Mommy needs a TIME OUT!!!

John Bytheway

Beautiful Jenny Oaks Baker

Mercy River performing "Just Eat It" singing into spoons, rolling pins, and wisks.

Mercy River

The Group, Amber, Shariece, Marie, Me and Natalie

Natalie reading a fortune with her cookie in her mouth... must be a Texas thing. Hahaha.


This friday and saturday was a Time Out for women for the members of our church. It was my first time attending thanks to my mother in law for buying me a ticket for my birthday present (best present EVER!!!) I went with some gals from my home ward, 8th ward. The theme for the years event was having Hope in our lives. And oh my gosh... the speakers and the music just moved me. First thing they wanted us to do was to write down what we hope for. Here are some of the things I hope for:

I hope to find a home that is right for my family.
I hope that Chuck will make choices for his buisness that will help it.
I hope that our family will become stronger in the church.
I hope to learn more in the church and to fulfill my calling.
I hope that Chuck will become less stressed and more happy.

The speakers were Ardeth Kapp and she was a funny older woman. Some highlights that I noted from her talk were... "being a riteous woman is our calling inorder to return to our Heavenly Father and gain eternal life"... "Hope is a gift from the Holy Ghost"... "Inorder to hear what Heavenly Father is saying to us, we need to change our "Hearing Aid Batteries""... for one part she forgot her next topic and stated that she had "photographic memory just not same day delivery". She was such a sweet spirit and I enjoyed her talk.

The next speaker was one of my personal favorates... John Bytheway. His books and talks helped me get through highschool. Well now his talk was on helping our marriages and having HOPE to make them stronger. He used a lot of quotes from books which one book I am looking forward to reading is by Sister Hinckley called Small and Simple Things. He also had some funny moments like his wife wanted to marry Captain Moroni and instead got Coprait Moron. Auhhh his talks hit so close to home. Just Kidding... But one thing he mentioned was how we persue our marriages, by Appreciate/Expect/Demand. Appreciate is the beginning of the marriage when our spouses do something nice for us, we appreciate it, then we expect it, then we demand it. We need to always appreciate and never expect or demand. That is what will keep a marriage strong and its not just the men who have to do it but us women as well. I bought one of his books while I was there called "Behind Every Good Man". I am HOPING that this book will give me the insight on becoming a better companion to my priesthood leader in our home.

The music that they had was so great and they all had great sence of humors. Friday night is was Jenny Oaks Baker, a violin player who is awesome!!! And Saturday was Mercy River, a womens singing group that was butiful, insightful, and hopeful for whats to come when Christ returns. They also did a remake of Michael Jackson's Beat It call Just Eat It dedicated to the picky eaters called our children, it was so funny and ohh so true!!!

The next speakers were Emily Watts who spoke about being incharge of your life and always treasuring our children cause they grow up so fast; Amanda Dickson who was actually a non member who acted like a member her whole life and was funny and had facial expressions for everything. She spoke about keeping your hopes Up not Down. And looking for the Best thing that can happen... and not the worst thing that can happen cause some of the worst things, turn out to be the best things.;We also heard a tragic and hardship life story from Mariama Kallon from West Africa; Jill Manning about how to deal with pornography in our home and how to get rid of it. 1st Peter 5:8, pornography is the lion and we are the Elephants. Lions will not attack Elephants. (figuratively speaking);Last speaker was Emily Freeman and she was funny and spoke about never giving up on hope and spoke about her adopted neice who she would spoil with carmel candy and one day the little girl got a concussion and had to go into the hospital for brain surgery and after the surgery the doctors were not sure if she was going to make it and was waiting for her to wake up, and Emily wispered in her ear that she had carmel and the little girl woke up and all she wanted was the candy. It was very cute.

I am so greatful that I was able to go and be with all my friends. They too are great inspirations and examples and I love them all!!! Can't wait til next year.

While Bailey's at school...

It feels so weird to not have Bailey around during the day now that she's in Kindergarden. Wow I have a KINDERGARDNER!!! Holy cow where has the time gone??? Anyways... so with me, Peyton and Jacob, we get pretty board at home. So one day we found a camera and here are the results. We got crazy!!! Enjoy!

Jacob's first pictures

My friend Stacey Haslem has started her own photography buisness and does infant pictures. She asked to take Jake's pictures when he turned ten days old. Well here are some for preveiw. I love them!!!

Babies 1st outing...

Just after 4 days old my family had a little family reunion at my Great Aunt Bonnie's house. Everyone loved meeting Jake for the 1st time and we had so much fun sharing him with everyone.

