Happy Halloween!

This was Avery's first Halloween! Last year I was doing sprints around my parents' neighborhood trying to put myself into labor. Halloween is one of my favorite holidays. I like dressing up and I LOVE fall! So we had fun getting Avery all dressed up in her monkey costume and we even ended up going Trick-or-Treating with Grandma Nielsen!

{I love her grin here!}

{posing with her monkey after trick-or-treating}

{Happy Halloween! We hope yours was as great as ours!}

Autumn Walk

This weekend we took a family walk to enjoy the fall leaves and the gorgeous canyon! It was a beautiful day and Avery did great! We got a little cold but we had a great time looking at leaves and just spending time together.

{bundled up in the stroller}

{Avery and Daddy at the waterfall}

{Mommy and Avery}

CONGRATULATIONS BRIAN!!! Brian received an internship offer to work for DELL today! The internship is for next summer and will start in mid-May. We have had Dell at the top of our list since early on in Brian's internship search and we are SO excited that the stars aligned!

Brian, I am so proud of you and your hard work to get this internship! I can't wait to see what Austin, Texas has in store for the Nielsens. You are simply amazing!

"Business" Trip

This past week Brian has been out of school. The MBA program gives the students a week off to go on business trips and secure internships. Brian took a couple days the week before to go to Anaheim, CA for a business conference and ended up spending his week off home with us!

Now, I don't want to complain, but I miss my hubby during the week. He is usually good at coming home around 5 but then there's homework and studying and internship stuff to do. I struggle to leave him alone during homework time and I think I hover too much, so this week off was splendid for us!

Since my parents were spending the week in St. George, we decided to use their house as our vacation. We had a great time watching scary Halloween movies and roasting hot dogs and marshmallow over their new gas fire pit.

{Avery loves playing with Grandma's toys!}

{dinner time}

{Avery is still really loving the dishwasher. She loves to
unload it, especially when we are trying to load it!}

{little helper}

On the way home from Farmington I started feeling a little sick and by the time we got home I had full on chills and aches all over. I spent the rest of the week (Thursday- Sunday) on the couch being sick while Brian took care of Aves and cleaned the house. I'm glad Brian was home, but I wish we could have enjoyed the rest of his week off. Thanks babe- you're wonderful!

Three Muskateers

{best looking crew around!}

Go Cougars!

Tis the Season! Of BYU Football, that is! We have had so much fun going to games this month and even got to take Avery to one of them! Sure, the BYU vs. Utah game was HORRIBLE, but we've had a great time supporting the Cougs through it all!

{Avery loving the game- thank you earplugs!}

{We even ran into Nick and my parents at the BYU vs Utah State game!}

{Rise and Shout!}

{Strawberry footballs- yummy!}