Thursday, February 16, 2012

More Nelsons

Tyler's brother Zack is just 14 months younger than Tyler, and they are good buds. Since Zack has one more year left in his orthodontic residency (and since his residency gives him long 'ol breaks!!!), Zack and his family stayed in town a few days after the reunion to check out the area and interview with some potential employers.

Zack & Danica have 3 kids: Carson (about 9 months younger than Cole), Cami (about 14 months younger than Annie), and new baby Chelsea. 

I loved seeing the little friendships that our kids developed over the reunion. This was only our 2nd time seeing  Cami, yet it felt like we knew her as well as our dear next-door neighbors. Annie loved every minute of bossing around some fresh meat, and Cami was a precious follower of Annie's demands.

The kids loved doing Dance Parties to the reunion CD (Cole's face kills me here)
And the weather was warm enough that we took them to the pool in borrowed swim suits :)

We totally cheated ringing in the new year with them. Tyler set all the clocks 3 hours ahead, and we did our festivities early. When the clock read 11:15, Whitney couldn't believe her eyes and said, "Wow! It only feels like 8 o'clock!!"
After the kids went to bed, Danica & I stayed up late watching the boys play Halo while making hairbows. Danica taught me all of her crafty ways.

We loved having them around, and we hope things work out for them to find a job out here and become our neighbors.
It would be a dream come true to have our siblings close by!

4 comments:

Danica said...

New meat - love it! You're hilarious. Thanks for being such an awesome host...I'm loving the posts sis!

Jenny said...

Glad you all had fun together.

Hope that you get to live by each other....wouldn't that be fun.

bjahlstrom said...

They almost look like twins.

kristine said...

What fun to have family near.. that is the one thing we miss here in TX. But oh the other blessing make it all happen as it should. What a treat and I hope they can make it work out nearest you! YOu and your family are so lovely. & they do look like brothers!