Hoogle Zoo

We have been to Hoogle Zoo twice this year. Once with just us and the second time I took Audrey with my mom and Kendell and Cam. Audrey loves her some animals. The elephant is always her favorite. She does a nice elephant sound when she see's them. Here are some pics of our day in the animal kingdom

Brownie Lake Reunion- 2012

Well another year has come and gone for the Nelson, Ira and Hattie reunion and I'm sad. I really do look forward to it every year. I enjoy camping and being with my family, making new memories while hearing about the old ones of people I never knew and pondering back on the years that we have been going to Brownie Lake as a family. It really is a fun place and I hope that our family carries on the traditions set by my Great Grandma and Grandpa Nelson. This year was a first for us, and a first for Audrey. We took our baby camping for the first time. We rented a trailer because this time in the Uintas can still be really cold and Audrey will not sleep with blankets. We shared a trailer with my parents which I was just a little nervous about due to the fact that Audrey may not sleep through the night. The first night she woke up screaming. Not sure if she was slightly cold and then it turned into a, hey, where the heck am I scream! She ended up sleeping next to Bryce and I for the first time and I'm hoping that is the last. I just laid there the rest of the night being kicked/hit and worrying that I would roll onto her. The other 2 nights she did great. Not waking at all. During the days, she took her naps, went on a lot of wagon rides, 4 wheeler rides and played with cousins. She loves her cousins and I truly don't know what I would have done without their help with entertaining, (and Aunts and grandparents) :) Audrey happened to fall out of the trailer the last few hours of our trip, leaving this nice gem...... Audrey finally falling asleep in the car one of the many wagon rides

Abbie caught a fish with her mouth. Bryce said she looked like a bear in Alaska bobbing her head under water to catch it. Bryce was nice enough to bring home her catch of the day, fry it up for her and then she got to reap the rewards of her hard labors.

Thanks for the fun family vacation. It's sad, but since we have all been married, I don't think that we have all been on a family vacation together other than these reunions. So see, it has it's purpose!

Latest

Well, I typed this up awhile ago, I'm just getting to posting it now. I can't believe how big she has got this last little while. We have now just flipped her car seat around to forward facing. She likes it better and so do I, it's fun to see her cute little face every time I turn around, although I hate that it means she is growing up. She climbs in and out of the bath tub, the toy box, the laundry basket. She climbs up onto my fireplace hearth, which I hate because she can't get down from it without me or plopping down on her head. She has quite the vocabulary now. Her everyday vocab consists of dadda, babba, go go, bye, hi, dog, Abbie. Yes, she says the dogs name clear as a whistle, but can't say momma anymore. I honestly think she thinks my name is babba. She sings the part of, eiei without the o, in old mc donald had a farm. The one word I know she is saying but it's just not very clear is thank you. It comes out as, tay tu. She will come up to me and hand me something and say tay tu, such a polite little girl. We are having so much fun with Audrey and I really enjoy watching her learn new things. Her stats at her 1yr were: Weight: 21 lb-60% Head: 18"-67% Height: 31" 94%

Audrey's 1st

Well yesterday morning we had left our windows open to go to sleep that night and a cat woke me up about 1:58am on April 22nd. What does this story have to do with Audrey you ask? Well I just found it ironic that at almost that exact time; exactly one year ago I had woken up to my water breaking with Audrey. I found myself doing this all day long yesterday......"Oh Bryce, at this time a year ago, we would have been doing this" etc etc....... Later on that day, I was getting all of the batteries charged for the big day. I started to flip through some footage on the video camera because we really don't use it all that much, typically only for really special occasions. I found myself watching a lot of clips of us in Brasil. It got me thinking of how many great adventures and trips Bryce and I have been on over the past 11 years together. As I mentioned Brasil, Carribean, Cancun, Puerto Rico, Seattle, New York, Nauvoo, Kirtland and lots and lots of cruises. I then came to the footage of Audrey's first day in the hospital, her first bath time, her first food feeding. I then watched her smile and giggle. Her first crawl, playing with Abbie and her toys, her first Christmas. Having Audrey is hands down, the best adventure Bryce and I have ever started together, other than marriage. She was so worth the 5 year wait and we truly can't imagine our lives without her. There are defiantly mornings where I'm like, ahhhhhh, do I have to get up?? And her attitude some days can really get to me, but by golly, I love that little baby, I mean toddler, sniff sniff. She is such a happy baby and yes, you will always be our little "baby girl". Mom and daddy love you so much and are so glad to have made it through this 1st year with you, there were days I didn't know if we would survive, well if I would, but I did. It is so nice to have family that lives so close and to have such support from all of them. Everybody but 3 people were there. Brody who is off working in Florida, we miss you. Great grandpa Stevenson and Nancy because he is in the hospital battling for his health. We love and pray for you. I don't know if you guys really know how much it meant to us, especially to me that you were there. For me, it wasn't so much just a birthday party for a 1 year old as it was truly celebrating the birth of a miracle that we so desperately wanted and needed. Thanks for coming; we love each and every one of you!

Happy Birthday Girls! My sister Jen and Audrey celebrate the same birthday!

Easter 2012

Today was a great day. The weather was great, the talks in church were awesome, dinner at my parents was delicious. It is always good to have another day, other than Christmas, dedicated to the Savior. I'm so grateful for the Resurrection of my Savior.
Here are some pictures of the last couple of days.....














Happy Easter Everyone!!

11 wonderful years

Yesterday Bryce and I celebrated our 11th year of being married. I use the word "celebrated" because I believe it is something that should be celebrated! Living in a world of celebrity "role models" that stay married for a good 2 weeks, is not my idea of a marriage and I'm so glad to have a partner that is on the same page as me.
We dropped Abbie off at my parents and Audrey off at Bryce's parents(we figured it's good for siblings to be separated occasionally) haha. We stopped by the new theaters in Farmington to see "Hunger Games" did a little shopping there for a bit, then went off to hit the REAL shopping center, CITY CREEK. Yes, people it is amazing. I honestly think it's more the architectural factors that I like more about the place then the actual shopping though! Pick your jaws up off the floor people, if you know me, that shouldn't be to shocking, I don't even like to shop all that much.
From there we headed to the Roof to have a nice dinner, where we got to look over the spot that we were married 11 years prior.
We spent the night in Salt Lake while relaxing in the hot tub and sauna. The relaxing stopped there because I didn't sleep hardly a wink due to a loud furnace that nearly gave me a heart attack as it kicked on early early in the morning.
I really don't care what we do Bryce, I just enjoy being with you. You are my best friend and always will be and it's so amazing that we have put another year behind us so quickly. When people ask us how long we have been married, and then I tell them, I half wait to hear, "oh but you look so young, there's no way you could be married for that long". No one did, it was all in my head. We are getting older and it is defiantly starting to show. Gray hair, wrinkles, over weight, these are just things that we get to do together. I love you babe! Thanks for another year.

Jazzy Wolsey Time

The Wolseys were kind enough to invite us to go to the Jazz game with them awhile ago. we had a lot of fun and of course the Jazz won, they always win when we go!! We got to go into this place to eat and drink and be merry(well LDS style) for free. It was all buffet style and it was really good. At half time we got to go back in and have buffet style desserts, oh my goodness it was craziness, did I mention FREE? Thanks for the fun Wolseys, you guys are always good for a laugh!