My Little T.V. Stars

Well we made it. I dragged the boys out of bed at 5:30 so we could go down to the Dinosaur Park and let the boys be on Channel 2 News. They had a lot of fun, other than having to get up way too early. They even got to invite some of their best friends to be on t.v. with them. Here is Jaimin and Casey Scott. Jaimin thought he was pretty cool holding the mic.

They were on a few different segments. Here is a picture of them on one of their last ones. As you can tell Jones is a little camera shy. Jaimin on the other hand is completely opposite he just goes with the flow and is happy to do it. Anyway they thought they were pretty cool.

Hey if anyone is awake around 6am tomorrow watch channel 2 news. My boys will be on between 6 and 8. I believe the first time will be at 6:15.

My sweet Jaimin!

As many of you know Jaimin goes to preschool everyday. Well one day when I was dropping him off I noticed him turn around when he got to the doors so I decided to stay and watch. He walked over to the back of one of the buses and waited for a minute. Then I noticed he was watching a little boy named T.J. get off the bus. T.J. is wheelchair bound and really can't do anything on his own except hold his head up. As soon as T.J. was off the bus Jaimin got behind him and very carefully pushed him into the classroom. I thought it was very cute and assumed that Jai was excited about pushing a wheelchair. Well a few days later one of the teachers came to me and told me that Jaimin had tried to play with T.J. and how cute he was. A week or two later when I went to pick up Jaimin two of Jaimin's teachers came to talk to me. They gave me these two pictures and told me that every day the this little boy is at preschool Jaimin is sure to set aside some of his play time to spend interacting with T.J.. They said it was the cutest thing they had seen and that Jaimin was always so sweet to T.J.. As you can see from the pictures they are both laughing and having fun. It almost brought me to tears to hear that my little Jaimin was playing with this little boy who really could use a friend. Every time Jaimin sees these pictures he gets giggly. I hope he will always be able to look past peoples differences and treat everyone with love.

Sunday after dinner we decided to head up to Snowbasin to see if the colors were changing. Well they have started to change but not as much as we were hoping. We were just able to go for a short hike before it got dark. We keep forgetting how early it starts to get dark. We attempted to get a few pictures but surprise, surprise the boys were not in the mood.

Here is Mark being a nice daddy. Both boys were not in the mood to walk, Jones' foot was hurting ( due to a football accident, and yes the one that he broke ) and Jaimin never likes to walk very far but after falling into a pile of cow manure he decided he was done.

MILTON NELSON
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Milton Reeder Nelson 1923 ~ 2009 Our dear husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, friend, and neighbor Milton Reeder Nelson passed away September 4, 2009. Milton R. Nelson was a thoughtful, considerate, generous, and humble man. He was deeply committed to family and friends and never spoke an ill word of anyone. Milt was born May 10, 1923 in North Logan Utah to Francis E. Nelson and Elvira Reeder Nelson. After graduating from South Cache High School, Milton served as a navy pilot in World War II. He was honored with six gold stars and the Distinguished Flying Cross, yet he never spoke of his own heroism, only of his friends with whom he served. After the war, Milton attended and graduated from Utah State University where he met and married A. Renee Russell in 1952. They had three sons, Rourk, Brett, and Rick. Milt had a very successful career with Mountain Bell, retiring after 31 years of service as a Commercial Staff Supervisor. After the death of his wife Renee in 1996, Milt married Della L. Russell. Milt leaves behind many loved ones who will miss him very much, including his son Rourk (Cynthia), son Brett, son Rick (Jill) grandchildren Tony (Rebecca) Nelson, Natalie (Joshua) Marsh, Cami (David) Chambers, Greg (Kjersti) Nelson, Vanessa, Michael Smith, three great grandchildren Raegan Renee, Dyer, Samantha Claire and his wife Della Russell and her wonderful family. He was preceded in death by his great grandchild, Brady Nelson and first wife Renee. He was loved dearly by his family and will be deeply missed. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, September 8, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. at the South Cottonwood 8th Ward, 6180 S Glenoaks, Murray, Utah. A viewing will be on Monday, September 7, 2009 from 6-8 p.m. at Jenkins-Soffe Mortuary, 4760 South State and on Tuesday at the church from 10-10:45 a.m. Interment Murray City Cemetery. Online condolences may be shared at www.jenkins-soffe.com

We will miss you!!

