Nash Family

Tiffany Graduates.....Again

2010-05-27T14:49:00.000-07:00

Tiffany got to graduate from elementary school twice! How? Well, last year we were living in L.A. and the elementary school there ends in 5th grade but here in AZ, it ends in 6th. So, last year we did the whole production with the grandparents who lived close, presents, and all the all unnecessary crap that goes on for an elementary school graduation ;). This year was very low key. I wasn't even aware of the details until last night and with Andrew out of town, it was just me and Johnny. I can't believe she will be in middle school in a couple months. I guess we need to move and find a school were 7th grade is still in the elementary schools :)

Tiff with her teacher.

DO YOU THINK THIS WILL RUIN HER EYES?

2010-05-10T13:35:00.000-07:00

My Handsome Little Guy

2010-03-18T16:25:00.001-07:00

Johnny is such a sweet boy. He is growing so fast. He'll be 5 months on the 23rd, I can't believe it. He is so good natured and so happy almost all the time. It doesn't take much to make him give you a huge grin. He truly is a pleasure to have around!

One month old

2009-11-23T15:19:00.000-08:00

I can't believe he is already a month old. He has been such a joy! he is seriously such a good baby. He weighed in today at 9lbs. 1 oz. He's up more than 2 lbs from his last appointment just 2 weeks ago!

Baby Johnny and Halloween

2009-11-01T09:59:00.001-08:00

Too exhausted to write (except that Abby did her own Halloween makeup), just enjoy the pictures.

"Baby Brother" Nash

2009-10-26T18:32:00.000-07:00

He's here!! Our sweet baby boy, who's name is yet to be determined, was born on Friday, Oct. 23 at 9:57 am. Weighing in at 6lbs. 9oz. and 20.5 in long. Not bad for 4 weeks early. He's so sweet and all he wants to sleep. You would think that one would be happy with all the sleep but I spent most my day (and night) trying to wake him up (crazy, I know) so I can try to feed him. Most of us can't get enough of him, Abby is having some issues. She said today she wanted him back in my belly. We are so happy he is here!

Passing on the Torch (Sort of)

2009-10-16T09:17:00.000-07:00

Apparently Tiffany and Nicole don't think I'm doing a very good job keeping the family blog updated so, they have both started their own. They love getting comments, so keep 'em coming! I too will TRY to be better about posting more:)

http://verynewnash.blogspot.com

http://verynewworld.blogspot.com

Boring Blog :(

2009-04-02T19:23:00.000-07:00

So, it has come to my attention that some are finding my blog a bit boring. Perhaps it has been a little neglected. So, here is my attempt to "spice things up" a little.......

Due Nov. 21

We're Back!!

2009-02-10T22:49:00.000-08:00

Well, not much goin' on here. This happens to be the most exciting thing in our home at the moment....

Abigail has decided she wants to use the potty. Really on her own, I haven't forced the issue much. If I've learned anything from motherhood it's that, having to run to the potty when you're at the very back of Costco, just makes life that much harder!

So, Abby announces she has to "peed", and her sisters come running to watch! I guess for some strange reason it is pretty dang cute. Side note: Tiffany's stomach doesn't really stick out like that, she just has terrible posture!

Better Watch What We Say

2008-12-10T18:26:00.000-08:00

In the last few weeks Abby has been quoting some little gems that she has picked up around the house. I guess this happens when you have older kids. I don't remember Tiffany and Nicole ever talking like this. Here are a few of my favorites:

"Mind you own business"

"You psycho"

"You annoying"

"Shut you mouth"

"Chew with you mouth closed"

"You a pain in the butt"

And my personal favorite, which she said to me this morning,

"You ruin my life"

(Nicole is always saying that to Tiff.)

I guess we better be more careful about what we say around here.

Say Cheese

2008-12-07T17:58:00.000-08:00

Last night we had our ward Christmas party, good times. A member/friend introduced his new company. I'd explain what it is but I'm sure I wouldn't get it right. So, check it out here http://www.hdphotobooth.com/.

It was SOOO fun!! I think the adults may have had more fun with it than the kids did (Sarah). You see your pictures instantly and they print out on the spot. It's such a great idea for parties, weddings, ect. Anyway that's my plug, check it out for yourself.

Praise To The Man...

2008-12-04T21:48:00.000-08:00

This is all about "the (only) man" of the house. I'm finally getting around to putting up a few pics of Andrew's trip to China and one of him at Halloween.

We were invited to a "dress up" Halloween party. We have never been to one before so this was a new experience for us. I didn't think Andrew would get into it and I was right up until about 5 hours till party time. Then he decides that he wants to go as the Joker. His friend told him earlier in the week that he had good "joker hair", nuff said! So, me being amazing, threw this little number together in just a few short hours. After a quick trip to the thrift store, craft store, and Halloween store, I rushed home to dye his shirt purple and his vest green. Then came make up and hair. Wa La........

