Jensen's

Happy Thanksgiving

2010-11-25T22:39:00.004-07:00

Lauren's Make a Wish Party!

2010-11-05T15:36:00.001-06:00

I am so excited for Lauren and her family who are going on a dream vacation to Disney World from the Make a Wish Foundation. They are the best family and Lauren has been sick for three years with Seizures. They so deserve this break.

Remembering Brady on his Birthday

2010-11-04T22:42:00.000-06:00

It has been five years since Brady passed away and every year on his birthday we have some traditions. We always have cinnamon rolls for breakfast with hot chocolate. Brady's Favorites. Then we blow up as many balloons as he would be old. So this year it was 19 balloons and then we let them go in the air while singing happy birthday.

Then we hung out eating cake and ice cream enjoying one another's company. It is nice having family so close. We seriously invited people less than twenty four hours earlier and look how many could come.

WE ARE SO THANKFUL FAMILIES ARE FOREVER !!!

Jacob’s Birthday!!!

2010-10-31T23:43:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday Jacob! We had his favorite breakfast (French toast, fruit, bacon and hot chocolate). Then it was time for the presents. Stephanie and Justin really outdid themselves this year. They had 17 little gifts and each one had a card counting from 1 to 17 with the "Things they like about him". It was so cute and well thought out. It was perfect. If you know Jacob he doesn't show his excitement really easy, but the tootsie rolls from Stephanie and Justin got him a little excited. The Baylor t-shirt and another bag of tootsie rolls got a smile from Mom and Dad. Tootsie rolls are the treat of choice these days. Everything is better with a tootsie roll! Nana and Grandpa came for dinner. Again we had Jacob's favorites (enchilda's, chips, salsa, and fruit).

More Halloween Parties!

2010-10-31T12:02:00.000-06:00

HALLOWEEN!!!

2010-10-30T20:40:00.000-06:00

So how often is it that you get home on a Saturday afternoon and nobody has anything that HAS to be done. Granted the boys were supposed to mow and edge, Stephanie had homework to do, so "HAS to be" is used very loosely. I think the only reason the boys initially got into carving pumpkins was to get out of yard work, but it ended up working for everyone.

Stephanie and I had gone up to our neighbors and gotten a little carried away buying pumpkins. We bought about 15 pumpkins. Why?? Who knows, but someone had the idea to carve some of those pumpkins from the porch. We started and just kept on going. It was a fun afternoon and the best pumpkins I think we have ever had.

Jacob definetely won! All night long the trick or treaters commented on the pumpkins and would always ask "who did the 76ers one?" It was pretty impressive and no he did not have a pattern. Here are his creations!

Air Jordan and 76ers!

Justin's Creation!

I don't know who gets credit for the Jazz pumpkin. It was Justins design, but he was too tired to finish so I cleaned and carved it for him.

"T" for Timpview.

Stephanie's Pumpkin!

Here is the 1st half.

This is mine and Stephanie's favorite! It was great. Jacob sat next to us, but thought the whole time we were writing "Trick or Treat". We surprised him, I think.

Showing off not only our pumpkins we were proud of but also the fact that the girls really got into the spirit and dressed up. I wasn't sure if I should be offended because Stephanie dressed up as me in my Drill Team outfit from the old days and thought it was so funny.

This is one of those days that is the best. The whole family just sitting around talking, playing and just having fun. It was AWESOME! I never knew carving pumpkins could be so much fun.

Matthew's Baptism!

2010-10-30T09:26:00.001-06:00

My cute nephew Matthew was baptised today! My sister Ali and her husband are most doting parents. There kids are so lucky.

I saw on TV this cute idea to make spiderweb cupcakes for Halloween. I was so excited and then realized I can't take a halloween cupcake to a baptism so we changed it into a CTR. When we went to the grocery store to buy everything Stephanie thought we needed a back up plan. Let's just say she wasn't to confident these would turn out. No way was I getting a back up we would do whatever it took to make these work. Stephanie and I had so much fun creating and making these the night before. We made some for halloween and and some for the baptism. We were so proud of our Martha Stewartness we had to take pictures and show them off. The web and CTR are made of white chocolate.

Birthday’s and Pumpkins!

2010-10-25T00:23:00.000-06:00

Happy Birthday Grandpa, Jacob and Matthew!

We celebrated birthdays and carved pumpkins.

It was so much fun!

CORNBELLY'S!!!

2010-10-24T17:25:00.006-06:00

If you haven't been to Cornbelly's, you should.

We were waiting for Allie to get there from work and couldn't pass up the photo opportunities.

Ashley and Stephanie posing for the camera.

YEAH! Allie came and the party began.

The haunted creature. Allie made sure to inform us all that she remembered the last time we went there are no people inside.

NOT true there were plenty.

We got on the hayride and took a lot of time trying to decide how we were going to sit. The bails of hay were soaking wet. After trying to figure out how to sit, luckily a smart guy turned over his bail of hay. GENIUS! I only wish we would have thought of it.

This is getting the instructions for the haunted corn maze. When they inform you when you walk through that coffin you give up all rights to personal space taken away, believe them. They got a little too close for comfort. It was a little disturbing, but scary and I guess that was the point.

Have you ever seen this before? A sandbox of corn.

This is us in the corn maze. Hate to admit it, but we didn't do very well. We had a hard time figuring out the clues and ended up coming out through the entrance. Although we did make a mental note "Don't come to Cornbelly's after it has been raining all day". Tons of MUD!

Duck races! We found out you have a better chance of winning with a duck in your raingutter. Thanks Allie!

The Boys Reffing!

2010-10-22T22:57:00.000-06:00

Jacob and Justin started refereeing this summer as their job. They love getting paid to watch a sport they love. Most the time everything is great, but sometimes coaches or parents can make it a little miserable. They like it best when Jacob, Justin and Dallas (Warner) all get to ref together.

Notre Dame Invite and New York

2010-10-10T23:44:00.005-06:00

Race Day!

