I'm back!

We're back from our lovely vacay to the states. We were in Az for almost 4 weeks. We had a blast hanging with family and friends. Near the end we were definatly ready to get back to normal life. And not to mention our "kids"!

Here are some pics, I would love to put more up here but no time just yet. Its time for bed! Hope everyone is enjoying the summer as its about to come to an end!

I love this pic. It definatly says "Arizona" haha.
Nick and Keith gettin ready to go tubing, together, it didn't last long! And in the deep water they both couldn't get back on!

Kisses for Kylie at Olive Garden.

Nick and I chillin at WestGate.

Nick and his "little" bro. Lol.

Nana, Me, and Mom

Steph and I.

Me and Nick at the Diamondback Game.

Nick and Kylie walking home from the park.

Josh {Nick's Bro} and Nick on the waverunner.

Jason, Me, and Steph-before floating the river!

Baby Kylie and I at the park

Mom and I chilling at the pool.

Baby Kylie and I at Lake Pleasant.

Mom and I at Applebees.

Nick and Dad outside Ace Hardware{the van wouldn't start}

Stephanie, Kylie and I at Red Robin.

Dad, Kylie and I playing on the ski!

I'm behind...thats for sure!

I know I haven't been on here for awhile and I had a quick minute so I figured I would let all know we're alive still!


We are having a great time here in the hot Arizona heat! We are missing our "kids" very much and can't wait to see them again. Time hasn't flown while being here, but I have a feeling its going to start to speed up! It seems as if we have been here for a long time and its barely 2 weeks!


Hope all is well with everyone out there! I will update with pics and such when we get back home!


Love The Nelson's

The Sista

So most of you know that my sister got chosen to be apart of the student program that Disney has to offer. She was able to choose either DisneyLand or World...hmm tough right?! She chose world so she up and moved to Flordia! She got there this past weekend, my mom went with her to help her get settled in. She got the apartment she was hoping for { there are like 3 dif ones, she got the newest and nicest} She found out she is going to be working at this resort. Not her first choice, but she surely isnt' complaining. She was hoping for the more upscale one, like this one. She said she is able to pick up shifts at any resort so she will do that and 'maybe' get transferred she said. Lol. All in all she is doing well. Almost her first week of being on her own. She is actually at Disney World Animal Kingdom right now, I just got off the phone with her and they were gettin off the train. Its her day off. She starts training for her job on Sat. Keep her in your prayers that she'll make the right decisions and make some great friends while she is there!

Randomness

I just figured since I hadn't posted in awhile I'll go ahead and post some random pictures. I don't really have anything to post about, so here ya go!

The above picture:

Caught in the rain. LOTS of it. Plus some hail. We were walking the kids on base, nice day, drinking some juice outside the BX, clouds roll in. Boom. Its not stopping, may as well make a run for it. Then it started hailing. Nick had dogs, I had keys {no remote for us, or auto locks. Lol} I unlocked my door, then reached for his, my hands were so wet I couldnt' get it up and it was hailing! Poor Nick! Once we were in the car, we were histarically{sp?} laughing. Ah memories!

No he isn't allowed on the couch all the time. Only when we call him. Bad habit yes, I tried, Nick persisted he wanted to cuddle. Looks like I lost eh!?

We went out to the E Club on base for my birthday dinner. Nothing fancy, just Nick and I.

PS I wasn't wearing a tiara, I edited it in!

Gotta love the tongue.

I just realized there are no Kaci pics. Oops. But she's good. She got spade on Thursday, now she is all back to her usual self, minus the pit stops to sit for a bit. Guess she's still sore.

Well

there is a couple more pics to come, but for some reason the uploader is givin me problems. I will try again tomorrow!

Croatia by Boat

I have more, and they will be in the post after this. But for some reason it is either going REALLY slow or just won't let me add anymore pics. We went to Croatia this past Saturday the 30th. It was so much fun. We did a by boat tour through ITT on base. Very worth it. The water is so clear, the people and food were awesome. We both agreed that we should go back! We wanted to get in the water, but it was a tad chilly. So maybe later in the summer and we can get in! Enjoy my picture overload!

Rovinj Croatia behind us.

The church on the hill.

When we first got on the boat.

I'm so creative. Haha. Not that this hasn't been done before, I just am glad I thought of doing it.

One of my faves!

Great hand stand, too bad Nick cut off my hands!

Nick had fun takin pics of the seagulls

Gelato in Croatia

Nick's fave.

At one point, this is what you saw on both sides of the boat.

Can you say GORGEOUS!

I love him so much!

I think I want to print this one big.

Nick looks like he's gonna fall.

Took this when we first crossed the border, but obviously its the GoodBye sign.

Summatime.

So I just decided to change my whole layout and such to more summer time theme. What do you think?!

Kodi and Buddy

Who wants the football?!

Its a race! Buddy won!

Then Kodi stole it.

And here's one with the pretty girl. Dirty is more like it.

Beachin' it up!

We were at the beach Saturday, Sunday and Monday of this weekend. It was so much fun but very exhausting! We went camping Sat-Sun {pics to come} but on Monday we drove back to the beach to be bums before the week really started. It was so nice just relaxing. The beach we normally go to here has a lot of restrictions and it was annoying. Couldn't bring your own chairs or umbrella's. Had to rent theirs. No dogs. And so on. So we found this one. The Free Beach. No chairs to rent. You can bring whatever you like. So on Sunday after noon, after we got back from camping, I went in search of a beach umbrella and some lounge chairs. The base had no more chairs, that I wanted anyhow, but they did have 2 more umbrella's. So I got one, and now Nick wants me to get another, so we have more shade and we're not so confined. Lol.


Oh and the Free Beach is also known as the Dog Beach. So it worked out a lot better! Kodi and Kaci didn't mind the water really, when the waves got a bit bigger they kinda freaked Kodi out. BUT we did get him to swim, and when I say swim, I mean really swim out there. Our friends Josh and Holly and their dog Buddy came along with us and Josh had brought one of those nerf footballs. Kodi wouldn't swim out to get a tennis ball, which is weird cuz he loves them, but he did indeed want that football. So now we know what to buy so he'll swim. {I'll add some of him swimming after I steal them from Holly!}


By the way, he slept the whole 40 min drive home! He was pooped!

This is one of my favorite pictures. So calming.
Monday was a great day to go, not an Italian holiday and not many people there!

Kaci and her blues that match the sky.

Our little set up. Made lounging so much better since the dogs liked to lounge on the towel with you!

Josh & Holly

Buddy. Kodi. Kaci.

Holly and I

Beach Bums we've become!