Straight up Whitnasty

Our "groomals"

2009-07-10T10:06:00.000-07:00

Check out our friends/ photogs blog to see some of the great pics they took of us! It was so fun! I'll be posting some as soon as we get a bigger hard drive on my computer!
www.bergmannphotography.blogspot.com

Uncle James(or Hay-mas as sienna calls him)

2009-07-08T15:34:00.001-07:00

Well, Uncle James rules supreme. Rachel and I might as well be off in another room being squirrels....which I'm sure we could manage. Dave, you understand when I say, I'm chopped liver when James is here. What the-Who invited this guy!? Fo real!? He's lucky that my love for him is greater than my bitterness. I'm a lucky lady.

Here are a few pics of the escapades of Team James. Much love.

Day 10- No words

2009-06-18T20:44:00.000-07:00

On the last day in Maui we ran into this sign.... Oh how I love it....

Day 9- Flowers

2009-06-18T19:45:00.001-07:00

I couldn't get enough of all the flowers here! I'm pretty much in love with the plumeria trees! Every now and James picks me one to wear behind my left ear. Take a gander!

Day 8- Crater sunrise

2009-06-15T16:38:00.000-07:00

3am wake up call this morning. We drove for about an hour and a half to the top of the Haleakala crater to watch the sunrise. It was really pretty. Something everyone should do once!
These pics are a little out of order

The mountians in the background on the right is actually the big island.

The crater

This is what we look like at 5am

Here it is!

Day 7- CHURCH AFTER CHURCH

2009-06-15T16:32:00.000-07:00

Today was sunday, we went to the singles branch to visit James old branch president. Then we went to the family ward where we were mildly mauled. It was one of the best R.S. meetings I've ever been to! I could tell you stories man.... I could tell you stories.... After that we had dinner with the Wunder family. Dang good food too! I was able to try the Lau Lau we helped them wrap the other night, and it was TASTY! and some raw poki fish...mmmmmm..... soooo good! Love the Wunders!

Day 6- Weekiversary

2009-06-15T16:24:00.001-07:00

Today we took no pics! I forgot my camera all day!! We went to a huge swap meet/ farmers market in the morning after a hearty breakfast. It was insanely hot! We did get a ton of good fruit.
Then swimming at our condo's beach.
In the evening we got all dressed up and James took me for sushi-which he is NOT a fan of. It's great that he knows the good places to go here. We waited in line for this sushi bar to open, thats how good it was! James tried some new stuff, and hated it, but he tried it! So proud of that little buddy.
After that we went to a beach down the way for a pretty sunset. We watch them almost every night.
Anyways, it was a good day and I wish I had one single pic of it!!!

Day 5- Lahaina

2009-06-13T22:42:00.000-07:00

We spent today in Lahaina, a beautiful seaside town. It looks like it could be interchangable with Park City Utah. Lahaina is a lot bigger, but they have the same style. I didn't take many pictures...I think I burnt out after yesterday!

This is the Banyan tree. It covers about an acre of land, and looks like a tiny forest in the middle of front street, but really it's just one huge tree! It's really cool.

Day 4-Road to Hana

2009-06-12T11:03:00.000-07:00

Today we took the amazing road to Hana. You drive at about 15-25 MPH for 65ish miles around the coast and through a rainforest! OH. MAAAAAAN! It was SO amazing! I know my pictures wont do justice to the beauty that is constant on the highway. And most of this was from the car! We will hike more in the coming years. It takes 2 to 3 hours each way just for the driving. But it was SO worth it, and I plan on always making the drive when we come! It reminded me So much of a tropical version of Glacier. The narrow winding road and tons of waterfalls. We stopped at a one of the many road side stands on the way home to buy some weird fresh fruit. A lot of the stands go by the honor system and just have money box out in front. I wonder how well they actually do?

Probably some of the most beautiful farmland ever! Taro farm.

This is all one tree... the thinner parts are the roots that actually grow down from the branches!

A traditonal hut at the Haleakala National Park.

Thre beginings of the Seven pools in the HNP also. James up there gettin in to one of the upper pools.

