Nielson and Greenman Families

something... better?

2009-12-20T21:30:00.000-08:00

If you aren't satisfied with what you see here, head on over to Kristina's blog. It is far superior to this one: www.kristina-belina.blogspot.com

Hello blogworld!

2009-11-14T14:41:00.000-08:00

Thanks Tristan for the shot in the arm to remind us about our blog!! I'm in Jackson Hole, WY this weekend and today was a bit stormy so we've been taking it easy and doing homework, etc. My friend was working on her blog so I got inspired to work on this one... Here's some pics to enjoy!

July Reunion Pictures

2009-10-28T19:46:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, I thought I would post a couple of pictures from our reunion this summer. Squaw Valley was such a beautiful place. The first picture is Grandma with all the grandkids on the Sqaw Valley chair. The second is of my cute boys at the top of the gondola--it was amazing up there. The third is the kids waiting sooo patiently for the river rafting trip that almost didn't happen, but that's a long story. If anyone else has pictures, I'd love to see them.

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Squaw Village

Maiden Voyage

2009-01-01T14:51:00.000-08:00

This is my first time on my own. Kristina has been a great teacher.

mom's practice

2009-01-01T14:33:00.001-08:00

i finally taught mom how to download her pics from her brand new fancy digi cam!

2008-12-25T19:28:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas 2008. We have been blessed with a white Christmas and we were able to go cross country skiing a couple of hundred yards from our home. We had a wonderful day lounging with the family.

Iceskating/rollerskating rink at Squaw

2008-11-28T13:43:00.000-08:00

Squaw Valley Trip

2008-11-28T13:39:00.000-08:00

Golf at Squaw August 2008

2008-11-28T13:25:00.000-08:00

big news!!!!!!!!!!

2008-08-31T14:38:00.000-07:00

i recently had the opportunity to visit scott and shellie in gilbert, az and found out about the new addition to their family!!! congrats guys!

okay, just kidding. we were just reviewing some of monte's pictures from his digital camera and i was trying to teach shellie how to upload pics on the blog.

Rollin on the River

2008-07-13T16:39:00.000-07:00

Hi family! i thought i'd post some photos from work since i haven't been able to talk to you all much. Life is good down here. I live in a trailer with 15 other girls. there is a boys trailer about 30 feet from our's, which makes for some classic summer-camp/dorm style living. As a first year guide, most of what we do is the "daily"- a 13 mile day long trip that starts around 9 am and ends around 3 pm. It's about a 30 minute drive from town and we use the small red paddle boats you see in the pictures. I've been lucky enough to do some multi-day trips, which are usually on the row boats.

this is on an overnight trip we do near Moab. In the background are Fisher towers.

typical pretty night on the riv

Happy (very) belated birthdays Alaina & Ryan!!

2008-03-28T17:15:00.000-07:00

I never got around to sending anything for Laney and Ryan's b-days (or Christmas for that matter- haha, Tristan and Matt I promise you'll get your gifts some day!), but here's some cute pics of them you can look at!

they really love each other

this is a few years old of Laney.

this is actually a really funny story... Ryan kept trying to attack the cat

classico.

Vero Beach

2008-03-13T22:50:00.000-07:00

As you probably know, Dad loves the three of us more than any of the rest of you, and therefore, he took Scott, Andrew, and myself down to Florida last weekend for an awesome trip. We got to visit Holman Stadium, and the entire Dodgers spring training complex. We got up close and personal with many of the star players; Dad even got to work one on one with Brad Penny to help perfect his curve ball. We stayed in Melbourne, Cocoa Beach, and Satellite Beach. Along with seeing the Dodgers play, we also got to visit the beach, watch an Astros-Nats game, eat fried frog legs, and see an alligator! We really had a good time, thanks again Dad!! We owe you big time.

up close with the Boys in Blue

sorry Shellie, I tried to deter them...