Katie Palmer, Stacy Slight, Stephanie and Kendy Christensen

Bob Firman Invitation in Boise

2010-09-25T21:22:00.001-06:00

So I had never remembered being to Boise, ID. It is beautiful! I could live there. They have this 26 mile green belt which is gorgeous to walk, run or ride a bike on.

They ran at the Eagle Island State Park in Eagle, Idaho. It was a fun course where the girls ran on eight different surfaces in one race. They ran on grass, sand, gravel, weeds, asphalt, dirt, concrete and something else I can't remember, but at any rate pretty cool. This picture below is where they switch from beach to grass.

BYU took 1st with 9 of the top 10 spots. The team did great!!

Having FUN!!

The best part is I was able to go with her. On Friday night the team went to run the race course just to get familiar with it and Stephanie was not with the group. She had been nursing a hip injury and was walking the course. The bus ended up leaving her with no sweats, money, phone or anything except spandex. Luckily I was there and able to come rescue her. It isn't very often I am needed by my self sufficient young adult so it was nice to feel like I could help out.

Aztec Invitational in San Diego

2010-09-18T09:49:00.000-06:00

San Diego, California is definately my favorite place to go watch Stephanie run. It is one if she runs you can guarantee I will be there. Of course Nana and Grandpa didn't want to miss it either. They are so great to come support.

The swarm of runners head out for the race.

Stephanie, Ashley Thomas, Katie Palmer, Sarah Edwards, Kenndy Christen and other BYU runners ran in a pack. It is so fun to have such a great team.

Grampa interviewed her after the race with his new toy (phone).

She loves her coach. He takes time after the race to talk with each of the girls individually and as a team. He finds out how they felt and what they thing then he lets them know what they did well and what he feels they could do to improve. He is like a 2nd father to a most of the girls.

The girls aren't just teammates, but also great FRIENDS.

Relaxing after the race waiting for awards. They have this tarp and at each race the girls all right a quote or inspirational thought on it. At the end of the year one girl will ge the tarp to keep.

BYU took 1st again!!

Here is the article from BYU:
SAN DIEGO, Calif. (Sept. 18, 2010) – Competing for the first time in two weeks, the BYU men’s and women’s cross country teams traveled to California for meets in Riverside (men) and San Diego (women), and both teams came away with first place overall finishes. “The course today was really tough,” women’s head coach Patrick Shane said. “There were some gnarly hills and a lot of areas that made for difficult footing. Our team did not get a chance to go through the whole course the night before, and we actually had a few runners take a wrong turn today.” BYU won the meet with 55 points with the help of the two athletes that took the wrong turn. Sophomore Michaelanne Laurent and junior Millie Rapp were leading the race early when the two took the wrong turn around the one-mile mark. The two recovered from the error well, as Laurent finished as the top BYU runner, placing fifth in 18:23 and Rapp finished third for BYU and 13th overall in 18:46. Coming through in second place for the Cougars and in eighth overall was redshirt freshman Candace Eddy, who crossed the line 18:36. Rounding out the top-five for BYU was Stacy Slight, who grabbed 14th place in 18:49, and Lisa Drury, who finished 15th in 18:50. A group of BYU runners came in just after Slight and Drury, as the Cougars took places 16-19. Kendy Christensen (18:52), Stephanie Jensen (18:52), Sarah Edwards (18:54) and Nicole Clark (18:54) made up the group of four. “This was really a team race and a big group effort,” Shane said. “Cross country is really about how well you do as a team, and we won this race today as a team. I am really proud of everyone, and especially Michaelanne (Laurent) for finishing first among BYU runners for the first time in her career.” The victory marks the second first place finish for the BYU women this season. BYU also won its first meet as a team at the Utah State Open. Next for the Cougars is the Bob Firman Invitational in Eagle, Idaho on September 25. The race will begin at 9:30 a.m. MST.

Homecoming!

2010-09-11T09:15:00.001-06:00

We started the homecoming weekend out with the Timpview Football Game. It was so good to see my girls again. They are like daughters to me and I loved being with them.

Jacob asked Aubrey Glazier from our ward. He asked by taking a phone book and circling his name, Jacob on one page and Jensen on another then he baked a cake and put on top of the phone book and frosted them both together. We hoped it wouldn't be too messy for her.

She answered with a phone book back telling him to text a number. The funny thing is he really texted and didn't get anything back. The next day when we were all talking someone figured out that putting the number in your phone it spells "absolutely". It was such a clever idea.

The day of the dance they started out going to one of the boys cabins and there Cindi and I had everything ready for a lunch by the fire. They roasted hotdogs and s'mores and enjoyed talking and eating. Then they left and hiked to Stewart Falls.

Dallas, John, Keaton and Jacob all drove together.

One of the boys Parent's owned a restaurant called Pho's. They ate in a back room so Cindi and I went and decorated. It was worked out weell the theme of the dance was " and it was perfect we took stuff from Jordan's room and then printed pictures from Paris to put in frames.

After the dance they came to our house and we took some pictures then they had cheeses, french bread, grapes and of course dessert crepes with ice cream, fruit and chocolate sauce. After eating they played hide and seek and murder in the dark through out the whole house.

Utah State Open!

2010-09-03T08:47:00.000-06:00

It is so nice to Stephanie running again and the best part is without pain. I guess if you can calling running not being in pain. She was able to run with one of her cousins Alicia Holt who runs for Utah State which is always fun. BYU took 1st place with a score of 23 and then 2nd place was taken by Weber with a score of 46. Stephanie personally took 20th with a time of 17:51. She is so happy to be running again.

I love the 4th of July!!

2010-07-04T18:03:00.013-06:00

Staying up all night, watching a parade in the heat, going all day long, what is there not to love. We slept out on the parade route. About 1am we couldn't sleep (what a surprise hahaha) so went and watched "Eclipse" and then came back. When morning came so did the parade.

Swimming!!!

