The Nelson's

Kindergarten

2010-09-09T19:55:00.003-06:00

Preston started Kindergarten this Year! I can't believe I have a kid in school! Preston has been some much fun to have around the house. Carter doesn't know what to do with himself without him. I think he cried more then I did when we dropped him off, he wanted to go with him so bad. I told him he had to be 5 years old and he kept saying I am 5 Mom! It was was sad, then Carter kept asking when we were going to go pick Preston up. They even have a playground outside and I told Carter to go play on it while we waited for him to come out, he just wouldn't play without Preston. Then when Preston finally came out they ran to each other and hugged. It was so sweet! I really hope they continue to be best friends as they grow up. Preston loves going to school, and he loves his teacher. It has been a good experience for him.

2010-03-29T21:33:00.002-06:00

2010-03-29T20:28:00.002-06:00

Christmas 2009! It's been a long while since I last got on here. I almost forgot my password! We went to Montana for Christmas. It was fun to see my family. The kids were spoiled. We hit the black Friday sale and got lots of goods. We have been married for almost 8 years and that was the first Christmas we went up to see my family. The pj's they are wearing is from my grandma and grandpa Porter. Every Christmas they buy all the great grandkids pj's and they get to open them Christmas Eve at the Porter Talent "No Talent" Christmas party. We missed it though, but still opened them. It was a Transformer's Christmas. They each got Transformer bedspreads. Transformers to play big ones and little ones. It was fun to see how excited they would get every time they both got a transformer to open at the same time. Preston's favorite is Octimus Prime and Carter's is Bumblebee.

Fun at the Park!

2009-05-01T12:22:00.005-06:00

We're enjoying the nice weather at the Roy duck park! (that's what me and the kids call it) We love to go there and eat lunch and feed the ducks with my friend Jill and her two kids. The cute little girl is hers and Carter's girlfriend, he is so sweet to her all the time. The other one is Rex and I didn't get a picture of him (next time). He has red hair to and is Preston's friend. It's nice to get out and play!

Happy 4th Birthday Preston

2009-04-26T12:09:00.003-06:00

Preston had a lego birthday party! He got lots of Thomas stuff, a Spiderman scooter, cloths, balls and even messy Moon Sand (thanks Slaughter's):). He loves everything! So thanks you everyone.

Enjoying the nice weather

2009-04-09T20:27:00.002-06:00

All About Carter

2009-03-31T15:04:00.005-06:00

Born July 15, 2007

Hair Color: red

Eye Color: blue

Favorite Food: anything with sugar

Least Favorite: veggies

Favorite Person: daddy

Favorite TV show: Blue's Clues

Favorite Movie: Ratatouille

Favorite Word: NO! (bet you didn't see that one coming):0)

Carter is are fearless child! He loves to climb, is very adventurous, and very independant. He has a contagious smile, he's just so sweet. He loves to do everything daddy does. He's not my baby any more, he is my little toddler and he lets everyone know it. Very determined to get what he wants. Loves to be naked and will put up a fight to keep it that way! We just love him so much! He has a way of melting into your heart!

All About Preston

2009-03-30T09:19:00.003-06:00

Born: April 25, 2005

Hair Color: brownish red

Eye Color: brown

Height: 3ft 5"

Weight: 38 lb

Favorite Color: green

Favorite Food: marshmellow cereal

Least Favorite: green suckers

Favorite Movie: Spiderman

Favorite TV show: Dragon Tales

Hobbies: play with toys, play with lego's (build house with them), play with Carter

Friends: Deacon, Alana, Rex, Jayce, Morgen

Those were the answers right from his mouth. Preston is so smart! He loves numbers, he can count to 30 without help. He adds, and we're working on subtraction. He writes his name and a few other words without help. He just loves life and is curious about everything! He asks about 20 or more questions a day. He has a drive to learn and grow. He has a sunflower in a cup that he is growing and every morning he has to go see how much it has grown, it's like watching Preston grow right before my eyes too, he's not a baby any more! He's not even a toddler any more! He's growing so fast. He is a good big brother and is always looking out for him. He's a little bit cautious and that is a good thing. He's a great leader and we are very proud of him and the little man he is becoming.

Blessings

2009-03-29T21:20:00.003-06:00

I just wanted to write about what a blessing it is to have a husband who hold the priesthood and can give a fathers blessing when asked. We were at my in laws and Carter has been having a really sore bum off and on for awhile. It was so bad when we were there he was screaming and I was crying because I couldn't do anything about it. Don't worry we will be taking him to see his doctor next week. He must be allergic to something and I'm tired of playing the guessing game. Anyway, I asked Jarrod to give him a blessing before we left. I don't know why I didn't think about doing it before, because I feel so much better now. Then I said okay Preston lets go and he said we can't go yet I didn't get mine. Jarrod said what do you need a blessing for and he said so I can stop getting sick with a cold. He has had his fair share of colds this year. So Jarrod gave him the sweetest blessing. He is such a good boy and what a blessing to have in are family, he is a great example to his little brother. I'm very proud of him!

