October was a busy month!

We started off October by attending Kevin's grandmas funeral. It was a very nice service, and good to see so many extended family members. She has now joined her loving husband who past away last December.

Then we had Brinn's 11th birthday on October 6th.That night Grandpa Jensen, Sharon, and the Gentry family came and celebrated with us! It was a great night.

Then the next day I got to go with Kabe and his preschool class to Pumpkin Land. There was a corn maze, but Kabe didn't like it.


Then went to Grandpa Jensen's cabin with the Gentry's and had a great time. We sure enjoy having them close after all these years. The kids like it too. There was lots of four wheeling, exploring the land, lizard hunting, cactus treasures, target shooting with the BB gun, dominoes, good food and good company! We such a good time we all wanted to stay longer. BUT

Don't let this picture fool you, Kabe only likes it if it's not moving! He did go for a short ride and at the end he was yelling turn this engine off over and over.
Eric, Valerie, Sage and Brooklyn. Look out the kids are loose!
Dominoes anyone? Brinn didn't ride as much the second day, she was happy play domines with Aunt Marilyn.

We had to get back because later that day Kevin's dad was going to be getting married. We got home got showered and cleaned up, and were heading out the door when we got a phone call saying that we missed the wedding. Sharon's temple cancellation came through and they had a short window when the temple could do it. So we just got to go to the reception and dinner.

Here is a group shot of our family, at least some of us.

Saturday 21st Koby lost 2 teeth, Brinn lost 1 tooth, and Briggs lost 1 tooth. I couldn't believe all the teeth getting ripped out. Ready or not they were coming no one wanted to be left out. Poor Kabe there was nothing he could do about his.

We had fun carving our pumpkins, though we missed Briggs. He was too busy with football and homework. There just wasn't a good night we could all do it.

Koby didn't want to get any guts on his shirt, and Brinn has never been able to stand putting her hands into a slimmy pumpkin. Kabe cleaned his pumpkin by himself for the first time. He also designed his pumpkin face then had a little help with the carving. The kids all had a great time. I forgot to get pictures of the finished product this year, so you'll have to believe me when I say they all looked great!

I got my braces off just before Halloween! It was a very exciting day for me!


Ok not a great picture of me, but no braces! YEAH!!!

We also had our first snow at the end of October! After school Koby and Kabe built our first snowman of the season!

Ok on to Halloween the kids of course love getting dressed up and going trick or treating.

This year Brinn was a doctor.
Briggs was a Kissing booth.
Kabe was Bumble Bee from Transformers.
Here was a picture of Koby for the school parade. He really wanted a mustache.
Here Kevin is getting Koby ready for trick or treating.
Here is the finished look. His forehead had that fake flesh, when Kevin was cutting it open on his forehead Koby was sure he was going to really cut his head.

Throughout the month Briggs has been working very hard in school and football! He has had daily practices even some weekend ones. Rain, snow or freezing outside they practiced. It has all paid off! Tomorrow his team will be playing in the Championship game! Hard to believe today will be his last practice! GO LEHI!!!
Briggs is number 43.
He plays right defensive end. Good Luck!!

Once again I'm playing catch up!

It's been along time since I last posted. There have been some important things that haven't been blogged about. I seem to do this a couple times every year, then I don't blog because I think I should get it up to date and I fall further and further behind. So here we go....

In July Koby turned 8years old!
He got to have a friend party!
Even more exciting he was baptized in August!
He has also started cub scouts! I am the wolf den leader and it's so fun having him in there with me! We love you Koby!!!

This summer we stayed busy doing a lot of swimming! The 3 older kids also went to the Travis Hansen basketball camp and had a great time.
Koby standing next to Travis Hansen. He also got his picture in the Utah Valley magazine with Travis Hansen. They didn't put his name in, we didn't even know, then Kevin was looking through the magazine and there was Koby. That was a very cool surprise!
They also got to meet Shawn Bradley who was a guest speaker. Man 7'6" is tall!

They also got to hear BYU's Head basketball coach Dave Rose speak.

