28 Weeks & Growing

Hanna is Swimming

Hanna just finished up swimming lessons last Thursday and is doing such a good job! There is a lady in our area that teaches swim and preschool and after the 8 days of lessons the kids are pretty much swimming. They still need to be watched closely and need a lot of practice! I had Max take it when he was 3 and since then he's been swimming! We took the class this time with 6 other cousins and then on Friday we had a little swim party to celebrate! Well, at the party there was about 20 kids there and not too many adults wanted to be outside in the heat watching their kids swim. At one point I was the only one out watching all these kids who are still not perfect swimmers and even little ones were outside walking around the pool, I was quite stressed and was watching like a hawk. There were a few older kids who were there and so I guess some of the other moms felt safe about that. Anyway, later that day when all the adults were outside (I was still watching like a hawk) I looked in the pool and Ruby (4) was under the water and trying to get up. Two big kids were standing right next to her and about 4 other little swimmers and I yelled to my niece Raquel (15) to get Ruby and she grabbed her. Ruby was fine just very scared and coughed up some water. I believe this is when a lot of bad things happen in the pool, it's when there are adults around and everyone feels that someone else is watching. Lets make sure we are safe this summer and no one close to us drowns!

Max's Triathlon

Max ran in a triathlon yesterday with Danny by his side the whole way! They first swam 50 yards, then road their bikes for two miles and then ran a 1/2 mile. It was in a little town called Blue Diamond (which is near Spring MT.) so there are a few hills they had to go up and down. One hill they had to get off their bikes to walk up, but other than that I was quite surprised at how well he did! I thought he would have started to whine during the race and saying he couldn't do it, but he didn't at all and he just loved it! I liked that for his first time doing the triathlon Danny was able to do it with him, I know he could have done it by himself, but he might have been too scared to do it. Max wore his new shirt, number and metal the entire day, he was so proud of himself! 50 yard swim 2 mile bike 1/2 mile run Running to the finish line Two tired boys!

Hanna's Dance Performance

Hanna had a little dance performance with her class for the parents to come watch them dance on stage. It was cute watching her, she watched the teacher the whole time and would do just what she was suppose to. The funniest thing to watch was anytime she did a jump or move all she cared about was getting back to her spot on the tape. She wanted to do everything her teacher said to do and never leave her spot!

I'm 6 Months Pregnant

I know some of you have been wanting to see my blossoming belly, so here it is 24 weeks pregnant!

Swimsuit Pictures

I got the kids these green swimsuits for Easter and thought they were so cute in them together I just had to get their picture taken. Aren't they so cute?!

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!