Happy Thanksgiving

Aunt Ticia did Tenley's hair and I was trying to get a picture of it! It looks like this little girl already knows how to "ROLL" them eyes!

Tenley loves her Grandpa Jensen

Tenley LOVED sliding down the liner for Grandpa's pond...

She got so MAD trying to climb back up it!

Bekah and Tag try and pull Ty up the liner...they were pretending to be Diego and Dora

Tag gets tired of pulling and decides to slide down and have some fun!

We Did It, We Did It, We Did It!! That is the Diego theme song!

Tenley's favorite thing to do now is drain the tub and lay on the tub floor...sooooo cute!

Ty and Dad...he needed this for his school project

Ty and Mom

Tenley LOVING some chocolate  cake from Thanksgiving! She always knows Grandma will give her whatever she wants!

I can't even explain how much Tag enjoyed his chocolate cake...it made us all laugh

This year for Thanksgiving we packed up the kids and headed to Grandma and Grandpa Jensen's house in Alamo! It is so nice to have them close enough that we can pack up and be there in a little over and hour and come back that same weekend! When going to my parents house it involves a 20 hour drive in the car and that is never any fun!!! We had a wonderful Thanksgiving dinner and I definitely ate way too much! I was so miserable! I don't really think I ate a lot of food, but I know I had way too much pie! We had probably 10 pies there and a huge chocolate cake from Costco! I am a dessert lover, so it is hard for me to say no! It is such a bad weakness to have! Thank goodness I have my Zumba class to work off those extra calories I ate over the holiday! After everything was cleaned up and put away, we took the kids to the park to play and it ended up being a terrific idea! It was nice to get out and enjoy the fresh air!

The day after Thanksgiving, I let Josh know that I would not be sitting around the house all day, so we headed out to the latest project Josh has been helping his dad out with! Josh and Jacob dug a pond for their dad and the next step was to line the pond with this heavy black liner.  We didn't know how we were going to get it lined because the roll is so heavy that you can't just roll it out.  So we gathered all the guys and they made little hand holes and they pulled the liner with all their strength and the strength of the 4-wheeler and it worked! None of us knew how much fun all the cousins would have playing on that liner, but it turned out to be a great activity! Unfortunately, I forgot my camera that morning, so I didn't get pictures of everyone, but I did get some of the kids later on that day sliding down the liner! I even had fun sliding down with Tenley!  When it has water in it, it will be so much fun to play in during the summer months!

So I have to tell the story of Tag and the chocolate cake.  We are all sitting at the table while he was eating his cake.  Tag gets his chocolate cake and it is a really big piece...I thought there was no way he could eat the whole thing...that is how big it was.  He takes the biggest bites of this cake and he is going, "mmmmm" as he eats every bite of that cake.  He had that thing eaten in no time at all! The funny part was him moaning, "mmmm" with every bite and rolling his head around...he was really enjoying that cake and all of us were just watching him with amazement in our eyes! I wish I could have gotten it on video!  I might add that it was the BEST chocolate cake, so I understood why he was LOVING it so much!

I had so much to be Thankful for and it was so nice to share the holiday with family! We had fun playing games and the kids ran themselves ragged all day long...they were fast asleep every night! I even got some reading in and that was so nice. I have been reading Thomas S. Monson's biography and really enjoyed having some time to read over the holiday weekend!  How blessed I feel to belong to the Church of Jesus Christ! I count my many blessing and feel so blessed to have such wonderful children, a great husband, and such good families! I missed my mom and dad this year, but am so thankful for the sacrifice and service they are providing over in Hungary! I know that is where they are needed at this time in their lives! 

Happy Halloween

Going to get that candy!

I want that candy!!

The boys have been waiting for Halloween for over a month now! They were so excited to put on their Transformer costumes! Ty was Iron Hyde and Tag was Bumble Bee! They LOVED their costumes and they LOVED going trick or treating! Ty had a little party at his school and I took Tag and Tenley with me for the party! Tag loved all the fun toys at Ty's school! Tag had a Halloween Party at his pre-school and had so much fun! When Josh got home we went to the community trunk-or-treat and the boys wanted to go in the Spook House and they loved it! I think I got scared more times than they did! Tenley was loving all the candy and got very upset with mom and dad when we didn't give it to her fast enough. When we got home we went to some of our neighbors houses to trick-or-treat and the boys thought that was the BEST! As their mom, I just thought they were so cute in their costumes! Tenley was so cute as she turned around and around in her snow leopard costume!

Happy 60th Birthday Grandpa!

This past weekend we celebrated Grandpa Jensen's 60th Birthday! All the family stayed in Alamo and we had a great time! We ate way too much food, played some fun games, and were so exhausted when we left! The boys had so much fun playing with their cousins and Tenley was also pampered by her cousins! It was so cute to watch! Josh and I were talking about how lucky we are to have such great nephews, who play so much with their younger cousins! We belong to such a great family and we love and appreciate them so much! Grandpa said he was given too many gifts, so I guess the party was a success! My sister-in-law, Karen, made a book of Kelly's life history and it was so neat! It was fun to read all about his life and to see the pictures from when he was younger! It was a very special gift and I know we all look forward to looking at it when we visit their home! What a great weekend!

Ty's Birthday Party

Look at all those transformers

Lets all attack Ty's daddy

Pin the transformer on the transformer

Ty had such a fun birthday party and came away with way too much loot! We had a great pin the transformer on the correct transformer and they all did so good! Then we did our traditional balloon popping contest! All the kids LOVED that, but those balloons didn't want to pop very easily! We had yummy cake and ice cream, but the camera that I charged all day long died before we got to the presents and cake and ice cream! Ty loves transformers, so everything was all transformer based! I was exhausted by the time the party was over, but we had a great time and that is what mattered to me!

Here are a few little family and Tenley pictures that were taken recently!

The weather was a little chilly this day, so we broke out the beanies!

Tenley at 15 months old...she loves to pose and say "cheese" for the camera

Happy 5th Birthday Ty

It is hard to believe that my firstborn in already turning 5. Ty was so excited for his Birthday to come and by the time it is over, he will have had three days to celebrate it! We went to Alamo to have a little party with Grandma and Grandpa Jensen. They spoiled him rotten with 3 transformers...his favorite toy and show at this point in time. We had homemade brownies for his cake...those are his favorite. Today was his actual birthday and he took cupcakes to share with his class at school and then dad picked him up from school and took him for ice cream! Josh loves to do things like that for him. Tomorrow we will have his actual party with all his friends and he is so excited. We sure do love you Ty and are so grateful to have you as our son! We are so proud of you and who you are. Happy Birthday!

Tag's 1st Day of Pre-School

Tag was so excited to start pre-school. Everyday that Ty would go to school he would ask if he was going to his school. I felt so bad that it wasn't hos turn to go yet. He started school on Wednesday September 7th and was so excited! He is going where Ty went last year and his teacher is Miss Gerilyn and he just loves her. He just runs to me everytime I pick him up from school and wants to tell me all about his day and what he did at school. It is the cutest thing. I am loving that he loves going to school. The cutest thing was he made this cute little hat and would not take it off his head. He fell asleep in my bed and I came in and the hat was around his eyes. He wore it all day and was so excited to show it to daddy when he got home from work. We just love our Taggy!!