Neider Family

Status Update:

2011-09-20T20:46:00.000-07:00

Plugging along...

My Blakes

2011-09-19T22:43:00.000-07:00

Where has the time gone?? My baby is just over two and I am almost 7 months pregnant with baby girl number 2. Blakely is an absolute ray of sunshine. She has SOOOO much personality. I mean really, this girl is so beyond silly ALL THE TIME! The other day we woke up and were all three cuddling in bed and Curt and I were talking about what we should do that day (work on our house, go pick stuff out for our house), and Blakely chimes in "lets go boating!!!!". She was so excited about her idea. She is also in the phase where everything is sooo funny or sooo cute. she loves her cousin Presley and they play pretend all day and call each other honey. Pretty dang cute. She kisses my tummy whenever I ask her where her baby sister is and asks me if my tummy hurts cause it is so large haha. She is SUCH a mamas girl. I never knew how good a 2 year old could make you feel. When I put her to bed at night, she rubs my face and tells me she loves me much. Gosh it really makes my heart burst. She is in love with all things pink. This has been such a fun summer with her. I cant believe we are about to add baby number 2, Blakely has a bit of an obsession with babies so I cant wait to see her with baby girl.

Ready, Set, Go!!!

2011-06-08T22:08:00.000-07:00

There's a hole! There's a basement!

Soon, we'll be found at:

908 W. Grizzly Wulff Dr.

Bluffdale, UT 84121

For my girls and whatever else is on the way...

2011-04-19T23:44:00.000-07:00

Curty Bird can't sleep and has managed his way into the "Pictures He's Never Seen" folder. and onto the blog that is lacking in attention. Not generally as my Everlasting Love has recently given it a spit shine and re-branding. But specifically in the family news and opinuendo category. i.e. - Everlasting Love IS expecting, and Blakely Ann is NOT expecting have an intruder into her mono-focal existence.

So the combined affect is no shortage of pic's that I want to share with the world because they remind me how lucky I am, for both my girls and for our little TBD squirt.

Umm, are you kidding?

That's four pig tails, and yes I have a professional hair dresser...

My girls

TheDannyBlack.com - Carnival's Musician Extraordinaire

How did he sneak into this blog?

I won't let go. Not on your life...

I'm not a jealous person. But I hoped your old boyfriends see this picture so they remember what they lost and I found. :)

Just part of a new January tradition.

These are mine...

Apparently, it runs in the blood or she's ready to actually have a home.

3 years

2011-04-12T20:42:00.000-07:00

Happy anniversary to my love. He is the greatest. He spoiled me with a night on the town which included the melting pot and a suite at the hotel monaco. I know, Im a lucky girl

Dang Gina...

2010-10-15T23:59:00.000-07:00

You know you need to lose weight when you do a karate kick on the bed and bust two boards in half that are holding up the box springs. Oh yeah that just happened... We were watching karate kid (loved it by the way obviously) and I was inspired to do some Kung Fu. I feel like a fat @@@... Our box spring is temporarily being held up by books now

The Breakup

2010-10-05T21:52:00.000-07:00

Remember that house we just barely finished building that we put soooo many hours and sweat into?? Well it's officially sold. We feel super lucky that it happened so fast. At the same time it does sort of feel like we got dumped or broke up with it or something weird like that. I mean, we spent a LOT of time on that place and just like that we're done with it?? I knew this was coming from the beginning so I never really got to attached. At least that's what I kept telling myself. Then we moved into an apartment and Curt went out of town and it was all no big deal until I went back to grab a few last things and I cried when I walked in. That's right, cried over our first house that we built together (literally). And now Im over it and excited to do it all over again.
We live like gypsies. In the past 8 weeks, Curt has been in a different state than us for 5 of them. In fact, he is on his way home from Cali as I type this. It's been hard and lonely but such is life right. Blakely and I have serious separation issues since we never leave eachothers sides. Love her and her great company. She is on a roll with saying words and knowing exactly what she wants and finding ways to tell me. It's sooo fun!
We are adjusting to having neighbors below, above, and next to us and having no yard and walking up lots of stairs but honestly it's a great place and we really like it! It makes us feel like were doing the newlywed thing again! And now were excited to build or whatever again and sit tight for a few years!
Maybe in another two months ill blog about something more exciting or funny...now bring on those asian character spam comments

Baby Girl

2010-08-05T21:18:00.000-07:00

My Blakely turned one on July 7th and we partied hard. Wow how life has changed in the last year. It has flown by. When I think of how much responsibility has been put on us as moms I get overwhelmed with emotion. How lucky am I that I get to raise this sweet little girl and be her mommy. It is such a sacred job. She gives life a new meaning that is so genuine and pure. There are days that are hard, but it has been the most rewarding thing in the world. There really just isn't words for how deep my love runs for her. I really just couldn't be more grateful that I was trusted with her. What a priviledge. Love you with my whole heart baby girl

12 month stats:
weighs 21 lbs.- 42%
height 29 in.- 60%

She loves toothbrushes, blueberries, strawberries, bananas, oatmeal, eggs, yogurt, cheese sandwiches, pretty much everything. Wont drink any milk besides almond milk. She LOVES her babies and pushing them around in their stroller. Has such a silly and fiesty personality. Nods her head whenever music comes on. Walks all over the place. Makes the funniest faces and fake laughs and loves to fake cough to get attention. Points at everything and says WOW! LOVES her purses and fake keys and makeup. Loves necklaces. Loves to put on my shoes and share her food with me. Loves playing on the counter in front of me while I get ready. Doesn't like when her hands are dirty. LOVES the water and the beach. Thinks it's the funniest thing in the whole world if she farts while I change her diaper haha. Loves to play with other kids. Such a cuddler(I LOVE). Basically the best thing that has ever happened to me and the funnest person in the world to be with!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

PS.. sorry about the annoying song that blares on the slideshow of pictures below. I had no idea that was on there and now I dont know how to take it off

Juneuly

2010-07-16T23:05:00.000-07:00

Dang, it's been awhile. Thats why I titled this juneuly. Get it? Im so funny. Let's see... where to begin??? We have been BUSY!!! July is my favorite month of the year. There is always such fun outdoor things going on not to mention celebrating a very special little girls birthday from now on added to the mix! But let me back up.. My man had a birthday and turned the big 28. He is getting up there. I have checked for gray hairs and there are none to be found. He is a special guy. We really love him and everything he does for us. Let me give you an example...
hmmm we just got back from a two week long trip to northern cali. Curt was there for work and there was no way we wanted to be without him that whole time so Blakely and I tagged along, plus we spent her birthday there...FUN!!! Anyway... we decided to drive through the night to get home to make it easier on everyone cause the carseat may be one thing Blakely hates most in the world. She sleeps, we drive in peace, happy baby, happy parents. We got about twenty miles past St. George and at four in the morning the car broke down. So awesome. So we called and got towed back to St. George. There goes 140$. Awesome again. Were stranded and let me add that we didn't plan this extra two day rendezvous so we are fresh out of clean clothes and undies. We felt trashy and dirty and sweaty and ghetto. Triple awesome. So here is the part where Curt is just so great. The auto shop calls and says nothing is wrong with the car. Weird.. it died on us last night. But Curt starts walking the three mile stretch in 108 degree weather and hitch hikes haha. (The lady that picked him up had like four kids with her and quietly asked curt "do you have a gun?" Curt said no obviously. So she said "ok get in... kids, this is Marcus and I knew him in high school" and that was that. I would have never picked him up so I have to give her props bahahaha! Back to Curt being more great. The car wouldnt even start to drive from the auto shop so they did some more digging and Curt hitch hiked back to the hotel. Come to find out they need to order parts and keep the car for five more days. We needed to get home so Curt hitch hiked to the airport to pick up a rental car but never got picked up and so he walked four miles in the dead heat. What a man I have. He never complained once. I would have been the biggest drama queen. Isn't he awesome? So happy late birthday to the boy I love most in the whole world. Oh and our car is still in St. George.

Sometime in the middle of June?.. I ran Ragnar wasatch back relay with my girls. It was tough. But so much fun! Definitley doing it again

We had a family BBQ at our house and played soccer with binoculars on backwards just like that chinese game show. HILARIOUS!!! you should probably just take my word for it and try it!

Spent a few memorable weekends at the Neider cabin and four wheeled and ate ate ate!

June 29th.. My amazingly strong and beautiful and brave older sister had her third baby! Madden Rae Jackson. He is perfect in every way and she is the best mom. If you ever need inspiration about having a baby natural, or just wanting to know about the latest of anything, she's your girl. She inspired me! I look up to her so much.

July 4th.. we went to stadium of fire and saw miss underwood perform. She was fantastic, fireworks were fantastic and Blakely LOVED the whole show!

July 7th..Blakely had her first birthday! This topic needs it's own post because I just feel it's the only way to do it ha. It was great.

Then we left for Cali, came home and next week we are going to Newport for a family vacation. Hard life huh?

Hey Ma, look what I can do...

2010-05-26T20:22:00.000-07:00

Lately we've been busy...

Loving Uncle Jackson and cousin Kolbyn

Celebrating these two lovebirds new marriage

Hanging with Daddy

Playing with makeup... (one of her favorite things)

Spending lots of time with these guys!

Giving kisses and loving it!

Dog piling

Doing bum exercises.. (I couldn't help it)

sitting on fridges

loving blueberries!!!

being mommys buddy

Oh I love this little girl more than anything. Is there anything better in the whole world than being a mom? I think not. Blakely is SOOO much fun these days. She is quite a fiesty one and is not going to do anything she doesn't want to do without putting up a fight or without letting you know. She is hilarious! She loves to go places and see other people. She just waves and waves and smiles and smiles to ALL strangers. Especially kids. She LOVES to give kisses, it is the cutest thing. Sometimes she insists on basically kissing my whole face until it is all wet. She climbs up stairs and the other day flipped backwards off the top of them and landed right in my arms after doing a flip. SO SCARY!!! She didn't even cry or act scared. I was just glad that I reacted fast enough to catch her with no harm done. She loves blueberries and graham crackers and apple juice and well basically anything I give her, she will eat. It's pretty awesome. She loves to say dada when I am trying to get her to say mama and Curt is trying to tell her to say dada. She only says momma when she wants something from me or is feeling needy. She is SOOOO wiggly and busy. I mean, I know all kids are, but in church Blakely cant hold still for more than 3 seconds and everyone elses kids are so still! Wonder where she gets this? haha! She is super silly and laughs whenever Curt or I laugh just to join in. She's working on her fourth tooth. She is such a snuggler with me and I love it. She loves books and could look at them and turn the pages forever. Well, only 3 seconds. She is such a happy girl and is so fun to be around. She loves to play with tape measures and her all time favorite thing to do is take everything out of all the cupboards and drawers, especially her clothes. It is so funny to watch! I love this little girl so much. I am so lucky.

the painted ladies

2010-05-03T12:00:00.000-07:00

This may be my new favorite picture. Hello happy girl and cute little teeth. Love the painted ladies in the background. Name the show anyone??

