Funny girl

I have started trying to potty train Olivia and so I am constantly asking her if she needs to use the big girl potty or if she has poops, unfortunately she has no interest in it, so tonight Casey was playing the wii and Olivia went up to him tried to pull down his pants and said no poops for Dada! She makes me laugh all of the time, I'm so lucky to be able to say at home with her!

Temple Lights, sledding and random pics

I'm on a roll, 3 post in 3 days! Here are some more pic of the last few months...enjoy!

Summer Fun in Pictures

Hawaii Pics

Finally some pictures from our trip to Maui in June. It was so much fun.....Thanks Errol and Joanne!

We're back.....well sort of.

I have finally decided to start updating my blog again! It has been a long time since the last one, 5 months I think, so there is a lot of catching up to do. I just have to decide on where to start this summer went by so fast and we did so many fun things, a trip to Maui, multiple trips to the Zoo, a few family reunions, a trip to Cody and Yellowstone, hours and hours playing outside at the park and splash pad, lots of 4-wheeling trips and cookouts. I will post pics later!

Now to the most important Miss Olivia, I can't believe how much she has grown up these past few months, I may be a little bias but she is the smartest almost 2 year old. She loves to read books, sing, color, dance, watch Dora, play with her babies and Zuze (her toy dog), talk on the phone to Evvie, play with her cousins, go visit Papa and Gunga. She can say anything and has a few words of her own, chap stick and ranch dressing are meemack, a snowman is a mooman, grandma is Gunga. Her favorite word is narnit, darn it, if anybody drops something or runs into something you will hear Olivia say narnit and she says it over and over until somebody acknowledges her.

I am going to get the pics of of our summer and Olivia posted soon and try to stay caught up with this blog!

Warm Weather Fun...

We went 4-wheeling with Errol and Joanne a couple weekends ago and it was so much fun. We took the ranger, its so nice because we buckled Olivias car seat in the middle then buckled her in. She loved playing in the water even though it was cold.

Saturday we headed up to Cottonwood to fish, 4-wheel, and cook out it was perfect weather until we started to cook then it rained us out, we ended up eating it the truck then heading home. My Dad likes to joke that Olivia is just like me when I was little, you can try any thing to make her smile but if she doesn't want to she will just scowl at you. Olivia and Evvie were sitting on the cooler together, too cute!

On Sunday we went with Errol and Joanne to take flowers to the cemetery, this is Casey and Olivia at his Grandma and Grandpa Porters grave.

Monday we ate lunch in Morgan went 4-wheeling and rode horses. Olivia was too scared to get on the horse, she would scream every time we tried lifting her on it. This is Casey and Corey, such cowboys, on the horses. It was pretty funny when they were getting on Errol told them to not tip the horses over while trying to get on!!

Easter and everything else from the past month...

I've been a slacker lately with blogging it's not that I haven't had time I've just been lazy and not wanting to. To start off, Easter- We had a fun Easter weekend on Friday we went to Morgan ate dinner and looked for eggs, Olivia loved finding the eggs after she picked all of hers up she wouldn't put the basket down and carried it with her the rest of the weekend, we still have the basket and plastic eggs out and she plays with it everyday. Then on Saturday we went to Dan and Susan's in Syracuse ate lunch and had another egg hunt. All of the younger kids brought a small gift to put in the other baskets so Olivia got a ton of things, and the older kids all got money but they had to sing a song for all of us in order to get the $, it was pretty funny. Then on Sunday Olivia woke up and came downstairs to find her basket, when I was little the "Easter Bunny" always hid our basket and loved looking all over the house trying to find it, I wanted to do the same thing for Olivia but she is still a little young so she had a trail of eggs leading to her basket. We went to Church and after that we headed back up to Morgan and ate dinner with Grandma and Grandpa Nelson.

Olivia had her 15 mo Dr. check up and she is still a really, really big girl. Casey says that she is going to be a golfer but I'm hoping for a volleyball player. She is 34 in.tall-over 100%, 26lbs-91%, and her head circumference is 19.1-98%.

We have been loving the warm weather everyday we go on a walk and play outside almost all day long, Liv throws a huge fit if I try to bring her inside she lays on the ground, kicks her legs and SCREAMS, she has the loudest scream I have ever heard I'm sure our neighbors think I am hurting her or something but no she is just extremely dramatic!!! As far as Olivia putting her hands down her diaper now she just takes the dang thing off, if I don't get her out of bed in the morning right when she wakes up she will take her diaper off and pee all over her bed. Casey said we should just duck tape her diaper so she can't undo it and I'm starting to think thats not such a bad idea!!

For Mothers day we went to Morgan on Saturday for a cookout with the Nelsons. Joanne watched Olivia and Blake and Megans kids and we all went 4-wheeling, it was so much fun and we got so muddy. Then on Sunday we went Malad and ate dinner with my fam it was a fun weekend! This is the only pic that we took that day, me and my beautiful little girl

If you have an itch, scratch it, right!?