Here are a few pictures at the Water Cube and The Birds Nest with some random Chinese people who wanted their pictures taken with Andrew. They must have thought, with those killer looks, he's got to be "somebody".

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NICOLE!

2008-12-01T12:40:00.000-08:00

Today Nicole is 9!! Were does the time go? We celebrated with family in San Diego on Saturday at "The Club" (county club which grandma and grandpa Nash belong to) which was what Nicole had requested. She's a funny girl.

I remember when she was born, she was such a pretty newborn. She wasn't all squished or cone headed. She is a sweet, intense, serious, little girl and we love her very much! She's got her mom's looks and her dad's brains. What more could a girl ask for?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NICOLE!

Awesome!

2008-11-04T14:08:00.002-08:00

This picture is courtesy of the Cooke's. It was in the skies of Burbank yesterday afternoon. Try to vandalize THAT sign all you "no on 8 haters"!!

P.S. Halloween pics coming soon!

Trunk or Treat

2008-10-26T15:16:00.000-07:00

Last night was our ward trunk or treat. I have spent the last month slaving away at costumes for the girls. That's right folks, these babies are hand made (mostly) by yours truly.

I was afraid Abby wouldn't want to wear her costume. She cried during her "fittings" but as soon as I put her little black doggy nose (which she almost immediately rubbed off by touching and saying, "yook at my nose") she loved it. I'm not quite done putting the black spots on the skirt.

Nicole, my little politician, was Betsy Ross. She's not showing her bag which looks like the original American Flag and kind of makes the whole outfit make sense. She was pleased that people at church knew who she was since no at school had even heard of Betsy Ross (sad).

Tiff, who was originally supposed to be Lola from Hannah Montana, decided it was easier just to tell everyone she was a punk. It took way to long to try and explain exactly WHO Lola was.

And then there was me....I wasn't going to dress up originally but, when I came across an awesome dress Friday afternoon (thanks Michelle) for $15, I couldn't pass it up. Just see for yourself....

I was Miss Utah 1985 and my friend Naomi was Miss Hawaii 1985. We even won a prize. I mean, OF COURSE we won a prize. We looked goooood!! My hair just poofed so naturally. I think I may have missed my true purpose in life.

A few more pictures of some of my friends. Naomi, Lisa (Galaxy fan), me, Sarah (the garden gnome).

Here are the Heders. Jon , Kirsten, and Evan ( big bad wolf, grandma, and little red) and Dan, Sarah, Josie, and Tallulah (the garden gnome family). I put this up specifically to give props to Sarah who made these costumes. You rock Sarah!

Here we are with those groovy Cookes. I wish I would have taken more pictures. There were so many good costumes. Hopefully I can get more on Halloween. Oh, in case you were wondering, Andrew is in New York and missed all the fun.

Cute Abba-girl

2008-10-17T15:47:00.000-07:00

Abby loves to sing and one of her favorites is "Take Me Out To The Ball Game". For a long time, she would interrupt anyone who was singing it, and yell "boobies". Seriously, I have no idea why. Now, she will actually sing it (or attempt to sing). You can make out "Take me out, crackerjacks, one, two, game, and route, route, Dodgers". Everything else is a little unclear. So, here she is doing the "boobies" version and the real version.

FYI- about 35 seconds in, there are 2 VERY loud horn honks.

"Punkin" Time

2008-10-13T20:19:00.000-07:00

In the words of Abby, its Punkin time. Translation, pumpkin time. Abby and I spent a couple hours this morning with friends at the local pumpkin patch. She had a great time playing with her little friends as did I .

So, if your sick of all the pumpkin patch blogs that seem to surface this time of year, tough! You see, I'm not your typical "take your kid on an outing for fun" kind of mom. So, the fact that we went, and I remembered my camera, deserves to be documented.

Playing in the big wagon ( I just realized that this is a pretty good
picture of what Abby would look like with her ears pinned back)

She's so stinkin' cute
Abby and Josie's cup of food
Abby, Josie, and Chloe
Me and my baby.

No pumpkins were purchased. Tiffany and Nicole would go into cardiac arrest if I had picked out their pumpkins for them! Looks like we'll be back.

Tiffagail

2008-10-08T00:37:00.000-07:00

I was going through some old photos the other day and came across some old pictures of Tiff that resembled Abigail just a tad. I don't know, perhaps more than a tad. See if you can tell who is who. They are both around the same age in these pictures, both LOVE/LOVED Barney, both still like to run around in diapers/panties and a t-shirt, and both HATE to have their hair combed!