Failure to launch no more...

2010-04-09T09:27:00.000-07:00

Alright, the pictures are coming first cause I uploaded them after I wrote and can't get them all to move down and I'm sick of messing with it. Excuse the mess, it already looks a lot different than these pictures but I will put up newer ones once all the furniture is in so here are just a few for now!...

office

our bedroom

blakely's bath/main bath

entry/family room
Kitchen/nook
Blakely's room
We did it. We moved. We left the lovely barn and I have to say it's a little bittersweet. No more horses to feed and water or make loud noises throughout the night (probably wont miss that one). No more little birdies living in the floor to wake us up with the cute chirping while the little chickies wait for their mamas to bring food. No more spider webs everywhere!! woo woo. No more random visits throughout the day from my family (this one makes me the saddest). I already miss my mom's yummy food. I loved driving down a tree lined gravel lane for a driveway everyday, and call me crazy, but I LOVE the smell of horses so I didn't mind them being right below us at all. I grew up with that smell. It reminds me of home. Im going to miss sharing clothes with Kass.

But that being said...

We LOVE our new place! It was so time for us to spread our wings. I was the super senior of that ward and Im sure everyone was wondering when we would get the heck out of there and give our parents a break! We feel like we live in a hotel suite or something with all this space. WE love having a garage and bath and counter space etc... We LOVE the neighborhood and everyone has been so nice and welcoming. So it has been so fun to be on our own completely! Best of all, now that we have settled in, Blakely has magically started sleeping through the night. Were talking 8:30 or 9:00 til 8:30 or 9:00. It is golden.

I really felt like this house might not ever be finished for some reason. Maybe it seemed to good to be true. But, we have the greatest family in the world who came over everyday for the last two weeks before it was finished and stayed til the wee hours of the night. Curts parents were like angels sent from heaven those two weeks. They stayed some nights until 4 IN THE MORNING making sure we were ready for inspections. Rosy would go on late night maverik runs and get us junk food for a pick me up. Pretty awesome. She washed all our windows and scrubbed our tubs and floors. Who does that?? Rosy does. Mike insisted on staying as long as Curt did and that turned into all nighters multiple times. My dad and brothers/in law helped lay tile and do finish work. My mom and sisters and mother in law and sister in laws watched Blakely so many nights so I could go help Curt. We really couldn't have done any of this without the help of our families. Not to mention my parents for letting us live in the barn for two years rent free. Let's not forget how as soon as everyone found out that we got the ok to move in, they showed up to the barn and started moving everything and we were almost done in one night. We are sooooooo lucky and can't even believe how generous everyone has been to us. In unity there is strength. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts. I can't really even express how grateful I feel.

It's our anniversary this weekend and Curt just so happens to need to work in Cali on Monday so we are off to sunny (hopefully) San Francisco for a much needed break from the last six months. I am beyond words excited to have a few days of family time with Curt and Blakely and no distractions. It has been a while. I've never really been to Northern California so I am excited! Now for pictures of the house, which is still not put together with much decorations yet and we are still waiting on some furniture to be shipped here so excuse the emptiness.

Once this place is furnished and organized guess what... were putting up for sell and starting the process all over again. yay

What is up with those bizzare comments I keep getting in chinese characters?? Scmamers. So weird. Hey you, if your reading this, please stop with the comments cause I can't read them and I dont want a fortune line or some life changing quote put in my comments, thanks.

My little babe

2010-03-30T10:36:00.000-07:00

Is she really already almost 9 MONTHS OLD??? I say that about every month, but thats because I really cant believe how fast it goes. Blakely is such a happy girl. She is always good for a huge smile that always brightens my day. She has a little dimple on her left cheek that is so adorable. She has her two bottom teeth and one of her tops just broke through today. She hasn't quite figured out how to crawl forward but she cant scoot backwards all over the place. Its so funny to place things in front of her and watch her get farther away from it trying so hard to get it. She really thinks she is such a big girl and that she needs to have everything in her hands and mouth. I can feed her pretty much any food in the book and she devours it. I feel lucky about that one. When I give her little bites of my food she gets a little smirk and says mmm and does a little giggle cause she feels so cool. She is constantly pulling herself up to stand on anything and everything. The other day I put her down for a nap and heard her rustling around so I checked on her through the blinds and she was standing up leaning over the edge of the crib. Scared the crap out of me. The crib was lowered that night. Now, when I put her down for naps she just plays for about ten minutes before she decides to lay down and sleep. I love hearing her entertain herself. It's so cute. She is my best buddy. When I giggle at things, she giggles right along with me. She is still pretty sensitive to people she isn't used to and wants her distance, but besides that, she is very happy and silly. She waves her hands in the air and twists her wrists whenever she is excited or stressed or any emotion that she can't contain. It's so funny. Its her little thing. She has been such a good sport while we have been building our house. We have her pack and play set up there so she can go to bed when we have late nights there and then at 2am we take her home and she never fusses about it, she just goes from bed to bed. She really has been such a trooper. She is obsessed with other little kids. She just cant get enough of them. She is the most pleasant person to be around and it would be an understatement to say that I am in love with her! I love this little girl with everything that I am and to the depths and she owns me..

Now we are so ready for some consistent spring weather!

Bed Head

2010-03-05T08:27:00.000-08:00

This is how I looked when I woke up this morning.. Actually how I still look right now. Like I was hit by a train. Good thing it's Friday.

Hope my sexiness can give you a good laugh today...

It's friday night and im in bed blogging...

2010-02-12T21:20:00.000-08:00

That's right. I have been laying in bed since 8:50 which is sooo unlike me, but Curt is away on a overnighter with the scouts and Blakely is in bed so why not, right. This post is going to be picture overload.. Not much has been going on here at the barn. Blakely has been sick for the past three days with a fever and ear infection and what I would have done to trade places with her. I felt so bad for her. She was such a trooper and is finally getting back to her smiley self. She is a busy body these days too. If she sees something she wants out of her reach, she finds a way to get to it even if it means a belly flop. We are buddies.. I love being able to be with her all day. The house is coming right along and we are anxious so we pretty much spend every spare second there and it is fun too see it all come together. I have some pictures but things have already changed so much on the inside since I took them. And don't worry that one night while we were laying our wood floor at the house, Blakely had a blow out, and I didn't have one diaper for some dumb reason, so what did I do.. Went over to the neighbors that we met once briefly and knocked on the door at ten at night and asked to borrow a diaper. Oh I was soooo embarrassed. They were so nice and happy to help but man was I embarrassed. Then that diaper was to small and she peed all over in between changing diapers. Then I didn't have any wipes so we got some paper towels wet, then when I got home I realized I had wipes the entire time. We decided to call it a night after she peed all over. Oh yeah and I BUTCHED my hair off... Ellen Degeneres.. watch out. Kidding, but it is almost short enough to do a mohawk. It now takes me about 2 minutes to blow dry and two minutes to flat iron and put product in. So awesome!

Blakleys new thing is always holding chapstick or this highlighter. The other day she took a nap and held on to my chapstick the entire time, even after she woke up. She's such a goof

hanging out while we tile the bathroom
The house!
Chapstick
Taking a nap with Grandpa Neider

She fell asleep while I was cooking something!

Fresh Food Feeders

2010-01-27T14:06:00.000-08:00

Such a silly thing to blog about...

My sister told me about this. It's so great that probably everyone that has babies should know about it. Maybe you all already do and I am so out of the loop but anyway. It is called the fresh food feeder by munchkin. It's this little net with a secure lid and you can put fruit and other things in it so they can have a hayday sucking on it and no chunks ever come out. My biggest fear with Blakely is choking so this will be our new best friend since she is OBSESSED with food. Pretty much awesome!!!

Neider happenings

2010-01-13T20:30:00.000-08:00

I realize I have some catchup to do... life is busy with a baby so that is my excuse.

Let's see...

-Christmas was great. We got a blendtech from the lovely parents and I am having so much fun with it. My favorite thing, making fresh baby food (thank you Kirstin). There was lots of family parties and food like always. But this year felt a little different for me and Im not sure why. Not bad different, just different. We have had some really sweet and special family time with the Neider's since Rosy's illness and I think it has helped me put better priorities into perspective. She is an AMAZING woman and I admire her strength through all of this. It has been really touching to get to be around her. Christmas came and went so fast. Blakely obviously had no idea what was going on but we still wrapped her a few presents and she had lots of fun ripping the paper.

-Heidi got engaged and Ryan did too! Yay for Spring weddings! We are so excited for the newbies to join the family!

-New years was when Ryan got engaged so that was eventful but when the clock struck midnight, I was ringing the new year in bed feeding Blakely. Haha sounds so lame and downer but honestly I like low key things so it was just my style. We slept over at my parents and Curt stayed up until about 4:30 playing mario with Marc... such a little kid at heart, love him

-Brooke is PREGNANT with a BOY!!!

-Jamie is PREGNANT with a GIRL!!!

Since then time has flown. Blakely started sitting up the week before Christmas and it is so fun. She is now 6 months and is LOVING baby food. This is such a fun stage because she has so much personality and gets so excited and she shows SOO much expression. She is constantly making me laugh and keeping me on my toes. Her favorite game is when I drop her toys on the ground. Ill have to put up a video of it because I have never seen her laugh so hard as when we play that game. She has bad sleeping habits at night and neither Curt or I are much of routine people so I'm having a hard time establishing that but that is the joy of being able to stay home with her all day. It doesn't matter if your are still in your pj's playing at noon. We rarely make it out of the house any earlier than that anyway ha.

Curt has been traveling A LOT lately and sometimes I feel like a single mom ha. We miss him like crazy but are SO grateful for how hard he works for our family and for his good job when so many people are struggling with work. When he is home, a lot of nights are spent working on our house. Like I say, he is such a hard worker and never ever complains about his long days. Love him sooo much. Did I mention that he can do anything? He decided to tackle the electrical on our house to save some money and did it no sweat and just figured it out as he went.

I am having SO much fun picking out everything for our house. Oh it is like a dream. I have become obsessed with DIY and those design shows. Ill put pictures up of the house soon. We are hoping to be in within the next month or so. We are so stinking excited. We find just about any reason to drive by there once a day together. We are expecting you all to come over once it is done to play mario remember.. Wow we seem obsessed with Nintendo, promise were not.

And today I went and got pictures taken of Blakely by the amazing Julie Burton. She does such a good job and it was so much fun. I could not be more excited with the way they turned out. Go check out her blog, she has such good work. Julieburtonphotography.blogspot.com

If you ever need pictures done, she's your girl. She might be one of the nicest people I've ever met! I love my little munchkin so much. Everyday I wonder what in the world did I do all the time before I had her. She is such a little sweetheart and is sooo smiley. Enjoy...

Oh hello dimple bum!

