Merry Christmas

So lately I have been thinking, boy people are sure slackers this time of the year! I am complaining to myself that no one is making a new post. Then to my wonderous eyes to appear, the date of my last post!! So to all of you I am sorry, for thinking those thoughts because I am really bad!! Christmas was great this year. Or as Anthony and Zachary told us "this is the best Christmas ever!!" Which began at 4:45 AM!! We Held them off till 5, but then Anthony found his flashlight and they went hunting, so we new it was time to intervene! The only things that weren't wrapped were the too kick and go scooters, which of course were to big to be wrapped. Well Santa got the hint and brought me a wii. Yes it was gifted to me, not the boys. I think that he must of thought that I needed some leverage when it comes to getting the boys off! I can always tell them it is mine!! So we now have Rock Band, and not to toot my horn, but I am GOOD!!! So now all I need is the Wii fit to work off all that I have eaten today! We are so blessed. At this time of year I am so grateful for the job that Michael has, and for the boys who every night in their prayers ask Heavenly Father to help them remember the true meaning of Christmas. It has made me realize what we are really celebrating, when you hear it out of the mouth of your children it really hits home. I wish all of you out there a very Merry Christmas!! And pray for all of you to have a wonderful holiday!


ps I don't know why everything is underlined I hit a button and don't know how to stop it.

Tis' the Season

Okay I have had a ton of requests for my new address. I will get to that tonight, I hope. Anyway if I don't I will be sending out my letter in just a few days, and it is in there. otherwise it will automatically be sent to my new house if you put the old address. I hope. I know i need to make a big post. though not much has been going on. You would think that with the busy holiday season life would be full of new experiences. But that just isn't the case. I guess the biggest headache just happened last night. Some dum dum ran into the back end of Michael's truck, he is so upset! I would be too. At least the person who did it came and told him, and so it won't go on our insurance. It isn't too bad, the light is busted and there is a small dent in the bumber. SO he can still drive.

Twilight!!!

Thanks to some new great friends (Thanks Mary and Tanya!) I was able to see Twilight last night. I had been so worried that no one here had heard of Stephanie Meyers. I know now a days what good Mormon Mom doesn't know who she is!! I really did like the movie, of course the book was better, but there hasn't been a movie made that I have said anything different about. I found myself getting caught up in the movie almost as much as I got caught up in the book. So regardless of what you have heard about the movie, I say go see it! And judge for yourself! And by the way go with friends, it will make it 100 times better.

Where am I?!?!

Okay I thought for sure we had moved out of Texas, This morning we were still in South Dakota. But by 11am it was 70 degrees outside. We were warmer than Texas, and then at 3 it was almost 80, and here I thought that I wouldn't see 60 agian until at least April. And yesterday I thought we were in the North Pole. So apparently this state travels from north to south. You really haven't seen much until you see snow while it is 80 degrees outside! Yes we still have snow on the ground from that blizzard! Wild.

First Snow!

Well it is official, we have witnessed our first blizzard! I have never seen the wind blow so much!! Nor have I ever heard of a major highway being closed from one side of the state to the other!!! Well not until this week! They shut down the base, which didn't reopen until this morning! We are now so glad that we bought house, and live off base now. And there are still some on base that can't leave their driveway! I hope you like the slide shows. The boys love it. Anthony ran out of the house at 7am and we finially got him in around 12pm, for lunch, we then left for Target to get them some proper snow gear! And when we got back, he was out until 6pm. Only because it was too dark! And he was back out there this morning. He is definately a kid that likes the snow!! I on the other hand am missing the 80 degrees in Texas! And I am terrified to drive, I don't think I thought this whole thing through when we moved here!! Michael didn't even have to go to work on Thursday or Friday!!! It is going to take me a while to acclimate myself to this weather. So anyway if you think you want to leave the warm Texas sun behind, trust me this snow isn't all that it is cracked up to be!!

Pumpkin carving time!

