More easter pictures

Here's my little Miss Attitude!  I think this picture just says it all!  We love our Lexi!
This is Sage at the easter egg hunt in Grandma's backyard.  We just cut 4 inches off her hair and it looks so cute on her.  
I think Shelby looks so grown up in this picture.  It's happening right before my eyes.  
This is the Jensen girl trade mark!  I think I have pictures of this for all my my girls.  This one just happens to be Lexi-  gotta love the crack!
Grandma and Grandpa gave Lexi this shirt.  It says "Girly Girl- NEVER!"  Very fitting for my girls.  

Easter

We had a great easter.  We had an easter party Saturday evening at Shane's parents home and the kids had a great time.  Always good food and lots of people.  Then Sunday morning the girls woke to find that the Easter Bunny had come and their baskets were full.  They were so excited.  Libby found a Cadbury egg in her basket and that's all she wanted.  You can see in the pictures that she is consumed with getting the wrapper off of that egg.  Sunday evening we went to my mom and dad's for dinner and shared the day with Scott and Julieanne and Grandma Ahlstrom.  The kids had fun playing in the bounce house and looking for easter eggs.  It was a nice day-

She finally got to the egg and ate the entire thing.  Finally someone else in the family that loves those cadbury eggs.  I love them!  
Here's the girls in their easter dresses.  Libby found another egg right before we took this picture and so again she is consumed with it.  I didn't let her eat that one.  Per Shelby's request, no matching dresses this year.  It was funny how she made that clear to me this year.  They all looked so cute!
I love this picture of Libby!  And look Katie and Leslie, she has a bow in her hair!  My 2 sisters know that I'm not much into bows- I think they are adorable on little babies- but it's just never been my thing.  But I did get one to match Libby's dress and she looked so cute.
These two monkeys are the best of friends.  They look out for each other and play so good with each other.  

Shelby Girl!!!

These are two pictures of Shelby.  Who knew she spent some time in Paris seeing the Eiffel Tower?  Wish I could've gone with her!

Sage loses another tooth

Sage lost one of her front teeth a few weeks back and the other one has been a little loose for the last few days. So, last night Sage and I were at the church for YW basketball and during half time she and I went on the court to play ball. Leave it to mom to pass the ball a little too hard and it popped Sage right in the mouth. Her bottom teeth cut her lower lip pretty good and the ball knocked her top tooth quite loose. There was quite a bit of blood and lets just say chalk one up for mom. Anyhow, today that tooth came right out. Hardly any blood- and for those that know how my girls react to blood- that's a good thing! Here's a sweet picture of Sage without her two front teeth! She's a cutie! : )

Moab 2008

Before Christmas a few of us in the neighborhood were talking about running and this Canyonlands Half Marathon came up and we decided to put in for the lottery.  I didn't think we stood a chance getting picked because there are 12,000 people that try for this run and they take 4800 runners.  Lo and behold right before Christmas I got the email saying that we were in.  So this last weekend we were in Moab for the run and had a great time.  I haven't spent much time there but it sure is beautiful.  The run was in a canyon along side the Colorado River with red cliffs lining the river- spectacular!  They bused everyone to the starting point so we got there by 8:30 or so.  The run didn't start until 10.  It was overcast and 40 degrees and a small canyon breeze- a little chilly.  We were actually freezing at the top until the race started.  Thank goodness it warmed up when we started running, otherwise it would have been a long 13 miles.  Anyhow, I made it across the finish line after 2 hours and 6 minutes.  It was a good run and I actually felt pretty good when it was all over.  I'm a little sore today, but not bad.  My friends all did great too.  It was fun because I ran into 2 of my cousins there who ran the race as well, Jayme and Holly.  Aunt Karyn and Uncle Richard were there and so was my Aunt Jalyn.  It's fun to see familiar faces.  Anyhow, it was a great weekend and thanks to Scott and Julieanne for watching my little ones here at home while we were gone.  I don't think they missed us or even noticed we were gone.   Also, thanks to my great husband who always supports me and always tells me how proud of me he is.  Thanks for being my biggest fan Shane!   Here's some photos of the run and also of the scenery along the way-   

My Girls

I often think about being a mother of 4 girls and how overwhelming that sounds.  But I must admit that it's been the greatest blessing in my life.  My mom use to always tell me that she could see me with 5 little boys; I think she jinxed me.   I love my 4 little girls more than anything and I feel blessed that the Lord has given me this opportunity to be their mom.

