Speak Now

As of lately I have been on a big Taylor Swift kick.  Her words are just so magical to me.  The biggest stress reliever for me (besides running) is baking while T-Swift is on.  There is nothing like jumping up and down and singing into a spatula.  They bring back a lot of memories and she just almost says what i can't put into words.
Speak Now came on and it just hit me.  We go through this life having all of these thoughts and ideas and we are always told to don't speak. keep your mouth closed. We think that we have all this time.  Oh I will tell them next time how I feel.  Oh its okay I don't need to say anything.
I am someone who believes in actions are a lot louder than words.  But our words give us the direction we need to go in.
Tomorrow I start again another year of school! YAY! not. haha i feel so old and i have felt like i have walked around with out any direction.  I live to impress people that i don't even worry about what i want in my life.  I need to speak now about what i want. Give myself direction and go for it.
Tell the people you love that you love them today.  Speak Now.  We might not have tomorrow.  I have started this great book by Gordon B. Hinckley - Standing for Something.  It talks about how the foundations of a marriage is simply, love.  Amazing book.

Anyway I think it is so important in life to have goals- a direction that we are heading in. So my goals for this semester are:

-Make time for Brian and I
-Do something physical everyday
-Make Healthy dinners and don't snack after dinner
-Go to every single class and be on time
-Keep planned and organized
-Watch only one episode of grays anatomy
-Go to the temple every month
-Try to read books that aren't text books
-Get all my homework done and study every single day
-Read my scriptures every night :)


Have a good week! :)

Weeeekends (:

It has been one year since I married Brian sooo we celebrated! 

Here are some pictures from the weekend!

These girls seriously have my heart (:

I have making the BEST smoothies... love my blendtec

This little man turned 11 months (:

He gets me (:

For our annivarsary dinner we went to the melting pot downtown salt lake! it was sooo fun!

And I fell off of a horse.. ouch! But don't worry my nieces took care of me

And happy anniversary to this guy! 

Have a good week everyone! (:

Workin It.

Life after the marathon is sad.  Your work outs are all planned out and then they are goooone! I wanted to give my body a break from all the running but I am just too addicted.  I also have a bike race next week of 70 miles. Its an all girls race called "Spinderella" put on by my uncles sport shop.  But I have been running 4-5 miles Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. But I have really been focusing on lifting and toning my body.  I do Arms on M, W, F, and do legs on Tuesday and Thursday! Funnnn Stuff! 

But what you eat after your workout is almost as important as your workout.  

Since I am still obsessed with my new Blendtec- I love making green smoothies! Here is a recipe to try out.

-1/4 cup water (depending on how thick you want it)

-1 banana

- 1 mango

-1/8 pineapple

- Large handful of spinach

- 1/2 Lime

- 1 scoop of protein powder 

- little agave

- 8 ice cubes - more to make it thicker

SOOOO Good! 

On another note I have a hair appointment on Wednesday and I really want to dye my hair! 

I can't decide to go lighter or darker. Hmmm i am leaning more to the dark. We will see what happens on wednesday!

Happy weekend everyone!!! (:

Weekend Wrap Up

I know it ins't the end of the weekend yet but I felt like it is basically over! I am in summer school so weekends are short! 

1)I ran my second marathon! Yay for running! :) Though I got terribly sick and started throwing up blood! I ran the Ogden! I was super excited for it but to be honest I was disappointed in it!  Everyone told me to train for downhill. WRONG! haha I don't know if they changed the course up but the first 17 miles were super hard.  Also I swear I have only ran one race where it was nice weather.  It started to rain at the beginning, but got worse.  It was one of those rains where it is just cold and wet and soaks you to the bone. buuuurrr.  I was trying to qualify for boston but lets just say throwing up in every porta jon you pass doesn't make for your best time. BOO! But sadly I am addicted to running (not a sad thing.) and so I am looking at doing the "Big Cottonwood Canyon" full marathon! Its hard because I would really like to give my body a break and start riding my bike but i love running too much.  

2)We bought a Blendtec!! I am so excited! I have really been bad at getting my greens because I am poor and I can't make creative salads. I don't like just raw spinach so we are trying this out! I have already found a great website with recipes! Smoothie


3) So till I find out what this crazy problem with my stomach is I am really trying not to eat dairy.  I came across this recipe on pintrest. It is Sweet Potato Chickpea Burgers.  I can't wait to try and grill those up!  Burger Recipe Found Here

4) Everyone have a good rest of the weekend :) 

This too Shall Pass

"This too Shall Pass" is a phrase that a bishop told me when I was younger and going through some hard times.  He said every storm has an end.  This has stuck with me through my whole life.  Recently I have had an experience which has really opened my eyes.  It has made me step back and really think.  Think about who I am, what I stand for, and what I want to become. Though I have gained confidence in myself, and realizing that I have a choice and I have a right to my choice.  I know this storm will pass through just like everything else does, but things still hurt.  I often ask why do we have so much pain in this world? Why must we make these choices? See horrible things? 

