Its been a while..

Its been a while since I last wrote...so I dont know where to start.

Well its offical, I have now changed jobs more than anyone I know! haha I finished at the daycare last week. I enjoyed the kids I was working with, but it wasnt really enough money. So now, im working for Wheat Country Special Needs. Its an interesing job. I really like the ladies I work with though, so its good:) Lets see if I can keep this one for longer than a month! haha

So I had my first weekend away from Norm since we've been married. My sister in laws and I had a girls weekend in Banff! Its was weird to be away from him, for even just 2 nights. It made me miss him, and made us both appreciate eachother more:) Our girls weekend was way fun though! We relaxed, did our nails, soaked in the hot tub, went hiking, and went out...and of course ate a bunch of chocolate and all the other junk food I never eat anymore! haha We stayed in a nice lodge. The view from my window was beautiful, but when I went to take a pic of it, on our last day, it was snowing, so its hard to see.

Here are some pics...:)

This is the last pic I have if my hair long...I was tired of having to straighten, or curl it everyday cause of the last of my perm that I had in there. So last weekend I was up in Calgary, and decided I wanted to just chop out the perm! So I went to visit Diana, and she gave me an amazing hair cut! I dont have any pics of it yet, but i'll put some up when I take some:)

Speaking of D, in my last entry I was writting about how its a small world, well it turns out its even smaller! haha Diana went to Manitoba a little while ago, met Kristi at church!! Its crazy!

Its time for bed:)..I'll try to write more often from now on! haha

Nothing to exciting...

I dont really have anything exciting to write about...im just home sick from work today, so wanted something to do.

I got a flu shot yesterday, and feel like crap today!! I just hope I feel better by tomorrow..and I better not get the flu at ALL this winter!! haha I had to get it cause of work, being around kids all the time. Norm hurt his back at work yesterday, and had to go to the hospital. He's doing better today though, and went back to work.

We went into Calgary for the weekend. It was nice to get outta the small town for a bit! haha

Friday night we went to Norms brother Aarons for dinner and a movie. It was lots of fun! Aaron has a new girlfriend, so it was our first time meeting her. I really like her, they seem happy. Norms other brother and sister came too. Dana and Shawn brought Averi. I got to hold her a lot, she is sooo cute! I think im over my baby fever now though! haha

Aaron also has a new roommate. It was so funny. There we all were eating supper, and someone asked him about his new roommate. And Aaron was like oh yea, he took Ariel on her first date! haha. How weird is that?! He lives with Kory Burstall. I had no idea..haha. Its a small world! And then Kory came home later when we were watching a movie, and came over to me and was like hey im Kory, nice to meet you! haha My sister in law said back off she's married! haha. It was a fun night. We watched transformers, Norms favorite movie! I think its more cause he thinks the girl is hot! haha

Saturday night we went and hung out with Dana and the kids. We left Norm with them for a bit, and went to check out their new house they're building. Babies scare Norm, cause they're so little and helpless that he's scared he'll break them. Im proud of him for babysitting all by himself! And Averi was fine when we got home:)

Sunday, we just went to church and hung out with the family, I had a nice 3 hour nap while they watched football..haha

I got some parcels from Mom yesterday! She's sending me the rest of the stuff I need, like my winter stuff and such. It was nice to have it, but at the same time made me sad. It was stuff that I left at home cause I planned on being back in Nova Scotia by now! I missed Calebs birthday on the weekend. It honestly breaks my heart! He turned 8, and is getting baptized in 2 weeks. I wish more than anything that I could be there!! Mom said that his birthday wish was that Norm and I would move back there! I miss my family so much!!! Anyhow, in one of the parcels mom included our professional pics. Some were really good, but overall we werent super impressed..oh well. I'll post some of my favorites!!

Thats everything thats going on here...sorry this was a boring entry!

Our Trip to Utah!!

Its been a week since I started this entry!! Im determined to finish it today! haha







We're back now from our super fun road trip to Utah!! It was our first big road trip together, so that was exciting!:) Nothing like 12 straight hours in a car together to make sure you're meant to be together! haha. I think the easiest way to do this is day by day.





Day 1:


We left at 7am, and started out on our adventure. The drive was pretty good. We didnt have any problems at the border. We took turns driving, so it went by pretty fast. The only bad part was when I had to pee SOOOOOOOOOO BAD and we were somewhere in Montana with no where to stop! It was seriously the worst ever!! I was so close to just pulling over and going on the side of the road! haha When finally there was a "parking area" with an outhouse! It was gross but I didnt even care. I love my husband, and how supportive he was..aha. He felt so bad for me, and told me later that we passed a nice rest area, and that he didnt tell me cause it was to late. He's lucky that he didnt! haha We got to Layton around 7 or 8 that night. We stayed with Norms Aunt and Uncle, so that was fun! Here's a pic of the pretty sunset we saw driving through Utah.