Giggles

2009-12-16T15:10:00.000-08:00

Blakely has come up with a fake laugh...

Almost as cute as her real one

Mischief!

2009-12-09T16:57:00.000-08:00

But was it Blakely or Mom who got caught?

I came home from work today and Kelsie was in hurry to get to the gym. On the phone I told her to be ready so she could run out the door. I went into the room to find our baby and what do you know? Just as happy as can be playing on the bed with a bag of chocolate chips. She loves paper and similar stuff that makes a crackling sound!

Wait a minute... Chocolate chips? Is that safe?

Oh good. None in her mouth. Just on the bed.

On the Bed?! Who's gonna clean that up?

Awe Crap. Who's gonna clean that up?

After she made sure she didn't pee her pants laughing, all I can hear is "Good Luck Honey! I'll be home soon!" as she runs to her car...

I'm thinking about leaving it that way and telling people we have a brown horse, a black horse, and a paint...child!

Ho ho ho

2009-12-08T10:04:00.000-08:00

My little munchkin turned five months old yesterday...

So weird that she is closing in on a half a year. I swear a week ago I was running around the block to try to put myself into labor. It has been the best five months. Blakley is in the 'only mommy and daddy can hold me' phase. It is cute, but can get exhausting. It makes me never want to get a babysitter cause I know how sad she will be the whole time. I've said it before, but she is little miss sensitive. She will have a meltdown and then get over it and ten seconds later think about it again and decide she should be sad again. Love her. She is having the time of her life lately in her little saucer toy. It entertains her forever. She feels like such a big girl cause she can grab her binky and stick it in her mouth. She laughs and laughs (especially with Curt) and rolls and rolls. She loves music and dancing, it gets her so excited that she doesn't know what to do but kick her legs and shake. She has learned to scream when things are making her mad, and I think it's so funny. Probably one of her favorite new discoveries is water in a cup. She is in heaven if I give her little sips of it and freaks out if I take it away from her. She is such a good girl and her cheeks are still growing, I love them so much! She is my little snuggle bug and I love that her personality is shining through more and more everyday.

Today we had a little photo shoot that began like this

and ended like this....

Poor thing... and now she's asleep

Lets talk about something awesome

2009-12-02T19:55:00.000-08:00

Are you ready.....

The new Super Mario Brothers game on the wii!!! It is a mix of all the mario games and it is SOOO fun! It may be my favorite of them all! Now we gotta get Jamie and Mike over to battle. muhahahaha... or anyone else that would like to come.

That is all. over.and.out.

Tagged by Kaitlin

2009-12-01T09:15:00.000-08:00

1. Where is your cell phone? Kitchen table
2. Your hair? Haven't touched it since I woke up! ponytail
3. Your mother? My best friend and go to person
4. Your father? Is a jokster and very tender and thoughtful
5. Your favorite food? mexican
6. Your dream last night? not sure, but I always have weird funny dreams
7. Your favorite drink? Water, chocoalte silk soymilk mmmm!
8. Your dream/goal? Have a beach house in cali of course
9. What room are you in? well the barn is basically one room ha... the kitchen
10. Your hobby? Blakely, and picking out everything for our new house!
11. Your fear? spiders
12. Where do you want to be in six years? doing what Im doing now but with a few more little ones running around
13. Where were you last night? Barn.. costco..hanging out with Curt, Blakley, and the famous Tommy
14. Something you aren’t? very disciplined
15. Muffins? whatever is around
16. Wish list item? fully decorated house right after we move in
17. Where did you grow up? Draper
18. Last thing you did? fed the babe and changed her diaper
19. What are you wearing? PJ's at 10:30 am... not to bad
20. TV? me and my lover LOVE movies!
21. Your pets? Not no more
22. Your friends? Best friends with the same girls from junior high and high school. Love them
23. Your life? changed a lot in the last five months and is the best and most rewarding thing
24. Your mood? Blakely and I are still in our pj's... of course were in good moods
25. Missing someone? Maybe Tilly
26. Vehicle? LR3
27. Something you’re not wearing? socks, shoes, makeup
28. Your favorite store? Costco and baby stores!
29. Your favorite color? depends on the item
30. When was the last time you laughed? On the phone with Curt a minute ago.. apparently when he got in bed after me last night and tried to snuggle, I was a floppy dead fish.
31. When was the last time you cried? Thanksgiving weekend
32. Your best friend? Turt, mom/sisters
33. One place that you go over and over? Where our new house is being built... over and over
34. One person who e-mails me regularly? naartjie, babies r us, gap, pottery barn. hate those emails. Im not much of an emailer
35. Favorite place to eat? the inevitable Cafe Rio and lately we have been on a thai food kick

I tag my sister in laws and anyone else who reads my blog!

Furniture Hill Billy

2009-11-10T15:32:00.003-08:00

Your furniture is here...

Life is Good

2009-11-08T22:17:00.000-08:00

Blakely woke up tonight crying because she had kicked off all her blankets and was cold. She needed some snuggle time. I picked her up and got in my bed with her and she nuzzled right into me and fell back asleep almost instantly. Curt was a little jealous of me so he came and joined in the snuggle and we had a moment. I think I could have laid like that forever. I love my little family. I cant really put into words how special it is to take care of a little baby who needs you, trusts you, and feels safe with you. This little girl melts Curt and I...

P.S. the downside to living in a barn... a huge mother of a spider just crawled right next to my arm REALLY fast. I dont do well with these things. And have I mentioned my sixth sense for them? It is real... Thank goodness Curt has such macho muscles

3 Months!!!

2009-10-07T20:20:00.001-07:00

Little Blakely is three months old today!!! New things she is discovering...

She Loves TV!!! It is so funny. We can take her to movies and she doesn't make a peep. She watches watches watches... then crashes. So today I took some friends advice and put on baby einstein while I took a shower and got ready and had she was so entertained the whole 30 minutes and I had no interruptions! It was pretty great! (no Im not gonna be the mom who just puts her kid in front of a tv to make them happy, although it kinda already seems like I am) but those 30 minutes were heaven!

Rolling over! Yesterday I put her on her tummy which she loves and she just propped herself up and rolled over. It was so awesome! It almost seemed accidental by the look on her face but she did it again later that day. She has never even made a move towards rolling over and then all the sudden yesterday she did it!

Drooling and putting everything in her mouth. She especially loves her thumb and fingers! She even managed to give me a hickey on my arm the other day!

Smiling, giggling, drooling, and being my little buddy! Plus she is so ticklish! I swear she couldn't be more like Curt! I love it! Being a mom is by far the most rewarding thing ever!

Lately...

2009-09-27T22:06:00.001-07:00

Ok Ok you can all stop feeling bad for me cause funny story... the people who bought Tilly called two days later and told us there dog and Tilly were getting into it pretty bad and they didn't think they were the right fit for her!!! Hooray!!! I was just praying something would happen like that haha! She's back for good folks, I am not going through that again hopefully ever!!! But thanks for all the support, really did make me feel better!

Blakely...

We blessed her a few weeks ago and it was such a special day. Curt said so many sweet things and the spirit was so strong. Im so grateful to have someone who honors his Priesthood and uses it to strengthen us. Thanks to everyone who came and supported us and brought food! It meant so much to us and we are so thankful!

Blakely had her two month appt. and got her shots, boo. She is getting so big! She weighed in at a whopping 13 pounds (95%) and 23.5 inches (90%)... we are loving her humongo cheeks and rolls !! Ooo I could just kiss those cheeks all day. She has changed soooo much and it is soooo fun! She is almost three months now and I cant believe how alert she is and how much she makes us laugh. She has most definitely found her voice and LOVES to hear herself. It is to cute. She is all smiles after she wakes up and will just talk and talk and smile and smile. We went to St. George over the weekend and she has some toys over her carseat to try to keep her happy in the car (she HATES car rides) and they have helped, but anyway... she puts her arms in the air and swipes them to make them jingle! And this is no accident! She does it forever and loves it! She is such a lover and is pretty sensitive! She knows when someone besides her mommy or daddy are holding her and she gets the saddest little frown and cry haha. She just loves to snuggle and I love that she will still let me. The other day I got her to giggle for reals! Oh it was so adorable and she is so ticklish... and best of all... SHE SLEEPS THROUGH THE NIGHT!!!!! Well basically! She goes seven or eight hour stretches then I feed her and she goes back to sleep until about ten usually! She loves to sleep in and I love that she loves it! It just gets more fun everyday and every stage seems to be the best until she does the next thing and then of course that is the best! Geez I love this girl!

We are building a house!!! We are so excited to spread the wings, although the barn has been so good to us and will always be the favorite! But my parents lot that it's on is sold so we gots to move on... luckily we can stay here until the house is finished. Were supposed to close on the financing this week and then we are good to go!!! Yay!!! We found a lot in a neighborhood that we LOVE in Bluffdale. My handy hottie is doing tons of the work so we cant wait to get started.

...until next time... go to Five Guys!!! Mmmm!!

Does anyone know how to make the picture slideshows in a post??

Tilly

2009-09-21T21:19:00.000-07:00

Had to give her away today...

Talk about a ROUGH and emotional day that ended in a monstrous headache from all the tears.

Loved her lots!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Am I feeling bad for myself or what...

Sad day

Pictures!

2009-08-21T09:43:00.000-07:00

We got pictures taken of Blakely when she was about a month and it was so fun! Especially when Blakely peed not once but three times on the photographers props and pooped once! Kinda embarrassing! All credit goes to Julie Burton (julieburtonphotography.blogspot.com) she made it so fun and laid back and did such a good job!...

We also just got back from the most relaxing and amazing trip to Cabo with the Neiders! It was such a blast! More of that to come!

One month!

2009-08-08T16:22:00.001-07:00

Blakely is a month old as of tuesday so actually she is now almost five weeks. Time has flown. She already doesn't feel like the tiny little newborn I brought home from the Hospital, she has changed so much. When we went to her two week appt. she was nine pounds and 21 inches so she is growing so good! She is filling out so much and I love her chubby cheeks. She is going to be in Kindergarten before I know it and I dont want to forget all the fun things she does and the progress she is always making. So here goes...

-When she was two weeks old she smiled at me while she was awake! She has been smiling in her sleep since she was born pretty much but it was so fun to have her smile while I was talking to her. She smiles all the time now!

-She is so strong! She can hold her head up for a good amount of time and has been able to for a few weeks...

-When I talk to her, she follows my face and starts kicking her legs and flailing her arms because she is so excited! It is so funny!

-She is the funniest sleeper! I could watch it all day because it's so entertaining. She stretches and yawns and grunts for like ten minutes before she finally decides to wake up. She is also such a dreamer. Her faces she makes while she's sleeping are so full of personality! Im going to video it and I'll put it on here sometime.

-She hates to be bundled up tight in a blanket unless she is freezing or just got out of the bath. Otherwise, she LOVES to sprawl out. Especially when she is asleep.

-She is SOOO cuddly!