The Deck Story

2009-03-27T09:06:00.004-06:00

So a few of weeks ago the snow melted and there was a bunch of toys that Preston and Deacon threw off the deck before it snowed. So Preston wanted to go get them so I sent him out with a bag to go collect and Carter wanted to go to, but I wanted to finish cleaning the kitchen so I thought I would let him go out on the deck to watch because there was no stairs and I would crack the door so I could hear. I never imagined that Carter would actually climb up and over the top of the deck and jump! I heard a faint cry and Preston calmly yelling that Carter just fell off the deck. So I jumped down there and checked him over to make sure there was no broken bones! I think it's only a 10 foot drop but for a 1 1/2 yr old that is a long drop. Well, turns out he is fine and I had Jarrod's dad come give him a blessing since Jarrod was working in Provo that week. He moaned and groaned for the rest of the night but I think he is okay now.

Preston

2009-03-09T15:50:00.002-06:00

2009-01-30T13:20:00.002-07:00

I don't even know what to say except what a mess!!!! I was trying to figure out taxes and I knew they were up to something when things went quiet for a little too long. They are the cutest little stinkers though!

Christmas

2009-01-01T20:05:00.002-07:00

It was so much fun! We only have memories on the camcorder because our camera does not take any more pictures. Preston loved all the trains he got from Santa. He was so excited that he had a hard time going to sleep Christmas Eve. You could tell he was tired, but would not give in. He loved the Porter Christmas Eve party. They did a dance competition, and he danced the whole time. I could not get him off the stage even when it was over. Carter wanted to open everything and he would take off a tiny piece of wrapping paper at a time and would throw it in the garbage until all the wrapping paper was off. I didn't think he would want to open very many, but he did. He got a Zebra that you can ride and he loves it. They both got snow gear and we went sledding Sat. I wish I has Pics of that to. Preston would go down all by himself!

2008-12-01T23:13:00.002-07:00

Carter only wore this for a couple of houses and he was done with it. So stinken cute though.

Preston was Spiderman everyday for about three weeks! He watched the movies almost everyday too.

Carter barely sat still long enough to take this picture, and Preston wanted to to trick or treating so badly with his cousin Deacon.

Update

2008-11-17T22:19:00.000-07:00

Time has been flying! I can't believe it's been over 2 months since I last wrote. The kids are growing up so fast I can't believe it. Preston loves to counts he has most of the additions memorized now. Like 2+3=5 and so on. Very smart! Being smart also comes with a super attitude. Very subborn. The other day I was telling Preston not to do something and since he didn't want to listen. He made the Spiderman spinning a web sound and said, "I just spun a web over your mouth mom!" Little stinker. Got to give him the imagination credit though.

Carter sure is at the fun stage. He makes me laugh. He'll run into you on purpose and knock himself over and just laughs. Church however is not that fun. It's hard to keep them both still. One of us ends up in the hall or the nursery with both of them. He loves taking bubble baths, throwing stuff down the stairs, climbing over, under, on top of everything, and climbing all over uncle Jake. Who by the way is still living with us.

Catching up!

2008-11-17T22:10:00.000-07:00

So the reason there are no pictures or anything else is because our camera is currently broken. Sorry! We have cute pictures of the kids in their Halloween costumes and everything. I am so sad. Preston was of course Spiderman! He wears the costume almost every day now. Carter was a pile of leaves and hated every minute of it. We took the kids to a couple of houses in are neighborhood and then took it off.

Carter is listening

2008-09-12T16:30:00.000-06:00

Carter is so cute! I was just playing around with him and I gave him a wrapper and told him to go throw it in the garbage and I pointed over to it and he went and threw it in there and clapped for himself it was so stinken cute! But now he is throwing everything in the garbage even when I don't tell him to. So I always have to be checking the garbage every couple of hours to make sure nothing important is in there.

A miracle

2008-09-10T22:13:00.000-06:00

This is Preston singing I Am a Child of God. I try to get him to sing it for people all the time and he never does. So here it is at last.

Carter's year old picture

2008-09-10T21:57:00.000-06:00

So I don't know if we'll ever get his year old pictures done. So I did this by myself so he had something. I had appointments to do family pictures and everything, but stuff kept coming up. I had to cancel 3 times so I gave up for now.

It's the real Buzz and Woody!

