The Nielsen Family

April and May

2011-05-22T11:53:00.013-06:00

Braelyn turned 7 a few weeks ago. I can't believe it! She's growing up way too fast. Happy Birthday, Brae!

My mom had this cute idea for cupcakes. It was very time consuming, but they turned out so CUTE & YUMMY!

Daxten started T-ball and is loving every minute of it!

Thanks for the pic, Melissa!

Easton LOVES watching "Yo Gabba Gabba" as you can tell by the look on his face.

Happy Easter!

Little Update

2011-03-06T15:07:00.010-07:00

It has been a crazy last few months. Time flies and we seem to get busier and busier! Between work, school, church callings, and sick kids, I haven't even had a chance to think about updating the blog. So here's a quick update/random pictures. Yes, pictures from Christmas. I figured since we still have our Christmas lights up outside (which I will make Rhett take down this weekend) it was ok to post a few.

Easton is going on his fifth week of a double ear infection. After 2 Insta Care visits, 3 Pediatrician visits, we ended up at Primary Childrens. Thank goodness for good insurance and great doctors. Easton had bronchiolitis and a double ear infection. He finally got over the bronchiolitis, but his ear infection would not budge. He was on three different medications, but nothing worked. We finally took him to an ENT. To make a long story short, he will be having tubes put in his ears this week. I am so relieved! His poor ears have been infected for about 5 weeks now. He has been such a happy baby despite all of it. He loves to put on headbands and walk over to the mirror to check himself out. It makes me laugh! I just hope we can get him to sleep in his own bed once he's feeling 100%. With his ears hurting him so much, he was waking up every hour. It was too exhausting going back and forth to his room, so I let him sleep in our bed. Not the best idea! He wants nothing to do with his crib now. I think we're in trouble.

Rhett and I had plans to go to the Laker/Jazz game in LA and sit on the 5th row. With Easton getting sick, I decided to stay home and Rhett just went. He had a good time with my brother. I was pretty bummed! I was looking forward to staring at all the stars and of course seeing Kobe. LOL! Hopefully my brother can score tickets for me next time.

When I came home from Young Womens the other night, I walked in my room to find Daxten asleep on my bed. I had to take a picture. This pose is priceless! :)

Rhett and I were in charge of our ward christmas party. Here is our decorating skill. Let's just say that I am happy Rhett and I are still married after trying to put those dang tissue balls together. Poor Rhett tried to put one together and ripped the entire ball. I was yelling at him for ripping it, he was yelling at me for buying the darn things in the first place because he knew they would be a pain to put together. Thanks to my sweet girlfriends who came over at 10pm the night before the party and helped me "repair" them so that we could at least hang them up. I do have to admit it turned out pretty cute given the fact that neither Rhett or I have very good decorating talent. However, I will never decorate with those tissue balls again...unless they come ready to hang. They were a pain!!

Easton's first time on Santa's lap, no tears! Maybe because he was not facing him? This Santa came to our ward party. I found him in the paper and was a little leary at first, but he was awesome! He read the kids a story and did a little magic trick. He was GREAT and the kids loved it!!

Anyway...nothing else too exciting. Can't wait for warmer weather!

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-31T11:27:00.009-06:00

Happy Halloween from our Cowgirl Diva, skeleton (or as Rhett would say, our mini Cobra Kai), and baby skeleton!

No trick or treating for this little man. He's been sick with a bad cold. He stayed home and ate chocolate chip cookies.

Seaworld!

2010-09-19T09:09:00.017-06:00

We took the kids to Seaworld over Labor Day weekend and had a blast! Rhett drove the 11+ hours with my parents, Braelyn and Daxten. Easton and I decided to fly down. An hour and a half plane ride is much better than an 11 hour car ride with a 9 month old. However, we did drive home and he actually did really well! The timing was perfect. We all arrived at my brother's house at the same time. Luckily for us, my brother and his cute wife live in Cali so we were able to stay with them. They were awesome hosts! We wish they lived closer, but I'll admit it's a nice perk to have family in various places to stay with when you vacation. Thanks for the fun trip you guys! Here are a few pics from our little Seaworld/California adventure...

