

Heartbreaker!!

Sweet little buddy!!

Halloween!

2008-11-06T20:52:00.000-08:00

This year was a fun Halloween.. Jax was a scarecrow and Sid was a (last minute kitty cat) she was going to be a lamb, but the head/ears were way to small so we had a last minute change of costume. I think it turned out just fine. We went trick or treating in the day with Camille and her kids to the mall where the kids got an insane amount of candy, there was no need to go later on that night.. but of course we did and it's not ALL about the candy. Jax enjoyed ringing doorbells and saying "trick or treat" and "happy halloween". He especially LOVED seeing some adults all dressed up and guessing what they were. Sid just sat in her stroller LOVING every minute of it.

Witches Night Out!

2008-10-26T19:58:00.000-07:00

Our group of witches!!

Decorated soo cute!
My mom is going to kill me cuz I posted this picture, but I think it's cute!

Look at all those witches!

Me and Kylee posing with a fellow witch!!

What a fun thing to do.. For all those who have never been or even heard about it, it's called "witches night out," and it's at Gardeners Village in Salt Lake City. You get to dress up like a witch and shop your little heart out! I have never seen so many witches in one place before! The witches in my group were my mom, Teresa, Lee, and Kylee. It honestly was such a fun thing to do. Gardener Village is decorated so darn cute and with EVERYONE dressed up (well mostly everyone) you really feel the witchy spirit. I found a ton of things to decorate Sidnie's room with. The stores there are all so cute we didn't make it to nearly half of them because there was too many people there. I think we will go a lot earlier next time. The wait at Archibalds (where we were going to dine) had a wait of 3 and a half hours!! Yeah right! So luckily they had some venders there selling things like soup in a bread bowl and sandwiches so we just ate there. So if you ever get a chance to do this I highly suggest it, it makes a great girls night out!!

Thanks for a fun night GIRLS!!

Happy Birthday Jaxon!

2008-10-24T08:15:00.000-07:00

This was when he first came through the door and saw all of his presents!

He got a special breakfast with candles.. and we re-lit them over and over so he could keep blowing them out! Thats what b-days are all about right?

Our little boy turned 3 on October 22nd! We had a small get together for him that day. He was at Grammy's house during the day and got to go to lunch with his favorite lil cousin Gray. After I picked them up from Grams house Grandma and Grandpa took Jax to dinner.. We teased the poor lil guy by coming home first where he could see all of his presents and he wanted to open them all right then, but we were able to bribe him to eat his dinner first then he could open them. I am so proud of our boy and can't believe he is already 3! ( where does the time go? REALLY?) I hear 3's are harder than 2's if thats the case I better HOLD ON TIGHT!!

Good tag!!

2008-10-12T22:28:00.000-07:00

This is a GOOD and very easy tag....Thanks to Krista! All you do is go to your 6th picture album folder, pick the 6th picture and post it. After that, tag 5 friends.. Easy as that!

I am tagging... Becky, Kristin, Amy, Tanaya, and Dennis..

This was mine and I love this picture of my dad and Jax walking hand in hand. I had just taken a bunch of pictures of all the beautiful flowers in my parents yard over the summer and captured this of the the two of them walking back to the house. They had no idea I took this. Jax and my Dad have a very close relationship. I love that my dad sits and plays with him or listens to music for hours with him. Jax has a wide rang of music that he prefers.. (ha ha it's actually pretty funny) I think Grandparents are so important in raising kids these days.. I am so greatfull that my kids will know and be close to both sides of grandparents. So thanks Grandma and Garpa ( Jax used to call my dad that and it's kinda stuck) and Grammy and Gramps ( thats what the kids call Ricks parents) for being the BEST Grandparents in the whole wide world.. We LOVE you!

Finally Pictures of the house!

2008-10-06T22:31:00.000-07:00

Here is my family room. (still waiting for the curtains, my mom is a wonderful sewer and she is working on them)
The dining room.
Looking from the dining room into the family room.

So here is my kitchen. I am in love with this green color!

These cabinets where the ugliest color of brown and I painted them and now I LOVE them. What a difference cabinets make in a kitchen! WOW!

This is just lil sitting room is just right off the kitchen and I soo excited to use the fire place this winter.

This sliding door goes to our backyard and onto a patio.

