THANK YOU SANTA !

It took me 4 trys to get a picture of sofie with her eyes open, she keeps blinking at the flash.

sean got hulk gloves,

and so did ryan, but josh seamed to play with them more.

josh got almost everything he asked for(except a wii), Oh well maybe next year.

Christmas came and went ,again, it was so great for the kids. I remember how fun it was when I believed in santa. So I'm going to cherish this time while I've got it. The kids had a blast opening everything at 4:30 in the morning, that's ok, I was excited to get up with them and see there little faces lite up, I think I get more excited than they do. Thank you to all our family and friends for all the great gifts and cards, we really appreciate them.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOSHUA !

Joshua got everything he wanted this year(lots of Bakugans)!

He loved the guitar,

He loved his homemade cake,

This year was really special for josh because it is his 8th birthday and he will be getting baptized next month with his cousin in sac .He wanted to go to reno but the weather wouldn't permit, so we went to round table and had a great time just the kids and us. we're really not use to celebrating with such a small crowd, but we sang loud and off key so it felt like alot of people were there. All & all it was great, thank you to all of our family who couldn't be here but sent cards and called josh, he was very happy to know that people remembered him.

SNOW IS HERE !!!!

There is at least a foot or so of snow in just a few hours.

the boys couldn't help but run around in it, Joshua gets a little crazy.

Sean was pretty cold but always cute.

and Ben decided to become a nudest,(pretty scary).

So we had our first real snow of the season, the kids and I were screaming with joy and Ben just kept thinking about all the snow he would have to shovel before he went to work. I don't care, I'm dreaming of a white Christmas. It's beautiful, but I can't leave my house till the snow plow comes and shovels my driveway, that won't be until 4:00pm, josh missed the bus, but this time it wasn't his fault, the buses came way to early so there are alot of kids home today.It's going to keep snowing till weds. then a break for a day then another storm comes in on thurs.I really hope that all of our family can make it over the mountains. we'll just have to keep praying for a miracle.

RYAN TURNED 3 YEARS OLD

everyone got into the birthday fun, sofia loves cake and she's really using a soon well.

sean and josh don't seam to remember that it's ryans birthday not their's, it's ok ther just kids.

josh has always ben full of alot of hot air,but when he showed me this trick I was truly amazed.

ryan was so happy with all his gifts, espcially the CARS toys.

He was so cute blowing out his candles, I really can't believe how fast time flys, it seams like we just moved here and it's already been over a year. I was looking through my camera and found the pictures from ryans last birthday,(still not developed), he looks so different , it's funny how much they grow and change and you don't even notice. Pretty soon he'll be in school, then on his mission , then off to college, it's really freaking me out how fast things are happening, my life seems like a whirlwind of diapers,crying ,and smiles. I feel like as I'm getting older( almost the big 30) I can't seem to remember things as well, thats why I'm glad to have these small little moments to reflect and write stuff down. this is the closest thing I have to a journal and maybe someday my kids will read this and understand what life was like for me while they were growing up, maybe they won't be so quick to remember the things I didn't do. and just know how much I loved them.

HO HO HO!

LAST NIGHT WE DECIDED TO DECORATE FOR CHRISTMAS, AFTER WE HAD SOME PUMPKIN PIE WITH COOLWHIP. AS YOU CAN SEE WE HAD ALOT OF FUN!

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

WELCOME TO MY HELL, this is the best and worst time of the year for us . we love Christmas but are a bit overwhelmed with the 3 birthdays, not including our extended family, We have a total of 7 birthdays this month and they are all before Christmas. It's crazy right now, my family just left from thanksgiving, and my husbands family is coming up on the 20th. In between that I have to plan and help with our wards Christmas party,our secret Santa, our family service project, and shopping of course. I'm so tired, we'll see how much I really get done this year.

SEAN IS 4 YEARS OLD

Sean had a great birthday, he was telling everyone that it was his birthday everywhere we went , at the store ,at the pizza place, at the movies, although no one really could understand what he was saying , they were all so sweet nodding and smiling at him , he didn't seem to mind. Thanks to everyone who remembered him, roxy your message made us all laugh, to cute! Now 2 more to go ,then x-mas, yeah! Why did I always get prego around march, never again!

TWILIGHT

What a great party, good food, good friends,but was sad to say goodbye to dana. We all hit the midnight showing and it was great, didn't get home till 3, I haven't stayed out so late in years, but well worth it.

Sean is THE big fat panda

Poor kid has his daddy's belly.

joshua really deserved this.

He is so cute!

