Forever and Always…..

an old video that is so adorable…

Click on the above link for some cuteness overload!

Oh my goodness,  do I have some amazing videos… I am going to see if I can embed some of them for you to watch. You have always loved watching old videos.

I have Elijah laughing so hard… its just so adorable.  I have Elena saying Dora, when she sees a picture of the explorer girl, but it doesn’t quite sound like Dora.   So many of them,  I will work on how to get them to load. This is the shortest one I had, and it fit into the computer upload format, just barely!

XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXO

Love you both, always and forever,

❤️Nana and Poppy❤️?

End of another month….

Dear Guillianna and Eli,

Today is Friday August 31.  Hard to believe it is almost September.   It seems like July just ended.  This July was very different,  when we usually would go up north with you and celebrate Nana’s birthday with all the family … but this year we didn’t go. There were lots of reasons why but one of them was that we felt since it was the first summer without you two here, and we were all supposed to go back, well – we figured that you’d be thinking ? about it and like feel bad if you couldn’t  go or even say happy birthday. But DO NOT FEEL BAD we know you both have the biggest hearts and always made the best cards and cakes !!! Honestly – when everyone’s birthday comes and goes, we all know you really would love to be celebrating too. Grandma Sharyn turned 80 in March. And Grandma Sally 89 in April. I hope to plan a nice party for her when she turns 90… in April of 2019, and hopefully you can be there for it. ( we could try and coordinate around your school calendar even !) Uncle Nick and Uncle Dwan had birthdays, Papa just had his 82nd birthday  and Aunt Liz had one too this week and well Cole is 1 this weekend – every single one of them knows how much you two love them, and each time we blow out candles or get together for anything at all – there is one thing for sure. THE NELSONS are missed and loved. Soon it will be Eli who will be having a birthday and we hope 7 is going to be a lucky !  As August ends, its crazy but we seem to still be trying to get ourselves used to having moved into a new home.  It is so different from our old house, and much smaller.   We know you too have experience in new homes.    Finding spots for everything is so hard, but we are working on it.  You likely are used to your new place now and hopefully youre very comfortable.

We look forward to a day where you can come and visit, take a vacation for a bit and hang out in the Mitten.   After all it’s not far from you .. remember when there were trips made every weekend …. so I know it’s possible ! Or if they tell us there is time in your schedule we’d come there if it made things easier for your family. The condo we live in now is different that is for sure, but it is nice and truth is, Poppy and I sure didn’t need a big house, we always feel lucky we have a home.  We hope you’ll always know that no matter where we go in life, no matter where we live, we will always have an open door.

I have decorated with some of the wonderful things you kids have made us.  It makes it feel more like our home for sure. So I sent pictures in this love letter to show you how nice they look!

We hope you have some wonderful weekend plans, and I will not forget to take some photos of your cousins for you two while at Cole’s birthday party.  I wish I could send cake!…and Ice Cream too! ??

We love you both with all our heart to the moon and back,  and we hope you feel the kisses and hugs we send…

XOXOXOXOXOXO

Love always and forever,

❤️Nana and Poppy❤️?

Saturday Cole is turning ONE and Sebastian is “walking down the aisle?”

Hello Guillianna and Elijah …

It is truly hard to believe that a year ago Aunt Allyssa was having Cole isn’t it? How lucky it was that most everyone in the family could be together to welcome your little cousin.

He is having his first birthday party tomorrow. We hope you will come into town for it but it’s the Labor Day holiday weekend and maybe your parents make other plans. I will send pictures for sure so you can share in the smiles on his GOLDEN birthday.

And yes I did say your cousin Bash is walking down he aisle but I didn’t mean he is getting married. He is a little ring bearer in a wedding. I am sure I can snap a few photos of that too for you. This is him the other day … so cute right?

As the holiday approaches I am sure you will be off school Monday and that will allow for some extra fun family time. Hope it is great and the weather is good. Remember when Poppy would get an extra day off how much fun it would be ? We can only imagine it will be the same there. That mom will be off and with daddy not working everyday must be like a weekend! Maybe you bowl or run or go to baseball gymnastics or dance. What ever you do make it amazing. We love you to he moon and back.

XOXOXOXOXOXO

ALWAYS AND FOREVER,

❤️Nana and Poppy ❤️?

The Summer in the Mitten !

As summer comes to a close today we thought about how we used to spend time at a cottage and play in the waters and enjoy sandy beaches. There is not a minute when we don’t think how amazing Michigan summers can be, how lucky we have been to spend so much time up there, with our family and how we would love to go up there again.

Sand dunes and swimming. Roasting s’mores. So much fun!

I know it seems you are now so far away but you must remember that we are hopeful that you will be back to visit soon. That we will spend time together when you don’t have school and that if we can’t for some reason … you will use these memories and photos to help you when you miss us.

All our love today and always,

Always and Forever …

XOXOXOXOXOXO

Love ❤️ Nana and Poppy❤️?