Mike's Life

It's official! :)

2010-04-15T10:28:00.000-07:00

This morning Lisa and I jogged up Mt. rubidoux at 530am and arrived at the top 15 minutes before the sunrise! There we had a little 'FHE' lesson on Christlike qualities you should see in a spouse. After, i suprised her by finding something in her water bottle! At first, to her it was just a piece of plastic that had gotten in the water bottle on accident, but after i handed it to her she finally recognized what was under all the plastic and tape! HER RING!!! I then opened the plastic and asked her to be my Eternal Companion! .... she said YES!!! :)

The happy engaged couple! :)

Together as the sun rises! :)

Me as the sun rises! Lisa as the sun rises!

Muah! After the proposal...

More muah!

Lisa waiting for the sun to rise! :)

The Sunrise! :)

The last 3 months...

2009-11-05T23:23:00.001-08:00

Sooo the last 3 months since i've last posted alot has gone on! i think im on my 3rd job since then. i went from castle park to the biling and now workign for the school district finally and loving it! Church has been great and General and Stake Conference was amazing! There was a great Elder in our ward who went home and we still have 2 great Elders in our ward! I've been blessed to meet and get to know an amazing young woman who i've been getting to know the past few months also! I also finished the Book of Mormon for the 2nd time in a year! What a blessing! Well i love you all and will try to post more often! Me and my EVERYTHING

Lisa and I @ the Halloween dance

Danny and I @ the BYU, SDSU Football game!

Most of the Elders Quorum pointing at Elder Hall who was leaving!

YSA CONFERENCE!!! AUG. 8-9th

2009-08-17T09:11:00.000-07:00

Well the YSA conference finally came and went! It was well worth it! The planing and time and work that went into it definitely paid off! I remember going to the first fireside about 3 months ago about the whole thing and only like 50 people showed up! i def. didnt see 1,000 people eventually coming to the conference! But there were 1,100!! Such a great conference! If i were to tell every detail it'd take too long so i'll just say it was good and thanks to all who helped in it! heres some pics!...
Me and the homie Mike Olsen

Walteezy and I

Me, Jill, Wendy and Henriquedad!

Good friends! :)

All of the guys before conference started!

Half o Summah!

2009-07-26T10:42:00.000-07:00

Well the sumemr is half over and i've just been working, spending time with Bella, Brianna and Melyssa @ the pool, and doing all the church activities! The pic above is from the beach volleyball tournament @ HB last saturday which was a lot of fun! Volleyball, Swimming, BBQ, and Football on the beach against all the somoans and tongans! Oh and a bonfire at night! By far the funnest activity this summer!

Pre-Summer Post

2009-06-17T11:07:00.000-07:00

Sooooo....

Lots of change going on! Which give us opporunities to learn and grow. So lets start off with the job situtation. After gas prices sky-rocketed from 2.35-2.85 in like a week i quit the auto part job instantly. I then was lookin for jobs for about a week and got hired @ DISNEYLAND! haha jk! Castle Park! That means free mini-golf for friends and prolly my family coming with whatever discount i get for the rides etc. ha! So i go in for orientation next week.

With the "Nelson family biggest loser competition" i truthfully havn't been trying much. I don't wanna lose weight so i'm still 152lbs. But ive been rededicating myself to jogging mt rubidoux 3 times a week. had been fallin off to once a week the last couple weeks. also with weight lifting i had been lagging.

On the gospel side of things lukas was blessed last week, a friend who was inactive got the Melch. priesthood, a few non member friends have been recently asking many questions and becoming more interested in the gospel, and Ca is having this HUGE statewide conference aug. 8-9 for YSA which sould be a great experience! I also got a new calling which i am so thankful for. I feel so prepared and ready to help as much as i can in the capacity which i've been called. Scripture reading is going well and i finished all the talks from last conference! its amazing how fast we forget the teachings from the conference until we read them over again! it was amazing!