Waiting for Shamu.

SHAMU! Dax kept asking me if it was real and if it would bite him if he jumped in the water. I told him it would swallow him whole. He is too funny!

The Dolphin's. An amazing show!

The Sea Lion's. My favorite show!

This was one of Braelyn and Daxten's favorites. The Pet Show. All kinds of animals (dogs, cats, pigs, and other animals I didn't know of) ran around the stage doing all sorts of tricks and dancing to "who let the dogs out". Pretty cute show!

Despite the heat, Easton had a fun time with Grandpa! He even kept his hat on. This goofy hat cost me $21 bucks! Uggg!

After 9 hours of Seaworld...but LOVED every minute of it!!!

So did Easton!

The Los Angeles Temple. So beautiful, but aren't they all?!

Braelyn's first time at the beach. She loved the sand and running out in the water. Dax on the other hand was mad and crying that his shorts got wet by the big waves and that his sandals were dirty and had sand all over them. He would not get in the picture. Since when does a boy care about getting wet or dirty?!

I don't know what to call this guy? This was at the Santa Monica Pier. The kids gave him $2 and got this picture with him. I thought he would have done some moves or something, but he didn't. Just gave a thumbs up and posed long enough for us to take the pic. Oh well, they thought he was pretty cool anyway.

We're looking forward to our big trip with the entire fam next year!!!

It's been too long!

2010-08-29T08:42:00.021-06:00

I can't believe it's been 7 months since I've updated our blog. Sad! I am going to do a better job now! Here are a few pics of what we've been up to lately.
Braelyn started 1st grade and loves it! She's only been back for a week so I'm hoping that attitude continues. Her little crush is in her class so she was pretty excited about that. She really likes her teacher and loves, loves, loves the fact that she gets to eat lunch at school. She is growing up way too fast! She is such a girly girl which I love, but sometimes it drives me a little crazy when I'm in a hurry. She will not leave the house (unless she is going to school because I told her NO way) without her pink purse that has about 10 lip glosses in it, 2 bottles of lotion, and her cell phone (my old one of course). She even had to take it up to our ward campout this past weekend. We will be at the store and she will pretend to call her friends and make plans to meet at the mall. Everyone looks at her like she is crazy, but she's in her own little world and doesn't mind at all. We love her to death and she makes us laugh all the time! She is a great big sister and LOVES her brothers.

Dax loves to feed Easton and I love it too! Gives me a chance to get things done. Granted his arm starts hurting 5 minutes into it...maybe because East is as big as Daxten is!?

Easton is the happiest baby ever! I love this little man sooo much!! He is getting so big! His head is huge, but Brae and Dax also had huge heads and eventually grew into them so hopefully East will do the same. LOL! :)

We spent a few days in Park City with Rhett's family and had a fun time! Sadly, this was the only pic I got. We took the kids down the Alpine Slide and they loved it!

Braelyn and her cousin learned the hard way that you do not ride with 2 people on the same bike. Luckily, she didn't need any stitches, but her whole right side of her body was beat up. She slid across the road when she fell and had road rash on her knees and chest. Her eye was swollen shut and she had 2 huge scrapes on her face. She was in alot of pain, but recovered quickly. I was surprised that she was so willing to let us clean it, ice it, and put bandages on it. I guess it helped telling her her face would scar if she didn't.

Happy 4th Birthday Dax! He was so excited to have his first little party. We let him pick out his birthday cake. I thought he would go for a Toy Story cake, but chose a Hulk one instead. We invited a few of his friends over. They played on the water slide and ate pizza. These boys are all so dang cute!!! Dax starts pre-school on Monday and can't wait! He has been wanting to use his new back pack so bad. It's as big as he is! He is the sweetest little 4 year old and ALWAYS tells me "I am your handsome hunk". I love it!

Braelyn had her dance recital. She loves taking dance! This year she took a cheer and tumbling class. She liked it, but wants to go back to jazz.

The last few weeks -

2010-01-17T12:08:00.011-07:00

We blessed Easton a few weeks ago. It was perfect! Rhett gave him a beautiful blessing! He is so precious and we are so grateful!

