Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Heck-uf-a lot of stuff......

Get out your Pepto and Tums, this is going to be a lot to digest in one sitting. It's our family, buffet style.....

This is the Mother's Day hoop-la at the Jensens. Here I can be seen opening a can of whoop-a on Jayne in a game of zim-zam.

When we're working in the yard the kids always head to the garage to see what they can get into. A found this tow rope and played 'Mater' for bit.

How does it feel to retire?? My Ma knows. Her job was actually out-sorced to Mexico so she got off early. So far, I haven't heard any complaints. She deserves an awesome retirement for all she's put up with over the years. Love ya Mom!

So A graduated from Preschool...holy cow, that was way to fast! He loved going and would ask us every day, "Is today preschool?" We wish he could go all summer long. He made some fun friends and his teacher, Neisha, was awesome! He did great and learned a ton. We just can't believe that Kindergarten is next!

A breaking it down

Granny Becky beared the wind with the rest of us. Thanks for coming, Ma!

This is teacher Neisha. She apparently has ties to Granger and Teeny knew of her. What a great teacher!

Gma Becky got all the boys these cute books.

My nephew, Mitch, got his mission call not too long ago to Puerto Rico East, which includes Barbados. Yeah, sounds like a tough place to be for two years. We went through the temple with him in Manti and it was really neat to see him there. Before long A will be doing the same thing. Time is no friend of mine.

The fam at the temple

Me and my hot bride

N and T are THREE! We cannot believe that three years ago we were counting ounces they drank and times they had dirty diapers. If we tried to do that now, that's all we'd do. They have been so much fun watching grow up and they are so good together with A. They have a special bond between them, but also love A so much. We headed up to Ogden to the Dino Park. Pretty cool stuff.

This was just a cool pic

The boys and a triceratops type dino

This was my favorite dino...the velociraptor

A has loved the stegosaurus lately. Him and Teeny,

Opening the grub. These are undies for when they're ready to take the plunge.

We got T a fire truck, of which they all love, and N a dino set. It's so easy to please them at this age!

Dinos on parade

This is what a father dreams about. I guess more Teeny than I seeing as how she usually ends up mowing....hey, I trim! They loved the mowers from Gma and Gpa Spencer.

This is just a great shot of N and watermelon

The neanderthal watermelon seed spitting contest

The chikitas hanging out

Blowing out the candles was funny. Check out T's cheeks, and N was taking notes for his turn.

Gma and Gpa Jensen came out and got all three of the boys these rocket shooters. Instant hit for them. They also got them life preservers. Too bad Chevron pool is closed this year, but I'm sure we'll still use them a lot this summer. Thanks!

This time they both had the hang of the blowing of the candles. T is totally pumped that they all went out.

Our Ninth, that's right 9th, anniversary couldn't have been more of what we needed. After beating our brains and our budget, we thought that it was time we graced Logan with our presence! T had perfect timing though and started puking about half an hour before we were supposed to drop him off at Becks. Luckily I have an awesome Ma and she watched after him while we went to a movie and date. No puking was reported so we took our chances and headed to Logan. That place has so many memories for us. We were there the first 3 years of our marriage and our roots are there we feel. We stayed right at the University Inn on campus. It was serious memory overload. We went jogging on all our trails, played some wicked good tennis, walked the river trail we'd walked a million times together when Teeny was preg-o with A, mooched free bread from Great Harvest, lunched at the ever prestigious Blubird, walked Center Street where we first lived, and just generally had a relaxing time. I love that I married Teeny. What an amazing person she is and what wonderful memories she has created for me and our family. I hope that she can tolerate me, without me feeling so, for another 9-hundred years. A huge thanks to her for all she's taught me. I love you Teeny!!

Still look like we did nine years ago....HOT!

Kiss my 'A'. Good memories becoming a True Aggie.

We lived in the basement of this house for the first six months we were hitched...

This was the view across the street from our dinky basement apartment.

We stopped off to see Jess, Lindy and Finn's new pad. Pretty sweet. It's awesome to have them closer.

We also got together with some of Teeny's old friends from high school. It was a blast to see everyone again and touch base with everyone. Thank goodness for blogs we can all keep tabs on what we're all doing.

Larry was also kind enough to take the kiddies and Teeny to the Discovery Center at the Gateway. Teeny said they loved it and had tons of stuff to do! Thanks Larry!

A's highlight of the day was flying the helicopter

I love the tye dye aprons here....

