The Day Finally Came

The long awaited day of going to the nursery arrived. Now I have worked in the nursery before and some of those kids were not happy when mom and dad left them all alone. Not the case with Jules. We brought her to the door and she was gone. She did turn around long enough to tell us good-bye and that was that. I was able to sit and listen to the rest of church in peace. I was able to lead the music in Relief Society without Jules coming up to the front and sucking on the chalk and eraser. It was beautiful and the time past much faster than before. I didn't have to bring a diaper bag full of toys and food to keep her entertained for 3 full hours. There was one time that I peaked through the window to see how she was doing and she was just playing and looked all grown up. There was a part of me at that point that was a little sad to see how big she has gotten but most of me just enjoyed the peace. All the leaders told me that she did really well and fit right in. This is a picture of the first projects "she" made from nursery that she is so proud of. I was lucky enough to get a big hug when I went to pick her up so she really does love me. I think she was just confused that I had been holding out on her this whole time.


On another note...Jules loves to get into the pantry. Every time I open it, she is able to squeeze herself in and get her treats which are just some Kix. I was finally able to get a picture of her in there. Look at how innocent she looks.

More Halloween..

Ok, here's what we really looked like on Halloween.

Brett and I are in a picture!

We finally got a picture of all of us at a Halloween party the day after Halloween. Enjoy!

Halloween

Ok, Ok, Ok, I will post some pictures of Halloween now. I just don't enjoy the holiday very much. I like the fall the jacket weather but that seems to have already passed. I am just not very creative when it comes to costumes. We are cheap and don't want to spend money on a costume that you can only wear once a year. We are also trying to save money for a house right now so a costume just isn't in the budget. We were lucky enough to have someone loan us a costume for Jules, thanks Nettie. Jules actually loved the costume and loved looking at herself in the mirror.


We went to a few parties. Brett, of course, was Napoleon Dynomite. He actually won a contest at work for the funniest costume. He did the dance for everyone and everything. Everyone loved it. Unfortunately, we never took any pictures of ourselves. Other people did so we are just waiting to get some from them. One night I was a dead chef and painted my face. Jules wouldn't even look at me and would scream and cry every time she did. So for the next day I was just a boring old cat. She didn't even like that I painted whiskers on my face. The next day, Brett's nephew had a school dance and his date wanted to be Deb so he was Napolean and needed Brett's stuff. So we were the King and Queen of Hearts, yet another borrowed costume and one that we don't have any pictures of as of yet (thanks Jodi).
One thing I do like about Halloween is making goodies. I found these in a magazine and had a lot of fun with them. Jules and Maddie, my niece who looks homeless in the picture (her dad must have dropped her off that day), enjoyed eating them and helping me make them.

These are kind of old pictures but since they are so cute I wanted to put them up. A while ago we took Jules to a BYU football game. She did really well and we had a lot of fun. Luckily though, it was one of the first games, one that BYU totally dominated so we were able to leave early. It was fun to take Jules but it's more enjoyable without her.
She loves to play with my sunglasses. I am very proud to say that Jules does say cougar and when she had her Cougar shirt on, she points to it and will even hiss like a cougar.

VOTE!

I'm sorry I haven't updated in a long time. Life has just been boring and I've been lazy. My friend Kelsey posted this amazing thing online that is just shocking to me. It is Obama talking about abortion and his support of abortion. Listen carefully to what he says.

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Since when is having a baby a punishment? Don't women have a choice to have sex or not? (Of course there are exceptions in rape victims, but there are plenty of people willing and wanting to adopt.) He's saying that women should have a choice to have a baby or not. HELLO! If you don't want a baby, have protected sex or better yet, no sex at all. Obama just gives me the creeps. Please get out there and vote for what is right!

Rome, Italy Temple

Did you hear? They announced a temple in Rome!!! Brett served his mission in Italy and actually lived in a house where the temple will be built. We were always planning on going to Italy after Brett graduated but we had a little surprise named Jules. He then promised we would go when they get a temple for the dedication. So it looks like we are going to Italy! Yay! We are super excited for the people in Italy to enjoy the blessings of the temple. Not only does Italy finally get a temple but 4 other temples were announced. The Lord's work continues to grow and I love it.

