Palmer Turns 13!

 We have a teenager in the house now!!  This is a big birthday for our oldest boy (and us).  We had to get up extra early as we had seminary, so the boys were a little tired (5:15 is early for these kids).  Hunter just happened to match the birthday presents. 

 Palmer was pretty excited about presents from his wonderful grandparents!

 McKay was so excited to give Palmer a present.  He even picked out a treat for him.

 Cutest hugs from brothers.

 Palmer worked super hard and saved a lot of money to go in on his birthday present.  He was a big fan.

 He picked out biscuits and gravy for his birthday breakfast.

 Steak and cheesy potatoes for dinner.  I don't have a picture, but I checked him out and we went to California Pizza Kitchen for lunch.  It was fun to be on a little date with my boy.

 He picked Chocolate Cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory for his cake.  This is the first year I didn't make one and I was a little sad about it...but at least it was super yummy!

Oh we love this hardworking, sweet boy.  Looking forward to lost more fun years with him!

School Night at Chill Hill

 Palmer and Lincoln went to a school football game and I took McKay and Hunter to their school Chill Hill night.  It was fun for it to just be them and me and eat ice cream!

 Chill Hill is a cute little ice cream shop that is right by the middle school.  We love it there.

Funnest time with these cuties!

Back to School Pictures 2016

 It has always been a tradition to do back to school pictures every year.  Last year I was getting ready for my first year of seminary and for whatever reason, they didn't happen.  I wanted to make sure we got them this year.  

 When I bought Hunter's shirt, I had not idea it would match the school bus perfectly...

 Two Nelsons in the middle school...I am praying that this is a good thing.

 Hunter also matched the lockers...we had to go and find some non yellow ones.  

Much better. 

 I have spent a lot of time praying for this year to be a good one!

End of Summer Break

 Today is the last day of summer break (thankfully, not summer. We are still going to do lots of fun summer things).  McKay and I went to sail his new boat in the morning.  Unfortunately, it wasn't a great sailing ship, but it was still fun.