Coloring Easter Eggs

On his trip to get egg dye Josh found some sports decals that you wrapped around the egg, put them in hot water for a few seconds and the decal would melt to the egg. My how things have changed since my day when we just used food coloring!

These sports decals turned out really cute...um cool.

Dye tablets in vinegar...boy are we hard up for entertainment. They are completely mesmerized...especially Josh!

Things kept getting crazy, the boys would not sit down because they couldn't see if they did. I think that Hunter nearly knocked over our egg dye 5 times!

What a cute daddy

Each time we would take an egg out the boys were in total awe.

We decided to take a family picture with our eggs...can you even see the eggs?

Some of our finished products.

The First of Many

This is the first year that a Nelson boy is playing soccer. Any of you who know Josh, know he is a soccer nut! Palmer is only going to be 4 when the season starts missing it by about 3 months. He told the city that he would coach and they quickly agreed that Palmer could play. I have a feeling I am going to be watching a lot of soccer over the years! The uniforms are huge!

Palmer and Lincoln are so close in age, it is really hard when one gets to do something and the other can't (even Josh couldn't talk someone into playing a 3 year old!). Josh was so cute that he has gotten Lincoln excited for the practices and he even bought him a uniform.

Buddies

Pretty soon we will have three little soccer boys.

Here we go again....

My good friend Kristen was a life saver this weekend. Josh was out of town and I don't know what I would have done without her. She read to the boys so they wouldn't take the nebulizer masks off.

Lincoln knows this drill well. This mask is actually so cute. You can't see it, but it is a dragon and the vapor from the nebulizer comes out two holes so it looks like the dragon is breathing. So cute!

Once again our family is battling pneumonia. This time it is both Palmer and Lincoln. Luckily we don't have to go to the hospital. We have been to the doctor a few times and we are on a couple medications and they both have to do a nebulizer (this is what is in the pictures). But other than that it 's okay. Sad thing is that they both cough constantly! But I feel like they are getting better.

If you live at our house...

Hunter got the Geo Trax train set for his birthday. It was the best gift we ever bought. We made sure that all of the boys had their own train and they spend hours playing with it. Putting it together, rearranging it and destroying it. Luckily it is pretty durable. Josh is right up there with the kids. He loves it as well. I haven't gotten as into it yet, but I love that it brings all my boys together.

Cousin Sleepover

We have been waiting to do a sleep over with the Millers for a very long time. The kids had so much fun. They all had their sleeping bags downstairs and were doing pretty well, then Lincoln decided that he would rather sleep in his own bed. Next Palmer came up and said he didn't want to sleep downstairs. Well, Symera was already sleeping in his bed so we put his sleeping bag in with Lincoln and Hunter. Next came Chadra and Brandon saying they didn't want to sleep downstairs either and so they were put in with Symera. It didn't turn out like we'd expected, but we all had a lot of fun!

New Job!!

We'd like to announce that Josh has a new job! He is now the Sales Vice President for Y.E.S. Staffing. He started last week and so far has loved it. It is a very good company with a lot of potential for growth. We are very excited!! The job is in N. Salt Lake. We will be moving down as soon as we can sell our house!

Night Time Story

This is the boys favorite time of day. We read scriptures and if they are good they get a story. Dad is a very good story reader and they all love it. I love watching how cute he is with our boys. Josh is a very good daddy.

You Had to Be There!

Last night we were getting the kids ready for family prayer. This is a wild time of the day for us, trying to get the kids settled down enough to be reverent. The more we try the wilder they get. Well, it is usually Palmer and Lincoln, but last night Palmer and Lincoln both got on their knees (yahoo!) We were about to start the prayer, when Hunter runs up and jumps on Palmer's back and starts yelling Giddyap!! At first Josh and I were so shocked we both burst out laughing, but as we tried to pull Hunter off Palmer's back, we realized Hunter was completely serious! He fought Dad off and ran back and jumped on Palmer again yelling Giddyap! We were all laughing so hard now, especially Palmer that we couldn't get Hunter off. It went from bad to worse and finally we got a quick prayer out amidst all of the giggling (a lot of it from me). It was the funniest thing Hunter has ever done.

Silly Kids

Hunter found my vest and wanted to wear it. He was convinced that this is how it worked.

Do you see the square that looks like mashed potatoes? That is actually a roll with mounds of butter on top. Lincoln decided he would butter his own roll. Needless to say, he didn't eat it. I think his heart would have stopped right there if he had!

Congratulations Josh!

