living in washington!!

this a what a typical beach looks like in washington. there is not really any sand just rocks and logs

this is in portland, oregon jon had a series there and his dad flew up. we went to the temple, it is gorgeous!!

living in tennessee

jon played near the smoky mountains so we drove through gatlinberg(which was a fun little town)to the smoky mtn. my parents came too for this trip. we had a blast!!


here is jon(i love those buns) just getting ready to bat(this was probably right before a homer!!)

WELCOME STELLA ROSE NELSON!!

CINDY AND DAVE NELSON WELCOMED THEIR FIRST GIRL AFTER HAVING 3 BOYS!! SHE WAS BORN ON AUG. 12,2008 AT 8:00 PM AND WEIGHED 6 1/2 LBS. SHE IS SO CUTE! KELLI, JODI, JAYLEE AND I WENT AND SAW HER THE NEXT DAY. CINDY OF COURSE LOOKED GREAT!!

JAYLEE AND STELLA AT THE HOSPIAL. STELLA IS 1 DAY OLD AND JAYLEE IS NOW 7 MONTHS!! THEY WERE BOTH BORN IN THE SAME HOSPITAL AND I GOT TO SEE BOTH AT ONE DAY OLD!! I ACTUALLY WAS SUPPOSED TO BE IN TENNESSEE RIGHT NOW BUT JON GOT CALLED UP TO TACOMA SO I CAME HOME AND WILL LEAVE FRIDAY FOR WASHINGTON!!

a shout out to the best mom, grandma and mother in law!!

ok so it was my mom's b-day on feb. 8th. however, since i am a slacker when it comes to blogs, my mom is too important to miss. she seriously is the best. she loves to have fun and to include everyone!! some of her favorite things are:

the color red

dr pepper

shoes

shopping

mexican food

watching the grandchildren

playing sports(first girl to get the athlete of the week award at mesa high!!)

big red gum

being with friends

being at the beach

her husband

her kids

her grandkids!!

we love our mom! she is so much fun and loves going to the beach house with the whole family. she will even buy all us girls things and some of the time they match. she has great style in picking out things for us and herself. i love shopping with her!
she LOVES!! her grandkids. they all love her too. mom can always get them to laugh and loves to buy them things also. she is the best babysitter and they are so lucky to have her for their grandma.

for her birthday we flew up to vegas(thanks sonny you are the best pilot) to see her fav. singer alan jackson. mom was getting crazy. it was so fun to watch her. we love having a fun mom who loves to dance, sing or do anything without being embarrased. she is the hot mama, partygirl!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY DAD!!

WELL HIS BIRTHDAY WAS ACTUALLY FEBRUARY 20. THE SAME DAY AS SHAQ'S DAYBUE. WE GOT TO GO THE GAME WITH HIM AND MY MOM. IT WAS PROBABLY THE FUNNEST SUNS GAME I'VE BEEN TO. SHAQ IS SO HUGE IT IS CRAZY. THANKS DAD!!
DURING THE DAY MY MOM , REAGAN,BRYANT AND I TOOK MY DAD BALLOONS. REAGAN AND BRYANT WERE SOOO... CUTE. THEY CARRIED THE BALLOONS TOGETHER AND WALKED IN BY THEMSELVES AND SAID" THESE ARE FOR YOU PAPA" THEN WE ALL TRIED TO SING. KIDS ARE SO FUN!!

