Nelson Family

Grandpa and Grandma "First 50 years of Eternity"

2012-01-21T11:16:00.000-08:00

My Grandpa and Grandma have been rocks in my life. Grandpa was a spiritual giant that got me through some rough scary times in life. Grandpa and Grandma lived 5 houses down the street from me growing up. Part of everyday was spent with them in their home. I have so many memories following Grandpa around in the yard climbing the cherry tree out back while he worked in the garden. I remember his somewhat mischievous smile, he loved to tease, and he loved to water fight. Grandpa, loved everyone unconditionally. He touched so so many lives during his life. One of the things that meant the most to me over the years was the way he treated Grandma. They are two constants in my life and I have always looked up to them. I am so happy for the gospel and the knowledge that families are forever. Grandpa left a special legacy for us. Things will be different with out him here with us but I don't think anyone in our family doubts that Grandpa will still be very much a part of our lives. We love you with all our hearts Grandpa, and can't wait to see you again.

Summer 2011

2011-07-14T15:02:00.000-07:00

Okay, I know I'm a bad blogger but I just did a few posts so if you're interested you might need to click older posts. I don't know where they might land. I'm also just going to throw a bunch of pictures from the summer on here. Probably in no particular order.

(Swinging with Grandma and the Coleman Cousins)

Pretending to be a puppy

Pretty Avery

Running through the sprinklers with Woody

Zygo, trying to find some shade in the rose bushes

Pony Express Days Parade

Hogle Zoo and Dinosaur Land with Grandma Coleman

2011-07-14T14:53:00.000-07:00

These pictures are thanks to my mom. I never seem to have my camera when I should:) Towards the end of June, Nate had a particularly crazy week, with work and school. I knew he was stressed and needed to get a lot done. So we headed to Roosevelt so we wouldn't be too distracting:) It was a week full of fun with Grandma and Grandpa Coleman. We hit up Dinosaur Land, the park several times, and of course the pool. Thanks mom!

Cohen

2011-07-14T14:35:00.001-07:00

(trying to get away from Dad after pouring water on him)

Cohen is a fun, smart, energetic kid. He definitely keeps me on my toes. He's a great big brother, and makes friends easily. He loves Buzz and Woody, Mickey Mouse clubhouse, playing outside with his "best buddy" Zygo, and following his Dad around whenever he can. He loves to play catch, or soccer, or basketball hoop:) He also likes to sing and dance, he is quite an entertainer. He's also a huge tease. If you know Nate, you might have a good idea where this comes from.

We got Cohen a bike at the beginning of summer. He is still trying to get the hang of it.

Cohen has a great sense of fashion. His favorite shoes are his snow boots. And no matter where I try to put them, he usually finds them and insists on wearing them.
He also likes to wear these socks. One is a cookie monster sock and one is an elmo sock. Doesn't matter, that's how they go.

Avery

2011-06-22T13:43:00.000-07:00

This girl is an angel. She seriously has us all wrapped around her little finger. She is so smiley and just a joy to have and be around. She is getting so big too. She's been rolling over for about a month now. She scoots all over the place and the girl is only three months old. I think she is already trying to keep up with her energetic brother. The two of them are definitely going to keep me busy. At her two month check up which was 2 1/2 weeks ago now. She was 24 inches and weighed almost 10 lbs. "Long and lean" is how the doctor put it. He was also impressed with how strong she is, she was showing off for him:) She reached another milestone this past week and slept for 7 hours straight for 4 days in a row, hopefully the streak continues:) The rest of the post is a bunch of pictures of our little beauty.

Love those kisses!!!

"talking" with Great Grandma Taylor. I just wish I knew what she was saying:)

Avery's blessing day was beautiful. She wore the same dress I wore when I was blessed. Everything went according to plan, we got up and ready, we were even early for 9:00 church. I had planned to take pictures after, obviously Avery didn't like that idea because she had the most major blow she's had to date. All over the blessing dress and my dress I might add. Sooo these are the only pictures we have. We took them right before leaving for church.

