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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Family Picture Day

My side of the family has never taken professional family pictures before and now that everyone was home and together for the first time in years my mom wanted to make sure she had some done. My sister in law Alyssa Ence is a professional photographer and we had her take them for us. She did a great job and we love how they turned out! The kids did a good job cooperating with us and giving us a smile. The majority of them were cheesy but they were trying and it made the picture session go a lot smoother and super fast. We were done in less than an hour and we got some great shots! 

I painted Bailey's nails for the first time...they turned out so cute!!


First our family got there and we took some of just our family while we waited for everyone else to get there.





Then we got some of Angela's cute little family


The grandkids


Individuals of all the kids


The sibilings


Couples


 The original 7 :)


Wow we have grown! LOVE what our big happy family has become!!






The session ended with the grandparents with grandkids, all the boys, and all the girls


And thats a wrap! Thanks again to our amazing photographer Alyssa Ence! You can find her amazing work here!

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Hanging out

March 20th: The next few days after my brother got home consisted of a lot of days of just hanging out and it was a blast!!

We all met up at Red Robin for lunch and it was oh so yummy!

Love this girl!

Kylee was in love with Bailey! It was so cute!

That afternoon we went to the park by my moms house. It has a big hill and the kids were rolling and running down it. It looked like fun so Angela and I decided to join in on the fun :)
Then we got a little crazy and started doing jumps into the sand pit after each run. Alena joined us and got the coolest leaping picture award!
Once the kids were asleep it was game time!! Whenever the fam is in town this it what its like every night until at least midnight and most the time later than that! Games + snacks = Nelson family nights

March 21st: Alena had school, Amanda had gone back home and Ty was out with his buddies. That left Angela and I at Five Guys and we had ourselves a little shopping trip! Thanks mom for watching Nate, Tyler and Kylee!
March 22nd: We took the kids to the splash pad out on Main Street. Tyler and Kylee had never been and it was our first time going this year! It was a HUGE hit! The kids had a blast and we were there for hours and if it were up to them we would have probably stayed a few more!



When we got back to Grandmas the kids were in need of some quiet time! They all cuddled up on the couch to get warm and watch a movie!

Why they were watching the movie my mom went to the park by her house and hid a bunch of easter eggs! Every year she has done an easter egg hunt for the grandkids. It was a week early this year, but they loved it nonetheless!!


At the end of the egg hunt she also hides a little easter gift for each of them and sends them on a scavenger hunt to find them! They love it every year!


Later that night when Angela was putting her kids to bed and we were waiting for Skyler to come pick up Nate and Bailey to take them home. Alena read him some stories while we waited...she is an awesome auntie!


Grandpa was entertaining Bailey on the other couch! They sure make some cute baldies :)


March 23rd: Once again we ate out for lunch (definitely gained 5lbs this week!). We went and picked up Alena from school and stole her for a girls lunch at Frost Top! Yum!

When we got home from lunch the kids helped grandma plant her garden! They loved it and Nate is obsessed with it! Every time we go to grandmas now he has to go out and see how the plants are doing!

That night we were all just hanging out in the family room and noticed Bailey had been off crawling around for awhile. We went looking for her, we found her with a pudding cup she had gotten out of the trash and she was going to town on it! It was so funny! She sure did love it!

The big day - Welcome Home Elder Nelson!

Today was the day! We could all hardly wait for Ty to come home! It had been over 2 and a half years since we had all been together as a family because my sister had left on her mission 6 months before Ty did! We made signs for the kids and they colored them! Nate drew a picture of Ty, Tyler and himself all with strong muscles! It was so cute! I wish I would have got a close up picture of it!
My mom was so excited she couldn't help but be overcome with emotion while waiting anxiously in the airport.


Us sisters were so excited too!


Waiting anxiously


Can you see him??


Hello Elder Nelson!!



First time seeing Bailey and I wasn't even holding her :) Thanks Grandma Olson for holding her why I took pictures!



Friends



Nate was so shy and didn't want to go say hi, but after Skyler bribed him he finally got up enough courage :)



Reunited!



Ty with all his nieces and nephews


First time holding Bailey (maybe that is why he is holding her so awkward ;)


Welcome Home!!


Once Nate got over the initial fear of saying hi he was all about being with Ty!


It's so fun having this cute guy home! Love you Ty!