Mike and Kim's Place

Christmas Morning

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Mike: excited to have a winter sports hat!
Kim: Happy to finally get a belt so she doesn't have to borrow Mike's and some mase (don't mess with me)
Logan and Kyler: Pokemon balls and a full size Basketball hoop
Boys on Christmas Eve in their new Jammies

Treats & Santa

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christmas card 2

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Hunter loving the trampoline

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Halloween

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The girl in the picture is a friend of the family Camilla.

Saturday Clean Up

2010-11-02T04:27:00.000-07:00

I think one of my favorite things is watching the whole family work together. It is so gratifying to me. From about mid-Oct. to mid-Dec. any yard work we do involves about 15-20 bags of leaves. It's fun stuff. Usually we would let the kids have a little bit of fun in the leaves but we only had a few hours and had to get the yard cleaned up quick. No worries though, there are still 3/4 of the leaves left in the trees. So, next time kidos.

Fall Festival

2010-10-10T20:06:00.000-07:00

The Fall Festival is this wonderful farm that has been transformed into an amusement park. There are slides made with plastic and hay bales, a bumpy hayride, a cornmaze, tons of fun animals, kettle corn (which you just have to buy), free apples and apple cider while you are there and before you go home you get to have a free little pumpkin. So much fun.

My camera has decided to go on the blitz and will not show the picture in the screen so some of my pics were not focused so I didn't post them. Bummer.

Kyler and our friend Lucus.
You know when you are up on top of a ski hill and suddenly you realize that it is a black diamond instead of a green circle. Well, I think that is what Hunter was feeling when I placed him in Logan's lap to go down one of the taller, faster, slides (for a 1 yr. old.)
I'm not quite sure what yoga pose Gavin is doing but I thought it was funny.

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Hunter is 13 mo. and not walking yet, but out of all of my kids he has put this walker to the most use, and loves it!
We have a climber...the other day I found him on my table going straight for the fruit bowl, then the next day I found him here.

Hunter loves to grab an apple or a plum and just dig into it.

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We found the boys sleeping like this one evening. Sometimes they get in these moods that they need to switch beds or sleep in the same bed. You can't see it in the picture but Logan has his arm around Kyler. It was very sweet.

Hunter had a fever a few weeks ago and really hadn't been feeling very good all day. Anyway, I was sitting on the floor on the opposite side of the couch folding laundry and I could hear him playing and then I realized that it had been a while since I had heard him so I looked over the couch to check on him and he was sound asleep on the hard floor. Precious.
Back to school! Yes, Logan's favorite color is BLACK. It's alright for now, but I really hope he decides that there are other colors out there by the time he is a teenager.

Hunter's 1st Birthday!

2010-09-03T19:23:00.000-07:00

What's a 1st birthday without a few tears...

This is after we wouldn't let him touch the candle with his hand.

See before I'm very happy!

Very Happy! I'm about to eat some of that frosting.

And happy again, now that I got some cake.

The Big 06 for Kyler

2010-09-03T19:17:00.000-07:00

So, now that Kyler has turned 6th he doesn't like to associate himself with the number 5 anymore. At dinner if I ask him to take 5 more bits of his food and then he can be finished, he'll say "how about 6." Sound good to me!

Kyler's 6th birthday party in Virginia

Kyler's 6th Birthday Party in Idaho

boys with their cousins

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MUDDY!!...but CUTE!

Carsen, Kyler, Jensen, and Trevor.

Jayden, Kyle, and Logan on a raft at my parents irrigation pond.

Most of the Grandson's but we are missing a few

Just playing cards. I love that my kids are getting to the point that they can play card and board games with friends and I don't have to referee.

Idaho

2010-09-03T19:04:00.000-07:00

Sister-in-law Heather and sister Tammy
My four boys with Tammy's kids at Grandma and Grandpa's house.
Cousin Whitney and I at Lava Hot Springs.
Aunt Susie and Uncle Doug from Peterson Ut.

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On our way home from church today Logan was reading a couple of versus in the scriptures and when he finished Kyler's comment was "WELL, a girl in my class can R. E. D.!" We are sure glad Kyler can S.P.E.L.L.

Father's Day

2010-06-20T19:11:00.000-07:00

Baby Being Bombarded By Big Brother's Blowing Bubbles

We love Daddy!

Kyler's Kindergarten Play

2010-06-20T19:07:00.000-07:00

Kyler played the part of the leaf in the Kindergarten play "The Grouchy Ladybug." Super Cute.

How many rolls can you count? I think I counted 4...maybe 5 :-)

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We love to swing

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Kyler's T-ball Party

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Sprinkler Fun!