With Mom

With Dad, (great smile Dad)

With Grandma Coleman

This is an old picture that I like a lot. It's just Cohen adoring his little sister. Melts my heart.

He really loves her and is cute with her. Yesterday it was she was getting tired and I told Cohen it was time for her nap and he started crying. I asked him why he didn't want her to take a nap and he says "I want to play with her." I put her down anyway and he kept sneaking in her room and yelling "Mom, Avery isn't asleep" Of course not with him in there yelling:)

Little Miss Avery

2011-04-24T13:54:00.000-07:00

Sorry it's taken so long to get this update. I have been enjoying my sweet family and couldn't find my camera cord:) Avery arrive on April 15th at 9:42 am. She weighed 7 lbs 2 oz and measured 20 inches long. So far she has been the best baby ever. Cohen was a good baby but she is putting him to shame. Hopefully that lasts:) I woke up around 2:30 in the morning on the 15th with some pretty intense pains which I supposed were contractions. With Cohen I was induced because he was a week late and I had an epidural pretty early so I never really knew what contractions could be like. By 4:30 there was no doubt in my mind so I woke Nate up. We waited another hour and a half before we called his mom to come stay with Cohen. Checked into the University of Utah hospital just before 7:00 and Miss Avery was here before we knew it. No epidural this time either, which definitely wasn't the plan. If you know me, you know I'm the biggest wimp there is, but we made it. Now we have a little angel in our house and life couldn't be better:)

Cohen has been a great big brother. At first he wasn't quite sure what to think but he's warmed right up and loves to help entertain Avery. The other morning while Nate and I finished breakfast Avery was getting a little fussy so Cohen got down and said "What's the matter Avery? It's ok I will lay by you." It was cute he went and got some stuffed animals and talked to her until we were done and breakfast cleaned up.

Cohen loves the hair bows we have for Avery and thinks that she should wear them all at the same time.

If she won't, then he will:)

She is loved A LOT!!

Now it's March

2011-03-07T14:03:00.000-08:00

We had a fantastic February. Cohen turned two, I can't believe how fast time flies. He is the happiest most energetic little guy ever and had blast with all the friends and family that came to celebrate with us. He is growing and learning so much so fast. He loves Nursery and tells us every Sunday that he will learn about the Nephites in Nursery. Well yesterday at lunch Nate asked if he learned about the Nephites and Cohen says "umm no, Joseph Smith." That surprised us, so Nate asked what he learned about Joseph Smith and Cohen says "boy, like me" then tells us that Joseph Smith listened to Jesus. Wow, I was feeling really impessed with my barely two year old, who then gets red in the face grunting "poopy time" and then after much work pronounces "got it" :) how is that for an inspiring Sunday lunch conversation:) We've been trying to encourage a little interest in potty training, I think it's getting close so we'll see how that experience goes.
We also bought a house, painted the entire inside, and moved in. We are finally feeling settled and love having our own place. When I feel like it is presentable I will post pictures.

For Cohen's birthday party we went to his favorite place to eat lunch. The Mayan. About a month ago we went to the aquarium and randomly decided to go eat at the Mayan since it was near by and neither Nate or I had been there in over 8 years. Cohen loved it! We sat right by the diving pool. So we thought it would be a good place to have a birthday lunch. He still talks about it non stop, how they jump from way high into the water and splash and he gets wet. Since our apartment was full of boxes from packing we went to our new house with no furniture to open presents.

This is Cohen's idea of "helping" me pack

I guess the guys needed a rest after a long day of moving. Cohen too:)

My two best buds having a sleeping bag slumber party before we got Cohen a bed, which for now is just a mattress on the floor. We are going to build him a bed soon, with the help of my dad so don't think I'm depriving my child.

And just for fun I thought I would include Cohen's favorite video. Check out the moves my family has. Especially Guy:)

I'm so Lucky!

2011-02-02T09:01:00.000-08:00

I have been constantly reminded lately how blessed and lucky I am. Today it seems like I'm so full of thankfulness that it's running over, and what better place for it to run over than this blog which I haven't updated for a long, long time.