So sean has been obsessed with the kungfu panda movie, and has been running around the house screaming "I love kungfu" and "I am THE big fat panda". He runs around karate chopping everyone, and decided to take on josh and ben, as you can see he can hold his own.

MY BRAINLESS CHILD

This is by far the stupidest thing joshua did on fri, ( I love joshua but he really has no common sense), joshua was running late as usual and he had missed the bus several times, so me and ben told him that if he missed the bus 1 more time he was going to walk to school, granted this was only a threat(although his school is only a half mile away and I told him we would follow him in the van.) He ran out the door and to the bus stop, after 15 minutes ben turns to me and say" do you think josh is dumb enough to try to walk to school by him self?" I say" No, he knows better " but ben decides to go to the bus stop and check to make sure he got on. so ben goes out and checks no one was there we assumed that he got on the bus. 3 hours later the school calls just to let us know that joshua just arrived at school. I lost it ,I started crying ,ben just wanted to kill him. So we rushed out the door and down to the school to find out where he had been and how he made it to school safely. He of course started crying telling us some story about walking to the park( taking a break to go to the bathroom) and then asking several STANGERS how to get to his school. I could not believe it, not that he took off by himself, but that he actually made it to his school and it only took him 3 hours. After calming down we sent him back to class, as me and ben were getting into the car , ben turned to me and said that joshua must really be his son (as if there ever was a question)because that was something he would have done. Luckily he is safe and grounded for the next couple of weeks. Hopefully he has learned his lesson, only time will tell.

WE WON!!!! 2008 UNDEFEATED CHAMPIONS

The boys worked so hard, and barely pulled it off. the other team was alot better than us and we were down 2 touch downs in the third quarter, but in the 4th we made a touch down and then they fumbled with three minutes left we had the ball, the boys pushed so hard these little kids weren't about to give up one inch,we had a 1st down with 20 seconds left, the score was 20 to 24, one more touchdown and we had it. they sent josh in he blocked like nothin I 've ever seen, he took this kid to the ground and gave tucker(our quarterback) a hole to score. we did it , final score 24 to 26. with 7 seconds left. No one thought we had a chance.but we just had more heart. It was by far one of the most intense game I've ever seen. so they walked off the field and received trophy's. All the parents ran on to the field hugging and crying, it was great!

I'm so proud of how much joshua has learned and grown. He's almost 8 and he's growing up way to fast .

Seany's a big boy now

Today my seany went to preschool , I'm so sad , he is my big helper and my cuddle buddy, I know it's only till noon but I'm missing him so much. He road the bus ,it was to cute, he got on and just waved goodbye. I can't believe how fast time flys next year he'll be in kindergarden.

WE GOT PUMPKINS!

So we decided to carve the pumpkins we got form bishops like 2 weeks ago.everything went well no gaging or throwing up from the pumpkin guts(josh every year). sean and ryan ran around the table stabbing all the pumpkins, while me and ben cleaned them out. sean wanted a scary face so I did his.

Josh picked out his design, but I carved his also, ben helped ryan with the little pumpkins we got here in town.bishops was fun as always, we were so glad some family went with us, it makes it more special for the kids(ben). when we were in town we let all the kids put on there costumes and hit a pinata. don't they look cute!

p.s. If your wondering about joshua's mohawk it's only for the playoffs and we are dyeing it purple .

I am so Grateful

I woke up this morning and thought it looks so beautiful outside, all my trees have turned yellow and the leaves haven't quite fallen off the tree. it's about 37 degrees outside and I can't help but feel so lucky to be here and be able to live around such beauty. I know how totally corny it sound but I rarely get a chance to just sit and listen. Well today was my day, while Sofia took a nap me and the boys just sat outside and tried to hear all the different sounds. It's rare that my boys be quiet for any length of time but the were really good, we were able to say our morning pray out side before josh went to school. It was a very spritual experience for all of us. I am so grateful to the lord for sending me to this place where I can truly enjoy all there is around me. Sometimes we are so busy with our lives, we forget to stop and look and appreciate all the lord has given us.

halloween is coming

ok ,ok ,after all the nagging I've finally given and join the wonderful world of the blog. (just call me a sheep). Now we can all read about the crazy life of the jensens in susanville. hold on tight and I'm goning to give this a try. I'm not much of a blogger so everythings goingto be short and sweet. Wjust got back from a great trip to sac, we went to Bishops pumpkin patch,and had a friend take some family pictures for us. Hopefully we got some good ones, it's really hard to get 4 kids under the age of 7 to look at the camera let alone smile, but we have to try.I'll post the pics when I get them back . the kids are screaming at eachother so I'll write some more later.