Jessica &Tony Nixon: August 2011

Sunday, August 28, 2011

Eclair's

I just had to post that I made something from SCRATCH and I didn't ruin it! (it probably only worked because Tony helped.. but still) Tony has been bugging me for months to make him some eclair's they are one of his most favorite desserts ever... well we finally decided to make them. All from scratch! Even the frosting! ha ha the first batch we did ended up being little baby eclair's.. so we did a second batch and they were normal size.. now I just hope they taste as good as they look!

Baby Plant....

This is my new "baby" plant! So Tony has told me the whole time we have been married that before we can ever have kids I have to 1- grow a plant and have it live! 2- have a fish...that lives. 3- Get a dog,(Tony just really wants a dog) and keep it alive and in shape! And after I can accomplish these things THEN we can talk about having children. So I decided the other night that if I have to go through this list of things BEFORE we can even THINK about having kids, that I better get started! Especially if I have to keep them all alive! :) So we went to Wal-mart the other night and picked out a plant, pot and soil! We came home and planted our "baby" plant... now Tony says it is my job to keep it alive! We have had it for a week now and it is still alive! :) I think it might even been growing! ha ha so I guess wish me luck! Maybe someday soon I will have a little fishy!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Loves!

Tony started working at Loves in the Tire Shop last April. He has loved every minute of being there. He was with all of his friends, working outside, and working with his hands! All things that he enjoys! Well although he has loved it there, it is going to be a tough semester in school this year, and our brother in law Trevor found him a job at SUU working in the HVAC department with him! So he has decided to take it! Today was his last day working for Loves! I am sure he will miss his good times messing around with the guys, his FREE COKE!, and many more things but he is moving on, and hopefully this means that he will be a college graduate sometime in the near future! :) Love you Tony! Good Luck at SUU-HVAC!

The Tire Shop!

They boys just hanging out.. they say they do work... I don't believe them!

Tony! Enjoying his coke and good friends!

Welcome Home Elder Call!

Justin came home from his mission in Santiago, Chille on August 16th! We were all super excited to get to finally see him after his two years of service to the Lord! He was supposed to be flying into the Cedar City Airport at 4:12 p.m. so we had all of our family and friends there waiting with signs and smiles to meet him! The little kids had their noses poked up against the glass watching the plane land and everything. My Mom was standing in the back ground like a nervous nelly! ha ha Well the plan landed, unloaded and closed up.. and no Justin! He had missed his flight! Well we talked to the Delta people and after a long run around we found out he got on the next flight into St. George. So we all hurried and drove down there as fast as we could! Well flying is faster than driving and he ended up beating us to the airport... he got off the plane and no one was there to greet him! We made it a few minutes later and were all very happy and excited to see him!! Well come to find out his baggage was lost so we were sitting there for about an hour trying to track it down! After that we were all starving so we went and ate at In-N-Out! One of our families favorites! Well Justin was only here for a week before leaving for Logan to start school again up at Utah State. So we had a fun filled week! We had a family BBQ with good ol "american" food! :) Justin got Dad's fourwheeler out and running! We went down to the temple and did sealings with our family! We went out to the Lake to wakeboard and wake surf! And we all just hung out and enjoyed our time together! Sunday we had all of our family and friends come up for a breakfast, then we all went to sacrament and listened to his homecoming talk! He did great! And his spanish is amazing! After that we had one last family dinner and sent him away for school! It was fun to have him home for a few days! I am just glad I can talk to him whenever I want to now! :)

Everyone waiting for the plane to land in Cedar!

The plane he was SUPPOSED to be on!

Elder Call is home! We finally saw him in St. George... don't worry he was waiting for US!

Our family in St. George! We finally found him!

HaPpY bIrThDaY dAd!

August 14th would have been my Dad's 48th Birthday! It is kinda crazy how time has flown by! I just wanted to say Happy Birthday Daddy! We miss you!!

Rocky's Birthday!

I just couldn't resist posting this picture! It makes me laugh every time I see it! We all went to my Mom's house to have cake and ice cream for Rocky's birthday that weekend. Rocky and my Mom had gone to Las Vegas for the night to see the Blueman group (that is what us kids gave him and my Mom for their birthdays this year). So we celebrated a few days later. Well we sang him Happy Birthday! and he was all ready to blow out the candles.... well no matter how hard he blew the last 3 or 4 candles would NOT go out! It was so funny! He thought we were playing a trick on him! He finally got them to go out but it was a good laugh for us all! ha ha We love you! Happy Birthday Rocky!

Harper Rae's Blessing

Our cute little niece was blessed August 7th! We all went up to Stansburry for her blessing and to just hang out! We got there Friday night, little did we know that we would be up till 3 in the morning wondering if we were going to have to go to Provo and tow Brad the rest of the way! Saturday we got up and helped Brad fix his car, and then we made cake pops for the luncheon after! They turned out pretty cute! Later that day we went on the zip line, and did the go carts at the Miller Sport Way, it was way fun! Tony was enjoying himself a little to much on the track! ha ha Then Sunday we got up and went to Sacrament meeting for the blessing. After we had a luncheon at Sid and Mel's which was delicious! Then we came home! It was a fun weekend!

Uncle Tony & Harper!

Uncle Tony, Aunt Jessica & Harper!

Birthday & Painting!

It was my mother-in laws birthday, in July, I know I am a slacker! We didn't really get to celebrate because of work and everyone being busy! But my father in law and I sang her Happy Birthday and let her blow out the candles that night! For her present from her husband Steve, we helped her repaint part of her house! It was quite the process! Moving all the furniture, taping, covering windows and floors, building scafoldings, and everything else that is included... we finally started to paint! Well lets just say after we let it dry, none of us really loved it! So we waited till the next morning to see if it looked any better... well it didn't.. so we talked Tony's mom into going back to the paint store and remixing some paint! ha ha so we started all over again and repainted everything again! Well after the second time it looked great and we all loved it! I think that Naomi is just glad to have her house back! Happy Birthday Naomi!

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Lake Powell 2011

Well this year Lake Powell was a little different... Usually everyone from Tony's family is able to come but this year it didn't happen.. Mike and Annie were able to come for the first few days, then after that it was just his parents, Brad and then me and Tony... lets just say the boat seemed a little empty.. hopefully we can all be there next year! :) It was still a fun vacation though! We wake boarded and wake surfed a lot so that was fun! Well then the last few days the the water was pretty choppy and not the greatest, and then Tony ended up getting HIVES all over his body so when that happened we just decided to come home, a day early. Lets just say Lake Powell is Lake Powell and we will always love it no matter what... hopefully next year is even better! :)