Dad's new pet pelican

supporting the cause

2008-03-02T19:28:00.000-08:00

well, since no one else in my immediate family seems to have caught on to blogging, i guess i'll continue to carry the weight of our nielson family blog by publishing most of the posts. some people had asked about blogs of extended family members, i don't know how to permanently put a link on the side bar, but here they are if you're interested:

http://brianandcalliehill.blogspot.com/
http://sethillama.blogspot.com/ (cousin Seth's-- one of my personal favs)
http://brohill.blogspot.com/ (Brad & Lupe)
http://adamandkarentracy.blogspot.com/ (cousin Karen & her husband)
http://lafamiliahill.blogspot.com/ (cousin Scott & his family)
http://scottandsasha.blogspot.com/
http://daveanddana.blogspot.com/
http://danielandrobin.blogspot.com/ (okay they're not family, but Robin (formerly Salas) just had her baby, if you wanna see some photos of the little guy)

Most of the David and Brad Hills are represented here. Not sure if Uncle Al & Aunt Kate, or Aunt Dianne are into the blogging thing, but let me know if they have pages! I don't want to leave anyone out due to ignorance. maybe seeing how good some of our family blogs are, you'll be inspired to post something! in the mean time, i put some old random photos up, beware some of them are a few years old! some of the grandkids look a lot younger in these, and some of the uncles (not mentioning any names- Andrew) look a few lbs lighter. haha. love, b

i absolutely love this pic of Christian at Lake Tahoe, this is from a couple summers ago, i went to visit them when i was living in Elko

Kathleen, Aunt Dianne, and me just this past Thanksgiving '07

Classic shot of Grant at the Imperial Beach Reunion, i believe July of '05

cute shot of Scott and Monte at a Dodgers Game, summer '05

the seldom seen Danny, Thanksgiving '06

B @ work

2008-01-30T19:30:00.000-08:00

hey fam, i thought i'd post a bunch of photos from ski patrol up so you could all see and know what i do all day. i love my job!

this first shot was taken on a super pretty day a couple weeks ago. there was a crazy inversion going on (when the valleys are really gross and overcast and the mountains are above it all, so it's gorgeous and sunny)

this is a bomb that we use in avalanche control work. it's a 2- pound hand charge. (it doesn't have any cap or fuse attached to it in this photo, it's not yet assembled)

this is one of my favorite dogs. they are super fun to work with and we do drills all the time to keep their searching skills sharp

i broke a ski last week and i was super bummed. hopefully i can get it replaced for free or cheap. i was going too fast in a bumpy, deep section and took a pretty bad tumble. i'm glad it was my ski and not my leg!

this is when AirMed (one of the emergency care helicopters in Utah) came to do some training. if an injury is severe enough, we will actually call AirMed or Life Flight to land on the resort and fly the patient to a trauma center hospital

another pretty day

all 3 of our avalanche rescue dogs: Mick, Oakley, & Chloe

this vid shows me igniting a 4-lbs air blast. it was my first time doing a double (we usually only do 2-pounders) and also my first time throwing the tomahawk. usually they are not attached to sticks like this.

this video shows the results of the bomb i threw; a pretty decent sized avalanche, you can't see much with the picture quality but it ran probably a good 1/2 mile down the chute

Turns out Orange County is more dangerous than Guatemala...

2007-11-25T14:09:00.000-08:00

Andrew by a cathedral in Antigua

Dad was relieved that i came home...

...although he didn't know what to think of Jose, my new boyfriend!

look Mom, i even went to church (in a tank top and a tie-dye skirt!)

passing the travel bible onto Danny-- can you believe 3 Nielsons in Guatemala in less than a month? what are the chances?!

Volcan Pacaya, unfortunately this is the only pic we have from the hike :(

@ Tikal, the famous Mayan ruins

cliff jumping in Lake Atitlan, in case you can't identify me without the head, this is a picture of B; Andrew cut my head off

2007-10-23T17:20:00.000-07:00

the Scott Nielson crew at the Mesa, AZ temple

us at the BYU game

Skyler's soccer game-- he scored 2 goals!!
(should have been three...)

Christian's cross country meet. he can run 5 miles without stopping (and he has an ipod to show for it :)

my gregarious nephew with his rockin' mom (kim- OUR mom described your look as "a deer caught in the headlights")

my many domestic travels

2007-10-23T16:49:00.000-07:00

Emilie made an awesome sign for the game!

Monte and i adventured all over the ASU campus, we even took climbed to the "A" on the hill above Sun Devil Stadium!

