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NieNie Dialogues: April 15, 2019 Christian is the most important person in Stephanie's life. She made this post about him. She wrote about how much she loved him and he loved her. Every year she dedicates a song to him as they enter another year as husband and wife. She said, "Everyday I pray to God, thanking him for Christian. I thank God that he is my husband, my protector, and greatest defender. I thank God that Christian loves and respects me.......And I thank God that I will be with Christian forever and even to infinity and beyond." I am not married, but I related to this post because I love my dad. He is my protector and my provider. He really takes care of our family. He is so great. I can tell my mom loves him too. Even though it embarrasses me, I love to watch my parents hug and kiss. I am glad we are sealed together. After reading this post, I decided I needed to write in my journal characteristics I want in a husband. These are the things I wrote: Must l

NieNie Dialogues: April 14, 2019 Valentines Day was the focus of this post. Stephanie posted lots of pictures of Valentine's Day and what they did on that day. She said, "During dinner and under candlelight we went around the table sharing what we love about each other. It was the highlight of my day. Oh man, how I love my family."  I really knew she loved her family because when I read her book she would say over and over how much her family meant to her and how they were the motivation behind getting better. In her book, she wrote about living for her family and how it didn't matter how she looked as long as she had her family. It was good to read this blog post written years and years later, since it showed me that her family was still her number one priority. I love my family too. I always share my love with them. Every night before I go to bed I kiss my mom good night and tell her I love her. I cannot go to sleep until I have. I will write notes to my sibling

NieNie Dialogues- April 8, 2019 Stephanie talked about how much she loves conference and how one of the speakers actually talked about one of her family's ancestors. She shared how she was grateful for that ancestor and grateful for all she learned from them. Conference weekend is one of her favorite things. She talked about how she and her family have been waiting since last October for this conference. She said they have been preparing for it since then. Since conference, she is taking what the speakers said and working on the adding the counsel into their lives. I thought it was very neat how Stephanie's ancestor was talked about in conference. I realized that even though one of my relatives was not talked about, they were still great. I decided to learn about one of my ancestors. I chose my great-great grandfather Andrew O. Nelson.  He barely spoke any English even up to his death. He came to America when he was 41 with his family from Sweden. He was a convert to the ch

NieNie Dialogues- April 5, 2019 post Stephanie told her kids to get ready for conference. Usually, just she and her husband prepare.  She talked about how her family went around the dinner table and said what they were looking forward to hear in General Conference. She was also reading this talk that talked about how scripture study and prayer were the most important things to get done. No matter if your house is a mess or your kids are screaming scripture and prayer still have to come first. I relate to this blog post because I took a challenge from Alex to read my scriptures every day. I read 10 verses everyday and I study them too. Even if my day was bad or tiring, I still make time. I want to teach my kids to read and pray everyday no mater what. I really liked seeing that someone else felt it was important too.

NieNie Dialogues- April 10, 2019 post Stephanie talked about what M. Russell Ballard said, "If mothers are thrifty, so are their daughters. If mothers are modest, so are their girls. Mothers, your example is extremely important to your daughters even though they don't acknowledge it." Stephanie talked about her daughters getting asked to prom and how they chose modest dresses.  She also talked about how she regrets going to prom in an immodest dress. I have been observing my mom, and whenever she goes to the gym she wears exercise leggings and never shorts. She always wears a shirt that covers her belly and her shoulders. She always wears her garments. Even when it is a really hot day she will still wear modest clothes. Even when she is swimming, she wears modest swimsuits. I always wear modest clothes. I know I have been taught to do that, but I did not realize until I read this blog post, that much of what I learned was from just watching my mother. Her actions were

NieNie Dialogues- April 2, 2019 post Stephanie posted that her and her family do a social media fast two times a year every time before General Conference. Her family does it because they want to focus and prepare for the speakers and what matters most. They also do the social media fast so they can focus on what is coming in General Conference. She said, "It's so nice to leave my phone, and the social media behind. It's so nice to not feel like I need to know what other people are doing, how much more fun they are having than me, or cuter, or more successful, or what I am missing out on, (and on and on)." It helps her have a more focused attitude on her children and the things that matter most. She is trying to show her kids more affection to them daily. I have done a social media fast two times. One time was in the sixth grade and we did it for three weeks. No movies, videos, social media, etc..., unless it was a video or a movie from the church. It was hard dur