Josh took his Real Estate test yesterday from 8:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Needless to say it was a very long day. He passed! We are so happy. He is officially a real estate agent on Monday and will start working with a broker in Ogden. He worked so hard on that and it was really a long process s I thought he deserved a post on our blog! Hooray for Josh!!!

Dress Ups

Hunter was a sad policeman

Power Rangers are huge at our house!

Palmer had this great idea so he could ride his bike and play dress ups.
At our house the boys love to play dress ups. We have Buzz Lightyear, pirates, knights, cowboys, power rangers, incredibles, doctors, policeman, Superman, Batman and many more costumes that I can't think of. It is so funny to see how they act when they dress up. Hunter usually has what the boys call his "mad face" on. We also have a million swords which tend to be a problem sometimes, but over all it is really fun.

Josh's Birthday (also on Valentines Day)

Since we couldn't find a working camera to save our lives, these photos were all taken with Josh's phone and a little photo shop. Not bad huh?

Valentine's Day (Belated)

Every year for Valentine's Day we leave something on the porch for the boys. This year it was a huge box of Mike and Ikes. They were amazed that so much candy was all theirs (until we took it away). Lincoln couldn't say Mike and Ikes to save his life it was so funny what he would call them, I can't even remember half of them. It changed every time.

Tagged!

To be honest with you I didn't even know what a tag was-Thanks Kenzie for explaining.

10 YEARS AGO

I was at USU as a sophomore. My roommates and I were the ultimate sophomores!!!! We had so much fun. Not that I would ever go back and do it again, but it was a really fun time of life.

THINGS ON MY TO DO LIST:

I am feeling really ambitious at this point in my life. Well, ambitious in the long term, not so much the short term (as Josh would attest to each time we have waffles for dinner). I have a few books that I have been writing that I would love to finish, I want to take some more classes at USU, I have my degree but I love to learn, I have a list of ever classic book written before 1960 children,youth and adult, I would like to finish it before I die. I would love to design my own clothing line. Lots to do huh?

SNACKS I ENJOY

White cake from Lee's Market Place (their frosting is the best). Chocolate covered gummy bears from Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, warm chocolate chip cookies with milk, Fanta orange (I actually got addicted to Sunkist just after I had Hunter, I was going through a case every few days. One day I was saying to Josh how amazing it was it didn't have caffine because in craved it so much-we checked...it does), so I stick to Fanta now. Poor Hunter must have been so hopped up on caffine!

WHAT WOULD I DO IF I WERE SUDDENLY A BILLIONAIRE?

I would start my own clothing company and book publishing company! I would hire a cook and not allow her to ever make waffles for dinner. I would pay off house, cars etc. I think I would just start a million companies that I have ideas for. I would also build my mother-in-law a beautiful house as well as the rest of our siblings. Travel the world. I'd be broke in about a month!

BAD HABITS

Blogging, my recent addiction. I bite my tongue when I am concentrating. When I get excited I talk too fast, and I am a bit of a perfectionist with things (especially if I am in charge of it.)

PLACES I HAVE LIVED

West Valley City, Logan, Pullman and Spokane Washington, Hayden Lake Idaho, Pendleton Oregon, Washington D.C., Cincinnati Ohio, Layton Utah, Houston Texas and Nibley Utah.

JOBS I HAVE HAD

Lonnie's Dry Cleaner, Mr. Bulkey's Treats and Gifts (this was a bulk candy store with a horrible name!), Gates Rubber (Temp job), Kelly Services in the office, Gap, Michaels, and Springlite (this was a prosthetic limb factory!), intern for Senator Bennett and legal secretary.

THINGS PEOPLE DON'T KNOW ABOUT ME

Well, now everyone knows that I am an aspiring writer! I have been a closet writer for a long time. Not many people know I am an avid reader. I think I am pretty much an open book! Oh, I was the prom queen in high school (impressive huh? :)

I TAG SABRA!

A Tribute to my Valentine

This is a perfect picture of Josh's positive attitude-smiling through a rain storm. I have seldom heard Josh complain. I have often heard him say positive things when I couldn't think of anything positive about a situation. He is someone that everyone wants to be around, especially me!

Josh always puts our family first. He works so hard for us. We all wait all day for him to come home from work. Our garage door squeaks so any time it is opened the boys all yell "Daddy!" A lot of the time he wakes up very early and goes to bed late to try and get everything done that is expected of him. He constantly amazes me.

Josh is a man of faith. He inspires me to be a better person. Josh gives everyone the benefit of the doubt and is completely non-judgemental. I think he is the most Christ-like person I know.

