I saw that Annmarie tagged me, I cant resist these fun things!

I was tagged by AnnMarie and so here are seven random or weird facts about me.

1. I love Concerts! I also love music most of my friends dont like! The concerts I've attended include from most recent... Weezer, and angels and airwaves, Steve Miller Band, Linkin Park, The Fray, Bush, Rage against the machine, Slaughter, Pink Floyd, the Eagles, 3 Kool Concerts in CO. the best oldies stations big deal!, Beach Boys came to my HS, NKOTB! I really want to see Coldplay 11/22!

2. I have a paranoia of large clusters of black objects: especially Black birds on a wire, and Ant piles! My heart rate actually plummets, and have nearly wrecked on the highway! also when words like on commercials all start to fall away into one big blob, I will puke.

3. I HATE mayo, mustard and anything containing these items with a passion. I will go without if I know its on my food.

4. I cant relax until my house is clean and orderly, I keep thinking it will go away with each kid, but its part of me, and I love being clean!

5. I can bend and fully function that joint right under your finger nails, I have full control of it!

6. I absolutely, LOVE TO POP ZITS! If Derek has one I go crazy until I can pop it! also I will actually get out of bed in the morning to pop one on Derek! Thats a big deal!

7. This is horrible, but I am a rude, blunt person by nature. It takes all I have to keep my mouth shut and suppress my urges! And if I do, poor Derek hears it all at night! for the record, he just listens, he never adds to it! he really is a geniunely awesome person! if he does say something than the person is really bad!

I would love to hear from:
Heidi and Chris
Colette
Lacei
Maria
Julie &
Jodi would be fun!

happy halloween!

For some reason it will not let me post the rest of the family pictures! I need to get Derek on this! Maybe with the baptism, and halloween post! Busy weekend! Hope everyone has fun! We are looking forward to Heidis Chili tonight! I am so glad Evans 1st grade class party I was in charge of is over, and successful! Mrs. Kirk is great! I loved the parade, I didn't take pics, because we have already had SOOO much of halloween! I hope Conners big day tomorrow goes great! He is so wonderful! We are of course having an open house afterward here, so therefore I am stressed! Brant took Kate to Colettes all day today in SLC, so I could do the party! What a great brother!

family pictures

These are the new family pics! Kates Arm was busted, but shes still smiling! Andee did a great job!

THE halloween party!

We love this party! Derek has these amazing Aunts who put on the best parties! The food is amazing and they do all sorts of fun activities! everyone dresses up, and visits! After this party we are "over" Halloween as this is better than halloween night for the family, plus we did the Disney party this year! This year they had Horse rides, pinata, scavenger hunt, spook alley, fishing pond, & pumpkin toss. They loved having their cousins the Newells there this year, they just moved here from Georgia! Now we only have the Ward party and school parties and halloween night to go! We are SUPER excited my little brother Brant comes tommorrow!

Lucky Sevens, from Lacei! It just looked fun!

LUCKY SeVeNs
Tag, I'm it!

7 Years Ago, I . . .
1. Just had Conners 1st birthday
2. Just found out I was Preggo with Evan!
3. Starting to build our first home in PG
4. Was already a stay at home Mom!
5. Was still in Awe at 9/11
6. Was proud of my brother Brant for graduating HS
7. Was the wife of a web page programmer, so glad hes over that!

7 Things on Today’s To-Do List . . .
1. Get kids to school, and call one in sick! (Done)
2. Clean upstairs bed-rooms (DONE)
3. finish laundry, yet to begin it again (Done)
4. Have lunch with Derek (Done)
5. Walk my dog!
6. Take Evan to Ethans Bday party (Done)
7. Go to the best Halloween party for FHE! Dereks Aunts huge blowout! YUMMY!

7 Things I would do if I were a Millionaire . . .
1. Buy a second home in Midway
2. TRAVEL
3. Put more away for kids
4. TRAVEL
5. Pay off prents stuff
6. Take parents to Europe
7. Adopt

7 Places I have lived . . .
1. Broomfield CO :)
2. Westminster CO :)
3. Rexburg ID :)
4. Arvada CO :)
5. Provo & Orem UT
6. Pleasant Grove UT
7. Payson UT :)

7 Jobs I’ve had . . .
1. Bagging Commissary for prisoners! (FOR REAL)
2. JC Penney
3. Waiting tables twice
4. TCBY
5. AMC Movie theatres Food and Usher
6. Victorias Secret
7. Fuddruckers

7 Friends I Tag
Everyone who reads this!

Pretty in Bright Pink!

The cast is unveiled! She of course chose bright pink! We would expect nothing else! She has truly been amazing and upbeat through this all! She even is sharing my cold, and she is just happy all day! It does break my heart that she had to endure this, the itching was getting to her, but she told me not to worry she can itch it herself now with a stick! I have noticed she falls all the time now! Off the recliner and half way down the stairs today, she never cries, but of course I dont want it to be worse so I am watching her, and shes all over the place! We are all sick but Derek and Evan, always right before the weekend, I am holding onto my head cold really long. We are getting ready for our big celebrations next week! Dereks Aunt Lesas family halloween party being the crown jewel on Mon. then school and Church parties and then the official day, which never is as fun as the other stuff!

yes, this was all about getting candy!

