Neilson News

Temple Square

2010-08-15T09:51:00.000-07:00

While my brothers were here we spent an evening at temple square. We talked to some sister missionaries at one on the visitors centers.They were both from Australia. It was really fun to talk to them. We got to see all the visitors centers and the conference building. It was a nice evening to see the beauty of the temple and be able to share that with my brothers.

Halloween

2010-08-11T08:15:00.000-07:00

My brothers were really excited for Halloween. It was their first time to celebrate Halloween and they were excited to dress up go trick or treating.We all dressed up this year including me. Jeremy said i had to for my brothers.It was a lot of fun to watch how excited they all were.Andrew the ware wolf

Brooke the bride of death

Steven the grim reaper

All of us

Ready to trick or treat

Brooke and Terra

Cleandon, Evan and Andy

Jefferson Dr Halloween party

2010-07-05T15:28:00.000-07:00

For the past 4 years now the mum's of Jefferson Dr have put on a Halloween party. We don't live there anymore but we did go to the party and i took Steven and Andrew with us.The kids The mum's

Andrew playing with the kids

Timpanogos cave

2010-06-24T09:25:00.000-07:00

On Oct 18th we hiked up to Timpanogos caves. It was the last day you could hike up before they closed for the winter. It was a beautiful fall day.The views were amazing.The fall colors were beautiful.The weather was perfect.

Cascade springs.

2010-06-14T12:46:00.000-07:00

After hiking to Timpanogos caves we went and had some lunch and then we went on to cascade springs.It was so pretty. Clendon Curtis

Brooke

The gang

After we drove to Sundance ( where i guess i didn't take any photos) and then we stopped at Bridalveil falls .
More of the gang

Zoo

2010-06-11T15:06:00.000-07:00

On October the 16Th we took Andrew and Steven to the Zoo. Jen and Kai and Alder came with us. It was fun. Their were a lot of baby animals to so which made all the kids excited.The baby elephant was so cute. Black Bears Zebras
Andrew and Cleandon Steven, curtis,Kai and Brooke

Penguins

The baby giraffe The boys The gang
After the zoo we went and get Jeremy at his work and then went to Lagoon to frightmares. It was a busy day but it was a good one!

Pumpkin carving

2010-05-27T11:59:00.000-07:00

My Brothers were excited to be here in the fall. They don't have Halloween in Australia so this would be their first experience.So for family home evening we carved pumpkins. It was a lot of fun .

Andrew and Steven carving their first pumpkins.

Curtis's pumpkin

Andrew's pumpkin

Steven's pumpkin

My pumpkin

Brooke's pumpkin

Clendon's pumpkin

Jeremy's pumpkin

The mess

My Brothers visit.

2010-05-25T18:09:00.000-07:00

My Brothers Steven and Andrew came to visit in October. Jeremy drove down to LA to pick them up.They arrived on the 10th. They drove to Vegas where they spent the night so they could look around Vegas and go to a collage football game. BYU was playing UNLV so they went to the game. Byu won 59 -21.

Behind

2010-05-25T18:00:00.000-07:00

Wow i just looked at my Blog!! It has been a long time since I have done any blogging.I think it's time to catch up.

r . a. d . kids

2009-12-10T14:04:00.000-08:00

Curtis did r.a.d. kids at school this year. It is a safety class and is run by the police. He really enjoyed it. These are the pictures i took at the graduation. It was a lot of fun to watch his class. Yesterday he wanted to stay home alone and i told him no and he said but i know r.a.d. kids. I didn't let him but it was a good try...I'm glad he thinks he could defend himself.

Circus

2009-12-07T12:16:00.000-08:00

Brooke and Clendon

Clendon

The cannon or canyon.

The elephants

While Jer and Curtis were hunting i took Brooke and Clendon to the circus.It was really fun. Clendon kept asking me when the canyon was coming and for a long time i didn't know what he was talking about then it hit me the cannon. It turns out he had watched a commercial on TV and they showed a lady being shot out of a cannon and that's what he really wanted to see. This year the circus was all about magic and some of the magic tricks were amazing,We love the circus and I'm glad i got to take them.

Hunting

2009-11-19T13:06:00.000-08:00

Curtis was so excited to go hunting with his dad this year.They got early in the morning to leave and i took their picture. They headed out and i got a phone call around lunch telling me that they had walked up on a mother bear with two cubs. They didn't stay looking at them very long as they were walking towards them. I spent the rest of the weekend worried that they would be eaten by the bear but they made it home safe and they had a fun time.

OU/Byu

2009-10-26T17:49:00.000-07:00

I have put of blogging this because i was hoping it was a bad dream.... but it did happen and it's time to move on. So these are the pictures from our trip to the Ou/Byu game. Jer's brother's Josh and Nick along with me and Jer made the long drive down to the game.And although we lost (only because our quarterback got hurt) we had a good time.

