My New Haircut!

The kids, my mom and I went to CA 2 weekends ago. We went for a couple of reasons; my mom was planning on going, my kids love going to Grandpa's house to swim, I wanted to see my friend Carolee (just in case I don't get to see her before she moves to PA), and I really wanted to get my hair done by the girl I go to in CA! I've been wanting a new hairstyle since my friend Hanna's baby shower. I had taken a picture with my friends and when I saw the picture I thought all my friends were all so stylish and then there was me, with LONG hair and so plain Jane. I'm still pretty plain Jane, it's not a huge change, but at least I feel I look more stylish! I was excited to get a new look, I haven't had bangs since I was 12 years old, (I would have liked to have gone way blond, but I'm just way too cheap and I only highlight my hair once a year or so). Anyway, here is my new look... The kids had a wonderful weekend, they swam Friday night and all day Saturday (it was HOT)! On our way back Sunday we called Danny and had him get us a hotel room at State line and meet us there. It was only $20.00 to stay and we just wanted to play one more day and have Danny with us.

Memorial Day

We went to this beautiful park in Northwest Las Vegas for Memorial Day with Tom and Becky Jensen family. We had a BBQ, the kids rode their bikes and scooters and had fun throwing rocks into the pond and feeding the ducks. The kids went on a long walk to see the horses with Danny and they were gone for a while so I only took these two pictures while we were there, whoops. Anyway, we all had a very fun relaxing day!

Happy Birthday Uncle Michael!

It's my brother's 32nd Birthday today. We had him over on Wednesday night for dinner and his favorite, mint chip ice cream. Uncle Micheal brought all the kids a birthday present so they really thought that was neat! The kids say thank you Uncle Michael for all there fun gifts! We hope you have a Happy Birthday, we love you!

Father's and Son's

Last Friday Max and Danny had a Father's and Son's outing. Max went early with some friends because Danny had an event and wouldn't be there until 11:30 that night. I had sent Max and Danny's things up with another friend and told him where Max's sweater was for when it got cold. Well, Danny got there at 11:30 and was going up to each tent whispering "Jeff" (his brother) and then someone from the ward pointed to where Jeff was at, as Danny started walking that way he hears, "Hey, there's my dad." Danny sees three little boys, Max, Zachary, and Cruz the only ones awake at the campground. I guess Jeff was sleeping outside, Danny thought they were all going to share a tent, nope they slept outside! His sleeping bags were no where to be found, Danny and Max shared someone else's sleeping bag and Max wasn't even in his sweater when Danny got there. MEN! Anyway, this is what Danny looked like the next day...

He was bit from head to toe by mosquito's. Luckily, they liked Danny more than Max, Max didn't get one bite. Danny took about 4 baking soda baths and kept calamine on him even when we went out to dinner on Saturday night.

Even though he was still in a lot of pain on Sunday and was pretty drugged up, he still gave me a wonderful Mother's Day. On Saturday, him and the kids went and picked out some flowers and a pretty long pot from Home Depot and planted me some flowers, he made teriyaki chicken bowls for dinner, and I was able to take a nap and scrapbook, it was a great day!

Van is 18 Months!

Yesterday Van turned 18 months. This is my favorite stage because they are changing so much and learning new things everyday. There are a few differences in Van than Max and Hanna; he has always loved music and when he hears music his left arm starts moving like crazy, now he gets his left leg going too. Another thing Van loves is books! He loves looking at books and is always excited to find a doggy (or any animal) which he excitedly screams dog no matter what animal it is. Van loves feeding our neighbors dog (doggy Max) with his daddy. The other difference about Van is he throws a lot more tantrums than the others. I guess he just likes to get a good use out of his vocal cords as much as possible, especially when I'm on the phone. I believe the tantrums are partly my fault because with Max and Hanna I taught them a lot more signs and they were saying a lot more by now. Van can understand pretty much everything I ask him or tell him to do he just dosen't know how to communicate back to me very well, so this is a big part of his tantrums and frustration. For the past two nights Van has been sleeping in his crib all night long, yeah! Hopefully, this will continue! We enjoy having Van in our lives and we love watching him learn and grow.

