Our Fun Little Life

So I haven't posted any pictures of Keely lately. Actually I haven't really blogged at all . Things have been busy with working, just taking care of the house and Keely. Not much has been going on except Shawn is going to school and I took on another little part time job at his work. I go in about 2 nights a week and scan papers for Shawn's boss. It isn't bad, it's nice to have a little extra money. We got a new couch from Shawn's Grandma. It is practically brand new, and we got a good deal on it. So right now we have 2 full size couches in our small apartment. We would get rid of it, but it's my sister Ginger's and she has no where to store it. Oh speaking of Ginger, she is getting married!! Yahoo. And who might the lucky man be? David Bently. I was thinking about it last night, how strange it is that they are getting married. In high school you would have never guessed. She is so happy and David is such a good guy. It's kind of weird that she is the last one that my parents have to give away. We are all just growing up, and we will all have our own families. Weird.
Shawn and I started watching Lost starting with season 1. They have all the episodes on abc.com and we are like addicted to it. Why didn't anyone tell me how good this show was? Sometimes it kind of gives me an errie feeling. When we watch it right before bed and I need to get up to brush my teeth, and it is dark in the rest of the house, I get kind of scared. Shawn of course thinks I am silly for brushing really fast and jumping under the covers. But if you've seen the show, you can see what I am talking about. "The Others" One weekend we watched like 12 hours of it. Haha we are so sad.Keely still isn't walking. She will be 4 months old in 4 days. I can't wait till she walks, I think it will be easier. People tell me that it isn't but I think it would be nice to set her down anywhere I need to. She is such a funny little girl; she cracks me up. Shawn was growing out his beard about a month ago to see how long he could stand it, and he would rub Keely's hand on his it and she would just start laughing so hard. It was cute.

This is what Keely does for the majority of her day. She loves her car. She tries to get her care bear and her on it with the same time. It is so fun to watch her get on and off it while holding on her bear.She had her first bubble bath tonight, she didn't know what to think of them. It was funny she was trying to put the bubbles into a cup, but of course they were just sticking to her hand.

I think that is all that we have been up to. Not too much... oo except for my story below, make sure you read that fun little tale :)

Gone Fishn'

Okay, so I think this is a funny story. Shawn doens't think so, but I it was really exhilerating to me. So our toilet has been clogged for like a week, we plunged and plunged but it just wasn't getting better. Shawn blamed it on me, and then he blamed it that Keely put something down there. I knew she didn't because I always make sure the seat is down when she is in there. That is the first thing I do when going into the bathroom. So today I bought a wire thingy that goes down into the pipes (I don't know what it is called). I put it down there and after about 15 minutes of fighting with that thing, out comes this....

(Not the glove, but the pick) It was so exciting for some reason. My heart was seriously pounding. Just to clear things up, I have never seen that pick in my life, it has been there since we moved in about 2 years ago, and now the toilet decided to act up. Anyway, so that is my story. I told Shawn that it was like the most exciting part of my week. I know I am such a nerd, but it was fun to accomplish and fix the problem. I felt like I climbed Mt Everest. Haha :)

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!

Bye Bye Christmas!!

I am also so sad when Christmas leaves. We wait with anticipation for like a month and then it comes and is gone just like that. We Nelsons had a good Christmas this year as every year. Last year we were blessed with a beautiful baby girl, and it will alway continue as we watch her grow and experience new things that life brings. It was so good to be with family these past couple of days. Last year we missed the Barnett traditional gumbo because I had just barely had Keely, and I was so excited to eat shrimp gumbo that my Maumau prepares. It was really good this year too, as always. Christmas morning was fun to see Keely opening presents (well really just playing with the paper). She got Little People Zoo from Santa which she loves and a Little Mermaid cell phone!


I suprised Shawn good this year. He had no idea what I got him. Every year that we have been married prior he has either seen his gift of he knew was I was getting him. This year I got him a shot gun, and my brother in law bought it in Show Low and just kept it in Heber until we got there. It was really fun being sneaky.


Here are some pictures of our day, Oh and Keely's bottom. I coudln't resist. She ran away from me when I was changing her diaper to go play with her leap frog table. :) So cute.

How do you like my dad's hat? I love Christmas Morning.

Keely and her Mermaid phone

Playing with her cousing Macey

The Nelson Clan

We are so very grateful for our family and friends. We love them so much!

Happy Birthday Keely

Happy Birthday to my sweet little baby Keely! I can't believe that she is one year old, and I have been a mom for a year now. It feels like just yesterday that my water broke and I was delivering her in the hospital, I swear the memories are still so fresh in my mind.


We had a party for Keely on Saturday with family and friends at Freestone park. It would have been nice to do it at our home, but it is just too small to fit anyone in here, so we did it at the park. It turned out good. The kids were running around and having fun; Kelli brought a pinata which was fun for the kids. I am glad it is over though, I don't know why I stress so much. I know it drives Shawn crazy. Here are some pictures of the day....

I had a lot of fun making this cake.

Keely was crawling around everywhere. She got so dirty.

Keely and her pinata. She got really mad when the kids broke him apart.

Keely eating her cake. MMM good.

Her messy face. She was so tired. She was ready for a nap.

Here is a slideshow of Keely's first year. She is not a baby any longer..... :(

Elfing around :)

So we got sent an email last night with this fun thing. Haha I couldn't stop laughing at it. I wanted to post the video, but all I can post is the link. So click on this link and laugh. You have to make one for yourself as well. Haha I think it is so funny. Enjoy, Merry Christmas!
http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1169230826