The night started with fireworks. We had to light them 5 and 6 at a time in order to not be there all night. After that we went to Pearce's to watch the Stadium of Fire Fireworks and eat dessert banana boats roasted in the fire pit. We had a great 4th of July. Living so close to family is wonderful. We love it!

June was full of Summer Camps!

2010-06-18T17:55:00.000-06:00

This summer was filled with camps. They boys went to Basketball Camp, Tennis Camp, Team Basketball Camp, and Timpview Basketball Camp. These pictures are from Tennis Camp which is always a favorite with their cousins. You can probably tell who won their division and who didn't by the smiles, but they all had a fun time. Justin and Matthew went together to EFY in Provo while Jacob and John went to OYA in Idaho. It was a busy and fun June.

Tyler and Sonja Tie the Knot

2010-06-12T00:02:00.000-06:00

A WEEK IN PARADISE!

2010-06-08T19:46:00.002-06:00

Day 1 We got to the airport early then had to wait for hours because our flight was delayed.

When we arrived in Cabo within minutes we knew we were in Mexico. We saw bull walking along the road. We had people trying to sell us anything and everything. It took forever to get our rental cars, but when we arrived at the condo's they were beautiful and everything was well worth all the waiting around. The condo was right on the beach and had a private swimming pool. It was gorgeous. We knew this trip was going to be a little piece of paradise.

After unpacking a little and relaxing we went into town to find some food. We found a little taco shop called "El Gran Pastor". It was just a little taco shop and was only $5 for two of us for dinner. The food was amazing. We actually ended up coming back to this shop again it was so yummy.

Thrifties Ice Cream brought back memories. We used to go there every week with our Grandpa growing up. We loved the square scoops. You would think because they were square it would be easier to balance, but Ali was talented enough to drop hers almost every week growing up and had to get a new one. Luckily somethings you do grow out of.

Day 2
The Sheraton was right next to the condo and had a wonderful beach and pool. The best part of it all was Edgar. He set up our chairs and umbrella's and got our spot all arranged for a relaxing day in the sun. The girls all just wanted a day to relax before doing anything much. We were exhausted from the end of school with our kids. The boys were a little, some a lot, bored but everyone lived and it was a great day.

After a while we decided to go look for the little taco shop we had heard about on the 7th hole. Well, needless to say we should have gotten a little more information. We wandered around not knowing which golf course looking for a taco shop on one of the 7th holes. Nobody seemed to know where it was. Nelson got hungry and went to eat somewhere else but the rest of us continued the search.

We did finally find it. It was on the 9th hole, which would have saved us a lot of time if we had known. It was worth all the looking. The tacos were fantastic and actually ended up being pretty close to our condo.

We went in search of Cabo Wabo's for dinner. Another place we had heard about. After finally finding it we ended up eating at a little taco shop right outside that was really good. The serving were huge, we had music playing, and really good company. As we wandered through town little kids were always trying to sell you something. Cindi and Dad seemed to buy one of everything. Who knows how much they spent $1 at a time, but we know it was a lot.

Day 3

We took a glass bottom boat out to the Arches, Divorce Beach and Lover's Beach. The sea lions were all hanging out at the arches, the waves were huge and scary at Divorce Beach and everything was wonderful at Lover's Beach.

After a little bit we swam over to Pelican Beach to snorkel around the reef. Mom, Dad and Kib stayed on the beach to hold down the fort. There were tons of fish. Brad and Nelson dove down into huge school's of fish. All of the sudden a huge current came up and we were swimming as hard as we could and not making any progress. It was hard to get into shore. I actually had to have help at one time getting around the point of the reef by Nelson and Brad. We finally made it in to shore and hiked a little then we had to go back out and swim. It was exhausting, but we made back.

On the way home a man had an iguana he gave me to hold. It was huge and had the softest skin. Next we ate at another taco shop across the street from Costco we had heard so much about. The shrimp taco's and pineapple pina' were delicious. We came back here again also since it was so good.

After some swimming, reading and relaxing we went back into town for dinner. We went to the most famous restaurant in Cabo called "The Office". The food was delicious, the atmosphere amazing, the view incredible, the music pleasant and the company great. It was a little more expensive then the little taco shops we had been eating at, but worth every penny.

Day 4

You would think that ten smart adults after reading the sign in the parking lot that said "The security of this parking depnds on its gratuities" might think twice and go to another beach. What can I say it just made the adventure better. Only a few minutes after getting out of the cars Ali got stung by a huge bee. She was pretty tough. Then we went snorkeling. Kirstin and Brad got bit by man-a-war, which is a small blue jelly fish with really long little string like things that attach to you and sting. Poor Ali with her bee sting and Kirstin with her about five inch long sting totally got over looked because Brad had huge welts all over his back. When we went to the lifeguard stand to get some windex or vinegar to put on there was a lady with about a two inch sting crying hysterically. It took all five men to take care of her and needless to say even Brad who was covered didn't get much attention. Luckily they go away pretty quickly and they were both feeling better by evening.

That evening Dad took us to his favorite restaurant in Cabo called "Zippers". It was good and was nice to have a break from Mexican as much as we love it.

Brad and Dave had fun eating jalepeno's they tricked Kirstin into eating some and she ended up being really tough and hardly noticed.

Day 5

Well we had teased Ali about over reacting to a bee sting, but by the next morning it was swollen huge and we insisted she go straight to the hospital and get it checked out. She had red going all down her hand and looked like it was infected. The doctor did say it was serious and made her take it easy and put a huge syringe or something into it. It is a little scarry being treated when you have no idea what is being put into your body. She starting getting better pretty quick and we were able to continue partying. We went and did a little shopping then went to "Romeo and Juliet's" a restaraunt Ginger had recommended. At first we were wondering why we were going out for Italian in Cabo. After taking one bite we knew why. It was amazing.

Day 6

We spent another day on our favorite little beach at the Sheraton with Edgar setting it all up. In the evening we went into town and did a little more shopping and then went horseback riding on the beach. It was so much fun. You could actually control the horses and trott a little which made is so much fun. By the time our ride ended we were already sore and boy did we feel it the next day.

