Thanksgiving Update

Thanks to Tay, I finally decided to write a post on Thanksgiving. Not really, I was just being lazy, and I was going to get around to it eventually. We had another successful Thanksgiving. Lots of food, laughter, and Quick Care. Yup. I said it. ANOTHER stop at the quick care for our family. This time, however, it was Kevin and not Spencer. He was having some chest pains (yikes!), so after freaking ourselves out, with the help of Mom, Aunt Kathy and webMD, we decided it was better to be safe than sorry. Saying the word "angina" is funny, but having one...not so much, if you know what I mean. Three hours and a chest x-ray later we got to leave with a clean bill of heath. They told him it might be gas, but both of us thought that he is always gassy, so we would wait it out. All is well, and as far as I am concerned...it was gas! Ha ha, sorry Kevin!

We had a great time visiting with everyone. Our children were about as well behaved as kids can be when 900 things are going on at a time. My parents, less Susan, took all us kids out for our annual Thanksgiving shoe shopping! Gotta love that. Spencer had a great time too. All you need is Uncle E to come along, and you can have your four year old transformed into a Shoebertron. Sweet. Hey Eric, want to come shopping with me every time?

The actual feast was over in no time, of course. All those that slaved away all day in the kitchen watched their efforts be consumed in 30 minutes. Mmmmmm. No worries, the party continued. The family had a great time hanging out, even though we somehow cannot seem to shut our computers off even for an hour or two!

Oh well, it was worth the laughs!

The day after, none of us braved Black Friday. Instead the girls decided to make candy and have a Guitar Hero jam session. I suck, but it was so fun! I need that game. We also stayed at Cal and Jeanette's that night. It was fun to be able to see that side of the family too. It seemed a little off not having two Thanksgiving dinners this year. All the Nelson's were at their cabins except Cal's family. We were happy they decided to stick around. Spence and Oli had a blast "making science" with Alli and Jessica. We don't get to see the Vegas clan nearly enough these days.

I am truly grateful for our families. They are so wonderful to us. I can't imagine not having that support system. Having parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, and cousins that you can share your life with is such a blessing and makes everything so much more colorful. I have the best husband ever and two amazing children. I feel like they help me grow everyday. I am so blessed!

That said, I now will turn into a Debbie Downer. I don't know what my problem is. I am having such a difficult time getting into the Christmas spirit. I have yet to pull out the decorations, which I am sure will help, but I am just not excited to do it. Poor Spencer has been asking for days, but I just haven't gotten around to it. I love listing to Christmas music, but I am not into the jingles and whatnots. I only am moved or filled when it is something beautiful and spiritual. The traditional songs are just songs on the radio and do not even feel festive to me. I find myself actually feeling sad. I am sure part of it is me missing my girlfriends. Life just isn't the same in our new neighborhood, but I know life in our old neighborhood isn't the same either! Everyone has moved, or is thinking about moving, so there is nothing to be done. I know I will get to know people in our new neighborhood, but life is just crazy for everyone this time of year, so I am sure it will take awhile.

I miss not being close to my family. I know they are just an hour away, but it is the everyday buzz that I miss being involved in. I feel like I am missing out on so much, even though they are busy with their day to day stuff too. It isn't realistic to go down there very often especially when there are schedules to keep and when I have a car that requires premium gasoline!

I have even lost the desire to Christmas shop! What you say? Can it be? It is true my friends, it is true. Actually, I don't know that I ever really liked Christmas shopping. I have a hard time with how commercial everything is. It makes me crazy to hear my little guy ask for everything on TV when he doesn't play with his entire toy room full of toys. Now, I know all children do this, but it just makes me sick to think of how much we have and how many more there are that go without. Go without the simple things, at that! Good thing Santa only brings one present to our house, and they only get a few from Mom and Dad! I do, on the other hand, like the idea of spending time with people I love. I love being able to walk the mall with family and friends laughing, people watching, and shoving my face to satisfy a craving of greasy food court offerings. That is what I want. It isn't to spend money and to get more of the unnecessary, but to be around people I love. I feel like I have been removed from all of that, and maybe that is why I am feeling this way.