-I love the Celine Dion lullaby song called "Sleep Tight" so I sing it to Blakely when she is restless and it settles her right down. She loves it!

-She is so content and peaceful and happy, but when I have to use the bulb to clear her nose out, nothing makes her more mad! She HATES!!! But who wouldn't?

-She loves sleeping on Curts chest and loves when he talks to her. Pretty stinkin cute to watch the two of them!

She is such a good baby, I have so much fun with her everyday snuggling ang taking naps! I hardly get anything done because all I want to do is lay around with her! I might as well soak it up because once I have 2 kids, that doesn't seem as easy to do! I absolutely adore her, I never imagined it would be this fun and easy! We got her pictures taken on Monday and the photographer was so good with her and did such a good job! she put one up on her blog but Ill share more when we get them back!

Summer Lovin'

2009-08-05T09:10:00.001-07:00

We just got back from the annual Newport trip with the Neeley's! It was a blast! This year was even better bringing along the babe. The weather was perfect the whole time and Blakely was a dream come true. She was such a trooper the whole time. We took a beach tent to the beach and hung out in that everyday and she was a gem. We couldn't have asked for it to be better. She didn't hardly make a peep the whole drive to get to Newport or home. Highlights of the trip include:

-Sea World!!!! A place where dreams come true haha! may sound cheesy but it is honestly my dream job to be a trainer there. I think it would be magical, so I was like a little kid at Christmas when we watched all the shows.

-Spending time with the family!

-Cotton Candy... me and curt love our cotton candy

-Bike rides on the boardwalk (in my case rollerblading while pushing a stroller)

-Balboa Island. One day I hope to be a trillionaire so Curt and I can retire in a beach house there thank you.

-Swimming in the ocean. I cant get enough of it

-TK Burgers... enough said

-Eating yummy food all the time

-walking the pier

-doughnut shop for breakfast (Curt loves)

-All the random people you see down there

-obstacle courses on the beach and having old Joni from another crowd come try it out

-Ryan taking the green machine ghetto bike and crashing a little BMX show by riding on a ramp and getting kicked off... hilarious!!! oh wait he fell off the baordwalk while riding that bike and spilled right into the sand, pretty classic too!

-Some went to an Angels game, others went shopping... Brookes shirt ripped almost all the way down the seam on her back that night and none of us noticed til the night was over.

-Chronic Tacos... thank you Curt

-Being with my lover and Blakely all week was also such a treat!

The list could go on and on. Newport will always be a favorite!

This little swim suit Blakely has on was a present from the McCulloughs and it is the cutest thing you've ever seen. The bum has ruffles and says juicy haha. Thanks Cait and Aunt Natalie for keeping the babe stylish!
Marc is oulling Curt in the boogie board straight into the wave... It was pretty funny in person

Our little chunky Monkey Angel

Curt doing what he does best at the beach! He LOVES to make sand castles and they are his trademark!
We did some family pictures out on the beach one night. We've never done it before but Kass had the idea and it was really fun!

Poor Blakely was so cold that her legs and arms are purple! Still, she didn't fuss one bit. I promise we wrapped her up whenever she wasnt in a picture!

We could not get her to stop staring right at Curt. It was so cute. He has the touch!

Gangs all here... (name the movie anyone??)

Purple... but I love this one anyway

Nana and Papa
Nana holding Blakely while we played!
Little Kolbster

We stayed down a little further on the beach this year than usual and the water was so much prettier and the sand so much softer!

Get a good look. Every year I swear I ahve the best pictures of my Dad asleep at the beach and this year did not disappoint. If you can see close, it is hilarious. Poor guy was soooo sunburned the last two days! He is such a teddy bear of a dad!
This is the work of Marc and Curt once again
Presley was so fun at the beach. She LOVED the sand and would even hold the sick little sandcrabs.
Taking naps. Love this picture!!!
Curt is so romantic haha
Balboa... and bed hair

Blakely Ann

Everyone waiting patiently while I feed the baby
Jackson got my Mom in the water! This is kind of a big deal! Haven't seen it in years! She HATES to be cold!

Heaven Sent

2009-07-15T17:32:00.000-07:00

After Curts adorable post of introducing little miss Blakely I just have to add the story and more pictures! She is such a doll. I don't think I could be more in love. The mama bear has come out in me and I love her more than words can even describe. It's an amazing feeling. The whole time it seemed so surreal to me that I was actually going to become a Mom. There are so many unknowns and worries and scares and everything was washed away as soon as I laid eyes on her. I love seeing Curt being a Daddy. Going through this whole experience has brought new meaning and depth to our marriage and the love I feel for him.

Blakelys birth:

Ok so I was overdue... and very anxious to be done being pregnant and to meet our baby. we had a long tease of being dilated to a four for 2 weeks. It seemed like my body was kinda stuck. I was going to have to be induced on Sat. the 11th if I didnt kick into gear by then and I really wanted my body to go into labor on it's own. So after talking to my doula she suggested to go to a chiropractor that could adjust me and maybe align my pelvis up to encourage the baby to rotate so labor could begin. Also she told me a little concoction that I could drink if I got desperate. So I went and got adjusted which seemed like it did nothing and that night I stayed up all night so I could drink all three doses of the concoction. I definitley overdid it. 3/4 of the concoction was strong laxatives that are supposed to irritate your bowels and thats supposed to start the uterus to contract. But whatever, I knew it would make me feel sick so I decided if I was gonna do it, I was gonna do all of it to make sure it would work. I took the last dose at 3:30am and contractions started at 4:30am and they were strong and every 2 min. so I thought for sure a lot of progress had been made! I wanted to stay home as long as possible since I was a slave to the toilet, so at about 6:30 we went to the hospital. I was still only dilated to a 4 and I was kinda bummed. The nurses were way mad that I drank this concoction because it supposedly makes your contractions a lot stronger and crampier than usual so sometimes it can make people think they are well into labor when they really aren't. Anyway, I went to the bathroom and my water broke. I planned on not having an epidural and my midwife and doula and I were all on the same page about everything, but my midwife was out of town. So I was nervous things wouldn't turn out but the midwife on call was awesome and everything went as planned! I pushed for 2 hours and was so exhausted from getting no sleep that I fell asleep between contractions. Don't ask me how but it's hilarious on the video it shows people trying to encourage and talk to me and Im out. Somehow the contractions got less painful towards the end. Before Blakely was born the midwife stepped out to call my midwife who was out of town to tell her I was having a baby and right when she did, the babies head came out! So she rushed back in finished delivering her. Pushing her out was the least painful part and I was so surprised. I thought for sure that part would be awful but it was relieving! There you have it, Blakely Ann Neider born at 11:16 am and perfect! Curt was the biggest champ and I couldn't have gone through labor without him. He was by my side everysecond making sure I was comrtable. I couldn't be more lucky.

Brastfeeding has gone great and we pretty much have it down. She never cries unless she is cold or gets frustrated when she's eating. It feels so good to have her here and to be able to hold her. I don't miss being pregnant except every once in a while I think I feel her move in my tummy and then realize there's nothing there except a bowl full of jelly. We feel so blessed and love her so much. She changes all the time so Im sure our blog is going to turn into the proud mom blog.

I dont think I would know what to do without my moms help and advice! She has been SOO great!

Our overall family cuteness has gone up!

2009-07-10T13:46:00.000-07:00

Presenting:

Blakely Ann Neider

aka "Happy Baby"

(Especially between Midnight and 6 AM)

Born July 7, 2009

@ 11:16 AM

8 Lbs 4.5 Oz

20 Inches

All packed up for the ride home.

Approving of her new bedroom.

Resemblance:

Eyes - Unknown

Ears - Unknown

Mouth - Unknown

Nose - Unknown

Ability to Sleep - Neider

Mattress with a built-in Warmer.

Dressed to Kill.

P.S. - Our potty trained dog who is jealous, has started peeing on the floor again to get attention. So fun.

Toe Tapping

2009-06-27T17:12:00.000-07:00

In my 40th week and loving my balloon feet and ankles not to mention the classic comments and pity looks I get everywhere! Ha being pregnant is a wonderful miracle, but we are ready to get this little girly here so we can cuddle her. The last two weeks have kinda been a tease with contractions coming and going and dilating a little more each week. On Thursday I was dilated to almost a 4 and 70% effaced so my midwife stripped my membranes which didn't do anything for me. Really I can't complain for dilating to a four with no pain! The progression is just so slow and Im so anxious!!! My Lover had his 27th Birthday on wednesday and got the Wii fit so we have used it to try to get things rolling. HA! It's just so intense and strenuous, it's bound to work. It did tell me I was obese so I have taken hula hooping very seriously! Im proud of our little girly for staying in and cooking this whole time! Hopefully she's a chunk! Funny thing is Im not even overdue so what am I saying? The last month is kinda killer but I've been told that you have to get to this point in order to appreciate it and want to go through labor so bring it on! Any suggestions or advice?

Vitamin Eeee!!!!

2009-06-13T08:47:00.000-07:00

So I was at the gas station the other day getting a laffy taffy and minding my own business when I hear someone yelling Kowsie Kowsie... So I look up and lo and behold from across the whole gas station is my old boss from the last salon I worked at. (there was kind of a falling out with our relationship. Kidding, but to be kind and to the point she is kind of a different duck. Also she's from Lous, hence the "Kowsie").... Anyway, I looked up and saw it was her and this is exactly how the conversation went...(keep in mind she is yelling and there are plenty of other customers in the gas station all just staring)

Me: Oh hey, how are you?
Paiwan: You pregnant. (She was making a statement, not a suggestion, and no hello? Huh?)

Now I'm getting embarrassed

Me: Uh... yep
Paiwan: When you baby come?
Me: Just a few weeks now!
Paiwan: You belly itch? (still yelling across the gas station, people still staring)
Me: Uhhh, kinda
Paiwan: Use Vitamin E!!!

And that was the end. No hello, no goodbye. She turned around, I bought my laffy taffy and ducked out so people would stop staring. Bet she couldn't wait to go tell the rest of the Salon! Pretty Classic!

Progress??

2009-06-03T15:44:00.000-07:00

Went to my weekly midwife appt. today and I had to get the group B strep test done so while she was at it, she "checked" me to see where we were at! I am proud to announce that my cervix is softening and is dilated to almost a one! HA! What does this mean?? Pretty much nothing! HA! Still, I thought it was cool. There is no going back! Also we attempted to do a little night boating to take the boat out for a test run and it was unsuccessful but, we still got photos! There is a bare picture of my belly down there that is pretty large so if this makes you uncomfortable, whatever, you've been warned. It's just too funny a picture to not share!

Viola... a big old bare belly at at 36 weeks, or about 37? Looks so big when I'm sitting down!