ACCESS GRANTED!

2008-09-23T21:18:00.000-07:00

It's here. The moment we have all been waiting for. Drum roll............Yes, I have been given permission to speak of the "oh so private one" on my blog. Very exciting, I know!

Andrew had an amazing opportunity to spend a week in China (yes I was invited. no, I was dumb and didn't go). He saw many amazing things like The Great Wall, Forbidden City, Water Cube, Birds Nest and much more (we still need to go through the pictures).

One of the things he was most excited to see was this guy........

He was working out in the Hotel gym and this guy was the only other person there. They swapped plates, spotted each other, you know, guy stuff. Let's also keep in mind that Andrew is 6'4" and he looks like a midget here!

** Ladies, if you don't know who this guy is, ask your husbands, boyfriends, whatever. Maybe they'll be impressed.

Since I have been granted access to speak of Andrew, I'm going to take advantage of it. I just want to wish him a HAPPY BIRTHDAY tomorrow (24th) and tell the whole world how wonderful...blah,blah,blah...how lucky I am....blah,blah,blah....must stop now, making myself nauseous. You complete me (sniff,sniff). Love you Angelbabe!!

Senior Moments...

2008-09-15T18:01:00.001-07:00

You know you're getting older when either one of the following happens to you.....

1. You take a shower, and as you are squirting conditioner in your hand you can't remember (FOR THE LIFE OF YOU!) if you shampooed 30 seconds earlier.

2. You have a conversation with you 10 year old that goes a little something like this;

child- mom, those lines around your mouth show really bad (pointing to her own smile lines).

mom- thanks (sarcastically)

child- WHAT? I just thought you might want to get some cream or somethin' to fix it!

mom- hmmm

child- (mumbling to herself) they look like parentheses.

Yes, these both happened to me today. Looks like its time for some Ginkgo biloba and Botox!

Hooray for Headphones!

2008-09-12T18:54:00.000-07:00

Abigail will finally (sometimes) use the headphones! She finds a position where they fall off and then she holds totally still. I seriously don't know how we survived without t.v. in the car (okay, maybe I do). I know, it's probably not a good thing blah,blah,blah......

Back to School

2008-09-05T19:11:00.000-07:00

School started Wednesday and Tiffany and Nicole went back in style! So cute....

Tiffany is officially "ruler of the school" (fifth grader). I can't believe she's going to be in middle school next year!
Nicole is in fourth grade and it's always HIGH DRAMA with her! Every day I get a very detailed report on pretty much everyone in her class.

So Funny, Seriously!

2008-09-01T14:33:00.001-07:00

Thanks Amy for introducing me to this... Seriously, So Blessed. I laughed so hard I was almost in tears. So funny, so true, so totally made up.

Self Portrait

2008-08-12T18:46:00.001-07:00

Last week Nicole lost a tooth and decided to take some self portraits. Don't they know that when I come across these funny things I'm going to share them with everyone? Maybe someday they'll learn!

New DO!

2008-08-07T18:42:00.000-07:00

Drama Queen Tiff

2008-07-19T21:28:00.000-07:00

I know, 2 posts in 1 day, crazy! This is totally blog worthy. I was freeing up some memory on my phone and came across this...

Catchin' Some Rays

2008-07-19T19:06:00.000-07:00

Abigail is working on her life jacket/ swim diaper tan.

The 4th

2008-07-11T12:25:00.000-07:00

This year, we were able to spend the 4th of July in Utah with my family. I was able to do all the fun things with the girls that I used to do as a kid. We saw the hot air balloons take off one morning, went to the parade, and the highlight of course (this year anyway), Stadium of Fire. Abigail enjoyed the balloons especially the pig and the strawberry but her festivities ended there.

While my dad stayed home to babysit Abby (thanks dad), my mom treated us all to The Stadium of Fire (thanks mom). Usually, in my own humble opinion, Stadium of Fire is kind lame. However, this year, a girl named Miley Cyrus (maybe you've heard of her) performed. If you were wondering if my girls were excited, take a look.....

Nicole was having a good time until I started dancing and singing along.

She told me I was embarrassing her and to sit down. I told her that's what are parents are for, to embarrass their kids! I wouldn't be embarrassed of me, I think I'm pretty dang awesome!!

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2008-06-19T19:06:00.001-07:00

Today, while reading my blog, Andrew informed me I was ABUSING the exclamation mark. He then proceeded to count each time I used it and told me I needed to chill out on the !! He claims he is trying to help me make my blog better, hmmmm. One might take this advice and chill on the !, but not me!!! I can't help it if I'm a super excited person, lol. So Andrew, this is for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 ALREADY?!

