Halloween 2009

Halloween this year was so fun! I started off the day by going to the temple at 6am to do baptisms with the ym & yw of our ward. Even though it was so early, it was a great way to start the day!! That afternoon nate and I went to skylers football game. It was senior day because it was their last home game of the season. Skyler's parents, Nate and I escorted him and it was hard for me to keep myself from crying! I am sad that it is all coming to an end so fast! Normally at this time I am ready for football season to be done for him, but knowing this is his last one makes me want it not to end. Ever since I have known Skyler he has been playing football. It is weird that from now on he wont be playing football at a college level. City Leauge here we come :) He played a great game and I am so proud of him! After the game we came home and I started getting Nates halloween costume ready. He was bamm-bamm/caveman. He was so cute and made the perfect bamm bamm/caveman! I made him a little bat thing to carry around and surprisingly he carried it the whole hour and a half we went trick or treating! He looked so adorable holding his bat in one hand and his trick or treating bag around his shoulder. We went with Nate's two cousin, Josie and Dallin who als looked so cute! Josie was a pink tinkerbell and Dallin was peter pan! I was worried nate wouldnt do well and wouldnt get the concept, so it was nice that Josie was there to help him! They were so cute and by the third door nate knew exactly what to do! It was so funny! They would run up to the door and Nate would either knock or bang his little bat on the door or sometimes both :) the people would answer and he would reach in the bowl and grab his candy. We would stick it in his trick or treating bag and every time without fail he would say thank you! At one of the last houses, he ran up to the door and knocked and said "trick or treat" before they even opened the door! It was the cutest thing ever! I couldnt believe how fast he caught on! He didnt always say trick or treat, but it was so cute to see them go to each door and get there candy and then run back to the street were everyone else was waiting and then move right along to the next house. We would see people along the way we knew and would stop and talk for a minute, but Nate wouldnt have it! There was candy to be getting mom! He would pull my finger any time I tried to stop! They pretty much ran from house to house! I was suprised how long they lasted! I thought we would go to about 10 houses and they would get tired and cranky and want to stop, but we went to most of the houses in the neighborhood! They were such good sports and made halloween so fun for me! I love being a mom! I am so thankful I have Skyler and Nate in my life! They mean everything to me and I love them death! They make life fun and I look forward to waking up each day and sharing it with them! I love this time of year, it is my absolute favorite! Everything about it is great from the decorations, to the festivities, to being with family, to the food and everything else...I just LOVE it!!

Pumpkin Carving!

Tonight we had our friends Liz and Judd come over for a super fun night! They came and ate dinner and then we carved pumpkins! It is Judd's birthday tomorrow so Liz and I (mostly Liz) made Judd a yummy cheesecake! He opened the second half of his present from Liz which was a good lookin pair of nike shoes! The first half of his present was her driving up and suprising him this past weekend in California at his football game! Liz and I went up together and watched our boys play! I am so proud of both our boys! They are so amazing! We made so many fun memories and as she said in her blog post we laughed A LOT! You are awesome Liz! We are so lucky to have such good friends! She also made him a cute slideshow of the 2 of them over the past two years! It was so cute! I am so excited for them to get married in december! Skyler and Judd cut open the pumpkins and cleaned them all out and Liz and I carved them. Nate helped clean out the pumpkins too! He loved sticking the spoon in the pumpkin and cleaning it out! I carved (at least I attempted to) a ghost. It looks okay with a candle in it with the lights off, but I couldnt get a very good picture of it like that. Liz carved a cute jack o latern face with a big smile and teeth! It turned out awesome! I actually bought 2 pumpkins so Skyler and I carved that one out in a normal jack o later face. Thanks again to Judd and Liz for coming over! We always have a blast hanging out with yall!

18 months=NURSERY!!

Nate turned 18 months on the 8th of October! I cant believe it! Can he really already be a year and a half?! He has such a fun loving personality and I just love him to pieces! He talks quite a bit now and has started connecting 2 or more words together to tell me what he wants. He knows most of the sounds the letters of the alphabet make (thanks to his letter factory video). He can count to 3. He loves to try to dress himself and put on his shoes (we are still trying to master these those). He does the funniest things and he keeps me laughing all the time! He has such a sweet heart! He loves to give kisses and hugs, especially to kids his age and younger! He loves babies and gets so excited everytime he sees one! He says lub you for love you and its so cute! He still goes 150 miles an hour if not more! I am not sure there will ever be a day when he slows down! As tired as I am at the end of the day I wouldnt want it any other way! He wouldnt be Nate if he was constantly on the go! He grew an inch and gained a pound since his last appt. He is in the 75th percentile height and weight again. The best part about nate being 18 months means he is now in nursery! It was so weird being able to sit in sunday school with skyler for the whole meeting. I kept thinking about nate and what he was doing and hoping he was being good and having fun! This is the first time an 18 months I have been able to sit through an entire class! It was nice and I know I need to enjoy it while it lasts!

1st day of Nursery--he is showing us how he prays :)


We went to sand cove on saturday and had a bbq with some friends. There was the prettiest sunset!

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!!