Love you all! :)

Life as a missionary

2009-05-13T22:25:00.000-07:00

Something i reremembered about the spirit we have as a missionary.... so yesterday i went to the temple in the morning and had a neat experience. Every temple worker made reference to my brazil pin and talked a lil to me about my mission. Alot of them thought i had recently returned(prolly cuz i shaved my head this week and i look even younger then usual). So as i reflected upon this i remembered the day me and Andrew returned from our missions and we met with Pres. Gifford and he talked to us and had us remove our nametags.... yes... thats all he did...asked us to take our nametags off. He related to us that we are never released from that calling... and most importantly that we can keep that close companionship of the spirit with us even after the mission if we work on it. Of course we all know how hard that is to do! With dating, school, work, church callings etc... seems like we have no time to do the little things, such as daily prayer and scripture study that give us that strong companionship of the Holy Ghost which accompanied us during the mission, and whom we looked to for answers and daily guidance.
Well though it is hard, it is possible! I know as we have daily scripture study and take time to say our daily prayers that the spirit will be with us. Now another thing i've learned is that it is not enough to just have the spirit to be with us. We not only need to have the spirit with us, but we need to be willing to be guided by the spirit in all that we do. Doing those things that bring the spirit only give us rights to his constant companionship. We must then be ready to follow the promptings of the spirit. We sometimes think that since we are doing the right things, that our actions and decisions will be in accordance with what our Heavenly Father would have us to do. But i've seen it even in my own life, where i would do what i wanted to do and i neglected the spirit, thinking that what i wanted to do must have been right because i was doing those things that gave me the right to the spirits companionship.

In summary... i have learned that we must:
1) do the small things necessary to have the constant companionship of the Holy Ghost
2) look for and listen to the promptings of the spirit
3) Follow them

Missionary Opportunites

2009-04-27T23:00:00.000-07:00

Today i had an opportunity to talk to a co-worker about the redlands temple....
This guy had asked me if i had ever gone to the S.D. temple cuz he lived by it and loved passing by it. He had seen my "LDS Mormon Boy" sticker on my car. So at the temple last week i picked up a few pamphlets, hoping to be able to give one to him. Today was the day. He brought it up again about the Redlands temple this time cuz he lives in Redlands now. I told him where it was and he shared how he heard that it was BEAUTIFUL @ night. We talked for a bit and we both got our next deliveries at the same time so i raced to my car and got one of the Redlands temple pamphlets and shared it with him. He was glad and wanted to know when people could take a tour! haha i explained to him about that and we parted and he clung onto the pamphlet :)

What was interesting was how i retraced in my thoughts how this opp. had come to pass.... An OVERWHELMING spirit came over me for the next 30 min or so. As i retraced the steps i had taken to be prepared to share the gospel and this pamphlet i was filled with the spirit and gratitude to my Heavenly Father. I know he LOVES us and answers our prayers. I know we may be intruments in His hands as we look to do His will more and what we want less. This is our everyday challenge. And on this day i am so happy to be able to assist Him in His work. Moses 1:39.

NEPHI

2009-04-22T00:26:00.001-07:00

So i started the Book of Mormon again a couple weeks ago and i've been keeping a journal about how i can be more like each prophet i read about... Nephi was an amazing prophet. It's neat to see how from a young age he learned to stay close to the spirit and do those things the Lord had commanded him. One thing i admire is how plain and simple his words are and how BOLD he was in teaching them to his brothers and family. I know i can be more like nephi as i stay close to the spirit and teach boldly the simple principles of the gospel to whomever may need to hear them.

General Conference

2009-04-05T22:55:00.000-07:00

Well i normally post alot of pictures on my blog posts and not many words. this one is deffinitely going to be different! I had to get this off my chest! I feel so grateful to have been able to sit and REALLY listen to all 5 sessions of conference(priesthood). I was told by a friend(henry) to listen to only church music starting friday to prepare for conference. I also was able to swing by the Newport Temple friday afternoon by myself and there i read the last 10 pages of the Book of Mormon which i started last september and have been reading daily(only missing the 2 weeks around christmas cuz of family). So i was very prepared spiritually for conference and the messages which the Lord had prepared for me.

I felt like there was somthing from each talk that was tailored for me. Whether it was something i needed or somthing i could use to help another or someone i home teach came to mind or a friend or family member.... there was always somthing!

