Over the last several years my wife has followed the blog and life of Stephanie Nielson. At times I thought she was obsessed and needed to take a break from following her blog. However a few years ago now she and her husband were in an airplane crash in which both were securely burned. Stephanie is an amazing example of resilience and perseverance despite the lasting marks of the devastating plane crash that has left her more effected than her husband whom she calls Mr. Nielson.
Then we also took some pictures of the kids before they went trick-or-treating. Marlene did an amazing job making Henry’s Frog Prince costume. She always makes one costume at least per year. Oscar wanted to be a Knight and Lily was Cinderella. You can’t see it in all of the pictures but Lily was devasted when I said she needed to wear her coat. It was going to ruin her outfit; it didn’t matter how cold it got. She was hysterical and stubborn. She may have been tired before we even went. Oscar was a good sport and was only able to trick-or-treat the closest houses in our block because he had cough so we didn’t want to keep him out long. Henry as well was upset that he had to wear the costume; especially the hat, however, when we put him in front of the mirror, he got a huge smile on his face. Enough talk and here are some of the pictures.
Earlier this year, on a road trip this is how we amused ourselves as we drove to and from St. George.
We were brainstorming for 3 letter names and this is what we came up with. Please add any that you think we’ve missed. These are outrageous; we know but it was a lot of fun. ** We are not expecting.**
Fil
Zeb
Jed
Jeb
Ira
Ari
Luc
Luk
Ash (Ashton)
Zac
Mat
Ben
Dan
Tim
Tom
Jim
Jon
Ron
Don
Bon
Seb (Sebastian)
Dil
Joe
Flo (flo’ rida)
Axe (axel rose)
Hal
Pal
Sal
Han (han solo)
Dex
Dax
Lax
Fax
Lex
Jex
Bil
Til
Tal
Zal
Ned
Fed
Zed
Led
Ted
Boo
Rad
Fad
Avi
Nic
Nik
Pil
Nil
Fin
Fen
Len
Mel
Cal
Cad
Hud* Paul Newman’s flick no offense intended.
Xav (Xavier)
Sam
Ric
Rik
Nil
Tor
Taz
Jas or Jaz (short for Jasper or Jasmine – I love the Utah Jazz)
Lev
Lan (short for Landry or Landrover)
Sip
Zip
Bob
Rob
Del
Ken *corny
Sto
Sco
Jan (combo of JP and MaryAnn
Kob
Tre
Riv
Rip (Van Winkle)
Lyn
Van
Tan (short for Tanner)
Nat
or Than (if you go by syllables – short for Nathan)
Fun
Lad
Daz
Fiz
Dak (short for Dakota; Mar likes Dax better for this one).
Tag (short for Tagger)
Red
Sid
Jay
Tad (Tad Hamilton)
Jet
Gil
Gus (or Gus Gus if he was in our home)
Pax
Jax
Oscar’s choices – he laughed and laughed
Mad
Bad
If it’s a surprise and is a girl – here are some options.
Jen
Zoe
Joi
Joy
Ava
Eva
Eve
Mia
Via
Jil
Gil
Nan
Fan
Gen
Gal
Sal
Zin
Zen
Mam
Bev
Ivy
Iva
Lin or Lyn
Ira** (Thanks Jeff for that addition to the list of girl names).
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