I've been in California for the last few days and I'll be here for another week. This week was just visiting with family and able to see a couple friends while I was here. Kevin and Heather decided at the last minute to drive down last night...so of course, the week I'm working, they are hitting Sea World, Disneyland and the beach! :( What a bummer! Next week I'm working a goalkeeper camp at Cal State Fullerton. It should be a blast...I'm a dorm mom...woot woot!


I went to the Chelsea FC vs. Inter-Milan game at the Rose Bowl with my friends Kass, David and Rich.



With my friend Heather Wilson, she is recovering from major surgery...I'm glad she is o.k.!

With my friend Lynne Bahrami...we grew up playing soccer together. She was in town from North Carolina so we thought we better get together!

With Tyler's kids!



With my friend Chris Marbach...we've been friends since the 3rd grade!

I miss palm trees...I'm not gonna lie. :(

Swimming with my family!

Adjusting...

So I'm finding that it is very strange living somewhere where you know absolutely no one! For the first few days it felt like a vacation...then this morning when I took a wrong turn and ended up going down a one way street, the wrong way, and it hit me a little more...WHERE AM I AND WHAT AM I DOING??? I am loving my house, loving my neighborhood. Logan is not as far off as every says it is...though if you like shopping, this is not the place to live...good thing I don't like shopping! There is a Cafe Rio, Best Buy, several scrapbooks stores (one AMAZING one), Smiths Marketplace, Walmart, Shopko, etc....pretty much everything one needs to survive...except Target! But that's o.k. I can handle that. Last night the head coach had me over for dinner and this morning she showed me a couple hiking trails (hence the pics below of the view of Cache Valley from the trail we were on this morning). I went into the offices to see my humble little office where I will be spending the next year and found out a few of my responsibilities when I start my assistant coaching duties. I officially start as an assistant coach on August 1st!

Mom's Visit and Moving to Logan

My mom came up two weeks ago for my niece's birthday. Eva is now four, and my domesticated sister-in-law, Heather, made a castle cake...way cool. I took mom to the RSL game since she has never been. It was really fun! On Friday night we took care of Eva and Linnea so Kevin and Heather could go away for the night...they stayed at Grand America and decided they wanted to take the girls swimming! So we all went swimming! It was sweet! Kevin and Heather were on the 23rd floor and had a view of the Salt Lake Valley. Eva's birthday party was on Sunday and she was very excited about her presents from her cousins and extended family.
GRAND AMERICA!







EVA'S BIRTHDAY PARTY!

Pin the crown on princess??? First time I've ever heard of that!








RSL GAME


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I am now an official resident of Logan, Utah. I moved yesterday and all went very smoothly thanks to the Burge family, my mom, and many members of the elders' quorum from the Brighton 9th Ward (Cottonwood Heights), the Dahl family from the Cliffside 2nd ward (Logan), my brother, my friend Mark Amakasu, my roommate and her two friends Jason and Mark. The Burges brought their trailor and made a day trip out of the move. Brent, Kristine and their three kids, Ashley, Erika and Braden were a huge help throughout the day. The girls even helped my mom unpack and put away my clothes! After going to lunch and hitting Walmart for a much needed fan in the house with no AC, my mom, my new roommate and I headed back down to Salt Lake City. Becky and I went to the Real Salt Lake vs. Club America game while my mom babysat my nieces so Kevin and Heather could go out on a date. We had a great time at the game...but missed the goal because we were in line for food! ARGH! But it was still a lot of fun. Today after church my mom and I started unpacking...it's almost all done! I have three boxes of random crap I have to figure out...other than that, I am set!!! I'm ready for this new adventure!


The Burge Family who helped me move!


My new roommate, Becky, and I at the RSL game...after the goal...but the food was good. :)


My house in Logan!

Pics of the backyard

Happy 29th Birthday Tyler!!

On June 29, 1980, I landed myself a new baby brother! Tyler Robert Nelson made his entrance into the world. Little did I know that he’d not only be my brother, but my roommate, partner in crime, travel companion and friend. Happy 29th birthday to my big “little” brother! Thanks for the good times and the memories! My life would be very different without you in it!

Utah Summer Games 2009

This was such a fun tournament and a perfect way to end the last tournament with my U11s. I will miss them so much!!!! We took 2nd place...lost in double overtime. The girls played awesome. You can click on the pictures below to view all of them in a bigger size...

Housing....Speeding Tickets....and DAVID ARCHULETA!

HOUSING
I went up to Logan on Saturday and found a place to live! I'll be living with a girl who teaches orchestra at Logan High School! She used to teach at Lehi High School, so it was fun to talk about her time down in my neck of the woods. She plays the piano and the violin. She plays violin in the orchestra on Temple Square down in Salt Lake as well...so yes...there is a piano in the house! She is my age and seems pretty down to earth. Another girl might move in with us, she is still deciding. The house is in a really nice neighborhood and it has a huge backyard with three fruit trees, a garden and a lot of grass to relax on!
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SPEED DEMON!
I got my third....yes....my third speeding ticket in a year. I didn't go to traffic school for the first, went for the second with the condition that if I didn't get another moving violation within a year that 50 points would be removed from my record...and then, on my way to the RSL game, I was pulled over and was written up for 35 in a 30...I was going a little faster than that...but seriously, give me a freakin' warning if you are only going to write me up for 5 over! I'm not even going to bother going to court since they won't let me take traffic school and I already know that if I get one more ticket, I'm done. So...I will just have to pay better attention and make sure I pay better attention to my speed!
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DAVID ARCHULETA
O.k. So the kid is 17...but he can sing to me ANYTIME! I went to the Real Salt Lake game Saturday night...Real tied 1-1. Then David Archuleta sang a brief concert afterwards for a charity event that was taking place throughout the game! It was a lot of fun!


One of my U11 players and her sister made a sign for their brother to hold up...it says: "I came to see soccer, not to see this" with an arrow pointing at a picture of David Archuleta.



I wish I could say I sat this close...but really...


...I was only this close. :(