HIP HIP HOORAY!

My mom and sister are currently in the air...well they could be in DC airport also, but I'm not sure...

Anyways. Nick and I get to pick them up in 12 hours! I am so excited!

Pray the time won't fly by at high speeds!

Lata!

Peace...

So, I have been going back and forth and back and forth on when we should or want to have kids.....{yes dad, this is about having babies, NO we're not pregnant!}
I've always wanted to get married and have babies...fast. Lol. So in other words, I've always had pretty bad baby fever.

After we got married we decided to wait, to at least get settled into our first base and such...well when we got here, we both were like lets wait some more...I've been off birth control for over a year now...we were still taking precautions...but ever since June/July we stopped. After a couple months...lets say September-ish...I was thinking to myself, 'geez, we haven't used anything and yet aren't pregnant? are we broken?' I never stressed about it much because we weren't actually trying I guess you can say, we just weren't stopping it sort of speak....so after that I decided to give it all up to God.

I know they He will give us children when its His time not ours {hoping He does give them to us}.
We could be using 3 forms of birth control and if He intended us to have a child, we would still end up being pregnant! So why worry!? Thats what I kept telling myself. He will provide when He see's fit.

So we are totally going with the flow now. Perfectly content at just being us. But of course would not be mad/sad if we did get pregnant because we will know its all God's intentions.

I feel so peaceful about this its awesome! No resent for not having kids yet or when I see my friends with their kids and all. No jealousy or anger that we don't have kids.{unless you count Kodi & Kaci. Ha}

We aren't old, so we do have time. And we both just pray about it, as in, pray for ourselves to be great parents when God decides is the right time for us and of course for each other.

I found this peace probably a month ago, and I am so thankful for it that I just wanted to share it with you!

Italian Christmas..

Tis the season...

Wow, can you believe that tomorrow is Christmas Eve?!

It literally has snuck up on us so quickly this year! I am very excited though. As its Nick and I's first Christmas, just us. Last year was our first real Christmas as a married couple but he was in Tech school, granted at Luke, but it was still not the same, since I lived with my dad still.

This year, its our traditions and so on. I am excited. It will definatly be different in many ways, as its my first without my immediate family, but it won't be bad at all either.

Tomorrow night is our Christmas Eve service at church. Then on Christmas our friends are having a bunch of people over, like we did on Thanksgiving, so we'll be heading over there for the festivities.

I just wanted to get on here and say we hope you all have a Very Merry & Blessed Christmas this holiday season! & A Happy New Year!

May 2009 bring you great joy and wonderful blessings!


Don't forget the REAL reason for CHRISTmas!

Love the Nelsons!

The Chocolate Factory

This is just a few shots from the Chocolate Factory. Its crazy the things they form with chocolate!

This shirt has a tie and a top hat to go with it..
The igloo is chocolat too!

These are Christmas ornaments...I would be afraid I would eat them off the tree!

{if anything Kodi and Kaci surely would!}

This was one of my favorits. The sleigh, santa and reindeer ALL chocolate!

They had more. But technically we weren't suppose to take pictures but didn't know that. We didn't get yelled at though either! There were chocolate CD's in CD cases. A Chess set. Soccer ball. Polar bears. Teddy bears. Dogs. I mean I can go on. We are definatly going here when my mom and sister get here! I bought a bar of chocolate from here. Because I know if I bought something pretty I wouldn't wanna eat it! It was very good, not sure the kind I got but it had an orange flavor to it. Unique for sure!

Ramblings.

Well lets see....

We went to Nick's squadron Christmas Party last Saturday. It was fun. Neither of us had every been, obviously. They were giving away a 47 inch TV, a Wii, a GPS, an Apple Notebook, and I think that was it....of course, we didn't win anything! Lol.

Today, its been raining....All. Day. Long. Fun times! It doesn't really bother me, but we were wanting to go to some Christmas markets and they are of course outside! So the rain dampered that today. And its suppose to rain the rest of the week...gah!

Hmm. What else.

Nick's on swings. He likes it.

My sister and mom get here in 3 weeks exactly!

We just started a new Bible study. Called the Power of a Praying Wife. So far so good. Only 2 in....but I'm excited. We have our ladies ornament exchange Friday night too. I can't wait to get more ornaments! Lol.

Can you believe that Christmas is around the corner!

We are going to our friends house for Christmas. We still haven't decided what to do for New Years, since mom and sis get here on the Eve.

Elvis, Kaci's littermate that we were dogsitting....he went home today. Kinda sad actually. We have had him for almost 2 months. So he was in a way part of our little furry family. Lol.

Nick and I have thought about the possibility of extending his tour here. Just one year. The benifits are nice. And whats one more year? We both love it here!

{whew, the rain outside is so loud!}

Ok I think thats all for now!

Sledding Fun

We went sledding Sunday after church. It was so much fun. There was TONS of snow up there and the slopes are now open! Nick and I are gonna rent some snowboards soon here and hit that up...I know I'll be on my bum more than my feet!

Can't take a pic!
Pretty girl.

Holly && I. We were sad the sled broke.

She was wore out...and loves layin in the snow tube!

He was really asleep here! They were done!

Turkey Tostada Bake

YUM! I am not sure how many have had this but I wanted to share..

This is one of Nicks fave dishes. I don't have a picture, even though I meant to take one!

Its so easy and doesn't last long here!

*1lb ground turkey
*1 cup of salsa
*1 can of refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
*1/4 cup of shredded cheese

*HEAT oven to 400 degree's
*Brown turkey && drain.
*Stir in salsa
*Press cresent roll dough on bottom and rim in baking dish-I use an 8x8 glass dish.
*Spread turkey mixture evenly over crust
*Sprinkle with cheese.
**Bake for 20 mins or until crust is brown.

~I add corn when I add the salsa and I also don't measure the salsa I just put it what looks good, Nick really likes salsa so....that helps. The corn gives it a nice oomph and we are cheese lovers...so we put lots on top! Before and after the oven melts it!

Our First Christmas...on our own. LOL

Here is our First Christmas Tree!

Can you tell I am excited!

Its so weird to see the tree with so many less ornaments then my parent's tree. We dont' ahve many but the candy canes and such kinda fill in the spots!

^I still need to put Kodi and Kaci's names on their stockings, but at least they are hung!

I love this star!