We Will Miss You Dear Prophet

Well those of you who don't know, our dear prophet President Gordon B. Hinckley passed away last night about 7pm. He was almost 98 years old. He was such an amazing man doing the things he was doing at his age. I will miss him so dearly, as I am sure most people will. He is in such a better place now as he is having his long overdue reuinion with his sweet wife Marjorie. I have had 3 presidents in my lifetime, but President Hinckley is the one I knew the best. I was priveledge to see him at the Snowflake Arizonal Temple dedication. Our ward was one of the few that was chosen to put bootie socks on the people going in. President Hinckley pulled up in a red sports car, which was pretty funny. And when he stepped on those holy grounds, everything was quite and peaceful. You could sense that he was a prophet of the Lord. He was so lively and happy, shaking as many hand as he could. I hope I never forget that memory. I love President Hinckley and I hope he know how much he is going to be missed, and how much he is appreciated for the service he has put into the progressing of the Lord's Kingdom here on earth.

Nelson Highlights in 2007

I saw other's blogs and thought this was a fun thing to do. I as well neglected to do Christmas Cards that I really wanted to do, but never did. Soo....
I will start off by saying that we have been really blessed this past year of 2007. Keely was born in December of 2006, but it's kind of like she was born in 2007 (if that makes sense). I still remember bringing her home from the hospital and taking care of her those first couple of weeks. I was so paranoid that she would get RSV. Ask Shawn, I was constantly reading books so I was educated in preventing Keely from getting RSV. That is one thing that doctors tell you about. So I worried all the time that she got it, and a couple days after her blessing in February we found out Keely was sick with RSV, my worst nightmare. We stayed 5 days in the hospital, maybe the worst days of my life. But everything turned out right, as all our trials seem to do.
Shawn left his job installing Alarms for Southwest Dealer Services, and is now working for Allstate since February.
Shawn went snowboarding in April to Colorado with some friends. In May Shawn turned 25 and I turned 21 (which was a huge break in our car insurance!) In July Shawn and I celebrated our 2 year anniversary. In August my sisters, mom and I went to Connecticut to visit Ginger, and we got to do the whole New York experience. Also Shawn re-enrolled in school full time still working hard. He starts again in about a week.
In September the Nelson clan invaded Disneyland, which was really really fun to have the whole family there. Keely was able to get her first beach experience and Shawn was able to visit his mission.
I think that is all the highlights of the year. We have been so blessed that I can hardly name all the blessing that we have. We are excited for the new year, as we know Shawn is getting that much closer to finishing school and Keely is learning so much everyday. These past years have gone by so fast, hopefully this year will seem to last longer and bring much more joy. Happy New Year!