five year anniversary!

Spencer picked me up from work early on Friday with the car packed and ready for a surprise anniversary weekend. All I knew is that we were headed toward the mountains. A few hours, a couple custom playlists, and a soda later we pulled up here. The Sky Hotel in Aspen Colorado. Aspen! Since we had grabbed dinner on the way, we headed out in search of the perfect dessert... which we found Torta di Lamponi ~ vanilla custard, fresh raspberries, cookie crust. Heavenly. Then we spent the remainder of the evening checking out the town. We got up early Saturday morning and had breakfast on the patio before strolling through the residential area and admiring the very intriguing life that Aspen locals live. We rode the gondola to the top of the mountain, truly the most beautiful mountain views I have ever seen. We had lunch at the resort on top and spent the day exploring. It was a magical day, the sweetest surprise, and the best anniversary yet. Love you Spencer!

san diego

I was in San Diego last weekend for business, and my lovely friend Aubry was there as well. I was able to fly in early and meet up with her for a day of shopping in San Clemente. Her family was so nice to let me crash at their house Friday night, and then drive me to the convention center the next day, not to mention the yummy breakfast and fresh juice from their citrus trees that morning. Oh, and the yummy mexican food, heavenly cupcakes, In-N-Out cheeseburgers, Aubry's homemade trifle, and on and on. Thanks for everything Aubry, it was so fun to see you!
I forgot my camera of course, see here for pictures of the fun.

peterson's passing through

While I was in Boise I got a call from my sister Alisa letting me know that they wanted to stop off in Denver for a few days on their way to Tucson, AZ. Denver is not really on their way from Illinois to Arizona, but we were so glad they decided to make it such (thanks for coming out of your way guys!). We packed in some pretty good play time between the pool, the park, the children's museum, a little shopping and Nate & Julie's new house. It was so fun to see the kiddos and meet little Liam for the first time. You can see more photos of the rambunctious weekend here.

memorial weekend...

Olive and I made our first trip to Boise over Memorial weekend. I was a little nervous to travel alone with her, but she did great, slept on all 4 legs of the trip (why does Southwest not fly direct to Boise?) and we had a great time once we got there. Kyle drove in from Provo to meet her, and our first stop on the way home from the airport was Grandma and Grandpa Nelsons. We BBQ'd, shopped, golfed, did super secret fathers day pictures (thanks Cindy!), and spent time in my favorite backyard with some of my most favorite people. Just a few pics from the trip...

hello spring

Every spring i admire the fresh cut ranunculus that arrive at my local Whole Foods. They are one of my favorite flowers, and this year, for the first time, I decided to bring them home.
So glad it's spring!

easter fun.

Aubry came to visit us and meet Olive over Easter weekend. It was a quick trip but full of fun, cupcakes, Nordstrom, movies, Wordshop, and the best Easter breakfast ever! Those of you that know Aubry know she can cook, but this french toast and homemade syrup ranked right up there with her famous banana bread. It was so fun to have her, thanks for coming Aubry.
Quick update on Olive, she is such a sweet baby and is 10 weeks today. She weighed just over 10 lbs. at her 8 week appt and is getting big so fast. She's discoving her hands and her voice lately and is adorable to talk to.

olive's blessing day

Spencer blessed Olive on March 22, 2009. It was a beautiful blessing and we were so lucky to have family in town to share her day. My Dad and Tanner made the trip from Boise, and Nate and Julie and the Leavitts came for the blessing as well. Olive did so good, and slept quietly through the whole thing. She is such a good natured darling baby.She's had so many visitors since she was born and we're so grateful for such supportive family and friends.