The following is a little from my brag bag, and a written mental/physical stress history,
in case...
I'm committed in the near future.
Just in the last 2 weeks we...
Temple with my kids (could do this every day!)
7th grade campaign posters, speech, assemblies etc.
Jr. Honor Society kid
Alyssa to California for Choir Tour (if you think it's cheap or easy to get a teen ready to travel....think again!!)
Perfecting the back flip on the trampoline
Baby Bro. graduating from BYU...wifeless???
Stake Primary Mtg.
Book Club
Jr. Year class registration (2 Extra-Extra Strength Tylenol after that!)
Making Drama 3 after a stressful audition process! (yeah Alyssa!)
Violin recital rehersal
Piano recital
6 soccer games
Space Exploration Merit Badge Pow Wow
Sick boy with 102 temp. on and off for 5 days...three cheers for the antibiotic
Running a 5K (after taking the winter off..agh!)
Perfecting the double pass jump rope (go Ash!)
Constructing a pavilion over our sandbox...(handyman Karl, and side-kick dad, Reilly.)
Research Papers, reports and posters galore...why does this all come at the end of the year?
Easter baskets, breakfast and family gatherings
ecetera, ecetera, ecetera!
Oh yeah, and we went and saw "The King and I".
In the movie "Charlie" (book by Jack Weyland), there is a scene where Charly is talking to Sam's mom after having an amazing day with Sam's family and she says,
"are all days like this?"
The mom replies in her down to earth, honest way,
"Oh no, this was just a really good day!"
For me this day at the temple was just a
REALLY GOOD DAY!
My mom has been researching family names, and had prepared some names for baptism. To have Alyssa and Parker not only worthy, but thrilled to do baptisms for the dead was like heaven for me! So great to be with my parents as well!
Connor ran for 7th grade officer. There were about 10 kids running and only 3 positions. He didn't win, darn it, but they said the voting was extremely close. I was so proud of my boy! BTW, he gave out stress balls and they were a hit!
Parker was one of 5 presenters at the Jr. Honor Society meeting. He was awesome, and is such a great student!
Connor worked for hours to get his back flip down, and did it!!
We had a family dinner celebrating Jonathan's graduation from BYU, and Adrienne made this poster for him.
The Big Day! He was all smiles, and so were we, so proud of the great man he is!
On to dental school!
Connor and I signed up to run in the school fundraiser 5K. We've had really cold, wet weather, and I haven't been very motivated to prepare, so I was kind of dreading it, but it went really well, and I beat my time!
Connor the speed demon, took 3rd in his age group, and 21st overall out of about 300 runners!
Our church doesn't start until 1:00pm, so we had some time to enjoy a yummy breakfast burrito Easter breakfast.
This year Karl and I let the Easter Bunny know that the kids didn't need very much, and that candy and maybe a DVD would be awesome! He comes on Saturday morning at our home, and it worked like clockwork!
Happy Jensen bunnies!
Ashlyn practiced, and practiced and PRACTICED to get the double jump down. This means the jump rope passed under her feet 2x before her feet hit the ground.
Good going!
California with Choir tour! Beautiful girl!!
Alyssa's friends. Such an awesome group of teens! The blond girl in the middle was the solo cellist at the LDS General YW Mtg. last month...yeah!
Everyone should have a big hairy friend...:)
The guys worked on this all day on Saturday, only to realize the pitch on the roof was way too steep, and they needed to re-do it. So maddening!!
It will be beautiful when it's done though!
Do you have a headache after seeing our craziness??? Yeah, me too!
Come visit when I'm institutionalized.