This little kid is going to be a lady killer

Papa Bear

Monster Slip n' Slide

2009-06-02T10:11:00.001-07:00

During Memorial weekend we were looking for something fun to do outside so Curt and Marc came up with the idea of a big slip and slide. Curt and I went to home depot and bought a hundred foot piece of visqueen and went to all a dollar and to get some dish soap. You can go crazy in that store. That's definitley where we are taking our kids for their birthdays and they can have whatever they want haha!! I made Curt buy a 18-24 month old shirt and it is quite the sight! His shirt and my floral pants with the goggles and hat are the perfect match! Good times.

Side note... I have a new love thanks to my big sister. Naartjie.com might have the cutest baby girl clothes in the world and they are having an online sale right now. FYI For all you momma's out there...

My man

Kolbinator the shirt says little pilot... little pilot and the big floral marshmallow
Marcus and Tilly

Burke and Kolbinator in a heated pool
Sweet
Pres and Kass, spectators

My man spreading the suds

Night up the canyon

2009-05-22T09:21:00.000-07:00

The other night we went up Millcreek Canyon with Johnny and Ashley and ate dinner and has s'mores! It was so fun! That canyon is so pretty, it makes me wonder why I dont take advantage of our mountains more. Anyway we had lots of fun! Johnny and Ashley are getting ready to move to Panama for at least a year so we are trying to sucker them into hanging out with us before they leave! They brought their puppy who is only six months old but towers Tilly and they literally ran each other around all night. Tilly was trying so hard to keep up with Daisy and her energy but she had to take breaks every few minutes. It was so funny. By the time we left they were grey and covered in ashes on their whole body so we made them jump in the freezing river. All in all, a way fun night that needs to be repeated all Summer!

Curt preparing the fire

Roasting marshmallows. I am getting bigger by the day. My exploding face is very attractive

My hottie and Johnny and Ashley

The Panama duo

They were the entertainment for the night

Tilly was SO worn out that as soon as we got in the car she parked on the floor and didn't move an inch until we were home and made her get up. She was out!

Here's the lovely bump. This was taken on Mothers Day so I am bigger today, but you get the idea. Im just starting 35 weeks today and I cant believe she's almost here! We just finished our birthing classes last night. cheer! They were fun, but long, very long. Curt was such a good sport! Every Thursday for the last six weeks we spent three hours there. We loved them though! I feel great, but huge and swollen. I feel bad for all you pregnant ladies out there that have to go through the whole Summer being pregnant! I am always hot and it's so hard to sleep! But it's all worth it and I really do love being pregnant and feeling her move all day everyday! That never gets old and Im going to miss it! We are so excited to meet this baby! Five more weeks!

Pretty senseless ... as a youth?

2009-04-25T11:52:00.001-07:00

Heidi is here having her hair done by the beautiful Kelsie. (She's a hottie.)

So we've been telling some random funny stories and somehow (For Adam's nameless sake...) "popping in" came up. You know, "popping in" like, "I was in the neighborhood so I thought I'd pop in."

I recalled a funny story from my youth. When I was in like sixth grade, I used to ride my bike pretty long distances. One day I was up by the McCullough's (Yes, in Sixth grade on a bike about 10 miles across the city.) and I thought it would be fun to pop in and say hi. At this point I wasn't the ball of confidence that I pretend now. I didn't realize you can just "pop in." So I faked a flat so that I had a reason. Funny part is, I didn't have enough sense to actually let the air out of one of my tires. So after I hung out with my Aunt Natalie and cousins for a while, Megan came out with me to help me fix the tire. ... Sure enough, no flat. I'm sure I felt pretty retarded, and I've always wondered what she must have thought.

That ever happen to you? ...Hope not...

One Year Anniversary, Easter, R.I.P. Oskar Meyer Weiner

2009-04-15T17:22:00.000-07:00

Ready for a long, jam packed, crazy cool, edge of your seat post? GOOD

*As a sidenote* This blog kind of serves as my version of a journal since that is something I am horrible at, SO the following info might have you feeling like your watching a Disney movie/ you might be thinking "oh no"!! But who cares, because it's my blog and ill cry if I want to!

YOU'VE BEEN WARNED!!!

My little sis is living in Hawaii so she missed out on all this so I told her I'd blog it so she could be updated...

And anyway Im mostly only referring to the most recent thing... our litte weiner dog named Oskar died today. So so so sad. I am kind of a huge huge animal lover, it's in my blood. Also, Oskar was my birthday present when I turned ten. So this is kind of a big deal with us Neeley's. Oh I was SO excited when my Mom had him waiting for me in her car at the end of the day when I thought she maybe forgot to get me a birthday present... Anyway, tens years old pretty much means he is everyones dog/ my mom would take care of the messy stuff. So, I cant really say he was mine. Anyway, we kind of live in a barn, which means that there are horses and the other day they got their feet trimmed. This day is heaven for the dogs because they LOVE to eat the shavings. GROSS!!!! But Oskar was morbidly obese and would eat anything and everything in sight so go figure. My parents left for St. George and I was in charge of four dogs and they went hay wire on these hoof shavings. Not good. Oskar started acting all weird and I took him to the vet for like 3 hours!! Just me and old Oskar. Things were not looking good, so my Mom had him hauled to St. George so she could try to nurse him back. He was all backed up and wouldn't eat or drink for a week. My cute mom even gave him IV fluids and everything. So after a week of this, my Mom called me this morning and asked me to go woth her to the vet for him to be put to sleep because he was in so much pain and just not getting better. I agreed, and by the time we were about to leave he died on his own. Poor Oskar. It was heartbreaking. Of course we buried him in the backyard and said our little goodbyes...

Jackson added a little easter egg in there and Donkey from Shrek haha

On a happier note....

April 11th was our one year Anniversary!!! This year has flown. I can remember the smallest details still of when we met and our wedding day. Times flies when your happy. We were already in St. George for Easter weekend, so we decided to spend a night in Vegas to celebrate. We had a blast! the best seafood dinner buffet at Mandalay Bay and just hanging out with the two of us! I love my life! I love my perfect Husband who will be the best Dad in the world! Every little kid loves him! He has more energy to give to them than I can find in a week. I love how many memories we have made in this last year! He treats me like a Queen and I feel so lucky everyday to have him all to myself! He is my best friend and makes me laugh til I about pee my pants ha! Hope I can make him as happy as he makes me! Here's to a million more memories and years to come!

Im tired of typing... But in St. George we went on this really fun hike that had little waterfalls and pools all over and Curt and Marc and Ryan all jumped in! The water was freezing, but it was so much fun!Curts motto: "If Im gonna jump, I might as well belly flop"

Decisions Decisions...

2009-04-07T23:43:00.000-07:00

Just finished watching Seven Pounds for the first time. It was depressing...
Some people say not to tell everyone the names you have picked for your baby because people will give you more of an opinion than you want or whatever blah blah blah. We have been pretty set on the name Marlie, until recently Im thinking I need back-ups in case Marlie just isn't the right fit. I think I have a runner up, and I wanna know what ya'll think just for fun. Im kinda starting to love it almost as much as Marlie. Dont take it to personally if I dont take your opinion to heart...
Marlie or Blakely???

PS.. If you dont like either, dont worry, it's not your kid haha

Ninja = Bad A

2009-04-06T11:13:00.000-07:00

Our blog is like our life. She's the cute one, I'm the funny one...

My favorite is when the guy thinks he is gonna kick the orange off the bad guys head!!!

Scattered update

2009-03-31T18:35:00.000-07:00

Kelsie here... just hanging out alone like a loser and blog stalking while my hottie is at the YM open house. Then I thought maybe I should update my own blog if I feel entitled to snoop at other peoples all the time. Im not to creative and nothing extremely funny has happened to me lately except for peeing my pants the other day (from laughing of course) (I will spare details). Nobody ever told me that when your farther into your pregnancy when you gotta go pee... you gotta go, and it just hits you and it's hard to hold it. HAHA too much information?? I've been trying to find a rocking chair/recliner that was a decent price and that had fabric that I liked and I had no such luck, so me and curt have a new project of trying to reupholster one ourselves. It has begun and I am thinking I am crazy and cheap. It's just not as simple as I anticipated. The baby nursery has been cleaned and painted, and I'd say were halfway there with filling it up with furniture. My handy husband put bead board up for me which I was really excited about! Ill put up some updated pictures once it's all finished. I have this constant bug in my head wanting to get the baby room all ready. Im twenty seven weeks along now, so I'm in the home stretch. By that I mean 2/3 of the way there. I love being pregnant! I have been so lucky to feel good for the most part of it! The baby already wakes me up around the same time every morning from kicking me. I can see her rolling across my stomach and it is amazing, really! I could sit and watch my tummy forever. She is so active! We are so so excited!

Lindsay and Corby's wedding!

The bridesmaids... these are the only pictures I have of the whole wedding. I dont have any of the Bride and Groom. Pretty lame.

How did Tilly get so chunky? She always looks so funny when she is sleeping

My hottie! Wearing his scout clothes for his deacons! Love him

The babe at 26 weeks
Our dog likes x-men

Baby room after (almost done) Im usually not really a pink fan but I decided to spread my wings for the babe

Before (once a baby boys room from my sis)

2009-03-12T10:57:00.001-07:00

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!

2009-03-12T10:52:00.000-07:00

Just for Clarification, those are definitley words from Curt aka the movie The Break-up....
Not posted by Kelsie. Only Curt can get away with something that awesome

2009-03-11T21:21:00.000-07:00

Fate leaves me highly skilled and loaded with talent...

-The TeamNeider

They say absence makes the heart grow fonder!!??

2009-03-03T10:19:00.000-08:00

Or is it just torture after this long? Who wants to go to Hawaii for ten days and leave this at home? Not me ever again! I have absolutely enjoyed having a girls trip BUT... Love him madly! Miss him like crazy! Three more days!

Come home love! I just submitted to a copy and paste post!

2009-03-01T21:19:00.000-08:00

Italicized have been accomplished!

1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept on an overnight train
21. Had a pillow fight
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when you’re not ill
24. Built a snow fort
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon
28. Ridden in a gondola in Venice
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagara Falls in person
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen an Amish community
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
63. Got flowers for no reason (Bought)
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi Concentration Camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. .
70.Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. Totally copied a post from someone else's blog to your own (I have now!)

If I've done 53 of the 100, does that mean my life's half over, that I'm only living to half my potential, or that I'm a half-wit, half-brain, or half breed? Should I use this as my list of things that I want to accomplish and see how quickly I can accomplish them, should i make a list of truly original and fulfilling items that will have true significance to me, or should I just keep waiting patiently for Kels to get home to me so I can forget all about the list and continue in my simple yet happy existence full of run-on sentences?

Hahahahaha!!!

2009-02-26T19:28:00.000-08:00

I guess now you know what Curt does when Kelsie's out of town...

Halfway!!