The brand new cowboys stadium
The largest jumbo screen in the world
The best team

The outside of the stadium

First day of school

2009-10-18T19:11:00.000-07:00

Clendon started preschool. He is such a big boy.He loves it. He started the day before Brooke and Curtis. His teacher lives two houses down from us and he has played with her little boy a few times so it's nice that we already knew her. He has loved going and is so fascinated with everything to do with the ABC's.He has already learned so much.
After we picked up Clendon from preschool i decided to take the kids to the park for lunch. I met my friend JerriLynn there with her kids for a fun time unfortunately it didn't end up that way. Clendon fell face forward into the bark chips and scrapped up one whole side of his face. Poor boy had bark in his mouth and nose and was bleeding. I felt so bad for him. We left the park and went home for some otter pops to soothe the pain and it did for about a minute then he tried to go to bed and i asked him to come be with us and he told me that if he went to sleep it would stop hurting.Poor guy.It was very sad.
The next day was Brooke and Curtis's first day of school. They are going to a new school. It is still under construction but finished enough for school to begin. They both have good teachers and seem to be enjoying school so far.
J

Nana and Papa's house

2009-10-14T13:58:00.000-07:00

While Jeremy went Hunting with Josh i took the kids up for the weekend to Nana's and Papa's house. Brooke's friend Anne moved a week before we did and she was back visiting for a wedding.So the girls who had been texting and talking on the phone ever since they both moved away from Wellsville and wanted to be able to see each. So we went up and they played all afternoon.They were so happy to see each other.Curtis went and played with his little Friend Bryant and Clendon got to play with his friend Brooklyn.It was really fun to visit with our friends up in Wellsville.

I didn't know if Curtis would be able to play with his friend so i brought his bear book for cub scouts to work on.Nana helped him to make oatmeal cookies.And Papa helped him make a little model of an airplane and then he helped him fly it Clendon also had fun flying it.

We went to church the next day and then came back home. We all had lots of fun!!! We love spending time with Nana and Papa.

July 24th

2009-10-13T14:21:00.000-07:00

For the 24Th we drove to Ephraim to spend the day with Jeremy's Aunt Bonnie and cousin Amy and her family.we went up the canyon for a nice lunch that Aunt Bonnie prepared and then some fishing.

After the canyon we headed over to see Uncle Custer's headstone.We were glad to be able to go and see the beautiful headstone that Bonnie had designed. We then went over to Amy and Billy's house where the kids played and we talked. We had dinner and then headed over to Stacy's house for some fireworks.It was a really fun day.We love spending time with them.

Catch up!!

2009-10-12T20:16:00.000-07:00

I have not blogged in a long time and i need to catch up....But i am too tired. Maybe tomorrow!!! Okay i'm thinking if i say i will tomorrow then i will do it.It is on my never ending list of things to do that i just never seem to get to. So tomorrow i will start playing catch up. Goodnight everyone!!! I love bed time!!!

2009-08-22T18:51:00.000-07:00

The first morning we were in our house Jeremy woke up to watch the sunrise over the lake. He woke me up and at first i was not happy about waking up at 6am eventually i did get up and it really was beautiful.
This was a full rainbow one evening it was so amazing and we have seen another one since.It was so bright and it seemed like we could just reach out and touch it.

4th of July

2009-08-18T16:41:00.000-07:00

The Fourth of July was a little crazy this year because we were moving and it is also our family reunion.We moved on Thursday spend Friday unpacking and then headed back up to Wellsville Friday afternoon for the reunion. The kids enjoyed seeing all their cousins and spent most of that afternoon and evening running around the yard and playing in the pool and slip n slide.We ate KFC for dinner and then headed to Logan to watch fireworks. The next day the kids had fun with the pinata that Jenn had brought. It took quite a long time for them to brake it open but they all had fun.After that there was more pool fun and lunch and then Jeremy and i headed back to all those boxes we had waiting for us.Nancy kept my kids so they could play and have fun with all the cousins.

Clendon

Brooke

Eric

Kai

Cole

Curtis

Eric's shirt after diving onto the candy

The mess on the ground after all the candy was grabbed up.

Papa's puppet show.

2009-08-12T17:16:00.000-07:00

Right before we moved the kids asked Papa if he could do a puppet show for them.He was more than happy so after dinner he got out his puppets.The kids loved it they were laughing so hard.. After Papa was done the kids wanted turns and of cause their puppet show is almost the same as what Papa had just done.Thanks Papa for being so wonderful. We all love you!!

This is Clendon under the blanket

Pinewood derby

2009-08-04T18:59:00.000-07:00

We finally had the Pinewood Derby right before we moved. I was beginning to think it would never happen.After being cancelled twice.But the week we moved we did get to go.Curtis had a lot of fun. He won a couple of races.Thank you to Uncle Nick and Papa and Dad for helping make the batman car.At the end of the night Curtis got an award for most original car.It was a lot of fun.

