We spent most of our three day weekend out on the Nelson family dairy farm. They just installed four robots to milk the cows. It's an incredible new operation: the cows walk into the parlor and a robot cleans the teats and milks them. ...
Always busy reaching for a toy and rolling halfway across the room, I thought Conrad would learn to scoot before he ever learned to sit up. But suddenly, just like that one day, he's sitting up on his own! He's growing like a weed...
A smattering of favorite photos from February through May--and the Instagram posts that go with them--that I don't want forgotten. ^^Looking like a little old man in his Sunday sweater. He's my live dolly.^^ ^^A peek into the boys' messy bedroom....
On Friday evening, after Levi graduated from preschool, Bron met all of his brothers for a night of camping at Castle Rocks with their families. I graciously bowed out. May is way too early in the year for me to go camping with a baby...
^^My new favorite picture. Three in the frame!^^ "I have been that mother—the really focused, engaged, loving mother who was all in, enjoying every speck of every second of motherhood. I have had days of basking in the moment and wanting...
Wednesday May 3rd was a typical day here in the Nelson home, and yet, it wasn't either. But for some reason I want to write it down and share it. That day encompassed all the emotions I often have as a mother, from frustration to pure...
Dear Conrad, A whole half a year has flown by in a blink and we are celebrating your sixth month birthday. I can't believe it. Really, I can't believe how lucky we are to have you join our family. Something about having you here...
Five days after getting home from our trip to St. George, I turned around and headed back to Utah to meet my mom, grandma, aunts, and cousins for a day at the BYU Women's Conference. It was a girls' only weekend ( plus a nursing Conrad, of...
The idea started as a conversation among friends at church but snowballed into an actual Spring break adventure getaway! The last weekend in April, Bron, Conrad, and I along with five other couples (and two more babies) drove down to St....