Day 2:
On our first full day in utah, Norm decided it would be a good idea to take me to Temple Square! I was soooooo excited!! When I think back to the last General Confrence, never at that time did I think that i'd be married, and going to the next one in Utah! It was almost surreal!! It's weird to see pictures of a certain place your whole life, and think someday i'll go there, and then to actually be there!! haha There was so much to see and do, it was so much fun! We first went to the confrence center, and had a tour by this really sweet old lady. Its so much bigger than it looks. And the acoustics were great!! You can hear a pin drop on the stage from the back!!








After the confrence center, we checked out a lot of different places. The visitor centers, the museum, oh, and we watched the Josesph Smith movie! It was SOOOOOOOO good!!! Im not sure if its on video, but if it is, everyone needs to see it!!!







We also went to The Beehive house, where Brigham Young lived. It was a really nice tour, except for this creepy guy that was on the tour with us. He was a bit "off" and kept saying that he heard that Brigham Young's 19th wife was haunting the place!...so that was a bit weird..haha After seeing all our touristy stuff, we went back to Norms Aunt and Uncles for dinner with the family, and then went to Reta's place! It was so nice to see her so soon after my wedding! We had gone like 2 years before, and then it was just a month! It was nice to see Sean too. Their house is so cute!!





Day 3:
We went to the Logan temple with Reta! It was so great to have her there for my 2nd time going through the temple! I love going to the temple so much!! And Logan was a really nice one! I loved seeing all the newly married couples here too! It seems so long ago that I got married..I cant believe its been under 2 months! haha


After the temple Reta took us out to lunch. And then she had to work, so Norm took me shopping! I love my husband! He bought me a cute outfit for his mission rehunion that we had that night! It was raining that night, and traffic was crazy! It was like people couldnt drive in the rain! We drove past 7 accidents! So it took us 2 hours to get to the rehunion. But it was fun! It was nice to meet all the people Norm had told me stories about. He enjoyed showing me off to them all too..haha.

Day 4:
We woke up to snow!! haha
We listened to the first session of confrence in the mall (only in Utah can you shop and hear that at the same time! It was great! haha) Norm bought me a super cute little mermaid hoodie. Then we went down to Temple Square again, and met up with one of his mission companions for lunch! It was raining, and sooooo cold! We had to park way far away too, cause there were so many people there! We got interviewed for the paper though! They spelt our last name wrong, but you can read the article here...http://deseretnews.com/article/content/mobile/0,5223,695216488,00.html. Being in Utah for my first time, and during confrence time, the anti mormon protesters amazed me. Its so sad that they travel, and take time outta their lives to bash on someone elses religion. We listened to the 2nd session in temple square, and on the radio, so that was nice. It was nice to just be there for it, and to feel the spirit thats there. That night the boys had the priesthood session, so we had a girls night. We played board games, and talked. It was nice to get to know Norms extended family better:)


Day 5:
We got up 15 mins before confrence, and watched it on tv at his uncles. Its nice that you can watch it on tv there! Then we went to Norms other Aunts for the 2nd session. And picked apples with her. We told her that we wouldnt be able to bring them back to Canada. But she wouldnt listen, so Reta and Sean ended up with 2 boxes of apples..lol. We went to Reta and Seans for a Thanksgiving dinner! Its nice to hang out with married friends. I feel like since we've been married our single friends dont really wanna hang out anymore, which sucks! Dinner was way good!!! They smoked the turkey for a couple hours before cooking it, it was yummy!!! Then we just watched movies, and fell asleep!:)

Day 6:
Time to go home!!
We really werent looking forward to our long 12 hour drive home! The drive home seemed longer for me! Nothing eventful happened..haha..we made it home safe and sound, and that was our trip:)


For anyone who made it through that whole entry...here is whats going on in my life now..haha
Im a working woman now..haha.."finally!" says Norm! Im working at the daycare. I have the preschool level, which is a handfull!! For the most part im enjoying it though. I think Norm was hoping that by me working there I wouldnt want kids right away, but to be honest, working there makes me want them more! haha Because they're cute, and it would mean i'd be teaching my own child instead of someone elses. I honestly feel bad for the kids that are there longer then me! Personally I wouldnt want someone else raising my kids! haha


Norm got a job as well. He's working in the lumber yard at a place called UFA. I dont think he "loves" it. But its something for now. Its really hard work. But its good in a way cause he gets discounts, and where we're renovating our house a lot, its gonna help out big time in that way!


Speaking of my husband, I love him more and more everyday!!! Now that we're both working, i've found that we're both a lot happier! I was having a bad day today at work..and told Norm about it on my lunch break, so tonight when he got home from work, he had bought me rainbow sherbet, my favorite!! I was like whats this for, and he was like I know you were having a bad, and I just want my baby to be happy! How cute is that?!


We got a gym pass together at the gym here! We've been working out everyday for the last week! I love it!! I've lost 12lbs since I moved to Alberta, just from eating differently. Im really enjoying the gym though, Im excited to get toned..haha


Anyhow, I should go clean the kitchen before Norm gets home from Fire Fighting practice!

Sick..and love my new family!!!