Our house

2009-07-29T16:28:00.001-07:00

We moved into our house on July 2ND.It was a crazy day.Jeremy had to work so Larry drove the truck down and Nick and Aaron helped me start unloading.After work Jer and Josh joined us to unload the heavy things. We slept at our house that night and unpacked the next day utill we headed back to Wellsville for our family reunion. We also had our yard done and they finished that day also.It's nice to have the front and back yard finished.
The front yard The back yard
The family room

The dinning room
The bedroom fireplace

The master bedroom

The family room before our couches were delivered
The view form the bonus room
Kitchen
Front door
The fireplace in the family room
Brooke's room
The boy's room
Master bath
Entrance
Kitchen
The bonus room

Curtis's birthday

2009-07-20T15:57:00.000-07:00

The night before Curtis's birthday we did presents and cake.He was very excited. He got some new wii games from us and papa.

The next day i drove down to pick up his friend Tony from our old neighbour hood. We had to make a detour on the way,Jeremy called and told me that we had to go and pick out a new granite because a wind gust had made our slab fall over and shatter. It was crazy. We went and picked out another slab and i think we both liked it better than the first. After that we got Tony and headed to lagoon for some fun.We stayed till it close that night and then stayed at a nearby hotel.

The next day we went back to lagoon and didn't stay long because of the rain. We took the kids to chucky cheese for lunch and some games. They all had fun.

After we took Tony home went over to Josh and Jen's who were going to babysit while Jer and i went to an outdoor concert at thanksgiving point. Due to the rain it got cancelled so we all hung out had more birthday cake and presents before heading back home.It was fun birthday for Curtis.Happy birthday my sweet boy.

House update

2009-06-18T13:14:00.000-07:00

When we started one of the first things we picked were the rock and stucco and a few weeks ago we found out that the builder had changed who he was working with and we had to go and pick new rock and stucco colours.I think we liked our second choices better and they are now done with the rock and stucco and it's looks really good.

The cabinets were installed on Monday and i love them.

The tile floors are also done.The day i was there they installed the tiles around our fireplaces.I didn't get a picture of the fireplace tile in the bedroom.

Master bath cabinet's

This is Brooke's bead board after it was painted.I let Brooke choose the colour and my friend Ashley and i painted above the bead board.It turned out really good.

There still seems like a lot of things to be done and we are really hoping to close next Thursday.I hope they can get it finished on time.

Curtis's baptism

2009-06-10T07:57:00.001-07:00

Curtis's baptism was on Saturday June 6Th.He was so excited.It was a nice program. Curtis's was happy that some of his friends from primary had come.He is such a sweet boy and we are really proud of him.We love you Curtis.

Idaho falls

2009-06-07T17:54:00.000-07:00

On our way home from Yellowstone we stopped at Idaho falls. It was really beautiful.We walked around and enjoyed the view. Then we continued home for a BBQ to finish of the weekend.It was a fun trip.

Yellowstone

2009-05-28T15:56:00.000-07:00

The next day we went and had a nice breakfast and then we headed for Yellowstone.I took this picture as we entered Teton National Park. We made many stops and we drove a lot but the kids had a lot of fun looking for animals and the views were breath taking.

This waterfall at Yellowstone was so beautiful.

And the highlight of our trip.

Yes it was a grizzly bear!!!

He was a 2 1/2 year old bear that had been hurt by another bear. We were all really excited to see him. He was only about 100 yards from us. We also saw Elk, Deer, Moose, Coyote, Hawks , Geese and Buffalo.

Elk

Buffalo and a baby Buffalo

Hot springs.Old Faithful

It was a really fun trip with amazing things to see.

Jackson Hole

2009-05-26T13:21:00.000-07:00

On Friday night we drove down to Jackson hole with Jeremy's parents. On Saturday we went to main street for a parade and then walked around looking at different stores and art galleries.Then we drove over to Jenny lake.It was so beautiful.We rode the boat across the lake and back. The kids loved it.

That night we went to the Bar J wranglers.It was really fun. We arrived early so we could get a good seat.The only problem we were not the only ones with that idea.It was good it gave us lots of time to look around at all the fun things they have on the ranch. We rode on a horse carriage. The kids loved it. The horse's names were Bert and Ernie .Then we went back to our seats for a really yummy dinner and fun show.

Piano recital

2009-05-21T10:31:00.000-07:00

On Sunday Brooke had her first piano recital.She played the song Quiet River.We were so proud of her she did a really great job.

Another house update

2009-05-18T16:43:00.001-07:00

These are the latest pictures from the house.

*The railing is now installed.

* With the help of my very talented friend Ashley. We spent the day and installed bead board on all the walls in Brooke's bedroom.

* They are scheduled to begin painting today.

Lagoon

2009-05-13T16:47:00.001-07:00

On Saturday we had a fun day at Lagoon.Brooke's friend Anne came with us.We were going to go a few weeks ago with Brooke's school and it rained.We were all glad to finally had a sunny Saturday so we could go.