 

I was driving with my niece and singing taylor swift and I just broke out in tears!! She stopped and looked at me like a crazy and said "what the heck is the problem?"  I told her that I didn't want her to grow up.  Her reply was very simple, "well kylie we all have to grow up, it is how we get big and strong."  That answer was so right.  We all have to grow up and go through these hard times so we can be molded into something so beautiful in the end.  Though I still am trying to think of a way that I can keep all my little nieces and nephews in a bubble so this mean world won't ever hurt them.  Still workin on it.

 

I get emails from this website everyday and it is something that just brightens my day.  My sister recommended it to me and I love it! I got this one today and it just put a smile on my face.  I have learned that I take on way to much and give to others so much that I don't focus on myself.  I have really been working on taking time out for me and doing things that I love.  As much as I love change, I hate it too.  It is scary, breaking out of the norm.  But doing it for yourself is something that is so important. Just remember to be you :)

 

 

Just remember if you are going through a hard time, you are never alone.  I can not believe how much support and love I have felt from friends and family.  Thanks for the love and always having my back.

 

-Kylie :)

V E G A N

V-Voraciously

E-Eating

G-Greens

A-Always

N-NOT!!!

 

Vegan. Such a scary word to some people.  I used to be a vegan.  I met Brian and he thought I was so weird.  I told my family and they thought I was living on a different planet.  I am a secret about being lactose intolerant.  I hate to make a scene so if I can't decline the food, then I will just enjoy it and deal with the tummy rumbles later.  So I thought why not just cut out meat?  It was easier than I thought!

 

As of late I have been consuming so much dairy and it is hurting my belly soooo bad.  I am training for a marathon and it isn't fun having to stop in the middle of run and frantically search for a bathroom.  I have gotten pretty relaxed on my diet but I only have about a month left till my big race. I am trying to go vegan again! Not go all crazy and cut it out totally but for the most part good bye dairy and toots. :)

 

I think it is gross how much nasty processed stuff is in our food that we eat.  My rule is, is that if it has more than 5 ingredients in it, it isn't good. The closer to the ground (where the food came from) the better for you it is. 

 

When we think about vegans we usually think of women with their hippie head bands on with their arm pit hair blowing in the wind.  That isn't how it is supposed to be.  Most of the vegan cookbooks really call for some crazy ingredients that I feel like I have to hike to south America to go get.  Then I stumbled upon the best cookbook in the world! Peas and Thank You! It is such a fun cookbook that calls for normal ingredients! LOVE IT!

 

Some things that I use as dairy replacements:

-milk with almond milk (so good:))

-sugar with agave (I know this is vegan but it is a healthier choice)

-butter with earth balance (you can also use coconut oil, applesauce etc.)

-cheese I just stay as far away from this because this is the killer for my belly.

-flour I almost always use whole wheat flour

 

Get creative with things that you like don't be afraid to try new things!:)

 

A friend gave me Alicia Silverstone's book "The Kind Diet" on being vegan and I have been devouring it!! It's really informative and simple. From what I've read so far I would definitely recommend it, I am constantly bombarding people with all the facts i'm learning. 
A meal that I have been dying to make is spinach, quinoa, and pumpkin seeds with a vinaigrette of olive oil, honey, and lemon juice. Topped with diced yams grilled with onions, and then sliced avocado. nom nom. 

 

I'm not trying to convince anyone to go vegan/vegetarian etc.  (And I won't post links about the animal cruelty videos to make people stop eating meat, but Google some if you want. Seriously you will cry for days.)  But I think that we all could go back to the basics of food.  Try to incorporate some greens in your diet. (Hide them in smoothies, eh?)  People are so scared of that color. But it looks good on everyone and will do good for you.  So many benefits come from eating vegetables.  It's not about the quantity of years you live, its about the quality of years you live. 

 

I will post some recipes soon :)

 

Until next time,

Kylie

Letters.

Dear weather,
You are aweful. it is supposed to be spring. I want to be outside on my only day off! Can we just skip the whole april showers and just go to spring? k thanks.


Dear school, 
You need to be over.  But then that means summer school will start.  Either way school sucks and I can't wait to be done! 

Dear gossip girl,
I am so glad I found you again. I am so obsessed.  Can i just say how much i love chuck and blair?  I hate to admit how much tv i have watched and pineapple i have eaten on this rainy day. Now my butt and tongue is numb. thanks. Hooray for netflix though :]  




Dear Jackson,
I love you and how your cuddled up on my toes but your toots smell awful.  





Dear conference,
You were amazing.  I truly needed you.  I cried through almost all of the talks.  Hollands talk? I love him. SO MUCH.  The talk on marriage? So good.  We have so much to work on but it reminded how lucky we are to have each other.  The girls went to conference but then we had to sit all the way at the top.  So we bought binoculars of course! 