We went to Heber for a Wood family reunion. Here are most of the cousins. It was so fun to be together and have no where to go.
We went to Tibble Fork. The kids played in the water, and Kevin did a practice swim in open water.
We also got some canoeing in!
The kids loved it and so did we. My mom was also there, unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of her.
Then there was the first day of school. It's hard to believe that Briggs is a 7th grader in Jr. High.
Here's Brinn and Koby before heading off to school. Koby 3rd, Brinn 5th where has the time gone.

Though it's not the best picture of Kabe he started preschool. I can't believe how old my kids are, I don't have any babies anymore.
It's that time of year... yep FOOTBALL! Briggs stays very busy with football, scouts and homework. Not much time in his life for anything else.
His team is doing really well this year and it's fun to watch them play. Briggs plays defensive end.
Kevin did the Xterra Utah Triathlon. He also did the Lake Tahoe Xterra in August but we didn't go with him so the kids wouldn't miss school. He went with his friend Dave that does the tris with him.Here he is setting up.
He did awesome! He always amazes me!
Last week before it got cold we headed to to the farm. It was a beautiful day!
This little pony thought Kabe shirt would make a tasty snack.
Here is a picture of Kabe with Breanna!

Well if you made it through this congrats I know it was long, but I really wanted to have a record of these things for me.

After the trip!

When we got home we found that 2 of our trees in the back yard had gotten blown down from a storm while we were gone. Then Wednesday July 1st Kabe got sick. He woke up about 5:30 that morning and threw up and had a fever. So we thought he must have swine flu. That night he woke up at 11 pm and was now breathing funny (like a grunt). He also had a high fever which he'd had all day. He was panicked saying he couldn't breathe and he felt like he was dying. We gave him more medicine for the fever even though it hadn't quite been long enough. As he sat on Kevin's lap he started getting sleepy and his breathing started going back to normal. We then made him a bed on our floor. He slept another hour then was up again. I was up for a couple of hours with him. He seemed to breathe better when he was sitting up. I put him down for another hour the he got in bed with me, and I sat up in bed with him leaning on me for the last hour and a half until we woke up for the day.

He still had a fever and I had been alternating Motrin and Tylenol every four hours. I still couldn't keep his fever down and he still was breathing funny. I called the Dr. to take him in but couldn't get in until 3:45 pm. Kevin came home from work early and took him to the Dr. After listening to his lungs the nurse practitioner (Dr. was out of town) said she thought he had pneumonia and sent him to the hospital for a chest xray. There it was confirmed that he had double pneumonia. That night he started steroids, antibiotics, and breathing treatments. He was so much better by the next morning . We had to go back to the Dr. for follow up and they then decided to put him on Tamiflu in case he got it from the flu. Saturday Happy 4th of July back to the hospital for another chest x-ray. He was much better but still had some spots in his lungs. Monday we went back to the Dr. things still looking good. We are told to do one more x-ray Friday morning. Last night he started breathing funny again, he woke up again about 10:45 and was still breathing funny, so we brought him back to our room to the bed we had made on the floor. Last night was the first night he was going to sleep in his bed again. Today he seems to be fine again. He is suppose to be taking at easy, hard to make a 4 year old take at easy when he feels good. We are glad that he is feeling better. It was pretty scary last Wednesday and Thursday.

Kevin's Triathlon LaGrande OR

We left for La Grande OR Friday morning. We got there about 3pm got Kevin's registration packet (Where they then told him to be prepared for mud, that they have had a lot of rain.) and got checked into our Hotel. Then we drove up to Morgan Lake to check things out for the next day. It was overcast and wet but not raining at the moment. We then met up with Kevin's friend Dave who was also going to be doing the Tri in the morning. We went to dinner then went back to our hotel for an evening swim. Before the Triathlon, boy was it cold!Kevin and Dave getting in!
Kevin has just finished his swim and is getting ready for the bike.and he's off!and getting ready for the pass!
The next morning was freezing, when we got up to Morgan Lake it was 44 degrees and overcast with dark clouds. It warmed up to about 48 by the time the swim started. The lake was 59 degrees the announcer was joking that the lake would feel like a hot tub. We waited until Kevin made it back from his swim and left the transition for his bike ride. The kids were a little anxious about Kevin having to ride down suicide hill but he did great. Then kids and I spent our time in and out of the truck to get warm throughout the race. We were always out cheering our dad on every time he was coming in and out of the transitions! During the run it started to get a little warmer and not so windy. In the morning the wind was what was so cold. Kevin finished in 3 hours and 22 minutes his goal was to finish in 3 1/2 hours. We were so proud of him! He is amazing! After wards there were a couple of ladies doing massages, so Kevin got a massage then there was a BBQ so we all got some lunch then we headed to Enterprise OR to visit with grandma and grandpa Wood.