Coming soon... pictures of the rest of the house! :)

Yay it's finally October!

2008-10-02T22:23:00.001-07:00

For anyone who knows me Halloween is the next best thing to Christmas! I am soo excited! I have my costume all picked out and ready to go along with Rick, Jaxon and Sid's. I was counting down the days until October to turn my Halloween lights on outside. I think I cheated a lil bit and turned them on in Sept. ( just to see what they looked like.. then oops forgot to turn them off) Rick was like "don't you think it's a lil early for Halloween decorations"? He is also wondering where all these new Halloween decorations keep coming from? I know I am a freak when it comes to it but there is something about it that I think is soo much fun! I LOVE that Jaxon has a birthday close to halloween so it gives me an excuse to have a costume party!

I also love getting other people ready by painting there face with bruises and blood, scratches, stitches, and dirt. I am not a fan of cute and nice things I am all about dark and scary..(except on the lil kids, and since I've had them I have mellowed out on my costumes! :) So the closer it gets the happier I am! Yay for HALLOWEEN!!

I got tagged!

2008-10-01T21:40:00.000-07:00

I got tagged by BRE...

ABC's "getting to know you"

TAG ABC's of you. Each player then tags 3 people and posts their names, then go to their blogs and leaves them a comment, letting them know that they have been tagged and asking them to read your blog.

A- Attached or single: Attached
B- Best Friend: Rick, and my mom!
C-Cake or Pie: definately cake over pie.. but don't love either! I would rather have chips and salsa. YUM!
D-Day: hmm everyday seems like the same day so maybe sunday when we just relax..
E- Essential Item: My computer
F- Favorite Color: PiNk
G-Gummi Bears or Worms: They hurt my teeth! But probably bears!
H-Home town: Logan
I- Indulgences: Lately ice cream
J- January or July?: July I LOVE summer
K-Kids: Almost 3 year old Boy and a 8 month Girl
L-Life is incomplete without: Family
M- Marriage Date: Aug 6, 2004
N- Number of Siblings: 2 brothers and 1 sister
O- Oranges or Apples: oranges
P- Phobias or Fears:
Q- Quote: Brody say's "Do your part"
R- Reason To Smile: Listening to Jaxon come up with funny things to say. Listening to Sidnie laugh, Being with family
S- Season: Summer and Fall
T- Tag Three: Kylee..Lee..Carlie
U- Unknown fact about me: I am a sucker for candles, lip gloss, lotion and nail polish.
V- Vegetarian or Oppressor of Animal: I keep telling myself I am a vegetarian but then I catch myself eating a burger or something.. Not a huge fan of meat!
W- Worst Habit: I bite my fingernails... I am getting better though!
X-Rays or Ultrasounds: Ultrasounds
Y-Your favorite food: Pasta and a Good salad
Z: Zodiac Sign: Virgo

My almost 3 year old playing soccer??

2008-10-01T20:44:00.000-07:00

Our sweet lil guy is playing soccer! He plays in the league of the 3 and 4 year olds. It's pretty entertaining to watch a bunch of kids chasing a ball around. Mostly he just runs around watching his feet move really fast and has no clue what is going on.. I think he just enjoys running around with other kids.

This was the beginning of the game when he still had a ton of energy and was all fired up!

There he is trying to catch up to the ball!

Getting a lil bit tired of chasing the ball! I would too if all I did was chase it and never get a chance to kick it. So this is dad giving him a bit of a "pep" talk! Go Jax you can do it!

I think this was mid game and he came up to us and said "I am done playing soccer mom!"

And his last game, the poor lil guy feel down and got kicked in the teeth so he has two sore front teeth and a fat lip. I think the next few games are gonna be me bribing him to go to his soccer game!

Home sweet home!

2008-09-29T07:26:00.000-07:00

Yay, we finally moved to our new house! We are still getting settled but at least we are here and LOVING it! I will post some pics later on today or first thing tomorrow.

What a GUY!!

