The Nelsons

2009-11-16T15:03:00.001-08:00

Halloween 2009

2009-11-03T15:00:00.000-08:00

Ok so here are our pictures from halloween. I noticed that notmany people do blogging anymore in the family so i wont waste time on describing each picture. Jordan was a skeleton and Paige was a butterfly. Me and Trena were crazy Celtics fans and we decorated our car and passed out candy at the trunk or treat. Paige is crawling now at the young age of 6 months. she is so funny and cute. she only weighs 13 pounds. she seems so tiny to be crawling. She gets around everywhere so fast! We are all healthy and doing well!

4 Years Together.......

2009-09-23T08:50:00.001-07:00

Today we are celebrating our four year anniversary. I just wanted to post some pictures and tell my wife Trena that i am so lucky to have her. She has been a great wife, mother and best friend! I love you Trena and am looking forward to the rest of our lives together. Here are some pictures mostly of us dating or on our wedding day.

Catching up with summer......

2009-08-18T17:37:00.001-07:00

Paiges Blessing and 4th of July

2009-07-05T16:06:00.000-07:00

Our little girl Paige Nicole Nelson was blessed today in church. We were happy to have Family come from Utah (Ron, Jill, Lauren, Her friend Ally, Pablo, Austin, Nelson, Cullan, Paul and LAura, Parker, Autumn) And California (Mark) and Tim and Niccole Burbach here from Idaho. Everyone came on saturday afternoon except Tim and Niccole and LAuren, Ally and Pablo. We Had a barbecue with neighbors and then had a hail storm and rain storm for about an hour. It cleared up in time for us to go to the Lowes parking lot to watch the fireworks. Sunday we all went to church and came home and had lunch together. Everyone left about 2 hours ago and Jordan and PAige went to bed immediately. They were sad to see everyone leave, but were exhausted!

Paige sleeping after everyone left
Daddy and Paige in her blessing dress

Mommy and Paige in her blessing dress

Jordan after everyone left

Cookies and ice cream (the cookie is underneath the ice cream, Laura made the yummy oatmeal-chocolate chip butterscotch cookies)

Jordan and Parker snacking on chips

Nelson and Cullan playing an intense game of chess

PAige and Daddy

Everyone hanging out

Other side of the room

Jordan holding Paige

Jordan and Paige again

Everyone after the blessing at church

Mommy, Paige, Daddy and Jordan

Ron and Paul waiting for the fireworks to start, Laura and autumn in the background

Fireworks!

Paige sleeping during the fireworks

Everyone hangoing out again waiting for the fireworks

Jill and Parker

4th of july parade with neighbors

The boys and Jordan watching the parade

Jordan and Brody

Waving at the guys

All the kids lined up on the curb to catch the candy they throw out

Jordan with Paige. Paige is really strong already although she is pretty small

Jordan pulling Brody in the little red wagon

Jordan after church

Jordan listening to mommy and daddies IPOD

Family Fun Day

2009-06-14T16:08:00.000-07:00

Yesterday, on saturday the 13th, we went to an activity at the park called Family Fun Day. We went with our neighbors, The Moores, who have two boys in Jordans age range(Ryker is in the orange shirt and Carter is in the green shirt) . This was good because By himself Jordan would be scared to go on the things like the fire truck and bouncy room. But with his friends he was happy to go on the different things they had. We had fun even though it was sprinkling rain every once in a while. Jordan, Ryker and Carter in the fire truck
fire truck fun

Rykers dad Tyler watching the boys in the fire truck

The sherriffs truck that the boys got to sit in

Relaxin

Pointing to some kind of GPS tracker or something in the fire truck

Jordan was hesitant at first, but did well

Ryker got his face painted, but Jordan was too scared

Getting out of the jumper

Time is up....time to get out

almost our turn to get in and jump

Random pictures from the last couple weeks.....

2009-06-14T15:41:00.000-07:00

Here are some random family pictures from the last couple weeks. Jordan was sick for a couple days so me and him had sleepovers upstairs on the air mattress so i could be up with him when he was sick and wanted someone. It was fun. There is a Video on the bottom of this post of Jordan.

mommy and Paige sleeping

Jordan, mommy and Paige sleeping

Our cute lil girl

what a cutie!

silly boy fell asleep watching cartoons

Jordan took this picture...hehe

Jordan did not want to take this picture

Mommy and Paige

Jordan sleeping

He fell asleep sideways. he is supposed to be using his hot wheels pillow

Sleeping on mommy and daddy's bed

Be afraid......be very afraid!!! ahahaha (evil laugh)

2009-06-02T10:12:00.000-07:00

The "Biggest Loser Nelson Family Challenge" officially started yesterday and it is already getting very competitive! The first picture of Jordan is a message for all the Nelson family to be very scared of me and Trena! haha j/k ... should be very fun and is great for everyone, win or lose. everybody wins!

rawrrrrr!!!
our bucket of sweets....all dried up....haha j/k

Paige cannot look....hehe

Jordan and daddy workin out

crunches!

Jordan pushing daddy (he is my personal trainer)

Having so much fun!

Paige is such a cutie!

hi everyone!

Jordan marked up his legs with markers....i forget if we have posted this picture already

Jordan laying down

Jordan holding his baby sister Paige

Memorial Day Weekend

2009-05-28T15:59:00.000-07:00

Paige napping in our bed

Jordan hidding from mommy.. he is so funny!

Jordan with his friends

Jordan and his friends

We had a Memorial Day BBQ with a couple of families from our ward. It was a lot of fun.

Paige smiling

Paige relaxing

Paige being cute!

Jordan and Paige. Jordan loves to hold and kiss her

Jordan being silly

Everyday Living!

