Nell Family!

Kassey is 35

2017-11-03T13:43:00.002-04:00

Its always fun to celebrate my birthday when I am with my family. we went to dinner and i got a fancy cake! My mom made me and amazing peanut butter chocolate cheesecake.

Lobster Boil

2017-11-03T13:35:00.000-04:00

We love to have lobster boils when family comes to visit. they all love lobster and we can get it fresh! James had become really good at putting the lobster to sleep. its all very entertaining while we wait for the pots to boil.

Kyrons crash

2017-11-03T13:29:00.004-04:00

Kyron was ridding the motorcycle at the Barrus' and took a corner where he laid down the bike and he and the bike slid under Darceys truck. Somehow he got a big gash on his leg. Being the good parents we are we bandaged it up and continued on with our day plans...we had movie tickets! We ended up taking him to the ER after we go home that night. we had to get 5 stitches. first kid with stitches in our family!

Thanksgiving

2017-11-03T13:25:00.000-04:00

November 24th

Everything Thanksgiving we have lived in MA we have spent it with our family. This year was no different. Grandma and Grandpa Elder flew in and so did Melanie and Cody with two of their kids.

Grandma and Kambree doing some Thanksgiving pie prep. me, James, Kyron and Francesco all went and played in our wards turkey bowl. We had dinner at the Barrus and we all had fun playing games and the kids loved ridding around on the little motorcycle. we ended out fun with a movie. we saw Moana.

Kaiz Class Program

2017-11-03T13:09:00.002-04:00

Kaiz had a great class program. It was so cute and all the kids did so good. It was fun that Grandma and Grandpa were able to be here for it. Kaiz and her cute friend Blake enjoying snacks after the program. Kaizley and her teachers daughter JoJo. we are pretty sure they are sisters!!

saying Good bye to Sister Black

2017-11-03T13:06:00.002-04:00

Sister Black has been with us for 7 months. We were sad to send her home to Utah but also happy for her. We have just loved having her in our home.

Cooking Class

2017-09-24T14:18:00.000-04:00

Kambree and Kayley took a cooking class at the YMCA. Kaiz was lucky enough to join them for one of the classes. they all had a lot of fun!

Date Night

2017-09-24T14:16:00.002-04:00

James won a date night with Vivint. They picked us up in a limo and took us to a fancy dinner. After dinner anybody who wanted to go went clubbing. James and I and Darce and Tara did not want to go the club, so our limo took us home. The other couple had to find their own way home!! Fun night with fun people.

Spartan Race - Nov. 12th

2017-09-24T13:19:00.001-04:00

I love the spartan race. I love that this year James did it with me. Susan did it again with me and her hubby joined us! Such a fun day!

Braces for Kambree

2017-09-24T13:17:00.001-04:00

November 9th

Kambree is the first in the family to get braces.

New kid Pictures

2017-09-24T12:52:00.000-04:00

Last year I ordered school pictures for the first time in my kids life. They were bad, but they are expensive for what you get and they don't capture their personalities. So this year I am back to getting pictures taken. A girl at my gym is starting to grow her photography taking clients so I jumped on board to hire her. I love how the turned out.

Kambree's soccer

2017-09-05T18:40:00.000-04:00

Kambree also played soccer. She loved it. I also coached her team, it made for a busy season but it was fun!

Kaizley's Soccer

2017-09-05T18:34:00.004-04:00

Kaizley played soccer this fall. I was her coach. They had a great season and they all improved a lot!

Pumpkins and Halloween Night

2017-07-18T08:08:00.001-04:00

We always look forward to carving pumpkins. We also kept with our tradition of making homemade donuts. Halloween Night we trick or treated in Somerset. The Barrus came with us. It was a fun night. After we got home the kids dumbed all their candy out and started going through it. they had a ton!! We were babysitting Hinley Krogue this week. We dressed her up and she walked around with us. She loved Kyron the most.

Halloween Parties

2017-07-11T15:39:00.000-04:00

We had to fun Halloween Parties. A Trunk or Treat at the YMCA and our ward Halloween Party. Both were so fun!!