House update

2009-05-13T16:28:00.000-07:00

Yesterday when i was talking to my brother in Australia he asked if i had any updated pictures of the house.So here they are. The roof is done.

The front door.

The windows are in.

And the sheet rock is done.

Easter fun

2009-04-20T17:51:00.000-07:00

The next day after the baseball game we drove to Jeremy's brother's house in Arizona. The kids were so excited to be going to see their cousins house. We coloured Easter eggs.

We had an Easter egg hunt

We Played(a lot).

We had a nice dinner.

And mostly just enjoyed hanging out together.

Easter morning.

2009-04-20T12:49:00.000-07:00

The next morning the kids were excited to see their Easter baskets.

We had a nice breakfast.The kids played some more and then in the afternoon Julie and i took the kids to a fun park close to their house.Jer and Nick stayed back to watch the Masters.

After the park we had a little more time to play before we left for an all night drive home. It was a lot of fun. Thanks Nick and Julie for everything we loved hanging out with you.

Baseball game

2009-04-15T12:36:00.000-07:00

After we left Vegas we drove to Arizona.Jeremy's brother Nick and his two boys met us at our hotel and then we all walked to the baseball game. Out front of the stadium there were some people playing the drums.
The stadium was really nice. It was really windy so they had the roof closed and they had to cancel the firework.

Waiting for the game to start and the dads to return with the food.

It was the Dodgers and Diamondbacks. We were cheering for the dodgers and Nick's family were cheering for the diamondbacks.We lost.But it was fun.( and the dodgers did go on to win the series.)The stadium was amazing. This is a swimming pool you can rent out during the game.

The kids had so much fun with their cousins.

Spring break

2009-04-15T10:11:00.000-07:00

This year our spring break was over the Easter weekend. They had Thursday, Friday and Monday off. Jeremy also had Friday off.On Wednesday morning Jeremy called me from work and said let's take a family trip i agreed.I spend the rest of Wednesday packing .When Jeremy got home at 5:30 we loaded the car and headed out.The kids did not know where we were going and it was fun to watch them try to guess where we were going.After a while we told them our plan and they were very excited. The first part of our trip was to drive to Los Vegas.

We arrived around 2am and went straight to bed.I was hoping that the kids would sleep in but Clendon seems to wake up at 7:30 am all the time. We got up and got ready and got some breakfast then we headed down to Mandalay Bay to the aquarium to see the sharks.

After the aquarium we went back to the Excalibur hotel and they have a 4-d ride of sponge bob that all the kids were excited to go on but when we got there Clendon was not tall enough to ride.He was sad but i kept him busy while Jeremy,Broke and Curtis road the ride. After we played some games we went and ate lunch and then headed out for some pool time. It was windy but the water was warm and the kids loved swimming.We went back to the room and showered and then we all took a nap.

After our nap we went to the Tournament of kings. It's a dinner/show. It was a lot of fun. It's meant to be in the medieval times so they do not give you any utensils to eat with. Clendon was so funny during the show he was peeking through his hands as they were jousting and fighting.I think he thought they were really going to die. We told him it was just pretend and then he was cheering and yelling for our king to win.It was a lot of fun.

House update

2009-03-30T07:51:00.000-07:00

Two weeks ago:

Jer's brother Josh trying to look at the bonus room.

They were almost done framing and part of the roof was on.

Now this week: The framing is all done.

The fireplace in the family room.

Looking up at the bonus room.Fireplace in the master bedroom.
Looking back at the family room from up in bonus.
The bonus room.

Kites

2009-03-16T15:57:00.001-07:00

Today it was really windy. So while the kids were at school Clendon and i went and got kites at the store. Clendon couldn't wait so we were already out flying his kite when the school bus came.Brooke and Curtis were really excited .It was a lot of fun.

More Framing

2009-03-16T07:44:00.001-07:00

On Saturday we stopped by again to see our house.Most of the outside walls are up and a lot of the interior walls.It's fun to see the progress.The builder was also there taking pictures of the amazing view.He said they should be done framing on Tuesday or Wednesday and they would hopefully have the roof on by the weekend. View from the road.
Looking out of the family room window.

Looking out the nook.

Looking out of the master bedroom windows.

Master bathroom window.

Back of the house.

Framing

2009-03-13T08:27:00.000-07:00

We stopped by the house on Wednesday and they had started framing.

The view from what will be the kitchen.

The basement.

The back yard

Playing in the snow

2009-03-11T10:32:00.000-07:00

These are some pictures of the kids i took yesterday playing.

March Snow Storm

2009-03-09T09:34:00.001-07:00

I have excited that the snow has been melting and i thought that spring was really on it's way here. OH boy was i wrong.... Last night the news said a winter storm was on it's way and i tried really hard to not listen to it.I thought maybe we will just get a light dusting because the weather had been so warm last week.Anyway this is what we woke up to today and it's still snowing!!! This is Larry and Nancy truck buried in snow.

