The Nielsen Family

We got to watch Micah and Shalice's baby a few weeks ago while they went to Lagoon. She's an absolute doll and so good! Cadence and Zack loved her! We ran some errands with all three kids in tow, and got a sample of what life will be like in a few months! Not too bad!

My mom and dad were here over Memorial Day weekend, and the men spent three days working in the basement. They got a lot done! JJ is quite good with sheetrock now, but he's not planning a career change. Zack's main job was to be cute, and he did well with his task. Mindy and Jeremy came on Saturday and Jeremy helped in the basement also. Since the boys were downstairs playing with their tools all weekend, Mindy, Mom and I decided to scrapbook all weekend! My kids became too used to me saying, "Just a minute, I'm almost done, then I'll help you." We're so lucky that my mom and dad's favorite way to spend their free time is by helping us with our basement!

She's just too cute to be mad at when she gets into my purse and finds my lip glosss. . . Here's some information about Cadence that may help you get to know her personality a little bit- If she has her choice between a pink, green, or blue plate, she'll choose pink. If she has her choice between a green, blue, or yellow plate, she'll choose pink. If it isn't pink, it must be Zack's. One day I found her toenails painted pink, and quite nicely, I might add. Luckily, she'd done her pedicure on the kitchen floor and not the carpet. I noticed about an hour later that she'd also painted Zack's toenails. Cadence notices people's shoes, earrings, purses, and outfits, and is always very quick to offer a complement on them. My favorite is when she says, "Cute shirt dad!" to JJ. She's always very sincere. As mentioned in a previous post, she loves to change her clothes. We had to hide all her swimsuits because she was going through four

I have lost all my faith in Utah girls, ages 12-18! David COOK? I thought for sure our baby faced, Disney Channelesque home boy was going all the way! Oh well. He just should have sung Apologize before the finale. The good news is that I did stop hating David Cook a few weeks back, so. . . and at least he's not Fantasia. Yikes! I couldn't take another one of her!!!

This is not a picture of Zack bleeding from the mouth. This is a picture of Zack after I took away the red and blue icee that he insisted on eating by himself. He doesn't like to have help, but he doesn't quite have the hang of a few things. He's a little better with the spoon, and he's pretty happy about it!

If I don't pay close attention to Cadence, she will go in her room and take off the clothes she wearing and put on either a "pretty dress" a "whipsoup" (swimsuit) or jammies. This seems to be the outfit of choice lately, Minnie Mouse jammies, Christmas hat, and fur shoes. But our favorite part of her look is her sweet smile!

So, about a year ago, my sister suggested that I try cleaning with vinegar. I thought she was crazy. Then a few months later when I was out of glass cleaner, I tried it. I have been cleaning every inch of my house with vinegar since then! And, JJ just talked to a lady on the phone at work with lung cancer. She's never smoked in her life, and had never been around anyone who does, but her dr. told her it may be caused by household cleaning supplies! AAAHHHH! Makes sense, I about cough up a lung every time I use scrubbing bubbles. . . So here are some good reasons to try it out, if you haven't already, It shines great! It disinfects! It won't kill you! Your kids can swallow it without having their stomach's pumped! It's dirt cheap! April says so! I use it in a squirt bottle undiluted and it works great! Click the link under my favorite sites to get more great ideas! I know, it's a weird post.

You may not know that we're expecting, but we are, and we're having a girl! She's due on October 17th, and we're so excited! Cadence told us all along she was a girl, and she was right. Her ultrasound pictures are hanging on the fridge, and everyday Cadence points them out and says, "Look, it's baby sister haw!" Once again, I'm having an all too easy pregnancy, so yay for me! Three kids! Wow, we're old!

Last week we returned from a 7 day Eastern Caribbean Cruise aboard the Disney Magic! We spent the whole trip making sure we got to see everything, and we still missed most of it. The kids had a lot of fun, but next time we go, we'll make sure they are all old enough to leave in the kids club! It was Cadence's dream come true to see so many princesses, but Zack wasn't a huge fan. We enjoyed the food a little too much, but have worked off our extra vacation pounds. One of our favorite things was a midnight desert buffet. It was probably so great because both the kids were asleep in the stroller by the time we got to the table. We didn't have to share a bite! The shows were great too. One of them was ranked #1 in the world for cruise ship shows, and for good reason! We saw a lot of characters, and half of them were flying around the stage, so, it was pretty spectacular. It was even good enough that it kept Zack's attention. Castaway Cay was gorgeous!