Redistribution of Wealth

Katie sent this to me today and I thought it was worth posting...

Redistribution Plan may take a while

Yesterday on my way to lunch at Doe's, I passed one of the homeless guys in that area, with a sign that read 'Vote Obama, I need the money.' Once in Doe's my waiter had on a 'Obama 08' tee shirt. When the bill came, I decided not to tip the waiter and explained to him while he had given me exceptional service, that his tee shirt made me feel he obviously believes in Senator Obama's plan to redistribute the wealth. I told him I was going to redistribute his tip to someone that I deemed more in need--the homeless guy outside.

He stood there in disbelief and angrily stormed away. I went outside, gave the homeless guy $3 and told him to thank the waiter inside, as I had decided he could use the money more. The homeless guy looked at me in disbelief but seemed grateful.

As I got in my truck, I realized this rather unscientific redistribution experiment had left the homeless guy quite happy for the money he did not earn, but the waiter was furious that I gave away the money he did earn. I guess this redistribution of wealth is going to take a while to catch on, with those doing the work.

Cooper Cooper Cooper

Curious little 3 year olds are so fun! Lucky for Coop, I was in a good mood when I saw this!

Halloween Party

Thank you Brandon and Kathy for a fun Halloween Party last night!

Cooper and Kara

Super Logan

Cousins!

Kathy was very creative with dinner!

I think Abbey won the "cutest costume" award. She looked so adorable!

We also celebrated her birthday.

October Update

It has been a little while since I have written on here, so I thought I would give you a quick update on what we have been doing.

We are still working on our kitchen projects. We have our new stove and microwave hooked up (kudo's to Derek for figuring it out all by himself!) and we ordered new granite counter tops this weekend. We never had intentions of getting granite, but it ended up not being much more than the laminate we wanted. They measured for it today and hopefully it will be installed in the next 10 days. Yippee! I'll post pictures when we are finally finished. It is amazing that once you start one project (painting our cabinets) it turns into another and another. Merry Christmas to us I guess. :)

Derek is trying to fit in a few last minute trips to the golf course before the snow comes. He is loving the nice weather we have had lately. Cooper really loves having Derek home on Friday's. It has been good for them to spend more time together. The biggest problem is when Monday rolls around, Cooper hates that Derek has to go back to work.

Elections are almost here! Everyone better get out and vote this year. We voted on Friday and it felt good to vote for Jason. The campaign is calming down and now we are working on organizing honk and waves and making phone calls. I am going to enjoy a break but I am sure going to miss all the fun things that come along with the campaign. The Republican Party is hosting a party at the Grand America Hotel in Salt Lake on election night. We are excited to go and are planning on staying up in Salt Lake for the night. It will be a fun little get-away for Derek and I. Plus, Cooper will have more fun with Grandpa Nelson than he ever has with us.

Young Women's is still going well. My good friend Jenn, was just stolen by the Relief Society to be their new secretary so we are really sad to lose her. She will be a great secretary for them. Young Women "Evening In Excellence" is coming in 2 weeks so as soon as the election is over, my focus has to turn to getting ready for that. We have most of it planned, but it is going to take a lot of work to pull it all together. Thank goodness there are so many great YW leaders in our ward that are helping out!

I guess that is it for now-- that was a lot of nothing. Sorry if I put you all to sleep!

My Sweet Cooper

Cooper and Derek just came back from walking to the mailbox. When they walked up to me in the garage, Cooper held out his hands and said "I got you a present mommy!" He was so excited to give me some leaves and a rock. This is my first gift from Cooper that he came up with all on his own. He can be such a stinker sometimes, but moments like this are priceless!

Cort Hunter Smith

I have a new nephew! Cort Hunter Smith was born October 16th.

Congratulations Bret and Aubrey!

I've Been Tagged

Apparently I have been TAGGED... I am not really sure what to do, but here goes....

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I've been Tagged
5 things I was doing 10 years ago ... 1- I was 18 years old and a scared freshman at BYU. 2- I was making $5.15 an hour working at Kara Chocolates. 3-I was dancing on the 12:00 ballroom dance team at BYU (So dumb! They name the teams by the time they meet!) 4- I was sending off "my boys" (Jon and Reed, my 2 best guy friends) on missions. 5- I was becoming an Aunt for the first time when "baby Dallas" was born.

5 things on today's "to do" list... 1- Walk at the mall with Cooper and my parents. 2- Do the laundry 3- Do this, because I promised Joann I would... 4- Teach a ballroom dance class at the Central Utah Stars studio. 5- Enter new volunteers into Salesforce for Jason's campaign.

5 snacks I enjoy... 1- Chocolate 2- Chocolate Pretzels 3- Chocolate ice cream 4- Chocolate popcorn 5- ANYTHING CHOCOLATE!

5 things I would do if I were a millionaire... 1- Pay off all my siblings homes 2- Go to Disneyland and actually stay at the Disneyland Hotel. 3- Go on a cruise 4- Save for our kids education 5- Fill my closet with new clothes-- so vain, I know!

5 places I have lived...1-Brigham City 2- Pleasant Grove 3- Spanish Fork 4- Camp Williams (Lehi) 5- Salem

5 jobs that I have had...1-"Thank you for calling Pizza Hut, this is Kellie, will this be for delivery or carry out?" 2- Kara Chocolates in Sandy Store Manager 3- Kara Chocolates University Mall Store Manager 4- Ballroom dance teacher 5- Mother to Coop.

Rules: Each player answers the question themselves. At the end of the post the player then tags 5 people and posts their names, Let the person that tagged you know when you've answered the questions on your blog.

I tag: 1.Katie 2. Cindy 3. Aubrey 4. Amy Celeste 5. Michelle L.