So my sweet little girl has figured out the she can put her hand down her diaper and she loves to do it! On her lower back she had some dry skin that would itch her so she would scratch her back and eventually her hand makes its way down the diaper, luckily each time she had done it its been a clean diaper!!! I tell her, " Don't do that, that's yucky, or no no" but she thinks its so funny and the more I try to discourage it the more she does it. I've tried ignoring the fact that shes doing it but nothing works, hopefully she will just quit on her own, but any suggestions on how to get her to stop?

Brenna got baptized a couple Saturdays ago, I can't believe she is already 8 years old!! Beth had to talk at the baptism and did a really good job! Here is the only pic I took of that day, I am really slacking with taking pics I've always been the one in my fam to take a million pictures but have hardly taken any lately, I'll have to do better.

At least the one picture I do have is the entire family, minus Kamas, we'll forgive him though since he's thousands of miles away!

Good Luck

Elises husband Kamas is leaving tomorrow for Iraq, this will be his second tour. I don't know how both Brook, Shawn was over there for 19 mo, and Elise handle it when their husbands are gone. I remember when Shawn left it was just after Casey and I got married and I cried for a week because I felt bad that Brook was going to be home alone with her two kids for so long and I was worried for Shawns safety, he was on foot patrols over there during the election when it was really really unstable and he was going to miss a year and a half of Brenna and Coles life. When Kamas left for the first time I cried again, I felt bad that Elise was going to be away from him for 7 mo., and they had only been married for 6mo. I was worried for Kamas' safety also. He told Elise that he was on base pretty much the whole time while he was over there but when he got back he told her that he lead convoys quite a few time. I think he didn't want her to worry about him so he conveniently left that out of their conversations until he got back. Here I am crying again writing this post knowing that Kamas will be gone again, I think they told him he will be gone for 6-11 months, and he won't know for sure until he is over there. I am excited that Elise will be back in Malad again but I feel bad that it is under these circumstances.
Having two brother-in-laws serve our country has made me gain so much respect for all the Men and Women who have done so and I am so proud to both Kamas and Elise in our family!!
So good luck Kamas, we will think about and pray for you every day and we will keep good care of Elise and Zulu!

Swimming lessons

Today was the last day of swimming lessons for me and Olivia, woo hoo!! We took a mom and tots class at the Clearfield aquatic center. It was Monday-Thursday for the past two weeks and was so much fun, Olivia especially loved it. Every morning when I went in to get her dressed in her swimsuit she would scream and clap because she knew we were going swimming. It was a really good class we played games but also learned a lot of good things. Her teacher, Carol, has been teaching the class for 13 years and knew a lot. She taught Liv that if you fall into a pool to turn, reach for the side and hold on, if you fall while you are already in the water to roll over to your back and float, she learned to blow bubbles and to blow out when going under water. Liv hasn't mastered all of those tricks yet but we are signing up to take the class again, there was a little girl in her class that was one month younger than Liv and she has been taking them since she was 7 mo old and she could do all of those perfectly.

These are the girls that were in her class. She went down the slide today for the first time, and didn't like it too much, I think it scared her. Just ignore the blob on the right.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, 7 TIMES OVER!

March is full of birthdays, 7 to be exact. Casey on the 2nd, Beth on the 9th, Joanne on the 10th, Elise on the 11th, Shawn on the 17th, Breclyn on the 18th and Brenna on the 24th. Friday night we celebrated all the March birthdays that are on my side of the fam, five of them.

That cute little puppy that Weed is holding was her present from Kamas. Her name is Zulu and she is a mini schnauzer. Fifi got about 10 new outfits for her b-day, I guess that's what happens when you are the "Golden Child." :0) We, meaning Brook and me, like to tease my parents that Beth is their favorite daughter with Elise coming in a close second. We all know that I should really be their fav, right?! Isn't the child that gives their parents the most grief while growing up suppose to end up being the favorite? ;) The party was fun, I love when we all get together and just hang out.

We stayed up all weekend because on Saturday my cousin Lyndsey got married. It was such a nice ceremony and a delicious lunch. Lyns looked gorgeous, she had a beautiful, simple dress and Brian didn't look too bad in is uniform either. I was so mad because I forgot to take my camera with me.

We had a fun weekend up there but it was nice to get home and relax!! Saturday is Breclyns party so more birthday pics to come.....

