I'm plum tuckered out! Having people come to your house takes way too much preparation. This is why we choose to be social outcasts and avoid visiting as much as possible. We enjoy the lives of introverts. I don't know how people do it who live for the parties. It was wonderful having family and friends come for Henry's blessing (I think I can handle it once every two years). It was a great service, we had good food and good visiting. Henry was a champ and slept almost the entire time we had visitors. We weighed him and he is now 12 pounds. You can definitely feel it when you hold him!
Yesterday, I made a long list of things that needed to be done and Addy liked to cross the things off the list. As she was reading through it, she would ask if I had completed certain things. Once she looked at me and asked, "Mom, did you do the petrified beans?" I laughed, and asked her if she knew what petrified meant. "Yeah, it means turned to stone. Those aren't going to be very good beans." I told her to read the list again and she discovered that it said "refried beans" not petrified.
Some other news we have is that we have found a van!!! Can I just tell you how much I dislike car hunting? Anyway, it is coming to us from Missouri and they are bringing it out for General Conference. It will be nice to fit our whole family (although I have enjoyed being "trapped" at home since Garrett has had the car at work) and a few extras. We'll be matchy matchy with the Bellistons. Minvan world, here we come!
I hope you all have a fantastic Conference weekend along with a Happy Easter!
Sunday, March 29, 2015
Cache Valley Catch up
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PETER HART!!! - 3 years old today
CONGRATULATIONS ADDY NILSSON - on your piano competition!!!
WAY TO GO ALEX - fixing both a toilet and a kitchen sink!!! Man points, indeed :)
Last Sunday, Emma, Thomas and I decided to head up to Idaho. We hadn't been there for a while and wanted to go visit Peter for his 3rd birthday (a little early). We had a lovely time and were even successful at finding some dresses for Emma. Peter enjoyed the little presents we found for him and was as excited about the batteries as the toy! We stayed up way too late talking, but we don't often get time to visit, so it was very nice. Thomas and Alex got in a good game of racquetball and some business planning. It was a lovely trip.
This week was spent doing more school work - seems like it's never ending assignments, papers, projects, tests, etc. But I am getting somewhere with it all. The end is getting closer in sight. Contrary to Elise's nice email a week or so ago, I'm not very smart - but I do know how to work and study hard. It doesn't come without a price for me and I'm very grateful for small successes.
Thomas had to go in to InstaCare this week. He injured his foot while tumbling on Thursday night, but came home after I'd gone to bed so I didn't know it was hurt until Friday morning. We took him in for x-rays and he has a bad sprain and a chip out of his ankle bone. He is wearing a small, thin brace that fits inside his shoe and we hope it stabilizes things well enough. He is supposed to try out for Big Blue, the USU mascot, this week and he really wants to be able to tumble for the tryouts. Hopefully it will heal quickly.
Lauren went to Las Vegas this past week and enjoyed the music workshops, master classes, and concerts she attended. She got back just in time to do her preview for all of the piano faculty and passed (of course). She will be performing her Master's Recital on April 24th. If you would like to attend, please let us know and we'll save you a seat!! It will be worth your time, for sure! We are lining up babysitters because children under 8 years old are not allowed in the Performance Hall :(
At the end of this week things will slow down a bit and she can turn her attention to planning a wedding!
Emma started taking ice skating lessons this month and is progressing mighty quickly. Her instructor said she is a natural - like just about everything else she tries! She is enjoying it. She went to Idaho to watch her friends compete in a ballroom dance competition. This week she's looking forward to spring break, though we're not sure yet what fun things we'll try to do...
We went down this morning to Layton for Henry's baby blessing. Grandpa and Christi were there, along with several of Garrett's family, Evan Curtis, and some friends of Ruth and Garrett. Right after Sacrament Meeting I got a text stating that a mom in Logan was in labor. I waited until after Sunday School to head to Logan because we weren't sure how fast things would go with the mom. I waited a bit too long and she had her baby about 10 minutes before I arrived. But we had lots to do afterward since this little guy had a cleft lip and palate. We had to figure out how to help him get some nutrition because these babies can't suck. He's healthy and a happy baby, but it will take some time to figure things out. I felt badly to miss out on the visiting and engagement picture taking at Ruth's.
Can I just tell you all how much I love this blog?!!! Joe's posts crack me up! I can just see the whole car smashing lesson and the gleeful delight in those four big blue eyes as Grant's car runs over Grace's guy - and the cheering when the orange was smashed. I love the photos and the stories and just knowing what everyone is up to. One of these days perhaps we'll have a funny story to tell.
Flake Fun
29 March 2015
I can hardly believe that it is the end of March already! Time is flying by.
I spent the entire week in Florida at an Emergency Preparedness conference. Like all conferences there were good parts and boring parts but I am sure glad to be back. While I was gone Scott showed the house to a family and got some more projects done. I have decided that until there is someone in the house, the house won't be done! There always seem to be new projects.
The exciting new of the week is that Katie, our sister-in-law, had a beautiful baby girl on Monday. She arrived three weeks early, but as Scott's dad put it, "she looks perfectly cooked. No doughy parts at all." She was 8 lbs, 13 oz. Other than being slightly jaundiced she is doing really well.
We saw a herd of antelope grazing on the side of the road when we went down to Mesa yesterday to meet baby Katelyn.
