Our Place in Jackson Hole

Grandma Glo, Grandma Pam and I took a little side trip to Jackson Hole. Although it was the 18th of June, there was still snow just behind our place in Teton Village. This is the view from the road when you pull in to Teton Village.
Isn't this the most pretty mother any man could have? Grandma is the June Phase 10 champion for 2010. We bet dinners, treats, lunches and malt-balls on each game. A little wager always makes things more exciting. I believe there were 10 games in all.

This is looking back to the south as a wicked electrical storm approached. The thunder was loud, the lightening bright, and the rain really came down.

New sign as you enter into Teton Village.

Jackson Hole

Does his look familiar? This is the vantage point from which there are lots of pictures of the Grand Teton are taken. The trip to Jackson was rainy but beautiful. I don't think there is really a bad time to be in Teton Park.

saturday

Last Saturday a couple friends from the ward and I, did the Susan G. Komen race for the cure in Raleigh. I couldn't believe how many people did the different races (three different 5K races), there must have been 20,000 people. It was crazy. Running in North Carolina is nice because it is easy to run at sea level but I haven't found a flat running route yet, everything has a million hills.

Our hisssssstory for this week

We went acrosss the Bear River this week to

get some rocks for a project we are doing.

Kevin still wearing his winter wear. :D

Alexandra is trying to attempt

to catch us some supper.

For a special treat....... this is the blow snake that greeted us.

If Kristen would of been with us, no doubt that she would of picked this snake up!!!

I don't think she would of been able to fit this one in her little green snake purse. Instead, she could of made a nice pair of boots or a purse out of a snake this size.

This beautiful reptile even made his blowing noise at us.


This thing was HUGE!!

This just might be as close to summer as we will get!

Until next time, I hope ya'll stay warm and dry!!!!!!!!!

our amazing grandma!

I know we could all agree that Grandma Gloria is the best grandma ever! She has many amazing talents and qualities that we know about and many that we probably don't know about. Speaking of talents we (or at least I) didn't know about----

Grandma Glo has no problem jumping on a razor scooter and taking it down the driveway!I love it!

The rest of these pics are from when we were in Utah last week. We already miss everyone!

2010 GRADUATE

I graduated from Highschool on May 27th!!!

The whole fam except for Kristen

Our BEAUTIFUL Grandma and I right before graduation.

Spring in Jackson Hole

If you are into naming photo's we could title this photo as follows:

"Reflections of Jenny Lake"

"Kodak Moment"

Pam took a little hike as we drove along the shore of the lake at about 7:00AM. The water was without a ripple and it make for a great photo-op.

Some people go to a different place every time they go on vacation. But for us, the beauty,the lure of the Tetons and the surrounding area call us back time again and again.





Here are just a few pictures of spring from the area. It kind of makes you reflect on how small you really are in the scope of things eternal. There were literally hundreds of elk moving into the higher country from the elk reserve. The bull's are starting to grow their antlers which are covered with velvet. We saw one which already had from 18" - 24" in growth.








This is a traditional view of Jackson Hole and it captures the lure and mystery of this country. As we drive around in our modern vehicles, it makes wonder how our ancestors ever settled this land. This barn is at the end of Mormon Row and is the most famous photo of the Tetons.





Now that is a view!!

ScHvAnEvElDtS SpRiNg So FaR......

Hello Family!!!! I dont know why this is all underlined but oh well! These our just some of our happenings over the past couple of months!

Cash is our little cowboy! He LOVES horses! He knows what a horse says its pretty darn cute. We worked the yearlings last week we started at 8am and didnt get done till 6pm and Cash sat down the field the WHOLE time and watched. He had soooomuch fun!

This is Cashs new ride, his pony named Rosey. He has so much fun with her.

Mothers Day 2010. Seriously we have the cutest grandma -(mom) EVER!!!! Love you grandma Glo!

Yay!!!! We are now in the new house! So if any of ya'll wanna come up to good ol' Weston Ideeeho we would be glad to have ya! (Like my redneck twang?)

Casharoo at 14 months old. Holy Cow that went by FAST!

Cash loves his baths

And a night out on the town with the friends!

(Lava) hehe (Ya were REAL travlers I know)

Going swimming in the hot pools, but seriously our room was soooooo gheto! YUCK!

Seriously Cash has gotten so big!!!

Our lil' fam




Well I miss all you guys and Tyler wants to challange you all to a game of Phase 10 so hopefully we can all meet up soon! MWAH! XOXO

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Hello family...where is everyone? No one is posting on this again. I need to be filled in about the family...How is my family? Mom, Dad, sisters, brothers, beautiful Grandma Glo, cousins, aunts, and uncles? Love you all! Please post soon. -Ashley

This is from the suprise Birthday party JD threw for me, (it was a family suprise party so we were the only ones invited...), but it was complete with hats and a giant cake with 26 candles!

one!

Happy Birthday to this little girl! I can't believe she is already one.

11 months

Just posting a picture of Sarah. She hit the 11 month mark yesterday. We love her so much. She pretty much pulls this face all day everyday.

Magic Hands

Pam is into taking changes and always asks herself, "Can I make it, or will I run out of gas." Recently Pam drove up to Lewiston to pick up Olivia fulling expecting to stop and top off her tank at one of the gas stations along the way.

About 9:45 she called to say that she couldn't get the door open to the gas tank and was worried about making before she ran our of gas. She was as "frustrated as she has ever been."

So drove on to Lewiston and picked up Olivia. Despite having 6 men try and help her open the tank (which is just a touch opening), it was to no avail.

Grandma suggested to Olivia that maybe she would have the magic touch and could get it open. Well sure enough, Olivia walked around the back of the car and with her 6-year old hands gave a slight touch on the lid and it opened. Truely, Olivia did have Magic hands.

Pam and all of her male helpers couldn't get it open but Olivia came to the rescue. On the way back to Hyrum, Olivia laughed when she thought that about all of these men not being able to open it and a touch of her tiny hand - it opened.

Welcome the Nelson's Newest Addition

Welcome the Nelson's newest addition. A 7 week old pure bred yellow lab. We named her Lily. Actually her full name is Aggie Ida Easter Lily. (Everyone wanted to name her, so we put all the names together. ;)

P.S. This is Grandma's new grand-puppy and she seems to like it too!

HAPPY EASTER

more flowers

The best thing about daisies is that they stay alive for a few weeks in a vase. I don't even like the color purple very much, but I do like purple flowers. These little babies have been in our kitchen the last little while, I think they are beautiful.

tree cont.

I will take a good pic of the tree, but for now, here is a branch. Miss y'all!