We love the outdoors

I really just wanted to be outside this last Friday. I felt like the kids were neglected the last week while I was at work so much. My friend told me about an awesome pool in Payson. That is an hour and a half away. Well we made the trip. (Our city pool sucks here)

It was well worth it. We spent four hours there soaking up the beautiful sun! We all got a little sunburned. The spray sunblock didn't work very well. Also the same friend told us about a hike in Payson canyon, so since we were there we had to check it out. Well worth it.

It was a green luscious trail next to a creek and we had to cross over tree logs over the creek. It was only 80 degrees up there. PERFECT!

The trail led to a cave/cove with a waterfall. Pretty amazing!

I love the outdoors and can't wait to come back here and do some camping!

This is one goal  of mine, to be more active not just for me and my weight but it is so good for the kids.

Jenson Family Reunion

This year our family was in charge of the Jenson reunion. We had it here in Richfield.We are grateful for all who showed up and the participation. This year for the women's craft we made family cook-book. It was really fun. I had a lot of scrapbook kits left over and so we used those to create our covers of the binder and the section dividers. We really had a lot of fun this year. Here are some of the family pictures that we took. We will email you your family's pictures.

Our 14 Mile Adventure

So we really have been trying to stay active and fortunately it includes the kids. They think my ideas of activities are sometimes crazy but not our last adventure! I told the girls that we were going on a 14 mile bike ride. Of course they started moaning and groaning but I didn't back down. I new we could do it.

We went from the Panguich exit up to Big Rock Candy Mountain. Yes, up the canyon. About one mile into our ride Karly crashed after a fly flew into her face. She scraped her hands up pretty well.

That took a little while to get back on the ride. Then Desiree crashed on the way back down the canyon scraping up her knees. But everyone servived. We had to keep encouraging the girls that we can do it! It was hard for them and it was a great accomplishment! I am so proud of them. OUR GIRLS ROCK!

When we got to the end we had a picnic on the grass and rested for a bit.

The girls earned a treat.

It took us about 1 1/2 hours to ride up and only took us about 30 minutes to coast down. That made it all worth it. It was really fun to ride the canyon down. That's when the kids were having fun! At the end I asked them if it was worth it and they said "YES". So it wasn't such a hair-brained idea. We will definitely be going again. GOOD JOB GIRLS!

Been a while

Well apparently it has been almost two years since I have posted anything on our blog. I kind of forgot that we had it.

All our girls are doing well. Desiree has her learners permit and it isn't very fun teaching a teenager how to drive. This summer she turns 16 and can date. That is just weird to me. Makes me realize how fast life is going.

Karly took first place in Nationals in all 3 of her clogging dances. She absolutely loves it and is very talented in it. She will be in 8th grade this fall, good grief. She has been wearing braces for about 8 months and her smile is looking great. Desiree is also in braces and thank heavens for double insurance coverage!

Avery just finished 4th grade and is going to miss school during the summer. She is taking tennis lessons again this summer and loves it.

Gracie is now out of Ashman Elementary and moving to Pahvant for third grade. I can't believe our baby is that old. She is our little social butterfly! Gracie will be baptized in July 6 which is Desiree's sweet sixteenth birthday, so that is going to be a big day.

Summer is here and got to keep the kids busy. We have a family reunion in Bear Lake in July, one here in Richfield in June and a High School friend reunion in Price the first of June.  It will be a good summer.

15 years together

For our 15th anniversary (and my Birthday) we went to Cali. for a week. We had such a wonderful time with just the two of us. That doesn't happen very often. Our favorite thing that we did was whale watching in Newport. It was amazing. 2 1/2 hours on the ocean. It was fabulous! This is a blue whale, which is the largest mammal on earth and has been for a long time. He showed himself off to us 3 times.

We passed these California Sea Lions maxin' and relaxin'. They were very acrobatic and doing tricks for us.

We went to Hollywood one evening. It was really fun. We walked on the "Walk of Fame" and saw a bunch on interesting look a likes. I felt like I was in NY. The streets were crowded with people at nine o'clock at night.


We stopped for ice cream just off Hollywood Blvd. -Coconut pineapple! Yummy!
We spent a day in Disneyland. One day was actually plenty. We got to ride everything that we wanted to a couple of times. Right now they have Halloween decor up. It was cute.

This trip was well worth it. It was great spending time with Erica's family.

We have been together for 15 years and many more to come!

The girls were pretty excited for the first day of school and a bit nervous! Three of them had to go to a new school this year. Des is at RHS, Karly at RHMS, Avery is at Pahvant, and Gracie is at Ashman. Gracie was of course excited. She loves school and being with her friends. Getting her to read every night is a chore though. She is in 1st grade with Ms. Christensen. Avery loves school too. Our two youngest our more the social butterflies of the four. Ava is very smart and loves to learn. She is in 3rd grade with Mrs. Christensen. Yes Av & Grace both have a Christensen. Karly was more excited than nervous. The night before school started she had orientation and I think that made her feel better about finding her classes and being able to open her locker. She loves the middle school. She is in 6Th grade with 7 different teachers. Desiree was really worried about going to RHS. She said before taking her to school the first day, "Don't be surprised if I come home crying!" Well guess what? She came home smiling and was so excited. Thank Heavens!

Desiree's New Style

Most have you have seen Desiree since her new do, but I thought I would post how cute it was when she got it cut, (well I should say "since SHE cut her hair". It is funny how mistakes have great results. You're gorgeous Des!