I recognize the season has just begun, and I am one who does not begin celebrating the Christmas season until Thanksgiving is over. I have time to warm up to all that the season brings. I also recognize that I need to reach beyond myself and think of others. I need to think of our Savior. I must admit that I have been sluggish in my temple attendance. I have been feeling, or more appropriately, yearning to go. Maybe that is where my sadness is coming from. I am disappointed in the lack of service I have been giving to others. I hope that I will take this opportunity to turn it around. I think that is why I am writing this. I think it will make me more accountable for my actions.

After all that venting, I really must say that even though all my friends live away from me now, as well as my parents and siblings, I love nothing more that being able to be with MY family. I love being home. I love when Kevin gets home and the kids are so excited to hear the door. I love the chaos of our nightly routines. I love jammies, stories, crazy night time hair, and most of all quiet time with Kevin. He is my rock. He loves me even when I am not being loving. My family is the best gift ever, and that is all I need.

So if you read this far, thank you! More importantly, Olivia and Nick Nolte wish you a Happy and Safe Holiday Season!!!

Headbangers BRAWL

Well, we got Spencer's stitches out. Our friend John came over to do the deed because he does this on a daily basis. I thought, hey, lets have a friend do it at our house so it is a more comfortable setting for Spencer. Plus, why not save on gas and a co-pay. Yea. Sadly, I have no pictures or video of the incident. When I say incident, I mean it. There was weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth here. Sorry for the vulgarity, but people, this kid near lost his damn mind! I'm telling you, I wasn't sure we weren't going to be taking that kid back in for more stitches last night. He obviously did not understand that someone was holding scissors to his face! In the end, I had to sit on him, Kevin had to hold his head, and John had to do some quick snippin'. When it was all over Spencer was sweaty and sporting a ma-hor fro from all the wrestling. Now that I think about it, it is probably good we didn't get it on video because Kevin and I would have looked like complete idiots trying to get him under control. John, on the other hand, had a blast. He thought it wouldn't have been nearly as fun if he just sat there.
So what did I learn from this? Either I will just slap a butterfly bandage on the next wound that requires 3 stitches or less, OR I will have a roll of duct tape ready for restraint purposes.

This guy is amazing!

This Weekend Was a Bust...Literally

This weekend I decided to head down to Vegas with the kids to go to Rachel and Miles' wedding. The drive was relatively uneventful, thank heavens, but I can't say that much for the rest of the weekend! On Saturday morning we headed over to Grandma Christensen's to pick her up to go to the temple, and I needed to change into my church clothes as well. I went into the bathroom to change, and when I came out I saw Spencer running and then fall. I heard my dad say "You are OK," so I turned back around into the bathroom to grab my keys. As I turned back towards the kitchen I saw everyone scrambling and Spencer screaming. I kicked off my heals and ran into the family room. Apparently Spencer had pulled a Superman into the coffee table. His face was covered in blood, and so was my dad's shirt. My dad was holding his head, and when he lifted his hand blood just kept pouring out. We got some rags and got the bleeding under control. Once I had a second to get my thoughts under control I started to feel light headed!!! How do people in the medical field do this daily? I am totally not cut out for that crap!


After I changed again, my dad and I took Spence to the Quick Care to get checked out. He was crying the whole way. I tried to prep him for the idea of stitches, but that was a bad idea. He just started freaking out even more. Good thing my dad was there...he told him he could have the biggest size Slurpee when we were done. That totally helped! Thankfully the quick care was empty, and we only had to wait a few minutes before we were taken back. We got a wonderful doctor who Spencer really liked. In the end, Spencer had to get three stitches.


I have to say the whole experience was exhausting. I didn't quite have the energy to last very long at Rachel's reception, which was beautiful, so we headed back early to get everyone in bed. I still haven't quite figured out if the weekend was a bust, but we did have a good time. I am still considering making him wear a helmet for the rest of his childhood. I CANNOT HANDLE ANY MORE HEAD INJURIES!!! Enjoy the pictures. Sit down because they will definitely make you legs hurt!
Eek, my legs hurts us!
Not happy
Blood Brothers
Happy now
Mr. Crazy Eyebrow

Boys & Girls of Every Age???

OK, I will get to this picture in a minute.


