Happy Birthday Casey

Casey turned the big 31 on Monday. Joanne watched Olivia on Saturday so me and Casey could go on a hot date, we went to dinner then shopping and talked about Olivia the whole time, I don't know if you would really call that hot, but it was fun to get away for a little while. Sunday we had cake and ice cream at Grandpa and Grandma Nelsons. On Monday I asked Casey what he wanted to have for his b-day dinner I told him I would make anything and do you know what he wanted........BREAKFAST! Those of you that know me know that I hate breakfast for dinner I always have but that's what he wanted so we had pancakes, eggs and toast. Since he turned 31 here are 31 reasons I love him..
1. Simple things make him happy like breakfast for dinner;)
2. He is a hard worker
3. He has perfect teeth, that may seem weird but I always look at peoples teeth and his are perfect. (It could have something to do with the fact at 31 years old he still wears his retainer to bed at night) nothing is a turn on like a grown man wearing a retainer :o)
4. He is giving, he would give anything to anybody if he felt like they needed it
5. He has an amazing testimony and has taught me so much
6. He honors his priesthood and has used it to bless our family many times
7. He has the patience of a saint, and being married to me you would have to, in the 6 years we have been together I have NEVER seen him loose his temper.
8. If ever there was a perfect Dad it would be Casey, he loves his little girl more than words typed on this computer can express.
9. He is so thoughtful and always doing the nicest things for me
10. He makes me laugh especially when he dances
11. He has the most beautiful hazel eyes
12. He is kind to everybody he meets
13. He is tender-hearted
14. The way he loves me unconditionally
15. His family, there is nothing like NFF (Nelson Family Fun!)
16. He is easy going and puts up with my not so easy going ways
17. He makes me feel safe all the time
18. He puts up with me and that is not always an easy thing to do, he has never said a mean or negative thing to me even when I am being a brat
19. He plays with Olivia and its the cutest thing, there in nothing more precious than watching Casey play dolls or read a book or let Olivia fix his hair
20. Every night he gets Olivia ready for bed and lets me "relax" for a few minutes even though he has worked all day long at the office, and he never complains
21. When Liv was a baby and got up every 2-3 hrs Casey would get up every other time with her, and that when we lived in Logan so he had to get up 5 am to go to work and didn't get home until 6 pm and still would feed her during the night without complaining
22. He does the laundry and dishes without being asked
23. Ever since we have been married he has always been the one that cleans the bathrooms
24. He is romantic, if I say that I like something he will remember what it was and for the next birthday or holiday he gets it for me, randomly he will leave little notes for me and Olivia telling us to have a good day and that he loves us
25. He is athletic, he love to golf, play basketball, snowboard, snowmobile and is good at everything he tries
26. He is willing to try anything and is outgoing
27. He is smart, in college he didn't have to study hard to get good grades he can read something once and is good to go (hopefully our kids get his brains)
28. He has the best personality, he has never met anybody that he hasn't gotten along with
29. He drives everywhere we go no matter how far away it is, it works out perfectly for me because I hate to drive
30. I love the way he loves me and Olivia
31. He is the love of my life!
Happy Birthday Casey you are the best and I love you!! BPWP ;)

Will you be mine???

I'm a little late at getting this posted but better late than never, right? We had a good valentines weekend on Saturday Casey and I went to lunch and a movie while Blake and Megan watched Olivia. We went to Taken and surprisingly enough I liked it, those of you the know me very well know that I am not a very big fan of going to the movies and Casey loves going needless to say poor Casey doesn't get to see very many movies anymore. After the movie me and Casey watched Blake and Megans kids so they could go out.

Casey got me a dozen roses which was nice but the best part was I also got a DIAMOND necklace!!! I love jewelery especially diamonds!!!

We got Liv an outfit, she didn't really care about the clothes but she loved the tissue paper.

Holidays are much more fun with a little one around, she is such a funny girl and as you can see from this picture she pulls some pretty funny faces!!!

Last week Casey was on a business trip to Philadelphia so me and Liv were home alone for two nights. I don't like to be alone especially at night, I will freak myself out, hear noises and for some reason I think of every scary movie that I have ever seen. So each night I would double check the doors to make sure they were both locked I put the treadmill in front of the back door and the coffee table in front of the front door and slept with the bathroom light on. Needless to say we made it through just fine!! Casey got home early on Friday so we took Liv up to G-ma and G-pa Nelsons to play in the snow she wasn't to thrilled with the snow but loved petting the cat.

These are for you Weedy

This post is just random pics of Olivia. Elise told me I needed to put some on for her to see so these are for you Weedy!! Enjoy!

Liv loves her baths, and I love it because Casey gives them to her and gets her ready for bed every night!!

She is such a funny little girl, she loves to put diapers on her head and wear them around the house and always has her purse on her shoulder.

I couldn't figure out how to rotate this one. Liv got RSV a couple weeks ago so we were stuck in the house for a few weeks, I think she got a little stir crazy and was trying to escape.

Liv has learned how to climb in and out of her toy box, each time she does it she will start clap and cheer for herself.

In the mornings Liv has some pretty crazy hair, it only grows right on top so the top is real long and the sides are still short.

Olivias Birthday

I can't believe that my baby is already one! We celebrated Olivias birthday last Saturday and had a little party with Grandparents, Aunts, Uncles and cousins. She had a great time especially digging into the cupcakes, at first she didn't know what to do with it but after her first taste she tore right in.
Little Livia has been such a great blessing to us, we love her so much. Here are a few pictures from the party.


Opening her presents, she doesn't look too happy in this picture but she really liked getting all her gifts.


Olivia with her birthday cake.

Her first bite of the cake.Big smile with the frosting all over her face.She liked her cupcake so much Casey gave her another one.When she was done the both her cupcakes we had to get her in the tub because we couldn't get the frosting off, she had it all over herself and the floor. It was a big mess but so much fun watching her have her first taste of sugar!!