Grandpa's 90th B-day/Newport Beach!

This past weekend my grandpa turned 90!! I cant believe it! He doesnt seem 90 at all! He is in such good health and is totally aware of everything going on! He knows who I am and who my husband and son are which is pretty awesome for a 90 year old! Anyone who were to talk to him would think he just turned 80 at the most! I love him to death! Grandpa I am so glad we were able to spend this special day with you! We wish you the best in your 90th year! We cant wait to celebrate your 100th birthday!! We went up to California to celebrate his birthday. Two of my uncles and my mom put together a HUGE party for him! It was so nice! They did an amazing job! There was over 60 people there and I am pretty sure I only knew about 10 of them! We hardly ever see our extended family and so it was nice to finally meet and reunite with everyone! The party however was not kid friendly at all! My uncles house is so nice and Nate was having a field day trying to explore and touch everything! There were only 4 kids there under the age of 14 so they didnt think of doing anything entertaing for the little ones! Thank goodness my husband is so amazing and watched him the whole time and we were there for almost 6 hours! My sister was there with her 2 little kids so Nate had fun hanging out with them. It also helped that there was a ton of balloons because Nate loves balloons! He was entertained by those for awhile! The party was at my Uncles house in Yorba Linda which is only like 20-30 minutes away from Newport. Skyler, Alena, Nate and I went to Newport Beach saturday morning before the party and it was so much fun! I have never been to Newport and it has been a long time since I have been to the beach! It was such a beautiful day! No wonder why so many people want to live there! The weather was PERFECT!! Nate played in the sand and then we went down and put our feet in the water and let the waves splash us! Nate loved it until a big wave came and soaked us! The water was freezing! Nate loved chasing the seagulls! We went and walked along the pier and watched different people doing funny things! Sometimes is nice to sit and watch people...there are some interesting ones! Then we left and started driving to my uncles and then I remembered why I will never live there! The traffic is horrible! Well this post is getting long enough so here are some pictures of our fun weekend!

Birthday Cake

At breakfast the day after the party (I didnt take any pics at the party)


Newport beach :)

Hermana Nelson

My sister got her mission call in July to Paraguay Asuncion North mission ! I cant believe it, but Wednesday she left to go to the MTC! I drove up north with my family to drop her off at the MTC. It was such a bitter sweet day! I am so proud of her and her desire to go on a mission! She is going to be the best missionary in the world! I cant wait to start getting letters from her and hearing about her amazing experiences! I feel so blessed to have a sister out on a mission! I am going to miss her like crazy! My brother will be going on his mission in March, so pretty soon I will have 2 sibilings out on a mission. That will be so crazy! Holidays will be way different with the 2 of them not there! It will be 3 years before we will all be together again as a family! That makes me so sad, but I know that they are doing the right thing! Way to go Amanda! You will do awesome! I love you and I already miss you so much!

At Chilis for lunch before we dropped her off

At the MTC saying goodbye

Go get 'em Amanda!!

Whats been happening??

I havent updated the blog in awhile and we have had a lot going on! I will keep this post as short as I can so I dont bore ya! Last weekend we went to Enterprise Reservoir with our friends Danny and Chalein. We spent the day relaxing and having fun! Then they had us over for a yummy turkey dinner!

During this past week I have started painting Nates bedroom during has nap time. I put him in the spare bedroom and worked for about 2 hrs while he is sleeping. My mom and my friend Amy helped me chalk out lines and apply tape. The lines came out perfectly straight! The first couple lines I did, did bleed, but then my mother in law gave me the awesome idea of painting the line with a clear glaze and then with the color and it worked like a charm so the rest of the lines came out great! It is coming along really good and I cant wait for the finished product! I am doing a baseball themed room. I am doing an accent wall of baseball threads. I have the lines completely done, so now I just have to add the threads(thats this weeks project!) Hopefully it continues to go as well as it has!

On thursday Skyler had his last first football game ever! It was a great season opener! Skyler and the team did so good! They won the game 37-28.








Nate is getting so big, smart and is such a little stud! Here are some pics and videos we have taken of him over the last couple weeks.


I think the picture below is a spittin image of skyler!

This sunday I also got called to be the Laurel Advisor in our ward! I am so excited!! I have to admit I am a bit nervous and a little overwhelmed because I know a lot of the past leaders and they were amazing! I know I have a lot to live up to and I hope I can be as good of a leader as their past leaders! I am excited to get to know the girls and be there for them if they need me too! I love young womens and I think this will be the greatest calling ever!

Skyler had surgery this morning and I just heard everything went great! The doctor said he will be sore for awhile, but will recover in no time! We are so glad everything went great. Thank you for all your love and prayers!

Amanda and Ty taking the next step!

My sister Amanda went through the St. George temple on Wed. Aug. 12 to receive her temple ordinances in preparation for her mission. It was a beautiful session. My sister Angela was able to come down from Logan and come to the session too so it was extra special. It is weird to think that my brother will be going through in about 6 months. It was so cool for us all to be in the celestial room together! I wish my husband would have been able to go, but unfortunately he had football practice and wasnt able to join us. I cant wait until Ty and Alena can go through and we can all experience the joy and happiness you feel standing together in the celestial room. That night Angela, Amanda, Ty and I went to Dennys at midnight (it's our sibling tradition-it used to just be me and Angela, and then when amanda was old enough she started to come, and now that ty has graduated from HS he's coming too. Soon Alena...soon). We always have the best time talking and catching up on each others life's! On friday, I went up to drop my brother off at Snow College with my family. It brought back a bunch of memories of living on my own for the first time and going to college. I am excited for Ty and his next step in life! He will have so much and I have no doubt he will make great friends and have the time of his life! Here are some pictures of this past weeks events!

My parents and Amanda after the temple session




















I love my family! (For some reason when we took the picture my white tank top is shinning through...sorry!)


















The sisters




















Angela, Ty, and Amanda















Me, Angela, and Amanda

Alena, Nate and Tyler (Angela's son)

Tyler playing at the splash pad















Nate playing at the splash pad































Taking Ty to College


Siblings in Ty's new college dorm room

Parents and Ty right before we left


Mom and Ty saying goodbye



Congrats to Ty and Amanda for taking their next big steps in life! You both are amazing and will be awesome at what you are doing!

Football Season Has Officially Started!

Football season started for Skyler this week! On Tuesday they had a bunch of meetings and Wednesday they picked up their equipment and had a team dinner. Yesterday was his first day of practice! I asked how he felt after his first practice out on the field and he said "Old!" Ha ha, Its a good thing its his last year because we are not sure he would make it through another one! His 2 younger brothers are playing with him and he loves having them out on the field with him! Nate and I went and watched some of the practice and the team is looking good. We are excited football season is under way! We loved watching them play! Good luck to Skyler, Jesse, and Justin, you guys are gonna have a great season!