Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Payton's 3rd Birthday


Oh how the years fly by. My little "angel" is another year older. She is growing up so fast, literally, 6 inches and only 3lbs since last year. Needless to say she is super tall and super skinny. We of course had our swim party again this year. She loves to play in the water and doesn't want to do anything else. My mom and brother Jak showed up, lots of friends and other family....maybe one year we will get the Jensen's to come out.


She gots lots of crayons, paints, and stuff to draw on everything. She is so into dressing up and dancing around, so we got her lots of little dresses, hats, scarfs and other things. She was so excited to have dresses to twirl in.


Everyone says that she looks like my Grandma and this picture proves it. Doesn't she look like a little old lady in the Red Hat Club? So cute.


She wanted a princess cake but she isn't really prissy or girly so I racked my brain to try and come up with something unique that fits her personality, so here it is. If you can't tell it's a dirt mound with all kinds of bugs and snakes. Payton loved it, the first thing she said was "Mom, look, there's a little girl like me trying to eat a snake like I do". I am so glad she liked it and was happy she could finally eat a worm(gummy, of course).


We got Brody the Black Spiderman (Venom) costume and the kids couldn't wait to fight each other, it's hilarious till Payton gets a right jab, the video cuts off before you get to see her clock him back.

After moving the masks so that the could actually so we didn't have anymore mean jabs but watch what Payton does at the end, it's pretty funny.

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

GOT TAGGED!!!!!


A. ATTACHED OR SINGLE? Attached for 5 years, it seems like we've been together forever?
B. BEST FRIEND? Curtis, it's great how best friends can fight and still love each other.
C. CAKE OR PIE? Pie, but only Pumpkin at X-Mas or Thanksgiving
D. DAY OF THE WEEK? Sunday-Movie night with the kids.
E. ESSENTIAL ITEM? Measuring Tape & Pen/Paper
F. FAVORITE COLOR? Blue-Warm, Calming, Matches EVERYTHING
G. GUMMY BEARS OR WORMS? Worms-but only the Red and White ones
H. HOMETOWN? Fortuna, California
I. INDULGENCE? Cheeseburgers- Homestyle
J. JANUARY OR JULY? July because its hot and there are fireworks
K. KIDS? Brody (4) Payton (3) Diesel (3) Curtis (32)
L. LIFE ISN'T COMPLETE WITHOUT? My Husband, Kids, Family
M. MARRIAGE DATE? May 17, 2003
N. NUMBER OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS? 3 Brothers and 2 Sisters
O. ORANGES OR APPLES? Apples
P. PHOBIAS OR FEARS? Heights and Snakes
Q. QUOTE? "Be careful of everything you say and do, Karma will always come back to get you" --WOW that rhymed
R. REASONS TO SMILE? Curtis in a good mood, the kids behaving, a good workout, healthy food
S. SUPERMAN OR WONDERWOMAN? Wonderwoman, power to the SHEERA in us all.
T. TAG 5 PEOPLE? Aubrey, Brittney, Ali, Stephanie, Alaina
U. UNKNOWN FACT ABOUT ME? I hate feet and I don't like to go on vacation without my house being clean.
V. VEGETABLES? Cauliflower and Celery
W. WORST HABIT? Making To Do lists, accomplishing everything on the list then being mad because I should have put more on the list.
X. X-RAY OR ULTRASOUND? Ultrasound, I like to know that everything is ok in there.
Y. YOUR FAVORITE FOOD? Crown Burger and Fries with their DELICIOUS fry sauce.
Z. ZODIAC SIGN? Libra

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Fun in the Sun--St George 2008

Every year the Jensen family caravans down to St George. We decied not to hike this year. We just wanted to relax and get some sun. Not as many pictures this year, we were too busy having fun. Payton loves swimming and never wanted to leave, she got quite a nice tan also.
Brody was a little fish. He loved wearing this suit so that he could swim all by himself with the big kids. He couldn't get enough of jumping in the water.
For those of you who were there you will laugh at this funny photo of Angie and Gavin "cuttin' it up". We had a great time with everyone staying up late playing games.
The kids fell asleep on the way home and we were bored and wanted to watch a movie. We strapped one of the screens to the steering wheel so that Curtis could watch too. I know...we are dorks.

On the way home we stopped at the Ancient Life Museum in Lehi with Jill and her family. This is Brody in the middle with Jace on the left and Jared on the right. I'm so glad he got some good bonding time with his cousins.
A shark made it inland and decided that our family looked like we were edible, luckily I have kung-foo grip and showed that shark what was up.
Oh the joys of coming home from vacation. As we pulled in the driveway we saw something that looked like a skunk headed for the backyard towards the dogs, it was actually a PORCUPINE (check out the claws on this thing.) It turned around and looked at us and decided to take a rest on the side of our house. We tried calling Animal Control and Wildlife Services but neither would come help us. As we were trying to get pictures it would turn around and start bristling its spikes, SCARY!!!! So, Curtis went around the house to put the dogs in the kennel and found our back yard flooded from a broken sprinkler pipe the dogs got to. Then as he went to go inside, our front door was unlocked and open. He heard something in Brody's room and thought we had a burgler in the house. After an extensive search, found nothing, and our night slowly wound down. Luckily the porcupine was gone the next morning or someone would have gotten an earful.