Visit to Grandma and Grandpa Wood's

We got there Saturday afternoon after Kevin's triathlon. One of the first things we did was go fishing at the pond in town. It started to rain, but we didn't let that put a damper on our fun. The kids all had a great time. We were there just over an hour and Briggs had caught 3 fish, Brinn caught 1, Koby caught 1, and grandpa caught 3. We were lucky it didn't rain too long.
The next day we went to church and again lots of rain, and very cold! It was a relaxing day. We also drove out of town a little to let Trapper (uncle Tucker's dog) run. It was so cold that we watched from in the truck. The kids also painted rocks that afternoon. Monday morning once again was cool and overcast. The kids took Trapper for walks, we walked down town to buy some more paints. We drove out of town a few minutes to find more rocks to paint and went to the grocery store.We couldn't believe Briggs found this rock that looked like a bunny!After lunch we headed up to Joseph Lake which is about 12 minutes away.we went and walked around on the bout docks, and enjoyed the beautiful scenery. The kids went fishing again with grandpa and dad that night after work.

Tuesday was finally a nice day. There were more walks with the dog. Then after lunch we headed out to see grandpa at work. Then back to Joseph lake for a hike. On the way back home we stopped and played at the lake and skipped rocks. The kids were befriended by a couple of dogs that wanted to play fetch. Even when the kids were done and skipping their rocks these dogs would not leave them alone. Once again that night after grandpa got home from work he went fishing with the 3 older kids.

Wednesday it was time to get ready to leave for the family reunion, we were only going to go as far a Twin Falls Id. So we weren't as worried about getting an early start. I made a batch of rice bread so there would be bread for my brother Tucker who was coming later in the day. Sorry that we missed him.

We got to Twin Falls about 7pm that night. We got some dinner and went swimming at the Hotel. The next morning Kevin got up and did a 7 mile run and went down by the snake river, while I went with the kids for another swim. We had breakfast then went to Shoshone Falls. After that we headed for Lava Hot Springs for the reunion.

Jensen Reunion 2009

At the end of the month we had our Jensen family reunion. We went to Lava Hot Springs Id. We spent our first afternoon at the pool, doing slides and diving boards. Went back to camp for a quick dinner, then we were off to the hot springs for the rest of the evening. We had a great time! The next day we woke up to a light rain, ate breakfast then had a pretty good rain. We headed off to Chesterfield Id. for some family history. This little town has had some homes and other buildings restored.
Here is our family in our reunion shirts in front of the Denmark Jensen home. The rain stopped for while we were in Chesterfield and actually got nice. After this we headed back to camp for lunch. After lunch it started to cloud up again. Mark and Kristi took their kids Briggs and Brinn with them and went tubing down the river. Scott also went and took 2 of his kids. Shortly after they left the skies opened up and the rain poured and there was a lot of lightening and thunder. Kabe, Koby and I sat in the truck to stay warm and dry. Kevin sat under the umbrella. The kids came back after the rain storm and said it was a blast, and that it was best way to pass the time durning the storm because they were already getting wet. This is true but for me I like the sun to be out if I'm getting wet. It then cleared up again and we were able to have a nice dinner, and campfire program. All the families did a skit or song, then Jennifer prepared a trivia game about everyone in the family. The next morning we had a delicious breakfast together with everyone. Then packed up and headed home! It was really fun to see everyone!

Kabes Preschool party and Brinns Rock concert

Kabe had a water party his last day of school.

Kabe with Miss Ginger, such a great teacher!

Brinn during her concert about rocks!