Priesthood Session of Conference

Eric and Connor were lucky enough to snag 2 tickets and a parking pass to the Priesthood Session of General Conference. They hopped in the truck this morning and drove to Salt Lake. What an awesome experience for the two of them to have together! I can't wait to hear what the talks were about!

My boy and my favorite Apostle!

Pictures of the Salt Lake temple at night, isn't it beautiful!!!

My first 5k

ST. LUKE'S WOMEN'S FITNESS CELEBRATION!

Ok so I totally walked the entire way but...I paid, I entered, I arrived and I completed a 5k :)

Thanks to my sister Tessa for organizing us!! Our team was my mom, me, Tessa and her 2 daughters Kate and Kennedy. Kennedy was in the stroller only half the time and the rest of the time she was running!

We had a great time. Definitely something to do next year. I told Tessa that I would enter the blue wave with her next year (run/ walk). She kindly declined and said she really enjoyed taking her girls with her and they couldn't run so she wanted to stay in the orange wave (walkers only) for a few more years. YES!!!! I totalllly got out of having to train and run next year...hahaha...

First day of school!

First Day of School!!!

I am not sure why my kids can't/ won't just pose and smile for pictures. ALL of them get goofy and silly when they see a camera. So, you get one silly and one as "normal" as it gets for the goofy Nelson boys!

Cody started Pre-school

Cooper is a 2nd grader

Connor is in 8th grade- LAST year before high school--yikes!!

And I am ........sooooooooooo happy that school is back in!!!

Life Scout

Last night Connor received his Life rank in Boy Scouts. That is quiet an accomplishment for a 13 year old. Next he works on his Eagle! Way to go Connor and a big thanks to his dad of course who has helped him and encouraged him along the way!

Bishop Barfuss, Eric, Connor and Ben Bird (scout master). This is an AWESOME group of men right here!!!!!

One more and my collection will be complete! :)

TROUBLE!

While Eric and I throughly enjoyed conference, Cody was enjoying something as well.....

coloring all over HIM SELF and the wall behind the recliner!.....This little boy is t-r-o-u-b-l-e!

A TEMPLE!!

(I cut and pasted this from desertnews.com) SALT LAKE CITY — The announcement of three new LDS Church temples in North America — in Colorado, Idaho and Canada — highlighted President Thomas S. Monson's opening address in the Saturday morning session of the church's 181st annual general conference. The three — announced for Fort Collins, Colo.; Meridian, Idaho; and Winnipeg, Canada — means that in addition to the 134 temples operating worldwide, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints now counts another 26 temples as announced or under construction. "This will certainly be a blessing for the members in those areas," President Monson said. Located 11 miles west of Boise, Meridian is Idaho's third-largest city. With a presence in the state since 1855, the LDS Church has more than 410,000 members in Idaho. The new Meridian temple will be Idaho's fifth, with Mormon temples already in Boise, Idaho Falls, Rexburg and Twin Falls. We are soooo excited about this. We were watching conference at home and Eric jokingly said "Meridian, Idaho" right before the Prophet said it. Then the Prophet said it and we looked at each other, cheered and literally high fived each other. Since we were watching from home it was ok. :) We can't wait to find out where the site will be and when the ground breaking is. We live in Meridian so it won't be far!!

Artist.....

If you read the blog I do for our missionary (elderkatzakian.blogspot.com) you would have seen the recent post of me bragging about the picture Brock drew and about how he used to draw for hours when he was younger etc. Eric can also draw really well. I think the littlest Nelson is trying to join their club!

I saw this on my wall and said, "Cody! What did you do? What is that?"

He ran over to me and said in a very happy voice "I drew it. It's a rocket mommy!" He didn't seem to fully understand my question! I didn't care what it was...I wanted to know why he colored on my walls! This is not the first time he has colored on the walls, furniture etc. I probably shouldn't think these pictures are so cute...but I do! He was sooo mad that he had to clean off his rocket picture!

Is that...????

Is that a weed in my yard? Why YES it is! And I am sooooooo happy to see it! That means that spring has to be around the corner, right?? I am sooo done with cold Idaho weather! They say it is going to get in the high 50's maybe even low 60's this week!! Yiiippppeeee!!! I am so ready for the spring- weeds and all!!

My favorite Sister Missionary

Suzi sent these to me and I just loved them and wanted to share with anyone that might be interested. This is Sharday White serving a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the Brazil Sao Paulo North Mission. You can follow Sharday's blog at sistershardaywhite.blogspot.com.
(The black and white picture is my favorite. That is such a "Sharday" thing!)

Keep working hard Sharday! We love and miss you!

It's a different world!

A few things have happened this month to make me stop and think about how different the world is for my kids as far as technology goes. During visiting teaching this month, the topic of cell phones for teenagers came up. My sweet companion and the sister we were visiting only have small children so their kids don't "need" a phone yet. They asked if my teenager did and they nicely explained that they hadn't decided yet, but thought that maybe their kids wouldn't have them until they were old enough to drive. I kept my mouth shut BECAUSE I said the same thing before I had a teenager. He now has a phone that we both depend on greatly!!

Then...my 3 year asked to play a game on my phone, I told him yes and to hand me the phone so I could get him to the right place. He said, "That's ok, I do it". He can't form a proper sentence yet but he CAN use all the apps on my phone to find, start and play a game!

The kicker was last night during homework with my 1st grader. His assignment was to write 10 words that started with the same sound as his first name. So he started his list with cake, cat, car and a few words down was "com". My husband read the word and said, "That's not a word, do you mean "come"? The first grader looked at him like he was dumbest man alive and said "hello, com like dot com". My husband and I looked at each other started laughing...!! How did we ever survive without the modern convinces of technology and what is to come?!?!?!

Wow....I had to laugh about all this!

Undefeated!!

2-0 baby!! Undefeated!!

Ok so it was a fun match which means there are no "winners" or "losers" but I am a little competitive so I am secretly keeping track!! We know nothing about wrestling but thanks to Grandma and Grandpa we are slowly learning about this sport. (Grandpa Pollmann was a major wrestling star back in the day and Grandma was his #1 cheerleader)

Cooper is VERY strong! He has learned a lot in the last few months and had fun wrestling. After both matches he was a upset because he thought he was being choked...we have to work on that..not sure what really was happening. According to his coaches, if score was being kept he would have won both matches by points.

They have an official weigh in and then they write their weight on their arm. He LOVED this!

Do I see a future Hulk Hogan in MY family?!?!?!? :)

Happy Birthday Conman!

13 years ago today my life forever changed. I never knew I could love someone or something as much I loved my new little boy. He didn't come at the ideal time or under the ideal circumstances but he is and was a blessing to me that has forever changed my life for good. I love you Connor...Happy 13th Birthday...please be a good teenager! :)

PS sorry Bubba but I saw the picture and HAD to include it! :)