Little Fuzz

That's right, baby #3 is on the way. The nicknamed "Little Fuzz" is due March 9th, but given my track record of early deliveries our goal date is February 9th. I thought it was a boy, but that was when I wasn't getting very sick...now I'm not so sure. But we are very excited. It's fun to let Ben in on it now that he's old enough to understand what we're talking about. So, stay tuned for more fun and excitement in the Jensen world!

Fun Month

The past few weeks have been very exciting. First, there were the 24th celebrations. First we went to the parade here in "Spork."

This was Ben's favorite float, which means we couldn't get him to turn around for a picture.

We went to my parent's house to celebrate my mom's birthday. She got a slip'n'slide for the occasion. My kids LOVE slides, adding water only sweetens the deal.

Yes, that's a happy face above, not a cry.

Ben & Jen opted to crawl down, they just couldn't get a hold of the stomach sliding.

We did an early fireworks show since our kids go to bed before the sun. Ben was pretty excited about the sparklers that he could do all by himself.
Erin is trying to take over as the puzzle prodigy. I tried to post video of her doing this one in less than a minute, but it wouldn't post.
Our latest adventure was a long-overdue trip to Moab to visit Brandon's parents. We got to pick some fresh fruit from the orchard. Yumm.
We also went camping! First we stopped to fish on a neighbor's mountain ranch. They have some stalked ponds that we did catch and release on.
Erin & Ben got in on the action at first, then watched a movie with Grandma once they were bored.
We caught some awesome fish. This wasn't the biggest one we caught, but we were trying to be so careful with them that they would get off before we got a good picture.
Before we left the Ranch the kids got to meet the horses.
Did I mention that my kids love slides?
The campsite...
Erin was keeping herself and Grandpa safe from the bugs.
Love that dutch oven cooking...and cook!
This is the remnant of a very wild night for mom.
Ben loves the 4-wheeler, Erin loves to try and say 4-wheeler.
Classic Erin expression.
Daddy teaching Ben to play horseshoes.

The kids got a little more than wet at the fishing ponds.
Overall it was a pretty fun time.

Lastly, our garden is growing like crazy...

kind of like our kids.

Such a cute daddy's-girl.

No excuse, just a post...

We kicked off Memorial Day weekend with a Parade in Ephraim. They have a whole Scandinavian festival to follow. Funny thing is, the parade itself is only about 1 block long!

At least they throw candy!

Never turn your back on a Viking!

We BBQ'd at Nana & Papa's for the actual holiday. I don't think this turtle was made for three kids, but why would that stop them?

The poor children of a "couponer". They may or may not have had popcorn and lemonade for dinner that night. But I scored some sweet deals!

Brandon's work had it's annual company party at Boondocks. It was a blast!

My boys and their water fights!

My lefty. I think he'll need to work on his form.

She knows, you are so jealous of this look.

One night Brandon had to work late. He is ultimately Erin's favorite person. When she couldn't wait for daddy any longer, Ben became her next choice. She absolutely insisted on Ben holding her. I'm loving how cute they are to eachother!

Our friend, Korbyn, came to play with us. What goofballs we have!

This was a couple of weeks ago when the tomato plant was as tall as Ben. It is now taking over the whole garden!

Catch up

So here's some of what we've been doing the last 6 weeks...

The kids and I went with our friends to the Bean Museum at BYU. They had a blast.

We had quite the crew.

J-Bear loves Gazelles.

The handy-men

Out in the yard

It's garden time!!!
My studly farmer.

Mother's Day

We had lunch at my aunt's and she set up games for the kids.

One night it was too hard to convince the kids to come inside for dinner, so we just ate outside. Hopefully the birds enjoyed cleaning up instead of me!

And finally....we had family pictures taken. These are courtesy of CheapShots again. I know I've said it before, but they have fabulous prices for on location shoots and give you all the images with copyright. There's a button with their link on the right. (Tell them I referred you and we both get a free 8x10!)

After celebrating our 8th! anniversary this month, I'm happy to still catch him checking me out from time to time. :)

We had some taken with Brandon's parents before they gear up for a mission.

This last picture really sums up the entire event. Ben happy to smile at the camera while Erin was adorably grumpy about that big black thing in her face.