This is the church where Charles Lindbergh is buried. It was in the middle of nowhere in the jungle. Totally run down on the outside...and had kind of a creepy vibe. I kept waiting for the horror movie to begin. But the cemetary was amazing.

The 2 head stones on the very left in all the black rock is Mr. and Mrs. Pryor. They are the ones who persuaded Lindburgh to take a trip to Maui in hope he too would move there. It took only one and he was smitten. See the 6 small graves under the bush on the right? Those are the graves of the Pryors 6 monkeys. No joke. They were like children to the Pryors. Kippy was the favorite.

"Well, hello, Charles"

This is a big portion of the cemetary.

James friend Lewis let us borrow a book called Maui revealed. We read through all the places we were wanting to go to one the Hana Highway to see if we would miss anything. In the section on Mr. Lindburgh's grave it tells you to walk out the back of the cemetary into a park behind the church, and then go to the very back right corner of the fence for a good view...here is that amazing view! I know this might seem blah...but in person...it was breathtaking!

On the way back out to Kihei, we stopped at the Hana cultural center. These signs were very informative and hilarious because they end with really messed up stuff! ha ha

This is basically a primative garage. So James of coarse had to go look around. I think the garage is his natural habitat.

Wainapanapa State Park black beach. Really beautiful.

A few rainforest shots.

This one is a little out of order.

That was just a scratch on the surface of things to do on the highway!

Lazy day 3

2009-06-12T01:16:00.000-07:00

Today was SO lazy! We've had a few busy days, so we just mellowed for the morning...watching T.V. and doing laundry. We finally got out to the sugar museum. A good majority of Maui land is suger cane farms. It had some interesting parts... thought these bottles where pretty.

A model of a cock fight....it was creepy. Notice the black and blue tape holding their legs on. super high class...

Another beautiful Maui sunset....

Almost a full rainbow arched over our condo....

Day 2- The beauties of having a free personal tour guide!

2009-06-10T12:26:00.000-07:00

I understand that really...blogging about the honeymoon is pretty much only for me. probably super boring, BUT it's nice to have a pic journal for the kids. ha ha Here's another fun filled day in Maui.

We got up early...and I mean EARLY because we are having a bit of jet lagg, we go to sleep at maui time, but wake up in Montana time....which ends up meaning we go to sleep at 11 and wake up at 4:30am. Ugh. So we went to one of the many local flea markets to find james a ring. You see... Because I procrastonated ordering his ring, it made it to Utah on monday...3 days after the wedding. the ring he used at the temple and at the reception was his great-grandpa's...and it was too big. So we figured we'd get him a inexpensive ring to wear until we get back to the mainland. It's a traditonal Hawiian wedding band. You see SO many people here wearing them, and we thought it would be cool to have.

Then we headed to our condos beach-

WE were trying so hard to keep our eyes open and we couldn't stop laughing!

After the beach, my handsom tour guide took me to the Iao Needle park. SO SO pretty!

The needle

For educational purposes....here's the discription of the needle

AWKWARD!

These beautiful purple trees are all over up country. This picture doesn't do it justice. They are HUGE and canopy the road in a lot of places. It almost looks like enourmous Lilac bushes. I love them!

James then took me to see the 1st LDS churcdch building on the island. It's kind of just a museum now. It's beautiful and the accoustics in there are amazing! You can feel the spirit as soon as you walk on the property. It was great!

The house off to the right is where the missionaries live.

James told me that in George Q. Cannon's journals he says that he walked with the savior in int hills behind this property...

We ended the day having dinner with a family of James' friends. A great end to another fun day.

We've only just begun...

2009-06-09T00:22:00.000-07:00

Here's day one of the honeymoon! I'm so happy we came to Maui! Besides the fact that it is beautiful, but it's so nice that James already knows his way around AND we wont get the runs from eating or drinkings something wrong! NOT a fun way to spend the week! We didn't get in until 5am our normal time, so needless to say we were exhausted! So after waking up to james phone ringing at 5am Maui time(because some of his contractors don't know he's gone) we spent the day looking through flea markets and food shopping for the next week. It was actually a really fun day! At the end of the day he took me to the beach for the sunset, it was beautiful!