Where do I begin? What a Halloween we had! It all began Monday night when we had our annual Bailey pumpkin carving and chili Family Home Evening. We had a great time eating and demolishing Kevin's parent's home. I think we carved about a dozen pumpkins!!! The kids had a blast running around outside in the AMAZING weather while the adults did all the work. This was the first pumpkin I carved since I was a kid! I had forgotten how fun it can be!




















Tuesday, Olivia came down with a fever, and we were worried that she wouldn't be feeling well enough by Wednesday. Luckily, the fever had gone and we were able to take the kiddies out for a little Trick-or-Treating. I would have been so sad if her cute Dorothy costume went to waste! I swear I was breaking a sweat just trying to get them to take a picture! Spencer didn't mind posing for a cool Ninja shot, but then Oli kept trying to pose like one too. Oh well. I am learning that trying to get a decent picture of my children is like trying to heard cats. Anywho, we went to Kevin's office first and walked around with some other kids getting candy from the employees. We had a quick pizza dinner and were off to the Trunk-or-Treat. Can we say mini van? HELLO! The whole parking lot looked like a mini van dealership! We beat it out of there pretty fast because we ran out of candy, and we had a HUGE bowl of candy!















We went home and Oli and I got our jammies on (Spencer had his under his costume) and were done for the night. Kev took Spencer to a friends house where lots of kids got to hold and pet snakes and spiders! Spencer loved it and now wants a pet python. Thanks John! BTW, John is our friend that hosted this little shin dig and is the one sporting the French maids uniform. Again, thank you John. The word I hear is if you drop a pen, he will pick it up for you!!! Maybe that is not such a good idea.

Oh yea, after Oli went to bed I threw up FIVE times! That is another story, but I am better now. Peace out.

Happy Anniversary

I can't believe it has been 8 years since Kevin and I were married! I remember when I couldn't wait to say we had been married a year, and now I am not sure where the other seven have gone. I am so grateful that I have such a wonderful husband who loves me for who I am. He knows how to love me, encourage me, and also knows when to put me back on track. Kevin is a wonder father. My favorite part of the day is when he gets home and seeing Spencer and Olivia get so excited when they hear the door open. He is always looking for activities to do as a family, but he also knows how important it is to have some time together just as a couple. I truly appreciate his hard work. He has gone above and beyond in trying to provide for our family. He makes me laugh, he makes me smile, and he even makes me mad at times, but all of those things just make me love him even more. I couldn't have asked for a better companion. I am so grateful for who he is, and that we in this for the eternities. Happy Anniversary Dude ;)

Quite the Fiesta

This last weekend our family, sans Kevin, went to Las Vegas for our cousin Chelsea's wedding to Mr. Nestor Ramirez. I drove down with Bree and Eric, bless their hearts, with my two crazy children. Long story short, Olivia never slept. AHHHH! We arrived safe, although we sadly saw a victim of a rollover, which then made us contemplate safe driving and all the horror stories we had ever seen.
ANYWAY, on Thursday, Lydia and I went to Chelsea's naughty shower where the both of us learned a thing or two! We had fun having dinner with the girls, and it was fun to see Chels before the wedding day.
The sealing was beautiful. It was so fun to watch Nestor's face. He has a really cute smile, which he doesn't show off near enough. I was so pleased with the two of them getting sealed in the temple. That is the best way to start of a marriage! The weather was amazing, and it was fun to visit with everyone outside. It was really fun to see my good friend Candace too. She was the photographer. You can see her site here. I never get to see her when I am down because she is always shooting, so that was really fun for me!

The reception that night was a blast! It was beautifully decorated, knowing of course that Jeanette cannot do anything simple! I was worried Olivia would be difficult because she started the night off with a fever from teething.

Luckily she felt better fast after a little Tylenol, and then we couldn't peel her off the dance floor! The kids had a blast gettin' down! I think every time a flash went off Olivia thought it was for her.

It has been said to "dance like no one is watching." Olivia was dancing and hoping everyone was watching! She was so funny. Spencer liked the dance floor, but he LOVED the chocolate fountain and the candy table. I cannot tell you how many people came up to me and said, "Have you seen Spencer's shirt?" Oh well. He came to party, and that he did! He loved playing with Alli and Jessi! They were nothing but T-R-O-U-B-L-E!