Tear..:(... Yes my sweet baby girl broke her arm badly! both bones in her right forearm, clean breaks. They may have to break it again to reset it. She is a trooper, and definetly has a HIGH tolerance for pain! This happened FRIDAY! its now MONDAY! about 30 min before Heidis Hulaween party, we were in the kitchen I was doing dishes and she was Begging for candy, which I told her NO and stood my ground. Well the next thing I knew she was on the Tile floor flat on her back, and a drawer was open. she must of tried to climb up herself to get to the candy dish, which we never normally have! We did the disney halloween party and have more than enough candy so I tried to have it out for Conners party to get rid of! She found it that day, and was obsessed with it! poor thing must of been in pain, but only was sensitive if it was touched, so we made her wait until Monday to see if it was just a bruise or not! We feel horrible, but she never complained! The Dr. couldnt believe she wasnt wailing in pain. I have to admit she got that from me, not Daddy! I had her all natural baby! I can tolerate pain as well, I guess we learned that from her! Shes in a splint for a couple days and then the cast! it will the girliest cast you ever saw! so much for the prepaid gymnastics classes, Im not sure about dance! We love her so much!

The best hostess ever...

Is my best friend Heidi, whom I need back in RS badly, I dont know how to deal with it when i have to sit and listen!! We had so much fun at their hulaween party fri nite! I love her, and she is such a hostess and party planner! I didnt take pics of the party because I forgot my camera, so please go to her blog (Heidi), or Laceis and see some pics!

Tagged

This is my Tagged picture, Of course its a good one, The first time I held Kate! I would like to tag these people who have to open their fifth folder and post their fifth picture! and then tag five people. I tag Colette, Lacei, Heidi, Jodi and Nora

Our last family picture 8/2007

 

I thought I would post our old one since the new ones are coming next week!

Take a deep breath...

AHHHHHHH!!!! Life is awesome and overwhelming right now! I need to get to a place I can relax! I dont think that will happen until May. I love my family more than anything in the world, and I hope that I am still the Mom I was before all of this last year. I am just near nervous breakdown daily. Short of announcing anything, my hormones are crazy and my house is never staying clean, I dont want to give up, but I need a break!!! I know I just got back from one, I just feel like nothing is going my way this week! I do have the best Husband, Mom friends and Sister,(please go to This is my life and my love blog and see her amazing fam pics) They seem to get me, and I am thankful for them. I wish other people realized what I have going on in my life, I dont "expect" them to think of that, but it would be nice. I love Derek and I feel bad for him and dealing with certain people right now. He is so wonderful, and perfect! All I know is I am grateful for MY family, and the Gospel. That is another weird thing in my life right now, people are all over the place with politics and religion! I wish they wouldnt make life so complicated. The Savior loves us all, the spirit can testify of it. I dont like disecting it all. Its simple. I feel like screaming! I realize though sometimes there is nothing to say or do you just have to watch people go to a place you dont understand, and your heart just breaks. I know I have lived my personal hell this last year. Oct. 14th 2007 Conners 7th bday, was the day we lost Luke. It is still hard to believe I went through all of this. I hope I am not doomed to repeat this fate a third time. I am thankful that I know Heavenly Father loves me. Through this all, I know that & feel that, I know I can endure, I just hope I am the same or better person at the end of it!

Conner Paul Nielson is 8!

My baby is getting soooo big! The minute i knew I was pregnant with Conner, I could feel his strength! I knew Heavenly Father had an awesome mission for him! Conner entered this world on Sat 10-14-00 @9#14oz, 23 inch long! One day early! He was born in the best year, and will always be the same age as the year it is! I have already posted his party, and soon his Baptism, but I wanted to post some old pictures of him! he is such an amazing child and I am thankful everyday for him! We love how he slept through the night solid @ 1 month, and has been following that trend ever since! Potty trained @ 2, no binky. A wonderful friend & student. Top in his class, very smart. He is a great big brother and wants us to have 17 siblings for him! He is a peacemaker, and looks up to his cousin Nick for everything. He is so excited for scouts! He has a ton of friends, and loves to play legos and video games, and is dying for basketball. He is to be 6'6", and I am thrilled to see what an amazing man he will be. I already have friends who want thier daughters to marry him! He is so sweet and cuddly also very particular about his hair! He plans FHE every week and always reminds us! He loves sharing his bday w/ one of his angel brothers Luke, and always talks about them. He has such a simple faith. We love his laugh! WE LOVE YOU CONNER PAUL NIELSON

Conners 8th birthday party!!!!

