I am Thankful for...

... family


... our health


... yummy food


... games


... and my kids!


This year for Thanksgiving we stayed at home and enjoyed a lazy weekend full of food, games and laughter.

My perpetually sick kids were not feeling well the first part of the week. (They both had fevers, coughs, and lots of runny noses, then Makelle broke out in this weird rash all over her body.) But by Wednesday they started feeling a little better, so my dad came down and gave us a break and watched the kids while we went to a movie together... always so fun.

Then on Thursday we slept in, ate a nice breakfast together, then got ready and headed over to my Aunt's house in Farmington. We had a yummy Thanksgiving dinner with my Grandparents, parents, brothers, aunts and uncles and their families.

It is a Nash family tradition that every year after dinner we play BINGO. Everyone brings some fun little prizes and every time you get a BINGO you get to pick from the pile, then when the pile runs out you start to steal from each other until someone gets a blackout. I think Corbin ended up with every single prize that had balls or wheels involved... one was a little electronic car, which he played with so much that the batteries died within 5 hours. Apparently it isn't meant to be constantly running for all 5 hours straight!

The next day we sat home and played games and watched movies while everyone else braved the Black Friday crowds, then we went up to my parents to eat turkey sandwiches, hang out with the family and play cards with my Grandparents... Grandpa and I thoroughly beat Caleb and Grandma each and every single round... it was great.

Today we will most definitely be watching the BYU vs. Utah football game, with high hopes of cheering the Cougars to victory.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Birthday Buddy

Our little guy turned 3 years old on Friday! We love him so much, it was really fun to celebrate his little life thus far.

Of course he was a little coughy (is that a word?) when he woke up, but we decided to celebrate anyway. I hung out with him at home during the day and pretty much let him have anything he wanted... which meant oreos for lunch and LOTS of playtime and reading books together.

Then when Caleb got home we packed up Bean's party stuff and took him to Carl's Jr. (That is his favorite restaurant, not because he likes the food... quite the opposite, he hates hamburgers... rather because he LOVES their play place.) So we met our families there (Grandma and Grandpa Lloyd, Matt, Jake, Benson, Sam, Trey, Colton, Brynn, Tori, Tyler and Rachel) and the kids ran around playing while they nibbled at/barely touched their food, we opened presents and had cake and ice cream.

Corbin had so much fun. 3 is a good age, because I think this is the first year he really understood what a birthday party is and yet was still young enough to be SO thrilled and excited by every little thing.


We love you Corbin, Happy Birthday Buddy! And thanks to everyone who came down to celebrate with us and who gave Corbin all his wonderful new toys, which have kept him entertained quite nicely thus far.

The Book of Mormom is TRUE!

As part of the kids' bedtime routine, we have been reading the children's Book of Mormon together as a family every night. Tonight we finished the last chapter. This involved reading the section where Moroni challenges individuals to read the Book of Mormon and pray to the Lord to find out for themselves whether or not it is true.

Little kids are so darn cute. It is no wonder we are told to be submissive and faithful even as a child.

After reading this we explained to him that it meant he could pray and ask Heavenly Father whether the Book of Mormon was true or not. And we tried to teach him about the concept of The Spirit and how it would confirm to him in his heart and in his mind the truths of the scriptures. Kind of tough to break down to a 2-year-old's level of understanding... or so we thought.

It was his turn to offer the family prayer, so we reminded him of Moroni's challenge and invited him to begin his prayer.

"Dear Heavenly Father, help me know are the scriptures true or not? YES! (shouts it out mid prayer, we look up startled, his eyes are popping out of his head) THE SCRIPTURES ARE TRUE! YES, THEY ARE!"

We try not to laugh/cry tears of pure joy and pride as he continues his normal prayer, blessing Makelley-Belly and his toys and books.

In actuality it was easier for him to understand and recognize the Lord's answer to an honest and simple prayer, than it is for me!

What an amazing little spirit he has, if only we all had his faith and undoubting acceptance. Kids are awesome! They continue to surprise me and teach me so much about life each and every day.

It just keeps getting worse

Today I bought some cashews to put in my Asian meal. Being me, I of course had to open them and eat a couple while I was cooking. Corbin asked if he could have one, so of course I let him. A couple of minutes later we discovered that he is also allergic to cashews.

This actually helps explain things, because while he has never eaten a cashew before, he did eat some peanuts out of a can of mixed nuts once and for some reason threw up and got a little rash shortly after. I couldn't figure it out, because it wasn't a full blown allergic reaction and I know that he does okay with peanuts, but I guess there must have been some cashew oils on the nuts he ate.

I think that being allergic to cashews means there is a good chance he might be allergic to other nuts as well, but I am not sure. So far I know he has eaten almonds, walnuts and peanuts okay. I guess we will just have to be careful with him if he ever tries new nuts now. Oh boy, this kid.

And so it begins

Makelle has been doing really well with eating solids. Meaning it has been a much more pleasant experience than what we went through with Corbin, who got sick almost every single time I fed him at first. So I decided to brave the proteins with Makelle last night and fed her meat for the first time. I made a really simple chicken soup (broth, peas, carrots, shredded chicken), pureed it for her and let her try it. She didn't seem to like it -- out came the clenched jaw and flailing hands, but we managed to get some down her. Two hours later she started throwing up all over herself. Poor girl, she clearly wasn't ready for it and Mommy tried to make her eat it. I felt horrible. Everyone tells me that if you wait too long to introduce new flavors and textures you end up with a picky eater (Exhibit A: Corbin) but my kids just seem to have such sensitive little digestive systems, I think we really don't have any other option. So, I guess we are back to fruits, veggies and simple grains for now.