Day 7

We decide to go deep sea fishing. We had so much fun but deep sea fishing was not the highlight of the trip. It was fun to see how it was down and experience it, but we only caught one fish. However we loved the whole trip. We saw hundreds of sting ray jumping in the water. I had never seen that before and didn't even know they could jump. We had tons of dolphins swimming around our boat as we traveled. I have never seen so many dolphins in all my life. They had tons of babies with the moms. They were so close Nelson could almost touch them with him hand. Nelson, Ali and Dad fed the birds scraps of fish bait when we were done. Dad learned it isn't very wise to fead them out of your hand. His whole hand ended up in one of the birds mouths. Luckily he only got a little cut.

Day 8

The last day was sad and happy all together. We played games, walked on the beach, swam a little. It was sad saying good bye to the beach, the sun and the condo, but something better was waiting at home. We could hardly wait to get back to our kids. Our week was a almost perfect. The only thing that would have made it better was having our kids there.

Edgemont 5K

2010-05-17T23:48:00.002-06:00

Mrs. Twitchell, Stephanie's 6th grade teacher called and asked her to get some friends and be the rabbit's for the Edgemont 5k. Here are some of Stephanie's friends leading the pack out the gates of the school.

Some more of Stephanie's friends.

Stephanie and one of the Edgemont boys

Lindsey and Kib cheering her on. She was the first Conger through the gate.

Here came Brittney with way to much energy for the end of a race.

She did awesome!

Matthew came running full speed ahead.

Here is Stephanie and Rachel running in for the 3rd or 4th time.

It was fun to see some of our friends we never see now that we aren't around Edgemont.

Lindsey, Stephanie and Brittney all finished happy.

We are so thankful Stephanie has such good friends all willing to come volunteer to help out. Rachel is one of Stephanie's best friends. We love both these girls.

Timpview Region and State Tennis!

2010-05-17T08:21:00.003-06:00

Jacob did fantastic and won Region JV Tennis in doubles. His partner was Eric Sheffield and they had a great season. John won both Region and State in 1st Singles Varsity Tennis. It was so much fun to go watch them both and for them to play together.

Brady remembered at Timpview Soccer Senior Night

2010-05-04T23:29:00.003-06:00

It was such a special evening as Brady's friends and teammates honored and remembered him at Senior Night. Before the game they gave us a Timpview Soccer Jersey and then at half time they honored him with the rest of the team and gave us a senior blanket and flowers. Eleven of the boys on the Timpview team played on Brady's team when he passed away and nine of those eleven started. They were a great group of boys and loved soccer. We sure miss soccer, all of Brady's team and Brady. We think about him everyday and we appreciated all that his friends did for him.

Jensen Monthly Family Get Togethers

2010-04-25T14:22:00.000-06:00

There are four things that are always happening at family get together's.

1. Sitting around a computer skyping with Grandma. It is so cool that we can talk to her and see her. 2. Playing Games. Whether it is 5 crowns, cannasta, rook or some other game there is almost always a game involved. 3. Eating lot of food. The Jensen's always have a huge spread. You can't go hungry. 4. Talking We talk like crazy. We talk about everything, anything and all in between. We love getting together with our cousins.

Cheerleading comes to and end

2010-04-20T13:54:00.001-06:00

My last Timpview Cheer Banquet

My Varsity Girls are: top row: Jordan Jeppeson, Chelsea Spackman, Madeline Crawley, Zoe Peterson, Madison Perry, Sarah Wilkinson, McCale Brockbank, Alexia Rawle, Emily Larson front row: Jenny Stephenson, Rachel Pugina, Jessica Owen, Savannah Thompson and Tayler Hansen (not pictured: Jemi VanLangeveld) These girls loved to work hard, loved to play hard, and new how to relax and not life enjoyable. They had so much fun together. I love and will miss them so much.

Six of My nine Guys: Reuben Christiansen, Scott Henderson, Jacob Hatch, Jeremiah Burr, Brock Matthews, Josh Hansen (not pictured: Ofa Latu, Jake Owen and Alex Moon) These boys were amazing. They are so funny that nothing was ever boring. I will love and miss them.

My Junior Varsity Girls are: Lauryn Hansen, Brooke Smith, Remi Callister, Chloe Tucker, Savannah Thompson, Sarah Wilkinson, Zoe Peterson, Toree Coleman and Mindy Case. This group was my hardworking group. They would plan extra things all the time.

My Sophomore Girls are: Mindy Case, Paige Scraznas, Jessica Young, Paige Redford, Madi Elder, Brenna Christen, Mykell Matthews and Chloe Tucker. I was only with most these girls one year, but they are such sweet girls. They love to help and are just happy.

This is me and the seniors hugging goodbye. I have been with these girls since they were freshman and they are like daughters to me.

Coach Courtney and I both left together. She was having a baby girl and I am still not sure exactly what I am doing, but I love and respect Courtney and will miss her.

I Love Madison Perry. She was an incredible Captain for a team this year and is absolutely amazing. She is more organized and mature than most adults. I will miss her.

Well, I think I repeated myself so many time with love and miss because this is a group that I really will. It was a great year.

PROM

2010-04-18T09:13:00.000-06:00

It was a family event. For those that don't know. Taylor is our nephew who lived with us for four months. He is a great kid and we loved having him around. We had so much fun preparing to ask as we sat around cutting and hooking stars together. Then we went and decorated her room. It was me, Justin, Taylor then his mom Michelle and cousin Elle and Aunt Kim.
At Timpview they have each Junior promenade. Here is Courtney Holmes and Taylor promenading at the court house.

What a good looking couple

Jacob and Sara at MORP

2010-04-15T09:09:00.000-06:00

Sara Avila is one of Jacob's great friends and asked him to MORP. It was a dress up dance and they were the couple from Pirates of the Carribean. They had a great time.

Jacob's Basketball Banquet!

