They Did It!

Gabe & Anna

May 22nd 2010

It's been over a month since that beautiful day when they said their vows and were pronounced husband and wife, and I'm still just trying to get used to the fact that my brother is, indeed, MARRIED!! ;)

It's all good though. :)

Some News

Well since it has been several months since I've posted anything, I guess I could update you on my life. ;)

So the past couple of months, we have been busy getting ready for my brother's wedding that is now 2 weeks away. **That reminds me... I need to finish my dress for it. :P Don't worry, I might get it done in time. ;)** Anyway, there have been some *interesting* situations that I was involved with. Like helping to sew Tabby's jr. bridesmaid dress almost to the completion before realizing that the fabric was supposed to be turned "inside-out" before stitching. :P And forgetting to put postage on the rsvp cards until after I had sealed most of the invitations for our side of the guest list (No, I am not blonde. But some days I act like I am :P).

In other news, I am almost done with school!!! Woohoo! :D Yep, I am super excited! :)
It's just weird to think that in less than a week, I will be done with high school. :P When I was younger, I used to think that graduates were so old and mature and it would be a long time 'til I would ever be at that stage. Suddenly, here I am at that stage, feeling young and immature. :/ But the idea of being finished for good is enticing enough to make me grin and work harder. :)

Looking ahead to this summer, there are some things that aren't completely "written in stone" yet but, once they are planned out, I will try to post about it. :) At any rate, it's already threatening to be a busy summer. ;)

Until then, you people that are in a warmer climate (we're supposed to get snow tonight :/), Happy Spring!

***Oh, and I think this template is going to stay for a while. ;)***

He's Home...

(Gabe and his fiancee, Anna)


...and we're all very glad he is back! :D

Eight Legged Ugliness

I found this picture while perusing the September photo files in my computer and just had to share it...

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That day, Tabby and I were picking tomatoes in the garden and she found it rudely sitting in her container. After she had put several tomatoes in it. You should've heard her scream! Actually it's a good thing you didn't; it was very loud!

Does anyone know what kind of spider this is? I think it's some harmless sort of barn-spider but could be wrong.

Update on Lesson

Ok...so yesterday was another riding lesson and we did trot over some standards (jumps that are very low). I thought that was going to be the biggest highlight of the lesson for me but I was in for a surprise!

Things changed when the my lesson horse didn't want to go faster than a walk and I couldn't make her change her mind! :P lol. So Mrs. D. gave me her mount, THE PERCHERON! (refer to previous post and last picture) and told me to ride her.

Now this horse is MASSIVE! She's 17 H.H. high and absolutely HUGE (I know I already said that but if you would have seen her that would be all you could say ;))! Her hooves were the size of dinner plates! When I got on her from the mounting block I had to reach higher still to put my leg in the stirrup! She is really well trained and extremely gentle. If she did a wrong maneuver it wasn't her fault 'cuz I must have pushed the wrong "button". After the lesson (that went really good b.t.w.), we rode back to the barn and Mrs. D. gave the okay to dismount and let me tell you, getting off a 17 H.H. horse takes a while till your feet finally touch the ground! lol :D

Riding a big, tall, black horse made me decide that if I couldn't get a Fresian (another big, tall, black horse) I could be very satisfied with a Percheron. lol :) I'm already keeping an eye out for one. :D

Good Times - Part 1

Busyness

Oh boy! Busy just keeps getting busier. :P Once again I must say that I’m sorry for not updating recently. Believe me; if I could have, I would have!

I’m kind of beginning to think that spring may be on its way but I’m not going to plan too much on it; as it is the month of March and its probably my least favorite month because of its unpredictability. ;) :P Anyways the weather has been warming up and that pulls me out-of-doors at every free moment into the mud and melting snow to go play with my horses. Right now, I have a bright red, wind-burnt face from being out there so much! ;)

Well I should give you a peek at what has kept me busy lately.

The end of February, I went with Britt to help her photograph a wedding 1 ½ hours away. It was really fun and neat to see people we hadn’t seen for over a year or more!

Then we changed all the bedrooms in our house. We still aren’t done organizing two rooms but the rest are finished. :) That was a HUGE project! But it will be nice to have the entire house cleaned out and organized. :) Success… 76 empty hangers.