This is right after he completed the Logan Marathon. I some times am amazed at all Josh accomplishes. He is always pushing himself and trying to be better. He inspires me.

Josh is so funny! I remember the moment on our honeymoon when I realized what a ham he is. His sense of humor so fun! He keeps me laughing.

I love Josh's blue eyes. Since I buy most of his clothes I think he might get a little sick of how much blue I buy. I just love how his eyes sparkle. I have always told him he has smiling eyes. I love that about him. I am always thinking how handsome he is!

Josh and I both love to be doing things. Winter is hard because there isn't that much to do, but as soon as it turns warm we do so many fun things. I love this about him. We spend the spring, summer and fall doing anything we can think of. We have had some fun adventures together.

Our boys love their Daddy. He always has time to play with them and thinks up fun things to do. Here was one of his cowboy days and Hunter wanted to dress up too. Once I found all of the boys laughing in Palmer's bedroom. Daddy had taken stuffed monkeys and attached their arms to the ceiling fan and turned it on. He is so fun!

Josh loves sports. Here he is with Lincoln at a Jazz game. Since I married Josh I have also become a sports fan. I have adopted all of his teams and I love to go to sporting events with him because he gets so into it! He even puts up with the fact I rarely pay attention (unless it is the Aggies of course).

Josh is a good sport. I am always planning elaborate parties and he is so good to go along with everything. He is so good to help me and be patient especially in those crazy hours leading up to an event. This is Hunter's first birthday. We had a huge Luau!

Here Josh is with some of his friends. Everyone who knows Josh loves him (aren't I a bragger!), but it is true. Random people always come up and tell me how much the respect him.

Another fun time together. We went in speed boats. Although this wasn't on the boat itself it represents something I love about Josh. He loves adventure. I am a pretty follow the rules kind of gal, Josh is always pushing limits (not in a bad way). He was a wild man on the speed boat and the 18 year old guides loved it!

Josh is the funnest person to be with. I always say he makes everything fun. We have had some fun experiences in the past almost 6 years. This is in Cancun, Mexico.

We went to a rodeo once in Taylor Arizona, Josh loved the entire cowboy thing. For Halloween that year we were all cowboys (girl in my case). Josh enjoyed it so much every once in a while I will find him walking around in his cowboy duds. This is right before the Cache Valley rodeo.

This is from Josh's birthday last year. Sad to say we couldn't take pictures this year-it is a long story!

Josh I love you so much!

Funny Little Lincoln

Tonight Lincoln was asked to say the dinner prayer. He has gotten pretty good at it. In fact sometimes they can be a little long. Tonight he blessed the sandwiches we were having for dinner (we were having spagetti), then he asked for the hot chocolate to be blessed (as you guessed we weren't having that either). Lastly he blessed Daddy's soccer shirt (he was wearing a Real T-shirt) because it was dirty. Usually I am okay to not laugh at prayers, Josh and I were both almost in tears!

Winter Wonderland

It has been so cold and snowy that we couldn't even take our Christmas garland down because it has either been covered in snow or frozen to the railing.

We have had the most amazing snow in Cache Valley this year. I have to say I am not usually a huge fan of snow other than in December, but we have had many days of heavy snow falls and it is beautiful to sit and watch out the window.

Good Things to Come

I have been dreaming of summer lately. It is amazing how much snow we have gotten this year. It seems to snow every day. I was looking through our pictures of summer time and all of the fun things that we did. This picture stood out to me and I thought it was too good to pass up. As I am now a blog junkie I thought I would share it. This is at swimming lessons last summer. May it remind you all of good things to come!

Babysitting

Our family is lucky enough to be in a group of friends that trade babysitting a few times a month. When it was our time I was a little worried because most of the kids are older girls. My friend Kristen came up to Logan for the weekend and had the great idea to make valentines cards for the kid's parents. It ended up being a lot of fun!

We also decorated Valentine cookies. Tasty!

Madeline and Palmer

Lincoln put some much stuff on his cookie that it just all started rolling off when he'd put something new on it. After all that he didn't even eat it. It was definitely a work of art!

Our boy dress ups didn't phase them one bit. They were awesome!

A Child's Prayer

Lately Hunter has decided that he wants a turn to pray like the other boys. It is the sweetest thing in the world when he folds his chubby little arms and shuts his eyes (for the most part), and repeats what we tell him to say. He doesn't talk a lot so usually he will say one or two words of the sentence that we whisper to him. It is so cute that I call on him a lot. I also love that our boys all love to pray. At meal times we have a hard time picking whose turn it is because they are all so enthusiastic about the whole thing. I hope it lasts!