First Annual Nessen Nerd Night

We had the first annual Nessen Nerd night. It was a Blast as you can see in pictures we ALWAYS have a great time when we get together!
Jeremy & Stacey as Napolian Dynomite he even had the boots
Me & Ray
My Mom & Dad
Aunt Tammy & Uncle Byron
Ash & Mike (I loved mikes wig I couldn't stop staring at him HILARIOUS!) Nash he thought it was hilarious too!

Seriously Soup?

Okay so last week I decided to be a domestic woman and instead of buying canned beans I would buy them dry and cook them... not a big deal I have done this before. So here is how it played out...
Monday morning measure out the beans and soak them in water before I leave for school and work. Come home they've been soaking all day perfect. Make dinner and cook the beans for 1 1/2 hours. Get distracted beans run out of water and BURN ARRRRG What a waste! Throw them away, open the windows and get out the room spray to kill the burned smell. Oh well lamo!
Wednesday repeat the steps of Monday. Other than... this time I was SOOOO tired and I feel asleep while the beans were cooking (an hour and a half is a long time peeps) I wake up to Ray running in the kitchen and BURNT BEANS ARRRRRRRGGGGG! I think "Why can I not just make these beans... am I not supposed to make this yummy soup?"
Friday repeat steps of previous days... but I DIDN'T burn the beans this time. They were perfect. I put them in the fridge to make soup for dinner on Sunday.
Sunday come home from church, put all ingredients in crock pot and let slow cook for a couple hours... all is well it smells delish! Tyrel & Elena will be here in an hour and it we'll have delicious soup. I take the lid off the crock pot... (which doesn't have a handle btw it broke forever ago so I use a hot pad) Stir the soup, put the lid back on and walk away. From the other room I hear a loud BANG. I thought Ray had dropped something. I come down the hall and he tells me not to step on the kitchen floor... why I ask??? Because our Crock Pot lid just EXPLODED! What in the world??? Why was I not supposed to make that soup! Ray jokingly said "Honey if you wanted a new one all you had to do was ask" NOT COOL PEEPS NOT COOL! I was upset at so much wasted food and a perfectly good crock pot that now has no lid at all... she end was perfect however. we whipped up some other soup that was delicious and had a great time with T&E.
Stay tuned for NERD NIGHT pictures to come :)

My Amazing Husband

Just a little shout out to the Love of my Life Ray!
Yesterday was the Chem E car Nationals held her in Salt Lake City. For those of you who don't know what that is (I had no idea before I married a Chemical Engineer) the chem e car team builds a car from scratch that they have to make run on chemical reactions. They have to make it go so far and then stop only using chemicals. Pretty Crazy Stuff :) Here is a pic of their car.. Ray had decided not to go because it was Sunday however... during church he kept getting calls from guys on his team panicing that he wasn't going to be there. So after church I encouraged him to go. He has worked super hard to help with this project and his team needed him. So I was relaxing at home and the news came on and they did a little blurb about the U losing to TCU on Sat :( and how they hoped the Chem E team could beat Texas at this meeting instead. What do you know Ray comes on the news HE IS SO HANDSOME he had a little blurb on their car. They had a few technical difficulties... the wheel fell off in the the first round oops. But all in all they did really good 12 out of 31. Here's the link to KSL if you want to watch his little part http://www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=13187238
He was also on Fox 13 news, KSL radio, and in the Desert News :)
We've felt extreemly blessed with job interviews for another internship next summer with Proctor & Gamble (this is the one we would love), Rio Tinto and today he got a call from Sun products... our prospects look good and I feel blessed beyond reason for just chance that he has to interview :)
I'm just really proud of him! He's worked super hard to get here and I love seeing him be so good at what he loves! So to my HANDSOME and AMAZING hubby and our boys Daddy! GOOD JOB WE LOVE YOU WE ARE SO PROUD OF YOU!!!

Halloween P AR TAY

We had our first annual Nessen Halloween Party on Saturday night we had a BLAST! Thanks to Ash for setting it all up! We went bowling at Fat Cats in Ogden then out to dinner at Chilis. We laughed so much and had a great time!
Ray and I went as the Bun Maker and an Oven LOVE MY HUBBY! Isen't he so handsome! I'm one lucky girl!
My Mom & Dad Mom was the Fairy Godmother and Dad was just himself... we we're just glad he came :) Ash & Mike as Morticia and Gomez! Hilarious! We lost Mike in the bowling ally and so they paged him as Gomez Garza so funny! Doesn't Ash make a hot Morticia? Love Them!
Last but not least Jon & Kelli this was the winner of the best costume by far! You should have seen people stare everyone wanted pictures and he was in full character. It was HILARIOUS to see him dressed as a woman to say the least! We had so much fun! And to think... this is just the beginning!
Happee Halloween!!

24 Weeks

Here we are 24 weeks as of tomorrow morning... I am feeling a little anxious, a little nervous, and very reflective on past events. My body has never been past this point before. Tomorrow we reach the same point of pregnancy that we were at when we went into labor with Blaze. We have been to a bunch of Dr. appts everything is looking great so far. They are taking extra good care of us however part of me can't help be worried a little... from here on out after just 6 more days (that we're all spend in Labor last time) we will be in uncharted territory... we'll have never been pregnant past that point. I can only have hope in good things to come. It has seemed to go by much faster this time.
My heart is full and my heart is hopeful! I am grateful for Blaze grateful that we got to spend a week with him, loving him and learning more than we ever imagined we could from someone so small. I am also grateful for the opportunity to be pregnant again! We are not so naive this time as to think all babies come to stay or that all parents get healthy children... but we are hopeful that my body can hold on and we will get to bring Blazes little Brother home to love and to learn from. My good friend Stef and I went to lunch yesterday and she said "Little children come to teach us not for us to teach them" Does that ever ring true for me. Little children are the gateway to heaven and I am thankful for an angel to lead us home and a new baby to teach us while we're here.

Puppies in Heaven

Ashleigh has had a big week at her house... Cinnamon her dog had Dexter (our dogs) puppies. 4 of them on Tuesday the kids love them already they all have names. This is Peanut he was the runt of the bunch. He didn't make it thru his first day he was so small and so weak :( Ash called me yesterday not knowing what to do. We were both heartbroken because Cinnamon was so worried about her little baby and couldn't help him. We can both relate but there are no comforting words when you're a dog. So Ash buried the sweet little puppy and sent me a text saying "I guess now Malia and Blaze have a puppy to play with" I burst into tears and called her so sad to lose a little one no matter if your human or an animal we will miss little peanut. But our babies no doubt are loving their new little puppy. We Love You Malia & Blaze!

Miss Kenna

I LOVE this little girl! We got to see her on Sunday... we decided last minute to go to FHE in Brigham to see my Moms side of the family.
So on the way there Miss Kenna says to Ashleigh
Kenna: "Mom is Aunt Janet coming?"
Ash: "Yes honey she will be there"
Kenna: " Oh She is going to be so excited to see me"
Ash laughing "Yes she will"
And was she ever right I am ALWAYS excited to see her beautful little face and her giant personality in one little adorable body! She just started preschool a few weeks ago and dance... she wants to be a teacher and a rainbow when she grows up oh how I love her! I LOVE being an AUNT to all my nephews and neices!
Being an Aunt is the Best thing EVER!