The Priests Visited

The Priests came over for a visit and spent the night Friday. The kids played Wii the entire time and the grown ups watched some Dick Proenneke documentaries. Danielle got me a Dick Proenneke video for an early birthday present -it was, of course, fascinating. Strangely, Kevin had never seen it and we righted that wrong.


That is totally a slab of perfectly prepared, delicious, prime rib. We cooked it today then immediately ate it. It was chopped off of a cow that Cheryl and Kevin bought. I have never cooked prime rib before but it was so easy.

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Here is a picture of Dick Proenneke eating blueberries or some crap. I am sure that just about anyone who is likely to read this blog would like this guy. We first saw his documentary on PBS. He is (was) a hermit in Alaska and he films the process of building his cabin and surviving in winter.

Date Night

Danielle and Bear went on a date to see "National Treasure: Book of Secrets." Here they are stuffing their pockets with cheap home candy before heading out. I asked Bear what the movie was all about and he said, "They were tryin to find the City of Gold."


I stayed at home with Willow. She walked around the house and climbed on top of impossible things then cried for me to get her down. We had a good time. Here she is looking sassy while I fed her dinner. There is something very rewarding about feeding your baby dinner.

Bear is not deaf anymore!!!!

Bear can now hear normally once again! That is always good news. The night before this amazing phenomenon, John flushed out his ears with hot water and peroxide, apparently it helped things along. Life in the nelson household is now a lot less frustrating! Bear had been praying every night for his hearing to return, its nice for a kid to be able to see results from bedtime prayers, for every reason.

Random post

I just feel like i have been slacking on the blog lately and don't really have anything to post. I am excited about the prospect of going to adam and cassandra's in february, we just have to set a date. I am pumped about february getting here, i always view february as the beginning of the defeat of winter.
Bear is hard of hearing lately ever since his ear infection last week. They say there may be some fluid left in the ear post-infection whichj should be gone in 3-6 weeks. That is goiing to be a tedious six weeeks. You usually can't tell if he hears you anyways, due to his lack of the need to respond, now you really have no idea. I find myself talking loudly to john unneccessarily.
I estimate that i am about 7 1/2 weeks pregnant. The quirky eating has begun, as well as the fatigue. No belly yet ...that can be attributable to the little one, anyway. My other baby is crying, my play time is done. We'll talk later- Dani

Kevin Priest's Blog

It's official. Kevin Priest has begun blogging. As the resident woodwright at his new company, he has started a journal where he describes his various woodworking projects.
If you like watching This Old House, or Norm Abram's The New Yankee Workshop, then this is a journal you will enjoy. I, myself, am living vicariously through Kevin on several levels. The woodworking is one of them.

http://blueriverjournal.blogspot.com/