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Hunter 9 months

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We have a window and a door!

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An update on the Shed

2010-05-19T06:35:00.000-07:00

Here is an update of the shed. It is going good and Mike is spending every spare minute of his time working on it. So, between work, baseball, home life, and scouting, it isn't as much as he would like, but it's getting there. I'll be so excited when my backyard doesn't look like a dump anymore and we can put everything back in it and have a nice clean backyard.

Random Pictures of the Kids

2010-05-19T06:20:00.000-07:00

Gavin's hair is getting bigger by the week, but I can't bring myself to cut it again quite yet.

I was trying to show you Hunter's first 2 bottom teeth but he just wouldn't cooperate. I tried to get him to laugh but his attention was all on the camera light.

Kyler has learned how to make bubbles with his gum. He and Logan laughed forever when the gum popped and covered his nose.

I'm not sure what bit Logan on the ear a couple of Sunday's ago, but it got him good. We all got a little chuckle out of it, in which, he was a pretty good sport. However, it made him worry about the kids in his Sunday school class making fun of him, but no one even noticed.

Shed Project

2010-05-02T19:02:00.000-07:00

Mike's been building a shed in our backyard since the metal one that we had collapsed with the big winter snow storm we had this winter. Everyone is impressed by Mike's handy skills. Love you hun.

Beginning of Baseball Season

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Bath time fun!

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I've always felt like Hunter was a clone of Gavin. See for yourself by scrolling all the way down to view the picture of Gavin in the leaves with his brothers. What do you think?

Hunter 6 months old

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Steven and the boys

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I'm not sure what we are going to do without Steven. He is the one we call to drop us off and pick us up from the airport, babysit our kids, and he brings us yummy Nielsen's Custard. But he is off to Brazil to do more important things; bringing people closer to Christ.

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Kyler played mostly in the water while Dad, Logan and Gavin played football and frisbee on the beach.

Virginia Beach

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Neighborhood fun

2009-09-17T19:19:00.000-07:00

Logan and Kyler both learned how to ride on two wheels this summer. Hooray! Logan is looking a bit wobbly in this picture, however he is much better now. He is trying no hands and putting his feet up, he's trying to keep up with the 9 yr. old girl across the street.

This is Gavin's new best friend. They are so cute in this little Barbie jeep she got for her birthday.

Gavin

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The sports junkie. He will honestly work on something until he gets it right.

Daddy's little helper
You've got to love two year olds. They have sooo much personality.

1st day of school / September 8

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Gavin really wanted to go to school with them. He cried when Kyler got to stay and he had to come home with mom. For 3 days he wore his little backpack whenever I dropped the kids off or picked them up from school.

Hershey World/Park

2009-09-12T06:20:00.000-07:00

Mike took Logan, Kyler, and my niece Ashley to Hershey, Penn. a couple of days after I got home from the hospital with Hunter. They had a blast!

Hunter's 1st full bath

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Some more hospital pics

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Logan loved the name Hunter. We hadn't talked to the kids previous about names, so when Logan learned his name his comment was "that's a cool name...why can't my name be Hunter?"
This picture is such a perfect description of Gavin's personality. Goofy, independent, fun, silly, and stubborn.
Such handsome boys! I wish I had a picture of all of them like this.
We are on our way home!

Pics

2009-08-21T06:11:00.001-07:00

Hunter Neville

2009-08-19T19:09:00.000-07:00

Our newest addition came today at 12:44pm. Weighing in at 7lbs 8oz, and and 19 inches long, Hunter (still thinking) Neville was welcomed by a beautiful mother, loving father and 3 very inquisitive, protective, and adorable older brothers. I left the camera at the hospital so I'll have to post the pics tomorrow. Both mom and Hunter are doing great and we can't wait to get him home.

Kid's in front of the DC temple

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Easter Egg Hunt

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Zuro's trip to Virginia

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Gavin's 2nd Birthday!!

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Grandma and Grandpa Wistisen John Deere remote control dump truck gift. Gavin was so excited about this truck. He absolutely loved it but he was a little scared when in would come straight for him and he couldn't figure out how to stop it. He would hide under Mike's legs and start whining. We all got a good laugh.
Gavin's favorite thing to do is to play ball!...so I tried to make a soccer cake. Decorating cakes is not my forte.

Gavin sneaking bits of cake before it gets decorated.

Logan's Art

2009-06-01T18:34:00.000-07:00

Logan got to present his art work at the 2009 Art Show form a bunch of the school's in and around Vienna from Elementary-High School. He and a classmates' pictures were the two picked from about 40 Kindergartner's at Marshall Road.