He's Finally Here!!!

Wednesday June 23,2010; Jacob Douglas Nelson was born at 9:45 pm with a weigh in of 9lbs 2.5 ounces and 19 3/4 inches long. He is the biggest weighing baby I have had and yet the shortest one too. He is so perfect and looks just like Bailey when she was born. (meaning he looks just like Chuck) I am doing really well, i was induced at 7:00 am and had an epidural that worked wonders. It only took about 5 pushes until he was here and it was almost too easy. I am just so glad he's here.

Any day now... Jacob will be joining our family...

Here is me pregnant with Bailey my 4 year old (June 20th she will be 5 yrs old)

Here's me pregnant with Peyton with Bailey in my arms.

Here's me with the kids at my baby shower May 8th.


Well so far this pregnancy has been quite a journey. Now I am at 38 weeks and I am just a ticking time bomb whose nesting and walking every day trying to get this baby out. I am getting anxious to meet Jacob. I have washed all his clothes, and blankets and when I pick up a onsie to put it away I just picture how big or little he will be. I can't wait any longer. I just want to have him be a part of our lives already. Bailey and Peyton are also very excited to meet their baby brother. They are so cute when the kiss my belly and say "I love you Jacob". I will keep you all posted on when he gets here. My due date is June 16th and my doctor said that when I'm at 3cm dialated he is going to enduce me. Well so far I am at 1cm and can't get passed it. We will see what happens.

A sad day for the Nelson Family

On Tuesday, February 16th, at around 9:30, the Nelson family lost a huge part of our lives, a legacy that we will never forget. Troy Nelson, my father in law, passed away at Kaiser Hospital. We still dont know what went wrong. We do know that we will miss our father, grandfather, and friend. He was a funny man. He was a great listener, and our kids knew his as their "Favorate Papa".

We will miss you Troy. But we know that you are in a better place with your mom and dad and we know that you are getting to know your grandchildren that you had yet to meet on earth, and they will also know you as their favorate papa. You were a huge example for all of us and you will be missed, but always remembered. We love you.

Whats been going on lately...

Well I feel like I haven't written in forever. I have been so busy with work and coming home and playing with the kids. But our family does have some great news... I'm pregnant. Yeah!!! So there is a funny story behind this news. So I realized that I was two weeks late for my monthly friend. The girl that sits in the cubicle across from me had told me she was "irregular" before (I know TMI)so I thought I was on her
schedule. So we talked one day and I mentioned it and we agree'd that that was it. We were on the same "schedule". The next day as we were working she mouths to me that she is going to have a baby. I was very excited for her yet I thought to "what does that mean for me?" The next day she kept asking me for is I was or not and I didnt want to jinx myself is I wasn't. So Friday came and I was final... I came home from work and took my first test and called to my husband and the first thing he says was "What did you do?" and I said "no its more like what did you do". Well thats when I showed him the positive test results. We are so excited and the kids are too. Peyton thinks my belly button is a peep hole to see the baby. Nope not really. He also likes to pet my belly and says "Hush Baby, dont cry". Its so sweet. Bailey is going to be such a great big sister. She is already planning on helping with the feeding part. Well thats whats going on with us. Great news huh?

My Wicked Cute Babies!!!

HERE IS BAILEY AND PEYTON PLAYING WITH HALLOWEEN POTATOE HEADS. i TOOK THESE PICTURES AND JUST WAS SO HAPPY THAT I HAVE THEM IN MY LIFE. I LOVE MY BABIES. THEY ARE SO EXCITED FOR HALLOWEEN THIS YEAR. BAILEY IS GOING TO BE AURORA AND PEYTON CANT DECIDE WEATHER TO BE BUZZ OR WOODY. (WE HAVE BOTH COSTUMES). CANT WAIT!

Hanging out with my Matty!!!

Matty is one of my only and oldest friends that I hung out with in high school that we still get together and hang out whenever he comes to Modesto. I can never laugh so hard then I do when I'm with my Matty. I do know that I am going to be jealous with whoever he winds up with and marrys. We have such an awesome relationship.

My Baby Turned 3!!!

My baby boy turned 3 years old. For the second year in a row Peyton had a Pirate Birthday Party. It was fun except when it got to dark in the frot yard and he had to open his presents in front of a lantern. Auhh Good Times... But he loved it. Everyone he loves was there and then some... and he had a great time celebrating his birthday. I have never heard so many "Ohh my Gosh!" and "Wow... Cool!" From my little guy. He cracks everyone up!!! Thats why I love him!!!