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY MAX!

My baby is 5! I can't believe how fast children grow. Five things I love about Max...

1) Max is our first baby. 2) He is a wonderful big brother! 3) He is understanding. 4) He's friendly to those around him. 5) Max is a good, happy boy! We had a Magic party for Max last Saturday and it went really well. Danny was the Magician and he did an awesome job entertaining the kids. We had over 20 kids at the party, we did a pinata (Max really wanted this, I didn't at all), ate hot dogs, had cake (I made a magician hat cake) and root bear floats (another big request from Max). Grandma Dee, Grandma Susan, Grandpa Ernie, and Grandma Debi were all at your party. Danny and I got Max a new (well used, thanks to Craigslist) bike. He also received a lot of other fun gifts and money as well, he had a wonderful day!

I Can't Belive I'm 30!

Today was my 30th Birthday and I had a great day, thanks to my wonderful mother! My mom came over at 9:30 this morning to watch the kids for the day. I first went shopping with my friend Alena to get me some maternity clothes. We went to ROSS and I found a few cute and most of all comfortable items. Then Danny and I were able to go to my favorite restaurant (India Palace) for all you can eat lunch, yummy! Poor Danny has been sick all day, he had enough energy to enjoy lunch, but soon after was back in bed. After lunch I dropped Danny off back at home and then I went and got a pedicure, which is always so nice! I then picked me up my own personal very yummy Nothing Bundt Cake. After dinner and F.H.E. the family sang HAPPY BIRTHDAY to me, it was a wonderful day!

My 18 Week Appointment

I'm 4 months pregnant now and even though I'm only 18 weeks along I measure with the twins as though I'm 27 weeks along, crazy! My midwife showed me some pictures of women pregnant at full term with their twins and they were huge! I'm nervous to see how big I'll get. My aunt went full term and had two 8lbs. baby girls. We had our ultrasound to see what they are and Baby A is a GIRL and Baby B is a BOY! We are all excited this is what I was hoping for, but I was thinking they were two girls. I just think this way is the easiest way to raise twins, less competition and others won't compare them as much. It was very hard to see the babies sex in the ultrasound because there are so many more limbs kicking around. It's so neat to see two babies in an ultrasound I think I want to go and get a video of them because it is so crazy! My midwife also said I might want a second opinion because it really is much harder to tell. We have decided that the girl will be named Daisy Marian (Marian after my grandma who is also a girl boy twin) and the boy to be Walt Denmark (Denmark after Danny's grandpa). This is the picture of the ultrasound if you can tell what is going on...Baby A, her head is on the left and her legs open from the side like this < and nothing is hanging (we are looking at her backside). Then Baby B, all you see in this picture is his legs opened at the top left corner and his looks like an upside down u and you can see a little something hanging from the middle, not the smudge coming out of his leg(this is also his backside). This is me pregnant with twins at 4 months along. This is me pregnant normally at 4 months along. (I hate that I was sticking me tongue out, but this it the only picture I have at 4 months pregnant).

Hannah Montana Party

On Monday Hanna was invited to her friends Hannah Montana birthday party. The girls were to dress up like Rock Stars. It was fun getting Hanna ready for the party and Max enjoyed helping her too. Max reminded us of her earrings and necklace and then he put them on her. (Please excuse Max, in the background). Van enjoyed the cake, A LOT! He didn't know how to eat one at his 1st birthday just a few months ago, but he sure knew how to this time!

How Many of You Are Out There?

HowManyOfMe.com

There are 581 people with my name in the U.S.A. How many have your name?

My friend posted this on her blog and I thought it was so fun I actually posted 3 comments on her blog. I didn't think anyone would have more me(s) than me, then I put in Daniel Jensen and he beat me at 610 him(s)! There used to only be 3 of me until I got married. I decided I needed to post it as well. It's fun try it!