2008-06-18T09:16:00.001-07:00

Abigail turned two on the 15th. She sang "happ birsday you" all day long (and the next day). Although she enjoyed her Elmo themed party (props to my cake making skills!), she would have liked Barney better had I been able to find him! She is the sweetest little thing and makes all of us smile! We love you Abby!!

Party at Disney

2008-06-18T08:49:00.000-07:00

A BIG thanks to grandma and grandpa Nash for treating us all to Disneyland! It saved me from having to plan a party! Not only did they foot the bill, they endured "the happiest place on earth" (not so sure about that) with us the whole day long! Tiffany had a great time and enjoyed all the attention she got by wearing her happy birthday hat.

Poor Baby!

2008-06-14T08:23:00.000-07:00

Is it wrong that whenever I look at this picture I laugh? I took this picture on Pirate's of the Caribbean at Disneyland. I snapped it in the dark and this was what I got....

10 YEARS OLD!!

2008-06-09T06:06:00.000-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TIFF!!

I can't believe my baby is 10! What a sweet girl she is turning out to be. We love you Tiffany! Stay tuned for birthday details.....We're off to DISNEYLAND!!!!

She's an Addict!

2008-06-08T08:11:00.000-07:00

I can't say I really blame this reaction. I would probably feel the same if someone took away my diet coke. Yes, it is Diet Coke in her bottle but because I am such a good mother, I bought a case of caffeine free for the kids!

BOSSY BABY!

2008-05-25T09:01:00.000-07:00

Abigail doesn't want to sing the Spongebob song, she wants to MARCH!!

'EARS' A Question For You!

2008-05-19T23:02:00.000-07:00

I bring to you all a question that I want your HONEST opinion on . This has been discussed more than a few times here in the Nash household.

Abigail's ears!!

I say, cute now, but not in 10 years. Andrew says, she's fine, her hair will cover them. I'm not so sure about that one. Besides, does that mean she can never wear a ponytail !!??

I mean, it does run in the family, (not my side) and she wouldn't be the first to have them surgically altered..(I won't name names but, you know who you are). I'm all for a surgery that makes you look better and feel better about yourself!

So I told Andrew I was going to ask around to see what people thought, HONESTLY!

But, BE NICE, it's not her fault (it's Andrews)!! She's still my sweet, cute little baby !

I'm Depriving My Kids

2008-05-15T00:17:00.000-07:00

So, I know I'm not up for any "mom of the year" awards but, I thought I was doing a pretty good job until yesterday morning. I went downstairs to make breakfast and soon realized I was out of my usually nutritious and delicious breakfast of champions, Eggo waffles. So, it was on to plan B, cold cereal. Unfortunately, out of milk! CRAP! I have to admit, my first thought was, if we hurry we can make it to McDonald's before school! but, you'll be happy to know that I decided on scrambled eggs and toast.

So here is were the "deprivation" part comes in. Tiff comes in the kitchen, "Who are those for? Are they for us? "(at this point she is getting a little excited). I say ,"yes". Tiff, "why?" She doesn't wait for a response. Instead, she runs to tell Nicole. Tiffany, "mom is making us scrambled eggs!" Nicole, "she is"? At this point Nicole comes in the kitchen and starts asking A MILLION questions about WHY am I making eggs (if you know Nicole, you know what I'm talking about). I'm not quite sure what she was asking or even what I was saying in response but I do remember that her last question to me was, " are you going to plant a garden now"?

Oh my poor, deprived children. All they want in life are scrambled eggs for breakfast, and a garden! The eggs I can do. As for the garden, come on, do I look like someone who likes to garden?

Mother's Day

2008-05-11T21:34:00.000-07:00

What a great mother's day! Tiff and Nicole worked hard to help me out so I wouldn't have to do much. They did the dishes, served me food, and Nicole even did laundry! They gave me many wonderful gifts that they made with help from school teachers and church leaders.

I recieved many "good for..." coupons. This one was one my favorites.
I don't know why she came up with that. I know exactly where every shoe in that closet is (sort of)!
I was going through some old pictures the other day and came across one of my favorite Mother's Day cards. Andrew made this one when Tiffany was 11 months old. It's hard to tell from the picture but, the foot and hand prints were made with mustard. Although Andrew has many great qualities, gift giving is not one of them. When you wait till the last minute, you get cards made of mustard or cards written on Costco food court napkins that are written while paying for the gift while I wait in the car.

Here we go!!

2008-05-08T21:15:00.000-07:00

So I'm finally giving in to the blog craze. My kids are sooo excited for me to talk (brag) about them. So I'm going to give it my best shot! Don't get to excited, I'm not computer savvy, I always forget my camera, and I hate to type! Stay tuned for more, I have to put the baby to bed.