I have to say that one of my favorite parts of the night was when the DJ was finished and the Mariachi band started to play. I swear, you had to be there to see it. ALL the white people backed away and ALL the Mexicans ran to the dance floor! Oh, I was dying! After a song or two, the whities weren't so afraid. It was so fun to have the live music there. It was even better to actually see people dancing.

Finally, a highlight of the night was Lydia catching the bouquet! Hooray for Lydia! Now all we have to do is find her a man! Here she is with Nestor's brother (I think). Doesn't she look pretty?!!

Oh, I guess I can't forget the shot of the bride! Chelsea looked so beautiful!!! I didn't get very many shots of them because I have a thing for taking shots the same time as the photographer, I think it is so tacky! So, here is one of my few pics of Chels. Sorry, it isn't very good!

The whole day was beautiful, and the night was quite a fiesta! I know for sure the party continued late into the night because they were moving the party to Nestor's parent's house after it was done at the Nelson's! I wish you could have been there to see it, but maybe some of you will be at Rachel and Miles' reception in a couple weeks. It is at Cal and Jeanette's too!

I just have to put this shot in because I think it is so cute. It is of Olivia Lauren and Lauren (Ryan's 'friend').

THE END.

My Preciousssssss

Here is Oli's new 'baby'! Can you believe it! I pulled out some Halloween stuff, and she attached herself right to this scary rat. She loves it just like all of her other babies, maybe more in fact. He has to sit next to her to eat, she lets him drink out of her sippies, and she carts him around all over. People have very adverse reactions to this rubbery rodent, and it is even more shocking when they see this sweet little girl loving it like a baby doll. Personally I love it! I don't know if it is because she has a slight sense of morbidity (like her mother) or if it is the undiscriminating love of a child. Lets go with the latter.

Elvira or Vixen?

So what do you think? It has been a couple of years since I have gone dark, and I thought with the season change it was a good time. I was in the mood, and I love it! I wish it was about 8" longer, then it would be fabuloso. OK, so do Lydia and I officially look like sisters now?!! I pulled an expression in the mirror after it was done and I was thinking, 'Holy crap, that is Lydia!' Spencer asked me why I turned my hair brown when I picked him up from school today, but he said he liked it. Few! All I need is a 4 year old telling me I am not cute! Hopefully the hubby likes it! He doesn't know I did it!

The Glories of Fall

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This last weekend I drove the kiddies down to good ol' Utah County to go for a ride up the ski lifts in Sundance with Nana, Papa, and Uncle Ryan. I was a little worried that the weather was going to turn on us, but it ended up being a spectacular fall day. It was overcast, a little breezy, but it felt just like fall. The leaves were so beautiful. If you are here and haven't been to see them, you must go soon! It seems they are gone before you know it.
The boys went up on a lift together with Spence, and the girls took Oli. I am sure my dad and Ry had a little easier time with Spencer, but we had nonstop action on our trip. Olivia almost lost a shoe in the first 30 seconds, she tried to throw her hat off at the half way point, and I swear that girl has a death wish. She would have jumped off if we let her (probably because it looked like the mountain bikers below were having so much fun). Even though she was a handful, Mom and I had fun kicking our legs and letting the breeze blow through our hair. It is amazing to look at the what Heavenly Father created for us, and that he did it to bring us joy.