Our van.
Clendon trying to help clear the snow.

Jeremy with the snow blower. And Clendon following close behind.

Yesterday there was no snow on this swing.

The front yard.
Clendon almost waist deep in the snow.
The cars after some shovelling out.I think they look like they have hats on.

Clendon having hot chocolate after helping out in the snow.

The Foundation

2009-03-09T09:26:00.000-07:00

The foundation is poured and now they are ready to start framing.We had a meeting with the builder last week and we now need to start going to pick out all the things for our house. I am looking forward to that. It's the exciting part of building a house.

House update

2009-02-27T09:35:00.000-08:00

Ready to pour the foundation

More Disneyland

2009-02-25T12:29:00.000-08:00

After being in Disneyland for two days Nana and Papa joined us.The kids were so happy that they could be there with us and wanted to show them and take them on all the rides we had already seen and done.Clendon was so excited to tell them about all the new rides he could go on that he was not big enough for last year.We watched the Fantasmic show with them and watched the fireworks.

We also watched the parade over in California Adventure.

Waiting in line.

Indiana Jones ride

California screamer

Taking one last look at Disneyland.

Disneyland

2009-02-24T09:34:00.001-08:00

It was our annual trip to Disneyland.We were there over President's day and Valentines day. The Buzz ride is always a favorite.This years was especially fun because Clendon was tall enough to go on almost all the rides.Last year i spent a lot of time riding the kiddie rides with him while everyone else rode the more adventurous rides so this time was fun because we could all ride together.Big Thunder Mountain was Clendon's favorite ride this year.We rode it a lot. This is from the new ride in California Adventure Toy Story Mania.What a fun ride!!
The Haunted Mansion.I took Clendon to see the Playhouse Disney show.This is Clendon trying to get the bubbles during the show.He loved it.Clendon trying to pull out the sword from the movie The Sword and the Stone.

Update on our house

2009-02-23T15:57:00.000-08:00

Our hole for our foundation for our house.

Our lot

2009-01-27T10:28:00.000-08:00

This is our lot in Saratoga Springs. The sub division is called Stillwater. They were going to dig the hole yesterday {Monday}.

Flowers

2009-01-27T09:52:00.000-08:00

When Jeremy came home from work on my birthday he told the kids to come outside and told me to stay inside the house. Then one at a time the kids came in to wish me a happy birthday and give me a gift .It was a total surprise, i didn't think i was going to get anything.The last gift was these beautiful flowers.I am so grateful for having such a sweet husband .Thank you for making my birthday so special. I LOVE YOU.

Fun in the snow!!

2009-01-27T08:46:00.001-08:00

Christmas day

2009-01-26T14:58:00.000-08:00

Christmas morning was fun.I love to see the kids that excited.Clendon got some fun things.Santa brought GeoTrax and some of his other favorites were a batman cave and batman toys. Curtis got a BB gun and a wii game from Santa.He also got some other fun things.

Brooke got this scooter from Santa. She also got some music Cd's and DVDs and some clothes.

It was a fun Christmas.

Christmas Eve

2009-01-26T10:05:00.001-08:00

We had a fun Christmas eve Jeremy's brother Josh and his family came to spend the day with us. It was a lot of fun to hang out with them . Clendon and papa.Curtis, Clendon and Kai having a tickle fight with Papa.

Brooke and Alder

Alder pulls this face every time we say "show us hippo " the kids all thought it was the funniest thing and kept making her pull the hippo face. What a cutie.

Brooke, Curtis and Kai watching a Christmas show. Papa making Christmas chocolate

After Josh and Jen and the kids left we got ready for bed and we were going to listen to Jer read a story when Clendon decided to play the piano for us and sing jingle bells.

It was funny.And when he was done we told him to take a bow.

Then we were ready for our Christmas story and bed.It was a fun day.

Cookies for Santa

2009-01-26T09:37:00.000-08:00

Clendon was very fun this year for Christmas.It was really fun to watch how excited he was. A couple of days before Christmas he started talking about making cookies for Santa.So on Christmas eve Jeremy and Clendon made cookies.

The finished cookies that we left for Santa.

Sleeping

2009-01-25T16:18:00.000-08:00

This is right before we moved from Oklahoma.I had packed up Brooke's room and moved her mattress into the boys room.When i went in to check on them that night Clendon had climbed into bed with Brooke.

Basketball Game

2008-12-14T07:00:00.001-08:00

Last week Jeremy was watching Oklahoma basketball on TV in Florida when he called and said maybe we should see a basketball game before we move. So he looked up the schedule, and Oklahoma was scheduled to play Utah! He bought tickets and yesterday we drove to Norman (about 2 hr drive from our house) to watch the game. Tip-Off

Clendon enjoying some popcorn

Curtis hoping to win a shirt they were throwing into the crowd

Brooke Was texting friends

Clenden loved yelling along with the crowd

The game was fun a lot warmer than last weeks football game.