My sweet little guys!

My birthday was a few weeks ago and Rhett surprised me and got this amazing suite at the Hilton. It was beautiful and very roomy! We ate at the best restaurant ever...Olive Garden, my fav!! I was a little bummed though! I couldn't get my usual ravioli because of the fitness challenge I'm doing for the next 12 weeks so I ordered grilled chicken and broccoli. (Boo!!) I didn't even eat one breadstick. It was very disturbing!! Rhett on the other hand ate ravioli, breadsticks and the yummy alfredo sauce to dip them in. All in all it was a great birthday surprise! Thx mom and dad for watching our kids. You're the BEST! Here are a few pics of the room:

And lastly...the Bachelor! This season is going to be a good one! So glad Rozlyn is gone! Didn't like her from the beginning. I'm a fan of Tenley and Ali! We'll see what happens!?

The Latest...

2009-12-22T12:10:00.004-07:00

Easton is getting cuter each day and he is such a good baby! He is starting to understand that you sleep when it's dark and play during the day. For awhile there he would be awake from 12am-4am. Killer!! He wouldn't fuss which was great, but he would not let me put him down. He just wanted to be held. Precious I know, but I do have to admit it was very exhausting! He is doing much better so hopefully that continues. Brae has been a huge help! She loves to talk to him, feed him, and give him lots of loves. Dax loves to "pet" him. I have tried to tell Dax you pet animals not babies, but he has yet to understand that concept and continues to ask if he can pet the baby. Makes me laugh!

Braelyn had her Christmas recital a few weeks ago. She loves to cheer/dance and is so happy that her friends are in her class. Funny Brae story....I have literally been in my pj's since I had Easton and it has been driving her crazy! I signed up to help with Brae's Christmas party at her school. The night before the party I told her I was coming to her class to help them make Christmas crafts. She told me she didn't want me to come because she didn't want her class to see me in my pj's with no make-up. She proceeded to tell me that her teacher would kick me out. I laughed and reassured her that I would get all ready, put make-up on and do my hair. She said "that would be great"! That girl is so funny sometimes.

Lastly...
My early Christmas present from Rhett. I have never been so excited for new work out shoes/clothes as I am now! I am starting a 12 week fitness program/challenge (I guess that's what you call it) in a few weeks. I am excited to work with a personal trainer and hopefully get in shape! :)

Hope you all have a Merry Christmas!

Here he is...

2009-12-06T10:21:00.004-07:00

Easton Owen Nielsen
11/27/09
8lbs, 8oz, 20in

I will post details and more pictures later. :)

Quick Post/Update

2009-11-22T11:38:00.011-07:00

This is the only picture I took at Halloween. How sad! Brae was a diva and Dax was a football player. Not sure what Rhett was? I would not allow him to wear his costume outside of the house. The witch in the picture is his sister and the cute little monkey is our little niece.

I have been off on maternity leave for a few weeks now and decided to start setting up Christmas. I figured I'd be in the hospital for 5 days and that will be the last thing I'll want to do when I get home. So here's a little pic.

Baby update...I am scheduled for a C-Section on Friday. We are so excited! This will be my 3rd C-Section. First one was a breeze, second one was absolutely horrible! I'm a little nervous for this one, but it will be worth the reward in the end!!

Anyway, that's our update for now. :)

Catchin' Up

2009-09-17T03:48:00.007-06:00

So what do you do at 330am when you can't sleep? Blog! Here I am! I have major heart burn, Braelyn is currently in our bed (she had a nightmare...so she says), and I just can't sleep. Good time to update the blog, right!? I have been so bad keeping our blog updated, but at least now I have a few things to blog about.