2009-05-10T10:02:00.000-07:00

Paige in her new swing.
Jordan helping daddy put the swing together.. he loves playing with tools!
Jordan helping daddy again
Paige sleeping
Paige
Jordan playing with his cars
Daddy, Jordan and Paige
Jordan with his two friends across the street.. Ryker and Carter
Jordan being silly
Jordan likes to look out the window.. he looks for the dog next door (Skittles) and for the kids playing outside.

More Family Pics

2009-04-28T16:59:00.000-07:00

Our little Paige
Jordan Playing with his cars. He lines them up and then drives a car over them.. like monster trucks.
Jordan with his Birthday gifts from Mike, Kristin, Jacob, Hannah and Sydney.

Andrew, Jordan and Paige
Paige sleeping
Paige sleeping again
Daddy and Paige
Jordan loves giving Paige kisses
Paige the day she came home
Paige after her first bath

2009-04-16T20:21:00.000-07:00

Paige Nicole Nelson was born today at 12:46pm mountain time. She weighed 6 pounds and 11 ounces. She was 19 inches long. She has brown hair and blue eyes like her mommy. It was a short labor and delivery. We got to the hospital and in the labor room around 9am. She got her epidural at 11:10am after about an hour and a half of contractions. Then she had Paige an hour and a half later. Trena and Paige are doing very well and should be coming home friday afternoon. Special thanks to Tim and Nicole Burbach for watching Jordan and being here to help. Thank you!

Tim and nicole....Jordan had fun playing with Tim and Nicole had fun holding Paige

The Nelson Family (Mommy, Paige, Jordan, and Daddy)

What a cute bow!

Her first bath

Daddy and Paige

Mommy and Paige

Mommy and Paige again

Paige on the scale....6 pounds 11 ounces

Monster Truck Rally!!!

2009-04-05T08:17:00.000-07:00

Jordans photography...

2009-03-15T16:28:00.000-07:00

Jordan goes potty!!!

2009-02-27T19:32:00.000-08:00

Hello again,
its been a while since we blogged. just been lazy i guess. here are some updated pictures. Trena is getting pretty big, well actually the correct way to put it would be that Paige is getting big. Jordan has started potty training and it has been about a week or so we have been trying. He has gone pee-pee about 5 different times on the potty but has not figured out poo-poo on the potty yet. only poo in the diaper and on the floor :(. HeHe

Trena and baby paige...7 more weeks!
Jordan pushing! haha

hi!

Jordan playing with mommies eye patch things

Going pee pee....putting his feet in warm water helps!

Jordan with his big boy underwear on

Jordan playing with letters in the bath tub

Fun!

Jordan playing Battleship. hehe

Jordans Birthday Party

2009-01-19T16:44:00.001-08:00

This weekend Jordan celebrated his 2nd birhtday. Laura, Paul, Parker, Autum, Jill, Ron, Lauren, Austin, Nelson and Cullen all came up from Utah for the weekend. We had alot of fun. The first night we all went out to dinner at Craigos pizza.. it was sooo good! Then Sunday we all went to church, had lunch, a nap and then our little birhtday party. We played games (The Great Dalmuti mostly). It was lots of fun to have them all up for the weekend.. and I know Jordan had lots of fun playing with all his cousins.. he was very sad to see them all go back home. Thanks everyone for coming! Jordan showing us how old he is.. with his Ratatouille cake!

One of Jordans favorite movies right now is Ratatouille... he picked out this cake!

Eating at Craigos..yummmmm

Jordan eating his ice cream cone from craigos

Eating at craigos

Jordan opening his Cars table and chairs.. he loves sitting at it

Jordan and Parker playing with his new little einsteins lapton from Paul, Laura, Parker and Autum

Jordan with his new cars t-shirt

Jordan and his Boston Celtics PJ's and snake gummy from Ron, Jill, Lauren, Austin, Nelson and cullen

Jordan opening his gift from the famous clown bag :)

Jordan and Parker playing and watching a movie

The gang playing The Great Dalmuti

Jordan and parker eating cake at the new Cars table

Jordan eating the mini cake

Jordan and Parker sitting at the Cars table

Jordan turned two!!!

2009-01-14T18:17:00.000-08:00

Yesterday, the 13th, was Jordans second birthday. We did not do too much because two of my sisters (Laura and Jill) and their families are coming this weekend to celebrate his birthday with us. We did open up grandma and grandpa Nelsons and Grandma and Grandpa Johnsons gifts. You can see in the photos below that Jordan is holding his gifts from his grandparents. Thank you Grandparents!!! from Jordan! This is Jordan with his Corduroy bear, book and card from Grandma and grandpa Nelson
This is Jordan with his card and money from Grandma and Grandpa Johnson

Jordan opening his package

Poor sick Jordan :( :( :(

2009-01-06T13:37:00.000-08:00

Jordan started to get sick a day or two before we left california and by the time we got back home to Idaho he was really sick. He had a bad fever, sore throat, ear ache and bad cough with runny nose etc. It was sad to see him in so much pain and not be able to help him much. We took him to the doctor and he got medicine for the ear ache and within 2 days the fever and ear ache were gone. He is all better now and its so funny how drastic a change from being sick to being healthy is. He is so happy and active now and before he was so whiny and lethargic. We love him and are glad he is better now! Sleeping with mommy with a cool rag on his head
so precious

Sleeping on daddy

he was so cranky and then finally fell asleep on daddy

Jordan fell asleep on the floor upstairs after being fussy and sick

More christmas pictures...

2009-01-03T17:39:00.001-08:00

here are some more pictures from christmas in California. We went to Castle amusement park while we were there. Me and Jordan on the carousel
beautiful Trena on the train

me and Jordan on the train

Me and Jordan after i won 1,000 tickets on the wheel!