So this year I figure, finially the boys will actively take part in carving the pumpkin. That the guts will not gross them out. Boy was I silly, they had more fun taking the pictures of me and Michael doing the carving, and getting the seeds out. Then when we told them enough pictures, they took off. To get dressed in the Halloween costume. As you can tell they were more than excited to hold the knife for the picture, as if they did anything.!!

Anthony has decided he wanted to be Indiana Jones. And Zack found a Boba Fet(?) costume. The Indiana Jones was a bit hard, given the fact I wasn't going to find a specific costume, and wasn't willing to pay 60$ for a leather Jacket. But we prevailed in the end. Can you believe we finially found something at K-Mart. I never thought i would shop there again. But it is close and it actually still had costumes!
Things have been pretty much the same old thing. Nothing too exciting. I have started teaching piano. And the boys are going to be starting basketball. So soon it is going to be even more crazy than it is now. I don't know what it is but, the days are going by faster and faster, I can hardly remember last week at all it was such a blur.

This might be fun!

Fun Game So, here's how the game works:1.As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It's actually pretty funny to see the responses. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you. If you don't want to play on your blog, or if you don't have a blog, I'll leave my memory of you in my comments.

We are back!!

Well we are back, and how I want to go again. We had so much fun. It was crazy, go, go, go!! But next time we will only go to The Disney World Parks, for 4 days instead of 6. But I will still go on the 7 day cruise. We didn't take as many picture of the cruise. And I will post those later. But I have put captions on most of the pictures in the slide show. The weather was perfect!!!!!!In the low 80's and it only rained one day, and it was the day that we went to Animal Kingdom, and it started raining about 3pm and the park closes at 5pm. So we not only got drenched by the rain, we were also soaked by the water rapid ride we went on 2 x!! We then got on the bus to the hotel dripping wet!! I wasn't about to pay $7 each for a poncho. If anyone goes to the parks don't miss epcot. It may not seem like a big thing, but they have the test track and mission space, and the nemo ride, which I was like 'baby ride' and it was until you got off the ride and you were in an aquairum!! Plus Soarin' which is exactly like the one in California, and that is a awesome ride!!! We went on that one about 5 or 6 times!! (I hope you went on that ride Jessica!). So yes we had a blast, and were exhausted by the time we got on the cruise!! So we relaxed!!!! In the spa the disney cruise has a turkish spa where they have 3 different saunas. heated rock chairs, and 4 different showers, and it is all infused with different scents, like citus, eucliptus, and other relaxing smells. Michae and I spent most of our time there!! We didn't even get off the boat in Cozumel. We spent the day in the spa!!! And yes we booked another cruise, for next year!! So now I have to go, because I have a job, I work at the commissary, as a merchendiser, and I also stock the shelves!! I get to choose my own hours and it only requires about 15-20 hours a week!! I have got to pay for this cruise somehow!!!! I will post more later

It's time to go!!! : )

So this is it, my last post for the next three week! We are so ready for this vacation. We have been ready for the last 2 months!! I wanted to post a couple of pictures of some of the things we have been able to do while we have been here. Not a whole lot. The majority of the time has been spent unpacking. The boys are so driving me out of my mind. I try not to get to upset with them, because I know that they are just bored out of their minds some days. But that time is over and let the fun begin.
Oh btw, yes I did touch the turtle, one of them was over 120 yrs old!! Boy they can sure move when they want to.







I have some of the boys petting a alligator, but can't seem to find it. I will post it when I do.

Love ya all!!!!
DISNEY HERE I COME!!!

Tag I'm It

Okay so I have been tagged. I am a little unsure about opening up my closet, but then again maybe then some of you will finially get to know me just a bit more. I have been tagged by Jess, so thanks you Jess for making bring out my skeletons!!

Tagged by http://meekhouseofinsanity.blogspot.com/


Here are the rules:

1. Link to the Person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Let each person know they have been tagged by leaving a comment on their website.
5. Let your tagger know when your entry is up

1. I play games on the computer! There I said it. I love the hidden object games, I rationalize this by telling myself that these types of games sharpen my mind!! lol

2. I don't like to leave my house! I am a homebody. If I don't have to go out I won't. (some of you are probably thinking that's why she never went to enrichment!)