Braelyn started Kindergarten and LOVES it! She has the funniest routine in the morning. I wake her up, she picks out her clothes and gets herself dressed. She is pretty picky on what she wears, drives me nuts sometimes! She brushes her teeth, I do her hair, she puts on perfume, jewelry and lotion. Finally...the lip gloss. She will not leave the house until her lip gloss is applied. She's too funny! That is her routine in that order every morning. Breakfast?? She will not eat breakfast in the morning. She tells me it is too early and she's not hungry!? Alright, whatever! She is still playing Soccer with all her friends and is becoming a good little player! She started Cheer/Tumbling and really enjoys that as well. I feel so guilty having her in so many things, but she loves it all and doesn't seem to mind. Can I just say I am sooo glad that the Miley Cyrus concert (a.k.a Hannah Montana) is finally approaching! I found out she was coming to concert about 3 months ago and decided to buy tickets for Brae and I. Braelyn absolutely loves this girl! You would think after about a week she would forget about it, but not Braelyn. EVERYDAY for the last 3 months she has been asking me "how many more days until Hannah Montana, show me on your fingers." We are down to 12 days. Hooray! I can almost "show her on my fingers!!" I am excited to have some mom and daughter time with her!

Dax - Nothing really new with him. He's such a sweet boy! Misses his sister like crazy when she's at school. He loves to play football and gets mad that I won't let him tackle me. I keep telling him it will hurt the baby. It will be pretty interesting to see his reaction once the baby's here. He tells me when the baby cries, he will pick him up and rock him. Oh dear! I'm sure he will be a big helper, but we'll have to keep a close eye on him!

Pregnancy Update - All is well! I have been so tired lately! Maybe it's because I wake up at 330am? I get heart burn just looking at food. I swear I'm eating tums all day long. Braelyn now asks for them. But I wouldn't have it any other way! I am so grateful each day for this little baby and I am so excited to meet our baby boy!

Anyway, that's our update. Stay tuned for some Hannah Montana pictures!! :)

St. George

2009-07-26T17:01:00.012-06:00

My sweet Dad wanted to take us on a little weekend getaway, so we spent the weekend in St. George. My little sister and her husband are in Tennessee for the Summer and my brother and his wife are in California so they were not able to join us. But my other sister and her family came. We had a blast! Braelyn and Daxten love their cousins and have so much fun with them! Our weekend consisted of golf, swimming, shopping, eating alot, and more shopping. On Saturday night, we went to Tuachan and saw Footloose. It was great! The kids loved it! Awesome singing and dancing! Thanks for the fun weekend, Grandma and Grandpa! You're the best!

Tuachan

Waiting to get in to the Theater

Waisteline I promised Rhett after I have the baby! :)

Rhett swimming w/ the kiddies

Yummy dinner at Outback

All 11 of us piled in and drove to the outlets. This is my cute sister!

Smile!

2009-06-10T17:44:00.005-06:00

We had Melissa take pictures of the kids a few weeks ago. She did an awesome job! I love how they turned out! Here are a few pics...Thanks, Melissa!

May Happenings + BABY!

2009-05-31T12:06:00.006-06:00

Our new addition will be joining us in November! We are sooo excited!!

We spent all day Saturday at Raging Waters. Braelyn had her dance recital there. She is currently the only one in her class which means she had to perform all by herself. I was so nervous that she would not do it, but she was so brave and got on the stage by herself and did her dance. She did awesome! She is learning so much in her class and becoming a good little dancer! We are so proud of her! After her performance, we hit the slides. The weather was perfect and the park was not too crowded. Fun day! Here are a few pics.

Braelyn graduated from Preschool. She loved her teacher, Ms. Amy and wishes she could be her teacher in Kindergarten!

Update

2009-05-13T22:09:00.008-06:00

I have been a huge blog slacker! I finally have some free time to write a quick update. Braelyn had her birthday party this past Saturday. She turns 5 on May 18th. I can't believe it! I am still in shock with the fact that she will be starting Kindergarten in August. So crazy!! Her party was fun! I found the cutest purse pinata! It was so fun watching all the girls try to break it! They were swinging the bat so hard. We finally had to give them a little hand.

In other news, our Company (Rhett and I work at the same place) laid off 500 employees this past week. I am thankful to say that we did not get impacted by this. It was a little scary! I had the feeling all along that we would be okay, and we were. I complain all the time about having to work! I'd much rather be home with my kids! I know I will eventually get to do that, but for now I need to be grateful for the fact that I am still employed, have amazing benefits, and I might add...I have been there for 10 freakin' years! Holy smokes! Anyway, here are some pics of Brae's party and a pic of the kids on Easter Sunday (for you Nat).

