Nilsen Family

Mud Run

2010-12-06T08:25:00.001-08:00

This past Saturday Dec 4th a few of us from the gym did the Irvine Gladiator Rock and Run. It was a 3.15 mile Mud run with some crazy obstacles thrown in. It was a blast!

Before…

After…

Pictures of The Boys

2010-12-06T08:10:00.001-08:00

We had some pictures of the boys taken so we thought we would share them. They turned out so cute!!

And this is when we knew we had to call it quits. Liam was missing a shoe, covered in dirt and eating the dirt…

Halloween & Pumpkin Patch

2010-11-03T06:55:00.001-07:00

Taylor had so much fun rolling out these spiders… and eating the ones that were not good enough for the cupcakes :)

Taylor as Buzz Light Year

The trio.. we missed you daddy!

Jeremy and Melissa! Gotta love their costume! :)

Liam Loved the Pumpkins. He tried to eat all of them.

The Fam.

Me and the Boys and Uncle Jeremy!

Liam and Papa

Pretty Ladies!

Taylor is King of the Hay stack

Taylor carved his first pumpkin

Lego and!

CROSSFIT MURRIETA

2010-10-25T13:32:00.001-07:00

It has been a while sense I have updated this and I am sorry. Ryan and I have been really busy building a gym and going through the affiliation process. Ryan and I are both Level 1 certified Coaches for CrossFit and we are the Owner/Operators of CrossFit Murrieta. It has been a little bit of a journey but we have loved every minute of it and we have made amazing friendships along the way.

Everyone always ask us how we got involved in CrossFit and why we wanted to open our own box, so here is our story… (the short version)

Ryan had been doing CrossFit for quite awhile. (It is huge with military) and he kept asking me to try it. I was working out with a personal trainer 3 days a week with a friend at a local gym so I did not want to switch. Then I had Liam and getting to the gym and getting a good work out was really hard. I did not have an hour and a half to spend there so I decided to try out this “CrossFit” my husband kept talking about. IT KICKED MY BUTT! It was harder than anything I had ever done and I loved it! So I was hooked. We decided to save some money by quitting the gyms and working out in our garage. We bought a little bit of equipment and then slowly other people started wanting to work out with us. Friends from church, neighbors. We had a fun little group of us doing the WOD’s (work out of the day) on a regular basis. We started talking about getting more stuff, and getting insurance just in case someone got hurt and I was spending so much time in the garage that I was not able to work as much at my other job (IT consulting) so we had to decide go through the affiliation process and start charging or stop letting our friends work out with us. So we chose to take the steps into Affiliation and the rest is history…

We have been affiliated sense mid September and we have a fun group of Athletes that come work out with us. We are growing every week and we hope to open a box (not in our garage) after Ryan gets back from deployment and CHP academy (assuming they pick him up). CrossFit has become part of our life. We are healthier, stronger and happier than we have ever been.

If you are wondering what CrossFit is check out Crossfit.com. This is the head quarters (founder’s) page. You should also take a look at our website and see what we have done. crossfitmurrieta.com

We started offering a CrossFit kids class that Taylor is involved in. The kids program is amazing. It builds confidence, coordination strength, self-esteem, and character. The kids love working out!

Ryan Deadlifting ALOT

Me Deadlifting not so much :)

Taylor doing the alligator crawl

Taylor and his friends learning how to deadlift

Taylor loves to coach and tell us that we are going to slow

Liam loves to Play with the gym equipment

Taylor on the Rower

Taylor kicking Butt on the obstacle course

Wall balls

Kettlebell swings

Ryan demonstrating a squat in our fundamentals class

Tanner and Chloe Finally get Hitched! :)

2010-07-16T13:20:00.001-07:00

The wedding was so much fun! We started the morning out at the San Diego Temple. They had such a beautiful sealing ceremony. I do not think there was a dry eye in the room.