2008-09-09T21:39:00.000-07:00

I just want to tell my husband THANK YOU for being the BEST guy ever! He is such a nice guy not only to me but to everyone!Just a few words to describe Rick: hard working, smart, funny, very handsome, handy, sweet, responsible, cute, charming, thoughtful, talented, did I mention very good looking? He spoils me like crazy too! For our anniversary which was on August 6th (4 yrs) instead of one nice gift that day, he decided to do give me nice things for a whole week!! Day 1 he gave me a new lens for my camera (he's not the best at surprises). Day 2 he gave me zip drives to store all of my photos on. Day 3 we went to a movie. Day 4 he made a cute lil dessert for the two of us. Day 5 he gave me some yummy perfume. Day 6 he gave me some itunes money and a cute note. Day 7 he gave me some bare minerals make up and some flowers! Wow thats a lot of things my love!

My birthday was September 8th and he took me to dinner and then we went on a shopping spree! I never knew shopping with my husband could be so much fun!! (usually he's not a shopper) I was trying things on and he was piling the dressing room up with things for me to try on. We ended up buying a lot of clothes, it was so much fun!

I just want to thank you for a wonderful 4 years of marriage (and 8 years of dating before that)

and for everything you do for me and the kids. I love to see Jaxon get soo excited when you come through the door and to see Sidnie's eyes light up when you talk to her! You are the best and I am looking forward to see what the future has in store for us! I LOVE YOU!

My Poor Parents!

2008-09-02T09:58:00.000-07:00

Well over the weekend my parents had the neighbors HUGE cotton wood tree fall into their yard. It's terrible it came through the fence and crushed their deck and everything on the deck! Luckily it hit another tree and that prevented it from going through their house! Look at the damage..

I'm Back!!

2008-08-27T21:13:00.000-07:00

Well technically I was never gone, just been very very busy! We FINALLY closed on our house 3 weeks ago and have spent every extra second at the house getting it ready to move in! We have been painting, ripping out carpet, and major cleaning! Still not sure if we'll be able to move in by the 30th. The lady we bought it from needed some extra time in getting her stuff out. (imagine 2 pack rats over 40 years). So wish us good luck in getting in there this weekend!!

My Big Boy!

2008-07-29T11:14:00.000-07:00

Hooray for Big Boy pants!!

Mmm chocolate milk

He tells me "you gotta make sure it's all stirred mom"

Good job putting your shoes on buddy!

Oh you look awesome dude in your helmet!

I can't believe how fast my Jaxon is growing up. He is wanting to do everything all by himself and I mean EVERYTHING! Like getting his own shoe's on, mixing his own chocolate milk, sleeping in his big boy bed, riding a big boy bike (with training wheels) getting his own drink of water, pouring his own cereal is own cereal and so on. Not only is he wanting to do EVERYTHING all by himself but he just got potty trained!! WOW! It only took 3 days to do it and he doing so well. I thought the day would never come.. So far only one accident of each #1 and #2. I will claim the #1 accident (I didn't get his pants down fast enough.) I am soo proud of my little guy for being such a big boy! At the same time its a lil sad because that means he is growing up. I LOVE the stage he is at right now. I LOVE to hear the funny things he says. (I have a notebook full of them) I LOVE to watch him play. I LOVE that he is a good boy and is very polite. I LOVE that he LOVES his sister. I LOVE that he shares his toys with friends and family. I don't think I could ever explain how much I LOVE my little boy but it sure is a lot!

Trip down Memory Lane

2008-07-23T10:12:00.000-07:00

I got this post from my sister in-laws Jessica's blog and I thought it was a fun and different thing to post and I loved the idea. It's a game called "Memory Lane"... Here are the directions:

1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together (it can be whatever, whenever, and can include me and Rick, or just one or the other)

2. After you've written a memory on my blog, re-post these instructions on your blog. It will be fun to see what peoples memories are about you. I Love to talk about past times with friends and family so this will be fun!

Family photo!

2008-07-21T22:21:00.000-07:00

If you smile you can have a TREAT! Come on it's really not hard buddy!

Oops!

Jax put your hands down and smile PLEASE!

Guys please look at the camera!

