Mindy Gledhill CD giveaway!

My friend, Ashley, is doing a great giveaway for a new CD!

It is Mindy Gledhill's new Christmas album and I am hoping I win one of them!!

Here is her blog, so enter if you want to try to win too!

http://betweenwestandmain.com/?p=268

Thanks Ashley :)

The Nicholson Family 2010

We finally decided it was time to order a photo book from 2010. We have been watching all the deal throughout the year. We finally came across the deal that we decided was too good to pass up. I am so excited for it to get here!! Now, you all get to enjoy a digital copy too!

Click here to view this photo book larger

Now, I get to start working on 2011's book!

Halloween

A banana and a monkey

Ankle reduction surgery

A few years ago I crashed while skiing and hurt my ankle somehow. After the swelling went away there was still a little bump on the tip of my inside left ankle. The bump ended up rubbing on my ski boots every time I went skiing and was really annoying. I decided to go see a podiatrist about it to see how big of a deal it would be to have it taken off. He convinced me that I should have it taken off no matter what just in case it was cancer. So, I went in for surgery on the 26th of October. I really hope the snow doesn't start falling soon because I can't ski until Christmas.

It is a good thing my podiatrist does not do breast enhancement as well!

Recent Pictures and Cousins

Here are some pictures we have taken lately.

This is one of my new favorites of Cruz.

I LOVE this one. This is how Cruz smiles a lot of the time. I love how he squints his little eyes!

He loves to suck on his fingers. He hasn't quite found his thumb yet.

Can you believe this little guy is already 3 months old? We had to take him to the doctors on October 8th,  for a cough he has been dealing with. He weighed 18 lbs 9 oz! 

Shellie, Tyler's older sister, and her family were in town recently. 

Sydney and Cruz

Brenner, Meredith and Mace

All the cousins on the Nicholson side.

Mace, Sydney, Cruz, Brenner, Meredith and Sadie

Meredith, Sadie, Mace, Cruz, Brenner, Sydney

The older kids are holding their younger sibling

All the girl cousins. Sydney, Meredith and Sadie 

(We didn't get one with the boys.)

It was really fun to spend time with Shellie and Paul. Their kids are so much fun. I was glad that Mace got along with Brenner. Last time they came for a visit, Mace was jealous of the attention Grandpa Roy was giving Brenner. As soon as Mace learned that Brenner liked trains, he and Brenner became the best little buddies. They were so much fun to watch. We are getting excited for Christmas to see them again.

Lake Blanche with the Young Men

On Friday -Saturday I got to go on a backpacking trip with the young men in our ward.

Lake Blanche with Sundial Peak

A view of the Great Salt Lake from Lake Blanche at sunset

A long exposure of Sundial Peak and some of the boys walking around.

A few of the boys in our group were walking down by the lake while others warmed up by the campfire.

Cousin Day

Cooper and Lucy are moving to a new house. We invited them to come over and play, so their parents' could get things done. We had a lot of fun!

Cooper was so fun and helpful.He is a great big brother. He is really excited about having another in his family.

Lucy is such a great little girl. Her and Mace seemed to always want the same toy. Luckily, Coop would intervene and make sure they were being nice. 

Mace loved having his cousins around. Poor Cruz, he was the center of attention for these little kids. He got lots of  hugs, kisses and smothering!

Mace and Cruz at Wheeler Farm

Mace's Orange Bike

Mace discovered that it is fun to go down hills on his bike.

Some of the hills he went down were pretty steep for a two year old.

He had a few crashes.

And a few ouchies.

But he loved it. 

It makes me excited for when he gets a little bigger and can go up in the mountains.

Oh Motherhood

Motherhood. Sometimes, it goes like this:

I was just starting to look forward to going to bed soon, when all of a sudden, I heard the noise. It is one of those noises, that tells you "gotta move fast!" I looked down as soon as I heard it. I was already too late. 

Cruz had covered me. 

Yuck.

But then, all he has to do is smile, and all is forgiven!

Cool Thunderstorm

Tour of Southern Utah

We went on a big trip over last weekend.  We drove about 1,000 miles and visited a bunch of the coolest places in Utah.  It was definitely not a relaxing trip.

Wednesday we drove to Green River

Thursday we drove to Goblin Valley, Capitol Reef, and Torrey.

Friday we drove to Kodachrome Basin, Bryce Canyon, Cedar Breaks, and Hurricane

Saturday we drove to Zions and then to St. George

Sunday we drove home.

Here is Cruz at a park in Green River

Goblin Valley.  Mace sure looks happy to be there.

Mace had fun playing hide and seek and jumping off the rocks

Lyndsay spotted some Desert Bighorn Sheep on the side of the road in Capitol Reef.

There are some awesome petroglyphs on the side of the road.

My favorite picture from the trip.

We watched some awesome storm clouds blow through.  The thunder would echo off of the cliffs; making it especially eerie.  Sadly, that same day a guy in Bryce Canyon was struck by lightning. http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/52421242-78/lightning-kunz-bryce-canyon.html.csp

Lyndsay's favorite picture from the trip

Kodachrome Basin

Bryce Canyon

Cedar Breaks

Zions

The Emerald Pools trail in Zions.