Ashley Nelson

Before I get into our Christmas in Oregon I just want to post a picture of my families beautiful house all decorated for Christmas.  They got a real Christmas Tree this year! I am so jealous! I can't wait till we have our own home to put a Christmas Tree in. Before heading to Oregon we got to go see the Temple lights in Salt Lake... Our Christmas in Oregon was a lot of fun. We ended up doing a lot of things during our week and a half stay.  On Christmas Eve we had a fun family dinner that even included Christmas crackers(as in those things that have toys in the toilet paper rolls and are wrapped). They all had Australian Christmas Crowns in them also.  My favorite day of the year has finally come... Christmas!!! This is my first Christmas away from home, I was sad at first, but the Nelson's kept me pretty busy to help me now think about it.   Everyone for the most part woke up at the same time, so we all went down stairs and decided to open up

I am not going to lie, graduation snuck up on me! One minute I am sitting in my High School English class and the next minute I am sitting in my cap and gown at my college graduation. I remember being told in High School by my parents to cherish every moment in High School and never wish for it to go by fast, especially in your senior year. Well you can probably guess what I did... I wished it away. I wanted High School to go by so fast. I felt that once I was out of High School, that that is when my life would begin. Oh how my parents were so right. Once I got into college I yearned to get my High School years back. Not that I wasn't having fun or learning what I was passionate about, I was missing the carelessness that you could have in High School and the group of friends to call up and hang out with, but I mostly missed the sports and all the teams I was a part of. So in college I decided I would try to take in every moment and become passionate in my school work and never t