3. I would live in my pajamas if I could. Also I would like to burn every pair of jeans I own. Thank you Michael for putting up with this.

4. I have very little patience, with adults. I figure adults should be able to get some where on time, or call if they can't make it.

5. Things that I can't control drive me to anxiety attacks. Like growing older, and my kids growing up. Time passing in general is something I can't dwell on or else I would constantly have to be drugged.

6. And Jess this one is for you. I hate eating in front of people, especially those ones that I know. You remember our breakfasts @ IHOP? I ordered but ate hardly anything! I would be so thin if I always had to eat in front of friends all the time.

Okay so now that ya'll know just a little bit more about me, now I am going to tag, Boedee, Elaine, Brittany, Becky, and Laurie.

A Calling?!?!??!

Yes would you believe that I got a calling actually 2. I was actually called last week and sustained just Sunday! Take a wild guess? Okay the first one is a given. RS pianist, the second one, okay everyone hold on to your seats!!!! Enrichment night leader!!!! So for all of you rolling in fits of laughter, because now I get paybacks, for all the enrichment nights that I missed! So finially instead of going on my own, now I am called to go!

Coming Along

Michael checked the blog last night, and told me that I needed to update the blog. Well not much has been going on. I swear the boxes are multiplying in the garage, it is a endless process! And I am pretty much at a stopping point. The upstairs is overflowing and I need the downstairs done so we can finish unloading the garage. Luckily we have already made some great friends in the ward. And 6 or 7 of them are coming to help put the walls up tonight. So it is coming slowly but surely. Silly me thought that we would be able to take our time finishing up the downstairs, but we are finding that it needs to get done. NOW! I think that most of it will be done by Halloween. I am going to continue to hound Michael to keep working on it. I think he will, he wants to be able to put both the cars in the garage before it gets too cold. Speaking of cold, it is already in the 40's here at night. I have been digging through all the boxes looking for my sweaters! I have found a couple of them. Everything is so random, none of the boxes make sense, I think they just put things in boxes that fit, not by catagory. Honestly we will never have the military move us again! It was nice not having to pack, but I am too much of a control monger to have them do it again. It is driving my crazy. Plus we were at our max weight! Soooo we might have to do it ourselves again. Anyway I am taking to boys to the library, only 9 more days to go!!! I am more looking forward to getting them in school. I must have been crazy to not put them in school!

Our First trip to Rushmore

This is probably going to be the first of many trips we take up to Rushmore, but the first is always the most exciting!

Lots of Pictures

Okay first I will post the Tag pictures, and then I am going to post a slide show of our trip up here.

So this is my fridge, like I said we don't have our household goods yet, so we bought this little fridge, it is amazing how much you can cram in this little space!

This is absolutely not normal, my kids have never put together a puzzle!! But it was this or twiddle there thumbs, I am so sick and tired of them playing the playstation. However without that stupid playstation, I think that we would have gone crazy! Below is what they are normally doing.

What else can I say!

Yes this is our laundry rooom, well it will be as soon as we get our things!!Do you like the floors, I did them all by myself! (gotta love that peel and stick!)

Luckily there is not a lot of dishes, I think by now you can guess why! Maybe I will stick with paper plates after our things get in!

Yes I do have more clothes, but and I bet you know what I am going to say. So I won't say it.

Well these are my favorite, only because they are the only ones I have right now! Well there are my heels, but they don't come close to my favorite!

I love this view, it is from our porch, I love the mtns in the back, and watching the wind blow through the grass

Yes I am that tired, I am including a picture of where Michael and I have been sleeping, and I have not slept very good for a long time.

Welcome to the Master bedroom, trust me it is more uncomfortable than it looks! Only 4 more days and I will have my kings size, foam, inner spring matteress again!

