Playing Bishopric!!!

Yesterday when I was getting ready for church (the boys were already ready) they were in Sam and Jacks room and this is what I heard.

Ok I am the 1st Counselor

Oh and you are the Bishop

And you are the 2nd Counselor.

My 3 boys were playing Bishopric. It cracked me up. :0)

Ryan is running for Governor!!

For the last year or so Ryan has felt like he needs to get involved politically some how, but we were thinking more on a smaller local level like school board, city council or something like that. Then a few months ago after much prayer and many struggles over the last couple of years we got an answer. Ryan called and told me he has something to tell me but that he couldn't do it over the phone. So my first thoughts were oh great what did he do. But he reassured me that it wasn't anything bad but he would tell me when he got home from work. By the time he got home I already knew what it was, I just needed to hear it come out of his mouth because I couldn't even say those words. He had a hard time saying them too.

Over the last few years Ryan has gotten very passionate about politics but at the same time he hates them. He feels like so many others do that there needs to be a change, that the people should have more of a say and should be heard. Ryan has never been involved in politics in any way. He does however love our country, our state, and loves people.  We both now this is what he is suppose to be doing right now. We have learned alot and are still learning everyday. We have had many neat spiritual experiences over the last few months.  I am proud of Ryan and the courage he has to stand up and try and make a difference. What ever the out come will be we will be happy, because we have already had great experiences and learned so much. If anyone would like to help in anyway we would love it.
http://www.ryannielsonforgovernor.blogspot.com/

I feel loved when.....

Here is a question for you.

I feel loved when.....

Last night for our Relief Society Activity we talked about the 5 Love Languages.

*Words of Affirmation
*Quality Time
*Receiving Gifts
*Acts of Service
*Physical Touch

I found it very interesting. We all feel loved in different ways. Some like to be told I love you, others like spending time with someone, or gettting gifts from someone, or even having someone help do something as simple as taking out the trash for them, and some feel loved by touch: holding hands, kissing, hugging, etc.

Some of us are even bilingual we might have two or three of these LOVE LANGUAGES.

Tonight I asked my little family this question. Not one answer was the same. It is interesting to see the differences. I am excited to try and focus on each individuals LOVE LANGUAGE. So each one in my family feels my love for them. It is very important to feel loved and valued. If we do not feel loved we might turn to things that do make us feel loved and they might not be good things.(I think for teenagers especially)

I think too that we tend to show our love to others they way we want to be loved. Not always but maybe sometimes.

You can go to this website and take a quiz to see what your LOVE LANGUAGE is. http://www.5lovelanguages.com/assessments/ I took the personl profiles test. It takes about 10 minutes. My results were a mix of all of them but my main one was Quality Time. I do love spending quality time with people with no distractions.

I really learned a lot from that little class last night and hope you might learn some things as well. :0) I would love to here some feed back if you take the Quiz.

Oh funny Sam

The other day SAM said,

"Your my mother from another brother".

It was so dang funny.

Will turned 2!

Will turned 2 on January 18th. I can't believe he is two. He is still very small, but such a cutie. He loves all sports. He loves football, basketball, tennis, fights(ufc fights), baseball, golf, and soccer. When we were at Grandma Tinas a couple of weeks ago he told her he wanted to watch football. There were no games on so Ashton had to turn on an old game that he had recorded so Will could watch. Will loves to yell and cheer and say touchdown while holding his arms up. Will also loves to sing and loves playing with Sam and Jack. He is such a fun sweet little man.

He shared his birthday party with his cousin Kelda. Kelda turned 6 on January 13th. We had the party at the Legacy Center in Lehi. We did cake and ice cream in a conference room then went swimming. All of the kids had so much fun swimming. The only crappy thing was that there were tons of people swimming there that day. When Will takes a bath at home he always tells us he is swimming, he really loves swimming.

Will couldn't blow out his candles so Kel had to help him.

Jack loved wrestling!!!

Jack had so much fun wrestling this year. He wrestled with his friends Logan and Colin.

Jack is a tough little guy.

 

Logan and Jack

Jack in his wrestling stance.

 

Will and Sage hugging on each other, I didn't get a shot of them kissing it was really cute though.

ChRisTmAS!!

I am really a slacker, but here are a few pictures from Christmas. We had a great Christmas. We did our usual and had dinner on Christmas Eve. After dinner we went on a drive to look at lights and when we got home the Elves left new jammies for the kids. They also left a note for Sam and Jack reminding them to keep their room clean. Jack did not believe us that Santa was coming that night he was sure that he was coming on Christmas night, we really had to do come convincing. I don't think he was totally convinced though. Sam didn't get any sleep that night he was so excited. We woke up Christmas morning around 7. Sam had to wake Jack and Will up. On Christmas Day my parents and my brother David came up to visit us. The kids always love to have the Grandparents visit. The next day we headed down to Delta for a couple of days to visit the rest of the family. We are so blessed and grateful for great family and friends.  

