Nathaniel's Words

Me: You have to look out for Brigham when he's outside because he's very independent.
Nathaniel: Yeah, like Thomas Jefferson.

Jared's Boot Camp Blog!

Jared asked me to start a blog for him while he's at Basic Training and I just got his first letter today so it's all set up. I hope you all will take a look.

Our Mini-Vacation

Depending on who you ask, we are the meanest parents in the whole world. We've never taken our boys overnight anywhere ever. So many of our siblings have taken their kids to Disneyland and while I suppose I do have a desire to take them there, it's certainly not strong enough for me to do anything about it. Well, this year we decided to step out of our mean-parent box and take our kids over night to Logan. I had been thinking about taking a small trip anyway and it turned out that there was a Nash Reunion in Franklin Idaho this year. So we made a little trip out of it. Logan is only about 20 minutes or so south of Franklin which made it the obvious vacation spot. So Friday afternoon, as soon as Jaaromy got home from work we set out.


Nathaniel and Jonathan waited for Dad in the van but Brigham wanted to wait in the driveway.

We stopped for a late lunch in Layton and then got to Logan a little after five. Of course the first thing the boys wanted to do was go swimming.


They were very anxious to go and had a hard time waiting for everyone to go. We didn't have any swim diapers for Brigham but luckily there's a new Walmart on the south end of Logan that helped me out. The boys had so much fun swimming. Of course they were all nervous when we first got in the water, Brigham had a death grip on my neck. But after a while they all relaxed, Nathaniel even let Jaaromy throw him into the water, Jonathan never did go under water, and Brigham would have swam all by himself if he could have. Good times were had by all.

We went to Village Inn, our favorite place, for dinner and we even had chocolate milk! We were totally livin' it up. Then we watched a movie in our room to wind down and it worked, Brigham was asleep about half way through.


The plan was to have Nathaniel and Jonathan share a bed. Brigham slept in the portable crib which was just about too small, but it worked. When we turned out the lights Jonathan was nervous and so Nathaniel and I switched. That worked out well, Jonathan snuggled right up to me and fell asleep.

The next morning I couldn't believe that everyone slept past ten! We missed the free breakfast so we stopped at Sonic on the way to the reunion.


We didn't really know anyone there but there was a playground so all was well.


My parents were there, of course. Kevin and his family, Rachelle and Don, and Scott and Sydney were all there. We found this table just sitting there so we decided to claim it.

Then it started to rain.

After we left the reunion we stopped at the cemetery. I'd never been to Grandpa Nash's grave before.


All the Nash graves were marked with a little orange flag. There were a lot of flags, it was neat. It started raining pretty bad while we were there so we didn't stay long.

On our way back through Logan we passed by the temple. I've never been up close and I never realized how beautiful it really is. We saw it the night before all lit up and it was hard to take my eyes off it.


It was still raining so I didn't get out of the car but I'm still pretty happy with this shot.

It rained really hard all the way home but it was a really fun trip. The kids were mostly happy the whole time. The hotel was fabulous, it had everything we needed. We will definitely do it again. I might even be brave enough to try TWO nights!

Called to Space

I hope you don't mind me posting another video of Jonathan. He just loves to sing and I almost didn't record this because I thought he'd stop if he noticed me recording. Not only did he not stop, but he kept singing when I asked him to! I hope you all can recognize the melody. That's what kills me.

New Moon Trailer

Sorry to post so soon again but the New Moon trailer is out and I can't resist sharing. I always thought the trailer for Twilight was kind of cheesy but I really enjoyed this one and now I'm super excited to see it when it comes out.

Day Out With Thomas '09

This is our 3rd year in a row with Thomas. I don't know if we'll go again next year. Not because it isn't fun, it always is, but because this year we had to pay for Brigham and it's expensive. Also, for some reason Brigham did not like being on the train. He kept walking over to the ramp that connects the cars and, while it most likely can be safely crossed by an adult, I didn't want Brigham near it. So he whined the whole time and it's a 25 minute ride! So other than that - you know, the actual train ride - it was a great family trip. The drive is also a bit longer from West Valley than it is from Pleasant Grove. So we may not go next year.

Anywho, here are some pictures of the fun!


Here's Jonathan and Nathaniel in the maze. It's always the first thing we do when we get there.


Brigham likes it because there's no pressure and he's free to walk around.


They have a bunch of train tables set up for all the little boys to play with.(it's possible there were some girls...somewhere...maybe)


I tried to tell Brigham that it was socially unacceptable for him to lie down on the asphalt but he wouldn't listen.


Finally, the train ride!


As you can see, Brigham didn't like being on the train and kept wanting to get off or at least be free to walk around.


This is a somewhat goofy picture of Jonathan but he enjoyed the train ride the most and once we got going he decided he wanted to ride in one of the enclosed cars. So Jaaromy went with him and I got to hang out with whiny Brigham. You can even see Jaaromy tring to bring him back in this picture.


Jonathan surprised me this year by saying he wanted to see Sir Topham Hat. None of my boys have been particularly fond of life-sized characters but Jonathan was totally into it this year. He was still a little shy but I did manage to get some good pictures.


This year I remembered to get a picture of Thomas right as we were leaving. I totally pushed another family out of the way but it was worth it!

It was a fun trip and we got Happy Meals for the kids and Taco Bell for us to eat on the ride home. Good Times!

Nathaniel's Turn

Last Thursday Nathaniel had his Kyuki Do test to get his yellow belt. I had a Stake Auxiliary meeting so couldn't go but Jaaromy was able to record it for me. He does such a good job. I'm going to try and get him to write about it on his own blog so you can hear it in his own words but here is the video.


All the students do the moves together and then they do them at the same time but at their own pace. This is him at his own pace and you can see that he goes through the moves faster than the other kids. Go Nathaniel!