I also had some questions in mind that i wanted answered through the conference talks. Those questions were answered! I know God lives and Loves me as well as every son and daughter he has! I know He has a plan for me and i can know of His plan for me as i continue to stay in close contact with Him through daily prayer and scripture study and weekly temple attendence! Institute has also been a great source of comfort and spiritual power! I love My Heavenly Father with all my heart and Know he loves me! I hope i can live so that others can see that through me and my actions. And may i make sure others KNOW that I KNOW! Love you all...

Southern California Temples

2009-04-02T10:46:00.000-07:00

It has been alot of fun going to all the temple here in southern california the past 2 weeks. I love the temple! It brings peace of mind and understanding. It reminds us of whats important and how important it is to have our will be in accordance with the Fathers.

Me @ the San diego Temple

Me and Henry @ San Diego Temple

San Diego Temple

Me @ Newport Beach Temple

The Los Angeles Temple

The "High Ground"

2009-03-14T13:44:00.000-07:00

Recently I've had some special experiences @ the temple and have had ALOT of free time to visit the temple. I know the temple is the highest ground we can get to here on earth! I know we can receive spiritual power and comfort @ the temple. I invite all to try and go more often! It will bless your life and the lives of others!

Mark's B-day

2009-03-09T09:48:00.001-07:00

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MARK.....
Melyssa didnt like the candles much

can u tell its actually matches and not candles?

AWWWWWW

CELTICS GAME!

2009-02-26T10:05:00.001-08:00

The Celtics Game was really fun! We got there 2 hours before the game. Saw Craig Sager at the Fox News Restaurant, Talkedto a bunch of celtics fans AND Lakers fans, lol. My poster was too big so i ripped it in half and they said it was STILL too big. so i was not able to bring it in. There was some clipper fan who HATED Big Baby Davis for some reason and would scream whenever he got the ball. So these Celtic fans in front of us would scream and yell whenever Davis made a shot! haha became pretty funny! They even bought the clipper fan cotton candy which infuriated him and caused him to call security. lol All and all a fun night even though we lost! :)
Pre-Game

Craig Sager (TNT Reporter) and Me

Brandy, Paul, Mark, and me

Me holding my sign

Me holding the other side of the sign.

Parent Lunch Day/Lukas Birth

2009-02-20T23:35:00.000-08:00

So today Lukas was born! Also it was Parent lunch day @ Bella and Brianna's school. Since Mark and Stella were @ the hospital me and mom had lunch with Bella in their place!

Baby Lukas

Bella, Melyssa, Me and Mom

Melyssa being Melyssa!

Daily Scripture Reading

2009-02-18T09:54:00.000-08:00

well its good to get them in the habit early right?

January

2009-02-08T17:16:00.000-08:00

WEll i havnt posted in a while, so here are some cute pics of Melyssa, Bella and Brianna....

Melyssa likes to squeeze between the washer and dryer

Brianna eating top ramen

Bella eating top ramen in her bunkbed

Melyssa ready for church!

PRECIOUS :)

Trying to lift 300lbs

2009-01-20T15:13:00.000-08:00

Daily life

2009-01-20T14:29:00.000-08:00

A few pics of Melyssa being Melyssa and Bella practicing on her piano she got for Christmas.

Melyssa loves picking stuff up and carrying it like a baby!

Melyssa striking a pose!

Gangsta Melyssa! :)

Bella practicing piano!

Melyssa fell asleep in her chair.

Good times in 2009

2009-01-10T21:01:00.000-08:00

well here are a couple pics from a dance this weekend in Rancho Cucamonga. In lue of the new year i've set a few goals like all of us try to do and going to all the church activities is one of them! Also the last pic is from tonight. There was a full moon and this cloud right below it shinning on it. Mike told me how to set my camera to get such a good shot at night.

Kevin,Cameron,Gary,Brian,me,Ben and Ashley

Me and a friend, Kevin gettin low with his signature dance move.

The moon shinning on the cloud.

New Years!

2009-01-06T11:44:00.000-08:00

So these pics are from the New Years Eve Dance and a HB dance and one i took a few weeks back with the nieces playin piano @ church.

Had to get the Homie Garrett in here sometime!

