Ok..so we don't have the internet, so I took all the pics to the library to put them on our blog..but the library computer won't recognize my USB cable...so I'll have to wait until we have the internet next week. Be prepared...once we have it I'm going to follow suit of my old roommie Annie and do a 3-week-picture history...mostly just pics, and you can use your imagination to fill in the past 3 weeks of our lives.
Soooo...here goes the short synopsis (pictureless) for now. The girls and I left Missouri the end of July and flew to Utah for a week to visit. On the way to the airport we FINALLY saw the 'Gateway to the West'..aka the St. Louis Arch. It is HUGE...holy cow. So that was fun, I'm now 100% cultured. NOT. Anyways, Utah was great. We stayed at my moms, visited my dad, Sarah gave the girls haircuts, we went to the Nielson she-bang-o in Elberta, got a short personal ballet lesson from Erica, yada yada yada. Great trip, great fun. My dad drove to AZ to pick the girls and I up at the airport, and help us move in once Nate came with the truck. Nate was behind schedule as it was, and then the 1st night he got a blown out tire on the trailer of the moving truck. But he made it to Gilbert around 3am. I had a small emotional breakdown when we got to our house with just the girls and my dad. We had no bedding, no pillows, Abby and Emma wouldn't stop screaming, and there's no carpet, it's all hardwood and tile. The floor was mopped from all the construction, but it was still dusty from the paint and such, so I didn't even want to sit on it to feed Emma. Katie and Trever came to the rescue and brought air mattresses, pack'n'play, pillows, blankets, etc. My dad ran to Wal-Mart at midnight and got mopping supplies so I could mop before they unloaded early the next morning. Wow..thank goodness for friends and family, I wouldn't have made it without!
Ok...that was wayyyyy to long for a synopsis. But I love our house, the resort ROCKS, and the weather is...yes...hot...but dry! So it's not too shabby. Pretty sweet for a move across the country. Now that we're getting settled, I'm starting to miss Kirksville so much more. The close friends, the wards, knowing if you go to the Aquatic center any time, any day, you'll run into friends...Kirksville was such a great experience.
Now on to more important things...CAITLIN STARTED KINDERGARTEN TODAY! She's such a trooper. Yes, I cried like a baby AFTER I walked out of the classroom. It's tough on mom's to let your little girls grow up and start school. But she loves her teacher, and she seems like she loves school. Hopefully it'll stay that way!
All-in-all things are going well. We miss all of you Kville friends so much already! Check back again next week for a picture post..should be fun!
Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Thanks Tobey!
Tobey took our family pictures and did a great job! Thanks Tobey for doing that for us...and for spending time while you were sick (along with your whole family!) to get them just right, and ordered for us. (Tobey will try to tell you that's it's nothing..but she does such a great job!!)
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Hard Goodbyes
Every day is getting harder as we are saying goodbye to people I would never have wished to live without. I have learned so much from every dear friend I have met here and spent my life with the past 2 years. Going through the medical school experience is something that one cannot understand unless you have been there. The strain it puts on a family is so real...and friends have been my saving grace. They have been through the same thing as we have these past 2 years, and we have laughed and cried together. We made it...but only with each other's shoulders to lean on. This is such a bittersweet time in my life, and I had to include this poem that my friend Katie Rynearson found...because it describes our friendships here all-too-perfectly. It's so hard...we had to move across the country with our families...away from the rest of our families and friends. We had to endure ice storms, tornado warnings, and everything else med school threw at us. We made lifelong friends, but now we are all having to go our separate ways to continue on our medical school journeys. I will love and miss every one of you that has helped us and touched our lives in Kirksville!
"On the first day of it, we talked.
But nothing deep.
We sang
We looked at each other
And little did we know.
And time passed.
On the last day of it,
We talked of life things.
We laughed and we cried.
We sang with deep meaning.
We looked at each other
And we knew.
And then it ended...
But not really."
But nothing deep.
We sang
We looked at each other
And little did we know.
And time passed.
