Happy 14th Birthday Ben!

Ben woke up to some fun gifts. Some headphones and facemask for snowboarding that he's wanted from his brother Josh.  Your welcome Josh.

 Some new socks and a new DSU basketball from his dad.  Some guitar picks and a Fender travel bag for his guitar from David.  It has straps so he can wear it like a backpack and take it to school for lessons.

He got a birthday card from Sophie with Valentine's in it that made him smile!  That's huge!  And he got 2 new pair of rugby shorts and this All Blacks shirt from me.

 I always like to have a big surprise gift at the end and this year it was a RHINO RUGBY parka!  He won't be getting a swim parka like his older siblings because he's just not that into it.  But Rugby is a different animal to him.  And Rhino, well, Rhino is his call sign/spiritual animal.  If you  look him up on Instagram you have to look for the Rhino Rugby symbol.  I got a screaming deal online for this and knew that he'd love it.  I wanted to make sure that he wouldn't grow out of it but I didn't want it to drown him either.  He was pretty stoked but it is 73 degrees here already and too hot to wear it.  We are hoping that his games next Thursday are FREEZING!  Or at least chilly. 

Turning 14 in our church means moving up to a teacher in the priesthood.  If you want to learn more please click on the link on the side of my blog where it says: What I believe, The Church of Jesus Christ of Letter Day Saints.  On Sunday our family came to our ward to help and watch Ben be ordained to the office of a teacher.  It was very special to have my family there.  

 We always love to take one of all the priesthood holders that are there to help make this day so special.  Josh, Ben's brother standing next to him in the bow tie, had his interview with the Stake President this same day to turn his mission papers in.  So, in a couple weeks we should be finding out where he will be serving on his mission! 

For posterity sake I'm going to name everyone in this picture.  

Back row: Brad Shelton, Jared Beckstrand, Joel Beckstrand, Konnor Young, Kyle Wells, Michael Beckstrand.  Front row: David Beckstrand, Joshua Beckstrand, Benjamin Beckstrand, Henry Shelton, George Wells.

After this my side of the family went back to my house to have a bbq/birthday party for Henry and Ben.  Ben's birthday was on Saturday and Henry's is on Monday.  10th and 12th.  So they opened birthday cards from the Wells' and were so excited about their $5!  And we gave Henry a bouncer so he could bounce around like Ben.  They had a great time.

They are so darling.  14 and 4 years old!

Later that evening we went over to Jared and Angey's for FHE with the Beckstrand side of the family.  It's always fun to get together with everyone.  We ate dinner and grandpa gave a great lesson on Christa love for us.  Then we had to hurry back to our church to David and Ben's scout court of honor.  They both received rank advancements and many merit badges.  Ben thought it was a end to a really good day.