O ! You Wanted Cheerios!

Just when I was thinking I had nothing to blog about today.......Actually I was helping my sister in law figure out her blog ( hows it goin' Kristen???) My cute Summer Lynn and her little sister Ember decide they want cheerios! Then they decided it would be so fun to walk all over them and crunch them! Woo Hoo! So Fun!!!! I asked Summer if that was a good choice or a bad choice and in our house we do thumbs up or thumbs down. Now is it just me or are her thumbs not quite up or down....maybe in between definitly a weak thumb down like she was trying to say "hey it was a bad choice but I enjoyed it?" And of course I had to grab the camera as any obsessed blogger would do:) My kids never fail to excite me. So much for my clean house! Notice Ember in the pantry...SHES IN THE SUGAR CONTAINER!!!

Recharging Children

I was looking at everyone's adorable post's tonight thinking why didn't I take one picture today? Then I remembered it's probably because my baby was crying all day and was a miserable mess. She was in so much pain. I was glad to put her to bed tonight so she could get some sleep and not be in pain! So today's blog is that I am thankful for sleep. I am so thankful for bedtime! The only problem is...i can't really think of them as sleeping.....more like recharging:) Just look at them! They are getting enough rest to destroy my clean house tomorrow! Funny thing is...i don't really care. They are adorable right?
PS Big thanks to Sandy and Nancy for saving my life today! What would I do without family close by? i don't even want to think about it! Thanks for your help. Here's a picture of the kids...recharging!

Backing Up!

Today was one of those days. My baby has this huge abscess and It was hurting her so bad. She was crying all morning long. So I took her to the dermatologist who then found it necessary to squeeze the heck out of it to clean it out! That was not fun! I hate seeing my kids in pain. Anyway, she survived and is on antibiotics so we are hoping things will get better.Having said that, I decided to spare you and me the pictures of that event. I wish I had some cute thing to blog about today but I didn't take one picture! Since I started blogging this month I have missed a few important events from the beginning of the year.I am going to start doing some catch up posts when I have time. There are these really cute pictures from Easter that I was wishing I had put on. Here they are! I love pictures of my girls with their daddy. He always makes everything so much fun for them. They love climbing all over him and playing tickle monster. Jason is a good sport. Even when he gets tired of it, he never lets it show!

Grandma and Grandpa are home!

This may not seem like a big deal being that they were only gone for a week, but we live across the street from them so we felt the loss! Here is my girls with their beautifully decorated sign! Malia decided to write " hola Hawaii people " can you tell she hears a lot of Spanish around here? See if you can find it on the sign somewhere among the amazing artwork. I love seeing their sound spelling it is so cute!

digging up weeds

Teren and Malia were so cute tonight! They were so funny to watch. They were trying to pull out some of the toughest weeds in the yard. Teren had a baseball bat and Malia had a shovel. i kept hearing grunting and yelling and loud weird banging...it was the baseball bat hitting the shovel. They were determined to get those weeds out. So cute to watch! I wish I had that much excitement when it comes to yard work! My yard would be beautiful!

Jump a Jump

We live two doors down from cousins and right now Ember likes her Aunt Sandy more then her mom. Several times this week I have found her booking it down the street saying "andy, andy " this means she wants her second mother, Aunt Sandy. Tonight she got to go play with her Aunt and she was so excited to jump on the trampoline for the first time in her life. Now she is saying jump a jump a jump. She's really going to be booking it down the street now Sandy...look out!

So much to blog about

As some of you may have noticed...I suddenly have this addiction to blogging! Ever since I found out I could print the thing at the end of the year and have it as a book for our family I have been eating, sleeping, and drinking my blog. So, if it seems like I am a little nuts posting three times a day:) Well, I probably am! I figure it can't hurt right? Something exciting always seems to be happening around here anyway so why not???? I 'm sure I will chill out eventually but for now...bear with me! Having said that....I forgot to post this adorable picture of my nephew Weston. He is Chad and Julie's baby. He is so cute! I was tending him for a while yesterday when he was being not so happy:), I did my best having no idea what to do with a little baby boy! I managed to get a couple cute shots and since i don't have any pictures of him yet...here's a cute one! It's so fun to have a baby boy around here!

