South Stake Fair

Yesterday our stake had there second annual south stake fair. It is so much fun mostly because everything is FREE! They have food, games, cotton candy, treats, prizes, face painting, a few bouncy slides, and they even had a rock wall this year. We all had a great time!

Max on the rock wall. He got pretty far up there.

Hanna and Van tried. It was too hard for Van, but Hanna went a little ways.

Photo booths:)

Daisy and Walt having fun on the bouncy slide.

Max all grown-up. If you look closely you can see Max is wearing his headphones. He was off on his own away from us most of the night. Where did the time go?

Hanna with her prizes and her mustache face painting. As soon as I saw that a mustache was an option I just knew this would be her choice :) They're growing up way too fast :(

MUDDY

The kids love playing in the mud. I was busy rotating summer clothes to winter clothes and they asked if the could play OUTSIDE in the mud and without thinking twice I said, YES!

Now that's a lot of mud!

Rainy Day

Popcorn and hot chocolate on a rainy day, just like my mom use to do.

Camping at Valley of Fire

The Valley of Fire is one of our favorite camping spots (after beach camping)!

Fall Festival

We had a fun time at the Carnival this year. It's so expensive that I usually just buy enough tickets for the kids to go on 2 rides, but this year Hanna bought her own full day pass and Max lucked out and got a free pass on our way in and both of their passes came with free adult passes. Max and Hanna went on the "big kid" rides for the first time. I guess it makes it easy going on those rides with help from friends; especially when one of those friends is a cute girl that one might have a crush on. Danny went with Max on the Ring of Fire, which is a roller coaster that goes in a circle and stops at the top.  Ya, Danny was sick the rest of the night. When a person gets car sick they should know they can't go on rides like that one:) I took the little kids on the Ferris Wheel and almost had a panic attack! We only went around once and then I asked to get us off that thing. I didn't realize how afraid of heights I was. I guess I'm getting too old!

Here is a pic. from the Ferris Wheel that my friend took, since I was to afraid to look up.

 

Max with his friend Avalyn :)

Hanna with her good friend Briley.

Saturday at the parade. Van took the pic. for us and Max and Hanna were at their cousins.

My camera ran out of batteries right after this shot, darn it.

Good-bye Johnson's

Another good friend moved. Man it makes it hard to want to stay in a not so pretty town when friends move away.
Daisy and Walt's good friend Jacie moved to ID. We are so happy they will be going where they want to be, but so sad to loose another good family.

Saying goodbye to Brittany and her cute kids.

Clark 7 Months Old

You are such a happy baby boy!

Clark is sitting up now and has 2 bottom teeth. He rolls every where, which has sadly caused him to roll off the bed 4 times now. (Only one of those times were on my watch). I brought him with me to Time Out For Women last weekend and he was so good. Walt said to me last week, "I don't want him to get bigger". I assured him we will be having more babies, but he still wasn't okay with this cute little guy growing up. We all just love that contagious giggle of his, tasty cheeks and sweet little smile. We love you so much Clarky!

Eleven Years

Happiest 11 Years of my life has been spent with my best friend and sole mate! I feel so blessed to have Danny as my husband and father of my children.

Sunday Nap With Daddy

It's Soccer Time

I am coaching Hanna's team again. The Thunder Cats.

Hanna scored her first goal yesterday!

Max is being trained as Keeper.

Max the Dragons & Van the Lightening Bolts.

Van is great at defense! When the other team is going down to score 

he runs super fast and slide kicks the ball out of there. I love soccer season!

Cute New Pictures

The Jensen Kids

  With Cousins Baxter & Vincent.                                         With Grandma Susan.

The cutest 4 year old twins ever!

Daisy

 Daisy with her good friend Addison. She just moved to OK. 

We will miss her and her family so much!

 Addison, Daisy and Tailey playing dress-up.

Not sure how Daisy fell asleep on the stairs.

So Proud of This Boy

I had a mom call me and tell me thank you for raising such a good boy. She said, Van has been the talk of their household. Her son Matthew had been crying everyday not wanting to go to school, but today he told his mom, “I’ll be okay, because Van will be there.” Van saw the boy crying the first day of school and at recess Van told him don’t cry, I will play with you and you will be happy. Van didn’t know the boy before Kindergarten. 

Van is the type of person that doesn't like anyone sad. If someone is sad Van is the one to do something kind or silly to make them laugh or feel better. In the passed when I have gotten upset at one of the other children Van is there saying just hold her mommy. Van is such a caring little boy and we are blessed by his example. We are so proud of you Van!

*I posted this on FB and got over 80 likes and quite a few comments. Here is dad's comment...
"This was one of the happiest days of my life. Knowing my son did this made all the trials of life worth it. Van, I wish I was more like you. I love you."

First Day of Pre-K

 I can't believe Daisy and Walt are in my Pre-K class this year.

First day of school for me as well. Teaching a 2-day preschool and 4-day Pre-K again.