2010-04-13T01:39:00.000-06:00

Jacob's team has so many wonderful young men on it. Here they are holding up the fun awards the coaches gave to each of them. They had a great season!!

Stephanie's Track Season

2010-04-10T09:24:00.000-06:00

Stephanie had an injury last year and red shirted track this year she was excited to start racing again, but had another injury. We wish we could say it was doing something exciting, but she was on a date playing ultimate frisbee and injured her foot. This is one of only two races she ran this season. She is going to hopefully be back for cross-country. She loves running with BYU, but she loves just being a part of the team even more. She is loving the girls, the coach and everything about it.

Cheerleading Nationals 2010!

2010-04-01T01:04:00.000-06:00

The trip started and ended with a long bus ride. You can tell how excited the boys were with all the chick flicks.

We came for competition and they did fantastic taking 2nd place in the large co-ed division.

Disneyland is always a blast! California Adventure just makes it better. We love space mountain, Soaring over California, Indiana Jones and Screamin!!

Magic Mountain has great roller coasters! We had never been and it was so much fun.

The BEACH was FREEZING, but we still had a blast.

On the trip home we stopped in Vegas at the Flamingo Hotel and went to see the

DONNY and MARIE SHOW!

2010-03-04T20:12:00.000-07:00

TIMPVIEW TAKES STATE IN BASKETBALL!!

Wow! What a year we took state in both Football and Basketball. We had so much fun cheering for our team. This is my last year to Coach at Timpview. What a way to end my time there.

Jacob and Taylor enjoying a game.

Basketball Season is the boys favorite time of year!!

2010-01-27T19:49:00.000-07:00

Jacob and Justin love basketball. Jacob plays point guard and shooting guard, but like playing shooting guard best. His coach said he always wins the shooting competition. He has a great shot. Justin plays point guard and shooting guard also. Justin is incredibly dedicated. He plays everyday for hours. He loves doing his dribbling drills, shooting drills, getting in a pick game. He will do anything and everything to play ball.

Youth Conference at Aspen Grove

2010-01-23T19:12:00.000-07:00

We had so much fun! The boys and Kib were able to come up for dinner and fireside, but then had to go home in the morning for basketball games. We went cross-country skiing and it was so much fun. We found a hill to go down. The leaders experimented and found they all crashed so it was great for the youth. They did it over and over again crashing everytime, but having a blast.

2010-01-18T20:05:00.000-07:00

Grandma Cookie is off to Paraguay for a LDS Mission!

We are so excited to have her go and serve the Lord and set such a great example for our children, but we sure are going to miss her. We love her and hope she has a wonderful mission.

New Years Eve!

2009-12-31T23:40:00.000-07:00

We started the celebrations up in Park City with the Holt's which was so much fun. Thanks to Kimber for such a cute picture. I never could have figured out how to do this. She is amazing.

Jacob and his friends had a fun New Year's Eve Celebration.

We toasted with Sparkling Cider and lots of confetti.

Upstairs the adults celebrated by playing Canasta or Hand and Foot,

which ever you want to call it, all evening long.

Christmas Day 2009!

2009-12-25T21:00:00.000-07:00

BYU PJ's for the whole family. What more could you want?

We love Christmas!!!!

Christmas Eve with the Abbott's

2009-12-24T14:52:00.000-07:00

We had such a great evening. Santa Claus came and we took turns sitting on his lap as he handed out gifts for all the good girls and boys. The boys got nerf guns, I don't know what Santa was thinkking, and the girls got mittens, hat, and scarves. Then we ate a wonderful dinner.
After dinner we gather and had our traditional Christmas Pageant. I am so thankful that all the kids are still good enough sports to humor us parents and make it a good time for all. Then it was time to each go our seperate ways to put out treats, tell stories and open a few presents.

Christmas Eve Breakfast with the Jensen's

2009-12-24T11:41:00.000-07:00

We had a fantastic breakfast. One of the highlights was Grandma's scones. The newest Jensen addition Mitchell was so much fun to pass around and hold. The kids all got Christmas PJ's.

Gingerbread Creations!

2009-12-20T23:20:00.000-07:00

Well it was time for the annual Jensen Family Gingerbread making contest! We decided to invite my family this year. We always compete girls about boys, but this year we changed the rules. Each team was allowed to brainstorm for up to 30 minutes while we ate pizza then they were given only one hour to create. This was a much needed time regulation and a tradition we will be keeping. It had gotten a little out of control.

The girls gingerbread creation was a Lake Powell theme. The detail was great! It had the slide coming off the back of the house boat, towel hanging over the edge, deck chairs and more. In the water was a ski boat with a skier dodging trees, kids in tubes and swimming, frog land, sand castle, and last but not least the boy scout challenge. That is the big mountain with the flag on top. Every year the boys (I mean men) take all the kids on a very crazy adventure while all he mom's and grandparents sit fretting on the boat praying the kids will all survive.

The boys gingerbread creation was (I like how Kirstin said it) a tribute to the armed forces. That was much more tasteful then what I would have said. The had a large tank with Santa standing on top with what yes a machine gun in hand. They had an American flag, a little bunker, troops and it even lit up with candles flaming for guns. Sitting in a pile of red was Osama. Santa had given the gift of a peaceful Christmas. It was most definitely a boys house.

1st Place went to the girls. I have to say that I was very impressed with both, but the boys should maybe have taken into account that Santa with a machine gun and me being the judge was probably not the best combination for a win. I like Merry Christmas' where everyone is happy, smiling and alive.
When we finished the houses Halle wanted a special one so Jacob made this aquarium for her to take home.

After that we sat while Grandpa read us a Christmas Story. I love Christmas and everything that comes with it. Let the season begin...

Mexican Cruise with the Whole Jensen Family!

2009-12-17T14:29:00.000-07:00

We started the trip by going to Disneyland. What a way to start a week of partying. It rained which could have been bad but it was wonderful because nobody like the rain and there were very little crowds. It was so much fun. We stayed all day and night.