I have been sooooo sick this past week!! Its not fun at all!! Norm has a bad cold, so of course I caught that. And as if that wasnt bad enough, I got the stomach flu on top of that!(no, im not prego!! haha) Today is the first day I've been outta bed really. Its been so gross!! haha But I have to say that I love my husband sooooooooooo much for taking care of me!! And my mother in law!! You know how when you're sick you just want your mom? Well thats how i've been the past week, and as great as Norm is, its just not the same..haha. Well yesterday, my sister in law was comming down to do some paperwork for a house she was gonna buy. And my mother in law came with her, and get this! She's crazy!! She just went to town cleaning my house!! She did like 4 loads of laundry, and all the dishes, and cleaned all the floors, and the bathroom. She said not to get used to it cause it only happens once in a while, but she's amazing!!! She even brought me soup!! I'd have to say that was the next best thing to having my own mom here!!

So..in other news...Norm quit his job yesterday! haha As much as we're starting to freak out a bit, with neither of us being employeed, it was for the best! The company he was working for wasnt good. The other week he showed up at work at 6am like always, and the bosses werent there. So him and the other guys waited around till they showed up at 8am! And then the guys said they werent gonna pay them for those 2 hours they were working, and that they should have came and woken them up! And then yesterday, they said they were gonna decrease everyones wages by $3! Im pretty sure by law they cant just do that, but Norm had enough and quit on the spot. I guess 5 or 6 other guys quit too, so thats good..haha. He's out looking right now though for a new one..I dont think he'll have a problem.

As long as he gets a job..we're going to Utah in less than a week! I cant wait!!! I've never been, and i'll get to see Reta again!! yay!! We're going for a mission rehunion and confrence! Soooooo excited!!

I should get going..I think im gonna go rake some leaves before Norm gets home. And before it snows, they're calling for 5 to 10cms tonight!! I miss Nova Scotia falls!! haha

Im Married!!!

Well its official...im now Mrs. Nelson. How weird is that?? I've been married for about 2 and 1/2 weeks now..and I have to say that im enjoying it!! haha

Everything about our wedding was perfect:) even the weather!!

We went down to Cardston the night before our wedding, and stayed in a hotel there. And it was POURING rain!! There was even thunder and lightning!! I was so freaking out! I just wanted it to be sunny for our big day! Thankfully it was nice and sunny by 6am!

I was up bright and early! My sister in law did my hair, and it looked even more perfect then our run throughs! If you know anything about my family its that we're always late! Especially my mom!! hahah. So why should we be on time for my own wedding?!!! haha. We were suposed to be at the temple at 9am...and well we got there at about 9:20! haha.Poor Norm..the temple workers kept asking him are you sure she's coming? And was like yea, she's an Ehler, they're always late! haha.

Our ceremony was perfect! It was such an amazing experiance! I held it together! and didnt ruin my makeup! haha

We had a lunchin in Cardston right after pics at the temple. It was way nice! Our mothers gave toasts to us there, which were way good. I wasnt as good at holding it together when my mom gave hers! haha. After Cardston we had a nice long drive back to Calgary. It was so nice driving back with my husband! I just kept calling him my husband, and he kept calling me his wife, just so it would sink in.

When we got back to his parents place, I totally crashed on the couch, in my wedding dress! haha. It was a well needed nap though, and im so glad I took it. I had to have my hair fixed up afterwards, but it was worth it! haha.

The reception in Calgary was very nice! I hadnt seen it beforehand. My mother in law made all the decorating decisions, and she did a very good job! We had a reciving line there though, and argh! haha. My face hurt afterwards! I can only smile for so long! We were standing there for an hour and 1/2! haha

The rest of the reception was great though!!! We had some great toasts by our best friends and dads! Norms sister sang, which was amazing! She's so good! And then we had our first dance to "for you" by duncan sheik..I think thats how you spell it. Its a way nice song! Norm played and sang it to me in the car one night before he told me that he didnt want to date anyone else.

For our wedding night we just came home to our house, so that was nice.

We did a gift opening the next day at his parents place. We got soooooo much stuff!! 4 crock pots, and 3 toaster ovens..haha.

So then we went back to Nova Scotia for our "honeymoon" and reception there. We stayed in a nice cottage on the water. It was perfect! So nice to wake up every morning and see the water!

We did all the toristy stuff like peggys cove, and the waterfront, and the citidal. It was really nice to have Norm back where Im from. He loved it!! And if things work out, we could be back there in a year! So we'll see:)

I really enjoyed my reception there!!! It was so nice to have all my friends and family there! Whereas here I didnt know over 1/2 the people there! We had our reception at the St. Marys Boat club. It was perfect weather for that too! We had a great photographer. I cant wait to get my pics back from him!! Nathan brought doves for us to release, which was way nice!!

For our first dance in NS my cousins played violin and guitar..which was awesome!!

It was so sad leaving to come back here! Im being a stay at home wife right now while I wait for my criminal record thing to clear. I've applied to be a TA at the elementary school, and if that doesnt work out, Im gonna work at the daycare.

Its totally snowing here right now! Thats so not cool!! I should go clean the kitchen..and get lunch ready for my husband!