The reception was at a golf course in Simi Valley. It rained right when the reception was starting but it only lasted a couple minutes and then there were 2 beautiful rainbows right behind where Tanner and Chloe would stand. What a beautiful background for the reception.

Driving to the temple

Driving from the temple to Simi we hit some pretty bad traffic so I tried to take a little nap without messing up my hair.

Waiting for the reception to start…

Isn’t the Bride lovely! :)

The Rainbow…

The Wedding Party. Isn’t Taylor so cute!

Silly Girls. We had a lot of problems with the dresses. We did not get them until the morning of the wedding and they were all sewn really bad and all different lengths and just a mess. But as you can see we rocked them anyways!

Handsome boys!

Love them!

Don’t they all look alike?

My camera battery died about 15 minutes into the San Diego part so I am waiting for someone to send me pictures with Liam and Ryan and all of us together. So if you have any please send them my way…

LAKE TRIP

2010-07-14T09:37:00.001-07:00

We went to Parker, AZ for Shaila’s 24th Birthday and spent the weekend on the lake. It was lots of fun!!

Ryan making us all look bad with his mad wakeboarding skills. :)

Taylor Loved the tube!

Nilsen Family Reunion

2010-07-14T09:35:00.001-07:00

We went to Hailey, ID for the 4th of July. It was so fun to visit with the Nilsen family.

Cousins all playing soccer

I got back from Ashley’s baby shower and Taylor had a cut on his lip. I asked him what happened and he said he got shot… He was shooting a gun with Daddy and the brass flew back and hit him in the lip. :(

Ryan and Manuel.

Aunt Marylyn Uncle kim and Taylor riding the horse. Taylor was a little nervous and first but once we got him up there he loved it!

Ashley… ready to pop :)

FUN AT THE LAKE

2010-06-07T07:00:00.001-07:00

Yea the summer is here! The boys love going out on the boat. Taylor likes to drive the boat on Daddy’s lap and Liam likes to sleep all snuggled in Mommy’s lap.

STAR STUDENT

2010-06-07T06:52:00.001-07:00

Taylor was the Star student in his class for the month of April. They gave him this award because he has been doing really well on his tracing and cutting and he is a big helper to his teachers. :)

EASTER

2010-04-08T16:15:00.001-07:00

I like this one! Too much brotherly love :)

Getting Ready for the Easter Egg Hunt

Gotta love Uncle Tanner!

POOL TIME

2010-04-08T15:58:00.001-07:00

Fun Pictures of the Boys

2010-03-11T06:40:00.001-08:00

LIAM PATRICK

2010-02-17T09:33:00.001-08:00

Liam is here. He was born Friday Feb 12th at 10:51 am. He weighed 7.5 lbs and is 19 inches. Everything went really smooth and yes they let me have him naturally!!! :)

Here are some pictures sense everyone is dyeing to see him. :) I promise to post more when life is a little less crazy.

Yes that is my doughnut on Taylors head!

Snow Fun

2010-01-31T19:12:00.001-08:00

We went to Big Bear with some friends and had lots of fun playing in the snow!

Playing King of the Mountain in the front yard. Yes the snow was that high!

Built a cave in the snow!

Relaxing and eating a big snow ball!

Taylor’s B-day

2010-01-31T18:57:00.001-08:00

We had so much fun! Taylor had a gymnastics party and then we had everyone over for a bbq after! Ryan was in Oklahoma so we missed him. :(

BIG BEAR

2010-01-03T12:42:00.001-08:00

Taylor’s favorite thing to do in the snow is to eat it! We have told him not to eat yellow snow :)

Ryan’s B-day dinner. The big 29!

Sledding with our friends from the UK

We took Taylor skiing for the first time. He had a couple of lessons and was doing great. He cannot wait to go again in a couple weeks.

The first day we put him in a group lesson. There were 5 kids in his group. They were all 4 and 5. Taylor was the only 3 year old and definitely the littlest on out there.

