Birthday.....

Just a little shout out to my little brother Colter, who just so happened to turn 16 today.
Watch out if you see him on the road....
Actually dont he drives like a grandpa, which I think is hilarious.
On a side note he is also taller than me.....
Looks like I will be the shortest in the Nelson clan.... big bummer..
Yet somehow I always knew this was going to be the verdict.

A Race....

Alright I am pretty behind on this blog update. Still though, I wanted to make sure that I get a little snip-it on this wonderful occasion.
Lula and I ran the race for the first time. It was exciting and wonderful to see all the support this race gets. It also was my first race since I had my "partner in crime".
So happy that we had the chance to be apart of such a big event, while also supporting a great cause.

Bee's Game

Alright this was a little bit ago.... Like mid may-ish.... don't judge.
We took Lula to her first professional game... it just so happened to be a bees game.
She was a little nervous at first until her man Tatum showed up.
Then she was all smiles for this little handsome dude.
They ended up getting balloons made from the clown/lady that was making them for the kiddies.
What a fun night to share with the Oborn family!
Thanks guys for all the fun.

Auntie Katie and Lula

Lula loved to eat Tate's hair. It was pretty funny!

The future "Oborn's" Tatum and Lula

Cute Oborn Clan

Yes that bearded man is my husband.

The Handsome Oborn clan

Eating...

This is Rand.  I just had to post this video cause it cracks me up every time I watch it.  I love our little Lula!

Rand's new on-the-side Adventure...

Just to let everybody know what we are up to, Rand is now helping a local artist to sell his art online.  Rand has been helping him to get accounts set up on different sites and to post, market, sell, and ship his art.  It's really cool stuff, extremely unique, and I highly recommend checking out their blog or going to their ETSY shop.  You can also help them out by following their Twitter account (@GoodEarthArts) and by "liking" their Facebook page (you can do both of these from the bottom of their blog).  Follow their blog, sign up for the email updates if you feel so inclined...he's excited about this new venture:)

Here's a little sneak peek at one of the pieces:

Lovable....

Seriously..... could any face be cuter?!

She is loving solid foods as you can see.

She pretty much loves everything except cereal. 

She tends to gag that down still.

Poor girl.

Easter....

Well better late than never. Lula's first easter was fantastic. She was able to enjoy the Nelson family Easter egg hunt.

Then we went back to Grandpa and Grandma Nelson's to dye easter eggs.

This is our family done in eggs.... Notice Lula is the one with poop, or wait is that Rand?!

3 years....

Three years ago today I married my best friend.
Boy how the time has flown right by.
Here's a small recap of our married lives.
We first moved into Rand's sisters home, which we loved.
Then off to an apartment in K-Town.
Where we found out we were going to be parents.
Next we lived with Rand's parents for a bit.
Oh how we treasured being with them.
They are honestly so cute.
I hope our marriage can be just like theirs.
Then we moved to Farmington.
Had our first little bean, Lula Jane.
Wow how the time flew.
Looking at all that I feel so blessed.
So blessed to be a mom, and a wife.
Love you Babe and Bebe.

First things First

Well let me start by saying sorry blogging world for my absence.
Second I have so many updates.
I am going to spread them out in different posts.
Don't get too overwhelmed by this.
Just enjoy!

My darling beloved cousin Scottie came home from his LDS mission in Finland.
We of course had to go to the airport to watch this dramatic event.
It was grand, wonderful and hilarious.
First his plane was delayed.
So we all sat around and talked.
Next we knew a lonely straggler came walking.
Oh don't you worry we all were still chatting.
Finally we noticed and everyone started scrambling.
Pretty funny entrance back to the US.
We love ya Scottie.

The Darling Thatcher Clan (minus Britt)

Aunt La la (Leeann)

Aunt Diane

Sisters Courtney and Jinii

Mom and Son meet again!

That's the back of my head....

Grandma and Grandpa Thatcher

Miss L with La La and CeCe

It was a little late for her, but my Aunt looks darling!

This starts a series of pictures where we are getting a family shot with Scottie. Except he had no idea....

Until now.....

Miss L loved her Finland Flag

Sophie the Giraffe....

Meet Sophie. 

This is Miss Lula's favorite toy.

and has been for the past 2 months.

You can bet this little toy is HUGE in Europe. 

We are pretty much right with the European treads in the Sargent household.

My darling friend Brooke gave this to me when little L was still in the womb. 

She must have known then that she would love this cute giraffe. 

Many family and friends ask where we got this fabulous toy. 

I found it online at amazon.

So here I am passing on the word. 

I may have to buy a 2nd Sophie as a back up.

{Happy Easter}

Happy Easter! We finally got her on camera giggling. Ignore my voice. Enjoy Miss L and her cute giggle.

BBQ {with friends...}

For some reason this whole month of April has been the hardest for all our cute little friends to get together. There were many scheduled appearances on all our behalf's and many of us bailed. Either due to conflicts that night or just plain out tired from all we had going on. So finally April 15th we all made it for a friendly BBQ.

The night started off with lots of trying to see what all our dear friends had been up to. Some.... we wont name names. Had some strange and interesting things they had been working on. Others were just the same as we had left them. Pretty much all in all whenever all of us cant get together its like we had never parted ways. That is one thing I always have liked about our group. We can all not see each other for a bit but then come back together and just fall right back into the "groove" of our friendships.

The men cooking the grub....

The "rhonda's" all chatting

Rand and L

Mike and his AMAZING steak that him and Jake cooked...

Linds eating her yummy food

Jake and his fine steak

Jen eating her popcorn. She already ate her chicken... 

Katie and her burger

This is Mr. Milo

He loved Miss L's toy Sofie. They were both addicted to her. 

So we all had brought our own meat, which we cooked. (when I say we, I mean Rand.... I dont cook.) Then ate while watch some fabulous American Idol. When that was all done we were able to lay Miss L and Mr. Milo down to get to know one another. Who am I kidding we wanted to see how big one was to the other. There may have been some match making going on while Miss L's other man Tate was sleeping for the night... Shhh.... dont tell him.

Mr and Miss

Jen and I with out Bebe's

A little video of the sweet babies

It was a nice night to enjoy our friends that we love so much. We hope we can do this a little more frequently now that the weather is short of shaping up to be summer.