On the last day of it,
We talked of life things.
We laughed and we cried.
We sang with deep meaning.
We looked at each other
And we knew.
And then it ended...
But not really."
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Picture Update
Warning: Picture and video mania! I haven't had the time to load videos on here lately..so here's a few to catch up. And a whole lot of pictures too! Our internet is being shut off tomorrow because we're moving, so I figured I'd get a whole bunch on here!
Cait, Abs and Braden. How we'll miss Brade!!!
Our family swimming.
(Yes...that's Braden too. Some days he's Braden Parks..others he's Braden Nielson!)
Um..Mom? These 'rashguard suits' are for SKINNY babies! Not chubba bubbas!
Ah. Enough said.
Up 'n ready for the Pancake breakfast at the church! ('Sippin' corner in hand!)
Sparklers bebe!
4th of July parade in Kirksville. Ok..so not to be UNpatriotic...but I've been to MANY small town parades on the 4th...and this one was not-so-grand! It was about 15 political campaign people handing out flyers and candy..and then a random truck pulling a trailer with hay bales covered in blue tarps with people sitting on it. When the last 'float' went by...we could not believe that was it! At least we got to chill with friends there. Ah well...better luck next time!
4th of July girls!
4th of July babies! (Ammon, Noah, and Emma)
Pancake breakfast at the church. And that's Libbs with the girls lookin' all sorts of stylish in her shades! (She gets the style sense from her momma!)
An attempt to get a pic of the youngest ones at the 4th of July BBQ that Melissa organized.
Emma is in LOVE with her sisters!!! I'm going to be in serious trouble when Caitlin starts preschool the beginning of August. Emma's not a huge fan of just chillin' at home with Mom! She loves those girls!
And the packing has begun! (It would have been boring if I just took a pic of the boxes, eh?)
Caitlin's flying LEAP off the diving board at swim lessons. So brave!
Soooo..where are the videos you ask? GOOD STINKIN' QUESTION! I let them load all night and they still wouldn't go. So I'll try to get them on a separate post. Before the internet shuts off in just a little while! AAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Woa Mom...put on your make-up----seriously!
Cait, Abs and Braden. How we'll miss Brade!!!
Our family swimming.(Yes...that's Braden too. Some days he's Braden Parks..others he's Braden Nielson!)
Um..Mom? These 'rashguard suits' are for SKINNY babies! Not chubba bubbas!
Ah. Enough said.
Up 'n ready for the Pancake breakfast at the church! ('Sippin' corner in hand!)
Sparklers bebe!
4th of July parade in Kirksville. Ok..so not to be UNpatriotic...but I've been to MANY small town parades on the 4th...and this one was not-so-grand! It was about 15 political campaign people handing out flyers and candy..and then a random truck pulling a trailer with hay bales covered in blue tarps with people sitting on it. When the last 'float' went by...we could not believe that was it! At least we got to chill with friends there. Ah well...better luck next time!
4th of July girls!
4th of July babies! (Ammon, Noah, and Emma)
Pancake breakfast at the church. And that's Libbs with the girls lookin' all sorts of stylish in her shades! (She gets the style sense from her momma!)
An attempt to get a pic of the youngest ones at the 4th of July BBQ that Melissa organized.
Emma is in LOVE with her sisters!!! I'm going to be in serious trouble when Caitlin starts preschool the beginning of August. Emma's not a huge fan of just chillin' at home with Mom! She loves those girls!
And the packing has begun! (It would have been boring if I just took a pic of the boxes, eh?)
Caitlin's flying LEAP off the diving board at swim lessons. So brave!
Soooo..where are the videos you ask? GOOD STINKIN' QUESTION! I let them load all night and they still wouldn't go. So I'll try to get them on a separate post. Before the internet shuts off in just a little while! AAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!
Thursday, July 3, 2008
Three Months!
Then....
Now! Yee-hawww...bring on the chub-a-licious-ness!!!
