{Spencer Josiah...January 23, 2011. See a few more pictures here!}

Helloooo. I won't even tell you how many, many times I've tried to log on here to give you all an update on our family {you'd be impressed, I know.} Blogger and I...have a love/hate relationship. It doesn't help either that the email address under this account is ancient {being about 10 years old...} and since this summer Blogger has only let me log on a very, very few times {remember? I tried...I really did!}, telling me that all that special info I've been using for 4+ years is now, somehow, invalid. But then sometimes {like today!} it works. Soooo...

I created a new one. A new blog. With a new-er email address. {Maybe I should have boycotted Blogger though for putting me through all that extra trouble??} So this is the last post ever on Nelson Eleven. Besides, we're not merely eleven anymore anyway...

Our new blog is nelsonthirteen.blogspot.com Fitting, right? ;D So you'll have to head there to catch any future updates!

Friends and Thanksgiving

This week we enjoyed having our dear friends, the Ferraros, with us for a couple of days! That's right. 22 people in one little house. But it was soooo much fun, we wished that they could have stayed with us ever-so-much longer! {And because we know that you'll read this, Ferraros...you absolutely must come and visit us again very, very soon.}

Anna F. and Sophia

Stef, Sarah F. and Grace F.

Silas also turned six years old this week, so we celebrated his birthday while our friends were here! We'll have to dig up some baby-to-six-years pictures of Silas this week while we write about the other five birthdays we're celebrating! November is definitely our "month of feasting." :D

Sara Katie being her ever-adorable self on Thanksgiving day. ;D

All of us kids...minus Spencer Josiah {Baby now has a name!!}

Josh, Suzi, and kiddos

And the whole family! Taken by our amazing photographer-aunt Beth. This year we celebrated Thanksgiving with our entire extended Nelson family--65 people in all. Every year our family grows! :D

It's...a....

So for today's exciting announcement... No, no one is getting married yet ;D... but we did find out something pretty exciting!

Nelson baby # 11 is a BOY! That's right, and we're really, really excited. Of course, we'd be excited either way...boy or girl...but now that we know, we can't wait to meet him this winter!

Shiloh is two!

The first of all ten of us kids to blow out his own candles on his 2nd birthday. ;D

We can't believe how big our baby boy is. Wasn't he just born yesterday!? Here Shiloh is with his "new" tractor and trailer (an amazing Indy thrift store find in perfect condition!). He loves it!! Of course, so do the rest of the children so he's learning to share. ;D

Stay tuned because tomorrow we'll be announcing another piece of VERY exciting news..... Oh the anticipation!...

Happy Birthday, Shiloh Elijah!

Josh, Suzi, and kiddos

Yes, well, it's been a little while, hasn't it? We've all been really, really busy, and I'd love to give an update...post lots of pictures...etc., but that's not happening yet, sorry! =) Our summer is going well; I in Indy, the rest of the family in Pennsylvania... Here are a couple of pictures I borrowed from Suzi's FB...precious. =)


Sara Kate is getting sooooo big! I miss her!






Ben doesn't look very happy in this picture... ;)

Rural Pennsylvania landscape in the Springtime... isn't it lovely?


Becca Joy


Shiloh!


Skyler, Sam, and Seth heading out for an overnight camping trip


Seth and our little puppies...Lilly and Eponine.


Ben...our cute, little, bald-head baby is almost two. And as you can see, his hair is finally starting to grow! ;)


The little girls...they love to play together and can be quite silly. :)