Back to School (but not for us!)

September 5th, 2008 Jessica Posted in Sibling news 1 Comment »

Mwuahahahaha!

So, Labor Day weekend was the beginning of school for a lot of people, namely those who go to BYU.  My mom brought Stephanie out to BYU with Lizzy in tow.  It was awesome to see them and have a girl’s shopping trip!!!  Of course Lizzy and I enjoyed trying to find ways to entertain ourselves while we were at WalMart for two hours stocking Steph up with enough groceries to feed an army!  Hehe.  I also had fun buying clothes for Lizzy as a belated birthday present.  She’s the only non-adult girl on either side of the family, so I don’t get to buy girlie stuff very often.  We took really cute pictures of her new outfits!

Sunday saw us at the Parkinson’s (my mom’s parents) up in Logan.  It was fun to see lots of relatives and eat yummy ham and funeral potatoes!  (a Parkinson favorite)  Of course it poured rain on the drive home so we were all grateful for Tanner’s excellent driving skills.

Mom and Lizzy left early Monday morning.  It was still pouring when Tanner, Steph and I had the pleasure of packing her dressers and “groceries enough for an army” into our Explorer.  I swear it was 95 on Saturday!  Monday was freezing!!!.  Lucky for us it wasn’t raining in Provo when we unloaded the stuff.  Whew!

Then we met up with Tanner’s parents and Carrie (who is a freshman at the Y this year).  Here’s where I put a plug in for the restaurant Noodles ‘n’ Company: they really are awesome!  Great pasta!  Great prices!  Anyway, we ate there and then HAD to go shopping at the mall.  Oh darn.  After that,  Tanner and I visited our alma mater to show Carrie around a little.  I haven’t done that much walking since I graduated!

So good luck to Stephanie and Carrie this year and all you other bums who are still in school!!!  hehe

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Elyse’s baby shower

June 9th, 2008 Tanner Posted in Sibling news 1 Comment »

Oh, how exciting. Elyse is due in July (it’s a boy!) so last Saturday was time for mom’s first grandbaby shower. Jessica and I made the mistake of hosting it our house, so I was forced to endure some 3 hours of estrogen-infused madness. Fortunately, I had Joey and Josh with to keep be from becoming “feminized” (as Joey called it) and we spent those three hours doing lots of manly stuff - Egyptian Rummy, Simpsons Sorry, Pirates Dice, and a good game of HORSE. Almost thirty people came out to celebrate the little William’s upcoming birth. Here are some highlights!

The guest of honor

The guest(s) of honor.

Tara and a baby (sorry, I have no idea whose!)

Tara and a baby. I’m not sure whose. Sorry! :)

Three Nickel sisters, thinking hard about a baby shower game

Three Nickel sisters, hard at work. I think this game was “connect the dots.” Hehe…

Aunt Gunn and Natalie at the shower

18 years of living with Aunt Gunn has taught Natalie to laugh off her mother’s tantrums.

The Party Planning Committee with the guest of honor

Jessica, Tara, Elyse, and Carrie

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Carrie’s graduation!

May 31st, 2008 Tanner Posted in Sibling news No Comments »

Some pics from Carrie’s high school graduation. (Carrie is my youngest sister.) As of May 29th, she’s an official graduate of American Fork High School. Woo-hoo!

Carrie w/ grandma and grandpa

Carrie with the Murphy grandparents.

Carrie w/ sisters

My three sisters: Elyse (due in July!), Carrie, and Tara.

Carrie w/ mom and dad

Carrie w/ mom and dad

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Elyse’s graduation

April 27th, 2008 Tanner Posted in Sibling news No Comments »

Elyse with mom and dad at her graduation

As of April 25th, 2008, my little sister Elyse is an official college graduate! Woo hoo!

(She graduated from UVSC with a B.S. in Behavioral Science. Wow!)
Elyse at graduation (with flowers)

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