There’s another “new” horse on our funny farm! Spike is going to be Tabby’s pony. He’s quite the spunky guy and when he first got here, he went for a walk into the back woods. It was pretty exciting until we finally found him (several miles from our house!) But now we have him in a secure enclosure and he hasn’t tried to runaway again. ;) Ponies are so much fun; they sure keep you from having a dull moment. :D Sorry I don't have a very decent pic of Spike. I'll try to get one up here soon. :)

Just this last weekend, Britt and I went to Green Bay. It was a really fun, busy, and; when we got home I realized it was very tiring as well. ;) Britt recorded two CDs and I played a little bit on one. When I was playing a song I suddenly got really lightheaded and would’ve passed out if I hadn’t stopped and rested for a minute or two. It was pretty weird. Something else I did was to “forget” my sunglasses twice (they were actually on the top of my head)! And then, when we were at McDonalds, I didn’t notice that when I put a cover on my water that I had grabbed two lids. I didn’t realize it until we were about done eating. ;) I need blonde hair so I can have an excuse for my “blondness”. :D ;)

The rest of these pictures are just random.

Okay so that’s my life of late. Who knows what will happen next?! :D

SURPRISE!

Last weekend, Toby and Courtney came up for a surprise visit. Only a few trustworthy people (namely Britt, Gabe and myself) knew of their plans and they kept it a secret right up till the front door opened and Landon walked in with a "Hi Grampa and Grampas!". Needless to say Grampa and Grampas were very surprised and happy to see the Nelsons! :D

Time flies when you're having fun and all too soon the weekend was up and my cute little neice and nephews had to go home. But here is a little glimpse of that weekend...

...my adorable 3 1/2 mo. old nephew...

...Zack and Alex...

...Janae...

...Landon playing the Djembe (doesn't he look like a pro?;))

...Alex fell asleep after a very bumpy ride ;)...

WRITER'S BLOCK! :( :P

I have been attacked by writer’s block AGAIN (or maybe I’ve just always had it :P)! :( I’m sorry for lack of life around here. I’m not even going to make up an excuse because there isn’t any logical one :P.

In 3 days I will see my new nephew (and everyone else in the Nelson household for that matter)!! I CANNOT wait!!!!! 72 hours seems like a long time to wait, but a short time to get ready for them :P. Pray for me so I don’t lose my head in all my excitement. ;)

Pictures

Okay here they are. Sorry for the delay. I've been extremely busy this last weekend and didn't even have time to be online. So enjoy the pictures and little story! :D

Gabe's plane was scheduled to come in at 7:30 Friday evening, so we left at an hour safe enough to stop at the zoo for a little while. We got to the zoo and found out they had closed about ten minutes before we had gotten there. Well then lets go see what the amusement park has. We drove around the corner and stopped in front of the park and went in to see what was going on. We weren't in there for more than 20 minutes just looking around and not seeing anything interesting enough to ride, we went back to the van. Everybody piled in and Dad turned the key, the engine tried to turn, but something wasn't kicking in. We all looked at each other with bewildered looks; our great van was turning on us!!! And of all places to break down (60+ miles from home!)!! After waiting ten minutes or more, Dad tried the key again. No luck. Just then, a family was walking past the van, on their way out of the park. They stopped and tried to help. We were quite amazed (this was in the Twin Cities) but we welcomed they're help.

Here it turns out that these people are from Kenya, Africa, and they are Christians!! We exchanged names and they took Dad to a gas station to buy some starting fluid to see if that would work. They tried it and the van started but it was only running on the fluid and then shutting off after they stopped spraying it. It was then that we realized it was the fuel pump that wasn't working.

In the meantime we had gotten a call from Britt saying that we were aunts, uncles, and grandparents for the third time! We all were thrilled and couldn't wait to get out of this predicament so we could make plans to go down and see him. :P

We had been calling around to our friends to see if they knew anyone that lived in the Cities and knew about mechanics and such. Someone gave us a number for someone who would help us atleast get us to the airport to get Gabe.

We got a hold of them and they said they would be happy to help and would be right over. We figured out who would go and who would stay and then left with this couple (Alan and Joan). We got to the airport right on time with Gabe's flight and we met him right by the baggage carousel.

Oh, it was soooooo good to see him! We at first didn't recognize him (his back was turned and he looked like the other soldier next to him).

Until we got right in front of him did we realize who it was! Sorry about the bad lighting :(.

After retreiving his belongings, we headed back. Dad called us on the cell phone and said that he had got the van going (something about pounding a hammer on the gas tank while turning the key) and to come straight back to the park!

We made it safely home, and stayed up a few hours talking, watching a dvd of the boot camp, and talking some more :D. So that was our night. I hope we don't have any more of that kind of excitement for a little while! :)

He's Home!

I guess I should let you all know that Gabe made it safely home last night! ;) I'll get a real post up with pictures and all as soon as I can! So stay tuned!! :)

Slight Change of Plans

Gabe called us last night and he told us that he would be coming in tomorrow night!!! All the better I say! :D