Admitedly not the most atractive picture. ha ha

Summer lovin' happens so fast.

2009-05-24T06:26:00.000-07:00

Welp, Ladies and Germs, it's a very bitter sweet day for me today. I'm sitting at the kitchen table in the trailer brewing myself a cup of tea, enjoying the view for my last time as a resident. It's weird thinking I will have to live somewhere else in Bigfork. I would be perfectly content living here until my dying day!
Because I know that days with the trailer for all of us, are numbered, I am feeling very nostalgic this morning. I wrote a list of some of my favorite memories/things about the lake house.... because everytime I walk in this place they all come flooding back to me. I very well could've written a list that never ends... but that would be a really time consuming read. So I am keeping it to only 20. Which was hard. They are in no particular order. Here goes...
20. The short walk into town. especially to brookies at 7am to sit and enjoy the goodness of the Original and the sound of the river.
19. The retaining wall that Grandpa built in front of the trailer. He told me that he built it so we could have an easier way to get out of the water. Toughtful! Sweet grandpa... This place is a constant reminder of how much they love all of us.
18. Memories of playing sardines during the summer before the house was built and everyone would come at once. I even slept a few nights in the kitchen.
17. Crisp autumn mornings on the porch with tea in hand.
16. Watching diapered kids in those cute tiny life jackets playing in the lake with their cousin for the first time, as I'm sure I did once.
15.Fishing with shorty
14. This summer of friends and cousins. We havn't had that in a LONG time. I loved it.
13. I fell in love with Queen and Steve Miller Band in the master bedroom here one summer. I remember trying to memorize words to the songs..."I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike...I want to ride it where I like." I'm sure back then those lyrics seemed very logical to me.
12. Jumping off the Boat house. These days I more so enjoy watching Jonny do it. Peter pan is my personal favorite.
11. Watching the eagles in the winter. I dunno, there is just something about watching our Nations bird tare the intestines out of a dead deer carcus that just make me proud! But seriously, other than that, I do enjoy watching them.... I kept praying that deer would wash down the shore already!
10. The arts festival...especially the live music part of it.
9. LAAAATTTEEE night bon fires.
8. The fridge, the dishwasher and the washer dryer have never changed... and although they may not work like they used to...or at all, I'm glad they're still here. It would be weird to walk into a super vintage trailer and NOT have a mustard yellow fridge in your face! I love it.
7. The smell of bigfork. Especially in the spring and summer.
6. Living right next door to the parents.
5. Getting dressed up and being in the 4th of July parade. Especially the Ashley part of all that. You know what I'm talkin bout!
4. 4th of July. All the family, great food, and beautiful fireworks. I would NEVER want to be anywhere else. I've tried it and it's lame.
3. Sunsets. I once had a dream that I wrote Garth Brooks a letter about the sunsets here...He got the letter and came to bigfork to see if it was really as good as I had said.... and he ended up writing a song about them. Thats how good they are.
2.The smell of the trailer. I'm not talking about when the septic tank backs up, which is always a treat to the inhabitants. The smell of memories from every summer of my life.
1. The best view on the lake. I'm sure there are others that think the same about their family spots... but I dont think there are any with this killer location and the breath-taking sunsets.

Don't try making a list of your own unless you're in the mood to shed a few tears. Like I said, the list could go on forever.... I'll always love the memories I have here... I can't imagine life without the lake.... Whats that saying,"let go, let God"?

Look at that tiny Bennett!

Much love to the fam.

Invitations

2009-05-07T22:09:00.000-07:00

Hey family! Shoot me a text if you havn't recieved your invite by the sunday. I have a panicked feeling that I lost a file of lables! ugh. I want to make sure that no one thinks I didn't send one! I have SO many balls in the air right now and I'm SO crazy busy that I have no idea what I have or havn't done! I feel like I'm taking CRAZY PILLS!