The picture is of him with his winter coat on out in the snow.

Gavin loves to put things over his head

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Flight home

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The best 15 min. of the flight home. The head bands are to help keep the head phones in the kids' ears. Silly, I know

Birthday Dinner

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Kyler was all tuckered out after the day. (we wasn't feeling very well either)
Jennie, Heather, Grandma, Tammy, and Pam
All of the little Grand kids during our Birthday dinner. Tammy's kids are missing, the family had not made it yet.

Four wheeling and Sledding

2009-03-19T15:27:00.000-07:00

Uncle Georden came to visit us in Bancroft while we were there. This is Logan and Kyler on the sled being swung around by Uncle Georden.

Grandpa having his own fun sledding

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Sledding w/Grandpa

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Grandpa was a real trooper carrying the kids still in the sled up the hill, over and over again. When they came in the house I asked if everyone wanted some hot choc. or apple cider. Grandpa asked for a glass of ice water.

Gavin's 2nd haircut

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Donkey Kicks

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Kyler, even had enough hang time to smile at the camera

While hanging out just before bedtime, Gavin surprised us with an amazing display of donkey kicks. We of course encouraged more donkey kicks on demand and got quite a few good pics. Brother's had to join in and get their skills on camera as well and this is what came of it. The following video made us laugh cause I was trying to time his kick with the camera and after a few donkey kicks said, "ready, set, go" to which he responded by a short 10yd dash to the back door and back. He's ready for spring training now.

Aunt Margie's visit

2009-02-08T18:33:00.000-08:00

It was really great to have you out for a visit Aunt Margie. Thanks so much for taking the time to come and have dinner with us and be Logan's Grandma for the night.

Catch-up Blog

2009-01-28T18:37:00.000-08:00

A cool picture of the scouts on a hike I took them on back in November

Wii zombie. Kyler could have stayed in this position with this expression on his face for days straight. He just killed Darth Vader on Lego's Star Wars. We thought that not having much video games or tv in the house was a good thing but now that we have the Wii, they can't get enough. It only took a couple of days before we had to limit the Wii days.

Grandpa George looking sharp at Holly's. Dad came out to D.C. on Christmas Eve and spent Christmas with us here. Then we drove to Holly's the day after and spent a few days with them. Mom had been watching Holly's kids while they went on a cruise. It was a great time to have Mom and Dad around for Christmas and to be with cousins.

Sharing germs..... with a little bit of popsicle in there too.

Gavin and cousin Max playin with the new barn and animals

The sun was a little bright for the photo shoot with Grandma Maria.

Logan's birthday party with his friends. Mom and dad weren't smart enough to duck a little lower to miss the flash in the mirror.

Tears are inevitable with three boys, snow, and a trampoline.

Gavin is already teasing big brother, threatening to knock down his snow mountain.

Go Steelers! Gavin enjoying the day in the snow. 1 inch of snow and freezing rain and they cancel school and most government offices. Sweet!

For an 18 month old, he's got some great skills huh? This was back in November out at Holly's place. Gavin loved playing with Carter.

The only way I will love you

2008-12-31T09:17:00.001-08:00

After getting the Wii for Christmas and playing for hours with cousins at Holly's house, Kyler has a new outlook on life. On the way home from the gym last night he was asking if he could play the Wii when he got home. We explained that it was past his bedtime and that he would have to wait til the next day. Kim and I then held hands as we talked while driving home. A few minutes later we heard a sweet little inquiring voice from the back seat of the van.

Kyler: "Mommy? Did you fall in love with Daddy?"

Mom: "Uh huh."

Kyler: "And then you married Daddy and love him forever?"

Mom: "Uh huh." Mommy and Daddy then look at each other and simply enjoy the sweet moment of Kyler understanding how love works.

Kyler: in a very sweet little voice, "Well........the only way I will love you forever is if you let me play the Wii when we get home."

Daddy could only laugh and Kyler could only furrow his eyebrows as Mommy and Daddy told him how much they loved him.

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getting silly

Silly

really silly

and just ridiculous!

I was trying to take a few cute pictures of the kids for Christmas cards and most of them ended up just like these. What a night mare. I love this last one with Gavin touching his nose. It makes me laugh.

Logan's Kindergarten Christmas Program/ Party

2008-12-21T18:18:00.000-08:00

Kyler and Logan making their gingerbread houses.

I was trying to take pictures and hold a wiggily Gavin so the pictures turned out a bit blury.