Brianna, Sydney, Bella and Hannah with friends @ church.

All the single guys ??? haha

2 more single guys... haha HB Dance

Gary, Me and Henry @ HB Dance!!!

FHE

2008-12-26T08:49:00.000-08:00

Christmas Season!

2008-12-14T21:53:00.000-08:00

Some pics from the past week or so.... melyssa hiding :)

Melyssa loves teddy bears or dolls

isabella "chupando o dedo" sucking her thumb

Raaaaa :)

Melyssa with her baby doll and her cute chair

Me and Bella working on her science proj.

best science proj. ever

Our Christmas lights on the house!

Isabella admiring the lights!

Bella in front of the lights!

Dinner w the Missionaries

2008-12-08T22:21:00.000-08:00

We have some really good missionaries in our ward and its been fun to have them over for dinner. Not until this last month did the dinner calendar to feed them make it to elders quorum so its been fun to have them over twice in the last month. One, Elder Brady is from Pleasant Grove so i call him "PG!", haha. Elder Brown is from Texas and Elder Funaki came this time and he is from Tonga. Its just a blessing to have them over and to have that missionary spirit. Turns out that i know a girl from when i was living at Jill and Ron's that Elder Brady used to like. So imm gonna try and hook him up! haha But i hope that we are all extending our homes and food out to those who are serving the Lord full time! It will bless your lives and rejuvenate your missionary spirit! :)

Bella being Bella

2008-12-05T14:40:00.001-08:00

Isabella is sooo good at doing her homework. She does it right when she gets home and loves doing it! She has been having me help her alot. She is doing her science project now and came home and finished the paper part of it that same day and wanted to do the project already even though its not due for 3 weeks! :)

Thanksgiving Weekend!!! Gobble Gobble!

2008-11-29T19:25:00.000-08:00

These first few pics are random pics. The ones of me, Isaiah, and Mark were taken after Bella and Briann combed our hair. it's their new fun thing to do.

So these pics are from thanksgiving day. It was just me, Mark, Stella, Bella, Brianna, And Melyssa....

The good life :)

2008-11-25T23:19:00.001-08:00

Isabella asked me why i did not brush my hair after i showered and wanted to comb my hair for me.....

Isabella and Brianna and I love going on bike rides. Today we went to the "brown and green park". Other times we'll go to the apts and ride around in them.....

Melyssa sleeping after a day @ Disneyland. When i walked in i totally thought she was a fake doll. . . .

what a doll.....

About 26 years ago...

2008-11-22T11:42:00.000-08:00

It is getting close to my 26th birthday and so here is a picture of me when i was a week old just to show you how much i have not changed :-P

Paul n Brandy's Move

2008-11-16T11:00:00.000-08:00

So yesterday november 15th paul and brandy moved into some VERY nice apts with a VERY nice spot right by the pool and Rec Center! Enjoy the pics!

Ang n Cory's Visit

2008-11-16T10:52:00.001-08:00

Well i have been behind on my blog and i HAD to post some cute pics of Kelly, Mkenna and Camille that i took while they were here in october!

September

2008-09-25T22:21:00.000-07:00

so the last month theres been a lot going on and i've just been too busy or lazy to post anything on the blogspot! started school and working still and got a second calling as activites chair so i help put together dances for the ward. This was an 80;s themed dance and some pics form when i hiked mount Rubidoux. Enjoy!

SAN BERDOO DANCE

2008-09-01T22:26:00.000-07:00

so just a few pics from the dance this past weekend!

Isaiah's B-day

2008-08-21T18:36:00.000-07:00

Back to school Dance

2008-08-16T16:04:00.000-07:00

Dance last night in Riverside. back to school theme! Holla

Cowboys Game

2008-08-13T09:12:00.000-07:00

Pool Time

2008-08-11T11:48:00.000-07:00

We went to Kembly's pool last week with Jordan,Trena, Andrew,Jazlyn,Hannah,Sydney and Kristin

80's Dance in HB!