Ahh I just about went CrAzY trying to get everyone to cooperate just to get a family photo! How hard is it? First of all Rick wasn't too excited about the idea. He's the reason we've been putting it off in the first place. There is always a "reason" of why today isn't a good picture day ;) It's either too hot outside and standing still for 5 seconds is a lot to ask or his outfit isn't cute and changing it would be out of the question. The kids are freaking out and he doesn't want to deal with them. Or just plane doesn't feel like it. Which is fine but there will always be a reason to not get a family photo. Right? So tonight I decided to put all of those reasons aside and attempt it. Little did I know that Rick wasn't too far from being RIGHT! Good Heck could it be any harder to just snap a shot of our family? Jaxon started crying the first shot because he didn't want to smile and then he started picking his nose and he kept putting his hands up and touching Sidnie... So here I am trying to get him to STOP whatever it is he is doing and just smile well he got even more upset, then I bring out the bribes.. That usually does it :) So we were able to get a few nice ones of Jaxon. He's better if he doesn't know that I am going to take a picture of him. And poor Sidnie had her 6 month shots and has a cold so she isn't her usual happy self. So needless to say this was a GREAT experience getting a family photo.. Maybe next time I will plan it a little better. :)

UP DATE!

2008-07-19T09:18:00.000-07:00

Yeah Sidnie isn't sleeping through the night anymore.... Wouldn't ya know it the last few days (since I posted and said she was) Sidnie has NOT slept through the night once.. So if anyone is awake and bored just give me a call because I am sure I will be up at all hours of the night :( I can't wait for the day to wake up fully rested :)

Where does the time go?

2008-07-17T14:14:00.000-07:00

Wow my kids are growing so fast I cant believe Sidnie will be 6 months on July 22. And Jax will be 3 in Oct. Seriously where does the time go? I wish there was a way to keep them little forever..

Sidnie is such a good little girl, she LOVES her bottle and LOVES to eat.. She gets all excited when its meal time. She is also sleeping through the night now which is a time I look forward to after months of sleepless nights. I am also excited to put her in her own room ( when we move to our new house ) because she is such a light sleeper and anyone who knows Rick knows how crazy he can get (night terrors) so she often wakes up because of him..

(Hmm Ricks crazy nights would be a great post for another day!) Anyway back to Sidnie, She LOVES Jax. He is the only one that makes her laugh so loud she screams, it's so cute to see your kids love each other and want to be together. (hopefully they will get along forever) I am so happy to have my kids they mean to world to me and I LOVE them very much. Happy 6 month B-day Sidnie!!

Summertime pictures!!

2008-06-26T13:51:00.001-07:00

Jax in his new pool!!! (he normally has a swim suit on)

They Raymond kids come up for a weekend while their parents went to Las Vegas. Jax loves to play with his cousins! The girls wanted a new haircut for the summer so thats what they got! Cute hair Maddy!!

Sadie's new haircut

Ah my cute parents!!

Jax and his buddy Jade

Jax playing guitar hero with the girls

My sweet little niece Avery!!

We are having a BLAST so far this summer. We love to play outside and being in the water. We are starting to go to the Logan pool a lil more this year so if anyone is up for a day at the pool let us know!! :)

My latest hobby!

2008-06-14T14:57:00.000-07:00

Little girls head bands!! It's so much fun and super easy.. I can never bring myself to buy a flower head band at the store when I know how much it costs to make and that I know that I can make one myself. Besides thats I can make one to match every outfit.. So this is all you need:

Some lace elastic ( just measure your baby's head for a perfect fit.)

I like to use flowers and ribbons. So when I see some funky flowers or a piece of ribbon I like I buy it. I also keep in mind her outfits so that I can buy something to match :)

Just a lil somethin shiny to put in the middle of the flower!

Some cute ribbon for a bow!

Wa-la... A darling head band for every out fit.. super cheap and really fun to make. Oh yeah I just use a glue gun

to piece everything together.. :)

I've been tagged!!

2008-06-13T16:14:00.000-07:00

Thanks Jessica for tagging me.. Actually this one was a good one it made me think about things and like Jessica said I realized how blessed my life really is...

8 Things I am Passionate About: (in no particular order)

*Being with Rick and my kids

*Taking care of my kiddos

*Taking pictures

*Music of all kinds

*My job (doing hair) helping someone feel a lil bit better about themselves because they feel cute.

*Decorating my house

*The church, my life feels more complete with it in my life.

*Shopping not only for me but for my kids too (any kind of shopping is good :)

8 Books I have Read & Enjoyed:

*Tuesday's with Morrie

*5 People you meet in heaven

*For one more day

*Twilight

*New Moon

*The work and the glory (pillar of light)

*The work and the glory (like a fire is burning)

*The Christmas Box

8 Words Or Phrases I Say Often

*Smile or Say cheese!

