Pictures.....

I realize that I need to post more pictures!

I'm trying!

Jacob has had a stomach flu. In the process of that barrel of fun, he also developed an inguinal hernia. (Google it.... its so much fun!) We did several trips to the Dr. this week before we figured out a diagnosis... or I should say Ann Dart figured out a diagnosis. Hats off to the mom of 5 boys!

Eden turned 9 on Friday. I made cupcakes for both of the 3rd grades and made my bid for mom of the year by taking pizza for both of the kids' lunches (with Jacob, I might add!), bringing home the girlfriends for an after school party, and then face-painting for 2 hours at the Fall Festival on Friday evening.

Saturday, Edie had a soccer game at 8 am ---- what?! ----- YES! 8 in the morning! She scored her first goal! I missed it because it was cold and rainy and the boys were miserable, so I left. I was in the parking lot when she scored!

The boys got their hair cut at Mr. Paul's later in the day, we got bar-b-q plates for lunch to help raise money for the softball league, and then went to Kevin's cousin's wedding in the evening!

Today after church I got the best nap ever!

I needed it!

I promise to post more pictures soon!

How soon........ I do not know!

I know, I know!

The Nelson's at MGM

The only picture taken of me during the whole trip!

My monkeys with the Lion King monkeys!

HOME!

We are home!

We are tired!

We had the best time ever.....

I will post pictures tomorrow!

Bon Voyage!

The Nelson crew left earlier today on their fabulous "Make A Wish" trip to Disney World! We had quite the little going away party, with Marmie (Kevin's Mom), Aunt Rachel and Isabelle, Ashley L., Papa Joel, Aunt Leah, Aunt Joella and Zoey and Charlie.

I tried to find out what everyone was looking forward to the most. Eden and Grant both hope to ride a loopty-loop roller coaster. I think Kevin is hoping for some company on the loopty-loop roller coasters, but is not too confident that they'll actually do it. Jacob is excited to have breakfast with Donald Duck one morning. And I think Emily is just hoping they all survive in one piece.

The trip started with a limo ride to the airport. Grant was a little excited to see it pulling up!

Bags were all packed and ready to go (which was quite a feat considering that Em's sister, Aly, had a baby at 1:00 this morning, so she was at the hospital all day yesterday and didn't get home until the wee hours of the morning).

They were all excited for the fancy ride!

Almost all of them were ready to go...

Except for Emily, who realized she better clean the perishables out of the refrigerator before they left for a whole week!

They did eventually get away with smiles on everyone's faces. I know they'll have a great time!

As the old hymn says, "God be with you 'til we meet again!"

Back at school.....

Grant has had a great week back at school. He loves his class mates and his new teacher Ms. Seigel. And, of course, he absolutely adores Ms. Vicky, who is his teacher's assistant and also his Primary teacher. She is our pumpkin bread guru!

We are looking forward to a great weekend. Eden has her first soccer match tomorrow, so we are excited about seeing her play! We will post pictures soon.

Home for the hurricane!

We're out-a here!

See you at home!

No fever!

No fever through the night!

If counts permit and the fever stays away, we may be able to come home tomorrow. (A pretty big if, but we can hope!)

Kevin is coming up this evening and I will probably head home to get some quality Jacob and Eden time!

ANC is .4 today, down from .6 yesterday........ so that may thwart our travel plans. We'll see.

We will just continue to play the waiting game for a little longer!

Grant's spinal tap yesterday was good, so that's great news!