Hallee, Abbi, Malia, Jade

Malia played with her friends all day today! Who knows what their little imaginations were dreaming up this time! They were being so good and playing so cute! I made them stop to take this picture on the deck. It turned out so cute i wanted to post it! They are all such beautiful girls with different personalities. It's so funny to watch them interact together. I can't help but feel like i'm young enough to play with them too.

Long Day

Do you ever get to the end of the day after the kids are asleep and look around and realize your house is completely thrashed! Well, tonight at about 9:30 PM (which is about twenty-five minutes ago) I finally got my kids down. They were having issues trying to go to sleep. I looked around and wanted to cry. I swear my house was so clean this morning! To a stranger walking in my house tonight it would look like I am a lazy woman. However...it seems like I cleaned all day. Well, I better go put my house back together so my kids can wake up to a clean house tomorrow and mess it all up again! Please comment if you have felt this way so I will know I am not alone on this one. I am really trying not to lose it tonight! Wish me luck! Seriously...what is all this stuff and where did it come from ??????

chocolate brownie beaters

Kyra and Summer were so excited when I yelled through the house that I needed two girls to lick beaters. They came running in to the kitchen and gladly volunteered to help me out. This resulted in two messy but happy girls.

Thank You Crayola

First and foremost I would like to thank the makers of Crayola for providing us with a washable marker. Why is it that no matter how many markers ( and Scissors ) I put up high or throw away, some small child always seems to find one laying around to do damage with! This is my 19 month old Ember putting on "ake up" as she calls it. You can see how she so carefully put it on her lips and then tried to eat it like she does chap stick. She really thought it was lip stick or something! This was at 9:30 this morning...kinda makes you wonder what kind of day today will be. Better stop blogging and watch kids right?

Cousins and Cups

Yesterday was an exciting day around the Jensen home. We got to babysit some cousins that we don't normally see, and have cousins over to play that live two doors down. As you can see by the cups on the counter...we had a lot of cousin fun. So I decided I didn't want to do a million dishes.....so out came the paper cups and the sharpie. Here are the cups and the cousins!

Happy Birthday to me!

I am so excited about this new bike situation. I really wanted a new bike for my birthday and I was so excited when once again my awesome husband decided to spoil me and get it for me! We realized quick I wasn't going to get that much riding time in without a trailer to pull the kids in. So once again my awesome husband decides to spoil me rotten. Friday night after we went to dinner we went to the mall and picked up a bike trailer! My kids are so excited. I can't believe how much we have already used it! Jason has a bike too so now the plan is to go on family bike rides! So excited!

Finished deck!

Yeah! My deck stairs are really done....almost...well, good enough for now at least we can walk up and down them right? Ember loved helping her daddy. She sat on the stair and handed him every screw while he put the trex on. She would hand it to him and say "screw" it was adorable!

Aloha Grandma and Grandpa

Ever since I can remember my parents have wanted to go to Hawaii. I remember them joking about it and saying someday they would go. So last year my husband and I went and I was wishing I could take them with me. Well, Spring Break is here and they are leaving this morning! We are so excited for them. There is no one that deserves it more then they do. So mom and dad.....have a blast and enjoy Hawaii! You deserve it!

Skidsteer Buddies

All my girls love riding in the skid steer with their dad. Ember did not want to get out! It was freezing cold and she still wanted to ride with her dad! Jason took his jacket off to keep her warm because the wind was blowing! Who needs Disneyland when you have a skid steer right?
Jason is such a cute dad! He doesn't even complain when it takes him twice as long to get something done cause he has a child on his lap! What a good sport!

