Labor Day Weekend 2009

Ty with his cousin, Becca..."cheese"

I think Tag ate more dirt than food! YUMMY!!Ticia, Uncle Rod, and Mike

Jaden, Tag, Janarah, Ty, and TrevonUncle Jacob with his little girl and Ty

Tag and Anson playing trucks

Every year during the Labor Day Weekend, the Jensen Family has a reunion. We went up to Kolob and camped from Saturday to Monday! We (me and the boys) had a great time, but it still wasn't the same without Josh there! Kolob is so beautiful and we couldn't have asked for better weather. I had to wear a sweatshirt most of the time and I loved it. It was hard to come back to the 100+ weather we are still having here.

The boys had a blast with all of their cousins. They roamed around all day long and could be as loud and as dirty as they wanted. I had a great time catching up with all of the family that we don't get to see very often. We played a really fun card game, "golf"! I took the kids on a few 4-wheeler rides, but I had a hard time driving the mini-4wheeler. There was a mix up and the big 4-wheeler didn't make it to the mountain.

This year they spotlighted my father-in-law, Kelly. My sister-in-law, Janarah, put the video together and she did a fantastic job. It was so fun to see pictures of Kelly in his younger years! My children were not behaving themselves so I ended up getting them showered and into bed, so I missed all the fun stories that were told about him by his brothers and sister and other families members. I was a little sad that I missed it, but I wanted others to be able to hear the stories and that wasn't possible with my very tired and crying boys.

My in-laws are so terrific and helped me out with the boys. We stayed in a camp trailer with them and it was very nice to have a comfy bed to sleep in. By the end of the day we were all tired and didn't take long to fall fast asleep. I love camping and being out in the fresh air. The best part was having bathrooms and showers to use...the best of both worlds!!

As you can tell from the pictures, I have another little boy that loves 4-wheelers. If there was one around he was on it. He even was making "vroooom, vroooom....." noises! What am I going to do with 2 boys that love to go fast? I am sure I will worry a lot and pray even more. Another thing that we discovered about Tag is his love of dogs. There were a lot of dogs there this year and he loved all of them. He was constantly talking to them and petting them. I was a little nervous that one would get tired of him and bite him...thank goodness that didn't happen. When he saw the first dog ( a little weiner dog) he screamed and stomped his feet! It was so funny to watch and I tried to get it on video, but I don't know how great it turned out.

In conclusion, we had a wonderful weekend and were sad to leave. Thanks again to my great family for helping out with the boys! I have to say that my husbands twin, Jacob, was such a help! He took the boys on rides and was good to help me with Ty when he wouldn't listen. We are going through a stage where he doesn't want to listen to mom and is always testing me. It is hard to not have a father figure there to help discipline when he is misbehaving. Thanks Jacob for stepping up and helping me out! They boys are lucky to have such a good Uncle, even if he has to help mom with the discipline! Ty seems to listen better when it comes from Uncle Jacob!

I hope all of you had a wonderful Labor Day too!