Girl's Night!!

2009-03-28T19:10:00.009-06:00

Braelyn has been begging me to take her to a concert. So, I decided it would be fun for just her and I to go to David Archuleta! She has his CD memorized! Let me just say she is one fun concert gal! She danced on her seat, did the wave with the crowd, and yelled "Go David" the entire time. On the way to the concert, she asked me if he would get embarrassed if she yelled, "Go David". I told her maybe, but he'll enjoy it! Sure enough, she yelled his name after every song! She was so dang cute! Seeing her so happy like that melted my heart. She is such a sweet girl! Love you, Brae!

So what did Rhett and Dax do? Rhett asked me if he could take Dax to the shooting range. I said absolutely not! They ended up at Arctic Circle. Apparently, Dax would not go down the slides. He told Rhett he was to shy?? What!? That boy cracks me up! Since I put the kabosh on the shooting range idea, he took him to Wal-mart and bought him a nerf gun. Dax keeps teling me he will "shoot the bad man!!" No more watching "Cops" with the kids, Rhett!! Anyway, as soon as Brae and I walked in the door from the concert, we were Daxten's target. That explains the tears. It's just a nerf gun, Brae!!

Disneyland!

2009-03-13T22:52:00.002-06:00

We're back and had a BLAST in Disneyland! The kids loved it! We decided to fly since the kids have always wanted to ride in an airplane. My sister and her husband came with us also. I'm so glad they came! Rhett and I were able to go on a few rides together while they took our kids on the littler rides. It was the perfect time to go to Disneyland. The weather was great and the longest line was only 30 minutes. Braelyn was Miss Dare Devil! She wanted to ride every roller coaster and cried when the lady told her she was not tall enough to ride the California Screamer. She cried and cried and said the lady hurt her feelings. She kept asking if she would be taller tomorrow so she could ride it. She didn't like my answer. Oh well, she still had tons of fun and got some cool stuff!

2009-03-13T22:51:00.000-06:00

Date Night!

2009-02-27T00:06:00.005-07:00

Rhett and I went to the Rascal Flatts concert tonight. It was alot of fun! One of the best concerts I've been to. Jessica Simpson opened up for them. I was anxious to hear her sing live. I use to be a big fan of Jessica when she was married to Nick Lachey. I LOVED watching "Newlyweds" and was so sad when they divorced! My ratings of her have since dropped. She actually did a good job, messed up only once and yelled "oh crap" in her mic. She handled it well though and made a joke of it. I do have to give her some props...she is not fat at all!! From what the magazines have been saying, I was expecting her to look a little on the heavy side, but she didn't at all! She looked really cute and pretty toned! (Rhett was loving it!) During the concert, her back up singer walked right past us. Rhett stopped her and asked if we could get our picture with her. So this is the closest we got to Jessica! Rascal Flatts did an amazing job! They were very entertaining and put on a great concert!

Pics from the Concert

2009-02-26T23:40:00.006-07:00

Sugar Cookies!

2009-02-11T18:19:00.005-07:00

Braelyn has been begging me to make cookies she can frost by herself. So today we made Valentine sugar cookies. I finally had a reason to use my Kitchen Aid. I got it for Christmas 2 years ago and have only used it once. Shows how much I cook! Homemade sugar cookies are always the best, but they make such a mess (especially when you have 2 little helpers) and they are so time consuming. It was well worth it though! We stayed in our pj's all day as you can see by the pictures. Love days like this! :)

Dax update....Dax is doing much better! The Doctor wants to wait 6 weeks before he has his tonsils out to make sure he is completely RSV free. We decided to take our family trip to Disneyland before the surgery. I'm looking forward to warmer weather, a week off of work (HOORAY!!) and just a fun time with the fam!

Sickness Never Ends!