Hope that everyone is enjoying being together for Henry's baby blessing. Hope all goes well. We can't wait to see everyone next month!
I can hardly believe that it is the end of March already! Time is flying by.
I spent the entire week in Florida at an Emergency Preparedness conference. Like all conferences there were good parts and boring parts but I am sure glad to be back. While I was gone Scott showed the house to a family and got some more projects done. I have decided that until there is someone in the house, the house won't be done! There always seem to be new projects.
The exciting new of the week is that Katie, our sister-in-law, had a beautiful baby girl on Monday. She arrived three weeks early, but as Scott's dad put it, "she looks perfectly cooked. No doughy parts at all." She was 8 lbs, 13 oz. Other than being slightly jaundiced she is doing really well.
Katelyn Rose Flake
We saw a herd of antelope grazing on the side of the road when we went down to Mesa yesterday to meet baby Katelyn.
Hope that everyone is enjoying being together for Henry's baby blessing. Hope all goes well. We can't wait to see everyone next month!
Monday, March 23, 2015
Flake Fun
23 March 2015
Sorry that we didn't write yesterday. We started the day with a nice walk, the first of the spring and it was wonderful. I always enjoy our Sunday walks.
I am currently in a hotel room in Orlando. I have business meetings this week. Scott is at home finishing up the house. Divide and conquer right?
This past week was an adventure. Work was busy but things are coming together. It seems like we had a meeting or appointment every evening. We have a bunch of people asking about the house so we are hoping to get someone in there this weekend. We'll keep you posted on that.
We have also been making plans for the family gathering and we'll be sending the proposed schedule out soon.
Love you all!
Sorry that we didn't write yesterday. We started the day with a nice walk, the first of the spring and it was wonderful. I always enjoy our Sunday walks.
I am currently in a hotel room in Orlando. I have business meetings this week. Scott is at home finishing up the house. Divide and conquer right?
This past week was an adventure. Work was busy but things are coming together. It seems like we had a meeting or appointment every evening. We have a bunch of people asking about the house so we are hoping to get someone in there this weekend. We'll keep you posted on that.
We have also been making plans for the family gathering and we'll be sending the proposed schedule out soon.
Love you all!
Sunday, March 22, 2015
FHE at the Bellistons
We have been having a little bit of a problem lately with children running across the road without looking for cars. So we decided to address it in Family Home Evening last week. We lost their attention pretty quickly so decided to illustrate it by bringing down some of Grant's cars, the city rug thing, and a toy construction figure. Grant was the car and Grace was the guy crossing the street. After looking both ways the guy carefully crossed the street and promptly got hit by Grant's speeding car. We did our best to explain what is supposed to happen and attempted a few more demonstrations but still felt like we weren't getting anywhere. At that point we decided to traumatize our kids a little bit and took them outside with an orange. We placed the orange on the driveway and I ran over it with our car completely smooshing it into a juicy, pulpy puddle. Grace and Grant started to cheer, which wasn't exactly what we were hoping for, so we asked them "what happens if you don't look before you cross the street?" "We get smooooshed! Yay! Let's do it again!!"
I hope all of your family home evenings are a little more effective.
The baby's are growing like weeds and getting more teeth. Grace played the drums on rock band and now wants to be a drummer when she grows up.
Nilsson News
I believe that last week I failed to mention Addy's piano competition. She had been practicing and preparing for several weeks and felt and sounded ready. She was competing in an older age group but still managed to take second place! She was so thrilled and we were all very happy for her. The piano is definitely one of her talents.
Garrett celebrated his 31st birthday on Friday! We were excited because he had the whole day off work but then he ended up spending all morning at the church conducting a funeral. It was a pretty low key birthday, I even bought a cake rather than making one but we still had a good time. Garrett got a sky ball frisbee that is pretty awesome and I can see our family gathering sky ball matches going up a few extra notches. Just imagine playing ball off the walls! We ended the evening watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It really is a strange show but the music is catchy!
The weather has been delightful and the kids have been outdoors as much as possible. It makes it slightly more difficult to keep them motivated to do school, but there is a ton to be learned outside.
We hope to see some of you this week for Henry's blessing! There is no obligation but please let me know if you will be there so we can plan on big enough lunch.
Enjoy some pictures! ( I don't know why the layout is so weird).
I love my aunties!
Look at those squishy cheeks! Henry is such a happy baby and smiles a lot.
Garrett celebrated his 31st birthday on Friday! We were excited because he had the whole day off work but then he ended up spending all morning at the church conducting a funeral. It was a pretty low key birthday, I even bought a cake rather than making one but we still had a good time. Garrett got a sky ball frisbee that is pretty awesome and I can see our family gathering sky ball matches going up a few extra notches. Just imagine playing ball off the walls! We ended the evening watching Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It really is a strange show but the music is catchy!
The weather has been delightful and the kids have been outdoors as much as possible. It makes it slightly more difficult to keep them motivated to do school, but there is a ton to be learned outside.
We hope to see some of you this week for Henry's blessing! There is no obligation but please let me know if you will be there so we can plan on big enough lunch.
Enjoy some pictures! ( I don't know why the layout is so weird).
Look at those squishy cheeks! Henry is such a happy baby and smiles a lot.
Addy's piano competition
This is ultimately my favorite picture of Henry. I love it when snapshots work!
"Mom, Enough pictures already!"
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