Emma is 3 months old! (Ok..not today, but as of a few days ago. Let's pretend like I'm not behind though...) I can't believe that time has gone by so fast. It seems with all of our girls, once 3 months hits, everything is back to normal again. They figure out a nice sleeping schedule, they smile, they laugh, they are so happy and enjoyable! Emma is still such a sweet smiley baby. She goes to bed at 9pm, eats twice at night, and wakes up at 9am. She takes several cat naps during the day, and is just a joy all day long. She's been doing so well on her 'tummy time', and she's just a trooper no matter where the day takes us. We love you little Emma Jo!Abby's first 'do' with the curling iron.
We are getting so excited to move, yet so sad to leave all of our sweet friends in Kirksville! The weather here has been so pleasant, I don't think it's been above 90 so far. We are going to have 'baptism by fire' (literally!) when we get to AZ at the end of July! Ooooooo-eeeeee dawgies...bring on the heat!
Saturday, June 28, 2008
One Word Tag
My cute (so crafty!) friend Sara tagged me on this fun one-word tag...so here goes!
1. Where is your cell phone?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Downstairs
2. Your significant other? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buns
3. Your hair color? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brown
4. Your mother? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . Loving
5. Your father? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concerts
6. Your favorite thing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family
7. Your dream last night? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None
8. Your favorite drink? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water
9. Your dream/goal? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Satisfied
10. The room you're in? . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Bedroom
11. Your hobby? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Projects
12. Your fear? . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Death
13. Where do you want to be in six years? . . . . . . Utah
14. Where were you last night? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rynearsons
15. What you're not? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tall (copied you Sara! ;o)
16. Muffins? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . Blueberry
17. One of your wish list items? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disneyland
18. Where you grew up? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Farmington
19. The last thing you did? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ice Cream (no lies there!)
20. What are you wearing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clothes
21. Your tv? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Broken
22. Your pets? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kids
23. Your computer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Full
24. Your life? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Busy
25. Your mood? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tired
26. Missing someone? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes
27. Your car? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vacuum!!
28. Something your not wearing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewelry
29. Favorite store? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Target
30. Your summer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HUMID!
31. Like someone? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family
32. Your favorite color? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red
33. When was the last time you laughed?. . . . . . . . Pool
34. Last time you cried? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Today
35. Who will do this? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friends
Sheesh...that IS harder than it looks! Thanks for the tag Sara! I tag Katie (yes...both of you!), the Kanigans, and Jenny. Get on it now y'all! And NO cheating...ONE WORD ONLY!
1. Where is your cell phone?. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Downstairs
2. Your significant other? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Buns
3. Your hair color? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Brown
4. Your mother? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . Loving
5. Your father? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Concerts
6. Your favorite thing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family
7. Your dream last night? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . None
8. Your favorite drink? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Water
9. Your dream/goal? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Satisfied
10. The room you're in? . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Bedroom
11. Your hobby? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Projects
12. Your fear? . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Death
13. Where do you want to be in six years? . . . . . . Utah
14. Where were you last night? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rynearsons
15. What you're not? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tall (copied you Sara! ;o)
16. Muffins? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . Blueberry
17. One of your wish list items? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Disneyland
18. Where you grew up? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Farmington
19. The last thing you did? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ice Cream (no lies there!)
20. What are you wearing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Clothes
21. Your tv? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Broken
22. Your pets? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Kids
23. Your computer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Full
24. Your life? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Busy
25. Your mood? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tired
26. Missing someone? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yes
27. Your car? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Vacuum!!
28. Something your not wearing? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Jewelry
29. Favorite store? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Target
30. Your summer? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . HUMID!
31. Like someone? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Family
32. Your favorite color? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Red
33. When was the last time you laughed?. . . . . . . . Pool
34. Last time you cried? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Today
35. Who will do this? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Friends
Sheesh...that IS harder than it looks! Thanks for the tag Sara! I tag Katie (yes...both of you!), the Kanigans, and Jenny. Get on it now y'all! And NO cheating...ONE WORD ONLY!
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