The final score Ou 70 - Utah 52

After the game Jeremy wanted to drive over to see the football stadium

one last time.

Hit and Run

2008-12-09T11:26:00.001-08:00

Today i wish i had stayed in bed.We woke up late and missed the bus . Despite Brooke begging to stay home they got ready and i drove them to school. First we took Curtis and dropped him off.And this is what happened about i minute form Brooke's school.....

The car that hit me took off. Thank you to all the people that stopped and helped me.One lady wrote down the license plate, another called the police and a man tried to follow the car but lost him.He then came back to give a statement to the police. I called Jeremy to tell him and started crying as i listened to the police sirens on their way.This is the first accident I've ever been in and it was a little scary but we are all okay and i am grateful for that.

Big 12 Championship Game

2008-12-09T10:11:00.000-08:00

On Saturday we drove down to Kansas city Missouri for the big 12 championship game. It was a four hour drive from our house.The game started at 7pm and it was cold............The bandThe cheerleadersThis is the team coming out

Fireworks

Waiting for the game to start

It was so cold that at halftime i took the kids back to the car. My car said it was 28 degree's and there was a little wind. We turned up the heat to get warm and watched Christmas movies while Jeremy finished the game.That's a dedicated FAN. The Final score OU 62 -Missouri 21.

Clendon's birthday

2008-12-04T13:42:00.000-08:00

It was Clendon's birthday on Sunday November 30Th and my baby turned four .Don't tell him i called him a baby he gets so mad if i call him my baby he is a big boy!!! After we went bowling on Friday we went to Applebee's for lunch.waiting to be seatedBrooke's plate is as big as her.They brought Clendon a balloon and sundae for his birthday

Clendon loves batman so we got him this batman balloon and batman cupcakes.He was so happy he hugged me and said "thank you mum your the best ".What a sweet boy!!!

He kept talking about his birthday cake and ice cream yet he dosen't like either one.He did take one lick of the frosting.

Nana and poppa's present.

He was so happy when he opened his present he hugged it .It was very cute.

HaPpY BiRtHdAy ClEnDoN!!!! I love you!!!

Bowling

2008-12-03T07:54:00.000-08:00

We went bowling for Clendon's birthday.His real birthday was Sunday but we decided to celebrate it on Friday.That morning when he woke up Nana and papa told him happy birthday and asked him how old he was and he told them that he would turn four only when he got to the bowling alley...what a funny boy!!

Every time it was his turn he layed down and watched

the ball go all the way to the pins.

This is Clendon laying on the air.

Nana and papa

Thanksgiving

2008-12-02T05:56:00.000-08:00

When we moved out here Jeremy's Aunt and Uncle invited us to spend thanksgiving at there house. Jeremy's Mom and Dad flew in on Tuesday afternoon and Jeremy flew in Tuesday night {he had been away for work} . Thursday morning we got ready and drove to Polly and Glenn house.They live at the lake about an hour's drive. We arrived around 11 am. Polly had some fun crafts downstairs for the kids.

The turkey right after it came out of the oven.

All the pies Polly made.

Curtis found a big turkey bone.

We ate our Thanksgiving feast and food was all wonderful. Polly had a white tablecloth on the table and everyone wrote what they were thankful for on it . She is going to use this tablecloth every thanksgiving i thought it was a great idea.After cleaning up we all headed to a really fun park by there house that Glenn had helped build.It was awesome and the kids loved it.

Larry and Glenn

Jeremy's dad and Uncle

Nancy and Polly
Jer's Mum and Aunt

After the park we headed to the lake dock in their neighbourhood to see pelicans unfortunately the pelicans were not around but it is a beautiful place. The women and kids all decided to walk back to the house.

Polly and Glenn house

{Great holiday decorations Glenn}

The view from the front porch

After the park, the dock and the walk back we visited on the porch for a little while and headed back inside for some more food and a movie where Curtis and Clendon both fell asleep.After the movie we watched football ate some more and then headed home.We all had a great day . Thank you Polly and Glenn for all your generosity.

Decorating the tree

2008-12-01T13:21:00.000-08:00

This year we are only putting up our small tree.I didn't want to put it up at all since we are moving on the 18Th but Jeremy and the kids insisted. I'm glad we did Clendon was so excited.It was fun to see how happy and excited he was.

OU- Texas Tech

2008-12-01T07:46:00.000-08:00

Jeremy's brother Josh came to visit the weekend before thanksgiving.{I'm a little behind on my blog} Jeremy picked Josh up at the airport Friday night and they drove down to Norman ready for the game. They had to be there early because collage game day was broadcasting live that morning. The kids and i were watching and seen them in the crowd on the TV. Clendon said it was the best thing ever to see Dad and Uncle Josh on the TV.

