Did I ever tell you...

(Kristopher Orr Photography)

Just how much I love my siblings?

Even though I don't hear from some of them for months at a time because their boyfriend is the new center of their universe (just kidding Carlee) I think of them often and want them to know how much I truly and completely love them. With that love encloses all of their quirks, flaws, talents, personalities and each of their amazing qualities. Thank you for always accepting me and helping to build me as a person, you have helped to develop my character and each of you will forever be a part of who I am.

A friend of mine lost a sibling recently in a car accident. She was really young and it got me thinking, even though I didn't want to, about losing one of you. I can only hope that each of you will live a full life and that you will only be taken from the earth when you are supposed to. I know you will because it is all in the Lords timing and he does not make mistakes. Even so, I will never lose you. I am stuck with you all for eternity... and I wouldn't be happier with anybody else. I love you silly kids.

(Kristopher Orr Photography)

Big Springs

Sunday Feb 14th: It was a beautiful day yesterday. The sun was shining and it was 45 degrees.

Josh, his dad and I took Bobo girl up Provo Canyon to Big Springs to hike around a little bit. She is getting old and her arthritis is starting to take its tole. But she loved it. And so did we.

I love Utah.

Cute bobo dog :)

Heart day

Did I ever mention that I have the best husband ever? No? Well, I do.

I always viewed Valentines day as a trivial day where couples would try to out-do others and women could go around bragging about their boyfriends and how they showered them in roses and chocolate. You know. All those things that "symbolize" love.

And maybe, because I never had those things done for me I felt they were even more trivial and it was much easier for me to point my finger and scoff.

Friday was a bad day for me. I had a long stressful day at work. I messed up a couple of times, I had an nice talk with my boss and by the time the day was over I was very ready for a weekend.

Just when I didn't think the day could be any worse I realized that it was Valentines day weekend and I didn't have anything for Josh. Trivial as it may be I felt that I should do something. You know. Because everyone was doing something. My something was a silly broken down girl with tears running down her face trudging through the front door feeling worthless.

This is what I came home to:

(Inside the bag was a card from Josh, two tickets to see Valentines day, candy and a free massage, the rose I brought home from work.)

Trivial? I think not. The first thing he said was, "I was going to wait until Sunday but I felt like you needed this today!" And then I burst into tears. I really did need this. He spent all afternoon blowing up 24 balloons by himself and hanging streamers in every room.

We went out for dinner that night to Gurus. It was where we went on our first date as well as the day we got engaged. We went straight from there to the Provo Temple in time for the last

session. It was perfect.

We finished the night bouncing balloons off of each others heads for the better part of an hour. Josh is really good and shooting balloons. :) It took me a while but eventually I got it and nailed him in the face a few times. He deserved it, he had plenty of shots to my face and he ended up giving me free ones which I missed from a few feet away anyways. I haven't laughed like that in a while. It was fun.

val en tine |ˈvalənˌtīn|

noun. denoting a person chosen as a sweetheart or special friend. a person one loves

From Old French Valentin, from Latin Valentinus.

Happy Valentines Day!

Here's to new beginnings!

Well, its a new year 2010!

Can anyone believe how fast the time has gone?

Let me give you a little brief over-view of the last year so we can begin on the same page.

Josh and I are coming up on our 2nd anniversary in May. This last year and a half went by in a snap.

I have been working in a dental office in Orem for almost six months now. I absolutely love it! Barry Family Dental has been my saving grace as far as work goes. I found it randomly (if you call fate random) and it worked out perfectly. I have the best employer and work with wonderful people. I couldn't ask for a better setting to suction saliva in for the next however many years. I never get tired of the people or their pearly whites.

Josh just celebrated his 27th birthday, and although he feels old I still think he is young and smokin'. He is currently studying at BYU where he is majoring in Nutritional Science and hopes to be done with this section of school either in June or December. He will begin his applications to Med school sometime in May. We haven't figured out which course we are taking yet but we are looking forward to embracing new opportunities wherever life takes us. Right now we are just trucking on through the schoolwork and the life of newlyweds.

With no additions to our family quite yet we enjoy occupying our time cooking, rock climbing, watching movies, playing and taking a lot of pictures.

Well, we hope you enjoy our little adventures, we will try to figure out this blog thing and keep you posted. (haha, posted. Get it?). We will try to be somewhat entertaining for you since we find entertainment in ourselves, life is funny.

But for now, live in the moment. Its yours.

Josh and Kassi Nelson

Joshy's Cinnamon roll cake with 27 candels (I did that by accident!! :)

(Sorry it is kind of blurry)