These two are the main reason I am so happy:) and since it is February, otherwise known as "Lover's Month" I just want to say how much I love them. Nate is my hero. He has taken on a lot in the last year and has come through everything amazingly. He works 50 plus hours every week and has just recently started school at Westminster College where he will get his MBA. So that adds two four hour classes each week plus homework. He is also the Young Men's president in our ward and does a great job with that. Add to that a very energetic almost two year old son, and a not so energetic very pregnant wife and you don't have a lot of time left. Somehow he still manages to be the best dad ever, he and Cohen are best friends, and the most amazing husband. I couldn't have gotten any luckier than to marry someone that has been and will continue to be my best friend forever. He helps me relax and have fun in life, he helps me remember who I am, and I am forever grateful.

Now on to this little guy. I love this picture of him. To me it captures just how happy he is and how much joy he finds in life. He is a tease just like his dad and is always laughing and having fun. He's also got a very big heart. He likes puppies, balls, books, and "fixing things" his favorite toy would be a screwdriver if I let him have it. He walks around pretending pencils are screwdrivers and fixes everything from the TV to the kitchen cupboards. We like to go on walks and most of the time he insists on carrying a ball along so we walk to the park by our house and "shoot hoops" he gets pretty disgusted that I can't lift him high enough to get the ball in the hoop but we still have a good time:) Do you see why I am so lucky.

And because one isn't enough here are a few more pictures of my cute boy over the last few months.

This one is precious... he was a shepard for our Christmas Nativity. I kept trying to get a good picture and he would run. Finally I caught him in this pose and asked what he was doing "praying" of course, cute huh.

In other news in the Nelson life I am happy to announce that we are in the process of a buying a house. If everything goes smoothly we should close no later than February 24th. Which will be great for us to get settled before little Avery joins us in April. Wish me luck the next few months are bound to be pretty crazy with a move, Cohen and Nate's birthday, our anniversary, and a new baby. What can I say, life couldn't get any better:)

Summer Time And Our Silly Boy

2010-08-03T11:20:00.000-07:00

I have a reputation for never updating our blog so I've decided to turn over a new leaf. I always use the excuse that we don't do anything exciting and we still haven't but I do have LOTS of pictures of my cute kid. I spend all day everyday just trying to keep up with him. He's busy every waking second so needless to say I am never bored.

We live almost right across the street from a huge swimming pool so Cohen and I take advantage of that and go quite a bit during the week. He always waits very patiently for me;) by the door.

This is what I sometimes get when I ask him to smile big. He was too busy working in the pool at my mom's house.

Another "Big Smile"

Another favorite summer past time is baseball. Actually ball of any kind but I only have pictures of baseball.

The crazy kid tries to wear everything on his head, I've included a few examples...

Next: A couple random pictures. Entering a potato sack race with a little help from Dad at the Buxton Family Reunion. Which was tons of fun!

Cohen pretending to be a puppy dog which he does almost half of everyday.

And of course he is always a BIG help whether its fixing the car...

Doing dishes...

Or sweeping, mopping, dusting, vacuuming, folding clothes, you name it he is right there trying to help. I hope that lasts:)

Zoo, Zoo, Zoo

2010-07-15T12:56:00.000-07:00

In the Nelson family it is tradition to go to Hogle zoo each May to celebrate Grandma Perry's birthday. This year when we made the trip we thought it would be fun to get a membership since we live so close and can go all the time. We did and we have been quite a few times which means I have a lot of pictures to share.

The first time we went it was still pretty cold but we had fun with Cadince, Peter, and the rest of the Nelson family (living in Utah).

Nate's favorite animals at our zoo are the Tigers. I thought this was a funny picture of it sleeping, he looks pretty comfortable to me.

Cohen the Turtle

Pretty excited about this bouncy bridge

Hey guys

My second favorite animals at the zoo, Christy and Zuri, the momma and baby elephant.

My very favorite animal at the zoo, this little monkey:)

This is Cohen with Kent. We went with him and his mom LeAnn who was one of my roommates in Logan.