This is the OU mascot Boomer

These are the Chick-fil-A cows that were sponsoring collage Game day

The game was awesome the final score was OU 65 Texas tech 21. They drove to our house after the game and we all had fun hanging out with Josh on Sunday.Thanks for visiting Josh.

Going shopping

2008-11-24T05:43:00.000-08:00

I had to take photo's of this before he no longer

sleeps in the shopping cart like this anymore.

I know that if i go to the store at the right time

Clendon will go to sleep in the car and then i

can carry him into the store asleep. I always

have his blanket in the car so i take it in and

then lay it in the shopping cart for him to sleep

on. He stays asleep and then i get to shop in

Peace.It is the best and i will be sad when he

stops sleeping in the shopping cart .

Brooke's party

2008-11-16T06:21:00.001-08:00

We had a little party for Brooke yesterday. She had her friend Alexis come over and we ate dinner {pizza} and then i took the girls to see high school musical 3.Then we came home for presents and Birthday cake.{ice cream cake}.

We got her Boogie superstar for the wii.

Alexis gave her high school musical barbie.

It was a fun night!!!

Sold

2008-11-16T06:05:00.000-08:00

It's official we signed the papers yesterday!!!

We will close on December the 18Th and will

be back in Utah before Christmas.

Happy Birthday Brooke!!!

2008-11-13T07:20:00.000-08:00

Brooke turned 11 Yesterday!!!

Before school she got a birthday call from her dad{he is in Miami for work}that made her very happy.She loves her Dad.Then i drove her to school. When she came home from school her presents were on the table so she was very excited to open them.

First she opened the present Nana had mailed.It was a music CD.

Then she opened our presents she got a new shirt and a new jacket.

We ate home made sloppy Joe's{her choice} for dinner and then we had cupcakes and ice cream. She had a fun day and on Saturday she is having a little party with some friends from school.I am taking them to see High School Musical 3.

I am thankful that Brooke is my daughter.She is kind and loving. She loves her Family and her Friends.She thinks of others and always wants to help. I love spending time with her. She is turning into a beautiful young women. HaPpY bIrThDaY Brooke!!! I LOVE YOU!!!

Sunset

2008-11-13T07:03:00.000-08:00

Last night's sunset was so beautiful!!!

Little Monkey

2008-11-11T11:04:00.001-08:00

This is Clendon's new thing. He is a little monkey!!!

He told me he could see the whole house from up there.

I asked him to show me how he got up there and

he was happy to show me.He was very proud of himself.

Family fire

2008-11-10T10:04:00.000-08:00

On Friday night we sat outside around the fire.

It was a lot of fun just spending time together

as a family.

while we were out by the fire we could hear
coyotes behind our back fence and we even got to see a shooting star.

What a fun time we had!!!I love spending time with my family!!!

Football game

2008-11-08T18:09:00.000-08:00

Last weekend Jeremy went with His Uncle to a college football game in Arkansas.

The Arkansas campus is only two hours from our house. (and a beautiful drive)

Jeremy and Glen ate a pulled pork sandwich outside the stadium that was cooked on this grill.

(Arkansas' mascot is the Razorbacks. which is a wild pig)

This is a car outside the stadium that is dressed up to look like a hog.

A look at the scoreboard and the fall leaves in the background. The Arkansas campus was awesome. Very beautiful with fall colors everywhere.
A look at Razorback stadium. All of the Arkansas fans stand up at time during the game and "call those hogs". They put their hands in the air and say, "Wooooooooooooooo PIG Sooooie!"

A great day of college football. Jeremy got home from this game just in time to watch Oklahoma beat Nebraska, then watch Texas Tech beat Texas! He said it was the best day of this year.......

For sale

2008-11-07T15:44:00.000-08:00

Here we go again....Didn't i just have a house for sale.

It's crazy.

I am glad that we are coming back to Utah where all

our family and friends are.

If you haven't heard yet Jeremy has been recruited

to come and work for Diversified Investment Advisors (part of Transamerica)

He quit his job with Charles Shwab and now will work and travel

from here until our house sells.

Turkeys

2008-11-04T10:14:00.000-08:00

Jeremy's Thanksgiving turkeys are back in my yard.

I don't know what happened i thought those were

going to get lost in the move.

These are real wild turkeys that were behind

our back fence.

Halloween!!

2008-11-01T11:01:00.001-07:00

The costumes Vampire

Ware Wolf

Frankenstein

Jeremy dressed up in his very scary costume and took the kids out

for trick or treating.

Jack-o-lantern
pizza

After trick or treating Clendon came in the house and he didn't say a word to me he just sat down at the table dumped all his candy on the table and started eating it.Brooke and Curtis joined in .That is a lot of candy.

Carrie Underwood

2008-10-30T08:20:00.001-07:00

Last night Brooke and i had a girls night out.