The Sprint Triathlon

Last weekend my sister Rebecca was in town for the Lake Las Vegas Sprint Triathlon. Which she and my sister-in-law Cindy, both coincidentally participated in. On Friday while my sister did a few things to get ready for the Tri. I had her 3 year old son Baxter and two of my friends little boys (my friend Joanna was having her 5th baby). So I had six kids 5 years and under, all six for 4 hours. They all played really well together the three 3 year olds were all so different. Baxter is full of lots of fun energy and he had fun chasing the 5 year olds with the swords. My friends little boy Tanner is happy playing quietly by himself. And Hanna would switch off from playing swords, playing with Tanner, or being close to mom. After lunch for the last 30 minutes I turned on a movie and took a picture of the best way to babysit six kids 5 and under. (I wonder if the twins will like T.V. too, j/k)! The triathlon was Saturday, so we got up early and went out to see both Rebecca and Cindy participate in the race. They both did such a wonderful job and where we stood we had the chance to see them 5 times each. We didn't see them in the swim, which everyone said, was so dang hard. I guess the swim is only suppose to be a 1/4 of a mile, but because the way they had to go it was a 1/2 a mile. Then after the swim they had to walk a 1/2 mile up hill to their bikes. They both said they felt the best on the bike which was an 11 mile bike ride and most of that was up hill. Rebecca on her bike. But after the bike they run 3 miles (a 5K) and the first two parts were up hill. Rebecca did her race in one hour and 32 minutes (not including her transitions) which was her goal so she did awesome. Rebecca and her partner Christine plan to do an International Triathlon in June. My sister-in-law Cindy said the tri. was much harder and took longer for her body to recover than the 1/2 Marathon. Cindy and her friend Amy at the finish line. I'm just so impressed at people who do these sort of things one day I'll do a 5k and my goal will be no walking and I'll be proud! Saturday night my sister and I took my mom out for her 61st birthday to Red Lobster. It was good to go out to dinner and talk. We had a good time together!

Camping

Last weekend we went camping with my mom, and Danny's brother Tom and family. We wanted to go to the Valley of Fire like we did last year, but they were all full so we drove to Overton and found a camping place called Echo Bay. It was really close to the lake so we took a walk down to the lake and the kids put their feet in and threw rocks. We just went for one night, but we had a good time together. Breakfast Time Max and Zachary

Hanna's New Big Wheel

My dad and Debi came into town last weekend and brought Hanna a red radio flyer big wheel with a big flag for her birthday. After Danny put it all together Hanna and grandpa were out back and Grandpa asked Hanna, "How do you like your new big wheel?" Hanna: "I said I wanted a princess bike. (Pause) This one like boy." Grandpa: "Oh, well maybe for Christmas you'll get a princess bike." Hanna: "Oh ya, I like my big wheel." (Happy) I didn't hear their conversation my dad told me about it, but luckily he found her funny. I was a little embarrassed that she would say that, but I guess that's where children are brighter than adults and just say how they feel. I was happy with the big wheel because she can start using it now and Van can play on it too. Most 3 year old children can only sit on their bike and do nothing else with it for a year. She's been having a lot of fun with it and so has Van! My dad and Debi have been fostering a little boy Jaden, he is Debi's nieces baby. They're not sure how much longer they'll have him, but they have grown to love him, he's a cutie!

Van's Fat Lip

The other day Van didn't like what I gave him for breakfast and I turned around to grab something and he pushed his highchair try and fell out, landing right on his lip! He started screaming and his mouth was full of blood, I was a little nervous because I couldn't see where the blood was coming from. After the blood stopped there was his big fat lip; poor baby!