Stairs? On MY deck?

I have been waiting two years ( since we moved in here ) to have Jason build my stairs on to the deck! Lo and behold yesterday I went outside and nearly fainted... there was Jason my amazing & talented (not to mention good looking ) husband building me stairs! I almost did a back flip! okay not really but I was excited! This may seem like no big deal to you but to me.....a huge step in getting the yard the way we want it ! Now my kids won't fall off! So here's the pics and I will put a finished picture on when they are done. Hey I might even cook dinner to celebrate! Ha Ha!

This pretty much says it all!

Yesterday was my niece Kyras birthday. She turned four. This is Summer's best friend. We went over to their house for cake and presents. This picture of Kyra say's it all. She was the princess of everything . Summer did a good job of not being too jealous of the princess throne complete with dress, crown, neckalce, and mirror. Summer has no idea that aunt Sandy has the same throne for her on her fourth birthday. Two months is all she has to wait and watch. You can do it Summer! And Happy Birthday to Kyra!

Say Cheese

Can you guess what i asked Ember to do in this first picture? She has such a spunky attitude! It's nearly impossible to take pictures of her! I was determined to get some sort of a cute shot. This is the best I could do. They actually turned out adorable. She is 19 months this week and because I forgot to do her 18 month pictures...well, i am trying to catch up! She squints her eyes and says CHEESE! The only way to get a smile is to tickle those cute feet! Ember is talking like crazy and it is so adorable. I realized today I have three talking girls now...and myself:) My poor husband can't get a word in with all of us babbling on!

Malia's Piano Concert!

Malia did awesome on her second piano concert! This was the first concert where she was able to play with two hands! She played a song called Lightly Row. She did an amazing job from the long walk up to the stage, to the bow at the end!

The New Bike

This was a very exciting day! Summer has been working for over two months to earn her new bike. She had a chart and she had to show us that she could make good choices to earn stickers eventually leading to the bike. She had a list of things we were working on. After two months of trying very hard Summer reached her goal. The great day came and we took a special trip to Walmart to pick out a Disney Princess bike. I have to add that her cousin and best friend Kyra already had her bike. Summer seemed to find great motivation in making good choices knowing that Kyra was already pedaling down the street on her shiny pink and purple two wheeler. ( four with the trainers on ) I can't even explain the look on her face when I let her choose that bike off the rack. So as we went up to the check out stand the clerk asked her if she had to buy it with her own money. Summer said "No." I said "tell her what you had to do to earn it Summer." She replied, " I had to make a good choice." I said what were some of your good choices. She looked at me and said...."hmmmm....I don't remember!" Oh well, at least she will remember getting the bike!

secret Spies

I had to add this adorable picture. Kassidy my niece is so cute. She plays with my girls all the time. What a help! I love it! This was called secret spies. My girls thought it was so fun! They were investigating and pretending to be spies. Of course I had to stop them and get out the camera. If you know me you know I have to capture every adorable thing they do. This was so cute. I love it!

Easter 2008

Easter was so much fun! With all three girls fully excited for the arrival of the Easter bunny, there was much anticipation. The Easter bunny must have been excited too because we have way too much candy! It was so fun watching them race to find the eggs. Even Ember loved it this year!

Malia had a dance competition! They did great! She loves that stage! They looked adorable up there!

Hannah Montanna Girls night out!

Here we are ready to watch our Hannah 3D movie! We had a blast rockin' out to all the Hannah songs!
Ok so if you know me then you know I was the first one to jump up and dance singing of course:) Be glad you missed it!

Summer cutts her hair

My beautiful three year old Summer decided it would be fun to cut her hair off. If you can tell it was all the way past her rear end and now it isn't. We had to take about 8 inches off the back and the front......well......it will just have to grow out:) Oh well right? I only cried for an hour or so.... Did I mention she decided to color her face with a sharpie???? And her legs and stomach and my rug ???? Love that girl!