Then we decided to take a break from Hogle Zoo and made a trip to the petting zoo at Thanksgiving Point with Sierra and her girls. This is Cohen and Lileigh riding a cow. To bad I cut out the cow.

Petting the donkey. He really loved being able to touch all the animals.

This cow was trying to eat Elsa's foot. She thought it was funny (at first).

Cohen picking up corn all the other kids dropped to feed the goats.

Pony Ride:)

Grandma and Lileigh

Ready for lunch

And of course...

Vacation

2010-04-23T14:38:00.000-07:00

Our family just got back from a great vacation in California. Nate's sister and her family live there and were nice enough to let us come visit. Cohen loved playing with his cousins and worked really hard trying to keep up with them. We have a lot of pictures so I just uploaded a bunch of them.

This is the first day of our visit at the L.A. Zoo

Cohen trying to boycott the stroller

Monkey boys

Hungry Hippo

Cohen's favorite part of the zoo was this toy hippo. I didn't take a very good picture of it, but as you can see he is very happy and had a blast playing on it.

Cohen and Brady

Day 2 at the California ScienCenter. We built that pyramid ourselves:) Cohen was a great help in destroying it after we were finished.

Peyton, Brady, and Cohen riding a camel.

Day 3 at the beach

Headed to the Ocean

This is a picture of Cohen's lunch. He wouldn't eat it because he was too busy playing so the seagull decided to help himself. (One more reason for me to hate birds)

Digging with Brady

Cohen was in Heaven at the Beach. All the dirt he could imagine and mom didn't even try to keep him clean.

Day 5 at Disneyland (Day 4 was Sunday so we went to church and didn't feel the need to take pictures :)
In "A Bug's Land"

Cooling off

Cute boys:)

Tuckered out

Caurosel

Day 6 at Disneyland too: This guy has some big teeth

Pulling the Sword from the Stone.

Thanks to Mike and Jessica, Peyton and Brady for letting us stay with them and showing us around. We miss you guys lots!

Christmas Box House Project

2009-12-08T14:27:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, I know I am extremely lacking with this whole blog thing but one of my friends posted this on her blog and I thought it sounded like a great project to get us all in the spirit of Christmas. My friend, Vandi, and her husband are gathering donations for the Christmas Box House. The Christmas Box House is a "half way" safe house where kids who need to be quickly removed from a violent, abusive, or neglectful situation are able to go while they are waiting to be placed into better circumstances. They have a wish list of needed items which you can look at here the goal is to get as many people participating in the project as possible so we can really make a difference.

If you are able and interested take a look at the wish list and decide if you can donate anything. Then let me know what you will get and when you will have it. I can arrange a time to pick it up from you and pass it on to my friend Vandi. She will be making the delivery on December 29th to the Christmas Box house in Salt Lake City. If anyone in Roosevelt is interested I will be there the week of Christmas so hopefully we can meet up then. Anyone else just leave a comment and we can work something out. Don't feel obligated, I just thought it was a great idea and wanted to get as many people as possible to join in so feel free to pass this along to family and friends. Its a great opportunity to make a difference and feel the real spirit of Christmas.

Thanks for listening, hoping all is well with you and your families. Merry Christmas!

Love,
Jamie

Catching up

2009-10-01T08:42:00.000-07:00

Our lives have changed quite a bit in the last month. We moved from Logan to the Salt Lake area so we are city people now (as much as you can be in Utah anyway). We really miss Logan and all of our friends there but I think we will like our new home. Nate had two weeks off before he started his new job and we spent the whole time living it up. We went to Roosevelt, the zoo, football games, etc, etc. Of course I forgot to take our camera so I don't even have any pictures of our cute boy to share :( Towards the end of the two weeks Nate and Cohen both got sick. Nate spent the whole day in bed and has pretty much made a full recovery and Cohen is slowly getting better. I think I have the hardest time when he doesn't feel well because I wish I could do something magic to make him better. Nate started working at Goldman Sachs on Monday and so far he has really enjoyed it. Now, a few pictures.

Also while Nate was off we got some pictures taken of Cohen. I think they turned out great. He was smiley and happy the whole time which always makes for cute pictures.