My Guys

I am proud of my guys, and how well they did a the tournament. It was so much fun to watch them. They both trained hard and had to cut weight. But in the end all the hard work was worth it. They both got moved up and had to fight in a higher division. They both had great matches and did great.

As for Braden, he is now officially a teenager. WOW!! That makes me feel old. I am so proud of him. He is such a good kid, maybe allitle anoying at times, but a really good kid. He has been doing well in school so far this year and has excellent grades. He does alot with scouts and young mens, and still loves to train jiu jitsu. I can't believe how tall he has gotten lately, he will pass me up soon. Thats scary. I love him and am very proud of the young man that he is.

Well my baby is six. She has graduated from kindergarten, and is on her way to first grade.Jessi is my little jokester, she loves to tease and play around. She loves hugs, and she loves her gymnastics. Its hard to see your baby get so big. But there are so many things that I love doing with her, and the rest of the fam.

Next we had family events, weddings, family in town,nana nelson's bday, 4th of july. And a couple trips to the lake. So now we are all caught up!!!

Summer!!

So the summer maddness begins. I wish summer was longer, I know it will go by to quickly. Not enough days to go to the lake, or just hang out with the fam. But, hopefully I'll remember my camera!!!

What to do?

Okay, so I'm looking for alittle feed back. Let me explain my confusion on how to handle this situation. As most of you know, Jessica goes to gymnastics, and some of the moms stay for a while. Jessi is one of the newer girls in the group, so I haven't gotten to know many of the moms yet. One day while sitting in my car for a minute,another mom got out of her car and banged her door into my van really hard. I know she saw me sitting in there, but she didn't even stop to look to see if she did any damage, or to appologize. I was more upset that she didn't say anything, my van is trashed anyways. So later I mentioned it to another mom, and she unloaded about this woman and how many of the moms didn't care for her. One of the many things she said was that they thought that she was or is an escort. WHAT!!! I only mention that because I don't like the feelings that I have towards this woman. I have felt I have judged her unfairly because of the car door situation, and the things people have said about her. Mind you that this woman has never said hi to me or had a conversation with me in the four months that Jessi has been in this class. So one day last week she was wearing a white tshirt and guess what, she had the undermarkings of being lds. Yep, Im positive thats what I saw. I was mortified. But, on top of that I was mad. I was mad at myself and at her. There is actually a mom who is being fellowshiped by her neighbor and has been asking me questions and now she knows about this woman too. I don't know what to do or if I should say something to her. I feel like I need to appologize for judging her, but at the same time she is not an approachable lady, I don't know what to do, if I should do anything at all. I don't like feeling like this. I see this woman three times a week, she probably has no idea, but its eating away at me. What would you do?

A Decade of Happily Ever After

It's a little late, but Lance and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary this last weekend. Time flies when your haveing fun. I love being married to this man. He is my best friend, and spending time with him never gets old. He knows how to make me smile and laugh and that means so much to me. He is a wonderful dad and I love our beautiful family. I am grateful that we get to spend our lives together and I am looking forward to haveing many more wonderful moments together.

Happy New Year!!!

Christmas was fun this year. I got to decorate my house for the first time, and it was so fun to put stockings on the mantle!!! Santa came early for me.... I got a new camera. I have had fun taking pictures, but I must confess I am totally out of my element. I need to take a class or something. I feel like there is so much to know about taking the kind of pictures that I want. It seemed like the Holidays came and went so fast this year. Maybe because it took a while for me to really get in the spirit of things. But everything was good, and I love all the family time.
And now its January and I feel old!!! 32 ouch! How did it creep up so fast. 30 was fun, 31 not so bad, but 32 is kinda painful. I feel like I have entered into a new phase in life, and I'm not sure how to feel about that. Maybe its just the times, with the uncertainty of things right now, I feel like there needs to be plans and food storage and bomb shelters!!!! Even with all the craziness, I am very blessed. I have a wonderful husband who keeps me smiling, kids that make me laugh and keep me busy. I am enjoying our home, and all the space. Things are good and I am grateful. I am looking forward to this year and what it will bring. I am sure that there will be the good, bad and ugly, but I am looking forward. There seems to be so much to accomplish, I want to learn how to use my camera so I can take great pictures of my beautiful kids. I have more to do around my house. Then there are always those personal things to work on. I hope that everyone has a great year and can find joy in all the little things of life.

My First Thanksgiving!!!

I must first explain how this all came to be. My dear sweet father was joking around with Lance and I one night. He made the comment that if we were in a new home by thanksgiving, that it should be at our house. And thinking that would never happen because I am not one of the OG Nelsons, I was not concerned with this at all. Well we were blessed with a beautiful home before the holiday, and the joke had spread to other family members. These family members happen to be my Aunts, they thought it was a fabulous idea too!!!! So, what the heck right?..... I'm 31, have plenty of room, and lots of family, and good at delegating!!! So the planning of the feast began. I made the assignments to ALL the Liu family, who was coming also because this is MY thanksgiving at my house, and all the Nelsons had theirs too. I must tell you that I was really excited to have ALL of my family coming to my home, and that I didn't have to split my day up. But my greatest fear was cooking a turkey. This is no small feat to me. I was kinda freaking out. I looked on-line to get all the cooking tips possible. You don't want to be known for screwing up the turkey. Turns out its not really that hard. It turned out fine. We had a wonderful time. The fam was great. Every one brought stuff, and there was a plethora of food!!!! I think we had about 50 people at the house, and it was great!!!! And I know that my Mom's and Nola were thrilled not to have it at there house. I am so thankful for my families. And I still have 6 pies in the fridge!!! It's time to get rid of the left-overs.