Family Pictures

Kellie, my wonderful sister-in-law, took some family pictures of us yesterday. It was a tough job taking pictures of us who are not very photogenic. Here are a few of the favorites.
I love Jules smile in this one...Isn't this background so beautiful...



Oh, there's her personality coming out...


Thanks Kellie! P.S. she is trying to get a business going here so if you are interested, let me know.

Who loves daddy?

Last Saturday I worked from 10am-10pm so Jules was home with Brett all day. Since then, they have been inseparable. He would just put his head up to her and she would give him a big hug...over and over to pose for the picture. It's so cute how they play together.


Jules got up on the table and I gave her a fork to go at it with the chocolate cake.
We always go camping over Memorial Day weekend but this year my parents were on vacation in China so we decided to go for Labor Day Weekend instead. Jules loved riding on the four wheelers. All the kids have to use helmets but there isn't one small enough for Jules so here she is testing one out anyway. She wasn't a huge fan. Holding her is my niece Brook who Jules just loves. When those two are together, they are inseparable.
Did you all know that fall is here? Yesterday as I was running errands I looked up at the mountains and realized the trees are turning colors? I couldn't believe that I hadn't noticed it yet. Then I remembered that earlier that day I noticed that Jules had 3 molars that I didn't know about. She now has 11 teeth and all this time I thought she only had 8. I guess they call me Spacey for a reason. I do have to admit that I haven't really been all there for the past little bit.

I would like to thank all 2 of you for coming to my Tupperware Party last week, yes I said 2. I still haven't closed the party so if there is anyone interested in anything just let me know before Friday. Can't beat the life time warranty!

Tupperware Party this Wednesday

Do you hate throwing rotten produce away? I hate that strawberries only last 2 days, carrots only last 2-3 weeks and the list goes on. There is now a solution to help it last longer, stay fresher and more crispy and it's called Tupperware. So it's really late notice and I really hate these type of partys but here I am throwing a Tupperware Party . The party will be this Wednesday the 10th from 7-9pm. Sadly, for our wedding we didn't get much tupperware so 2 1/2 years later I am still in need and this will help me out a lot. If you would like to come see their latest stuff, come on over, and see our new place too. If you need our address please e-mail me at staceynau@hotmail.com. Something about putting my address where anyone can see it is a little creepy, so e-mail and I can give you more details. I would love to see any one of you that check this blog on a regular basis. Oh and I'll be sure to make some yummy refreshments!

1/2 Marathon/Fox 13 News

I did it!!! This is me rounding the corner with about 25 feet left to go.

Me and Kyle after the race.
Brett's dad, Ross, waiting with Jules for me to come. Kyle had already made it about 9 minutes before me.
Me and Kellie who went through more than her share of problems along the way. Sterling, my brother, was supposed to do it with her but his knee started giving out on him so he had to quit about 2 weeks before the marathon. He also had his appendix taken out in the middle of the training so it's probably for the better that he didn't run it.

It was one of the best running experiences I have had. It started out with me, Kellie, and Kyle, who I did my long run training with. We all got split up in the 1st mile because there were so many people. If we got past one person we just kept going. We were all able to run at our own paces and made our goal times even though we didn't see each other the whole rest of the way. I did really well and was feeling great until about mile 9 which lasted for about 3 miles I swear. My goal was to just finish and if I got lucky it would be under 2 hours. I got 1:56 minutes which I was very happy with. I was sore for about 2 days but then felt fine. My heroes along the way were this lady who had a sign on her back that said "Running for 2, due in March". She's crazy, I tried running a lot when I was prego and didn't make it very far. Good for her though. The other best part was signs that families had written along the way encouraging their loved ones. It encouraged everyone a bit. My least favorite from them was "That was the easiest 10 miles I've ever driven". I was able to laugh about it, but at the same time I wanted to shoot them. I would definitely do the Hobble Creek 1/2 marathon again. As for a career in full marathons, I'm going to have to say "no way!" 13.1 miles is enough for me.

As for another note of success. Brett was on Fox 13 morning news a couple of weeks ago for his a cappella group. Check them out http://hangtimesingers.com/media.html.