*Jax be nice to your sister

*No! ( is there a nicer word that will still get my point across? )

*I LOVE YOU!!

*Daisy!

*Mmm I want a diet coke

*What do you want for dinner?

*Where is the SUN!!!

8 Things I Want To Do Before I Die ( in no particular order)

*Go to as many temples around the world as I can.

*Get a boat ( and use it every weekend )

*Own a second home on a beach somewhere

*See my kids marry and be successful

*See my kids have children

*Build my "dream house"

*Donate a large amount of money to a charity anonymously

*Not feel self concious in a swim suit

8 Things I have Learned This Past Year

*I have more patients than I thought

*I can function on 3 hours of sleep at night

*You can't always please everyone

*Money can't buy happiness

*Most things aren't as big of a deal as they may seem ( DRAMA )

*To simplify

*Loving yourself is not being "selfish"

*You have to start somewhere

I will tag anyone that wants to do this! It's a good one it makes ya think!

Family trip

2008-06-09T21:59:00.000-07:00

We recently went to Salt Lake for a little weekend "get away" because Rick had just got out of school.(at least for 2 weeks) So we were in need of a little outing. Where else to go for a weekend trip? Salt Lake City!! Surprisingly there is actually a lot to do there with your kids. We stayed in a hotel and did a few activities. We went to the living planet aquarium. This was a neat place to go and see all kinds of fish and sea life. This was neat not only for kids but for adults too. Jaxon thought the fish we so cool.

Jax checkin some really ugly fish out. A funny thing happened right after I took this picture, I came from behind him and tickled his back and scared him. I couldn't resist he was looking at these fish soo intently. I hope he doesn't get some weird phobia now about fish... :)

I just realized that most of the pictures of Sidnie are of her sitting so good in her stroller. Sorry Sid I will get you out more.

Sorry jellyfish we weren't suppose to take pictures of the jellies in this dark room. ( we didn't see the sign until after we got pictures. ) Hopefully they will still be alive incase you all want to go and see them. They were pretty interesting.

There is Dory from finding Nemo. We were looking for her and Nemo the whole time. And believe me we looked in EVERY tank there was.

This was probably Jaxon's favorite part of the whole trip, swimming with Daddy. They went swimming every night. He was so brave to swim all by himself.

Ah what a cute picture, of Jax and his daddy

We also went to Chuck E Cheese for lunch. (Rick or I had never been before)

Wow! Thats all I have to say about the place.. It's a mini disneyland in there. Well maybe not quite. I had no idea that we would spend most of the day in there. I thought it sounded like fun to get some pizza and do whatever it is ya do at Chuck E Cheese for a hour or so not realizing that it's designed so your kid doesn't want to leave without playing EvErY game there is. So we seriously spent hours there (too long). Oh well Jaxon loved it and it was fun to watch him get so excited over every little thing in there.

It was a much needed break from our everyday lives and it was so nice to spend some time together as a family.

Thomas the Train

2008-06-09T16:06:00.000-07:00

I must confess I have been trying to post about our trip to Heber since the day we got back. But I am finding that I don't have much free time any more. And what little time I do have only lasts moments. There for it's a major accomplishment when I actually finish a post. Anyway Thomas the train came to Heber in May so we went to see him. This was a very exciting day for a 2 1/2 year old boy who LOVES Thomas. First of all it was a long drive to get there and both Jaxon and Sidnie we little angles all the way down. Right when we got there Jax went looking for Thomas he could hardly wait. When he first saw Thomas he couldn't believe it was the "real" Thomas. So we ran over to him to get some snap shots with him.

Little miss Sidnie was a such a GOOD girl she just sat in the stroller the whole time and enjoyed watching Jax run around. (She loves to watch Jax :)

As we walked around there was some old engines that you could climb on and look in. Jaxon thought this was soo cool. I mostly loved taking pictures of Jaxon by these old engines.The weather was a little on the cold side. ( is anyone surprised )

There was a lot to do down there that day. There was tents all set up with Thomas the Train stuff to buy. They had a lego tent that had a lego train chugging on a huge track so the kids thought that was pretty neat to watch. We mostly spent our time taking snap shots of Jaxon by all of the old engines.

They also had a hay maze and Jax ran around until he could run no more.