Last night on September 4, 2009 at 1:30 am we lost a great family member, Milton Nelson. He had been married to my grandma for 12 years. We were very lucky to have him around, he was very good to my grandma and made her very happy. He was the only great grandpa our kids ever knew. We will all miss him very much!! We love you Milt!!

Bear Lake

This was our last bit of fun before school started. Every summer my family takes trip up to Bear Lake. It is always so nice just to get away for a few days before the summer is over. This year the kids seemed to enjoy it more than usual, probably because they are a bit older.
We don't really have anything planned. In the morning Jones and I would get up around 6:30 and he would ride his bike while I went for a run. Then we would go set up our stuff on the beach. We really enjoyed our mornings together! After that we would just hang out in the condo until lunch time maybe play a game of tennis, and then head out to the beach. At the beach we built sand castles, rode the jet ski's, and had a few games of football and soccer. After the beach we would get cleaned up, eat dinner, and play our nightly game of progressive rummy. Not really anything too exciting, but we all had a lot of fun.Here are Jones and Jaimin playing at the playground. Jaimin loved the fact that he could just hop on his bike and head down to the playground. The only problem is he thought he could go at any time he wanted.

These two pictures were the closest thing we got to a family picture.

Building sand castles. Notice the power lines. Jones was really proud of them.

Here is a picture of Jaimin of the first day. The poor kid was so sick with a headache that all he could do was lay there. Anytime we would try to give him medicine he would gag and throw it all up. Luckily it didn't last too long, by about 5 o'clock he was up and being his happy old self again.

IT'S A BOY!!!!

It's a boy.....kitten! So we finally gave in and got a kitten. We had been thinking about getting one for quite awhile now but we were worried that Jones was allergic to them. About a month ago we took him to an Allergist because he wouldn't stop itching. Among 50 other things we had him tested for cats. We found out he was only allergic to grass. For some annoying reason the doctor turned to Jones and said well you can get a cat now (I wanted to kick her because we really hadn't decided if we wanted one). Anyway ever since she said that Jones has been on our back about getting one. So we gave in. We had looked around on ksl for a bit but nothing really caught my eye until I saw this one. So yesterday we told Jones we had to go get something at a co workers house which made him very unhappy, he wanted to stay and play with his friends. So we got to the house and got out and played with the kittens for a bit and then told him it was time to go. When we got in the car he looked and saw me holding the kitten and with a huge grin said "I didn't know we were taking him home!" He was thrilled. Even Jaimin was excited on the way home he yelled out "I got a cat" and giggled.

He is a very good cat, he is 10 weeks old and is potty trained and so far has not had any problems (whew!!). We now just need to settle on a name. So far it is between Oliver, Edward, Martin, and Jones' favorite thanks to my dad Lumm. We can't decide. Any suggestions?

Congratulations!!! On August 11. 2009 at 12:00am (The minute it turned Ana's Birthday) Jonathon proposed. We are all so happy for the both of you!

They don't look alike at all do they!?

So a few weeks ago we took our annual family trip to Lagoon. I honestly was not looking forward to going this year due to Jaimin's fear of the rides and his motion sickness. Jones also has never been that excited about going on many rides. Well this year was completely different, they couldn't get enough. It made it so much fun. The lines weren't too long so they just ran from ride to ride.

After riding many of the kiddie rides we decided to go do our family favorite "Rattlesnake Rapids". We showed it to Jaimin and asked if he wanted to go and his response was "no not today". Well we took him anyway. I decided not to go and try to get some pictures. As you can tell from this picture Mark and the boys got the most wet. I was so worried that this was going to ruin Jai's fun mostly because he hates his clothes getting wet.

Here he is after the ride telling my mom how fun it was and saying he wanted to go again. He couldn't stop jumping up and down talking about it. I was so glad he liked it!!

Here is Jones after the ride just as excited as his brother. The poor kid could hardly keep his pants on they were so wet.

Here is Jones on our way out running through the fountain. This was also a surprise for us, he usually doesn't like running through these things.

Since then both boys keep asking if we can go back because they had so much fun. This trip actually got me excited for them to grow up. Life is much more fun when the whole family enjoys it!