Family Life...Celebration of 5 Wonderful Years...

Bella and Her Neighbor Friends Playing Dress up!


Bella and Her Best Friend Maddie!

My Cute Little Minnie Mouse!

Bella and Her Daddy...Definitely Daddy's little Girl

Has daddy wrapped around her finger!

My little Bella is growing up so so fast! She is so much fun right now and I am loving every minute of it! She talks all the time...She loves her "Baby Dolls" Every one of them is "Baby Hattie or Baby Saydee". Named after her little cousins. Her new thing that she does is the Sign for I Love You! She has been trying so hard and now she finally has it and does it all the time. We will be riding in the car and she will hold it up and say "Love you Mommy, Love you". So of course I do it back and we play back and forth! She is growing up big time but we are loving it! Honestly people told me that when we had her we would think back and wonder what we ever did without her and now that we do I think back and I wouldn't change it for the world because she is the light of our life. She is so excited for "Baby Broder". She talks to him all the time and gives him kisses. She See's little boys in car seats and calls them "Baby Broder". I know that she is going to be so so good with her new little brother. She just has that little motherly instinct that girls have and she is a little sweet heart! I am now 26 weeks and getting more and more nervous as the days go on! I am trying to get prepared but working full time and how busy this summer has been it is really hard to find time! On my days off I just want to play with Bella so really I am falling behind on getting prepared! Oh but with my wonderful husband everything will get done! School starts next week for Ben! Yahoo I am sure he is so excited:( This semester will be a good one though. Luckily we got all his classes in the morning so that he can still work at GEM Engineering in the Afternoon. He is loving that job and I am so glad. They are amazing to work with and he is really loving it so I am glad that he has found his little niche!

A lot has happened lately that has really made me realize how blessed I am in life. Me and Ben just celebrated our 5th Year Anniversary!!!! I can't believe how time flies bye. I absolutely LOVE being Married. He is the love of my life. I don't know what I would do without him. He is my Best Friend and the Best husband in the World. We have been through so much in these past five years! Loosing loved ones! Seeing him go through that trial in our life has been one of the hardest things ever. Because I hate to see the person I love the most suffer through hard times. Both of us has had our trials in life but I feel like that is what has made us stronger. I love him so much! I could never express how much because my love grows deep! All I can do is Pray every day and thank my Heavenly Father for My Wonderful Husband! I have a wonderful family because of him! I love our little Family and how it is growing! It is Amazing and I owe it all to my Wonderful Husband!!

To Celebrate we had an amazing weekend! Bella had a sleep over Friday night at Hattie, Saydee, and Aunt Maymy's (Amy's). She had so much fun there! Ben got us reservations at Little America in Salt Lake city and it was so Beautiful. We even had room Service for Breakfast and I have never had that before so I was Spoiled. I would tell anyone to do that because it is so so nice there. We then spent Saturday at the Salt Lake Temple which was amazing! I have wanted to go there forever and we just haven't made it up that way yet so it was kinda a special trip. Oh and it was well worth it! I loved that feeling of being there and It was so so Beautiful. We have been to a lot of temples since we have been married and I love it. We have been to Manti, St George, Nauvoo, Hawaii, Japan, and now Salt Lake. I guess that doesn't seam like a lot compared to all that are out there but every trip we have taken we make sure we go to the temple that is near bye. And we plan on making it to so many more! We then went out to eat and then to Planet of the Apes. It was so much fun and we had a blast together! It was so nice to have a relaxing weekend and not worry about all the worldly responsibilities that we do! We had a great time and it was great to reminisce about the past 5 years! We have had the time of our life and we know that we will continue to do so! We have defiantly had an adventure along the way and every minute of it has been worth it!

Family Pictures...

We had our Family Pictures Taken By my Good Friend Natalie... And she did an awesome job...I was so excited when I saw them because you all know how hard it is to keep a 2 year old still for pictures and to get them to smile...It was so fun and I am so glad that we had her take them...It was one of our Family Goals this year to get family pictures taken by a professional two times a year...I absolutely love pictures ask anyone in my family they are probably sick of me always making them pose for family pictures:) I just feel like they are one of the greatest memories that you can look back on! Bella was so fun in these pictures you can just see her little personality shine right through...

One thing that my Family always jokes about is once we get family pictures we always end up having a new addition to our Family...Well in this case it is True we are adding Number 2!! We are having a "Baby Brother" according to Bella and she says it so so cute! I am officially 20 weeks along:) We are due November 25th...We are so so excited...I don't know what we are going to do we are all about pink and baby dolls right now... It will definatly be such a fun new adjustment... We are so Blessed and so excited...I really am getting more and more excited everyday I just love Bella and I have enjoyed every stage in her life with this new little one we will enjoy him just as much...