We went to Carrie Underwood's concert.

On the way we stopped and had dinner at Chick-fil-A.

Then we headed to down town Tulsa to the new BOK center

for the concert.

The opening act was Little Big Town.

Then it was time for Carrie.

The lights went out and a five minute

clock counted down to show time.

It was amazing!!! It was a fun night!!!

I'm glad i got to spend time with Brooke

and go to a great concert.

Pumpkin patch

2008-10-28T11:35:00.001-07:00

Curtis had a field trip to the Oolagah pumpkin patch.He was very excited to be going and wanted us to go. I almost didn't go it had rained the whole day before and i knew it would be muddy and it was a really cold day{the coldest since we have been here} and they were leaving early so i would have to wake Clendon up{never a good thing} but Curtis really wanted us to come so we got out the coats and i woke Clendon up and we followed the buses to the pumpkin patch.Curtis was so surprised and happy to see us. I'm glad we went it was fun. There was a hay ride, a maze, a story, an obstacle course ,a geography lesson and of cause at the end they got to pick out a pumpkin to take home .

Circus

2008-10-25T18:09:00.001-07:00

Last weekend we went to the circus. It was so much fun.

The popcorn box was almost as big as Clendon.

The tigers were amazing!!!

Clendon called the elephants Dumbo's.

Construction

2008-10-23T10:30:00.000-07:00

We have been living with some construction for the last few weeks.Our new fridge was installed wrong and leaked water. It went under the wood floors and into Brooke's room. We had to have the hardwood floors replaced in the entryway and 3feet in the den. We are still working on Brooke's carpet.

First they tore out the old floors and then it had to stay like that for a week to make sure the cement was completely dry{Oklahoma has mold}.

Next they put up plastic to try to help with the dust as they put in the new floor That took 2 days and then they had to stain and finish the floors.

This is clendon trying to escape the noise.

Clendon asked why they put up a tent and then tried to see what was happening in there.

When Brooke and Curtis got home from school they wanted to see what was happening too.

Turtle

2008-10-21T08:48:00.000-07:00

Brooke was talking on the phone with Nana when she spotted this turtle waking past her bedroom window.The boys loved seeing it and were surprised at how fast it actually was.

More Birds

2008-10-20T11:42:00.000-07:00

I have never seen so many birds in all my life!!!

Everywhere i looked there were birds.Thousands and thousands of them.

They covered every yard that i could see.

They didn't stay long and they were really loud.

What a sight!!!

Geese

2008-10-09T17:51:00.001-07:00

Today i looked out the window and there were about 30 geese sitting on the road looking at the pond just soaking up the sun . If you Know me well you probably know that I'm not a big fan of birds but i grabbed my camera and started to walk towards the geese. I got to my neighbours driveway and decided that was close enough buy this time they had already began making some noise and i was a little afraid i took a few pictures and walked back home.I went inside and told Clendon to come and see he thought it was so funny that they were sitting on the road then blocked his ears and said they were getting too loud.

Soon a car drove buy and the geese just all moved to the grass so being as brave as i am Clendon and i jumped in the van for a closer look and some more pictures.

New car

2008-10-07T10:51:00.000-07:00

We said goodbye to our Ford Expedition on the weekend.We had a lot of fun times in that car.We moved a couple of times form California to Utah and from Utah to Oklahoma in our ford. we also had lots of family vacations like trips to Disneyland and when my Brother Andrew visited from Australia we took him to see the Bryce Canyon and The Grand Canyons just to name a few.

We finally broke down and bought a van. We got a 2008 Chrysler Town & Country. It's the kid's dream car, as they each have their own seat, and it has a built in DVD player with two screens. It should be perfect for trips back to Utah, and of course the annual trip to Disneyland!

Spooky House

2008-10-01T14:22:00.000-07:00

Last night we put up Halloween decorations out in our yard.It is Jeremy's favorite holiday and it has to be done for October 1st no matter what. I can't believe it's already October i still remember putting up last year's decorations.It was windy and cold and the ground in Eagle Mountain was hard as a rock so everything kept falling over. The weather was a lot better this year and everybody had fun helping.

The boys sitting in what we call the pumpkin patch

Mowing the lawn

2008-09-24T09:02:00.000-07:00

Now that we have this big yard i'm glad that on the weekend's it's jeremy's favorite thing to jump on the lawn mower and cut the grass.

The kids always come out and take turns going for a ride.

New House

2008-09-21T15:55:00.000-07:00

After living in Eagle Mountain for 2.5 years we have moved to Oklahoma.We loved living in Eagle Mtn. We were sad to say goodbye to all the good friends we made while living there. We are settling into our new home here in Claremore, OK.

Click on each pic below!

This is our new house out in the country.

Here is a look at our yard. It's Jeremy's dream. 1.25 acres. We have whitetail deer out there all the time, and fog rolls up from the river in the morning.

The sun sets on another day in Oklahoma