Owen Reid Nelson is here!

Owen Reid was born on August 6th at 2:39 pm!

He weighed in at 7lbs. 6 oz. and was 21 inches long!

Happy parents...Deborah and Jonah!

Just a few hours after Owen was born!

Happy grandparents...Tim and Sandy!

Happy Aunt and Uncle...James and Beka!

We are all thrilled to welcome this new life into our family!

See more pics and info under Deb and Jonah's link...

Some Wicked Fun in July!

It's catch up day!

I rarely get to this...but will share some highlights of the last three months!

Uncle Tom came to visit in July! Tom came to help with some work but we wanted him to have some fun while he was here, too... We went to see James in Bye, Bye Birdie twice.

Check out more under James' link (past performances)!

On July 3rd we all went to see Wicked at Gammage Auditorium in Tempe, AZ.

We had tickets for all 8 of us but James couldn't go

(he was in his own show on the other side of town!)

So Tom used our extra ticket! We had awesome seats and all loved the show!

On the 4th of July we went to Clay and Rachel's for food and fun!

Adah couldn't take her eyes off her great uncle Tom!

The big reason Tom came to visit was to put wood floors in much of our house!

It was time for the 22 year old carpet to go!!!

Here are some before pictures...It was a bigger job than we had anticipated...

tearing out old, filty carpet, replacing all the doors and woodwork, leveling concrete, etc....

and then laying 900 sf. of wood flooring!Before we tore out the old the kids had fun creating awesome artwork on the

"much loved" carpet!We are THRILLED with the results!
Thanks Tom!!!! You do awesome work and it feels great!

Family Fun on Mother's Day and Father's Day!

For Mother's Day we all went to Beka's show...Snoopy!

(Check out more about Beka's show under her link to the right!)

It was wonderful to all be together.

Then we all went out to pizza and yummy ice cream!

On Father's Day, Clay and Rachel has us over for "Beautiful Sandwiches!" Tim's favorite!

Fun with Grandbaby Adah!

Tim, Beka and I were thrilled to babysit Adah!

She was an angel!
More pics under "Lots of Pics here!"