Dad, Jacob, and Andrew @ the BYU game

hi family. i've been all over the place since my lifeguarding job ended about a month ago. i went to arizona to visit scott and shellie (and to see the dodgers vs. d-backs) and to joshua tree national park. i also went to new york/boston/philadelphia/DC for about a week and a half. a bunch of the fam was in vegas two weekends ago to watch my alma mater beat UNLV in football. after vegas, i went to death valley national park and mammoth on my way up to visit the greenmen for a few days. they were kind enough to take me in on only a few hours notice (thanks again kim!). after carson city, i drove over to berkeley, where one of my best friends from high school, analisa, now attends college. i was going to extend the trip a bit but the california wildfires kind of forced me to rearrange my driving plans (what with all the road closures). anyways, there's an abbreviated version of my itinerary, and here are some fun photos! love you all, b

Spivey & B go to Havasupai

2007-05-16T11:02:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, Andrew and I went to Havasupai last week for a few days. You backpack in (about 10 miles), downhill. Then on your way out it's 10 miles uphill so it's a bit of a struggle, especially for my extremely out of shape brother. Regardless, it was super fun and I'm glad I finally got to go see the falls I've heard so much about from Dad, Matt, Danny, and Andrew.

Hoover Dam, on the drive there

Andrew showing how "extreme" he is
The main falls, Havasu

Mooney falls, it's much more narrow and tall

Kristina's Pics

2006-11-06T11:02:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone, sorry I haven't blogged in a while. I have not had internet at home, so it makes it rather difficult. I thought I'd show you some pictures of what I've been up to. Zoob bought a new car- a Subaru Forester- from an online auto auction in Seattle. I had a free Delta voucher, so we both flew out there for the weekend and drove it back to Utah. We stayed with one of his mission companions in Seattle and with my old Forest Service roommate in Portland. We had a blast, I've only been to the Pacific Northwest one other time- when we got that beach house with Uncle Al & family in Cannon Beach. It was great to see both cities- Seattle was fantastic! Happy pre-birthday to Mom and Christian! Love you guys- B

This is from Dad's latest visit to Utah. Notice the Snowbird/Alta shirt being worn by a man who has not skied in 2 years.
The Space Needle

This is from August- it was my first time mountain biking at Sundance after the "accident." The bearded man is my boyfriend.

Shout out to Papa Nielson: Redondo Beach, WA

Zoob & I at the flagship REI store in Seattle, it's HUGE! Bigger than any department store I've ever been in.

2006-10-30T11:57:00.000-08:00

Grandma visited us this weekend. She was lucky enough to have great Texas fall weather. The leaves are changing color and it is very beautiful here.

Dad's test run

2006-10-29T13:18:00.000-08:00

Hey Dad and I are at Grandma's and we're just testing out the blog post.

2006-09-29T00:53:00.000-07:00

I should be dead. Because if I live another 26 years I may never experience a moment as great as the Dodgers' victory over the Padres last Monday night. (I know those of you who are married and have kids will tell me that richer experiences are in store for me; but I simply must disagree.)

Needless to say I had a great trip to L.A. I got to eat at Phillipe's with Dad, Scott, and crew. I went to two Dodgers games (one of which was the greatest ever played), got to spend time with some close friends in Frasier Park, hung out with Danny, and even saw Mom for a moment.

Here are some pictures...

2006-09-07T18:04:00.000-07:00

Thanks Tristan for posting those pics, it was good to see them. It was especially nice to see Dad's new $20,000 smile. :) Happy belated birthdays and anniversary to Skyler, Andrew, Kim & Chris. I've moved into a new house. In case you want to send me packages and goodies, the address is: 1254 Nevada Ave. Provo, UT 84606. Take care everyone!

Grandpa's Visit

2006-09-04T19:40:00.000-07:00

With summer winding down and the kids back in school, it was nice to have Grandpa visit for a day and a half. (We wish it had been longer). We even ordered cooler weather for his visit. For such a short weekend, we sure crammed a lot in. The kids and grandpa had a blast fishing and playing baseball. Matt and Mike enjoyed a few holes of golf, and I tried my hand at frying Catfish! Here are some pictures from his trip.

2006-08-30T09:57:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, it's your beloved little sister/daughter/aunt. Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I'm currently homeless and my computer is being stored at a friend's house. I'll have to post some pics of my trip to Northern California and Tahoe when I get it up and running again. I had a great trip out to Sacramento to see Zoob and help him move back to Utah for school. We visited with Uncle Dave and the kids. We also got to attend the Sacramento Temple open house. We backpacked at a place called Point Reyes, really unique, beautiful coast north of San Francisco. We also went to a Dodgers-Giants game. Unfortunately I had to endure torment from the stupid fans since that was the only game we lost in the Frisco series and I was sporting my True Blue pride. I didn't hesitate to remind them who was leading the NL West amidst their verbal abuse. It was Zoob's first MLB game and he absolutely loved it. I told him that not all games carry that much rivalry, but it does make it quite a bit more fun. We drove home to Utah through Tahoe and were able to spend a day at the lake and a couple nights with the Greenman's. As always, it was great to see them. For anyone who hasn't been up there recently, you should make the trip, they are superb hosts, good cooks, and more laid back than they get credit for! haha. Thanks again Kim. I hope everyone else is doing well, good luck to all the kids going/gone back to school!