So, there it is. Hope you were able to make it this far, and thank you for reading.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

"Cabin-ing"


Well, a big thanks to the Jensters for having us up at thier Timberlake cabin this weekend. We had a great time, minus the 'fiddy' pounds we gained eating a constant diet of doughnuts, trail mix, Doritos and sour cream, more doughnuts, butter burgers (mmmm....tasty), and beef jerky. Good thing I had my Coke Zero to wash it all down. That's what vacation is about though right? We headed up there late Thursday and basically put the kids to bed before breaking out the games. Teeny and I kept wondering why we were going to such cold temps, but it turned out to be pretty nice!
Not one of us could cram it all in....Teeny's try
T and his hot chocolate
Mmmmm......doughnuts
We had so much fun on the four wheelers! Thanks to M for busting his butt getting them out and ready while the rest of us 'watched' him. Seriously. We finally got N on one too. For some reason he would freak out, but as soon as I put him on it, he settled right in. A and T had a great time on them too. J, P, and A all went on a ride together with me, which was really fun. The conversations kids have are classic. So simple and imaginative. I loved hearing it.
Rollin' with my homies.....
The kids keeping busy during 'zim-zam'..
We broke out the 'zim-zam' too. M kicked all our butts....a couple of times over. All in all it was a relaxing (I know who'd of thought that anything could be relaxing with six kiddies, right??) weekend.
A and J
One of the times M stomped me
These two couldn't hurt a fly swinging....
We love hanging out with them and our kids all get along great. Thanks a TON for inviting us up. You guys are the BEST!!
The swings and snow

Wednesday, May 07, 2008

Celeb look-a-likes....



Here is Teeny's look-a-likes, of which she is hotter than them all.




So my brother, Jesse, did this and got a woman in his results too, must be DNA. Talk about a downer.....Katie Couric??? Come on!! I'm growing my facial hair back immediately! Feel free to add you insulting comments below, I know you will.

Wednesday, April 23, 2008

SLC Half / Tulip festival and more...


K ran her second SLC (third overall) half marathon this weekend and did awesome. She's funny because she always gets a little nervous beforehand, but kicks tail on her runs. She has a great natural running ability. It's fun to watch her too. This year I took all the kiddies along. We had gotten them all cowbells at the expo the night before and A really got into ringing his, but N and T were so taken by all the runners they just stood and watched them all go by. People would see them and say hello though, which was nice of them.

Teeny and Jayne

The family pic....nice yellows

The biker dudes and Teeny's medal

I had planned out different places along the route we'd see her and as it worked out I had just enough time between each place to pack up the kids, drive to the next spot, unpack the kids, watch her go by and then load them up all over again. Jesse and Neil biked from Riverton to see her run, and her sister Jayne came up to see her too. Becky met us at the finish line. It was great having all that support there for Teeny. It means a lot to her, and me. We've both decided that next year we'll get a room downtown and make a weekend of it.

Anyway, she did great and we're all so proud to have such a great wife, mom, friend, sister, etc..!!


We also went to the tulip festival at Thanksgiving Point. Although the tulips weren't out yet, it was still a blast. The kids ran their little legs out. The gardens are huge and have so much to see. We'll have to go back a couple times to get it all in.


A called these tulips 'roses' because they were red...


The waterfalls....amazing.


Takin' a breather

These next pics are just fun ones I wanted to add....

Bubbles and kids....nothing more fun


N and his cousin Fisher

Gangster T


At the zoo....


N is just a crack up...


Teeny had a 'zim-zam' when she was a kid. We had to get this when we saw it.


A reading books to they boys...


A and T with Larry's girl Madelyn at the Dino Museum. They had a ton of fun. Thanks for coming all the way out Larry!!

Friday, April 11, 2008

Teeny's b-day, but who's counting???


So clint suprised me the weekend of my birthday. (Not usually easy to slip one past me) He came home from work early with flowers and a plan. He had gotten my sister Jayne (who is soooo awesome) to watch the kids over night and we were off the Salt Lake for a weekend get away. We had a blast. We did all the things we never get to do any more. We went to dinner, and a movie and did some shopping. It was so great to just hang out and spend time together. The next day we picked up the boys from my sisters and took them to the zoo. They had a blast and they were so cute. All in all it was a great birthday and the best gift clint could have given to me. I will never forget it.



In Clints words......

So for anyone that knows Teeny, she is the queen questioner, which makes keeping surprises pretty tough, but I did it. I've been getting myself worked up about what to do for her b-day for at least three weeks before it. More than anything I wanted to give her something she'd remember because I can never remember things I get for my b-day's, no matter how great the gift. So, I schemed up a one-night get away, shopping, movies and whatever else her little heart desired. I showed up at home early on Friday and within an hour we were off to Salt Lake. Here are some pics....

Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Ride that pony - YeeHawnkytonk!!










You gotta love kids and animals. Even better when they're combined. We headed to the Pet Farm @ Thanksgiving Point and let the kids mingle with chickens, horses, and the like. We'll let the pics do the talking....






Getting tounge from a goat is pretty slimy...



A joined in after a while



T had no fears...check out the upper lip on that Llama!!

This is about as daring as N was...minus the horse ride

It's always a crap shoot on the horse rides. N and T had never been on one and A was all over it. But when we asked N and T if they wanted to ride they were all over it too. Break out the chaps and wranglers!

They each picked out which one they wanted to ride, and for once each was different!!