Tenley's Baby Blessing

Uncle Seth and Tag

Bekah, the only other girl cousin

Daddy, Bishop Cooper, and Uncle Mike

Uncle Jared, Uncle Jacob, Woody Woods, Grandpa Jensen,

Grandma Jensen and Great Grandma Redd with all the grandchildren

We blessed Tenley on Sunday September 12, 2010 in our home. We have blessed each one of our children in our home with all of our family around and it has always been so special. Josh blessed Tenley and we had his dad, Uncles Jacob, Jared, and Mike, Bishop Cooper, and adopted Grandpa Woods stand in the circle. The blessing was so beautiful and I just thought Tenley looked so beautiful in her gown. There is a little bit of history behind this blessing gown. Me and all of my sisters wore it and her cousin Bree wore it too. I thought that was pretty neat and I look forward to telling her about it one day! Now we will just have to see if her cousin Lucie in France will wear it!

It was also really special that Tenley's great grandma Redd was able to be there! I have to say that Tenley has a lot of boy cousins who just love her and I know that they will watch out for her throughout her life! I think that between her dad, uncles, and cousins that she will never have date or boyfriend until she is at least 22...at least that's what her dad says!

Happy 4th Birthday Ty

Yesterday Ty had his 4th Birthday! He has been so excited for his birthday since his cousins, Beau and Bree, had their birthday's in August! He told me exactly what he wanted and it was only 2 things! In his words, "Mom I only want 2 things, the cars that change color and a cement truck!" Anyone who knows my boys, knows that they are very destructive and hard on toys, so I knew that I wasn't going to buy him those two things because they would be broken in 2 seconds. I thought and thought and thought about what to get him and then we were at our friends house and he was playing his little Leapster game....PERFECT!!! He has really been into the Wii and Computer games lately, so I thought this would be perfect...especially when we drive to Oklahoma! Well, he LOVED it and knows that if mom see's it lying around the house that it gets taken away immediately and will not be given back for a long time. So far so good! I am not real big on the kids having electronics because I want them to play outside, so he is given a time limit and that way he still is active! I hope it continues to work out as well as it already has! It is easy to justify because they are learning games, but I just don't want kids that are addicted to games and won't go outside and play and use their imaginations!

His Grandma and Grandpa Jensen and Great-Grandma Redd got him a fire truck and an automatic air blaster gun! He is in love with both of them and I must say that Josh and I were having fun with the gun yesterday! His Grammy and Poppy gave him $$$ for his savings account...we always love that. We had our friends the Greig's over for his birthday and his friend Isaac got him a water balloon sling shot! We are excited to try it out, but it was too dark outside last night to try it! He also got some art thing, a fun puzzle, and an iron man toy! After his party he said, "Mom, this was the best birthday ever!!" That just made me so happy! My mom always made a big deal about our Birthdays and that is the one thing I want to do for our kids! I think it is great to make them feel very special on their birthday...that is the one thing they don't have to share or have hand me downs!

I stayed up late the night before and made him the chocolate cake with chocolate frosting that he asked for! I now know why I usually buy them. I do not decorate cakes, so it wasn't too pretty, but he really didn't care! He had a great birthday and that is all I really cared about! This morning on the way to pre-school he asked me, "Mom, when is my next birthday?" I just chuckled and said in another year...a long, long, time! I was just happy that he seemed satisfied with the answer!