Governor's Gala

I had the awesome opportunity to attend the "GOVERNOR'S GALA" last Friday night. It was held at the Grand America Hotel in a huge ballroom. I'll post more pictures of the event when I get them, but here is the one picture I have so far.

More Political Stuff...

For anyone wanting to learn more about politics, check out... http://logicalconservative.wordpress.com/

There is a fantastic new blog post today called "Who Lost the Presidential Debate?" It is very short and definitely worth reading.

Painting, Painting and More Painting

When we purchased our home back in 2003 we knew that we didn't love our kitchen cabinets. We have always said that "someday" we would get around to either replacing them (maybe if we won the lottery...) or painting them. We complained about the horrible color wood, fake plastic sides, and gross handles (completely my fault... who knew you had to scrub cabinet handles!)

Well this weekend we had to go to Sherwin Williams to get some glaze for a different project. (Our fantastic neighbor is going to build us hand-rails for our stairs. I ripped ours off about 2 years ago with the intentions of replacing them with nicer ones. Yeah-- 2 years later it is finally getting done because we have such a great neighbor!) Anyway while we were there we noticed they were having a paint sale. There wasn't anyone else in the store, the salesman was super helpful, and we didn't have anything to do over the weekend so Derek and I looked and each other and decided we should just go for it and paint the cabinets. We were so foolish to think for one second this would be an easy, one day, project. Somehow we lived through it and have newly painted cabinets to show for it.

We are planning on getting a new counter top and new appliances (ours only decide to work sometimes). I'll post before and after pictures of the entire kitchen as soon as we get it all done. But for now-- MISSION ACCOMPLISHED! For anyone thinking about taking on a similar project... GOOD LUCK! It is a TON of work, but I really love the end result.

WHAT A MESS!!

This is a great project to take on if you want to organize your cupboards. By the time we were done I had gone through every shelf and every drawer. I've never been so organized!

STILL A MESS! But at least there is primer!

Drum Roll Please........

BEFORE AND AFTER PICTURES:

Register to VOTE!

I just want to remind everyone that the deadline to register to vote by mail is only 4 days away. It is so important that you all vote this year. Even if you don't agree with my political views, I strongly encourage you to get involved and make sure your voice is heard this election. Too many people leave it up to "everyone else" and then complain about what a mess we are in. Please visit http://elections.utah.gov/VoterRegistrationForm.pdf to print off a registration form. Make sure you mail it in by October 6th! After Monday you will have to go in person to the County Clerks office to register. After you are registered, don't forget to Vote on November 4th!

Disneyland!

I just had the pleasure of booking our flights to Disneyland! It isn't everyday that I book a flight to go anywhere-- let alone to Disneyland. Cooper and I are going to fly down for our big trip this year. We are super excited! This is our one big trip every year and it is going to be really nice to be able to fly there. Unfortunatly, the only thing missing will be my cute husband. He is taking the year off from all the Disneyland excitement! We are going with my parents, Katie, Luke and their girls and Holli and her kids are also coming down. We are going to drive back with my parents, but at least half of the drive time with a 3 year old will be eliminated. As you can see from my countdown on here, only 2 more months to go before we are out of here!

I am such a geek!

Day Date Flight Status Class City Time Other Cabin--- ----- --------------- ------ ----- ---------------- ------ ------ -------Sat 29NOV DELTA 4074* OK L LV SALT LAKE CI 145P 11B TY COACH AR LONG BEACH CA 240P *Operated by SKYWEST AIRLINES

Chris Cannon

This is a post from a blog of one of Jason's supporters. I thought it was too good to not post on here. Things like this make me remember why I have spent so many hours volunteering on his campaign.

Conservative Logic - http://logicalconservative.wordpress.com/

Nelson Family Picnic

I must have really done something right in heaven. Not only have I been blessed with the most amazing family, I also have been given wonderful in-laws. I have heard such horror stories of other people's in-laws and so I really feel like I have hit the jack-pot. We had a really great time last night at a family picnic. I tried to get pictures of as many of them as I could, but I know I missed a lot of them. Cooper LOVED playing kickball with all his cousins and we all had a really fun time.

Cooper and Tyler
(The rule was the little ones couldn't get out. It didn't stop Tyler from trying.)

Sally, Logan, Kara, Cooper, Angela and Jamie working out a strategy for their victory.

We think Cooper may be a kicker. We should have Jason give him a few lessons on place-kicking!

Paisley and Tyler looking cute as always. Cooper not paying attention, as always.

Kara!

You should see that girls muscles! She could probably beat up someone twice her size if she tried!

Say Cheese Paisley!

Totally Awesome Tyler

My Cute Husband

Adorable Abbey!

Logan and Grandma Nelson

You would never know she had hip replacement surgery with that kick!

Cooper and Paisley playing together. These two have had a rough time in the past, but lately they have become really great friends.

More Adorable Abbey. We have become best buds!

Chad thinks Abbey and I were soul mates in heaven. :)

Paisley, Abbey and Cooper riding bikes. And look-- nobody is fighting!

TIFFANY!

She is amazing on the violin and a darn good kick-ball player!

Chad and Derek. Look at that form!

Sorry to everyone I missed. I'll get ya next time!!!

So You Think You Can Dance

I was SO lucky to go to the "SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE" concert this week. I went with Angela, Pam and Melissa. We had a great time and the concert was AMAZING! It was really cool to see all my favorite numbers from the show in person. It was well worth the expensive ticket price and I will definitely go back next year! If you didn't watch the show this season, I highly recommend you check it out next summer.

This picture is awfully lame, but it shows where our seats were. We were back a little ways, but right on center 8 rows up, they were great seats.

(For anyone who watched the show, the picture is of Will)