2009-02-11T16:34:00.000-08:00

Not much is new here at the Neider barn pad. But I have reached the halfway mark! Im in the 20th week and it has gone by so fast. My belly has popped in the last month and I can feel the babe moving all the time which is the most amazing thing. I always thought it would feel so weird and foreign but it doesn't. It feels so normal like it's just a part of your body that wiggles around. Im praying that she comes out maybe half as big as her daddy (oh yes, he was almost 12 pounds, dont know how Rosy did it!) Were not sure how long we'll be able to take advantage of our living situation, so I haven't done much "nesting" yet. I went to pottery barn and found this butterfly chandelier thingy that was made out of paper that I thought was just magical but it was 80 bucks!! It didn't look to complicated, so I decided to make it on my own. Total price doing it homemade.... about $22! I love a good deal! Yesterday, Curt came home with the best surprise! He found a salon on craigslist that was getting rid of their station chair and sink and chair for a screaming deal and came home and surprised me with them. Im sooo excited to have a future salon in my house asap! No more hanging your head over the kitchen sink. Curt is such a hottie. Life is good and I am a lucky lucky girl!

$22 Homemade version

$80 Pottery Barn version

The babe at 20 weeks

Tilly fell asleep like this with the cord in her mouth... pretty funny

Happy Valentine's Day!

Tagged

2009-01-26T10:44:00.000-08:00

I am: so annoyed with my crazy dog right now! Right after I typed that she really almost just choked to death, sad :(
I want: a healthy baby
I have: a nasty cold
I dislike: HAM!!! and the cold weather
I miss: seeing my girlfriends as much
I fear: that I wont be a good mom, so many unknowns!
I feel: so blessed
I hear: Tilly chewing on an empty water bottle
I crave: cheeto puffs, spaghettios, and crisp bean burritos the last couple weeks. I am healthy!!!

I usually: wake up before Curt
I search: the internet for the quilt for the babies bedding all the time, it's sold out and I have everything but the quilt haha!
I wonder: honestly, how Curt wasn't already snatched up when I met him
I regret: quitting gymnastics when I was younger
I love: Curtis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I care: about the realtionships in my life
I always: throw my clothes on the floor and in piles
I worry: about the baby all the time, always worrying something might go wrong
I remember: It's my little brothers 7th b-day on Wednesday, crazy!!
I believe: dreams come true
I sing: in the shower, car, everywhere that music is playing!
I try not to: act on my emotions
I don't always: think before I say things
I argue: over pointless things most of the time
I write: poorly
I win: huh? I feel like this is a weird phrase to finish
I lose: games against Curt almost everytime we play
I wish: it was warm!
I listen: in big groups of people a lot more than I talk
I dont understand: why my dog just chewed up the second pair of my favorite costco boots, ruined! I even started to cry for a sec haha, I cant count how many things she has ruined
I can usually be found in: the barn!!
I forget: when Im watering the horses, and then I flood the stall, just happened yesterday
I am happy: most of the time!
I tag: whoever, I think Im the last person to fill this one out haha

A little laugh...

2009-01-08T21:56:00.000-08:00

So I was cruising through my phone today while waiting for an appointment and what do you know.

I found this video.

I'll explain.

A couple of months ago while Kelsie and her friends were having girls night out, Jaks and I went golfing up at South Mountain. For the ladies, South Mountain is a hilly treacherous course. It is full of gulches and hills and trees.

So Jaks has this tough shot were he is hitting uphill and right in from of him is a burm. (berm? burghm? byrm? behrm?)

Watch him TRY to hit the ball over.

200% Sure!!!

2009-01-05T20:32:00.000-08:00

Just have to announce that it really is a girl!!! Little baby Marlee is cooking in the oven! The guy at fetal fotos said he was now 200% sure that it was a girl! We are so excited! It is so fun to see her move around and touch her face, and so crazy how much is developing and happening each week! She already feels like a little miracle to me! We cannot wait to meet her!

She's almost upside down here so it's hard to see much, but you can see her cute little lips and nose so I love this one!

This is her little bum and legs!

***Funny Pages***

In the middle of the night last night I woke up to Curt breathing really uneven and weird and he kept holding his breath so I got a little worried and woke him up and asked him if he was ok and if he was dreaming. He was still halfway asleep, but this is what he said "yeah I'm in the polar ice caps," then he rolled over and was back asleep. Apparently he was freezing! Haha I cant get over how funny it was. Im such a light sleeper and there is not a night where Curt doesn't sleep talk so I get to hear lot's of it! Like the one time he called me Ariel and then Barbie and I asked him what the heck he was talking about and he said isn't that what Ken calls her??? SOO random and SOO funny!!!

Santa Clause

2008-12-30T19:34:00.000-08:00

Santa Clause came. Came and left. Left TOO much with the help of family. (specifically Parents! *Thanks*) Luckily he is only too perceptive of what we need!

Best gift so far came from a OBGYN from Lithuania on Christmas Eve. You see, he was our tech at "Fetal Fotos" who told us we had a solid 90% chance of a little chicky coming. By chicky, I mean Chick. As in, it is a GIRL. Oo, oo, oo, oo, ooooo! And since it is only 90% (and he admitted being wrong about his own daughter's baby because she was this early.) we would never rush out and get any girl specific clothing or linens. Tee-he-he. ; )

Dull Superficial People Continue Here -
Moving on. DO NOT watch LOST or HEROES. When I say don't, I mean in the fashion of "Don't eat the bean dip." or "Don't eat the brownies." As a movie lover, I have never been a huge fan of TV show cause waiting for next week to come is BORING! But we recently found out a deliciously time consuming secret. (if you find one that came out a few years ago it is like watching a twenty hour long movie that can be continued at anytime. at your disposal you have a movie that doesn't ever have to be over.) Unless of course, you get to the ende of ALL of the seasons and then are left in the same predicament of not having a thrilling movie. Once you are to this point you have no other choice but to:

Intelligent and Engaged People -
I got started on my Christmas reading this week. Thanks you Kassidy for Anthem by Ayn Rand. If you have an odd sense that likes books that you recognize as being probably deeper than your comprehension, this is one for you. It's a 2 hour read.

A Whole New World

2008-12-11T21:32:00.000-08:00

You have to watch this all the way through! You definitley wont expect what's coming, but just watch! When I saw it I really wasn't sure how to react?? It really is his vocals throughout the whole thing. He has a bunch or other videos of him doing solo duets. So crazy/weird/funny/cool/talented

New York New York

2008-12-10T23:33:00.000-08:00

Me and my baby got to go to New York this last weekend and it was a blast. There is no place like it. It was just so dang cold and stinky. It made it hard to be excited to walk around a lot! BUT, we did get to see Michael Buble in concert which was the only thing we actually planned before we got there. I LOVE concerts and Michael Buble was in my top two for shows that I have been dying to see. It was everything I imagined! Curt loved it too. He was such a good performer and so funny! We also managed to get tickets to see Wicked last second, which was fabulous, and its a must see when they come to Salt Lake on tour. We went to Radio City hall to see the Rocketts Christmas Spectacular and it was really festive! In the end though, there really is no place like home. New York is so busy and nobody is very friendly. It was so nice to come home to our quiet streets and neighborhood! Forgot to mention that on the ride home, I got to sit behind a man that was asleep and literally farted every two minutes for the ENTIRE five and a half hour flight. Even Curt was grossed out, that says a lot! I tried to say loudly a bunch of times how stinky it was and how gross it was to do that on a plane when were all stuck together. Pretty sure I embarrassed Curt

This is the World Trade Center towers under construction!

Ironic

Ice Skating in central park, where they Ice skated in Serendipity!

I fed all the squirrels a some candy bar and Curt was loving the camera and learning new tricks

There were so many things in Rockafeller center that made the streets so festive

You cant go to FAO schwartz and not get bulk candy!

The famous tree

Just loved this show!!!!!!!

Times Square

Where's the Statue of Liberty?

2008-11-24T21:48:00.000-08:00

I think I change the blog background more often than I actually post. Easier...
Hmmm, today at school I felt like I was my awkward self back in eighth grade again. Standing up in front of people makes my heart feel like it's going to fall out of my chest and I start to sweat. It's uncontrollable and really racks my nerves. So lame, because it was in a tiny class, no one was listening and I only had to suck it up for 3 minutes! Who blogs about this?
....We have our first appointment tomorrow with our midwife to meet her and hear the babies heartbeat!!!! It will finally feel real!!
Happy Thanksgiving!!

St. George

2008-11-13T10:03:00.000-08:00

This last weekend we went to St. George just to relax with the family and get one more glimpse of some warm weather in the midst of the snowstorm here at home. It was beautiful weather until the day we came home which worked for us! There was more football games watched than I think I have watched in a lifetime! A game of settlers of catan was always going as soon as it was dark (we have converted the whole family, almost), swimming, eating, hikes in snow canyon, Bear Paw Cafe (the BEST breakfast you will ever have!!!!!!), madagascar 2, oh and more eating! It was a perfect dose of playtime and relaxing to get ready for a long winter!

Baby Presley!!

Yes, Tilly really is asleep. So funny how tired she was. She looks like a bear

Curt, Kolbyn, and Marc

Results are in....

2008-11-02T18:14:00.000-08:00

After three negative urine tests and one negative blood test before surgery to make sure I wasn't pregnant, (they make everyone do this) we would have never thought, and then I was two weeks late. We still thought there was no way we could be pregnant, but one night Curt was cleaning the bathroom and found a test so I randomly took it and voila!!!! We are SO excited!!!

Mime Time

2008-10-27T14:21:00.000-07:00

So our friends Johhny and Ashley invited us to go to the symphony on Saturday. Since it's almost Halloween, you were supposed to go dressed in your costumes. Well we spent the majority of our Saturday at the BYU game so we were scrambling at the DI and Walmart to put our costume together before the symphony. We were SO late! We knew that we couldn't get in until intermission so we took our sweet time getting to the symphony. Little did we know, we could have gotten in anytime because it was a very casual Hansel and Gretel and the Witch show. They didn't even have intermission. By the time we got there, they had one act left so we missed the whole show. But we LOVED the one act and had sooo much fun getting dressed up we didn't care one bit. We scared everyone half to death that even looked at us on the freeway, also almost made the guy pee his pants who gave us our food at the drive in window because he was caught so off guard.... hahaha we think we are so funny!!!

BFF's??!!

2008-10-14T09:31:00.000-07:00

Quick update on my lame finger before I start my real post.. I had surgery yesterday and it went well. The doc repaired my nerve and artery with sutchers so fine that he could stitch up a human hair. Curt has been at my beck and call and being such a sweetheart. I have never seen him so worried as the other night when it happened because people, since I cut an artery, my one finger created such a mess that you might have thought it was a murder scene. Anyway, my hand is all numb at this point, who knows if that's good or not, so so far Im not even feeling any pain! Who would have thought that trying to get an avacado pit out with a really sharp knife would have lead to this. Duh Kelsie!!!!!