Last Day

2017-07-11T15:25:00.002-04:00

Our last day in Florida was spend at the pool and around our vacation club. We loved every minute we spent in Florida. From the pool to the parks. We were so happy that Grandma and Grandpa came with us.

Princess Party

2017-07-09T16:21:00.000-04:00

Grandma took all the girls to a Princess Party. The girls were excited and it was a fun lunch with good food! Kaizley really took to our waiter. We liked him just as much as the royal family.

Hollywood Studios

2017-07-09T15:45:00.002-04:00

Our last park day was spent at Hollywood Studios. We got there early and went straight to the toy story Mania ride. we all loved that ride. we saw Micky and Minnie. Out of all the characters, Mickey is the only one Krayton would hug and hold hands with. there is something special about Mickey. We also saw a firework starwar show. such a fun day!

Pool Day #2

2017-07-09T15:36:00.002-04:00

We had another pool day on our schedule so grandma and grandpa got up and took the two boys to the temple to do baptisms. The the rest of the day was spent at the pools at grandpa and grandmas hotel. after the pool day we watched a movie and everybody crashed. the pool days were just as fun as the park days.

the rest of Universal

2017-07-07T15:35:00.001-04:00

The rest of Universal Studios we all kind of split up and went different ways. The bigger boys went with the Dads to try out all the crazy rides that non of the littles could do and that none of the other parents wanted to do. We found rides and fun things for the others to do. It was a win for everybody.

Universal Studios - Harry Potter World

2017-07-06T19:59:00.000-04:00

This is the park is the one my kids were waiting for. We had given them all Harry Potter park entrance for their birthdays and they worked hard for several months to earn wands. We got there early and walked right over to Harry Potter World. We about missed the entrance, but the double decker bus pointed us in the right direction! Kambree was so excited she was about to burst with excitement, she could not stop smiling! We got our wands first thing, the kids had been looking at them for months trying to decide which one they wanted. All around the park there are places they can use their wands to do magic. The bank ride was my favorite. just waiting to ride it was amazing. everything looked just like the movies. We rode the Hogwarts express. Kambree bought a pigmy puff and we all bought some fun candy to try! I rode on the dueling dragons with Kyron, Boston, James, Darce and Tara. It made me a little queasy but I was doing okay. But too soon after we rode on the Hogwarts castle ride which put me over the top. I was sick for at least two hours after that. I sat in the stroller and had my Dad push me. I wasn't even able to function. it was so bad! I learned my lesson, not more crazy rides. But the way into the castle was so cool. Again they had it all decorated just like the movie. We felt like we were in the real castle. Out of all the places we visited Harry Potter World was my favorite. it was just so cool and to watch the excitement from the kids was the best!

Sunday

2017-07-06T10:01:00.001-04:00

On Sunday we went to church and then headed over to the temple. I love seeing temples in other cities. Florida's temple is gorgeous and its alway fun to be with the whole family on the temple grounds. The rest of the day we explored our hotel grounds and played games and watched movies.

Pool Day

2017-07-06T09:48:00.003-04:00

In between our park days we did pool days. We had great pools at our hotel. Grandma and Grandpa also had a great pool so it worked out great. The kids enjoyed the pool days just as much as the park days! and when your bathtub is just as big as your pool the littles get to swim in that!

Magic Kingdom

2017-07-06T08:34:00.001-04:00

first day we went to Magic Kingdom. Tara and I surprised all our kids with micky shirts. they all looked so cute in them they were so exited. We got to the park before it was open and had to wait to get inside. we had our day planned. we had pre mapped out the park so we could work it the best possible way. The day was perfect. we did everything we wanted too. ate all the yummy treats we could. Grandma was the only only one that would go on the teacups with the kids. Kaiz got to play the beast in a a little play when we met Belle. We we created Ky and dumbo from when he was 1. we spent every min we could in the park and I think everybody had a blast. we were tired from all the fun!

Florida Oct. 13th - 20th

2017-07-06T08:08:00.001-04:00

We wanted to take our kids to Florida. Disney World and Harry Potter world. So we pulled them all out of school for a week and took off. My parents and the Barrus came too! Our flight was early so Krayt had a hard time staying awake to watch his movie! we were the first to arrive so we got to check the whole place out! everybody was so excited!