Catch Up Blog 5 (New Car)

On December 20th, we got an early Christmas Present. Jared had been watching the used car websites for some time now for a minivan, since we are outgrowing the Camry. Well, he found a great deal that he just couldn't refuse. It is a white 2004 Toyota Sienna, with 35,000 miles on it. So we are now officially minivan owners, and loving it. It is so roomy, and drives great. Even E loves it. He likes to go in his "new van car" as he calls it.
(again, no pictures, sorry)

Catch Up Blog 4 (Baby News)

On December 15th, we had an ultrasound done. We are excited to report that we have another boy coming to our family. His name is Nicholas Scott Jenson. He looks healthy, and is growing 4 days ahead of schedule. Due date is still May 5th.
(Sorry, no pictures for this one)

Catch Up Blog 3 (Thanksgiving)

At Thanksgiving, we had a lot of fun. We spent it at my parents, and two of my brothers, my sister, and their families came into town. In total, my parents had 14 of their grandkids there. We spent the time playing games, watching movies, and playing in the leaves. Here is Grandpa throwing grandkids into the leaves.
H thought the leaves were a little itchy.

E loved jumping in the leaves.

For Thanksgiving dinner we had 2 turkeys; the traditional roasted turkey, and my brother deep fat fried the other. They were great. We also had all the traditional meal items, way more food that should be legal for anyone to eat.
We finished the evening with a nice buffet of homemade pies. Pumpkin Pie, Apple Pie, Mixed Berry Pie, and my favorite, Lemon Meringue Pie.
Look at that fabulous Pie. (I made it myself.)
After all the festivites were over, it was time for everyone to go home. It was sad to see everyone leave, we had such a great time together.

Catch Up Blog 2 (E's Birthday)

We celebrated E's birthday at Jared's sister's home, and all his Jenson cousins were there. We had a great time. E enjoyed opening his presents, and his favorites were a Black and Decker tool bench, and the game Candyland. He is always asking to play his "birthday game". Opening presents

E's Pooh cake

Blowing out the candles.

All the cousins eating birthday Pooh cake.
E loved his Pooh cake, and still talks about it every once in a while.

Catch Up Blog 1 (Halloween)

Ok. So I have been terrible at blogging lately. So much has happened since our trip to the pumpkin patch. Halloween, E's birthday, Thanksgiving, Christmas & New Years. So here is a quick update. This is what we did with our pumpkins that we picked.
E picked out the designs, and then I carved the spider and Jared carved the Haunted House.
Here are our Halloween costumes. E and H were so cute. E really got into trick-or-treating this year, and so did H, which suprised me, since E didn't at that age.

Pumpkins!!!

Last Saturday we went to Jakes's Pumkin Patch in Springville and picked some pumpkins. We had a great time, and E and H loved being around all those pumpkins.

Daddy and the Kiddos

E wandering around the patch looking for the perfect pumpkin

Mommy and H

H exploring her first encounter with a pumpkin

Daddy and E cutting our pumpkin off the vine

E and H with our perfect pumpkins.

Picture Time

A few weeks ago I took the kids to get pictures done. I just needed H's year pictures, but I decided to get some of the two together. I wasn't looking forward to this trip because E hates getting his picture taken. I was pleasantly surprised when E really cheesed it up for the camera, and the only fuss he made was when we stopped taking pictures of him and just took some of H. Overall, it was a pleasant experience. I am so glad that E is over his fear of cameras. Enjoy the pictures!