2009-02-06T21:37:00.006-07:00

It has been a long couple of weeks! We have all been sick. Here is a run down:

Braelyn gets sick first...with the flu. Then Rhett gets sick. After a few days, he gets better. Dax and I are going strong...until the following week. I get sick. Start feeling a little better and hope Dax doesn't catch any of our sicknesses. Wishful thinking, huh! The next day, wake up, Daxten's eyes are all watery and really red. Pink eye! Weird! No one has had that yet. Take him to the Doctor , find out he has a double ear infection on top of that. Fabulous! Start him on his antibiotic. Next week, take Dax back to the Doctor, but this time we went to see his ENT Doctor. Daxten has HUGE tonsils. The Doctor refers to them has "kissing tonsils" because they touch. Anyway, he snores really bad. I mean REALLY BAD! He will also stop breathing for a few seconds when he sleeps. Pretty scary! He needs to get them taken out. I have been putting this off because it breaks my heart knowing the pain he will have to go through for awhile. But I know he will be better off. We schedule his surgery for 2 weeks. (keep in mind he is still sick and now has a horrible cough) The ENT Doctor told me I can only give him Tylenol because Motrin and Ibuprofen are blood thinners. I'm pretty bummed because Tylenol never works for him. Well his fever continues and never breaks. After 3 days of antibiotics, tylenol every 4 hours, still no luck! My motherly instincts kick in. Due to the fact that Dax has had RSV every year since he's been born, I was certain he had it again. I took him to the Doctor today and sure enough, he has RSV. They took chest x-rays to be sure he didn't have pneumonia. His chest looks good, but it can easily turn into that. Since he has had RSV in the past, we had the nebulizer machine. We did a few treatments at the Doctor and will continue doing them 3 times a day at home. As for the surgery, we have put if off for a few more weeks until he is 100% better. Fine by me!! :) I am thrilled to be able to give him motrin!

Thanks for letting me vent about our crazy few days/weeks. I am so anxious for warm weather!!

Birthday!

2009-01-10T10:38:00.007-07:00

I turned 27! I'm getting old! Here is the cake the kids picked out for me! Dax is on a train fetish, so they went with the train cake. Still don't know how Rhett talked Braelyn out of getting me the Hannah Montana cake....maybe it's the 5 things of lip gloss I found in the sack??
Later that day, Rhett and I went to the Body Worlds Exhibit. It was pretty interesting! Part of the exhibit shows the stages of a baby. It was incredible. The human body is amazing! We ended the night with a yummy dinner at Texas Roadhouse! Thanks for the fun day!

Big shout out to my cute husband! He got up at 730am on my birthday and made a delicious breakfast! He was so excited...until he realized we didn't have any syrup! Oh well, it's the thought that counts and the french toast was still good! :)

My sweet Girl!

2008-12-29T22:57:00.004-07:00

Well, we made it through Christmas without Braelyn asking Santa for a bra!! Thank goodness! I would get so nervous every time she sat on his lap. In fact, we went about 2 weeks with no bra conversation, except on Christmas Eve. She told me she hoped Santa didn't forget she wanted a bra. I pretended I didn't hear her!! ha ha. At least she is sticking with girly things, right!

My Handsome Dax!

2008-12-29T22:39:00.007-07:00

Here are a few pics of Dax. He wanted nothing to do with Santa this year. Maybe next year? He did bring him a pretty cool train set!!

DANCE!

2008-11-25T22:52:00.003-07:00

Dance Recital

2008-11-25T22:21:00.003-07:00

Braelyn had her Christmas Dance Recital last night. She was so dang cute and did a fabulous job! She has been so funny lately...she has been obsessed about getting a BRA....are you kidding me??!! She's only 4! We were at Old Navy the other night and she handed me a blue bra. (Since when did Old Navy start selling bra's?) I told her that I didn't need it. She said, "it's for me"! I laughed and told her to put it back. She threw a fit! I told her she was too little to wear a bra and that they don't make them in her size. Her reply to that was, "then take me to Wal-mart, they have lots of bra's"! Oh Braelyn, you're growing up too fast! I'm just hoping when she sits on Santa's lap in a few weeks, she doesn't tell him she wants a bra for Christmas. Santa will be caught off guard with that wish!!

FUN night!

