Witches Fest at Gardner Village

Every year my mom,sister, and brother have been going to the Witches Fest at Gardner Village. This year since we live so close, Britt and I decided to go along too.

Here is the group outside my house before we went!

The sign as you enter!

We ate dinner, wandered around the shops, and watched the witches parade! It was so much fun. Luckily we went on a night that wasn't too cold. I think this will definately be a tradition!

Rocky Mountain Raceway

We decided to take the kids to the race at Rocky Mountain Raceways!
We took the kids here a few years ago, but they cant remember it! We had a lot of fun!
Family kinda got frustrated with me cuz I took my book and kept reading instead of watching the race :)
The people sitting in front of us had 2 people from thier family racing so they were a rowdy bunch! Made the race more exciting!

Britt got a free tshirt that they threw into the crowd!

Some of the cars!

Our favorite part of the race is when they hook 3 cars together to make a trains and they all race figure 8's! Its exciting to watch them come so close to wrecking!

We will have to go to more races next year. Now we live so close to the track!

First Day of School

The first day of school in West Jordan!

I got the kids doughnuts for a special breakfast! Yummy!

Another new school!
Britt is 6th, Carter is 4th, and Spencer 3rd Grade!

I found this idea on another blog!

I made it to surprise the kids! They were so excited!

This is gonna be a great school year!

The End.....

We now have come to the end....

the end of the summer and the end of a chapter in our lives.

We finished off the summer with another party for Brittnee. The party was fun! Thanks Mel for hosting!

But a few days before the party, we.

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~~MOVED~~

We packed up and left our home and friends to come to UTAH!

We believe it was the right thing to do.

Before we left our FANTASTIC neighbor brought us over a GOODBYE basket. I cried and cried. I will miss that family so bad. They are the perfect examples of what all neighbors should be like.

Here is the Budget truck! It was packed sooo full! We had some great SONIC friends come and help us get loaded up. They were amazing HELP!

The long awaited UTAH sign! I love UTAH! It is officially home to us.

Our new home city. Wow it is really different from Idaho Falls and good ol' Brigham City. There are so many traffic lights and too much traffic. But its home now.

Its different but we are trying to embrace the changes. We have a beautiful home and we are closer to family. It is hard to leave good friends but we have to do whats best for our family. So one chapter ends and another begins! Another HIGHLIGHT in our story!

#3

~ Annual Nelson Reunion ~

I got to go and spend a night with Britt at a family Reunion! The boys went to Wyoming with Grandma and Dave stayed in Idaho and the girls got to camp! We slept in Ma T's tent! What a night! We had some crazy laughs thanks to some cousins and Danny! The next day we visited with Family! Britt has a cousin that is a few months younger than her and they played a lot. They even were wearing the same shirt!

We got to see Meghan and Ariel! It was great! I love that family so much! I remember being Britts age and having so much fun. I would wait all year for this camp out! Its crazy to see all the changes over the generations! I sure hope Grandpa and Grandma Nelson are super proud of thier family! We are quite the bunch!

#2

Every summer we try to go to the Drive in Movie at least once. This year we went to "Toy Story 3" with "The Sorcerer's Apprentise". We had so much fun! Spencer made it thru the first movie but was asleep within 5 mins. of the second one! Carter of course was wide awake!

Meanwhile Britt was having fun with Shan and the girls! They did all sorts of fun stuff!

Gotta love the fun of summer!

(Past Due) Summer Happenings#1

We did a few things this summer that I never posted about. Heres a Recap!

We took our Annual Hall Family Trip to Heber City again this year! We had fun hanging out with the family! We ate lots of yummy good food, had our Talent Show, some went golfing, the kids went swimming, and we spent one day at Olympic Park in Park City!

Olympic Park

It was so much fun to spend the day there! What an experience!

Party 2

The party at Grandma T's House!

12 years old.......

Britt turned 12 this year! Wow! Just waking up!
Presents!

Annual Jelly Donut and special drink!

Swimming at Ross Park with friend Kodi!

We had pizza for dinner and Fruit Pizza for dessert!
After dinner Britt got to go to her first Young Womens activity! It was a Daddy Daughter bootcamp! What a fun way to spend your Birthday night! They had so much fun. They made marshmellow guns and got thier own 'dogtags' (no pictures though :(

Notice her crown and dogtag!

Britt~ We hope you had a fantastic 12th birthday! STOP GROWING UP!

No matter how big you get you will always be our baby girl! We love you so much!

Birtt was Welcomed into Young Womens

A couple of Sundays before Britt turned 12, the Young Women Leaders came over to welcome Britt into Young Womens!
They told her all about the Young Womens Program and gave her a WELCOME PACK that included a scripture tote filled with books! Britt was so excited!

Fast forward 2 weeks and it is the day before Britt turns 12!
I get a call and some plans are made and Britt gets a huge surprise!

Two of her favorite Young Women came to our house and decorated her room while she was gone! They did a fantastic job and Britt was so surprised!
They filled her room with streamers and balloons and notes!

Here is a note they wrote on the mirror! They also left her a "Crown" fit for a PRINCESS, daughter of a HEAVENLY KING! What a terrific experience!

Britt was so happy and so excited again to move onto Young Womens!
I know she will do an amazing job working on her 'Personal Progress'!
I am so honored to be able to do the program with her!
Wow what a memorable time of our lives!