A MAJOR Milestone!!!

Every mom anxiously awaits little milestones in their kids lives...

today one of ours was reached!

DRUMMMM ROLLLLLL PLEASE...

After 4 1/2 LONG years I was FINALLY able to put lil Miss P Bops hair in

french braids!!! Not one but TWO! Words do not

express my excitement nor joy

in this accomplishment!

I have envied Alisha for having girls with tons of hair

(I know thy shall not covet other childrens hair)

and every time I see her hairy lil kids I

braid, comb, style, and torture them...

finally it's Paisley's turn!

FINALLY!!!

And they were kung fu fighting....

This is how we spend our Sunday evenings around here...the boys Kung Fu fight and so Pais isnt left out Ben uses her as a weapon.

I posted I posted!

I haven't posted in forever, so caution this one is gonna be long! We have been super busy this last month but mostly because Ben ditched us and played Army in Cali for 4 weeks leaving the kids and I to juggle school, work, tball, dance, and lots of other ridiculous events. It was fuuun, but boy were we excited to welcome him home! The kids and I replanted flower beds, painted the dining room, painted the sun room, de-flead the dog and house (just in case), had the house get hit by lightning, paid double in babysitting ($150 a night...yikes) and of course Easton had to get the funky gunk and miss a whole week of school... all while he was gone. Just in case you wonder Ben...you were missed! Here's some more of what we have been up to...

The weather warmed up for awhile so we took advantage of the beach a few times...good thing we did because now we have had rain for 2 weeks. The rain has brought much cooler weather so despite the flat hair and wetness Ill take the rainy days with non humid cool temps any day!

We ventured to South Carolina with the Blackwell's for a Marine Airshow...the Blue Angels were there and something about watching them that makes you feel very patriotic! Sorry no pics of them we slacked! The kids got to climb inside Helicopters so they had a great time and it wasn't too hot so that was a bonus!

If you look inside Easton was the "pilot" for that flight. I think the Airshow made Ben all that much more anxious to find out about his branch transfer to Aviation. Keep your fingers crossed for us that we get it since its the only reason we didn't get out in May as planned.

Paisley had her first dance recital. Words do not describe the cuteness of it all and watching those lil girls prance around like they were stars! They did a ballet routine and then a tumbling routine. Our pics are really bad but the pic below is of Pais showing off and holding her back bend FOREVER and the teachers having to physically move her off the mat. She held it and held it and then put all her weight on her head and was waving her arms all over...shes a mess!

Today was Easton's last day of school...its now 1:50...we got home from the indoor "field day" about noon and already him and Pais have done a timeout for fighting and have been separated in their rooms twice. This is going to be a loooooong summer. I cannot believe that next year I will have 2 kids in school and no kids at home...what will I do with myself!?! I'm not ready to have my kids gone from home all day yet.

A little more from Texas...

I had to post a picture of this lil beauty who I fell in LOVE with! She ALMOST makes me want another one...almost!

Please note Baby Bashs bright pink cast.

This is the kids at the Alamo

Bet ya never knew Ben was a deer whisperer...

yeah me neither

Mi Familia

While we were in San Antonio visiting my family we had the ever sooooo lovely Becky take some pictures...here is some of what we got

The whole famdamily



All the darling grandkiddos




Mr Eastaroni


Princess P Bop

The Boss Man and Lady

We had a GREAT trip and it was beyond words good to see everyone! I hadn't seen Jared since his accident so it was good to get my hands on him, we got to meet lil Miss Blakely who of course is a DOLL, and Ben got to see his lil toe head Briley aka Baby Bash. Coming home was the worst part of the trip because it reminds us just how far we are from everyone. A special shout out to Moe and B word for letting us crash at their casa and for letting me squish your 4 lil divas and braid their hair. WE LOVE ALL YOU CRAZIES in this here Nelson Fam...being adopted into this MIGHT have been the best thing that ever happened to me! haaaaaaaha

(Go check out some super cute pics at Becky's blog...I'm too lazy to post more)

If your bored blame it on Ashlee!

Ashlee tagged me so being the nice girl that I am I decided to do it PLUS it gives me something to blog and I havent really lately so here yall go...

8 Things: (which by the way 8 is my favorite number)

8 Favorite TV shows:
1. Biggest Loser
2. 24 ( I heart Jack Bauer!!!)
3. Brother and Sisters (Even Ben is all into it with me)
4. Anything that keeps the kids occupied and interested
5. Anything on Food Network
6. Anything on HGTV
7. Anything on Bravo
8. Any of the Real Housewives (Atlanta was the major trainwrecks so Im all about them!)

8 Favorite Restaurants:
1. Hooters (thats for Ben)
2. anywhere with GOOD breakfast food (ahh Sills!)
3. Michael Angelos
4. Tucans
5. Julias Thai Place
6. Panera
7. Cheese Cake Factory
8. All the delish places in UT I miss...like Cafe Rio! (lets all have a moment for them)

8 Things That Happened Yesterday:
1. Took Easton to school
2. Went to playgroup with Puff
3. Vacuumed the couches
4. Did some major yard work
5. Made Dinner
6. Ate ice cream sundaes with the fam
7. Yelled at the Dog...gave the dog away...felt guilty and kept her...yelled at her some more...signed her up for obedience classes
8. Played babies with Georgia Ann and Pais

8 Things to Look Forward To:
1. Meeting my new neice Blakely next week!
2. Seeing my whole family next week in San Antonio
3. Planting flowers
4. Having my mom come visit
5. Going to the MAC makeup store (AHHHH Heaven!)
6. Sunday morning when I leave work and know I wont be back for a few days
7. Pay days!
8. Having some much needed girl time and lunches with my mom and sister! YAY!

8 Things I Love About Spring: (it said Fall but Im changing it up)
1. Green Grass!
2. Flowers
3. Yard work (I actually really enjoy yard work)
4. The kids playing outside
5. The cool nights and warm days
6. Airing the house out with all the windows open
7. Spring cleaning the house
8. Yard Sales!

8 Things On My Wishlist:
1. Healthy kids
2. Ben to go Aviation
3. New boobs
4. A dog that listens and doesnt chew up Eastons new sandals
5. Teeth Whitened
6. A new Louie V...ahhh the smell of a Louie!
7. No more deployments for our Military
8. Big beautiful bright weed free flower beds

8 People I Tag:
1. Mom
2. Moe (DO IT!)
3. Julia
4. Anyone who wants to!
5. YOu
6. You
7. You
8. You

Our New Family Picture!

As you can see I was having a rather nice hairday...the others not so much!