2008-08-02T10:27:00.000-07:00

So friday night me and henry went out to the Huntington Beach Dance. It was an 80's themed dance and they had an 80's band play for like 30 min. It was fun! :)

EEEEEEEEe!
What it is!? WHat it Doo!?
Strike a pose! :)

Video of a performance!

Redlands Dance Festival

2008-07-27T11:39:00.000-07:00

So this past weekend was the redlands dance festival. Friday night Me and Henry went and so did Mike, Kristin, Hannah and Sydney. Mom, Dad, Paul, Brandy, Isaiah and Haley went saturday night!

Redlands Dance Festival Finale!

2008-07-27T11:30:00.000-07:00

Weekend

2008-07-01T15:38:00.000-07:00

So this past weekend alot went on. John and Emily packed up and moved to Washington, Adam, April, and Ryan had a lemonade stand and I went bowling with some friends. Also i went to a friends wedding reception in that main pic. It was a fun weekend.

17!!!

2008-06-20T10:22:00.000-07:00

BOSTON!!!

2008-06-19T10:07:00.000-07:00

FATHERS DAY DANCE

2008-06-15T23:36:00.000-07:00

SUNDAY W/ THE FAMILY

2008-06-15T23:31:00.000-07:00

WEll for Fathers day Isabella, Brianna, and April did a lil dance for all the Fathers in the backyard. The whole family came out to watch at halftime of the celtics game. Melyssa
Half of the family
Isabella, Brianna, April

Cali Dances

2008-06-14T15:02:00.000-07:00

Well i never write stuff when i post so i fugured i would this time. Well the california LDS dances can be small these days but they are still fun! It's all in what you make of it! And here is a prime example. Me and henry havin fun with some somoan girls we met. :)

2008-06-11T16:34:00.000-07:00

Silliness

2008-06-11T09:01:00.000-07:00

Me n' Brianna Melissa, me Bri, Bella,
Bella n' Bri
Me splashing Bri n' Bella

ISABELLA's BAPTISM

2008-05-26T12:13:00.000-07:00

ME and Bella

MOM's BIRTHDAY!

2008-05-06T08:42:00.000-07:00

Mom's Cake(Von's) hehe
FUN W/ THE KIDS
FUN WITH UNCLE HENRY

D-LAND

2008-05-06T08:35:00.000-07:00

Where is austins HEAD!!!
THUNDER MOUNTAIN!
NELSONS NOT SCARED!

Deal or No Deal?

2008-04-14T13:32:00.000-07:00

Sitting in line after 7 hours w kristin's twin sis
thousands of people behind us!

SOCK HOP N' CONFERENCE

2008-04-06T17:35:00.000-07:00

STAKE SOCK HOP
JARED AND ME AT CONFERENCE
ME AND GORDON B.

FUNNY PICS!

2008-04-06T17:31:00.000-07:00

AHHHHHHHHH!
HAHAHAHAH!!!
Lil BUNNIES
COLORING!

SLEEPOVER!

2008-04-06T17:25:00.000-07:00

Brianna and Isabella playing int he blanket
Fazendo "Sleepover"

BYU B-Ball GAME

2008-04-06T17:23:00.000-07:00

ME and Garrett Supporting BYU basketball!!!

2008-03-10T07:41:00.000-07:00

Guys night out bowling

2008-03-10T07:33:00.000-07:00

Me and Jared flying to Cali

2008-03-10T06:32:00.000-07:00

Jared and Me in Laguna Beach

2008-03-06T05:00:00.000-08:00

Me dressed as "Flava Flav" n' Jared my roomie
Me and Michael Lloyd, AKA "Flava Flav"

2008-03-01T20:41:00.000-08:00

2008-03-01T20:27:00.000-08:00

My bed and work desk
My weight room
my living room and new TV and Table
My kitchen and dinning room and pics
The living room.

2008-01-14T09:50:00.000-08:00

Me at the ever so Famous DUNKIN DONUTS!

Me and andrew at historic FENWAY PARK !!!

BOSTON TRIP

2008-01-13T08:57:00.000-08:00

This last week me and Andrew went on a little trip back to our roots! Boston, Mass. It had been 20 years since the last time we were in the state of Massechusetts. We took a tour of fenway park and went to a Celtics basketball game! alot of fun!