P.S. Clarification for Carrol... I realize how the pants thing must have sounded, but the day was winding down so before putting on pj's I was guickly attempting to make guacamole and I was just in the whites at the moment.
P.S.S. Babymomma has nothing exciting attached to it :(

Now to the fun stuff. So that little bulldog of ours is IN LOVE with our horses. Nugget in particular. She just thinks they are the best of friends. Every morning without fail, when we take her out to go to the bathroom, she has to make a stop in the horse stalls to tell Nugget good morning. She just sits there patiently until he gives her the time of day (which he also does every morning). He puts his big old snout on her head and it literally looks like he might eat Tilly, but he is so gentle and just plays with her. It is absolutely hilarious because my Mom has three dogs and the horses get so bugged by them. Anyway I've always wanted to video it or get some pictures of this unusual playtime but never have until this morning.

Scare of my life!!!

2008-10-12T22:21:00.000-07:00

So last Thursday night, Kelsie and I came home from Jackson's last flag football came and were hunkering down for a nice cozy night at home since it has been freezing. We were working on dinner together, while considering a daring adventure back out into the cold to see a movie.

I'm not sure what I was doing, but I was close-by when she says, "I cut my finger!" I look over and it looks to me like her finger is hanging off of her hand by a thread. She's freaking out, I'm freaking out. I get her a rag and tell her to put pressure on it. Then I run to get MommaMarsha on the phone as I'm running I hear, "I'm gonna pass out." So I 180 with phone in hand and get Kelsie a chair so she can sit while hanging her gushing hand into the sink simultaneously.

I turn to go get her some pants and on my return she is smashed between the chair and the cabinets with her head between her knees getting closer and closer to the floor. I lay her on her back and put her feet up while trying to hold her head and keep pressure on her wound when she brings her eyes back from the back of her head and asks calmly, "How long have I been asleep?"

The new pants have now become the new pressure rag, so I'm off the get her a new set. While holding her head up and lifting her legs and trying to put pants on, the cavalry shows up. They nurse us through pass-out #2 and help get us on the road to the ER. Marsha came with, took excellent care of her daughter and "that guy that came along for the ride who was pale the whole time."

3 hours, 11 stitches, afew pictures, and a lot less blood later, we were on our way back home looking forward to spending Friday at doctors offices finding out just how bad this was! Luckily, we were both glad to find out that she hadn't cut her finger off, just all the way through and to the bone. Long of the short is Kelsie gets to go into surgery tomorrow to have nerves re-attached so she can get feeling back into the left side of finger #3 on the right hand. (Or finger #2 if you are American and don't count thumbs as fingers.)

I want you to keep in mind that Kelsie did not let this stop her from bundling up in true Neider style to brave a 40 degree BYU game on Saturday. Nor will she allow herself to be the one whos stops a Moab trip this weekend. She should take it easy, huh?!

So that's the update about my hot babymama warrior!
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Body Worlds

2008-09-26T12:55:00.000-07:00

Today me and my mom and sister went to the Body Worlds 3 Exhibition downtown. I'm sure you have all heard about it, but I recommend going! It was SOO awesome! Everything in there is real. They have fetus's on display from 4 weeks to 32 weeks and it is incredible to actually see the stages of growth. That was my favorite part of the whole thing, but it is so cool to see our bodies broken down and to learn more about it. They have lungs of smokers and non-smokers and they compare normal spines to spines with scoliosis... the list goes on and on. There were so many fun facts like how our bodies have 60,000 miles of capillaries and veins and arteries, if they were stretched out they could wrap around the world TWO TIMES! Crazy!!!!! They have people who have donated their bodies that they call plastenids or something and they strip their bodies down to the muscles and put them in certain positions to show what the muscles look like when they are flexed and being used. If your reading this and thinking how weird and freaky it sounds, I PROMISE it isn't gross at all. There were kids loving it when I was there. I just thought it was so neat! Body Worlds will only be here until December though and they close pretty early just FYI

Lest there be any confusion...

2008-09-21T21:28:00.000-07:00

People,

I have had a bit of an occurance that has brought to my attention a little bit of a misnomer. Haha, That sounds so retarded. Our little website is slow coming because it is kind of a hobby of ours. A little MIRO project if you will. What may need some explanation is the fact that you as a family and friends get to reap the benefit of our relationships! We want to get you great deals on furniture at cost. This cannot happen if you do not let us know. "I just furnished my whole house." or "Dang, I could have saved money." only bugs us because of wasted money, not because we miss out on anything.

Let me illustrate a story. A loving brother of mine, who will remain nameless for inconspicuity and strategery, recently purchased an item of furniture because he was tired of waiting for our lazy butts to get our products online. He recently found out that it could have cost him approximately 40%. The problem here was information. If *ike **ider (still nameless) would have known he could have just perused our catalogs full of myriads of furniture, he could have still made an order.

The moral of the story is, we are people who like to give a little hook-up. So if you want to save up and pay full price, that's fine. If you will simply mention that you would like to look at the stuff we have at both our convenience and save a bunch of money while helping us to have warm and fuzzies, that would be great. Additionally, if there is somethings you want and don't think we have, just try us and we'll see what we can make work. Thanks.

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Those four line breaks and a row of neat little asterisks were intentional. Cause this is the part where I tell you all about my beautiful little Kelsie and the secrets that she has been hiding from me. Did you know she is perfect? You probably already knew just like I do, but she continues to raise the bar as to what that perfection entails!

This week she planned a little get-a-way and stole me off the park city for the weekend. It was fabulous, just like a second honeymoon. She packed my bag, planned the activities and everything. All I did was take off work a little early and follow from one great surprise to the next. Then she topped it all of with a nice little BYU win. How cool is that?

This next picture is from that UCLA stomping that was just delightful.

And later that night, the Lady Antebellum concert at the county fair.

Highlights

2008-09-07T21:13:00.000-07:00

Highlights of this past week:

1. Comedy Sportz improv show in Provo...SOO goofy and funny! Perfect for date night!

2. Sarah and Robs wedding, that makes four of my best friends married this summer.. so fun!

3. Bike ride to sugarhouse and back that I was NOT in shape for and as a result I had to make us stop for lunch in Sugarhouse and take multiple breaks. What should have been a two and a half hour bike ride turned into a four hour bike ride because of my whiny butt. And cute Curt was so encouraging and patient with me the WHOLE time!

4. Watching the wierdo "artists" perform on MTV VMA's. Why are boys trying to look so much like girls these days and vice versa? What ever happened to good, original music?

5. Seeing tender mercies from the Lord in my parents lives and finally selling the lot next door!!

6. Which means good news for us also... we get to stay in the barn apartment until my parents are so sick of us that they kick us out. Who knows, maybe we'll have a baby born in a barn?!

7. Trying to train a crazy puppy!!! (they are not kidding when they say it is a 24hr. job)

8. Sunday dinner at Neiders. What made this especially good was that Donna whipped out an old home video for me of the Neiders making a Christmas video for Grandma and Grandpa Neider. Kirstins solo accompanied by the piano, Carrols Christmas story, and Curt making faces next to his mom while she was giving a lovely speech and had no idea this was going on. This video I heard is famous and I now know why for good reasons!

9. Talking in the kitchen with my older brother, little sister, and Dad, when all the sudden my brother is flexing and pretending like no one is looking, then throws out some "popular" phrase that includes a form of a swear word to describe his arms just to see how my Dad would react. He looked up with a funny confused look on his face and said "Ryan you are so weird". If any of you know my brother you can picture exactly what his facial expressions are and how he is acting. He turns around and little sis Kass starts laughing so hard she falls on the floor and says "Dad you have a hole in your shorts right on your butt"... He replied with a nah. He did a turn around and sure enough a big hole right there with his undies showing. Poor Dad wore them to work and all day like that. He was a little embarrassed. We were on the floor laughing!!!

Don't you know you're not supposed to wear white after labor day?

2008-09-01T21:33:00.001-07:00

Baby and I just got back from a fabulous weekend in St. George with the Neeleys. We boated, gorged ourselves at the Oasis, and pretty much rocked the joint.

Point of interest #1: Mini-Narrows. I have no idea what this place is actually called. But there is this little area within 5-10 minutes of the temple that has a bunch of neat little rock formations. One of which, is a perfectly straight crack in the side of the mountain about a hundred yards long. It's probably as deep as 50 feet and about 12 inches wide. Very neato. I wish I would have been fortunate enough to go before I became too fat to make it very far. It was kind of fun though because it's one of those places where you know you're not in danger, but you still are kind of gut-checking yourself to push farther along. I recommend this to all people that are smaller than me.

Point of interest #2: Sunday night games. At the Neiders, this usually consists of croquet, soccer, driveway baseball, or hockey. This trip we had a killer Neeley game of kick-soccer. I will point out that it it still one of the greatest games ever invented. Easily in my top 25. Point is, game time with the family = easy enjoyment.

P.S. - WasatchFurnishings.com is alive and finally ready for action. All we have to do is stock the shelves!!!

Megans Wedding

2008-08-20T22:00:00.000-07:00

Me and Curt got to go to the sealing for Megan and Colby and it was awesome! It's so fun to be able to be there when your friends get married! It was such a beautiful day and she was gorgeous and her reception was gorgeous! I love weddings! These pictures are with all my best girlfriends!

It's official!

2008-08-15T08:23:00.000-07:00

No my ego is not prego... I am going back to college in the fall with hopes that I can get through the surgical tech program. Lets just say in the past, college and homework and studying was not really my cup of tea, but maybe I will see it differently/ appreciate it more when Im paying for it with my own money ha! It sounds so dumb to say Im a little nervous.. Im not used to disciplining myself to make time for boring things like homework, I would way rather play! Also we watched womens gymnastics all around finals last night and Im still wishing little Shawn Johnson would have taken first! Yeah, she took second and the first place winner was from USA but she always looked soooo mad and Shawn just always seemed so happy to be there. Yay for Olympics!!

Newport Beach!!!

2008-08-12T23:54:00.000-07:00

Sexy Sexy Husband
Dodgers Game!!
Marc and Kolbs
Dad and Jackson
Ryan and his girlie Jill

Presley's mommy and my big sis Brooke

Baby Presley First day at the beach Curt really built these for hours, he's such a little kid at heart and I love it

Curt buried us and everyone decorated us, no control!

Papasita is out... notice the 5$ Albertsons hat that he picked up down there and wore it everyday. He loved it abd left it behind!

Our nephew Kolbyn, cutest and funniest kid ever Beach Cruisers to Balboa

Disneyland!!!

2008-08-12T23:28:00.000-07:00

Cheese.. that's a good one, oh wait take a look at Curts sexy leg... haha love him and that makes the picture even better haha
No, this isn't real but it might as well be, this is from Storybook Land where everything was mini and I loved it!!! This looks so real!!

This ride might be the one that defines Disneyworld to me as a kid, ha who didnt love the teacups? Classic!!
Jackson was so excited to buy this little bandana as you can tell
My Mom is so beautiful and fun to be around!

Love My Parents and little Jackson!

