4th of July

Summer finally came, well sort of...

We are excited to have a break from all of the rain. We have been getting outside and are loving it. For the 4th we were able to get away early with my dad and headed up to the cabin. It was so nice to leave and see the gorgeous mountains and see how green and lush everything was. We relaxed on friday and took a short boat ride between the rain showers. Saturday Luke and I ran a trail race at Kelly Canyon. Luke took 2nd overall in the 10 mile race, and I took 1st women overall in the 5.5 mile. It was a ton of fun, and I pretty sure I am getting turned into a trail runner. Sat. afternoon we headed to Jackson Hole Wyoming and we watched the fire works and enjoyed walking around to some of the shops. We finally headed home on Sunday after a great relaxing weekend.

Catch UP

Well it should be no surprise that I have not done well at updating this blog. I apologize to the family that lives far away from us and is not able to see Brynlee. I hope to get more blogs posted so that you can follow, and that I can document her growth. It is amazing to look back and see how much has changed in the past year. You will see when you compare the photos from last summer to now.

Some of Brynlee's favorite things...

• Juice and chocolate milk
• Ice cream cones
• Going to the park and eating lunch
• Playing with the big girls
• She likes to say "OK" for about anything
• She loves getting pushed on her bike
• Rides with Papa Allred on the 4-wheeler
• Playing outside

Photos

Here are a few photos of this last month

Spring Break

This week is the beginning of spring break for ISU, but it has not started off well. Yesterday we received 3-4 inches of snow, and the forecast for the following days are not looking up. This past month we have been in our usual routine, work and school. We have gotten in a few days up at pebble and Luke has spent the last three weekends in randonnee races in Pocatello, Utah, and Jackson Hole. Those are now completed and we are heading into the beginning of running starting in April. Overall, we have not been doing anything exciting. We basically just go day to day and week to week... at least now through school, but we are looking forward to Spring.

Brynlee has been growing up a lot lately, she learns so much every day. We are getting close to 2yrs old now and she is quite the "big girl" now. We are slowly trying to decrease time with her binky, sometimes we have meltdowns, but she is gradually having it less and less. Her vocabulary is growing daily, and she is talking more and more. Her new sayings are now "Sure" instead of saying "yes," and she has been say "help you" instead of "help ME." That one has been a little confusing to her. She likes to help around the house and will cook dinner or "soup" on her little kitchen set. Her favorite movies right now are #1: shrek and #2: Nemo. We cannot get enough of Shrek, in fact she wants to watch it so much we actually had to take a break from Shrek for a week because she would wake up at night and want to watch Shrek. Who knew that a big green ogre could be so interesting for a 2 yr old. One day we might move on to princesses, but right now Shrek will do. 

I guess I should mention that we did have something interesting or crappy happen to us last weekend. We had some punk come through our neighborhood and spray painted several houses, fences, and cars. Our car, house, and renters truck were all tagged. It wasn't fun, but it did come off with some elbow grease. I just hope the ones responsible will get caught- I'm voting for lots of community service!  

Mistake

I need to mention that I have made a mistake with using Blogger. In an attempt to update my information I accidentally created a new blog. Whoops. So....you can also see us at lukeandtanaenelson.blogspot.com  I will attempt to merge these two if anyone even attempts to look at our blog. So please stay tuned.

A New Year

I am sure that it is no surprise that I have a problem keeping up with this blog. I did set a goal to at least update it monthly... so we'll see what actually happens.

We really enjoyed the Christmas season this year. Brynlee is growing up so much, and it is making life so much fun. I can't even tell you how much she cracks me up... she is quite the little character. For Christmas this year we headed down to New Mexico. Luke's parents moved there in April, so for Christmas they flew us down. Luckily we missed the major winter storms that came through the area. We had a lot of fun hanging out with the family. Luke and I got in a few days of skiing... yeah! Brynlee had a lot

 of fun opening up all of her gifts, but I think she was more interested in ripping of the wrapping paper that actually what was inside of the boxes. However, she is now enjoying her gifts now that time has passed. 

Now that the holiday season has passed, we are attempting to get back into our hectic routine. I am not excited about it because it was so nic

e to have luke home and actually spend time together as a family, but the sooner we get going the quicker he'll be done. Luke's PA school is still intense and I was hoping that this semester would be better, but so far he'll still be very busy. I hate to complain because I am thankful that he is in a good program that will give our family a promising future, and he works very hard, Thanks Luke.

We hope that you all have a great January 

and I am crossing my fingers that I'll get a few more postings this month.  

Here are a few Christmas photos of Brynlee.