Rock it Girls!

This is a good idea! These are a few pictures from my wedding and reception. It is almost a year now but thought you might like to see them. Anyway, yesterday was the last day of my summer term and I actually have some free time now. I got my master's in may and have two years left to get my Ed.S degree for school psychology. Basically, school is the story of my life. We are actually moving in about a month to Northern Idaho. Josh is going to finish school up there so that should be an adventure. So we have some changes headed our way but nothing major. Let's keep each other posted. I love you all! JEN

IS HE HERE YET?

Hey fantastic girls! I am not very tech savvy, but this whole blogg thing is such a great idea. I love reading about y'all and everything you are doing. I feel like seeing the pictures and reading about you gives me my Nauvoo fix. :) Well, Giff and I are still waiting for our little one to come. I am exactly a week away from my due date (July 4th) and ready for him to come now. My mom is coming up a few days before I'm due, so I am very relieved and excited to have her help. We are pretty set on naming him Jaden Gifford Nielson and we finally finished his little nursery of vintage airplanes. It has been so fun to get ready for him to come and now I am just anxious to get him here now. While I have been getting bigger and bigger, Giff has been waiting to hear from the nursing schools he applied to. He applied to the University of Texas in Austin and to BYU-Idaho. He was lucky enough to get into both, but he will probably finish out here in Idaho. The temple here in Rexburg has really progressed and we are excited for the dedication and open house next year sometime. I never thought I would live down the street from a temple again after living in Nauvoo, but here I am again. It has been awesome to watch the temple get built. Well anyways, life is going great for the Nielson family here in Rexburg. We love ya and miss ya.

Love,

Amanda

What a Great Idea

AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH! It feels like forever since I have talked to any of my Nauvoo 9! This will be a fantastic way to keep in touch and to update each other on what is going on! As for the Forts we are doing great! The summer is already burning hot here in Austin Texas, but we have been spending a lot of time in the pool to keep us cool! Nate and I just got back from our first cruise. Neither one of us have ever been on a cruise and it was a blast! We went to Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel. As for the rest of the summer, I am going to girls camp and in August am coming to Utah and Idaho! I am coming to see Amanda's little bundle of joy! So if anyone is available I would LOVE to see all who will be in Utah or Idaho! Well I will stop boring you with my life, but I love ya'll and can't wait to hear how everyone is doin!

Lindsay
PS I will post pictures later!

I am so excited!

I am so glad that we have a Nauvoo 9 blog! It will be so fun to keep in touch this way.

I hope everyone is doing great!

I love you all! - Steph

Dancing Through Life....

I don't know about you girls but I'm really excited about this blogg. I think its such a great Idea! Thanks Jena and Steph for getting it going! I don't really have anything new to tell you about right now I'm just "dancing through life". But hopefully I will have something to post soon. Can't wait to hear about all your happenings! Love you all!
Shannon

Hey girls! Welcome to the Nauvoo Nine website. I just put a random picture up here, but this is kind of the idea. You post a pic, write a little diddy and you can do it whenever and however often you want! We want lots and lots of pictures and posts. Even if you don't have any new pics but you just want to write something have at it! Write your heart away. This can be our gossip channel.

While I'm at it I'll up-date you guys on the my little family. Josh just had nationals on the 8th of this month at Sacramento State. He didn't do as well as he wanted because he was sick with bronchitis, but he still took 8th. We are working with our agent right now and have almost officially decided to sign with Nike. Therefore, that means that we will be moving in about a week and a half to Portland, Oregon. Josh will start training with Nike for the Olympic trials marathon in New York. I'm going to get a job at Nike too...however, I have no idea what it will be...definitely not running! I can't even keep up with Josh on my bike. We are terribly excited to move into a new place and for Josh to start running professionally. My family lives about 5 hours away from Portland, so I am thrilled to be that "close" to them. - That's about all of our exciting news for now. I will let you know when we officially sign with Nike or Adidas or whoever and with all other things that life brings!!! I can't wait to hear from you girls about your lives and your babies and whatever else you want to say. I love you all and hope this will be a great way for us to stay in touch.