BYE, BYE ski season! HELLO spring?

Another Ski Season is officially over...but is SPRING really here? This weather has been so random...today it is another RAINY day.

Ski Day with the Nelson Clan - March, 2009
(Steve, Amy, Grandpa Robert, James, Will, Sage, Rachel, Annie, Me, Mike, Alex, Adam, Jake)
Skiing with the cousins is always a great time. It really makes my dad "HAPPY" when he gets to ski with as many of his family as possible...since he went to the University of Utah on a ski scholarship. He still is an AWESOME skiier ("69" years old.)

(Amy, Grandpa Robert, James, Will, Sage, Rachel, Annie,
Adam, Alex, Jake)

Grandpa Robert, Me, Will

Jake and MikeAnnie and RachelMeWill just relaxin :)Sadie started this year...we will definately have to get her up more next year.She took a class with some kids in our ward.Ahhh....I really hope SPRING has sprung!

YEAH for the beautiful flowers that are starting to bloom...keep'em coming :)BYE, BYE Solitude...we will see you next year :)

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY..."16" YEARS :)

AT OUR "OLYMPUS HIGHSCHOOL" GRADUATION
Funny thing is we weren't even dating yet. We have been in the same group of friends since we were 12. Mike and I started to date July after we graduated from Highschool in 1990. We really became good friends during our senior trip to Capistrano Beach that summer. We rode bikes and did alot of fun things the summer before his mission. We dated until October 1990 when he went on his Mission to Budapest, Hungary.AT THE AIRPORT BEFORE HE LEFT FOR HUNGARY
We wrote his whole mission. I had one of those triangle date counters that I crossed off each day he was gone. It was such a LONG 2 years but was so fun to get to know each other so much better while he was on his mission. We wrote lots of very LONG letters...no email yet.
OUR ENGAGEMENT PHOTO
We got engaged on Christmas Eve about 5 weeks after he came home from his mission. We had about a 4 month engagement. We just couldn't keep our hands off each other :)OUR WEDDING DAY...APRIL 19, 1993
The weather was so random...snowed on the way to the temple and was sunny blue skies when we were done with the ceremony...I guess kind of like the weather we have been having lately...gotta love Spring in Utah :)

AT OUR RECEPTION
We had a reception at the Old Meeting House on Highland Drive.

TODAY

I can't believe it has been "16" years. I love you Babe. Can't wait for the next "16+ years"... bring on all the GOOD times.

Easter Festivities

Saturday before Easter we started off the morning with the "literally 30 second" egg hunt at Evergreen Park. The kids each got some eggs and it was a great time. The Easter Bunny showed up so they were able to give it a HUG :)

Awe the excitement of seeing all those plastic eggs...nothing better than seeing your kids so HAPPY :)We ran into our friends the Fuhriman's at Evergreen Park and they told us about the egg hunt at the Murray Rec Center pool. It was really fun for the kids to go in and gather plastic eggs which they traded in for candy. It was only $1 per child and we were able to stay and swim after. It was a fun change for an egg hunt. Thanks Mandy for the heads up.There were lots of kids...but the kids still had a blast.There were "5" golden eggs in each age group. Sadie and her friend Kate Fuhriman found one in their group. Sadie got a soccer ball and a T-shirt. Kate got a football and a T-shirt. Jake also found a golden egg in his group...he got a basketball and a T-shirt. Not bad for our group of "5" kids that were with us to get "3" of the "15" golden eggs. What a good time and a great way for the kids to burn off some Easter/sugar energy :)Later that day we colored eggs. The Easter bunny found its way to the Dean home. The kids baskets were filled with lots of candy, a swimsuit and flip flops. He hid the baskets pretty good this year. It took a little while for each one of the kids to find their basket.
Easter dinner at the Deans
The annual "coordinating clothes" Easter picture :)HAPPY EASTER!

May we always "REMEMBER" the Resurrection of our Savior and the "REAL REASON" we celebrate this FUN Holiday!

PINEWOOD DERBY :)

Another PINEWOOD DERBY has come and gone...we can thankfully cross that off our list of this years events. The boys sure think it is fun...but it sure is a pain getting two pinewood derby cars ready...if we were smart we would keep them from year to year...but "NO" we make a new one "EVERY" year. Their cars didn't do too well...at least they never came in LAST.

The CARS!!!Watching in anticipation...HOPING...their cars do WELL.

Will's CAR on the LEFT...Jake's CAR on the RIGHT :)

Gotta get a SCOUT picture with the boys holding their cars...sure LOVE Will's fruit punch lip :)

Bye, Bye DERBY...we can only wait for you next spring to come around again :)