I forgot my dream vacation, just look at the top of the blog, the one about Disney, and that will do for now!

Tag! I will be it. . . tomorrow

Okay I have taken the pictures, but with all my luck, at the last pic, my batteries died, and I either have to wait til tomorrow, or until I get my charger unpacked, which won't be until the 4th of September!! Yes as you will see in the picture, I am truly 'roughing it' and as many of you know I don't 'rough it' So sleeping on the floor is not what I call having fun. But since we have the house, and since TLF was truly filthy we moved in with just the BARE necessities!! Even less if you ask me. So I will get batteries soon (tomorrow) and everyone should get a kick out of our living situation!

We Have Arrived

Well we are here! I miss everyone so much. I have met a couple of people. Yet I am so nervous about the ward. Nothing will compare to everyone there in the Burk ward! The house is nice. I am a bit overwhelmed at the moment. Some of it was a little of a surprise. Not anything big, but the yard is a bit smaller that I thought, most of it is because the house is not centered on the lot! A lot of the yard is one the side of the house, which is what I was afraid of. I could kind of tell that it was not centered by some of the pictures, the only worry with that is where to build the fence. Something with the builder and neighborhood covenants. But those of you who know me, know that I can usually get what I want!
At least I can say that is BEAUTIFUL!! We had a small electrical storm last night, and the lightening shot through the sky, the boys had never seen anything like it. Another thing is how many things there are to do here. People weren't kidding when they told us about how many things there are to do here. Driving through town we say 2 indoor water parks! The kids haven't stopped begging us to go there. One funny note, at least it is funny to me, on the weather last night, they were commenting on how hot a day it was. It was only 92. I had a good laugh at that one.
But I miss everyone so much, and I want to come back so bad. Love ya guys so much.

Last Pictures until we get There!

I wasn't going to post today, I am at the library, with the boys, and Michael. And I am sure they can only play so many games of checkers! But we just got some more pictures, and I wanted to share them with you! These were taken on the 12th, so we willl see if the house is done by next Friday! Wish us luck on our new adventure!

The times is Come!

Well Tomorrow is packing day, or at least the first of the 3 days they are taking to pack. So I am going to make a post now, I am sure, almost that I will be able to get some pics of the house on Tuesday, but I am not sure what kind of internet service we will have in TLF. Or worse case, our ancient laptop won't work, I never know when that relic will work or not. It never really likes to work for me.

I have been meaning to post these pic since Mandi left, but could never find the camera, thanks to Zack!!! These are just some more of the 'good times' we had befoer Everett and Taegan left!

Michael Who?

So Michael asked to find out how many of him there are you aren't going to believe this. I thought there were a lot of Teresa Nielsen, but Michael beats all!! If any of you beat that let me know! (BTW) His is the 523 mine is the 67.

Way too many! Of me

Thanks Sherrie, I had a feeling I wasn't all that unique, so there are 512,041 others with my first name and 39,622 with the last name as Nielsen, and drumrole please there are 67 more Teresa Nielsen's out there, so just watch out!

Vote Now!

So I added the pole on the side go ahead and put your vote in, I am sending it our realtor also, so put your opinion on. :)

Running out of time

Well we are 2 weeks from leaving Texas. And I am getting nervous about whether or not the home will be finished. What do you think? Will this house get done or not. I am so nervous about this move, maybe because we have been here for so long. I really never thought this time would be here!

So other than worring about everything. Things are going well, the boys are driving nuts, I need to figure out what I am going to do with them until I get them in school. I was thinking that I would wait till we get back from our vacation to enroll them in school, but now I am thinking twice about it. I need them out of my hair!!! Anyway that's about all I got for now. I will post more in a few days!