Every year we start out with only a couple friends going to do something simple, and then we end up taking "eleven" kids to see Beverly Hills Chihuaua! They actually did great, Kate fell asleep! Conner has SOOOO many boys his age at Church and school, even neighbors that go to private school, we did actually cut a lot out! He had a blast and his closest friend Logan spent the night too! They went to bed @ midnight, up @ 6am and are enduring the freezing BYU game right now! Im sure they'll crash tonight! I am SOOOOO incredibly glad Super Saturday is over I cannot even express it! Plus everyone paid me! It was a success! I am ready to move on with life! now its just Evans class Halloween party, I am Room Mom, and family pictures this week! Conners real birthday is Tuesday, so we will go to dinner, I cant believe he is eight and getting baptised Nov 1st! party highlights: Burp and Fart contest, every toy weapon in the house used in a battle in the front yard, Pizza, Cake, Presents and of course trying to get all the kids to the Movie "legally"!

Colette loves my blog!!!!

Colette said she loves my blog and asked me to do this! I love to read other peoples, so here is mine!

1. Where is your cell phone? Purse, I think!!
2. Where is your significant other? Work
3. Your hair color? Brown
4. Your mother? deserves some luck!
5. Your father? the best
6. Your favorite thing? Travel
7. Your dream last night? no clue!
8. Your dream/goal? to run daily, and have my kids be happy and successful!
9. The room you're in? Den
10. Your hobby? Crafts
11. Your fear? losing a child
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? skinny with 4 happy kids
13. Where were you last night? Weezer concert w/Derek/Chilis with Crutchfields
14. What you're not? a CMA fan
15. One of your wish-list items? A cabin in Midway,UT
16. Where you grew up? Colorado (the best)
17. The last thing you ate? Raisin Bran Crunch
18. What are you wearing? pajamas
19. Your TV? 65 inch flatscreen
20. Your pet? Roxy cat Hallie puppy
21. Your computer? PC that my husband built
22. Your mood? stressed
23. Missing someone? my angel boys
24. Your car? '07 black honda Odyssey, love it
25. Something you're not wearing? Socks
26. Favorite store? Target and Costco a tie!
27. Your summer? Fun!! Lazy!!
28. Love someone? Yes!
29. Your favorite color? All shades of Red
30. When is the last time you laughed? last night
31. Last time you cried? last night

I award the following 7 people to do the 'I Love Your Blog' post!
heidi
corina
julie
lacei
stacey
jodi
annmarie

This crazy week!

Since the minute I got home, I havent stopped! I have never had so many little things to do in my life! Super Sat., Conners Bday, helping at a party, field trips Room Mom, helping in classes where I am not the room mom etc... some people can handle this, not me! I am taking a mental health day today, atleast half of the day, to get housework done! Kate is missing dance and Gymnastics, am I a bad Mom? I am gonna snap here at any moment, I can only imagine what my mother in law thought of the house last night while she babysat! Derek took me to the Weezer and Angels and Airwaves concert, it was soooo fun! Weezer is hilarious, and I loved singing along! I loved when they brought up the local fan band and sang along, it was a blast! just right not too loud or offensive!

The Nielsons' NEAT vacation!

Well we are back! It is always so depressing, it sucks to see all the work I have to do tomorrow! All I want is to lay down! We had so much fun, and walked a ton, we are tired! We stopped at my parents house on the way to and from which breaks up the drive by 4 hrs. then we drove to anaheim and stayed at the Portofino, it has kids suites, which we like to always have, but they did not have adequate laundry! The 2 machines for 2 bldgs were broken! Also no free breakfast, we have always had it, but we realized how much it adds up when you have to pay for another meal! We did 2 days of Disneyland, one @ California Adventure, Disney trick or treat nite, which is limited tickets to a halloween party @ Cali Adventure! The kids dressed up as Clone troopers and Sleeping Beauty and we got candy, rode rides, and saw all the characters dressed up after hrs! we went to Legoland, 2 aquariums, one legoland and one the Aquarium of the Pacific, Seal Beach, and Universal. We were the only americans at universal, it was all Europeans, Aussies, and Japanese! The kids didnt much like Universal but we tried it out! Here is eveyones favorites from the trip: Kate, we underestimated! she loved every ride and would cry if she couldnt go on one because she is a "Big" girl! she did Space and splash mtn, also Matterhorn her favorite was the new toy story midway mania, The new family favorite as well! She got her pics with all her fav princesses and loved to see the animals at the aquariums. Evan loves the thrill and the easy rides and he loved the dinner show we went to Billy hill and the hillbillies. we bought him the CD, he LOVED it! it was so cute to see him clap along! we love his manurisms and his sense of humor. He loved legoland and the Mummy ride @ universal! Conner finally did Tower of Terror, and he had a blast! he wished he would of got to see some of his favorite disney characters,and got more autographs! he loved the Pixar parade and the beach! Derek was amazing (as always) he took the kids without complaint and had a blast! He even did the potty trips for me! It was really hot out and he was always buying a cool drinks for us! we always have to get the dole pineapple drinks by the TIKI room! We did love Bubba Gump Shrimp Co in Long Beach for our new find! We finished our trip in St George, the boys went to my brother Brants and did Rock Band while I did laundry and hung out with my Mom! then we grabbed in-n-out an went to the Coral Hills park! It was so nice to come home and see Hallie! Now I have Super Sat this week, I am in charge of (Kill me), and Conners bday party friday! back to life!