Fun Fall Activities

1. My family went to the Haunted Village at This is the Place Monument in Salt Lake City. It was so much fun. It was scary but not too scary--I had a couple really good scared. Go ifyou get a chance!

2. We went to the HEE HAW Farms with the Alders to get pumpkins. Carving pumpkins is one way that we like to embrace our Halloween side. After getting the pumpkins and going on the hay ride we went to Paradise Bakery in American Fork. Can we say DELICIOUS!

HEE HAW Farms Entrance

Hay Ride

Our beautiful Pumpkins!

Recent Happenings

1. Adam and I went for a drive up the canyon to look at the leaves. Two years ago from conference weekend Adam and I took our Bridal pictures in Sundance. The leaves were beautiful. Adam promised me a horse back ride before the leaves fall--Lets hope the weather stays warm so that the ride is enjoyable.

2. Adam plays on an Flag Football team as the quarterback. I took a few action shoots to show him off.

3. The Alder's went to Red Mango with us to enjoy some delightful frozen Yogurt.

4. I CUT MY HAIR. I took off 51/2 inches. See above pictures for the new style. I like it but I don't know if I LOVE it yet. However, it is growing on me.

Abby's Wedding

I went to Newport, CA on Friday for one of my best friends weddings--Abby Sheffield now Waldrip. It was a beautiful wedding--and Abby looked stunning! It started with a wedding brunch, then we went to the Newport temple for the Sealing, and later the reception in Laguna Hills. It was so wonderful to be there with her on her wedding day--I am so happy for Matt and Abby.

Matt and Abby right out of the temple--they looked amazing!

Abby and I at the breakfast brunch.

Abby's wedding was perfect in so many ways, and I am glad that I was there to experience it with her. Cat, Darci, Fletch, and I all enjoyed our time together with Abby and Matt. They were so cute together it made me want Adam there with me because --I know this sounds cheesy--but seeing them so in love made me love Adam more. Now that Abby is finally married and we could hang out she moves to DC--I guess Adam and I will have to plan a trip out there.

Seattle

Our trip to Seattle was Amazing! We did and saw just about everything. It was wonderful to be with family and enjoy the beautiful city of Seattle. There are a ton of pictures for you to enjoy because I think pictures are more fun to see than reading about our adventures.

The first thing we did was go to a Yankees Mariners game--the Mariners won! The game was almost a no hitter against the Yankees--it was awesome.

Saturday was game day--all day long. This is the fam in our pre-game mode.

Adam and I at Husky Stadium. It was a beautiful stadium that you can see Lake Washington from. It hold 72,500 people--more than Lavell Edwards stadium holds. We didn't dare get up to take a picture until after all the Washington fans had left. Most of the fans were great but some were kind of hostile and we didn't want to mess with them.

The family photo after an intense win. There were maybe 25,000 BYU fans as the game--it was unreal! We all sang the fight song after we scored and you could hear us around the entire stadium because there were so many fans and we were so loud.

We walked around campus after the game. It is a beautiful campus. This is one of the prettiest parts with the green trees, water fountain, and Mt. Rainer behind us.

Aftef the game and walking around campus we packed into this Jeep Cherokee--when I say we I mean 12 people--and shuttled to our other two cars because we didn't want to walk back to where we parked. It was hilarious. Casey, Jeff, and Adam all fit in the trunk. They were so squished. Adam's entire leg was knumb and he couldn't walk when he go out.

Here is the rest of the famiy scrunched together.

On Sunday we went to this popular park that has one of the most gorgeous views of the city.

While at Pikes Market in downtown Seattle we stopped by my families favorite bakey Le Paniera and got my favorite baggets.

Adam and I at the Fish Toss at Pikes.

View of the Seattle and Mt. Rainer.

We also went to the Locks and the Fish ladder. Boats use the locks after they have been out the ocean and want to come back to the Lake. The difference from the ocean water to the lake water is 40 feet. The lock were built to allow ships to go back a forth by lowering and raising the water level by flooding inorder to let boats pass through. This is the water level after the locks were flooded. (kindof like the Panama Canal)

The locks were right by a Botanical Garden and this flower was so interesting. We had never seen anything like it before. Maybe you have?

The Locks at sunset and the bridge being lowered to let a sail boat with a huge mast come through.

Monday, we went back to campus to see the library. It is like a cathedral--or more so like the library in Beauty and the Beast. I have never see a library like it with the stained glass windows and enormous celinings.

Carly and Jeff are good friends with their Bishop, who just happens to live on Lake Washington. We stopped by their house to see the lake and hang out on their dock. I wish we could have used this diving board.

Lucky for us we the Bishop let us take his boat on the lake for a joy ride. It was Awesome! We got to see all the huge houses and enjoy the sunshine.

This plane landed right in front of us.

Adam, me, Carly, Heather.

Don't worry, this wasn't all we did--when you are with the Nelson's there is always tons are eating involved and we did eat--a lot! It was a wonderful vacation and the fact that the Cougars won made it even better. Thanks Carly and Jeff for the fun weekend away.

Going Home--kindof

Adam and I are in Seattle--which is kind of like home for me. At least we are in Washington--where I grew up (Spokane, to be exact). It is so wonderful to be in the Northwest, especially the evergreen state. I got done teaching on Friday, got on a plan to Seattle--where I luckily met Sarah Fowler at the airport (it was nice to have a friend to sit by) and Adam and my brother in  law Jeff, picked me up form the airport. (Adam had been here since Wed--lucky). Adam and I both have family in Seattle and with the Cougars playing the Huskies this weekend why not come visit our family? We have already gone to a Mariners vs Yankees games and the Mariners WON! We are going to the football game this afternoon, and Pikes Market later on. I'll make sure to post pictures later. For now--GO COUGARS!

Labor Day Weekend

Adam and I have a wonderful Labor Day weekend. It was busy, yet relaxing, and we enjoyed ourselves very much--take a look and see.

1. Adam and Jett at Park City. We spent the night at Adam's cabin in Midway Sunday night and decided to go shopping on Monday even thought it was raining.

2. Sunday afternoon our nephew Jace was blessed. Justin's entire family come up from Logandale for the blessing and we had a delicious lunch afterwords. He is the cutest!

3. Saturday Afternoon we went to the BYU game-- it was a Win for the Cougars!

4. Saturday morning our nephew Call, got baptized. He is such a stud. Look at that cute kid with his three sisters.

5. Adam and I went to Swiss days on Friday and I got some Christmas wrapping paper, purple jewelry, and my favorite Swiss taco.

6. We watched the 2nd disc of prison break with Burke and Chelsea--it is getting good.

7. I caught up on some sleep. I love a four day weekend.

Adam's 27th Birthday

Happy Birthday Adam! He turned 27 on Sunday. We had a wonderful weekend celebrating his birthday. Here is a taste of it.

After Adam thought all the gifts were opened, I brought out this huge box--A NEW GRILL! It was so fun to see the suprise on Adam's face.

As you can tell I didn't wrap the BBQ Grill so Adam simply had to take off the bow:)

Adam and Paisley share the same birthday. Paisley (my niece) turned 1. She is a doll.

Jett and Paisley

We had the most delicious BBQ ribs for dinner and for dessert I made Adam's favorite peach pie!

Adam's plate of food at the Cheesecake factory.

I took Adam to the Cheesecake Factory on Saturday for a surprise birthday dinner. He didn't know where we were going. He only had the directions that I wrote out for him. It was yummy and we topped off dinner with a dolce de leche cheesecake.

Happy Birthday Adam and I love you!