Then it was off to the Carnival Cruise Ship. We were all so thankful for Grandma Cookie taking us on such a fabulous vacation.
On the ship their were fun things for everyone. The little ones loved dressing up, playing in the kids area, following all the older cousins around and just playing. Jacob always had a cute little shadow Luke. His little minnie me. The boys spent hours golfing, playing basketball, eating and sleeping. The girls spent hours laying out, sleeping and eating. Stephanie made it everyday to workout, but was alone quite a bit. The adults loved just relaxing more than anything and visiting with each other. Everyone played games some with Grandma.

Puarta Vallarta was tons of fun! We rode a charter bus to a local beach that had great waves for boogie boarding and surfing. Some of us had massages on the beaches that were amazing. We played in the sand and burried others in the sand. We then road back ont he bus through a cute little town and ate at Pepe's and played in a little play gorund. The boys were able to use their spanish and we were impressed they really could communicate. The Captain hit the dock so we ended up having to stay an extra day in Puarta Vallarta and never made it to Mazatlan.

It was GREAT! Cabo was the last stop, but definately not the least. We went on a water taxi out to Lover's Beach and the Arches, then around to Divorce Beach then got dropped off on Pelican Beach for some snorkeling. Their were a million fish and it was really neat. We had tons of fun then the boys and Kylie, the tough girl, went to play a fierce game of football. Then we went hiking over to Lover's Beach which was a fun adventure. After that we went into town and found delicious $1 tacos and shopped until we dropped.

This was a great trip and we had so much fun spending time with all the cousins!

Thanksgiving Break

2009-11-27T21:34:00.000-07:00

Bowling has been a family favorite for years. Uncle Steve loved to bowl and made it a holiday tradition! We think of him every time we go. He was good at it.

Since we had a few days off from school we decided to take advantage of it. We went to the temple and did baptisms for the dead with some family. Nana has been working hard always having family names that we can do.

Thanksgiving Day

2009-11-25T21:21:00.000-07:00

Thanksgiving was wonderful! We ate, then went on a treasure hunt and ate again. Then we lounged for a while and visited and then ate some more. Next the boys played some basketball while the girls watched a movie then surprisingly we ate again. After that we played Thanksgiving Jeopardy and then ate some fantastic dessert. And last but not least we sat around unable to move with stomach aches from eating too much. When are stomachs settled down we ate again and played some more games. WOW! We were exhausted. It takes a lot out of a person to eat as much as we did in one day.

Timpview Football Takes State!

2009-11-18T20:27:00.001-07:00

This is the fourth year in the row that Timpview Football has taken State.

It never gets old. It has been so fun being involved in the cheer program.

This was an exciting night!!

Happy Birthday Jacob!

2009-11-07T10:24:00.000-07:00

It was an exciting Birthday. Sweet 16! We love having another driver around the house. He had his first date November 7 and they went to Color Me Mine and had hot chocolate after. The couples had a contest and Jacob and his date won.

Happy Birthday Brady, November 4

2009-11-04T20:20:00.000-07:00

EVery year for Brady's birthday we celebrate by letting balloons go in the sky. This year we let 18 balloons go since Brady would have been 18. We can't believe how quickly time seems to be flying by.

Trick or Treat

2009-10-31T19:31:00.000-06:00

Stephanie and her friends with their creations

Halloween with the Jensen's

Halloween with the Abbott's

Happy Halloween! We don't have any kids that are young enough to trick or treat. The boys are too old and too young to enjoy carving pumpkins so they insisted we didn't need to do it. Luckily Stephanie is old enough to think that it is fun again. They are too old and too young to think that dressing up for Halloween is wonderful! So basically we decided to have some family Halloween Parties so we could fully celebrate Halloween and all the festivities with kids at the age to really appreciate the finer things about the holiday. We had a Spooktacular Halloween, which was a bootiful thing.

YEAH, Jacob and Justin are both Eagle Scouts!

2009-10-25T20:44:00.000-06:00

Jacob did his Eagle Project over two years ago. He put together over 2,000 hygiene kits for Primary Children's Hospital. It was a great project and was something that he cared a lot about after having spent time there with Brady. Justin did his project this past March and helped the children at Edgemont Elementary School put together Child ID Kits. He got his idea from Brady who did the same thing. Brady was very involved in scouting and loved it so it was nice for the boys to both do projects that Brady helped inspire. I am very thankful to have all my boys be Eagles Scouts, but most importantly I am thankful that they are just great young men who want to do what is right.

Edgemont Elementary School Red Ribbon Week Assembly

2009-10-18T00:48:00.000-06:00

Aunt Ali asked Stephanie to put together an assembly with BYU athletes for Red Ribbon Week at our Elementary School. It is a week that kids focus on being drug and violence free. She got some of her friends from the Cross Country and Track team at BYU and they did some fun activities. They had kids put on goggles that made them see as if they had alcohol in their system. It was great, they walked like they were drunk and the kids got the idea of how it would make you feel differently. Then they told some stories and did an activity that shows what happens to your lungs if you smoke and how much harder it is to breath. It was a great experience for Stephanie to organize and plan. It was fun for her to be there with her cousins who went to school there. The kids wanted pictures after with her and her friends like they were celebrities. It was neat!

St. George with Nana & Grandpa

2009-10-16T21:29:00.000-06:00

We went to St. George for the fall break with Nana & Grandpa. We relaxed and had a great time. We found some passes we had purchased four years ago to Fiesta Fun so we decided to go and what do you know we had FUN!

We played some miniature golf.

The boys and Grandpa had an intense go cart race. Justin was the big winner which is a little scary because he is the only one without a license. Grandp and Jacob of course said it had nothing to do with driving he was just lucky and got the fastest car. They may be right.

The boys and Grandpa spent hours each day looking in the wooded area just off the golf course for lost golf balls. They had scrapes and scratches all over by the end of the weekend and had to go at night with flashlights or in the morning before the course opened. They thought it was well worth the effort because they came home with over 250 golf balls. It was the most exciting part of the vacation.

