Swimming Lessons!!!!

Talmage swimming on his back!!
Laine loved her teachers and she loved swimming lessons!!

I did a Mommy and me swimming lesson. Brandon ended up doing it on the last lesson What a good Dad:)

After lessons they got their pass awards:)

24th weekend

The kids wanted to go to the Beach for the Holiday weekend so we took a little road trip and went to Lake Powell. We had lots of fun playing in the water and seeing the sights. All I have to say is I said it once about ten years ago and I didn't listen to myself but I'll say it again "Unless I have a houseboat with A.C. I will never camp at Lake Powell again. I don't know how people do it!!! It's stinkin Hot!!!! We put the seats down in the back of the car and rolled out sleeping bags- this way we could turn on the A.C. every once in a while. I'm paranoid of Carbon Monoxide so we didn't do it often but it saved us. So we literally slept "IN A VAN DOWN BY THE WATER!!"Cute little bum shots of the kids walking down to the beach!!
We are at Navajo Bridges. I just don't have a picture of us on the bridge.

Glen Canyon Dam. There was the awesomest thunder and lightening storm that night it was really cool for about three hours and then nothing but heat!!! We sang "Swim said the Mama fish swim if you can and they swam and they swam right over the dam" about a thousand times. It was a lot of fun!!!

This was at the Moaki caves or something like that.

We spent a little time in Kanab-who knew you could have so much fun in Kanab?!!! We went to a western movie set place it was lots of fun and the kids loved it! Then we went to a water park that they have in town- it was a lot of fun. Such a spur of the moment trip and way cheap and our kids kept saying to us "Thanks Mom and Dad this is the best trip ever!" Funny how we think we have to spend money to have a good time when all our kids care about is spending time with us -they always say, "Can we do it as a family" makes me grateful that I have such an awesome family that like to do things together as a family. I hope it doesn't change as they get older. I don't think it will since Brando and I are so stinkin cool!!!:)

24th of July

On the 24th of July we have a Bicknell town party. A man in our ward has a fish hatchery and he brings a bunch of fish to the party for the kids to catch. It's tons of fun for the kiddos:) Talmage and a few of his friends got a little carried away and jumped in after the fish. We taught our kids the "catch and release" thing this year since we still have last years fish in the freezer!
Laine waiting for them to dump the fish.

Sawyer had a blst. This is the first year he actually got to catch a fish(with a little help from Dad)!!!

Tell Jensen Family reunion 2009

This is my Moms side of the family. We had our Jensen family reunion in Fishlake. It was so much fun seeing family that I don't get to see very often. We were still missing a few but maybe next year:) Thanks to everyone my Aunts and Uncles that work so hard to put this together it was a lot of fun and we look forward to next years:)
They had lots of fun games for the kids and 2 pinatas for the kids. Sawyer getting ready for his turn.

Talmage with whats left of the pinata:)

All the kids going for the candy!

Waiting for their turn to hit a hole in the pinata:) Lots of fun!!!!

Lyman camp 2009

We camped up twelve mile in a spot that we haven't camped in for probably over ten years. It was a great spot!!!
Talmage climbing the camel. He is getting more handsome everyday and such a good boy:)

Laine and Talmage up on Camel Rock!!

Brando and the kids getting ready to fish:)

Covered in dirt from head to toe and still as beautiful as ever as she trikes a pose!

Lyman camp 2009

Laine Bug and Havie just chillin eatin their parade candy! (BFF's)
The catch! The only catch of the trip no matter what my brothers say about the "ones that got away" Yea Right!!!!
Seth holding the precious catch:)

Eating yummy breakfast- We love camp!!!!

Getting ready for the "corner".

We didn't have enough helmets and Brando had forgotten to get his fishing licence so on the next day of camp Brando and I had to go down to Gunnison to pick up a few essentials ya know like license and helmets. When we went to pick up Brando's fishing license Ace told us that the computers were down-What! Are you kidding me?!! So we went down to freedom ford and ended up buying Tal and Laine new helmets and Brando said; "let's just try one more time to get a fishing license and maybe in the last 15 min. the computers are back up" and what do you know it wasn't a wasted trip after all, he got his license and the kids got new helmets and all was good, we made it back and only missed out on three hours of the camping trip. I didn't even shower when we went down. Our kids are getting older and camping this year was sooo much fun-no getting up with babies, Sawyer is older now and doesn't eat everything he can get his hands on. We all could go on the rides and hikes it was just so much fun!! Time flies when your having fun and time flew!!!!!

Sawyer and Mason going on their own 4-wheeler ride. Best Buddies!!! It is so fun having lots of cousins all the same age. Sorry Seth and Haylie but you had way fun Aunts and Uncles when you were little so it's all good:)

We went to Gunnison for the 4th of July parade and celebration. After that we left to head up to the mountains for the annual Lyman camp. We had lots of fun with family and look forward to next year when Grandpa Lyman will be home from the mission and can be with us!Candy! Candy! Candy!
Laine was a go getter this year-Wow how they change from year to year, last year she was too shy to really go for the candy on the street, this year watch out there was no stopping her:)

Tal acting silly as always:)

Group shot of almost all the grand kids-missing Haylie and Seth (they were in the parade)

Me and my Soy Boy!!!!