I am so blessed to be the mother of these three kids. I know that I in no way deserve them. Every smile and laugh reminds me of the goodness and love of God. And as much as I love them, I know that God loves them abundantly more than I can even fathom. That is mind boggling to me. I am thankful for these blessings and I am even more grateful that the Lord loves them and cares for them better than I ever could.
Oh, I have an amazing recipe to pass along (from
Allrecipes).
Stuffed Peppers :)INGREDIENTS
1 cup water
1/2 cup uncooked white rice
2 bell peppers, halved and seeded
1 tablespoon olive oil
2 green onions, thinly sliced
1 teaspoon dried basil
1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon salt
1 pinch ground black pepper
1 tomato, diced
1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese
DIRECTIONS
-Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a baking sheet.
-In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil. Stir in the rice. Reduce heat, cover, and simmer for 20 minutes. Remove from heat, and set aside.
-Place the peppers cut-side down on the prepared baking sheet. Roast 25 to 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until tender and skin starts to brown.
-While the peppers are roasting, heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Cook the onions, basil, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper in oil for 2 to 3 minutes.
-Stir in the tomato, and cook for 5 minutes.
-Spoon in the cooked rice, and stir until heated through. Remove from heat, mix in the feta cheese, and spoon the mixture into the pepper halves.
-Return to the oven for 5 minutes. Serve immediately.
Also,
Susie Larson has a GREAT post today :)
Am I all over the place today or what!!
Yeah Leah!! She guessed it; this picture was taken at Pikes Peak in Colorado during the summer of 1996. Wow that seems like a lifetime ago. Aaron and I had been dating four years and were just starting to talk about marriage. I had no idea that a year later I would be Mrs. Nelson. Twelve years later I can honestly say it just keeps getting better. Thank you Aaron for being the love of my life, my best friend, my hero, my night in shining armor, the cute guy that comes home to me every night, the person I most want to spend my time with, the person who challenges and stretches me, the man who loves me on days that I am soaring and even more on those days I just want to crawl into a hole, the leader of my home, the father of my children and the keeper of my heart.
This is a picture of dad teaching the boys how to stretch their muscles in preparation for the fun run.
Here is Joshua running towards the finish line! (no time for waving there is a race to win!)
Dad ran with Asher...
The Nelson boys after the fun run:) 
Each child gets 5 cards with their name on them (that number can be whatever you want it to be). They have to choose five different areas to complete sometime throughout the day. However I can stick a little card with their name on it in two activities that I decide they must do that day. So I might decide that Joshua has to do Math and Reading. He will have to do those to categories but he gets to choose three other activities that interest him that day. Pretty cool!!!