Jordan and I playing hoops

Jordan playing skiball

Austin and Lauren my nephew and neice

Austin and Lauren again

Jordan and i by the train tracks with the bear or mouse ,whatever it is

Our home in Idaho before we left to Cali

Christmas Vacation.....

2009-01-01T14:31:00.000-08:00

So here are some pictures from our trip to Southern California for christmas. There are so many pictures so we decided to just post 10 a day till we are done. It was really fun to be with family and Jordan had a bunch of fun with all his cousins. We went christmas caroling, to castle park, played many games and had a great christmas.

This is me, i smacked my eye on the corner of some furniture at jills house....owwww! it was bleeding bad.....this is the day after picture.
Jordan and his cousin Parker, they had tons of fun together

Jordan riding with his cousin brianna in her new barbie jeep....he loved that jeep

My sister Jill showing off her two tickets to see the Jazz and Celtics in february. Great seats!

Jordan and Parker playing

Uncle Henry, Jordan and Uncle Michael (the two fingers are how old Jordan will be on the 13th of this month, also how many championships the celtics will have won in the past two years after june 2009)

Jordan and Uncle michael

Jordan sportin' his new celtics jacket

Jordan thinking of which present to open up next

Jordan sitting in his new Wall E Chair

Our Elf Dance

2008-12-18T06:48:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Jordans New Room......

2008-12-13T12:27:00.000-08:00

OOPS!! The pictures loaded backwards from they order i wanted them, but you can see Jordans room in the last three pictures. He has been sleeping in there for about 3 weeks now. He is doing great! The top two pictures are from our living room and show our christmas tree. I should have taken a picture of outside. It snowed really good last night! ME and Jordan played in it this morning.

Christmas pictures!

2008-12-08T13:27:00.000-08:00

Ok, so here are the christmas photos we took. The first one is the one we sent out to everybody recently (if you havent gotten yours its on its way). Love you all!

Andrew, Trena, and Jordan

It's A Girl!!!

2008-11-21T11:47:00.001-08:00

There have been 10 votes so far and many comments wanting to know already.....so.... here it is....

What do you think about my little new baby Girl?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?

We know the Gender!!!

2008-11-19T18:08:00.000-08:00

Today we found out what we are having, but we want people to guess by voting in the pole to the right of the page. We will reveal the gender in a couple days after we get a lot of votes. Thanks!

Jordans New Bed

2008-11-18T17:38:00.000-08:00

So today we went out and got Jordan a toddler bed. We found the bed on craigslist and it was a really good deal. We got the bed and mattress together for $25 dollars. I guess the lady said she bought it at the Pottery Barn so i guess that means it was expensive??? When we got home Jordan just HAD to help us put it together. Then when we were finished he starting jumping up and down on it. He got some serious hang time. haha Mixed in there is a picture of Jordan on the motorcycle at the mall. Jumping higher than Michael Jordan
happy he has a new bed to sleep in

climbing over the rail

riding the motorcycle at the mall

Helping mommy put the side rails up

trying to put things together

investigating the new bed and how to put it together

that looks right??

Jordan being Jordan...

2008-11-11T20:38:00.000-08:00

Ok so here are some pictures of "Jordan being Jordan." Recently he has been doing funny things such as playing hide and seek in mommy's luggage and he loves to dance when he hears music. Also the other day he reached up in the refrigerator and grabbed the egg holder and pulled it down. All i heard was crack, crack, crack crack, crack, crack.....you get the point. There were 10 cracks and only two "safe" eggs when Jordan was done. Halfway through cleaning it up i realized i should have taken a picture of it first. darn! I managed to salvage five of the yokes and made scrambled eggs that Jordan loved! Ne Ways.... not much else going on here. Trena is still working about two weekends a month. She got back from medford Oregon on monday and leaves for Portland on thursday for the weekend. I am doing well in school and just signed up for spring semester classes. I am kind of mad because i realized i could have graduated in May, but i will end up having one class left to take. Bummer!!! hopefully they will offer it in the summer and then i would graduate in August.

Jordan swimming in the bath tub
Rubbing his eyes getting tired

Jordan pressing his nose against the cookie cutter container

Here is a video of Jordan dancing. He always asks us to dance with him and wears us out.

Halloween 2008 :)

2008-11-01T21:20:00.000-07:00

Here are some pictures from are Halloween here in Pocatello. We went to the trunk or treat at the church then stayed for a ward party after where Jordan had fun playing with other kids and fishing at the fishing pond game. We had a Potato Bar and it was very good. The pumpkins that Trena and I carved looked a lot better, but we forgot to take pictures till last night and they had been weather beaten already. Mine was the cat and Trenas was the spider webb with the spider in the bottom corner. Honestly they looked great, but the cold weather shriveled them up. Our pumpkins all shriveled up
Jordan enjoying his spoils

Jordan getting ready for his turn to fish

In line for the fishing pond

After trunk or treating!

Trunk or treating with mommy

You can see Jordan if you look closely...hehe

Jordan before we left the house

I think seeing the ears from the back is funny

All smiles

"Message from the dark side there is"

Little Yoda

2008-10-28T15:54:00.000-07:00

We are back! Our digital camera broke so we have not been able to take pictures for a while. We finally decided to get a new camera. So the pictures of Jordan at the library in his Yoda costume are new but the park pictures and squirrel are from about a month ago. Not much going on here. It snowed about 3 weeks ago, but the weather has been nice (around 70-75 degrees) since. We love you all and will be posting more often now hopefully. Jordan likes to throw rocks thru the tunnel

Jordan on the bridge at the park

Jordan today at the library "book buddies"

Jordan with friends from our ward at the library

Jordan and mommy this morning testing out the new camera

New shoes and a new shirt...

