Here are some things that we have been up to...

We fianlly got out of our house for the weekend. Our little nephew, Jonathan, was having a 5th birthday party in Tremonton on Saturday. So, Blake and Savannah invited us to stay at their apartment for the weekend while they were in St George for their spring break. We took them up on the offer, since it had been over a month since we had really left our house to do anything since my injury. We drove up to Logan Friday night to relax and watch a movie. Then Saturday morning we drove the 25 miles to Tremonton for Jonathans Birthday party. We had such a great time together with most of Shawns family together and had lunch and some yummy cake and ice cream.
Shawn was so excited to get Jonathan a remote control car for his birthday (since they are Shawns new favorite things to play with) that he hurried and had him open up his gift so he could take him outside to drive it around.
After the lunch, cake, and gifts the boys all went to a remote part of Tremonton to go shoot guns...that did not last long since a cop showed up and let the guys know that they were not to shoot their guns in that part of town. After that we headed back to Logan to visit with Jared and Amy for the evening. Shawn enjoyed playing the Wii and Jared had fun watching him.
Blake and Savannah got back Sunday morning and we all went to church together, ate dinner...then we headed home after a fun and relaxing weekend together and we our family.
A picture of me with my skirt, flat shoes, and crutches. All I can wear are skirts since nothing fits over my huge brace that goes from my thigh to my ankle, and I cant wear anyother shoes but flats, since I dont want to trip or fall, and of course I have my crutches that I have to take with me everywhere I go! Here is Shawn with his little pistol out shooting with his brothers.

Brandon, Shawn, Corbin, Hadley, and Jonathan racing their cars around the parking lot.

Shawn, Hadley, and the birthday boy with his new remote control car.

So, Shawn and I have been laying low and just hanging out alot at home these last few weeks since my surgery. I have not been able to do much lately, but I have defiantly been able to start doing more recently. We have had some visitors come and help break up some of our same-old everydayness. For the first 2 weeks I did not leave my recliner chair with my ice machine hooked up to my leg. But now I have been able to start going to work for the day, them come home to elevate my leg with lots of ice.
But during these last 4 weeks since surgery we got invited to a cousins dinner at the Woodleys home. We went and met up with all of our cousins here in Utah for hamburgers and fun games. The Woodleys are great hosts and have all of the "Nelson" cousins over for dinner/games often.
Here is a picture of all of the girls, minus Savannah who left early with Blake to head south to St George for the week. And a picture of most of the boy cousins and (some girlfriends) while they play, "Ticket to Ride" together. Every time we all get together the boys get this game out to play, but they are very stingy and they do not let any of the girls play!

And here is a picture of Shawn playing a hand-held Phase 10 game...there have been a few weeks straight that we never left the house and I sat in my recliner with my leg elevated while he did homework, watched TV with me, or played games.