We went to California and Disneyland for two days, and it was actually really fun!
This background was a lot cooler in person
My cute sis who makes everything fun!!

Back From The Dead!!!!

2008-08-03T22:08:00.000-07:00

Whoa, it has been a while since I have tended to the blog!! But what can I say, we've been outta town!! First the funnest week long trip to lake powell with the coolest friends ever (Ashley and Johnny), come home for a week and work and off to cali with the Neeley's who spoil us tooo much, for another long long adventure!! Soo fun! We are so lucky! Im gonna learn how to make a slideshow tomorrow for all our fun pictures! We also had so much fun at the Neider family dinner and cant wait for the fun weekend coming up with everyone! It's so fun to have Carrol and her family in town! .....to be cont'd...

Through an open door, too many decisions...

2008-07-23T10:59:00.000-07:00

Have you ever made a major step of progress only to find out that there is still so much to do? I never have... especially not earlier today... while working on our site...

The long of the short is that we are now closer and we no longer have "test products." Unfortunately you still may not buy anything, which means we still have nothing to sell. And I created a special discounts blog to help people save money. Unfortunately, now that it exists, I have yet to find it or learn how to access it. :(

Keeping you posted on WasatchFurnishings.com.

Two weeks at a glance!!

2008-06-27T11:45:00.000-07:00

So we finally can predict warm weather all the time so the last two weeks we've started living like it was summer haha.. this picture is from memorial day but its better than nothing right?? We went and "shot the tube" last friday and got one picture that I was gonna post but me and Curt both look like we are constipated because the water was so dang cold and I was a wee bit scared too! I just am realizing some people probably have no idea what shooting the tube is, I didnt really until we went there either. Basically its a run-off into a river right before Parley's and theres a big old giant tube that goes under the freeway that feeds into it.. So if you hike up it then there is this little pool and if you dam the water up and sit in the tube then someone un-dams it, you can only guess what happens next!!! So fun and SOOO cold but worth every scary second. Did I mention the spiders in the tube?? I am NOT a fan of spiders. If you are the same, dont let that stop you from trying this out... all you have to do is put your sled over your head in the pitch dark tube and just keep marching!! That night we went to the good old pepperwood pool and we were those annoying people who bring their dog haha!! What do you do when you have a puppy though? Its amazing how many people have NO idea what kind of dog Tilly is and there guesses! Next day was boating and a BBQ.. Pretty much what we consider the best summer weekend!! Tim Mcgraw concert is tonight and there will be some mighty good pictures from that!! Also I have to add... Curts mens league Lacrosse team has won 5 out of 6 games and my baby is pretty much the star and has the hottest legs out there!! Thats how I spot him on the field!! Such a babe!! Will he not make the cutest kids ever?? What more can I say, we live a fairy tale life and it is absolutely perfect!!!!!

Hey there old guy.

2008-06-25T11:23:00.000-07:00

Kelsie has been taking care of me again. She made my birthday yesterday such a great day. Right from the start she coddled me and took care of me. I took the second half of the day off and we went to the zoo before we went to dinner. Guess what she got me? A Wii!!! That's right, so all of you who have been itching to come see our dog Tilly will have to try out the new Mario Kart at the same time! Anyway, Kelsie is the best and I'm sorry none of you could be married to her. :)

Another baby!

2008-06-16T22:45:00.000-07:00

So I was out tonight for one of my girlfriends birthdays and Curt was going to work til I got home, or so I thought...
Around the time I'm about to come home I get this text....

Curt: I ran into an old friend on my way home from work
Kelsie: Huh?
(keep in mind this is all text messaging)
Curt: Don't be mad, but she's coming home with me. Its a long story..
Kelsie: Huh? When are you gonna be home?
Curt: Are you there?
Kelsie: Not yet.. Whats her name?
Curt: We'll beat you there, Ill explain when you get here..
Kelsie: In front of her? Wouldnt it be easier to text?
Curt: How close are you?
Kelsie: 15 min.. your being kinda sneaky about this, it's kinda weird
Curt: Dont worry!

Here is the old friend he ran into!!!!!!!!! It was a total surprise. You cannot imagine how excited I was. The other dog we had lined up to get fell through on Saturday and I was so bummed. So Curt shopped around today and took a chance and went and met the breeder halfway to Cedar City. Can you believe that? He picked her out and everything and while I was at dinner was really bringing home the biggest surprise! My baby is the absolute best! I cant even tell you how excited I am!!! She is so snuggly and wrinkly!
Were thinking Dutchess for the name... any suggestions???

Baby is the greatest!!!

2008-06-16T16:26:00.000-07:00

So I hopped on the blog today to see what Kelsie had written the other night because she had mentioned something about a new design. Low and behold the majority is about me and a bunch of lies, lies, all lies, about how good I am to her. People, honestly. Can any of you picture me taking care of anything? One of my pet gerbles ate the other one when I was little because it had been so long since it was fed. ATE the other one here, people!!! If anyone is the caregiver in this relationship, it is my baby. I have already gotten about 7 presents leading up to Father's Day and my birthday and baby claims she still has more! Baby is my pet name for her. Although the weird thing is that it is also my pet name for me... when I do things for her. What gives?

blog under constuction

2008-06-13T14:47:00.000-07:00

So it has taken me the last hour and a half to customize our blog, and the "header" with our names makes it look like Im Curtis and he's Kelsie haha. Oh well!

Since its almost Fathers Day I thought it was a good opportunity for me to brag about Curt (no we are not parents yet and this is not a hint that we have some news!) So in light of the holiday I just have to say how blessed I am. I have an amazing husband who works so hard and is constantly making me laugh. He cares about everyone and as perfect as I think he is he is still always asking "what can I do better." I always wonder how I got so lucky and how he hasn't been snatched up already. He is the best thing that could have ever happened to me and I adore adore adore him.

...on a lighter note... I have convinced Curt to let us get a bulldog!!!! Problem is there is another family that wants the dog so in a couple weeks were going to meet them and they are going to see who is a better fit. Most of you Neiders are not dog lovers so you are probably reading this thinking this is crazy town and Curt is in for it haha! Lets just say I have looked everywhere and mostly KSL.com and called EVERYONE about bulldogs for sale and finally found one that I love and we better be the better fit! I am so excited that I have had dreams about this little bulldog. His name is Duke by the way, how stinkin cute

monday night is family night!!!!

2008-06-02T20:29:00.000-07:00

So me and Curt were debating whether or not we should bang out all our thank you notes for family night when we got a little distracted doing prank calls. Sorry Donna, you were one of them!! Ok this might not be very funny to everyone but we got a big kick out of it.. We found a website that does relay calls for deaf people. So we would type in a number and the operater would relay our text and and what the other people said. And they have to say whatever you type in!!! HAHAHA After about six or seven of those phone calls to friends we switched to soundboards and that is where Napolean Dynamite came in... That is how we spent our Family night!

2008-05-29T21:58:00.000-07:00

We've finally figured out how to sign me as an official author to our blog thanks to Kirst! More to come...

Back in the Blazing Saddle.

2008-05-29T21:41:00.000-07:00

So we went to the temple tonight for Mom's mother day celebration and Kirst complained about our lack of "showing" online. So Kels and I are back in action and finally with the long awaited pictures!!!

This is riding the Segways at Thanksgiving Point. It's not the cheapest activity, but you will not regret it. They are way cooler than they look and at a max speed of 15 mph you can't hurt too bad. (Don't ask Kelsie what a concrete wall feels like at that speed though!) Highlights= Jumping off things, exploring closed areas and offroading, and tag. Tag was what helped us decide not to be SO aggressive.

Additionally, Kirst explained to us techno-tards how to add a second person to be an author so WATCH OUT!!!

A Saturday Evening in Style

2008-05-17T18:46:00.000-07:00

So Kelsie is away at a friends bridal shower and I have been rocking this time by catching up on my blog. I organized it, after figuring out how to use it, wished I had something more valuable to say, officially added two entire families to my fellow bloggers list, and then added them to my reader. This is where I read the most recent updates from all of them! Marie's cute kids, Ben's wedding pictures, Jane openness about her life, and Catherine outlook on life. It was somewhere in the mix that I realized how great blogs are. Not because of the updates or because they provide information that is of great magitude. I noticed that as I read them, I hear a voice. Catherine's posts KILL me because of the way she phrases the things she says and how whitty and dry she can be. I appreciated getting caught up with all of you, though you may not have realized it. ;)

So where the @#$% is Dave?

I am Tech-Savy!!!

2008-05-17T17:37:00.001-07:00

So I am just so jazzed about my new blog and reading others that I just want to to really get my act together. The problem is that I am retarded... ok so, that may be a little extreme. No joke, I have not been able to log in to my blog for about a week. Aside froma myriad of other problems, there is no such thing as a difference between blogger and blogspot. Who knew? I have a blogspot address, but it keeps sending me to blogger. And with all of the logins and passwords running around my desktop, I feel like I am applying for a mortgage. Or worse yet, a contractors license. Geez!!!

This last topic is one that I would like to elaborate on in light of recent events! I pretty much am moving in down at the department of commerce because I started my fifth private entity this week. You ready for this? -- WasatchFurnishings.com -- The benefit here, after we have a certified blood test everyone qualifies for the new "friends and family" discount. The only arrangement we have is that you have to help out by suggesting furniture manufacturers that you like which we will then spotlight on the site. Ok, so it's a little project. All I have got to say is that you had better keep your eyes out. It ain't much to look at right now, but picture MIRO family home evenings organizing mailers by zipcode in the family room. I have a new business idea about every other week, so it can be hard to organize the good from the bad. But I was motivated by Mike one day when he was telling me why he was ready to start a business. His only logic was, "I have a garage. What else do I need?" So Kels and I have made the lead once again into entrepeneurial universe.

Speaking of universes, this blog universe. How about it huh? It's too bad that social netwoking websites are so taboo. They are just so much easier to use! Instead of having it all be point and click in a one-stop-shop, now I have to create a site, manage it, find friends sites and figure out a way to put their links on my site, blah-blah-blah... But there is help! (You bloggerinos probably all have already seen this.) But google has created a reader for blogs. (reader.google.com - I heard somewhere that google just pays their employees to think of and work on personal ideas one day a week! Can someone verify that for me?) Anyways, it makes it so that you can add you subscriptions to it and it just tells you when they are updated like a personal little inbox, but for blogs. Snazzy!

Alright then, if I was back at school my english teacher would be accusing me of using run-on blogs so i'll call it quits!

MAN on the WWW

2008-05-05T09:38:00.001-07:00

So I was looking for Mike's Blog so I could link to it and I came across my dear ol' dad on Wikipedia. How neat is that?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_A._Neider

Best Decision I Have Ever Made

2008-04-12T09:56:00.000-07:00

INTRODUCING!!!

Yesterday, Kelsie Ann Neeley became Kelsie Ann Neider. Wahoo! (Isn't she super hot?)