2008-09-29T14:10:00.000-07:00

So, here are a couple new pictures of Jordan just hanging out in his new church shirt. Also some pictures of Jordans new tennis shoes. just a little update also.......Trena just left today for New Jersey for a 5 day work trip. I am taking 14 credits this semester and volunteering at a physical therapist office about 10-15 hours a week. Jazlynn is doing good and taking zero period seminary before school.

Jordan clicking the refrigerator light on and off

drinking Gatorade

mmmmm

hi, im ready for my close-up

i want more :(

walking around in mommy's shoes
eating cheese nips
Jordans new tennis shoes (50% off bargain)
Daddy's new basketball shoes
riding his truck backwards

The baby below...

2008-09-12T14:21:00.000-07:00

we just did this funny thing to see what a girl would look like....we do not know what we are having yet. If we do have a girl though the name will be Paige and a Boy will be Cameron.

My new sweet baby - paige!

2008-09-11T21:46:00.001-07:00

What do you think about my little new baby paige?
MakeMeBabies.com - What will your baby look like?

Jordan has some "Big News" to tell Everyone...

2008-08-30T18:02:00.000-07:00

Yes, its true...As Jordans' sign says, he is going to be a big brother soon. We found out a week ago that Trena is pregnant and the doctor said she is about 8 weeks along now. Her due date for now is April 12th. Jordan is very excited to have a little brother or sister. We surprised Trenas Mom, and My Mom and Dad with balloons and a card saying someone was pregnant, but they had to figure it out for themselves which of their kids where expecting. Trenas mother took about 15 minutes until she finally called Trena and asked if it was her. She thought it was Trenas sister Linda-sue or Trenas sister Tanya at first. It was fun to hear her story of who she thought was pregnant. We sent Michael some money to leave the balloons and card at my parents (The Nelsons) and we are now waiting to hear from them to see if they figure out it is us that are pregnant. hehe Love you all!

This is Jordan smiling big...he looks really happy even though im sure he does not know what the sign says

Here he is happy also
In this one he does not know what to think...haha

"California knows how to party"

2008-08-18T18:08:00.000-07:00

Ok, so the past two weeks we have been in california visiting family and having fun. During our stay their we went to Disneyland, The beach twice (including a family home evening with family and friends at the beach) , and to the San diego Zoo. I (andrew) also went to the Chargers vs. Cowboys preseason game in san diego. Mark bought the tickets and invited me, michael and Paul. What a nice brother! So here are a bunch of pictures! I think we took over 300 pictures while we were there. So it was hard narrowing them down. I Also forgot that one of the last days we were there Trena and I were able to escape (thanks to mom, jazlynn and michael for watching Jordan) to Big Bear for a one night stay in a cute Cabin called "The Love Shack". Just so you know.....all of the pictures are in order of what we did last to what we did first. The first thing we did was Disneyland and that is all the way on the bottom. Hope you enjoy!

This is the Cabin Trena and I stayed at in Big Bear

The inside was cute with a fireplace and couch (off to the left you can see the door out to the private hot tub)
The hot tub
The cabin we rented was called "The Love Shack"
The Bedroom
Trena was not feeling well going up the curvy roads to big bear...i really just put this picture on to show her beautiful hair cut she just got....she had not cut it in a looong time.

Trena got a little woosy and needed to get out of the car for a bit
Jordan eating a mini ice cream cone
Steve and Jaz playing Wii Tennis

Steve singing karoke
Breanne singing karoke
Me singing karoke
Trena singing her heart out
What a cute family!

Cheesy smile in front of the flamingos
Jordan and Blake
WAlking around the San Diego Zoo
Our friends Steve, Blake and Breanne
Jordan and I with the Bears behind us

Jordan and Blake pushing their own strollers around
Jordan and Blake looking at the monkey through the glass
Going up the moving sidewalk....what a relief!
Jordan with the Gorilla statue

Family home evening at the Beach. Mom gave the lesson. It was good!

Jordan and I with the Koala in the background
Jordan and I with the Camels
Jorda and I with the Giraffes
The Rhinocerous...Reminded me of Ace ventura

Jordan at the beach arcade playing ski ball

All of us at the beach, The burbachs (Young and old versions) and the fam
Jordan in front of the fire
Jordan, Michael and Haylee
Dad and Brother Burbach chatting

Jordan and his favorite Uncle "Bichael" (thats how Jordan says it, he loved michael the whole time we were there he wanted "Bichael")

Two Daddy's??? Jordan has it good! haha
Me jumping in the water with Tim and Jazlynn far out there
Cheesy smile
Jordan shooting hoops!

The guys hanging out!

Jordan and Jazlynn doing "cheesy smile"
What fun!
Feeding the seagulls Doritos
Jordan and Bichael

Trena and Jazlynn at the happiest place on earth

Jazlynn in front of Disneyland
Trena and I in front of the Grizzly Bear Rapids
The Tower Of Terror!
Trena and Jazlynn are cooperating with our plan but i was supposed to put my hands over my mouth but i was too scared!

Space Mountain! Trena, Jaz and I

Thunder Mountain
Tom Sawyers Island
The Jungle Cruise
Being goofy on Indiana Jones

Random Pictures....

2008-08-01T20:31:00.000-07:00

Here are just some pictures from the last couple weeks. Jordan is so funny! He is getting more personality to him everyday. We will be going to california for the next two weeks so we will have lots of pictures when we get back. Love you all!

Jordan eating brownie batter
Jordan doing his "cheesy smile" (got this from parker)
Hanging on the shower rod looking at mommy
hanging out in the inner tube at the pool
getting ready to go to the pool

Fourth of July Weekend 2008 ****

2008-07-06T15:02:00.000-07:00

Friday July 4th 2008

My sister Laura, her husband Paul and their little boy Parker came to spend fourth of july weekend with us in Pocatello. We had tons of fun and Paul Jones dubbed this 4th of July "the best 4th of July weekend he has had since 2007!" haha IT was a bunch of fun and everyday we had fun stuff to do. It was busy, but we always got our 2 hour nap in with the boys each day. Paul especially loved that part. Jordan and his cousin Parker started off by playing in the balls together. They loved it!They loved playing in the balls!