No Habla Espanol

We made it back! No problems with customs OR diarrhea! Can't ask for more than that, right? Good thing E and Ry can speak Spanish fluently, because we were of no help! I was truly impressed at our Aunt Aleda's skills considering she only spends a handful of weeks there a year. Anyway, we had an awesome time in Mexico. The idea of trying to recap all that we did is a little overwhelming, although Kevin would say, "Just tell everyone we went shopping." I think the guys got a little tired of that by the end of the trip. I commend them for their sportsmanship!
Our first day we got in and went to our Aunt Aleda's house. Um, HOLY CRAP! This place was incredible. It was perfect down to the last detail. It needs to be professionally photographed because I don't think we quite captured the feel of it. There are 6 bathrooms to start. Yea, you heard me. There were three casitas, two of which were bedrooms. Eric and Ryan's room was completely chiseled (literally) out of stone. Ours had the most amazing ceiling EVER. Both of our rooms had their own little terrace with tables. The entire exterior was covered in foliage and flowers. So beautiful. I can save all the other details for those that ask. Anywho, we went to dinner with Carlene and Aleda, and had a mariachi band play while we ate. It was so fun. Sadly, none of us got any footage of the old, overweight, toothless woman bumping and grinding to the music. She was the baste!
The rest of the trip contained lots of shopping in quaint little towns, sight seeing, museums, amazing food, and being crammed into the back of a suburban.
We spent time at Carlene's 17th century home, uh huh, and let her staff attend to us. Just kidding, they didn't really "attend" to us. They just made us some really tasty food!
A highlight of the trip was going to a Queen tribute concert. It was hilarious!!! Honestly, I wasn't sure what to expect, especially when it claimed to be 'multimedia.' Lets just say there were big screens of Queen videos playing, terribly choreographed ballet dancers, and a magician that would put Gob to shame, and an orchestra that we couldn't hear. I must admit that the drummer stole the show, according to me of course. He was awesome! The crowd was wild! I don't know if they would have reacted any differently if Freddie Mercury was there in the flesh.
Finally, my favorite day of the trip was going to see our Aunt Carlene's and Uncle Rosendo's ranch. They are planning on turning it into a resort, and it is well on its way. Before we actually went there, we stopped at another ranch and got to see Uncle Ro at his carriage lessons. They are learning to drive them so they can have carriage races at their ranch. It was really fun to watch but even better to ride. We went from the lessons to their ranch and had a 4 course meal (prepared by their cooks of course) and went on a tour of the property. It was so relaxing, and as far as describing the ranch, you just need to see it for yourself. It was wild.
We had a wonderful time and left with an open invitation to come down at anytime with anyone. So, who's up for Mexico? Oh yea, and we all got Mexican wrestling masks!

Viva La Mexico!

Well, it is Saturday night, the kids are in bed, the house is clean, and I need to pack! We are off to Mexico tomorrow morning! Aye aye aye aye! Kevin, my dad, mom, Eric, Ryan, and I are heading down to Guanajuato, Mexico to visit our Aunt Aleda, Aunt Carlene, and Uncle Rosendo. Carlene and Ro live there with their twins, and Aleda decided to buy a vacation home there just around the corner. It is a sweet little town that is full of character. It is even know to host a film festival or two. Believe it or not, my Aunt Carlene had Tim Burton over for dinner a month or two ago! How I would have died to met that man. He is so creative and created my cute Jack Skelington! Anyway, a full week without children and just soaking in culture, conversation and food is exactly what we need! The town is located in central Mexico, but I think we are staying a day or two at my aunt and uncles new Bed and Breakfast (or is it a Chair, Lunch, Dinner?) on the beach a couple hours away. We are so excited!
We are also so lucky to have Kevin's sister and her hubby watch our two little ones while we are gone. They have two children too, so that means four children four and under, and three of them are in diapers! What the?!! Let me not forget to mention they are coming from another week long sitting job of four children (so 6 total) including a set of twins!!! Maniacs, I know. Good luck Nicole and Garrett! We love you for doing this!

I Love Technology

Believe it or not, I am back! I seriously feel like I have been in the stone age! No computer, no TV, and my cell reception sucks at our new house, so I have pretty much felt isolated without the technology I am used to! I have to say that I am overwhelmed at the idea of catching up, but I am also looking forward to it. I have also been accused of being like my younger sibiling, name not to be mentioned, for not posting. I feel like I have some pretty good excuses!!! Moving for one! In that process I lost my internet, boo hiss! I also was out of town at my 10 year reunion the day my hubby decided to move us in. BTW, it was so fun! The reunion, not the moving. I think Kevin almost killed himself. He was so exhaused for days, and then he got the flu. Poor guy. So in the process of unpacking, taking care of my chillins (kind of, hee hee), not having technology sweet technology, school and soccer starting, and just running plain mad, I haven't posted. Also, you will have to go another week without me starting on Sunday because Kevin and I and some of my fam are going to Mexico to visit our aunts. Yippee! Anyway, I've now posted. I will do my best to catch you up! Here are just a few pics of things that happened. Thanks for not forgetting about me!

