Never Thought It Would Happen

"Brother and Sister Nelson could we have a minute with you after church?"   Those are the first words we heard right after Sacrament Meeting today.  For those of you that are members of the Church know what that means...... Let me explain.  Being a member of the Church you know that if you ever hear that sentence you;

1. Leave, RUN find the closest, nearest exit and your family can find a ride home. 

2. You suddenly came down with the Flu and won't be able to make it.

3. Well, I am still Sister Diaz right, and Brian isn't technically "Brother Nelson" so you ignore it knowing that they really weren't looking you in the eye smiling waiting for a confirmation.

For those of you that are not aware of LDS lingo.... First of all if you are not a member of the Church, you are not likely to be called into the Bishops office or by one of the Bishopric Members into a meeting asking you to serve in a Calling to serve in the Ward(Congregation).  Oh!!!!! let me tell you now, this is NOT true.  Brian, who is on his 3rd discussion, 2 weeks today of not smoking (attends church regularly, fasts, pays his fasto offerings) has been jointly called with me by the Bishopric to serve as the Board Members of the BoyScouts in the Ward and Stake representatives....... So, if you, along with us we both thought that a Non-Member would never be called to Serve..... We were wrong..... We both are looking forward to this calling and everything that comes along with it :)  hee hee We are so lost it's not even funny.  Our first meeting is this Tuesday.  We'll keep you posted.  (feel free to pray for us :)

On a side note....... The picture above is another grasp of something we thought would never happen...... On Friday we woke up and saw the tree down in the middle of the parking lot barely missing my car.  Poor Brian was so incredibly bummed out that the tree had missed the car.  He was hoping to cash in on our GAP insurance for the car. "|:(  Oh well..... (he truly does not have the same feelings about my car as I do)

We hope you all have a wonderful Sunday relaxing and a wonderful, exciting week.

A New Nest for the Nelsons

The rest of this week has been pretty eventful.

Brian started teaching his own classes, Vincent met some of the riders in SuperCross and kicked my trash hiking (Vincent likes to run up and down the mountains rather than hike up and down the mountains), I accomplished running 4 miles.

Yesterday Vincent had the opportunity to go camping two hours North in Flagstaff with our Bishop and another young man from our Ward. They had fun making knifes, archery, dodge ball, freezing (still snowing) and having teenage fun with Scouts around the Valley.

Brian and I had a great evening feeding the missionaries while hearing a discussion. I have always been told Missionaries can eat and never really experienced it until now. Oh boy.... These ones sure can eat. :) I LUV it. Brian is still going strong without smoking. He is on day 6 now. AWESOME...... We want to do the wave for him .

I am learning how to ride a road bike while experiencing the site seeing of Phoenix. It's really pretty nice. We have been averaging about 17mph and I would have to say that this morning it was pretty darn chilly. :) That is for Phoenix, I know you all are laughing. But really it does get pretty darn chilly here.

Today we took advantage of having Vincent up North and went for a 18 mile bike ride. I would have to say that I am doing pretty darn well. Brian broke a sweat; laughing at me that is. I mistakenly did not clip out while at our gate and well fell over. He would have been rolling on the floor if the asphalt wasn't so hard and cold... We got home just in time to hop in the car and head over to the Stake Blood Drive. No way would we miss the chance to try to beat each other in the friendly competition between the Elders and Relief Society. (I am sure the Woman won... I mean really) Since we were going strong and still no teenager home, we decided to purchase our very first home. We put an offer on the home above that we hope to call our New Nelson Nest. (say your prayers and cross your fingers) Since buying a house, giving blood and riding our bikes this am, a trip to WalMart wasn't enough we decided to go on a date and attend a movie. Did you know they have Babysitters here while you as adults attend a movie.... We're just bummed that the age of babysitting stops at 8. JK but it is pretty darn cool. We had such a great Date Day watching the movie The Blind Side. I highly recommend the movie. I cried, laughed and in the end was happy that we spent that $14.00. (trying to purchase a home was spending enough money I thought). Our teenager finally came home just in time to shower, clean up and ask if he could attend the weekly Stake Dance on the other side of town.

Date Day is over but it sure was fun.

Still Going Strong

It is now day three of Brian's life challenge and he is going strong. I would have to say that our house is just as normal and cheerful. The boys were smiling this morning and carrying on as normal before school and work. We have started looking for a home to purchase in the area and enrolled Vincent into High School. (I still can't believe that) I am still looking for employment but enjoying the fact that I get to go hiking, learn to blog, and take care of Vincent. Yeah for short days. We are taking our own field trip to Costco (hopefully they have samples) and Home Depot to price out appliances and fixtures. We miss our family and friends dearly in Santa Barbara but we are definitley making Phoenix a happy place to live.

NEW

Here we are with new jobs, new school, new friends and a new start on our life. We have been in Phoenix now for just a little more than a month. It has been a hard transition but we are slowly beginning to luv it. Brian is now an Instructor for the Trade School MMI (UTI), Vincent is attending a K-8 and still deciding if he likes it. I am still looking for part time employment while getting my lia sophia business started here in Phoenix. We are not sure what is on the road ahead of us but we are sure excited and can't wait to share it with you all. :)