Hi! We also went to the park on friday morning and went on the swings and the playground called "scamperville".

Jordan and PArker side by side
The boys swinging at the park
Jordan and Parker at the park....Jordan is crying because he is in the "Prison"...Parker escaped!

Friday after their nap the boys went swimming in the pool in the backyard while we barbecued chicken and got the food ready.
Jordan and his cousin Parker playing in the pool in the backyard.
The boys eating freezer pops
The boys tired after playing so much

We went and watched fireworks at the Pocatello fairgrounds which are called " the biggest show in Idaho. It was fun playing ball with the boys while we waited and then watched the fireworks. It was a long day!

Paul and Laura watching the Fireworks....Parker is laying down and looks like he is sleeping but he was not

Nick and Tonya Charles and their girls ....they came with us to watch the fireworks also Jordan watching the fireworks while daddy tickles his arm
Before the fireworks at the fairgrounds

Saturday July 5th 2008

On saturday me and Paul started off by playing basketball in the morning at the stake center. We got home and Laura had gone to the store and gotten Donuts and Oranje Juice. They were yummy! After breakfast we went to the mall and let the boys play on the cool mall playground they have there. We all forgot to bring our cameras to the playground. After going home and taking a nap we went to the Ross park Aquatic Center where the boys had a bunch of fun playing in the kiddie pool and going around the "Lazy River". After the pool we went to CRAIGOS PIZZA BUFFET and had a feast of pizza, pasta, desert pizza and ice cream! At night the boys took a bath together, we lit off our own smoke bombs, flowers and sparklers followed by the grand finally Bin Laddin Noggin Firework. After the boys went to bed the grown ups played CLUE. The weekend was fun and it was great having Paul and Laura visit!

Parker with Jazlynn

Jordan and Parker eating goldfish at the water park

Parker and Jordan shaking the fence
All of the clan drying off, relaxing and laying out...Jordan in the chair
Pointing to the ball
Parker and Jordan in the kiddie pool

Trena, Jordan and Andrew

Jordan, Andrew, Trena, and Jazlynn
Jazlynn and Jordan
Jordan sliding down the water slide with Jazlynn
PAul and Laura having fun

Jordan in the tub

Jordan and Parker Having fun in the bath
Playing rubber ducky and fishes
All of us at CRAIGOS PIZZA BUFFET
Jordan eating chicken fries

Game night Clue!

Playing Clue ( Left to right Paul, Laura, Jazlynn, Trena and Andrew)
Jordan and I...Paul, Laura and Parker (Trena took the picture)
Fireworks!
Laura, Parker Jordan and I watching the street fireworks

Jazlynns Baptism :)

2008-06-29T09:00:00.000-07:00

For those of you in the family that did not know, Trenas neice Jazlynn has been living with us since the beginning of april (about 3 months now). She is 15 years old and needed a change of scenery to start her life on a better path. Trena and i agreed to help her out. It has been a challenge at times, but it has been very rewarding also. She has been a delight to have with us. After about a month or so of living with us she was comfortable with going to church and loved going to mutual also.

The first month she thought it was boring at times, but got used to church and the different activities. After family home evening one night she was asking a lot of questions and we asked her if she would like the missionaries to come over and explain things to her. She agreed and wanted them to come over and was very excited. After about 3 weeks or a month she agreed to be baptised.

Yesterday, June 28th at 6:00pm, she was baptized. It was a very special day. Her mom and family came from the Boise area and her great grandpa and grandma Pallesen joyfully came also. I cant describe how special it was. The Pallesens were very happy and proud of her. They bought her a beautiful portrait of Jesus holding children. Jan Pallesen spoke on baptism and Trena spoke on the Holy Ghost. I was able to participate by baptising Jazlynn. It was a great experience. The first time i have baptized a family member and the first time i have baptized in english.

I got some of the young women to do a special song at the baptism. They sung "When i am Baptized". I love that song and even though it is a primary song it is so simple and really embraces what it means to be baptized. Trena and i cried and im sure many others did also. I feel so blessed to have had this opportunity to see Jazzlynn baptized. I can only remember my own baptism and the blessings i have because of my membership in christs church. Im so greatful for the gospel in my life and the blesings that come from living it. I love my family and all your examples to me! We are truly blessed to have the gospel.

Today will be Jazlynns confirmation at church and Doug Pallesen will be confirming her a member and giving her the holy ghost. I challenge all of you that read this to remember your own baptism and the blessings that come from living the gospel. We love you all!

Trena, Andrew, and Jordan

Jazlynn, her friend Summer and the Bishop

Jazlynn, Trena and Jordan

A momma and her Ducklings crossing the church Parking Lot

Jordan and trenas lil sisters doggy

cute puppy

Me and Jazlynn

The missionaries and us

Jazlynns mom and us

Trenas Mom and Step Dad Mike

Her sister and aunt

Ross Park Swimming :)

2008-06-21T16:35:00.001-07:00

Ok, so me and Jordan went to the water park here in Pocatello today. It was pretty fun, but Jordan did not like getting in the water by himself that much at all. I had to hold him the whole time. They have a little kids pool that is like one foot deep with a playground in the middle and he would not walk around in it himself. He wanted to play basketball because they had basketball hoops in some of the big pools. Overall it was fun!

wondering what to do?
Little Nemo Bathing suit
At the edge of the kids pool....he would only walk a couple steps in

Jordan and Daddy
The little guy is thirsty....it was hot today, in the low 90's

"THE TRUTH" vs. "THE LIE"

2008-06-16T11:24:00.000-07:00

"The Truth" Paul Pierce has outplayed and defended the reigning MVP Kobe Bryant, shutting him down. Kobe can only be remembered as "THE LIE" now.