2008-11-21T23:34:00.000-07:00

My sweet Dad got us girls (my mom and 2 sisters) tickets to the Carrie Underwood concert on Wednesday night. She is just as gorgeous in person as she is in the magazines! What a great concert! It was fun hangin' with my mom and sisters! Thanks for the fun night! I can't wait for Thanksgiving to spend more time with the fam!!

On a side note, our famous BYU flag we hang every week was taken tonight...right off the hooks on our front porch! So sad! Hopefully it is just a prank and we will get it back soon! (Rhett loves that thing!) Tomorrow is the BIG game! GO COUGS!!

2008-10-31T23:04:00.000-06:00

The kids had a fun time trick-or-treating! Lots of candy! Dax will be thrilled he doesn't have to have his face painted anymore! :) Brae on the other hand will be mad she can't wear make-up. According to her, "all Cheerleaders wear mascara!" How funny!

New York!

2008-10-01T22:30:00.000-06:00

So one place I have always wanted to visit was New York. Rhett and I finally got to go!! It was a blast! My sister was there on business so we were able to stay with her for free!! We stayed in a really nice Marriott (aren't they all nice!) right in Manhattan. Times Square was great! It was fun seeing the MTV studio (TRL), Central Park, all the huge Theatres, Empire State Building, and of course Ground Zero. One of my favorite places was Canal Street. It has all the designer purses, sunglasses, and jewelry. You basically make deals with the street vendors. Pretty fun! I could have stayed there for hours and hours, but Rhett was with me and he can be somewhat impatient, so I had to make quick decisions! :) I wish I would have brought an extra suit case to bring home a bunch of purses. They had it all! I got some fun stuff. Thanks, Brittany for letting Rhett and I come! It was soo much fun! And thanks, Mom and Dad for watching my kids so we could go on this fun trip together! You're the BEST! Anyone thinking about going to New York...it is a must! I put some other pics of our trip on the slide show including the huge toy store, FAO Schwartz. That piano in the movie "BIG"...we got to jump around on it. It was fun!

New York pics

2008-10-01T22:29:00.001-06:00

Random Things

2008-09-16T09:47:00.000-06:00

I've been Tagged!

Here are the rules...

1. Link to the person who has tagged you
2. Post the rules on your blog
3. Write six random things about yourself
4. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.

Here are the six random things about me...

#1 - I have a Microfiber couch that we only sit on when we have people over. Anytime it is sat on or touched, it leaves prints all over it. Drives me nuts! I "comb" it before I go to bed each night to get all the marks out of it. For those that have a microfiber couch, I'm sure you can relate. Maybe not the combing part, but the marks it leaves when touched or sat on.

#2 - My favorite snack is oreos n' milk! We just bought the Halloween ones with the orange creme...ate the entire package! Love em'!!

#3 - I work for Discover Card and have been there for 10 years.

#4 - I really want to go to New York with my husband...well, I just want to shop, but he can come along! :) (we are going at the end of this month, YAHOO!!)

#5 - The littlest things make me cry (certain commercials, of course a great romantic/love movie, and when the primary kids sing "A Child's Prayer").

#6 - My favorite TV shows are The Bachelor/Bachelorette, Grey's Anatomy, and The Office

Now I tag:
Kristina, Josie, and Shanna

Go COUGS/Scary Night!!

2008-09-14T13:50:00.000-06:00

Rhett and I are huge BYU fans! We went to the game yesterday with my sister and her husband. It was sooo much fun! The crowd was incredible! Enough said, I posted the scoreboard in case anyone missed it! :)

