So I realized when I posted Christmas pictures that I didn’t post Texas pictures but then I was sidetracked and forgot again. So thanks to Jeanne reminding me, here are pictures from Texas. This covers feeding the ducks (Molly’s morning job with PawPaw), playing with all the cousins, our trip to Austin and San Antonio (the Alamo and Riverwalk with all the cool lights), and Molly’s first horse ride.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry Christmas!
We have had a fun Christmas Eve and morning at the Nelson household. Last night, we all went to the 5pm service at Church where Molly had the honor of carrying the baby Jesus up to the front of the church to place in the Nativity scene. During different songs, the characters of the Nativity were carried around the sanctuary and placed up front by different children. While we all sang “Away in the Manager”, Molly ran baby Jesus up to the front and placed him on the stage. As she did this, in her full Molly volume we hear “I did it”. She was so proud of herself-as were we!
Once she was in bed last night, the baking and wrapping fun began. Floyd was great help in all tasks. For some reason, I love to bake at night when it is quiet. Needless to say it was 1am when we went to bed. Molly was awake at 2, 3, and 3:30 this morning asking for her Christmas music to be turned on. She was afraid of Santa coming in the house and couldn’t sleep. Floyd and I were so confused when she first woke us up. I don’t think I fully woke up until I sat down in her cold bathroom. Thankfully, she slept in to almost 8am! YEAH!!! She wouldn’t go into the living room by herself. Again, afraid Santa was waiting for her. We have had a nice slow morning of homemade cinnamon rolls, opening and savoring each gift, and talked to all the grandparents. Rich, Kate, David, Eric (Shelly’s brother), and our neighbors are all coming over for dinner later today. 7 adults and 3 kids 2 and under. Should be fun.
I hope everyone is enjoying this wonderful time. Merry Christmas!
Saturday, November 27, 2010
First week in Texas
Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone!
We have been having a blast in TX this week. We have had great weather-close to 80 for a few days. Then on Thanksgiving Day, we dropped about 20 degrees within an hour. By the time the cold front had moved thru we had gone from 70 in the morning to 48 in the afternoon. Ouch! Today was a gorgeous 60 degree day. Of course last night was the first frost in the 20's. We had the Nelson Thanksgiving today with 93 people. We think this was a record attendence. Floyd's parents hosted the shindig. Craziness! So much food (everyone brings a dish or 3). Lots of family photos taken and stories told. It was a good time.
Molly has been having a great time playing with her "friends" - cousins. They all arrived after she had gone to bed on Tuesday so when she woke up there was a houseful of people she hadn't seen in 2 years. They have been playing nonstop since Wednesday morning. All the kids have been great about keeping an eye out for Molly. She's been have a blast running with the big kids. Her cousins range from 2-16 years old. Quite the range. She was coloring with Autumn and Amber in the living room. I guess the the two of them left to go to the bathroom/ get something to drink, not sure. Molly came running to me asking where her "friends" went. She is still learning their names. She called her oldest cousin, Kaitlyn, "girl" the first day cause she didn't know her name. Molly was heading out the back door and we asked her who she was going outside with. Her response "the girl" and pointed at Kaitlyn who had gotten up to follow her outside. So sweet. They were stuck together like glue that day.
When her oldest cousins were getting ready to head home today, I told Molly what was going on. She pointed at her other cousins (the younger ones) and said "they don't go home, they stay". Tomorrow is going to be a hard day when the rest of the cousins head home.
Floyd, Molly, and I are planning a trip down to Austin and other cities on the way for this week. To do some exploring while we are here. We never get to come to TX for this long so we thought we would take advantage of it.
Well, I forgot my camera cord to upload pictures so I will post pictures when we get back home.
Oh, so we missed the first snow fall in Seattle this week. We got 2 inches of snow and it has been really cold. So sorry we missed it-haha not really. Maybe a little since it would be so fun to play in the snow with Molly.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and safe travels.
We have been having a blast in TX this week. We have had great weather-close to 80 for a few days. Then on Thanksgiving Day, we dropped about 20 degrees within an hour. By the time the cold front had moved thru we had gone from 70 in the morning to 48 in the afternoon. Ouch! Today was a gorgeous 60 degree day. Of course last night was the first frost in the 20's. We had the Nelson Thanksgiving today with 93 people. We think this was a record attendence. Floyd's parents hosted the shindig. Craziness! So much food (everyone brings a dish or 3). Lots of family photos taken and stories told. It was a good time.
Molly has been having a great time playing with her "friends" - cousins. They all arrived after she had gone to bed on Tuesday so when she woke up there was a houseful of people she hadn't seen in 2 years. They have been playing nonstop since Wednesday morning. All the kids have been great about keeping an eye out for Molly. She's been have a blast running with the big kids. Her cousins range from 2-16 years old. Quite the range. She was coloring with Autumn and Amber in the living room. I guess the the two of them left to go to the bathroom/ get something to drink, not sure. Molly came running to me asking where her "friends" went. She is still learning their names. She called her oldest cousin, Kaitlyn, "girl" the first day cause she didn't know her name. Molly was heading out the back door and we asked her who she was going outside with. Her response "the girl" and pointed at Kaitlyn who had gotten up to follow her outside. So sweet. They were stuck together like glue that day.
When her oldest cousins were getting ready to head home today, I told Molly what was going on. She pointed at her other cousins (the younger ones) and said "they don't go home, they stay". Tomorrow is going to be a hard day when the rest of the cousins head home.
Floyd, Molly, and I are planning a trip down to Austin and other cities on the way for this week. To do some exploring while we are here. We never get to come to TX for this long so we thought we would take advantage of it.
Well, I forgot my camera cord to upload pictures so I will post pictures when we get back home.
Oh, so we missed the first snow fall in Seattle this week. We got 2 inches of snow and it has been really cold. So sorry we missed it-haha not really. Maybe a little since it would be so fun to play in the snow with Molly.
Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and safe travels.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Cool
Last night, I let Molly watch Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer for the first time. She was so excited. A talking snowman, a reindeer, and SANTA. She didn't really know much about Rudolph but she knew the movie had Santa in it, her latest obsession. When Rudolph's nose first lit up, she came running to me to tell me all about it. She kept running to me to tell me what was going on. I moved down to the floor where she was laying her head propped up in her hands. I asked her how she liked Rudolph. Her response "His nose is so cool!" Love it! When the movie ended, she told me not to take the cd out of the player. It had to stay there to watch again. I am loving her excitement about the upcoming holidays. This year is going to be so fun. Now if I could only get her daddy excited about Christmas lights, Santa, and Christmas music. He really can be a bah-hum bug. I still love him and will respect his opinion on the commercialized Christmas. But I still love it and reserved the right to teach Molly all about it.
Thanksgiving should be a ton of fun with all Molly's cousins to play with and getting spoiled by Mimi and PawPaw.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Thanksgiving should be a ton of fun with all Molly's cousins to play with and getting spoiled by Mimi and PawPaw.
Happy Thanksgiving!
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