P-Squared Representin' Celtic Pride!

Kobe has nothing on Pierce!!!
The LAkers can't handle the TRUTH!!
P-SQUARED!!

The old "BIG THREE"

The New "BIG THREE"

P-SQUARED ....The FINALS MVP!!!

Take a look at Pauls defense on Kobe! SHUT DOWN DEFENDER!!!

The Wheels on the Bus

2008-06-13T14:10:00.001-07:00

Jordan loves doing patty cake, the itsy bitsy spider, popcorn popping and the wheels on the bus. So we finally captured him doing some of them with us.

Park Pictures :)

2008-06-02T17:52:00.000-07:00

Jordan loves going to the park. We take him probably everyday except sundays. He climbs the "big slide" by himself and loves going on the swing also. When its rainy or bad weather we take him to the mall where they have a playground for kids that is really cool. He also loves feeding the squirrels and playing on the computer. He climbs up on the chair himself now and pretends hes typing. He is growing up fast! Love you all!

The Nelsons Jordan typing on the lap top
Im typing my report :)
A squirrel eating our cheerios we left him
Jordan on the swing
climbing the big slide
climbing
relaxin at home

Bowling and some new pictures :)

2008-05-02T08:59:00.000-07:00

Jordan playing the car game at the bowling alley Playing with the bowling balls
trena bowling a strike!
Jordan with his donut goatee
Jordans new outfit from Grandma Kelly

Its been a while since our last post. so here are some new pictures of Jordan. hope you like them. Love you all!

The Nelsons

Jordan eating an ice cream cone

2008-04-09T08:50:00.000-07:00

Here are a couple pictures of Jordan eating an ice cream cone with daddy. He had fun and even bit pieces of the cone off and ate them also.

Jordan feeding daddy the cone
taking a bite of the cone
getting pretty messy
cuddling with daddy

Jordan after eating his macaroni shells and cheese (cheese all over his face)

Disneyland Fun!

2008-04-01T14:12:00.000-07:00

We all went down to California for Andrew's spring break. Andrew and I went to Disneyland one day alone and took Jordan the second day. We all had alot of fun. Jordan got his first Mickey Mouse shirt... he did not know until later :) He was really tired after all the rides.
Here is Jordan and Daddy in the Mickey Mouse car.
Jordan peeking through the hole from the Boat. He climmed through to me it was cute! Jordan did NOT like the wizard at all.

Here we are eating at the pizza place! yummm... it was sooo good!
Jordan likes to relax after he eats... he does this all the time. Jordan and his Mommy waiting for the ride

Jordan wanted his Daddy... he was mad at me that I took him
This was a really fun ride... Jordan liked all the lights.
Here we are waiting for the Mickey Mouse Clubhouse to start... I think Andrew and I were more excited to see it than Jordan. It was a great show!
Oh... Snow White is so pretty!
The "N" for Nelson!!!

We are such a cute family! :)
This was the Alice in Wonderland ride... the first ride of the day.
Jordan was just looking at everything... it was so fun to watch him.
Mr. Toads Wild Ride. We had so much fun at Disneyland... Jordan was so tired at the end. I cant wait until he is older and we can take him back again. Thanks to Michael for the airline tickets and to Mom and Dad for letting us stay at their home. Also to Mom and Kristin for watching Jordan. Love ya all!

Easter Pics!!!

2008-03-30T18:25:00.001-07:00

Jordan and his Daddy counting the Easter eggs
Looking in all the eggs to see what they got... Jordan was so excited to see more candy.
Jordan eating more candy
He had lots of fun!

More Easter!!!!

2008-03-30T18:09:00.000-07:00

Here is Jordan's Easter basket... we hid it in Jill's TV stand... Andrew helped Jordan find it of course. Jordan ate candy all day long... he loved it!
Here is Jordan and Nelson popping all the bubbles... Cullan is somewhere popping bubbles too... they had lots of fun!
Jordan and his Daddy getting ready to go find Easter eggs.
Jordan and his Mommy outside with all the Easter eggs.

Andrew on ESPN First take this morning!!!

2008-03-21T10:11:00.000-07:00

Ok, so this morning on Espn First take one of the topics was the Celtics recent road trip where they beat all three texas teams. I emailed the show about the celtics and they read my email on the air as well as showing the comment on the bottom of the screen. I said i was from Riverside, California (even though i live in Idaho now) as you can see on the video also. She kinda stumbled on the comment and made it sound funny at the end. Oh well..... Holla! Go Celtics!

Sliding down the Stairs

2008-03-20T19:38:00.000-07:00

Mommy and Jordan decided to try their luck at sliding down the stairs with a blanket today. Jordan (and mommy) had a lot of fun :) We just wish our stairs were a little longer so you could get a longer ride. Oh well! hehe

Library Day

2008-03-12T11:10:00.000-07:00

Jordan had his first trip to the library a couple weeks ago with his mommy. They have story time for infants up to 2 years old. Jordan had a lot of fun! He got a sticker for being good and all the kids had their names on their backs. His green sticker for being good
his name tag
eating fruity pebbles
playing with daddy's keys

Basketball Hoop :)

2008-02-26T09:13:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of pictures of Jordan again. We got a little Nerf basketball hoop and he thinks it is so fun. We hung it in the kitchen so it was small enough for him to play. There is a video at the bottom of him playing. Hope you enjoy! Love you all,

The Nelson Family :) Tired from playing at church
Get this tie off of me!!!
Sitting down for Lunch
This is so fun! hehe
Dunking it like his daddy!