Something funny that happened this morning (well funny now that nothing really did happen) Cops and Robbers....
About 4am this morning, I heard a soft alarm going off. I laid there for a minute trying to figure out what it was. I finally got out of bed and stood at the top of the stairs. I realized it was our house alarm! I was freaking out! Usually when the alarm goes off it is REALLY loud. All these thoughts ran through my mind and I thought the burglar got in and turned down the volume so the alarm wouldn't be so loud. (after talking to Rhett, this is impossible, thank goodness!) I ran back to our bedroom and told Rhett someone was in our house and to grab his gun. In the meantime, I ran down the hall into Dax's room and shut the door. I was so scared I didn't even think about getting Brae and bringing her into Dax's room with me. Am I stupid or what!! I figured Rhett better shoot the person before they make it to the bedrooms. I peeked open the door and saw Rhett standing against the wall holding his gun. I was literally shacking! It was a scene from a movie, but in MY HOUSE! I whispered loud and told him to go downstairs. (He would never admit it, but he was a little nervous!) Well to make a long story short, Rhett made his way downstairs with his gun ready to fire and found no one. I still made him search the house just in case. He turned the alarm off and called the Alarm Company. Needless to say, the phone line that our alarm is connected to went down for a few minutes which caused the alarm to go off. It was a silent buzz because it wasn't a "real" emergency. Basically just to notify us that the connection was down for a minute. Note to the alarm company...Please call us next time!! Looking back at this incident, we just laugh! Rhett standing there pointing his gun...would he really have shot someone?? Who knows. I'm just glad it was nothing!

LAGOON/Brae's New Bed!

2008-08-24T12:12:00.000-06:00

On Saturday, we beat the heat, stood in long lines, stared at weird people, and spent the entire day at Lagoon with the Brown's. (my sister's family) Through her husband's work, we got in for $10 each...what a steal! It was tons of fun and the kids had a blast! We went to Lagoon-A-Beach first and did rides after. Poor Braelyn cried her heart out when she was not able to go on the "big" rides because she was not tall enough. Maybe next year? Thanks for the FUN day, Jer and Britt!

I also have to post some happy news! No I'm not pregnant, but this is exciting! For those that don't know, Braelyn has slept in our bed since the day she was born. After 4 long years, no joke, FOUR years of getting kicked in the stomach, slapped in the face, drooled on, rolling in pee (I know, disgusting!) we FINALLY got Braelyn to sleep in her own bed. She had a little toddler bed, but she hated it and said it was too small. So, we found this cute bed at Costco, bought her some cute bedding and now she is convinced! I had to sleep with her the first 2 nights, but it was well worth it! She now sleeps by herself in her OWN BED! Unfortunately, Rhett and I learned the hard way when you allow your kids to sleep with you just "one time!!"

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2008-08-24T12:09:00.001-06:00

Daxten's "Cars" cake and Shrek drum set. He loves it!

2008-08-11T20:45:00.000-06:00

Happy 2nd Birthday, Dax!

2008-08-11T20:31:00.000-06:00

After we woke Dax up from his nap...no we didn't let him sleep in the basket the entire time, although if I would have know he would prefer sleeping in that rather than a crib, I would have decorated a cute basket and saved on a crib!! Anyway, we celebrated his birthday with the fam. He got some fun presents including a Shrek drum set from his cousins! I loved waking up this morning to those drums! :)

2008-07-27T15:03:00.000-06:00

So, can I just say I have the cutest husband in the world! For those that don't know, Braelyn is a HUGE Hannah Montana fan thanks to her 2 cousins. Her big 3D concert was on the Disney Channel last night. Brae was sooo excited! I had to work, but I made sure to get 3D glasses for Rhett and the kids. When I got home, Rhett and Brae had their glasses on and were singing and dancing having a good time. (it's ok, Rhett...you were having fun for Brae!) However, when Rhett saw me, he immediately said, "your turn"! Thanks for being a good sport, babe! Love you!! Needless to say, it was a Hannah Montana party at the Nielsen's til 1:30am!

2008-07-23T21:37:00.000-06:00

We went to the Bountiful Parade tonight. It was very hot! The kids had fun seeing all the floats and catching all the candy! We went to the park afterwards and let the kids ride a few rides. They wanted to ride this MINI Farris Wheel. Rhett and I were too big for the ride, so we let them go together. Bad idea!! They were both screaming to get off as soon as they got to the top. They are now traumatized and never want to get on a ride again!! Lucky for mom and dad...we only had to stay at the park 30 minutes!! It was pretty funny!!

2008-07-23T21:32:00.000-06:00

Getting ready for the Bountiful Parade!