But probably one of the high lights of the day was our ride on Thomas. We took a half hour ride on Thomas. Jaxon got to meet the conductor and he also got map of the activities. ( he looks pretty serious in this picture but he really did have a GOOD time on Thomas) I think the conductor freaked him out a little :)

Over all we had a GREAT time and would recommend a day out with Thomas to everyone with kids who LOVE Thomas the Train.

New computer!!

2008-06-01T15:12:00.000-07:00

Ok so for Mothers day Rick gave me the BEST gift ever!! A MACBOOK computer I LOVE it so much it's perfect for the things that I enjoy doing. It's so user friendly for photos and music and getting on the web. But what I love most is the software to edit photos. I recently took some pictures with my NIKON camera in my parents yard and I think they turned out pretty nice. Thanks Rick for a wonderful present!!

SOLD!

2008-05-09T14:58:00.000-07:00

Yes we sold our house..What a whirl wind it has been the last few weeks. Thats why I haven't posted anything lately!! We are living at G-ma and G-pa Weyerts house for a little while until we decide what we are doing, (buying or renting.).... By the way THANKS mom and dad for letting us crash at your house!! We are still getting all set up here, so I don't have my computer up and running yet so no pics, (this one is Ricks) I will be back soon with pics to share!!

Baby Animal Days!

2008-04-14T21:33:00.001-07:00

Baby Animal Day at the American West Heritage Center is held annually in April. Jax LOVES to go and check out all the new baby animals. It's such a fun thing for kids (and adults) to do. You can pet and hold the little farm animals. We even took a ride on the tractor :) This year Jax was way more brave than last year. He touched all the animals un-like last year, where he was a little frightened of them.

Last year he didn't touch the baby pigs, cows or the chicks! So WAY TO GO JAX you are getting so BRAVE!!

We were glad that Sidnie and Grandma came along. Sidnie did soo GOOD siting in her car seat the whole time. Making it a lot easier to take pictures and do the activities with Jax.

The turtles were new this year and I was soo glad he was brave enough to hold it :)

It was another successfull baby animal day for the Nelson family!!

Cars, Cars, Cars

2008-04-11T22:02:00.000-07:00

Jaxon's favorite toys! This boy LOVES " Cars" the movie and is collecting EVERY car there is in the movie (thanks to his Grandma Freda.) The boy is 2 1/2 and can tell you the name of every one of these cars and a line they say in the movie.. He has to watch it at least once a day or we have a melt down. Some of his favorite things to do with these cars is to line them all up so they are perfectly straight in a line, then he lays next to them and admires what he has done. He takes them in the bath tub and zooms them around under water. When he is done he carefully dries each one off and puts them back in his special "car" bag. If you ask him which one is his favorite he will say " I don't know... all of them."

While Aunt Tiny was here she bought him the car movie book. I already have each page memorized. We only read it 50 times a day (when we're not watching the movie :)

Jaxon is such a good boy and is HAPPY as long as he has his "cars."

Sidnie 2 1/2 months

2008-04-10T09:03:00.000-07:00

What a cutie she is. She is finally starting to smile when she hears a familiar voice or when you act really goofy. Some of the things she loves to do right now is eat and eat and eat until she is completely stuffed. She likes to watch her brother Jaxon buzz around the room (but not when he gets too close :) She LOVES to be wrapped up really tight when she has a nap or goes to bed. It's the only way she will sleep. She's not a fan of her headbands and getting her diaper changed. She can only stand laying on the floor by herself if someone is right there talking to her (and that doesn't last long :) She likes going for rides in the car and being in her car seat. She Likes to watch the ceiling fan go around and around. She likes anyone that will hold her. Her favorite thing to do is to be held by her mom ALL day long so she can be apart of everything thats going on :) it's a good thing she is so darn cute!

Where is Spring???

2008-04-09T22:04:00.000-07:00

Ok anyday it could warm up.. Today I look out my window to see some lovely snow covered moutains, only it's not so lovely in April when it's suppose to be SPRING!! I keep putting on my capri's thinking that will bring on the warm weather but everyday I end up in my cozy pants to keep myself warm. Will it ever warm up?? I swear I will go nuts if it doesn't soon.. Our new stroller is calling my name to take it for a nice long walk :) But it's just been to darn cold to take the kids out in it. We are aching to play outside. So maybe if we all think WARM and happy thoughts spring might come!!