Greetings

2006-08-24T17:37:00.000-07:00

Well, I live in Vegas. Matt goes on vacation in Arkansas. I didn't see Mom last weekend in California because she was on a cruise to Mexico. Dad has a goat mounted on his wall. Scott's Clippers did well in the playoffs this year. Kristina is dating a professional skater. Kim goes to Southern California more than I do. And Danny actually has and uses a telephone.

Add to all the above the fact that I am expressing these surprising facts about the family on the Nielson "blog" and I would say that things have changed a bit since that billy goat first greeted us on Via Ranchero.

Anyway, hope to hear from you fellow bloggers. Thanks for setting this up B. I am well and might just turn a profit next month.

Andrew

Another Greeting from the Texas Nielsons

2006-08-13T21:19:00.000-07:00

One more note. Congrats to Dodger Blue faithful on the walk off home run tonight. Any win over "The Battery Chuckers by the Bay" as Rome would say, is always extra sweet. Hope everyone is well.
Dad, I'm curious about the Billy goat on the wall in the picture of you and B? Was that your place? I know you had some unwanted guests a year or two ago. Have you since armed yourself with a bow and arrow. I'm wondering if you were prepared for another intruder only to discover too late that it was a darker, reincarnated , "Sweepy" the goat from Via Ranchero that had wondered up to Redondo. Anyways, he looks great on the wall.

Matt

Nielson Family: new pics

2006-08-13T21:18:00.000-07:00

Nielson Family: new pics

I like the Pics B. It was great to see you and Mom and Scott and Shellie and all in California

new pics

2006-08-10T11:02:00.000-07:00

The Mom and Kristina at the 'Bird for a little spring skiing. This photo was taken just minutes before Mom hucked a double back flip off a 50 foot cliff.

Monte & Kristina at a Dodger game duing their pitiful losing streak, but luckily they replaced it with an 11-game winning streak!

In case you guys didn't know... Dad has officially gone crazy.

Matt & Tristan @ Huntington Beach

Uncle Bob, Grandma, B, and Dad at graduation after Kristina received her Valedictorian award

2006-08-09T21:52:00.000-07:00

O.k. I think I finally figured this message system out. Yeah!!! Anyway, thank you again Tina for setting this up it should be fun. Take care everyone. We look forward keeping in touch.
Love,
Shellie

Nielson Family

2006-08-09T17:23:00.000-07:00

Nielson Family
Aunt Tina,We love you!! Thanks for setting this up. The pictures are fabulous. (Emilie is sitting next to me helping me write this. She says she thinks you are awesome, better than butterflies.) We had fun seeing you and your pals. Monte and Emilie approve of Zoob, so if marriage is in the picture in the future it's o.k. with us. We think his a good guy. Our family is enjoying the beach, and fun. However, I think scott has gotten a little too much sun!! He buzzed Monte's hair and gave him a mowhauk. Yikes. I was furious, but have tried to forgive. I'll try to post pictures. And, don't worry the hauk will be off before school starts. HAve a fabulous week Nielson's and Greenman's. Love,Shellie

We're on board

2006-08-09T15:36:00.000-07:00

Kristina--thanks for setting this up. this sounds like fun. I hope we can all do this. For me it will be a matter of remembering ;)

2006-08-09T00:00:00.000-07:00

Alaina, Emilie, and Aunt Tina at Huntington

Matt requested a "silly shot." good call Matt, this photo is classic!

Laney, looking adorable

The Mom and Ryan

Andrew and Kristina at Spivey's new pad in Henderson

2006-08-08T23:24:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, I started this blog, it's kind of like a website, but you don't have to purchase or establish a domain. I thought it would be a good way for us to share photos and keep in touch. It is pretty user friendly and if you just spend a couple minutes on this site you can figure out how to navigate around and perhaps upload some photos and such. Anyways, I love you all. Enjoy!