Out with the Wisdom Teeth

2009-10-05T21:01:00.000-06:00

When Stephanie got her wisdom teeth out it was easy to tell she was in nursing school! As they were getting her ready to sedate her she was asking questions and talking to the nurses trying to figure everything out!
Then when she woke up she was right back trying to figure out why one of her numbers was down and why this and that. The nurse couldn't believe how quickly she was asking questions when she woke up.
It seemed to be a pretty easy surgery and she was recovering quickly and went back to running, but then she got sick and she ended up having to stay down much longer than expected. I guess she learned that when the doctors and nursing say to take it easy so you'll recover quicker in the long run she learned to listen. She also learned that when nurses give instructions some patients assume they will be the exception to the rule and don't seem to listen. I don't know which lesson was more valuable.

Utah Lake Boating!

2009-09-10T01:28:00.000-06:00

Labor Day!

2009-09-07T00:38:00.000-06:00

We spent the day with family and friends at a Labor Day Party at Riverside Country Club. They had a fun carnival, a yummy barbeque and diving for money in the pool for games. What more could you ask for?

Moving Out Already

2009-08-26T00:28:00.000-06:00

After just one week it was time to move Stephanie into her new apartment. She has the best roommates in the World Sarah Edwards, Rachel Lange and Jenny Welling. They are all adorable and have a great time together. If you want to hear or see more about Stephanie and her roommates you can check out their blog at dreamteamatthedreamlounge.blogspot.com They have so much fun and now Stephanie has some sisters which is wonderful. As sad as we were to see her leave us we are excited for her new adventure.

Welcome Home Stephanie!

2009-08-16T23:47:00.000-06:00

After four months it is so nice to have Stephanie back. It took no time at all to start playing and have fun like she had never been gone. We spent all day just laughing, talking and looking at her pictures from Jerusalem. She came home with over 3,000 pictures and stories for all of them. It was so much fun just sitting and hearing all about her experiences.

Draper and Oquirrh Mountain Temple

2009-08-01T23:31:00.000-06:00

We were lucky enough to go to both the Draper and Oquirrh Mountain Temple open houses in the same summer. They were both so beautiful and the spirit was so strong, but they were uniquely different.

2009-07-29T23:13:00.000-06:00

Lake Powell is the best place on earth. We love it!

Girl's Camp!

2009-07-07T17:05:00.001-06:00

Girl's Camp is always so much fun. I love it!

This is a group photo of our ward. The Edgemont 4th Ward. We had 37 girls and 10 leaders attend. We had by far the largest ward. It is the old saying the more the merrier.

This is my niece Lindsey Conger doing the Stump walk in the Confidence Course. It was great to be with both my niece and my sister Ali.

Probably my favorite part of girl's camp is Solo Time. I love that we can get away from our crazy busy life and just be out in the mountains. There isn't anything we have to rush for and have time to ponder, pray and really focus on setting goals and thinking about who we are and what changes in our lives we need to become more like our Savior.

I love this picture of the young women. This is me with a group of YCL's that helped plan camp this year. We had a great camp because we had great YCL's. I truly believe they make all the difference. They set the mood and the tone for the whole camp. We had a couple of YCL's not on this hike but this is a good chunk of them. Tara's Mom is one of my camp leaders that made me love camp which was neat to in turn be a leader to her daughter. Pictured: Aimee Johansen, MaryAnne Morrow, Susanna Avila, Sara Avila, ME, and Tara Clark. Not pictured: Allie Bradford, McCale Brockbank, Vanessa West & Ruby Ficklin

This is all the girl's on the first hike with me. We did my favorite hike up at MIA Shalom. We hiked to Memory Grove and then along the North Rim back to camp. It is absolutely incredible.

Celebrating Independance Day with the Family!

2009-07-04T17:31:00.000-06:00

After the parade we went over to Nana and Papa's house to spend the day with Aunt Shirley's family. Jordan definately won the award for the most spirited this year. In this picture she had already taken off most of her festive outfit, but she rocked! The boys (plus Jordan) got into a heated basketball game in the pool. They had bruises and scratches all over. Way to go Jordan for representing the girls. The cousins all had a great time pushing, hitting and almost drowning each other. What a great way to spend the holiday.

After swimming almost everyone went to enjoy Unlce Brad's rockets. They went over to Vintage Park and some of us stayed at the house. One of the rockets made it all the way back into our yard. It was amazing how high the rockets went. This was difinately a highlight of the day. I think we wore Grandpa out as you can tell by the picture.

My sister in-law Ginger invited me at the last minute to the "Stadium of Fire". I was so glad I went. Here are a few pictures of the Jonas Brother's, but my favorite part was that they retired the huge flag that has been used for the last 25 years in the show. I am sure the lady who has put so many years of blood, sweat and teers into maintaining that flag was in tears. It was neat to be a part of that.

This is a picture of them carrying the flag to be retired. They burned it in a big caldron. It was so cool to watch and feel the spirit there in the BYU stadium.

This is my boys back watching fireworks from outside the stadium. They were very thankful I left them and did not make them go into the stadium. They played games with their cousins. They had all the boy cousins from the Jensen side of the family over. The 4th of July was wonderful in almost everyway. The only problem is we missed Stephanie. On the way home from the parade that morning we all talked about how much we missed her. Spending the holiday with her would have made it even better.

Girl's Camp!

2009-07-02T10:54:00.000-06:00

YEAH! BYU Nursing school here she comes.

2009-06-26T19:30:00.000-06:00

Stephanie found out today that she was accepted into the nursing program at BYU. She can hardly wait. She called on the phone before checking her email (2:00am her time) and then opened it while we were on the phone. It was so much fun to share this experience with her. I love that we can talk on the phone. These pictures are of her in Jerusalem at the hospital she volunteers at feeding the babies. I am so jealous. The babies are adorable. That is my kind of work. We are so proud of our little girl who is almost all grown up.

GRADUATIONS!!!