A Very Sad Day : (

I have been dreading this day for the last 4 months, Mandi has moved, she and Teagan flew out this morning, and Charley and Everett will follow them on Wednesday. I don't know what I am going to do without her. Who am I going to talk to now. Most of you know, that over the last 9 years, Mandi and I have lived within 5 miles of each other except for a year and a half. I feel lonely! I have taken it for granted that she has always been there. On top of that Michael and Spot (our dog) left this morning also for Utah. He is dropping off the van and Spot so we don't have to travel with the kids and the dog, and we can all ride together. Michael will be back on Wednesday. And to top that off, the pool is closed! Again!

And Michael out did himself, I don't know what I am going to do with him, our 10th anniversary is next Friday, but he surprised me early with this anniversary ring! We have talked about getting rings for the past few years, but had kinda put it on the back burner! I should have known he would do something like this. So how do I top that!!!!! Please any suggestings!!!

Okay and last but not least they have done a ton to the house!!! The siding, and the upstairs sheetrock, it is getting there!

More pictures!!

This will be just a short note today, not much is going on, I am getting a little stressed about moving, it is only 3 weeks away!!! It is coming fast! So back to the house, I am loving this color. It is the only red house in the neighborhood, there is a chocolate brown home, but if you ask me I do not prefer brown on the outside! I have also included a picture from the inside. It is of the front room, looking toward the stairs to the door. I didn't know this before but the hallway entrances has an archway! I think that is so cool! Also I love the door!! That was a surprise, I was just expecting a plain old door, I love the glass! It will add more light to the entrance!

Golf Lessons

I have been waiting for this day for the last 8 years!!! The time when Anthony ( and Zack) can pick up their clubs and go golfing with Michael!!! YIPPEE!!!!!!!!! Some of you know that 4 yrs ago I took golf lessons to try to understand the game enough to play a game, I loved the group of girls I was with, however I hated the lessons!! And I have yet to go to a golf course with Michael, and Now I don't have to. Anthony loves the game, and well Zack is Zack, what more can I say? Anthony has a great swing, and he loves the challenge. Michael is thrilled, he can't wait to take Anthony on the course.

Now for the other highlight of my life, our home :) it is looking great, I want to know what ya'll think of the color? I am horrible at choosing colors, and so I left that decision up to Michael, and he and Mandi, choose burgundy, with almond trim. I like it, it stands out from the rest of the homes thats for sure.

Okay, for all of you who might take notice, when you take a look at this pic, and compare it to the one I posted last week, you might say this is a different house. No it is not, the builders made a big whoops!! And nobody caught it, execpt for me of course. Now I am no builder, but I do know what I want in a kitchen, we specifically asked for a 18 inch pantry to be put in next to the sink cabinet, and when I was trying to imagine my pantry there, I couldn't because there was only 15 or so inches where it would be able to fit. So we called our realtor and she called the builder, who was like "no it is right, but he went out there and saw the mistake, so they had to fix it, which required alot, apparently, because of the back wall, is a main wall used to support the house. Any way it is all fixed and I am happy!

This is the future bedrooms downstairs, one will be Anthony's and the other will be Zachary's. Or they will share one and the other one will be a play room for them. My dream is not to have any toys upstairs. And no TV upstairs, either. Just a peaceful place for me to relax.

Home Sweet Home

Well here it is!! Amazing what 3 days can produce! Quite a difference from what I posted on Tuesday isn't it! It actually looks like a house. Isn't South Dakota Beautiful! Can you tell I am just a little bit excited about moving. Maybe I am just tired of the view from Texas, and I need a change!

I just love the view that is going to be from our backyard. I will be able to sit on the deck and just look out over the fields, Well that is until they build more houses! I can enjoy it for a little while though! This is looking into the Kitchen. I am so thrilled, if you look toward the hallway, and you can see they are putting arches entering the hallway. I can't wait, like I said now I am really getting into this whole house thing.
As for the rest of my life, the summer is actually moving rather quickly, this week especially. This boys are taking golf lessons, Anthony is loving it, and Zack, well he is being Zack, and just having fun! I will get some pictures of them golfing and post them next week. And as for the rest of the day, mainly just at the pool and hanging with friends, and that never gets boring!!
Anyway till next time!