Happy Birthday Courtney

Courtney's having a birthday.  We love her and hope it is a wonderful birthday.  How did she grow up so fast.

Happy Birthday to Kelsey

Happy Birthday Shannon

We wish you a very happy Birthday.  We love you lots.

Joshua's birthday

Joshua's birthday-- a big happy birthday to you.  Love you Josh!!

Heidi's first thoughts. --Thanks Heidi

First thing I thought this morning was "How am I ever going to get up this early every morning from now until June??" We (the girls and I--Jason has had to be a very early riser for years) have been getting up earlier and earlier every morning for the past week so that we can get adjusted to the school schedule instead of the summer schedule of sleeping in until 9. I will really miss sleeping in. School starts tomorrow, and I think we're ready now.

-Heidi

End of an era

Well the old green story telling chair is gone.  It went to goodwill today.  Lots and lots of memories of that chair.  Tell us your memories of that chair.  I'd like to hear them.  I'll post a picture of it when I find it.

Hey, why is no one else going to answer the last question?  Kristi did. It was 43 years old. It's time.

Happy Birthday Tarquennis

Missed it by a day.  Happy Birthday to you.  We love you.  Hope your day was wonderful.

Kristi's answers--So glad you answered

Favorite vacation

Very hard to decide. Favorite DESTINATION was hands down Hawaii. Nickell was hired to do a wedding in Kona so Lloyd and I tagged along. It was the very most relaxing and beautiful vacation we have ever been on. Of course we plan to move there now and I have found a house, just need a job…it might not happen. We loved the temple, the ward was wonderful and so friendly. The snorkeling was my favorite thing EVER. I could get lost looking at all the fish! One day we decided to take a walk to the green sand beach. It is the southernmost part of the United States AND the sand is green so who wouldn’t want to go. The beach is not accessible by roads so we thought we would be able to make the 4 mile journey to see this wonder of nature. Then we started walking…and walking…and walking. It was so hot and we had absolutely no idea if we were even going in the right direction. One of the locals (Albert and yes I have his phone number if any of you ever want to call him for a ride)drove by in his truck so we stopped him and asked if we were headed in the right direction. He offered to take us since he was headed that way. He dropped us off and we hiked down the rocks to the beach, played for awhile, took lots of pictures and sat on the rocks just watching and listening to the ocean. After awhile we hiked back up the rocks and there was Albert. He had been waiting for us to do our thing so that he could give us a ride back to the road where our car was parked. I rode in the cab with him while Lloyd, Nickell and Aaron rode in the back of the truck. So I got to hear all about his life in Hawaii as a retired tuna fisherman. That’s how all the people were.

Favorite family vacation was in 2000 when we took the kids to Disneyland. We spent 10 days I think playing all over Southern California. It was the first time we had been on a family vacation just to go on vacation…no mission farewells, baptisms, family reunion etc. We just went to have fun. And we had FUN! The kids still tell stories about that vacation. Ask Jordan sometime about the RESPECT he was shown on that vacation.

NEXT QUESTION

What was the first thing I thought when I woke up this morning

I thought ugh, I don’t want to go to work. I miss Kade and Tadd. We were at a Jensen family reunion this weekend and Kade had been at our house for the 2 weeks prior to the reunion. On our way home Kade called and said “I went into your room when I woke up and you weren’t there and now I’m sad” Broke my heart!! I love those 2 little boys so much and hate leaving them.

We have had a fantastic summer though! First we were able to go to Tara and Joe’s wedding and see all the cousins we don’t usually get to visit with. Then we had Amy and her family come visit and had a blast with them (PS Amy is a fantastic cook), then Alex stayed with us until the end of July. He and Brock had a lot of fun together. THEN we had the Jensen reunion and got to see all the cousins on that side that we rarely see. Some we have never even met before. So it has been a fun summer with our families and we love them all!!

Seems like I kind of took a side street there for a minute, This has little to do with what I thought when I woke up. OH WELL J That is kind of how my brain works…lots of side streets!

Kristi Jensen

New Question: What was your first thought when you woke up this morning?

Mom-  I think I thought, Well, I guess I have to get up.  It's a beautiful morning for edging the lawn in the back.  I already did the front.  Gets harder each time but I love working outside.

Let's try this again

After the wedding I believe it was Spencer who cleaned the basement.  I thought I had taught them to clean better than that.  Today I finally went down to clean the basement and found a few more items.  No make-up, though.  Sorry Mindy.  Here is what I found:

A pillow (really, how did Spencer miss a pillow?)

A headband thing

An LG charging cord (this was plugged into the wall then shoved down into the cushions.  I do understand how he missed this one.)

I am still trying to find the owner of the shoes, the black grab-your-hair thing and the thin, tan headband.  Please let me know if any of this is yours.  And if you ever ask Spencer to clean for you, be prepared for large, pillow sized items to be missed.

Also, YAY TRICIA!! for making a post for David.

Davids vacation from Tricia

I asked David what his favorite vacation has been in his married life. I was certain he would say Disneyland or Disneyworld with the kids. I was wrong, without hesitation he said HAWAII!! That is about as much input from him as we’ll get. Hawaii was amazing. We went with my brother and his wife to Maui in 2005. We had so much fun exploring the islands, eating the food, swimming with sea turtles, attending the luau, snorkeling, riding the waves and eating some more. Dave went to some Pro Golf tournament one day with Troy. I don’t know much about it but he was pretty excited. The highlight of the trip for both of us was the magic show at Warren and Annabelles. My brother has been several times and just went on and on about how we had to go. It was AWESOME. If you are ever able to attend I highly recommend it