PAPA LOVES HIS GRANDKIDS!!
MY DAD IS THE BEST. HE ALWAYS THINKS ABOUT HIS FAMILY AND ENJOYS DOING THINGS WITH US. HE AND MY MOM SURPRISED US WITH A CRUISE TO THE CARRIBEAN FOR CHRISTMAS. WE AE SO EXCITED. TRIPS WITH MY DAD ARE THE BEST!! HE ALWAYS PLANS THEM OUT AND THEY ARE ALWAYS SO MUCH FUN.
MY DAD LOVES ALL HIS SONS AND HAS ALWAYS DONE EVERYTHING HE COULD TO HELP THEM. THEY ARE ALL SO GREAT AND MY DAD AND MOM ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT. HE WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR US AND WE LOVE HIM SO MUCH!!
DAD LOVES ICECREAM AND FROZEN YOGURT. SO DO HIS KIDS! WE LOVE GETTING TREATS WITH HIM! HE EXERCISES EVERYDAY AND LOVES TO DO THINGS OUTSIDE. SO DO HIS KIDS. WE HAVE LEARNED SO MUCH FROM OUR DAD. THANKS FOR BEING THE BEST FATHER EVER!! YOU ARE SUCH A GREAT EXAMPLE TO US .

VALENTINES DAY!!

I know its late now but i had to post the beautiful roses my handsome, sweet and wonderful husband got me. He was so cute. he told me that he was so excited to see this color of roses. "everyone gets red and these are way better!" he is the best!!

OUR NEWEST NEPHEW!!

BRADY!! He is so cute, he was 9lbs and 1 oz. courtney is so awesome. she looks beautiful right after she dilivers, like nothing happened. she is incredible. and she has her babies so fast.

jon and i with brady!! he is the first baby i've seen be born and the first time jon was in a hospital room right after a baby was born. jon was so cute i am so lucky to be married to him!! he is such a good uncle!

big brother bryant!! he is so cute !! this is the best pic i could get without him turning his head. bryant sings "wintle, wintle little star" just like that and it is the cutest thing ever!! maddi is such a great big sister. she helps out and is so beautiful and very smart!

WATCH OUT FOR REAGAN AND BREEYN!!

THEY JUST LOOKED SO CUTE IN THEIR NEW SCHOOL BUS GRANDMA ALMA GOT THEM FOR CHRISTMAS.

NEW YEARS EVE

CHRISTMAS PJS!!

happy birthday grandma riggs!!

grandmas birthday and our riggs family christmas party.

court beth and i in our stripes at the party.

newport beach again!!

jon and i. we just love newport! we are so lucky to get to go there as much as we do.

tanya, me and seirra at the beach house

tanya, josh, adam, jon, me and my mom at bjs in hunnington beach

OUR TRIP TO UTAH!!

WE FLEW TO UTAH ON TUES. AND STAYED THROUGH THANKSGIVING AND LEFT THE FOLLOWING MONDAY NIGHT. WE HAD A GREAT TIME WITH OUR FAMILY!!

JON HAD FUN FLY FISHING. HERE IS ONE OF THE MANY FISH HE CAUGHT!! WE HAD FAMILY PICTURES ON THE FRIDAY AFTER THANKSGIVING. THE WHOLE KOTTER FAMILY ( JON'S MOM'S SIDE) WAS THERE FOR PICS AND IT WAS AMAZING THAT WE ALL FIT. THEN WE JUST DID OUR IMEDIATE FAMILY. HERE IS JON AND I IN THE STUDIO. I FIGURED I WOULD JUST TAKE ONE MYSELF AND SAVE 50 BUCKS!!

SIERRA WAS SO GOOD FOR PICTUES AND LOOKED SO CUTE

AT THE CABIN!!!

JESS AND CASPER JUST HANGIN OUT BY THE FIRE

JON WAS CRAZY COOKING OUR DINNER IN THE FREEZING COLD. HE'S THE BEST!! ( I DON'T KNOW HOW TO ROTATE THIS PIC)

AREN'T THEY SO CUTE!! SALLY AND DOUG TRYING THE NEW LOUNGE CHAIRS OUT

MY FAV. FATHER IN LAW TESTING OUT THE NEW PORTIPOTTI

Dana Point, California!!

JON AND I IN AT THE CHARTHOUSE IN CALIFORNIA. WE WENT WITH MY PARENTS AND JON AND MARTHA. THIS WAS ONLY THE BEGINNING TO A LONG CRAZY NIGHT!

SIERRA

we just got this picture of our cute niece sierre. isn't it so sweet. we are excited to see her when we go to utah for thanksgiving