Dear weekend,
You need to come back. I got to see my sister who lives in Idaho.  We went on a wonderful ten mile run and we talked so much that i couldn't even tell how long it was.  I enjoyed a very nice rock out session to tay swift with my niece.  She is a doll.  I love that little girl. sooo much.  Riley Kylie forever! :)  We went swimming and ate way to much! Here are some of the cuties that i hung out with this weekend.

Monday no funday

This last weekend was Easter! I love this time of year because things are starting to go GREEN!! I love them! Also this is a time when we get together with our family.  

On Friday I got to ski with my parents.  It was so fun! Defiantly spring skiing :) 

Saturday started with a spin class with my sister which her ego is prego.  She is a rockstar when it comes to keeping her body toned when she is pregnant.  Can't wait to meet that little girl in June though! We went to a spin class and wow.  The teacher was CRAZY! Her boobs were about to pop out of her shirt and that is all I could focus on the whole class. (I guess if you got them then flaunt them, eh?)  But other than that I really enjoyed listening to her belt out "Just the way you are" by bruno mars.  

Side note.  I recently joined Golds Gym, and if you are ever interested go to zumba on thursday nights. You need to see how this girl can move it.  Like total girl crush on her. 

Saturday skiing was always a blast skiing with brian and my parentals.  :) That night we went to the REAL game. which was REAL fun :) Makes me miss soccer so much! sigh. 

here are a little inspirations/randoms to get through the worst day of the week:

If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.

martin luther king jr.

Happy Friday

I love this. Age to me is something that scares me.  But I think there is good in every age.  We just have to find it.

Happy Friday everyone :)

The Beginning

So...... I hate blogs. I think they are just things that married Mormon women do.  They talk about how perfect life is, their perfect husband and kids and how they just baked this perfect cake for their neighbors grandmothers niece last weekend. (Ain't nobody got time for that...:)) Well guess what? I am a YOUNG married Mormon, so I guess that leads me to get a blog.  gross.  Oh well! 
Anyway enough about that, here is a little introduction about the Becksteads:

We were established June 9th 2012 (almost a year!!!!) at 2:20 in the Salt Lake LDS temple.  We both went to Murray High school. Gotta love the Murray curse.  And I can tell you that I did not ever think my life would be what it is today.  I hated the thought of marriage.  Someone tying you down, having to cook for them, paying bill together? What?? I was fine on my own. My own money, my own problems, and my own plans.  I hated letting people in.  I could do what I wanted when I wanted.  But then I met Brian.  He was so different.  I remember just talking to him and just laughing. Like for real laughing. Not like those laughs where you are laughing where you are trying to hide the fear that you think he is a serious creeper and follow you home. I still remember on our first date hearing the song "Home" by Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros and just staring at him in aww.  Someone that finally listened to good music.  We met on trax (how romantic) going up to the University of Utah.  I had seen him before and gave him weird glances as he would be the only one laughing really loud on trax at 8 in the morning.  Thinking he was just one of those weird kids with a bright pink back back. And wondering how long it took him to get into those skinny jeans.  Though I had never talked to him I knew he went to Murray and as all Murray people do on trax we pretend we don't know anything about each other even though we went to almost all of their birthday parties growing up.  I was running late one morning and barely made it on the trax.  I sat down and then we made eye contact. Dang. "Didn't you go to Murray?" I rolled my eyes and all I said was "yep" and it was all down hill from there.  A year later we were engaged (March 1st) and sealed on the very special day of June 9th.  

Now here is the real part that everyone covers up. Marriage is hard.  Everyone made it look so perfect, so easy.  I love marriage and boy I can tell you that Brian and I have grown so much since that day we said "Yes".   It is a lot of work and I have learned to love that work because it has bettered our relationship so much.  I have learned so much about love and how there is so much more to love than what it meant when we were just dating.  Love truly means service. 

Enough about all that yucky mushy gushy talk.  Brian and I are so blessed.  We are living in Midvale Utah (that's not a blessing) on 11 acres! We get to experience what it is like to be farmers! (I do think his tractor is sexy)   It has always been my dream to live where my horses are but Brain, I don't think knew what a pitch fork was.  He has been amazing though and so helpful! We have the CUTEST dog ever.  His name is Jackson and he is our child.  Seriously.  Sleeps in between us at nights.  We are both working and going through school. (Eww) and someday we WILL move back to Murray :)

Everyone describes thier love in these beautiful majestical ways.  Brian and I's love isn't.  It is different.  We seriously are the most stubborn people you will ever meet.  Two babies of the family married? But as much as we fight like old couples we seriously have enough passion to last us an eternity.  I stop and think of how crazy my life is and how I had so many other plans for my life but I really couldn't imagine my life with out that crazy guy.  I could talk to him for hours (even though he hates girl talk time).  He is my rock and the person I run to calm me down.  I am so glad the choices I have made and can't wait to hold his hand through all of life's trials.  The good and the bad.  

Sorry this is so long and nobody will ever read this but I hope to share a little of our fun adventures that we do through this life.  :)

Cheers,

Kylie