A Pirate Birthday

Nathan turned three yesterday and we packed our day full of fun, friends and family. We started off by canceling our plans of going to the park due to rain (boo) but it worked out because all his friends came to our house. He had a blast playing with Dillon, Cooper, Ethan and Avery (that girl knows how to hang with the boys). It was so cute to watch them all try t o play hungry hippos together, they are growing up so fast. That night we had my parents and Ryan's grandparents over for dinner. Nathan loved his pirate cake and the tons more toys he received. My favorite part was the big hug and kiss he gave me that night when he said thank you for the party.

Wannabe Crafty Mom

I'm so addicted to browsing craft blogs lately! There are so many cute things to make unfortunately my skills are limited. I just got my first sewing machine and am attempting to learn to sew. These are a couple of small projects I've made. Collin's asleep right now but I'll get a picture of him in the tie shirt when he wakes up.

The best time to go to Disneyland

Nathan's first time on the Matterhorn. He says he likes it and even asked to go on it again but he also says "it's okay Momma I just close my eyes and scream"

Collin's first time on the carousel, soooo cute!

I love Disneyland in the Fall. It's usually not quite as crowded and all the pumpkin decorations are so cute. Here are some pictures from our last couple trips.

What's new

Collin started crawling

Well I have been terrible about blogging lately. I always look forward to all of you updating yours but I'm too lazy to work on my own. Here's just a few things that have gone on lately.

We got a cat. Ryan and Nathan named him TroTro

And Nathan's imagination as well as his hat collection are growing. Lately he loves to be a pirate and a cowboy.

My beautiful boys!!

Watch out girls the Nielsen boys will break your heart! Aren't they handsome?!

OC Fair

Happy Birthday Flag

Fourth of July is our family's favorite holiday. We had a blast at Sylvan park watching Gram play in the Redlands 4th of July band. Then we came home and bbq then went swimming. Collin slept through all the illegal fireworks going off around our house while Nathan oohhed and aahhed. Nathan even held his own sparkler this year while I nervously watched.