Monday, December 20, 2010

FUN with FAMILY!

M&M World
Before the big holiday, I wanted to post some pictures of the fun we have been having as a family and with extended family!
This past weekend, we went to Las Vegas for my nephew's wedding. It was great to see my sister, Stephanie, and her family, my brother, Stephen, and his family, and some other assorted family members as well. Mary, I, and our families stayed at Planet Hollywood for a couple of nights and had fun doing our favorite things on the strip (not gambling). We also spent a fun evening at Stephen's in St. George playing games and shopping!

Bellagio's Conservatory
(Nelson also LOVED the water show and all of us LOVED the gelato!)

I somehow never took a picture of the bride and groom, but I did take a picture of the table setting at the luncheon. My sister is an amazing decorator!

Nelson playing and being silly with Nicholas (my oldest nephew's son - whatever that makes Nelson and him)

I was able to meet up with two of my old roommates at our favorite place to eat - the Creperie at the Paris. Yummy! And, it was great to meet up with these two fabulous girls and meet Kim's new baby! Missed you, Karissa.


A week before going to Vegas, we met Mary and family up at Temple Square to listen to our niece, Courtney, sing at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. Nelson and Kason had fun looking out at the temple way up high!


Courtney has applied to BYU for next year. I hope she gets in, so I can see her more often!

And, this is just a picture of my two cute boys playing with toys by each other! I love having two little boys that can grow up to be best friends!

I am so glad that I got to see some of my family this holiday season! I'm missing my parents ALOT since they are on an LDS mission right now so seeing some of my siblings (and their kids) helped me feel less "parent sick" for them.

Thursday, December 9, 2010

Family Pictures 2010

Attempt # 12, 054 to try and upload pictures and blogger FINALLY let me upload some of them! I've been trying for days.
Anyway, I just wanted to say that I have some pretty talented friends, and lucky for me, some of them are incredible photographers! This year one of my really good friends, Nicole Baldwin, took our pictures. She did an amazing job! Thanks, Nicole! We LOVE them! Here are some of our favorites! Enjoy!




Nicole asked if we wanted any pictures of just Richard and me. I said, "No. Let's just get pictures of the fam and kids." She said, "Whatever. You need at least one. Put your heads together." So, we did! The kids were on our laps and everything. So glad she took this picture. I love it!

Monday, December 6, 2010

Because I Might Be Utterly and Completely in Love with These Boys...

I can't help but do a post just on the expressions on my boys' faces! Thank you, Nicole, for catching their personalities so well!

I just love my Nelson! Can anyone resist this face?
CHEESE!
Or, how we get him to smile, "MCQUEEN!"
A couple of classic, serious Nelson looks.
I love his long hair with a little bit of Grandma Hollingshead curl to it!
I will be sad the day we cut it short.
As my sister said, this would be a great picture for a dental ad!
We love our Clive so much! He loves to be tickled!
He is such a happy boy!
He was loving the grass! He's always up to explore new things!
We tried twice to get a picture of the boys together. The first time, we put Clive on Nelson's lap and they both tipped right over. The second time, well, the leaves were a distraction. Clive wanted to eat them and Nelson wanted to throw them up in the air! LOVE these boys!

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Just Because...

I was looking at my post about Nelson's birthday and realized I never put up a picture of his "Woody cake". For months before his birthday, if you asked him what he wanted for his birthday, he would say he wanted a "Woody cake". I opted for the easy cupcakes this year, but he loved it all the same. Also, Richard made his awesome birthday invitations. They were movie tickets to his party!


And, another picture of Nelson with his preschool class. They went to the fire house. The three-year-olds didn't know what to think exactly and Nelson was having an off day, but I'm glad we went. I think us parents learned a few things!