Gonging all by himself…

And he falls

Christmas

2010-01-03T12:15:00.001-08:00

We spent Christmas at home with Ryan’s Dad this year. It was really nice.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Morning

Litzie/ Obrien Christmas

2010-01-03T11:58:00.001-08:00

We celebrated Christmas a week early with the Obrien’s and Litzie/ Nilsen gang. It was so much fun.

The girls +1

Jeff and Uncle Tom getting into the Christmas spirit.

GG and Tanner looking good!

Chloe and Shay :)

Mom and Aunt Karen

Making Cookies for Santa!

Yummy frosting!

Time for bed

Time for Presents

Taylor stripped off his pants and his underwear and jumped on his scooter. We were all cracking up.

Thanksgiving

2009-12-08T14:46:00.001-08:00

We hosted our first Thanksgiving at our house this year. It all went very smooth surprisingly (once we got everyone here).

No Idea where Taylor learned this face :)

FAMILY PICTURES

2009-11-22T18:16:00.001-08:00

Every year around this time we go and have family pictures done. We thought we would share them with you.

FUN PICTURES!

2009-11-19T18:59:00.001-08:00

I was looking through some old pictures and found some that are older but thought you guys might like. So here are some random pictures of the Nilsen’s.

Taylor’s friends B-day party!

End of school show last year.

Date night after Ryan got back from Iraq.

Ryan’s Toys! Yes, the truck and the bike. :)

Taylor’s first time tubing.

Knots Berry Farm

2009-11-19T18:46:00.001-08:00

Knot’s lets military in for free in the month November so we spent a day in Snoopy’s camp. Snooby’s camp if you ask Taylor.

Waiting in line is no fun!

MARINE CORP BALL

2009-11-19T18:41:00.001-08:00

Ryan had his Marine Corp birthday ball on Nov 2nd. He brought me and his mom. It was a lot of fun! When Taylor saw us all dressed up he said “wow mommy you look like a princess… why” and I told him that we were going to a ball and he said “but I have a ball here”. :)

Star Student

2009-11-19T18:27:00.001-08:00

Taylor was the star student in his class in the month of October. He received the award because he is potty trained, a good listener, friend, and helper and doing great with counting, learning his alphabet and tracing.

Here are some pictures of him getting his award. He is sad because he saw me and wanted to be with me.

Halloween

2009-11-19T18:21:00.001-08:00

Taylor had so much fun on Halloween. He had a a Halloween parade at school.

Then we had a Halloween party at the church and Ryan and I dressed up as Pirates too. :) Taylor would not let us take his picture so we do not have a picture of all 3 of us. :(

PUMPKIN PATCH

2009-10-25T19:18:00.001-07:00

We had so much fun at the pumpkin patch! Taylor loved everything! We went in the petting zoo and Taylor gave the goats hugs and kisses.

He rode a pony!

And just had lots of fun!

Disneyland

2009-10-23T09:07:00.001-07:00

Taylor loves all the Disney characters and asks me every day if we can go to Disneyland. We went on Tuesday with Candice and Elizabeth and Shay. The kids had a blast. Taylor’s favorite ride is Dumbo and his favorite place is Mickey Mouse’s House.

He LOVED Mini and did not want to let her go. They hugged for a good 2 minutes.

Snack Time!

NILSEN FAMILY

2009-10-16T08:40:00.001-07:00

I am not very good at taking pictures and recording moments but I am going to try. I hope that this blog will be fun and keep you all updated on what is going on in our crazy lives.

Catching up

Taylor is getting so big. He is attending the Montessori preschool and loving it. This is his second year and he is leaning so much. He loves his teachers and his friends. I cannot wait to go watch him in the Halloween parade.

We are expecting another baby boy! Taylor is so excited. He asks daily when the baby will be done cooking so he can come play in Taylor’s room. Taylor is so excited to be a big brother.

The 4D ultrasounds are crazy. It is amazing how clearly you can see the baby. These were taken at 17 weeks and as you can see the baby has no fat yet. He is all skin and bones. The due date is March 2nd!