It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! On our way home from visiting my grandparents in Utah, Bron humored me by taking me to visit the lights at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. It is a spectacular sight! If you've never seen...
The boys and I hitched a ride to Utah with Bron to visit my grandparents, also known as Jed and Levi's GREAT-Grandparents. Travel is getting hard on them and it was high-time they meet their seventh great-grandson for the first time, so we brought...
Some things are worth doing every single year. That is why we call them "traditions". The Nelson boys (Bron and his five brothers) seem very keen on this idea. "But it's tradition!" they cry. I think their world would stop spinning...
"Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey, and share our love with friends and family." -President Thomas S. Monson With Thanksgiving on the horizon, we will all be counting and listing our blessings. This year though, I...
Levi is a ham. He is also a night owl. That, combined with Jed already asleep in his bed and Bron gone overnight again, found us in front of the bathroom mirror last night making faces. (Yes, this is the type of mother I am. A little...
Since this blog is my journal, I'm going to write down what we've been up to lately... because it's been a while. :: We're still at it, running that is. Fortunately, the temperature has kept above freezing during the...
Of all the chores there are to do, laundry is my absolute least favorite. It is just so time consuming to fold all those pieces of clothing! So laundry pretty much goes like this: Monday: Separate and Wash Tuesday: Let the dread of...
Jed likes to say, "Hi Baby!" and give his brother kisses. Levi adores his big brother; I can see it in his eyes. Despite the fighting I know they will do, I hope they become the best of friends....
A year ago this month we moved into our house. Before moving here, I had always thought of the Twin Falls area as a rest stop: just a gas station and some food on a long trip between Idaho Falls and Boise. Wow, was I wrong! I am more...
It is sunny and 70* outside today. A beautiful day for playing at the park and taking some time to vote. Living in Idaho, it sometimes feels like my vote doesn't mean much. After all, most of us are rooting for the same guy for president:...
A friend once gave me a really great quote and it has stuck with me ever since. "Your children won't remember how clean your house was, but they will remember how much time you spent with them." I really, really try my hardest to be a good mom...
We had a very excited dragon at our house! Jed refused to wear the hood I made, but it was just as well. It was 65*! See the full costume from last year HERE We were eating dinner when the first two spooks of the evening knocked on our...