2008-02-18T14:46:00.000-08:00

LOVE TAG
You know you are tagged if you are reading this.What is your spouse's name? Andrew Richard Nelson
How long have you been together? We started dating April 23, 2005. Got engaged july 23, 2005. Then got married two months later September 23, 2005. Yeah, it was fast but we both knew that we were the "one" for eachother. Why wait?? :)
Who eats more? I think Andrew eats a little more. He loves eating sweets alot more than me.
Who said 'I Love You' first? Andrew said it first. But i kind of tricked him into it. :)
Who is taller? Andrew
Who is smarter? Andrew... he is just really smart. He remmebers things like crazy and he always gets good grades without even studing very much. Plus he married me... that was smart...lol
Who does the laundry? We both do
Who does the dishes? We both do. Andrew likes to clean just like me... its really nice!
Who sleeps on the right side of the bed? I do.
Who pays the bills? We both do
Who mows the lawn? Neither of us. The association takes care of it.
Who cooks dinner? We both do. Andrew cooks more... thats because he is really picky and perfers to know what is in it than ask.
Who drives when you are together? Andrew
Who is more stubborn? Andrew
Who kissed who first? Andrew kissed me first. We were at the beach... he leaned over me and kissed me :)
Who proposed? Andrew. He planned a treasure hunt for me (Michael & Garrett help set up) after the drive-in movies. I was dropping Andrew off at his house when he got out of the car he handed me a piece of paper and said read it. It started me on a treasure hunt through the back yard. The final stop was me putting in a CD and Andrew came out and we danced. Then he got down on his Knee and proposed. It was so amazing!
Who has more siblings? Andrew. He has 8 siblings and I have 6 siblings
Who wears the pants? It's even
What do you LOVE about your husband? I love everything about Andrew. He is such a great person. He is a very loving and caring Husband and Father. He loves to be with family spending quality time. He is always respectful to everyone. He has a wonderful heart and personality. He has a very strong testimony of the gosple and is a whorthy preistood holder. I love the way he loves me and loves Jordan. Jordan absolutely adores his daddy. Andrew is honestly the best person i have ever met. I am very lucky to be married to him.

Jordans new PJ's

2008-02-15T12:45:00.001-08:00

Here is a video of Jordan walking around just doing his normal routine of random stuff. He is wearing his new PJ's

Jordan falls asleep...

2008-02-11T09:58:00.000-08:00

So yesterday was sunday and i approached it like i do every other sunday when Trena is gone out of town. I gave Jordan a bath and got him ready, then i left him upstairs to play while i took a shower and got ready. Usually he plays and walks around until im done getting ready. Yesterday was different. After my shower and getting dressed i walked upstairs and found Jordan asleep with his blanky on the ground. It was cute. I took pics and i made a video because i thought it would be funny to see what he was doing when i went upstairs.

Looking back......

2008-02-09T11:16:00.001-08:00

Jordan is now over a year old and i was looking back at his pictures from when he was born. I thought i would post some because we did not have this blog thing back then. He was such a cute baby! A day or two after his birth
With his mommy the day of his birth
Daddy holding Jordan a few minutes after he was born (with Grandma Nelson and Trena)
He was about 3 motnhs or so here i think
He always used to fall asleep in his jumper after jumping so much...it was sooo cute!

Jordan in the Window :0

2008-02-02T20:00:00.000-08:00

I decided for some reason to put Jordan up on the ledge of a window sill high up and he had fun looking out and looking down at me laughing at me. Also there are pictures of trena and me with jordan in our backyard. Holla!

Nelson Look-alike Meter

2008-02-01T09:14:00.001-08:00

MyHeritage: Family tree - Genealogy - Celebrity - Collage - Morph

Jordan Plays in the Snow!

2008-01-30T09:06:00.000-08:00

This morning we finally got outside to play in the snow with Jordan. He was hesitant at first, but after a minute or two he started walking everywhere! We have two or three other videos of him first starting out and we are debating on putting them on here or not. They are really cute also. Overall he did a good job and had fun :)

Jordans Birthday :)

2008-01-20T12:17:00.000-08:00

Ok so here is another post! haha On saturday the 19th me and Trena gave Jordan a birthday party :) In the pictures you can see his progression from being shy to try the cake to just devouring it and smashing it! haha The pictures got out of order a little bit , but there also are pictures we took this morning before church. Love you all!

Jordans first Haircut :)

2008-01-17T17:17:00.000-08:00

Video of Jordan walking around the Kitchen

2008-01-13T19:14:00.000-08:00

So we were thinking about family in California and also in Ohio that have not seen Jordan walk yet. Its hard for us to think that you have not seen him walk because for us it seems like it has been a couple months now that he has been walking. But we realize that when we left California he had barely been able to walk 3 or 4 steps. So yeah... now he walks everywhere!@ He gets up by himself and does it all! He just turned one year old today!!! Weeee!!! :)

Christmas Photos

2008-01-12T18:57:00.001-08:00

Ok....so here are our Christmas pictures if you have not seen them yet. We got them back late so here they are finally! hehe Love, Andrew, Trena and jordan

Visit to Boston :)

2008-01-11T14:00:00.000-08:00

Tuesday night the 8th of january me and mike flew to Boston to see the Celtics game on the 9th. The trip was really fun as we were able to take a tour of Fenway Park and see the city of Boston a little bit. The game was great besides the fact that Ray allen did not play and they lost only their 4th game all season. It was a nice experience but we plan on going back the end of March with family and friends to see the celtics play the suns! holla! Anyone want to go? Here is me and michael at fenway :)
At the game when we first walked in with our Celtic Fingers
This is an actual picture of where we sat. Look at the Celtics bench just 4 rows in front of us.
Paul pierce near the end of the game :(

Video tour of our house :)

2008-01-02T10:55:00.000-08:00

Ok, so some of you have been asking to see more pictures of the house and Dad wanted to see how i did installing the wood blinds that i called him a couple of times about to get help for; so we decided to make a little video tour so you can see the whole thing in detail...hehe... Let us know what you think and if John and Emily see this maybe you would like to know that the house right next door to ours is for sale and might be cheaper than ours because we hear that it is going through foreclosure....so yeah.....enjoy! We love you all!