Wedding Link

2009-05-06T15:53:00.001-07:00

Some people have had trouble getting to our wedding site...so if you can get here instead, here is the link!
http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/WhitneyNelson&JamesFenn
Meow

4th Picture-4th file

2009-03-16T14:30:00.001-07:00

I just saw that I was tagged by Natalia who was tagged by coco to put up the 4th photo in your 4th picture file. Well, here she is! SO hideous....so foul...so REAL! I LOVE IT!

I hearby tagg-AMY I.- Ta-chi P.-Dave N.-Matt N. YOU BETTA BRING IT!

Makin Love outta nothing at all

2009-01-19T12:23:00.000-08:00

Here is one of the best pictures from New Years Eve. This fine young gentleman was BLITZED out of his gourd. He walked past me, and must've liked what he saw because he turned on his heels much faster and more gracefully than you would expect from one so inebriated. He latched onto my waist and started shouting at anyone within earshot to take a picture of us together. I didn't really understand how he was going to benefit from this, considering the picture was taken by one of my friends... but we humored him. For selfish reasons really. I made sure some of the other girls got in on the action, our sweet friend Mark with the big guns keeping watch just a few feet off. After turning down his repeated offers to share the contents of his bottle, and dodging inquires about a phone number, we regrettably parted ways. Regrettably on his part I mean.
Isn't she a beauty? We call it "The Goodness"

Youtube

2009-01-10T14:06:00.000-08:00

I was browsing through youtube today..mainly watching clips from "Perfect Strangers" as I navigated farther and farther away from my starting point, I saw more random videos then you can imagine.I thought to myself "wow people. Get a hobby." But then I realized youtube IS their hobby. Maybe I'm the one in need of a hobby?

A parody... From Ashley.

2009-01-09T12:55:00.000-08:00

If you have ever had a bad day.. or felt betrayed by a friend... like they set you up for something shocking and detrimental... you'll be able to identify with this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9L5-wK_Px8w

A terrible mental picture... enjoy!

2009-01-09T12:25:00.000-08:00

In my attempt to blog about everything.... I have a story for you.... a story that will take you on a strange journey slightly resembling the boat ride from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. At least that's what it feels like when I think about it.... at first it will seem slightly anti climatic....But it's like a mind bomb... and the more you think about it... the creepier it gets.

I was watching Martha Stuart yesterday. I was really bored. When I choose my T.V. programs I try to choose shows that are clean... ones that I KNOW will never be offensive. So my obvious choice in the middle of the day was the wholesome Martha Stuart Living.They had a great horticulturist on. He was teaching easy ways to keep your plants healthy and free of worms, bugs and scales. Things like watered down eggs or dish soap. He then brought out a blender and started dropping in Habanero peppers saying that this spray works wonders for some unwanted pest or another. Martha quickly adds in-"Oh, habanero peppers. You want to be very careful when you are doing this. They use habanero peppers in bear spray. Make sure to wear gloves, and not get it in your eyes or on your private parts. Trust me. I know from experience. It can be Very painful." WHAAAT?! WHAT DID SHE JUST SAY? I must have been hallucinating....nope... the faint giggling of her live studio audience confirms that I had actually just heard Martha Stuart- the queen of proper- say that she, at some point in her life, had experienced the excruciating burning sensation of Habanero pepper on her "private parts". Well cheers to you Martha. You are a better woman than I ever hope to be.

Another UNeventful post.

2009-01-04T21:29:00.000-08:00

Hokay, so. I ALWAYS get crap about not updating my blog enough.... then when I DO update it, the posts aren't good enough. To that I say.. tough. Or something to that effect that is maybe very unbecoming of a lady. Here's the thing. LIFE IS BORING HERE. Would you expect anything else? I mean, I have a LOT of fun with the parents, and my very few friends from church. But we're never doing anything that really feels blog worthy. SO from now on, I'm posting E-VER-EY-THIN-GAH. Like it or don't, that's what you get. so be prepared for some VERY boring posts. Starting with this little beauty-
Bro James allowed me to be his co-pilot on a road trip to Provo so I could meet up with Katalie for the next leg of my journey south.