Max's 1st Testimony

Max bore his testimony in sacrament today (with Danny's help), he did such a wonderful job! He told Danny on his own that he wanted to bare his testimony and while he was up there he wasn't silly (which usually happens when he speaks in front of people) and he said everything Danny whispered to him, I really enjoyed it

Max, Riding His Bike

On Monday I saw on my friend Melissa's blog that her little 3 year old girl could ride her bike with no training wheels! Max saw the pictures and said, "I want my training wheels off my bike." So that night Danny practiced with him for a few minutes and then put the training wheels back on and said, "he's not ready yet." So on Tuesday Max was determined to ride his bike, so I took the training wheels off again and went running along side of him just holding the back of his shirt, but I was worn out quickly! When Danny came home I told him if you just ran with him he could do it I just can't run for too long. So Danny took Max up the street and told him not to petal just to put his feet out to get his balance, and Max did it! Max kept riding down the street with his feet straight out. The next day we practiced some more and on his way down the hill he started to petal. Here are some pictures of Max riding his two wheeler!

Easter 2008

This Easter was the earliest Easter ever (200 years) and it won't be that early for another 200 years, crazy! Anyway, I just thought that was interesting and needed to be posted. We have church at 9:00 a.m. so we hurried and got ready and then I let the kids find their baskets and the eggs, they hurried and looked through their baskets and then we ran out the door and we're just 5 minutes late for church, whew! I felt bad hurrying them, but kept telling them will go through them more after church and they were fine. After Church we rested a little and then went to my sister-in-law Cindy and Jeff's for Easter dinner and a big Easter Egg hunt. My kids aren't ones to believe in the Easter Bunny because Danny doesn't like that stuff and so they were with me when I bought all their things for their baskets. They're just happy to get all the junk and they enjoy finding their baskets and hard eggs. Van is at that cute stage right now and is just so fun to watch! We had a very Happy Easter!

Our Trip to Reno

Not too many people know we went on a trip to Reno, NV last weekend for fun! Is Reno that fun? No, we just had never been to a lot of places that way and thought we needed to see what it was all about. So we left on Friday evening and stayed in a little town called Beatty, NV that night. They had a neat Ghost Town close by that we visited the next mourning before driving through Death Valley. Death Valley was pretty and the sand domes were too, but we thought there would be more so we didn't take pictures or get out and walk on them, whoops! We were in too big of a hurry to get to Yosemite. Well, we made it to the road we are suppose to take to Yosemite, but March is still Winter and the road is closed until late April or May. So we sadly weren't able to go there. We continued driving North and we made it to Lake Tahoe, which was very pretty, but we didn't know what to do there and it was very cold, so we jumped out took a picture and went on to Carson City (Nevada's State Capital). In Carson City we saw the Governor's Mansion (which was all decorated for Easter), we played at the Children's Museum, and drove around down town to see some Carson City history (this was something Danny was interested in). We stayed in a nice hotel and went bowling to make the trip a little more fun for the kids. The next day was Sunday, so we went to a ward there in Carson City and then drove to Virginia City which was another Ghost Town where in the 1850's, 400 million dollars of gold was found. The town is now a tourist place to visit. We then drove to Reno, we weren't too sure what to see here either. We saw the temple and state line and saw that Reno looks a lot like ID we were a little surprised, I guess we thought it would look more like Vegas, but it didn't at all. On our way home Monday we drove through some smaller towns we've heard of, but never been through like Fallon! It's great to say I've been to all these places now! Our big adventure happened on our way home on Monday. After we passed Walker Lake we were headed towards Tonopah and we saw there were still three cities on the map we would be going through before getting to Tonopah. When we arrived at the second city and saw there were no gas services (there wasn't any in the little town before either) our car was already on empty. We decided to just keep driving and see if we could make it to the next town, we made it! But there were again NO SERVICES! We still had about 20 miles to go before Tonopah and our gas light was on! So we just kept driving and were happy to see Tonopah about 6 miles away when our car finally couldn't go any further! I was still very impressed we made it that far. I just told Danny to hitch hike in to town and try to hitch hike back. These workers/drillers picked Danny up brought him to town and drove him all the way back, we tried tipping them, but they wouldn't take it. We felt very blessed, they were great guys! Our trip was more driving and seeing than anything, but we had a lot of fun and I was proud of the kids for traveling so well! They just enjoyed staying in a different hotel every night. And there favorite was in the 1 star motel in Beatty that was actually a mobile home made into a hotel. It's so nice how little ones are so easily pleased!