Logan loses his first tooth

2008-12-21T17:57:00.000-08:00

Logan's adult teeth were starting to come in before his baby teeth were falling out so we had to take matters into our own hands. Mike did the tie a knot around his tooth and another knot around an open door and then slam the door shut tactic. It actually worked. There was no tears, screams, only giggles of excitement that he had actually lost his first tooth!

This is Gavin in his cute Sunday outfit before going to church. His hair has grown back in and is curlier then ever.

Hair cut

2008-12-21T17:46:00.000-08:00

So after I got my hair stuck in honey, syrup, and underneather a yoga ball, all with in a couple of days, I decided that it was time to do a trim. I chopped off 13 in. of my hair all in the comforts of my own home and donated it to Locks of Love. I had Logan take the picture of my long hair. He did pretty good other then the fact that I told him not to get my behind and it ended up in all 3 pictures that he took.

Fall Time in Virginia

2008-11-09T16:35:00.000-08:00

Autumn and Spring our my favorite seasons in Virgina. The trees are absolutely beautiful! I caught this picture a day or two to late to get all of the trees in their fullness but if you look on theright our house is the one with the first big red tree. We have raked, rather blown, huge piles of leaves twice and the trees still have lots of leaves to drop.

Trick-or-Treating

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Ward Halloween Party

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I went as a black crayon
Logan and friends

Kyler, the powerful Ninga

First day of School

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Logan's 1'st day of Kindergarten
Logan and Kyler

Logan and Kyler are with the neighbor girls, Skyler 7 and Abby 6. We all walk to school everyday together.

More Fall Festival Pictures

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Logan, Kyler, and their friend Isaac on the Hay ride

Gavin and his buddy Jacob, they are ten days apart

Kyler loving the slides

Logan actually acting normal

Gavin loving every minute of being on a farm with animals and slides. Two favorite things, all he needs is a ball and he's set.

Fall Festival

2008-11-02T11:58:00.000-08:00

I finally got the boys to sit for a picture

Kyler's Birthday - belated blog

2008-09-15T19:07:00.000-07:00

Kyler turned 4 back in July and had wanted really spikey hair for his party at the park. We took this picture before friends showed up. Kyler and Logan are such different personalities but don't know what to do without the other one. Gavin is starting to be a part of their little buddy system but does a little more wandering and getting into things......like Dad's scuba gear. Very stinkin cute.

Neville Family Reunion 2008

2008-09-15T17:22:00.000-07:00

I'm finally getting around to updating the blog with our family's happenings this summer. I do intend for this to be more than a semi-anual event. Our summer started with the Neville Family Reunion; attended by only 5 Neville's.......Mike, Kim, Logan, Kyler, and Gavin. After 2 years of being ready to go and then being cancelled, we decided that we were going no matter what. We wish you all could have made it with us so here is what you missed.

We started by stopping by Hershey World in Hershey Pennsylvania where the guy taking the picture clearly didn't care that we were even looking at him. We had a great time seing how chocolate was made and the kids really enjoyed a 3-D movie about Hershey. Connie may have had issues leaving the place without buying the 25lb Hershey Bar. It's huge!

Next, we stopped by the Susquehanna River and the priesthood restoration site and first homesite of Joseph and Emma Smith. We got there just at dusk which added to the spirit as we realized we were standing where the prophet had once lived. Then we made our way down to the bend in the river where Joseph and Oliver were baptized and the Priesthood was restored. It was amazingly peaceful and full of the spirit as the boys just played by the side of the river and Kim and I talked about what it must have been like to have been there.

The next day we made it to Fayette (Peter Whitmer home where first church meeting was held) and Palmyra and joined the throngs of members gathering for the final performance of the Pageant. Even though it was really hot and humid, it was really cool to actually see the Smith Log Home and just wander around the Sacred Grove. The Pageant was super impressive. We topped it off with a visit to Niagara Falls where we braved the boat ride right into the falls. It was a lot of fun and we hope to do it again when the boys get older.

Peter Whitmer Home

Smith Log Home

Gavin just hangin out in the Sacred Grove

Gavin really enjoyed wandering around the Grove

The boys in the Sacred Grove

It was a long day for the boys, as seen on Logan's face, but they were troopers.

Family shot at the Pageant.

Kyler taking in the immense power of Niagara Falls

Logan and Kyler getting ready for the plunge into the Falls

A wet family. Notice Kyler still trying to give the "thumbs up"

Kite & Cherry Blossom Festival

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Best Friends and Gavin's 1st B-day

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This is a park just in front of the National Capitol Building with Gramma & Grampa during their visit. The boys enjoyed the Air & Space Museum and the American Indian museum with Gramma & Grampa before the day was over. It was a lot of fun to have them out with us for the week.

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Kim and Christina after their first half-marathon!