My Little Girl Turning 2...

So Much has happened for us in these past 3 months...Bella just turned 2 on May 29th & she is adorable...We have had so much fun with her she is at the best age right now... She talks non stop she is a little jabber jaws...(Like her mom)... She has such an imagination right now she could play with her baby dolls all day long... She is such a girl and loves shoes...She loves to get ready when mommy does...She loves wearing mommy's makeup too... She loves to paint her nails... Anytime she finds nail polish she brings it to me or Ben and says "Nails Mom Nails"...She sits down takes off her shoes and points to her nails...Her favorite thing right now is her "Blankedet"...That's what she calls her Blanket...I LOVE it... She has so much fun and is always so so happy... It makes my life so much easier... Life is such a Blessing... I absolutely love being a mom and a wife... I have the greatest husband... Bella is definitely a "Daddy's Girl"...But she Loves her Mommy too... She is a Blessing for me and Ben both...I don't know what I would do without Her and Ben... Come What May and Love it... And I am Definitely Loving it...

More to come...
Pictures of Hawaii in March
Pictures of Pirates Cove in April
Pictures of Disneyland in May
Pictures of Nielsen Family reunion in May
Pictures of Bella's Big Birthday Bash
Family Pictures

We have been so so busy but it has definitely been a blast...

Lifes Greatest Treasures....Passed down.....

We visited my Grandma and Grandpa Nielsen on sunday...They are the sweetest couple ever...Some of you may know that my Grandma isn't doing so well...She has been struggling for a few months now...She has been amazing and such a trooper...While we were there on sunday we got the phone call that my Grandma Jacobson had passed out at stake conference in Fountain Green and that they had to rush her to the hospital...Knowing that she was ok we stayed to visit with my Grandma and Grandpa Nielsen for a few minuts longer...Just listening to them two talk just made me laugh...You have to make the best out of bad situations and those two were making it much easier...My Grandma said, "Earl maybe that is where I need to go is church so that Heavenly Father will take me home". Grandpa said, 'No we are going to keep ya home cause I am not going to let him take you yet. I need you here with me." Grandma replied, "well that seams like the place to go if you want to die so I need to go next week". We all just laughed at the two of them...That is a conversation that you don't hear from many people...Just Grandparents ready to die...You know it is not easy seeing the ones you love suffer in life...But the Key of it all is, is to keep a good attitude and make the best out of the situation...enjoy it Joke about it and laugh along the way...Like my new saying that I love, "Come What May and Love it"........We need to realize all the good that comes in this life...Look at the Legacy that has passed down just from two people starting a family...The memories made and the lessons learned...The great Examples that we have had in our lives...We need to see what legacy they have passed on and continue to improve and make it better....

My Little Girls is Growing up.....

We were at my grandma Nielsen's visiting and bella was playing in the back room...Being really quiet so as I walked back into the room I found this.....Isn't she adorable this is totally worth a thousand words....She is such a little girl and so so cute...I can't get over how beautiful smart and adorable she is....I love little moments like this.....

Daddy's Little Girl.......

Bella just LOVES her Daddy....

She is Always by his side.....

Doing as Daddy Does.....

Did I say right by his side or right in his way :).....

Learning by example.....

Being cute as can be..... Trying so hard to help.....

She has her daddy wrapped around her finger he does whatever she wants him to do like wearing mommy's shoes.....

Or even letting her paint his toenails.....Oh yes this is what little girls do.....And she absolutely loved it.....What a good Daddy.....He is a wonderful daddy.....and a wonderful husband.....I am the luckiest girl in the world

Fountain Green Weekend......

We got to go home to Fountain Green this weekend. We had a lot of fun. My wonderful mother delivered an amazing message at Stake Conference. There was such a wonderful strong spirit there and not a dry eye in sight. You could just feel the spirit from the beginning she defiantly started out stake conference the right way. She is an amazing woman. She gave such a great talk about helping your family through trials. She did an amazing job. Bella loved playing with all the cousins. She loves all of them so much and was so excited to see Grandma and Grandpa. The cutest part was all the girls were dancing in the living room to justin bieber. It was so cute Bella does the cutest thing she does the "splits" and she loves it. She was doing splits, flips, spins, and dancing so so cute. Ben taught her how to jump and it is the cutest thing ever she tries so hard and laughs when she does it. She is so much fun of course.. We are just loving it. Ben is doing amazing in school. He is one of the top 5 in his Engineering classes. He is doing so good in school right now and I am so proud of him. We had a great weekend with the family and of course a busy one. But we love to see the family. I love to see my sisters. We always have so much fun together. I am so glad that I got to hear my mom speak she is amazing..... We got to visit with my grandparents and I am so glad for all that they have done for us. They are all amazing people...