Trick or Treat

Piper got quite a bit of practice 'Trick or Treating' this year.  Our city had LOTS of things for the kids to attend and dress up.  We had a blast going to our local fire station where the kids did some trick or treating as well as met the fire fighters and got to climb through their fire engines and other vehicles. 

My loves

 Ah kay.... this picture is priceless!  The back story: Piper was staring at this dog from the second we pulled into the parking lot.  She was waving and giddy, just so excited to see it!  She even started walking closer and closer to the dog.  It wasn't until she got within reach that she had a complete melt down and sheer terror on her face.  The kid could not make up her mind on whether she liked or hated that poor fire dog.

 Exploring the fire truck with mom

 Someone thinks she's hot stuff!

 A few days later our mom group did a trick or treating event at our local nursing home.  Piper had fun on the first floor but by the time we got done on the fourth floor she was beat and ready to high tail it out of there.  She had fun trick or treating with her friends and getting her cheeks pinched a time or two.

 Lastly Halloween had arrived and Piper had quite the entourage.  My sister and 2 of my brothers came out to visit over Halloween, so needless to say, Piper had quite the crew following her.

This kid was cracking me up!  Luckily this is our sweet neighbor but Piper just walked right up and pushed her face up to the screen door and waited until she was noticed.  I was dying laughing.  This picture just doesn't do it justice!

 The entourage

 After a few houses Piper was saying trick or treat and already digging into her candy!  We all sure had fun!

Pumpkin Carving Time

Last year Piper loved carving pumpkins.  In fact, she spent most of her time eating the pumpkin guts than doing anything else.  This year, she wanted to play with the carving tools and that's about it.  She tried helping scoop the guts out once but lost interest very quickly after that.  Luckily mommy and daddy enjoyed carving the pumpkins.

 My baby girl and me

 Scooping out the pumpkin guts

 Daddy and Pip

 Success!  She loved looking at the final product!  Maybe next year she'll want to jump in and help.

Pumpkin patch

Fall is (or at least was) in the air and that means pumpkin patch time!  Piper and I got there first and daddy met us after work.  We had a lot of fun checking out and 'trying' to pick up all the pumpkins. 

 Piper quickly found her pumpkin

 This little girl was SOOOO excited to see daddy when he showed up!  Look at that smile!  It's the first one of the night because heaven forbid she smile for ANY pictures I try to take of her!

After an hour or so of looking, we found the perfect pumpkins to take home!  We couldn't wait to start carving them!

Chylie's first hunt

As many (if not all of you) know that Tren is a big hunter!  And I love it 95% of the time.  I decided that it was finally time for me to get my hunters safety so that I can hunt with him now that we are out of state and away from his usual hunting buddies.  (I am not ok with him hunting alone)  So I did it.  Passed with flying colors on both my written exam and shooting.  I drew out an elk tag and last month I left my baby for the first time over night (for multiple nights) so that Tren and I could go camping, hunting and have a nice little vacation together alone.  We had a blast!  I loved every minute of it!

We got the ideal camping spot.  We had 4-6 inches of snow which is great for hunting.  Tren hiked my butt off (LITERALLY).  The man never works out and although I work out regularly, he kicked my butt with miles and miles of brutal hiking.  But I sure loved it!

 While on this hunting trip, I let Tren in on a little secret.  

We are PREGNANT!!!!

We're due June 14, 2014 and we are so excited!  We couldn't be happier!  Luckily on this trip I was only about 5 weeks pregnant and feeling just a wee bit tired but no nausea so we were able to enjoy the time together.

Side note: no animals were harmed or killed on this trip (unfortunately).  We saw a couple of deer and some elk tracks but never did see an elk.  We came home empty handed but still had a blast hunting!

Utah trip part two..... so late on this post

PINEVIEW 2013

This is an annual trip we do with the Hagman's every year and it is SO MUCH FUN!  We missed last year because we were living in a state of chaos while trying to move into our home in Colorado but we were DEFINITELY not going to miss out on the fun 2 years in a row!
Piper loved spending time with her Grammy and Pa pa

She was such a big helper helping pa pa set up camp

Piper had her first set of french braids that mom could NEVER recreate!  We took a picture so the memory could last since she won't be having any more french braids anytime soon.

 Love my sweet family

Piper's first experience on a tricycle and it was a hit!  Now Santa has some good ideas for gifts this year.

 Tren, Pa pa, Auntie M and Grammy

 Our water baby just LOVED playing in the resevoir

We had a blast and can't wait for next years Pineview Trip

Trip to Utah part 1

Last month we took yet another road trip to Utah to spend some quality time with our families!  Boy do we miss them but I definitely find that I appreciate my time with them more now that I don't get to see them as much!

So here's the thing, that little black dog was once mine BUT my little sister LOVED that dog more than my husband so she kept him and is now the his caretaker.  His name is Poco.  Piper was OBSESSED with Poco and still to this day will walk around our house here in Colorado calling his name!  It was pretty dang cute at the time but now... well, not so much!

 We played basketball and volleyball while we BBQ'd with the Nelsons.  We had SOOOO much fun!  Never a dull moment with them.  In fact, surprisingly, nobody peed their pants this day.  I tell ya, when we play sports and try to talk trash and tough, it usually backfires and someone (well really, me or Shaline) is on the ground doing everything in their power not to wet their pants.  What can I say.... we're Nelsons and we have weak bladders.  Moving on now that I have shared TMI!  :)

 Our sweet Roxy made the trip to Utah but her condition went downhill quickly.  We unfortunately made the difficult decision to say goodbye while visiting in Utah.  Roxy got to say one last goodbye to everyone before moving on to bigger and better things.

 My crazy siblings that I just adore!

 We celebrated Brandall's graduation and this was his graduation gift from my dad!  I am SOOO happy for him (and even more jealous).  I just love this picture of Brandall and our mom!  My dad works with a girl who does art on the side and I am SO impressed at how well she was able to draw both Brandall and our Mom!

The following day we headed down to the farm to visit my grandparents!  They are such amazing people!  Both are in their 90's and doing so well!

Piper was a little shy with Great Grandma Nelson at first but she eventually warmed up.

 Piper loved the playground out back!  The tire swings were her favorite part!  I was once her age swinging on this very swing. 

 Uncle Sean sure knows how to make Piper smile!