Heaven Help Me

Ok, ok, I have been TERRIBLE at posting lately. I have a billion things to blog about but I just haven't done it. Life is crazy here. My house is filled with boxes, Spencer just got over the flu, and Olivia gave herself a black eye. I have been running in circles everyday, and my poor hubby is working all hours of the day. SO, today I felt like I should take some time out to spend with my sweet attention deprived children. We went to a local pool that has some really fun indoor and outdoor kiddy pools (this pic was from a different day at a different park). We had a ton of fun, and I began to feel like a better mother. On the way home I decided to stop for some food because I hadn't eaten all day and was starving. Anywho, as we pulled up to the drive through, a Hispanic girl with a mole on her face handed me my food and we left. Spencer was a little distraught because I didn't get him a drink, so he told me to go back and "tell the brown girl with the spot on her face give him a drink." WHAT! I couldn't stop laughing, which of course totally confused him, and all I could think was HEAVEN HELP ME! WHAT AM I TO DO WITH THIS CHILD? All I can say is that I was glad I was in a car when no one else was around. The end.

Shop Til' You Drop

Believe it or not, I am alive! It has been a while since I posted last, but give me a break! I am running around like a chicken with it's head cut off. I am sure it is mostly my fault for not being organized enough right now, but I feel like I have been so busy. Our house is moving along pretty quickly, so we thought we would head down to Vegas to do a little shopping. Furniture shopping! We left the kids with Bree and Eric (thanks a million guys), and took Ryan and Lydia with us to shop til' we dropped. My mom's friend Leslie was kind enough to take us with her to the Market. Kev and I needed some furniture, Lydia needed the experience (she is in the interior design program at BYUI), and Ryan was along for the ride.
We stopped at the R.C. Willey outlet when we got into town and found a couch for the kids toy room and a chair for the guest room. Not a bad start if you ask me! The next day we went to the Sands convention center to check things out. Holy grail! It was packed with stuff! There were a few things that I wanted, but they had already been purchased. Oh well. The guys split up from us because they would have killed us if they had to wait around for us. They were great sports! We made some mental notes after we walked it all and decided to come back the next day.
After we conquered the convention center we went back to the World Market Center. This place is huge! I am still not sure how much we didn't get to see. I know we didn't cover it all. Lyd and I stayed until closing to scope things out for the next day, but we couldn't buy anything because Leslie had to head home early. No worries! We ended up running to Tuesday Mornings so I could look for some sheets, and I ended up finding a rug! Of all places! Can you believe it?
The next morning we woke up early and headed out again! We scoped out a few more floors and then got serious. We ended up getting a sectional for our basement, 3 leather bar stools, a love seat, a chair for the den, a chair for the family room, a bed for our room, a 6 piece bedroom set for Olivia, a 5 piece bedroom set for Spencer, and 5 pieces of art!!! Sa-weet! I can't believe the mark up on furniture! There is absolutely no way we could have even bought half of this stuff if it was from a public furniture store. I honestly don't know if I can buy furniture at a furniture store anymore. I know that isn't realistic, but it seems so overpriced now that I have seen how inexpensive it can be!
Overall, I feel like it was a completely successful weekend. We got a ton of furniture, got to hang out with some cousins, saw a few flicks, and had no kids for four days! Not bad, eeh?

Happy Birthday Kevin!!!

I just wanted to tell my awesome hubby Happy Birthday! I am sure today (well, technically yesterday) wasn't all he was hoping for. He was stuck in an all day meeting, 8:00am-4:00pm, and I am sure that was the last way he wanted to spend his day. Meanwhile, I was trapped at Big O tires waiting for a new set to be put on, and it ate up most my day. That was the time I was supposed to be getting some stuff done for him! Anyway, things didn't start out so great, but I feel like we had a great night together.
It is so wonderful to have a husband that is so supportive of everything I do. He is an extremely hard worker for which I do not thank him nearly enough! He has always provided our family with more than enough. Kevin is an amazing father. He always comes home ready to give the kids big hugs, and is ready to wrestle. I love that he saves his real personality for those he knows best. He has a wonderful sense of humor, and I love laughing with him. I feel like we are a perfect match, and our personalities compliment each other so well. I could go on and on, but maybe I will save that for our anniversary!
Kevin, thank you so much for everything! I love spending time with you, and hopefully next year I will do a better job! Don't plan on anymore surprise birthday parties though! Well, not for a few years anyway! I guess I have all week to make up for it right? That is why we have "birthday week"!
I LOVE YOU! Mooahhhh!