Beckstrom Christmas Party

This year we had the Beckstrom Christmas Party at our house. Instead of buying sibling and cousin gifts we pick a family that is in need and go shopping for them. It is so fun to go shopping together. It is a great experience for our kids to give up something for someone else.  After we went shopping we came back to our house for lunch and to wrap the gifts that we bought.

Rylee, Luke and Mal

Missy

Ryan and Jeremy

Jack, Dexter, Kade, and Sam

Will, Grandma, and Jolie

We did buy some dollar gifts and let the kids play White Elephant.

The kids played Sponge Bob bingo for money and candy. My funny dad put a napkin over his eyes because the lights were in his eyes when he was trying to take a nap.

Nielson Christmas Party

Back in December we had a Nielson family party in the O.C.(Oak City) 

We had a good time hanging out with some of Ryans family.

Ryan with his brothers.

Ryans whole family

The brothers and grandkids. Notice all boys.

Cute Lil' Will

Will was enjoying some whip cream.

Will is such a fun cute little guy. He is so fun to have around.

Last week I was changing his diaper and he said "SCARY MONSTER" and I asked him where? And he said, " RIGHT THERE" pointing to his closet, then he said "IN BED". So so funny.

He always has us laughing. What a cutie.

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is my favorite Holiday, I just love it. I have so much to be Thankful for and thought I should share a few things.

For a while now our little family has been faced with many challenges. Although things haven't been easy I am so Thankful for those challenges and what I have learned from them. And for what I continue to learn from them.

I am so Thankful for a Sweet Husband who truly is my best friend, who works so hard for our little family.

I am Thankful for my cute little boys who are so good and always willing to help when needed.

I am Thankful for my parents and their great example and their willingness to always help when they can.

I am Thankful for Ryan's parents and their continued love and support.

I am Thankful for all of my family and friends and the great people they are.

I am also so Thankful for the Lord and his love and patience with me, and the Savior who has done so much for me.

I am greatly blessed and am so Thankful for that.

Happy Thanksgiving.

Finally some Halloween Pictures.

This year for Halloween Sam was Darth Vader, Jack was a MINJA that is how he says ninja, and Lil Will was a very scared Dragon. Will did not like wearing his costume any time you said the word costume he was start breathing hard and then start crying. He doesn't like wearing coats, backpacks, or slippers either I guess they are to scary.

The kids at the TRUNK or TREAT a few days before Halloween.


Will was sick on Halloween so he took it easy and watched Elmo all night. Jack was kind of sick but felt good enough to go out trick or treating.

Our dear sweet TORI!!!

Yesterday I had the opportunity to attend the funeral of our cousin Tori. Tori was an amazing girl she touched so many lives during her short time here on earth. I am grateful for the chance I had to know her and can't wait to see her again. Tori we love and miss you.


Here is a link to a tribute video of Tori.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdWpvWXTFGc

ThInGS!!!

Here are a few things that we have been doing lately.
One night for Family Home Evening we had ice cream and Will really enjoyed his. It was all over his face, in his hair, pretty much everywhere. Look at that cute face. :0) Will is talking so much. He loves to sing Tinkle Tinkle Star. He is still very very small he is still zero percentile on all of the charts he is up to 18 maybe 19 pounds and will be 2 in January. He is such a fun little man.
Sam played flag football again and loved it. He was on the same team as his friend Sam. Sam has also started cub scouts, Ahhh. Not a huge scouts fan but maybe it will grow on me. Sam really likes going so that is good.


Jack wanted to play soccer this year he had a great time playing with his buddies Collin and Logan. Oh ya and Jack finally got a hair cut. He still reminds us everyday of Ashton(Ryan's little brother) he talks and acts just like him. When ever he reminds us of Ashton I say, "Okay Ashton", probably a month ago Jacks asked, "when are you going to stop calling me Ashton" and I told him "When You Stop Acting Like Him". That will never happen so he will have to just get use to being called Ashton. He is a fun little guy.


A couple of weeks ago I had my brother Jeremy's kids for a few days. We had a lot of fun. One day we went down to the Beehive house and walked over by the temple it was fun. It was really nice having a couple of cute babysitters around the house too.
I guess Sam didn't get the memo to wear black or green. :0)

Luke & Mal's Wedding!!

Ok so I have been a big blogging slacker.
My little brother Luke and Mal got married a month ago on September 11th. It was such a great day. I am so happy for them. The day started at the Salt Lake Temple, then we went to Delta for a luncheon, and we ended the night up in the OC.(Oak City)It was a really fun day.
My friend Melissa and I. She is married to Mal's brother. We kind of hooked Luke and Mal up. :0)
Jack hugging Mal.
That is the moon up in the sky. It was such a pretty day.
My 6 brothers and I.



My whole family.