2009-06-01T09:12:00.000-06:00

Hilarie Timmerman graduated from Alta High School on June 4, 2009. Another great ceremony. My niece's never cease to amaze me as they all graduate with honors and have great plans and dreams for their future. After the ceremony we all went to Brick Oven to celebrate and enjoy one anothers company. What a great time we had. We are so thankful we were able to share in all the excitement and be a a part of two niece's graduations.

On May 28, 2009 we started the celebrations by having a swimming party to honor our neice and cousin Tara Pearce. It was so much fun to be with all her cousins and friends that love and care about her. Then on May 29 Tara graduated from Timpview High School. It was a great ceremony. The best part, next to watching Tara of course, was watching as over 400 students shook hands with Dr. Bayles they each gave him a large lug nut. He would put them in his pockets in handfuls. Then as all his pockets were filled he was struggling finding places to place them. Then someone brought him a basket to put them in. We just wished someone wouldn't have brought him a basket and the enjoyment would have continued. Concratulations Tara!

Grandma Cookie's 70th Birthday!

2009-05-22T08:54:00.000-06:00

May 22, 2009 - Happy Birthday! We had a great time together celebrating Kib's Mom's birthday as a family. We ate wonderful food and the girls then played Canasta for hours. I hate to brag, but I was the winner. After playing games we went out for ice cream all together. It was so much fun having a night of good food and company.

Police Academy Graduate!

2009-05-21T21:57:00.000-06:00

These are a few of our classmates and teachers.

It was a great group!

Bonnie Morrow, Julie McKay and Me!

Well, it was Citizens Police Academy, but a blast. The Provo Police Department sponsors this academy once a year. You go to classes for 8 weeks, one night each week for a 4 hour class. I was dreading that I had made this commitment to be quite honest and I really had to work to make it at all, but it was so much fun once I got there. Here is just a little about some of the highlights. We hand cuffed each other, learned some self defense moves, learned how to use the stick (ALP) they carry, etc. We actually took fingerprints off glasses, doors, etc. and learned to gather evidence. Some of the people in class got Tasered just to see how it felt (I didn't). I can tell you that it didn't feel good just by seeing others go through it. We rode in a swat van, learned about the wall of light and learned how to use a lot of their equipment. We learned about the gangs in the area and quite honestly I had no idea there were so many. There is so much more we did I can't even begin to tell you, but if anyone is interested I can set you up for next year. The important thing is somehow I graduated, even with all the classes I missed and was late for. It was GREAT. I would do it again in a heart beat.

Timpview Tennis takes State!

2009-05-21T20:46:00.000-06:00

The John Pearce Fan Club!

It was a great two days up at Liberty Park in Salt Lake cheering on the Timpview Tennis Team for their 7th straight State Title. The parents brought tons of food. All the families and friend spent the day eating, cheering, visiting and getting to know one another. It was a great team atmosphere and we are already looking forward to state next year.

Good job Timpview #1 in the State!

The Timpview Tennis team has a tradition of playing tennis with their families and having dinner together the night before the State Tournament. It is a great tradition and we had a lot of fun, but we didn't do very well of moving up on the courts. Jacob tried to get his Uncle Brad to be his partner and I am sure if that would have happened it would be a different story, but he had to settle for me and Kib. He started out playing with his Dad and things weren't going so well so he traded for me and they didn't get much better. We loved the view from the last court and enjoyed the company even more. We are going to start now practicing for next year.

Happy Mother's Day!

2009-05-21T19:24:00.000-06:00

I just wanted to pay tribute to my fabulous Mom's this Mother's Day. I don't think you can fully appreciate a Mom until you become one. The older I get the more I appreciate the mother's in my life for all their time, patience, love, energy, and sacrifice. I hope to be half as good of mother as my mother's are to me and my children. They are both incredible ladies that I look up to and admire in so many ways.

Mom

1. She taught me family first. She is always there willing and able to do anything and everything she can to lend support and love. We know if we need her she will be there whether it is driving kids, cleaning, or helping with some crazy project.

2. She loves the gospel. She has a strong testimony and loves to go to church each Sunday. She is a great example of magnifying her callings. She puts her whole heart into everything she does.

3. She is always willing to share her things and have whole groups over to her house. She never complains about the work or the mess. She is patient and fun to be around so kids and adults of all ages loves to hang out with her. She can outlast the grand kids most nights. She never stops.

4. She has taught me how to love unconditionally. She has always loved me and my family no matter what we may do, say or in spite of the dumb decisions we make.

Mom Jensen

1. She is a hard worker. She loves to spend hours in the garden, on the computer doing genealogy, cleaning house or working at the Temple and conference center.

2. She loves to play with the kids. She will always leave the adults and spend

some time with the kids and make them feel special and loved.

3. She loves the gospel. She loves studying and learning and is always trying to improve.

She is preparing to serve a mission and will be dedicating a year to the Lord.

4. She raised a great son.

Stephanie made it to Jerusalem!!

2009-05-07T09:03:00.000-06:00

Stephanie left to Jerusalem on April 28 for study abroad at the BYU Jerusalem Center. We miss her already, but are so excited and jealous all at the same time. We have made it a just over a week (8 days) without her. WOW! If you want to hear more about what she is doing check out her blog. She will be coming home on August 14. Only 100 more days. Boy, that seems like a long time maybe I shouldn't have figured that out.

Jacob and John Playing Tennis

2009-04-30T22:48:00.000-06:00

Today Jacob played his first Varsity Tennis Match. The best part was he got to be partners with his cousin John Pearce, who normally plays 1st singels. The match was against Provo High and they had an easy victory of 6-1, 6-1. It has been a fun tennis season. Jacob has won 11 out of 12 matches. They will have their last match against Bingham next week before Region and State.

WATCH OUT!

2009-02-12T20:36:00.000-07:00

Jacob has his permit and is driving as much as possible. He is actually a very good and hopefully safe driver. This summer I am sure we will spend many hours driving aimlessly getting him as much experience as possible before he gets his licence in October. As a Mom this is one of the scariest jobs I have to do.