2008-08-29T23:15:00.000-06:00

This is so stinken cute! Preston and Carter are playing Toy Story. Preston does this a lot. He jumps off couches, beds, laundry baskets, ect... and says ,"to infinity and beyond."

He's a walking boy!

2008-08-22T14:30:00.000-06:00

Montana trip

2008-08-21T23:37:00.000-06:00

Me, brooklyn, my mom, Aleesha and we are missing Jessie who was not able to make it up this last trip to Montana. We were going to go fishing on the pontoons so I was not perpared for this picture my shirt is actually a t-shirt that Brooklyn pulled back and I had my swimming suit on.
The guys on the last day we were there. Jake, my dad and of course my husband.

Big mile stone

2008-08-21T23:23:00.000-06:00

Carter is officially walking as of this last weekend when we went up to Montana. I will get some video of him tomorrow. He looks drunk! He is such a climber too. He climbs up on their rocking horse all by himself, couches, you name it he climbs it.

2008-08-21T23:16:00.000-06:00

They are so stinken cute! They love taking baths together.

Getting cleaned up

2008-07-29T11:36:00.000-06:00

So this swimming place is about 20 min away from are camp site. It was way fun and a great way to get cleaned up while camping.
This is Preston going down the curvy one all by himself! He wouldn't let me take him down with me at all. He's so brave.

This is me and Carter going down the curvy together. I had to lift him up so he wouldn't go under the water. He loved it! When we'd get to the top to go down he would start kicking his feet and get really excited.

2008-07-27T23:16:00.000-06:00

This one is for you Mom! Do you miss this face? He had so much fum camping. It was fun having him there.

The after math

2008-07-27T22:57:00.000-06:00

Preston showing his muscles! So strong! He had fun helping cut down the tree and watching it fall.

The guys posing on the fallen tree - Dew vs. Pepsi and the only ones who knows who won is those that were there or who knows what drink Jeff likes.The girls also posing on the tree showing their big guns to prove that girls can cut down trees too! We all took a wack at it.

Camping up at imigration

2008-07-27T22:30:00.000-06:00

This is a picture of the family camping up in Idaho. We had a lot of fun! The kids stayed up late every night because they didn't want to be alone in the camper and we didn't want to go to bed early so here we are. I think this was the second night we were there. By like the last two nights I was ready to go to bed earlier with them because Carter did not sleep well at all. So I was getting pretty tired and I ended up drinking a Pepsi everyday. I was doing so good too! I hadn't had one for like three months before that. I haven't had one since I've been back though so I'm back on track.

The big tree that fell

2008-07-27T22:26:00.000-06:00

The guys and girls all took turns chopping down this tree with an axe. The guys cut down one before this one but I got there right when it fell so I didn't get video of it. It was fun to do it old school without a chain saw.

Big guns

2008-07-27T22:19:00.000-06:00

Look at this big guy just go at this tree, he was tired from cutting down the other one. This one was a little bit bigger around then the other one. He made it look so easy. I swung and missed the first time. Luckily no one got that on video.

The Montana family in town

2008-07-19T23:06:00.000-06:00

Some of my family came to town to visit and this picture was impossible to take because Carter wouldn't sit and be cute he wanted to cry and get down. This is my mom and my youngest sister Brooklyn. The visit seemed really short, but we had a lot of fun shopping and getting a makeover together. My only brother Jake moved in with us when they came down to visit. He has been here two weeks already!

Lots of fun!

2008-07-19T22:51:00.000-06:00

He was smiling at Great Grandpa Porter in this picture. He was having so much fun opening all the presents from everyone, probably because Preston was in his room playing with all his cousin instead of trying to take them away from him. Preston sure does enjoy playing with all of them though. I guess that's the joy of having another brother instead of a sister. It was a great day and I can't believe a whole year has gone by.

Birthday

2008-07-19T21:20:00.000-06:00

Carter had his first birthday on the 15th! He was so cute digging in the cake. I can't find the plug to download pictures so maybe when we get back from camping I will have more time to do this correctly. I'm still trying to find time to figure this thing out. Summer is really busy for us.

That's some good cake!

2008-07-12T01:58:00.000-06:00

He loved his cake, I put some gummie worms on it and had to take them off because he kept trying to swallow them whole. It was funny, he looked like a baby bird. Look at those bright blue eyes. I never thought I would have a blue eyed kid. He looks like his brother with the spikey hair. (The date is wrong it was on the 19th that I put this on)

The family

2008-06-30T21:34:00.000-06:00

Jarrod and I are excited to announce that we just celebrated our 6 year anniversary June 21, 2008! We have two beautiful red headed boys named Preston and Carter. Preston is 3 and has the smirk on his face to prove it. Carter is almost 1 and has the toilet paper all over the bathroom to prove it.