Andrew, Trena and Jordan :)

2008-01-01T07:17:00.000-08:00

Here are a bunch of pictures from the Celtics and Jazz game we went to on the 29th of december in utah. Me, Trena, Jordan, Michael, Garrett, Ron and Jill went together. The celtics won 104-98 in a great game! Also there are a couple pictures of Jordans new toy he got from grandma Kelly. It is a big ball play thing like they have at McDonalds kinda. Holla!

New Christmas Stuff!!!

2007-12-28T20:18:00.000-08:00

< Jordan in his snow jacket

The family in front of the christmas tree in Idaho :) Jordan ripping papers upstairs also

Andrew and Jordan riding the four wheeler at grandmas house in IDaho and Jordan in his new sunday outfit

Our stockings laid on the couch with care and Jordan opening presents

Here is a video of Jordan playing with one of his new toys....hope you enjoy! LOVE you all !

ELF YOURSELF!

2007-12-16T17:20:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone...... Check out this site that a friend gave to me....its really funny.... I hope you all try it too! click on the link below

http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1470085398

Our first house :)

2007-12-16T16:28:00.000-08:00

Here is a picture from my phone of our new home in Pocatello, Idaho. Me and Trena drove up to Pocatello from Jills house on saturday to get the keys and unload the stuff from our cars. Unfortunately our moving company can not get the trailer with our furniture and things there till monday afternoon. It was nice to go up and look at the house again and feel the excitement of it actually being ours now. Also i posted a picture of Jordan on the flight to utah. He did pretty good flying for the second time.

2007-11-12T09:47:00.000-08:00

Ok, so people have been asking for more pictures of the house so these are some pictures of our house. There is one of the yard, dining area, Kitchen and master bedrrom walking into the master bath. Also i threw in a couple pictures of Jordan on his first plane ride! He did very well! Love you all!

Andrew, Trena and Jordan

Cookie Monster!

2007-11-10T09:46:00.000-08:00

Jordan loves cookies just like his daddy! He's our little cookie monster! :)

Family Night!

2007-11-07T19:30:00.001-08:00

These pictures are from about 3 weeks ago at Chuck e Cheeses' or however you spell it. haha We had a family night there with paul and Brandy. It was Jordans first time and he had fun :). Holla!

Halloween....YODA!!!

2007-11-02T16:18:00.000-07:00

Sorry this 2 days late, but i finally realized i could put my memory card into paul and brandy's camera and put our photos up that way. Jordan had fun trick or treating with all of his cousins, but got tired fast. Mommy and daddy are enjoying all of his candy now. I will post pictures of our New House tomorrow when i get more time. The price was finally negotiated and we are in the process now of waiting for everything to go through. Love you all! Andrew, Trena and Jordan

Jordan had fun being yoda!

Visit from Uncle Michael

2007-10-21T12:58:00.000-07:00

Uncle michael came to visit this past friday and saturday. He flew in friday morning and had to leave back to Utah saturday morning. He had lots of fun with Jordan as you can see because all of these pictures are from his camera. Jordan loves having a "daddy look a like" . haha Jordan just got this new walker truck and he loves it! he pushes it around everywhere. We are confident he will be walking when everyone comes for thanksgiving. Trena is gone right now in central california. She will be back wednesday just before we leave for idaho on thursday evening. She is making the mula and im playing Mr. Mom. Holla! GO RED SOX!!! Go CELTICS!!! (Jordan told me to put that last line...haha) Love you all

Andrew and Jordan

2007-10-16T20:39:00.000-07:00

Hello again.... Just some more pictures of Jordan that i sent from my phone to the computer. You can see his two bottom teeth in a couple of the pictures. Holla! LOVE, PEACE and HOLLA!@

Andrew and Trena

Pictures of Jordan

2007-10-11T12:27:00.000-07:00

Here are 2 pictures of jordan within the past two weeks probably. These are from my phone. haha I'm trying to figure out how to put a video on here. Love you all!

New pictures of Jordan

2007-10-09T21:38:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone...just wanted to get some updated pictures of Jordan on here. These pictures are still about anywhere from 3-6 weeks old, but we will have new ones soon. We packed away our cable that hooks up to the computer with our digital camera so we have been having to print the pictures then scan them. The old school way! haha... We are great.....We just got back from barstow sunday afternoon. Trena worked there from friday till sunday. We leave for idaho to pick out our house in 2 weeks! Halloween is coming and Jordan is going to be YODA :) his costume is cute! Love you all!

Andrew, Trena, and Jordan

Whats going on?

2007-10-01T15:50:00.000-07:00

Well, we decided to join the party! I like this idea. Its nice to have a site for your family. As for our family... We are very excited to be moving to Idaho in december. We will be going up the end of october to pick out our house. I am taking 4 classes right now while Trena works( she has a lot of work this month of october) in Barstow, Kansas and up in central California in Paso Robles. Jordan is getting so big! He is almost 9 months now and he crawls everywhere, including upstairs at mom and dads, and stands up on things. He has just gotten his two bottom teeth and i think the top two are about to come in also. We think he should be walking by thanksgiving. Well i hope you all are doing well and we love everyone!

Andrew, Trena and Jordan