This Is The Baste!

I found this tonight and was laughing my face off! Hopefully I am not the only one who thinks it is that funny. Somehow it makes me think this is something my cousins and I would do at about 3 in the morning. Make sure your volume is up so you can hear the "dramatic reading." Enjoy. K, bye.
Oh yea, and since I don't know how to hyperlink or what ever it is called, you will just have to copy and paste it. Surry.

http://youmakemetouchyourhandsforstupidreasons.ytmnd.com/

To Appease You

Well, there have been about a billion things going on here, and I have been seriously slacking on my blogging. I had one of my cameras break and the other is to big to just carry around. I had so many great opportunities to take pictures and didn't! That is mostly why I haven't blogged. I feel like there always has to be pictures! I am awaiting some emails so I can have a few to post.
Over the Fourth we went down to my Uncle Eric's cabin and had an awesome party with the whole Nelson crew sans a few cousins. We filled Eric and Lynita's cabin and Paul and Nola's. Cal's crew had theirs filled too. We went four wheeling, paint balling (my newest most favorite thing), barbecuing, and loads of laughing. I also have to say that Brianhead puts on a pretty impressive fire work show. Spencer asked about four times when it was time to go home! It was all so much fun that I think they decided to make in a tradition! Hip hip! I can't wait for next year! Jesse, you better watch out 'cause I am going to be aiming for YOU!
Another thing that has been keeping us busy is our house! They are painting it right now!!! The stucco is finished, and the rock is going up this week. Cabinets go in around the 25th! I am soooo excited. All the little details of the house are being finalized. Kevin has been working his brains out and not just on our house!
I need to start packing our house up, and I am not looking forward to that. I am just praying that my kids won't feel too neglected through the process.
So, besides all the day to day stuff that probably wouldn't interest you, this is all I've got! I will be better, but for now I hope this will get you off my back! ;)

Oli's New Do

Olivia has TWO ponies!!! Who knew it could happen before she was 5! She was a little squirmy so they aren't perfect, but aren't they cute? I guarantee by the end of the day she will have about 2 hairs in the elastics. Oh well. I love that we are able to have some options now!

Summer Fun

This week has been so busy, but really fun! I haven't been very good at taking pictures at all of our activities, so sorry! On Monday, we went to Hogle Zoo with some neighborhood friends. It wasn't too hot, so it was a great day to go. The kids had a blast, but I think us moms were suicidal by the day was over!!! There were three of us moms and 9 kids! What!!!! I have to say it really was fun. We even saw a white alligator that looked more like a glow in the dark alligator. So cool.
Tuesday, we went to Lagoon with my mom, Bree, Ryan, Lydia, Jesse, Ashley, and my Aunt Shauna. The kids were only there for a couple of hours, but when we were leaving Spencer said thanks and told me he had so much fun. How sweet. Those are the moments that actually make you WANT to take your children places! I dropped the kids off at home, picked up a babysitter, picked up Kevin and headed back to Lagoon! We had fun going on the big rides. Wicked, Lagoon's newest ride, was so fun! I actually tried to video it but forgot to press play!!!! Grrrr. I tried for you guys, too bad I'm retarded! I will just have to go back! It was nice to have a little time to go on the rides with the adults.
Thursday, Tiffany and Terry came to visit with Paige and their sweet little baby boy, Ty! We went out to dinner and then came back to our house to hang out. The kids were NUTS!!! Thankfully Olivia was in bed, but Spencer and Paige were up WAY passed their bed times!
Today we went back to the zoo with Tiff and her crew. It was alot more hot, but fun to spend some more time with Tiffany. Spencer was done with the animals about half way through the day, so I let him and Oli play in a little pond for kids. That was definately the highlight, along with the misting fan but Tiff will have to provide that picture. It was a great week, but I am hoping for a more relaxing weekend!!!

Olivia was much braver with Spencer around!

Our 'cotton mouths' after riding Wicked!