Thanksgiving Tag

Things I am thankful for:

A: Adam...he helps me in so many ways.
B: Boys...lets face it, where would we be without them???
C: Cycling...its fun and good excercise.
D: Down time...especially at work!!!
E: Email. Sometimes its just easier.
F: Family. Oh-and food.
G: Gym...when its too cold outside to ride.
H: Holidays...gives you an opportunity to hang with family.
I: In-laws. They make life interesting don't they?
J: Jesus...my savior.
K: Kettle corn
L: Little girls...I love my Morgan.
M: Makeup.
N: Nursing...I love my profession. Be kind to nurses.
O: Outdoors.
P: Pictures
Q: Quotes...puts things in perspective sometimes.
R: Rio...Cafe
S: Sleep...(a Nelson through and through)
T: Trials...otherwise, how would we grow.
U: Undershirt...thank you SHADE clothing
V: Vision.
W: Work...teaches us a lot.
X: X-mas...are you ready???
Y: Youth
Z: Zion National Park...we are so lucky to be so close.

Ok I tag Toni.

Halloween Slide

"Cereal" Killer meets Dr. Pepper

I haven't dressed up for Halloween for so long, so this year was fun. We decided to do "punny" costumes. We had a lot of fun.

Painting Party

Grandma and Grandpa Nelson are finishing their basement and they are making the cubby under the stairs a "playroom" for the Grandkids. Mom and Dad wanted the kids to paint the walls so we had a painting party during the annual Halloween Party. Here are the works of art. It will be so fun for them to look back on these pictures in the years to come. Each kid put their own thought and creativity into what their paintings and had little help from the adults. They are so creative.
Mackaylee's work of art.

Morgan's profile and Dixie Mountains.

Bennett's art.

Creighton's "Big Foot"

Cute Zaiden's foot print

We will get Jake, Maddie and Maclayne's work at Thanksgiving time.

Shout Out

I wanted to give a "shout out" to Grandma and Grandpa Phillips. These pics are from our visit to Idaho in July. Adam wasn't able to get time off for more than a few days this summer, so I decided to take the kids up north for the week. We had so much fun with them and they were so awesome to plan some fun things. Some things we did are:

1. Camping in Island Park.

2. Dinner Theater at Mac's Inn. Sooo Fun. The kids loved it!!
3. Big Springs in Island Park. This is a natural spring that flows into Henry's Fork. It produces 120 million gallons of water every day and is one of the countrys biggest springs. Huge fish, very cold. The next day the news reported that this same area was evacuated shortly after we left because of a bear sighting. Scary.4. Of course swimming at the sandbar.5. Story telling by Grandpa Phillips. 6. Playing with Sarge and Toby.
And many more memories were made. We all made our Mii's on the Wii. The kids boxed, jogged, played baseball etc. on the new Wii. We were able to visit and play with Uncle Jared and Aunt Amy and all the "C" cousins.

Love you Mom and Dad Phillips

The Law of the Garbage Truck

This is a bulletin board in my office at work. I liked the "take home message" so I thought I would share.

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded and missed the other car by just inches. The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, he was really friendly. So I asked, 'Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!' This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, "The Law of the Garbage Truck" He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it, and sometimes they'll dump it on you. Don't take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well and move on. Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home or on the streets. The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets. So, love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't. Life is ten percent what you make it, and ninety percent how you take it.

I would like to give the author credit but I don't know who it is. So if anyone knows...please share.

Hopefully we can all abide by this "law."