We stopped by Rachel and Brady's house on the way home. Of course Senna was IN LOVE with James and could care less that I was there... in under 5 min of meeting him she wouldn't let him put her down. He was tired and starving, but he was a trooper and held her the whole time. How could you ever put her down... she's too cute to comprehend!
On the way DOWN to Utah we stopped at temple square for the last night of lights... I can't ever go without remembering the time Mom took us when we were just tinys.( yes I know these pics are out of order... my lack of experience shows)

I went to Vegas for New Years with Katalie, Hair Face, and Rachel. These are the really lame pictures... when I get the others I'll post them too... since I pretty much have to milk it for all its worth.

The Morning after... You can't see it but behind chanelles arm is a tub of 6 layer dip. This is at about 10 am after a little over 4 hours sleep. Breakfast of Champs(Kat and Hair Face) This is how excited we were to get down to the strip.

Still waiting to get down there... Kat is SO fierce!

This is what Rachel was planning on wearing... until we informed her that her wife beater was SO 80's. Although her Camel feet were Super cute.

The Posse.

"They're Coooousins...and they're 2 of a kiiiind!"

2009-01-04T21:18:00.000-08:00

I FINALLY have documented proof that Nelson genes completely DOMINATE Lundahl genes. There are no formulas needed when you have proof like this...Let me also say that these pictures were taken almost 3 years apart...so there was no posing involved. We're both just freak show enough to do the exact same thing. Love you fruzzz!

'Nuff said

2008-12-29T12:12:00.000-08:00

Sunsets in Bigfork

2008-10-02T15:52:00.000-07:00

I know we've all experianced them...seen hundreds of them. They NEVER get old to me. I could see a million and I wouldn't get sick of sitting on the porch and just watching the colors fade till dark! These are a few of my favorites from this summer!

The first day of the best year of my life!

2008-09-18T09:20:00.001-07:00

I am officially on the downward slop of my twenties....WOW. Yippee?? So with the help of the wonderful Chanelle and the perental units I had a WONDERFUL day!

It started out with a 7am wake up call carefully orchestrated my ChaMALu herself. My friend Dustin stopped by with cupcakes ballon card and song shortly followed my Cuz Kyle with delicious still hot Brookies Cinnamon rolls! AH! SO GOOD! Shortly after Hair Face and I rolled out to spend the Morning in Glaicer Park! It was a freezing morning but absolutly beautiful!

She "Kicked off her shoes in a fit of joy!"
Didn't you know that Chanelle is a park ranger...in her head. I humored her and listened to her incoherant rambling for a few hours. Ranger Jim had to cut it off at 3 O'clock when he had to give his very educational talk about avoiding park toilets.

Trail of the Cedars. One of my favorite walks on the way to Avalanche Lake!

Playing sardines with innocent park patrons... we didn't get many bites...
For lunch we took a boat ride down the lake and back to Bigfork for a tasty Garden burger!
Thanks Captian Queen Lana!!!

We finished the day with mouth-watering Tinfoil dinners and S'Mores! It was one of the most beautiful days of the year! Thanks FAMILY!!!!!

I tried Rock climbing...once.

2008-07-25T08:05:00.000-07:00

I think I'd like to go again.... and I think I'll have the chance. I went home with only one small battle wound and some sore fingers. I LOVED it! I went in Utah with Heather and there were only the 2 of us so I have no actual proof that I climbed that day...except my word.

I went with some friends up here in Montucky but alas...we were rained out. Although it was SO much fun while it lasted. Kristi, Chanelle and I just watched while everyone else showed us up. Good good times.

Can't get enough

2008-04-15T14:36:00.000-07:00

My cute friend Emlen invited me to help out with giving away a free car during a concert at UVSC( a concert that I REALLY wanted to go to in the first place!). So not only did I get in free, but we got back stage passes! It was So fun! This top picture is a band called "Luto" and the Bottom is of the BroBecks...you'll hear big things from them. They are AMAZING! Good fun!

How I love my father!

2008-04-15T14:33:00.001-07:00

Does this bring back memories??? Remember when dad came home from Cali Sportin this beard? I remember him coming into Ashley and my room to kiss us while we were asleep, and it made me cry cause I didn't know who the hell it was!
Ha ha... I'm sad half of the family missed out on this sweet side of Papa Bruce! Good times!
LOVE YOU DADDY!

Great friends, good music and bright colors!

2008-02-18T01:01:00.000-08:00

We spent a fun weekend in Boise painting with my friend Kelly! She has a cute house, and a taste for beautiful, bold colors! WE painted the ceiling "starry night" (super dark brown) a few of the walls Chai Latte(light yellowish...although it seems to have a mind of its own and picks up color from every other wall...so almost every wall we used it on looks a different color...sweet!) Put extra coats on the red walls and even decided to do a brown boarder around the top of the walls to make the ceiling disappear! It turned out awesome and I'm pretty sure I'll try some crazy fun colors too someday!

DJ and Kelly gettin their Paint on!
After 1 1/2 days of painting and he still feels good enough to pose for the camera! you can see a bit of the boarder we did at the top of the yellow wall!

Oh the joys of my family.....

2008-02-14T23:16:00.000-08:00

SO.... I just wanted to update everyone on how Chanelle is doing,.... the doctors say she is a scientific mystery.... her before and afters are amazing... in case you didn't know the first picture is her after. Those plastic surgeons got mad skillz. Love you bella!

Catching up-(Almost a year in pictures)

2008-01-20T14:21:00.000-08:00

Okay, I know this is a little late and I don't want to make it too long.... I'm not too great at staying in touch with the people that mean the most to me.... and when contact is actually made, I'm always getting asked, "so, what have you been doing with yourself for the last year?". Well here it is. Just a few highlights from the past year. Hope they sum it up more than my normal answer,"oh...not a lot, just work an stuff??".

I fell in love with a gay pirate.... but turns out he got sick of Parrot poop in the kitchen, so he took a chance on me.

WE spent 4th of July in Bigfork..because, honestly where else?? AWESOME dinner made by Lana!

Sunset boat ride on Flathead!

WE took a trip up to Glacier --- it could've been one of the clearest days of the year!! Chanelle was with us too! It was SO fun!

In September I introduced DJ, to a few other of the Loves in my life! We ( meaning DJ) drove all night to Seattle to spend a day before we headed over to the Gorge! We went to Pike St market, EMP, had awsome sushi, and watched the sunset at Golden Gardens- a beautiful beach that Dave and Lindsay turned me on to when I lived there.... I believe that is actually the same beach where Dave popped the question!

Amy and I at Pikes market!

Golden Gardens

DMB at the gorge!!!

This Pic is actually a little out of order-Zion Park Utah!
Sunset@ Golden Gardens!
THE GORGE!!! It is SO beautiful! My favorite venue- I don't know what could top this view!!!
WE sat in line for HOURS everyday so we could get the best seats on the grass!
It was such a fun trip that left me missing Seattle more than I could imagine! All 3 of us are dreaming of the gorge next year, and trying to figure out how to make it our permanent home!

Chanelle- One of the few people that can make me lose all control of my bladder! This is a tradition with us.... everytime we are together we end up taking some AMAZING pictures of each other... I mean, we will spend HOURS doing this! Here are a few little jems from her last visit!

DeeJay gave me tickets to 2 amazing concerts for my birthday! They were both so bad!(thats a good thing) We got up really close at the Damien Rice show, and I almost fought 2 really rude guys in the parking lot after the Regina Spektor show...very eventful!
Damien Rice

Regina Spektor-Free stylin

Dee Jay also took me to St. George for my birthday cause I was pretty homesick for the family down there! Especially Bella and the Bad lil baby! We spent sunday in Zion National Park! It was a beautiful drive! WE also took some pretty trails and almost hiked the Narrows in our church shoes!!

WELLLL SHIZZZ....

2007-12-18T13:08:00.000-08:00

Here I am creating ANOTHER blogg..... I figure I'm pretty sucky these days about communicating with the people I love....so this way I can kinda get you all at once. SWEET?? I thought so too. Love ya guts-as nanner would say...PEEEZE!(Peace)