I love Shelby for being my first born.  She's allowed Shane and I to learn and grow with her.  She is patient, caring and so obedient.  She'll go to a friends house and I'll tell her to call me at a certain time and the moment the clock turns to that time, the phone will ring.  She tries hard to do what's right.  She's a great student and things seem to come to her naturally.  She's a friend to everyone and her little sisters adore her, so does her dad and I.

I love my Sagey because she's my little buddy.  She's not shy and loves to laugh and have fun.  She and I are together some mornings alone while Lex and Shelb are at school and Libby is taking a nap, so we have some great one on one time.  That means we are either in the kitchen creating a new recipe, playing a game, exercising together or reading together.  Sage always surprises me by making my bed in the morning or doing little secret acts of service.  She's sensitive and is always thinking of how she can make others happy.

Lexi Lou- where do we start.  She is my ball of fire, fun, laughter and pure energy.  She doesn't forget when a promise has been made- like swimming at Aunt Karyn's- she's only talked about it everyday since we were sledding at her house in January.  She is athletic and throws a ball, kicks a ball and runs around the house all day long.  She is playing t-ball this spring and can hardly wait.  She is sweet and tells her sisters that they're all "Best Buddies".  She always asks when she's going to grow big and I just hope it doesn't happen too fast.  

Libby is my mamma's girl.  She loves her mommy and that's okay with me.  She just learned to walk and is always a few steps behind me.  She has a funny deep giggle and it is so contagious.  I sometimes find myself laughing just as hard.  She has this expressive face and her eyebrows often look like she has one big unibrow.  She is adorable and so much fun.   Do they come any cuter?

I feel blessed to be a mom of 4 beautiful, healthy, happy and fun little girls.  I'm enjoying them as little kids and know that the good times will continue into teenage years and then into adulthood.  I call them my 4 best friends and truly do mean that!  

Sorry- but just have to do a few more!

We had a birthday party last night here at the house for my dad and after cake and ice cream, the cousins started messing around with the photo shop and we were all cracking up.  This program came with our Mac computer and it has been lots of fun to play around with.  This is how exciting it is around our house these days.  My brother Jon says I'm easily amused and that I am!!

The top picture is my nephew Asher and my little Lexi.  The next picture is my other nephew Jones and Asher is with him as well. Jonesy was laughing so hard.  He was having a great time.  The bottom two are of my two girls Lexi and Sage.  You can hardly tell who's who.   Just done in good humor!

More photo booth fun with Shane and Lyns

I Love PHOTO BOOTH.  I have not laughed this hard in such a long time.  The photo images are hilarious- I wish I could post them all.  I'm sure there will be more in the future!

Shane finally got his BOY!!!!

You know what they say about guys with big bad A trucks?  They're compensating and Shane isn't afraid to admit it!!! That's right, after 10 years of always driving the beater in the family, Shane bucked up and finally bought his dream truck.  This thing is Big and Bad- just like it's driver.  My head is the same height as the top of the hood.  I won't be climbing in and out of the bed since I need a ladder to get into it.   The girls think it's pretty awesome.  I'm not sure what time he came to bed the first night he brought it home.  In fact, did he ever make it to bed that night?  Probably just slept with his new found love.  He's worked hard and he deserves this more than anyone so I'm proud of him.  Better pictures to come.  It rained and snowed today so the truck was wet and dirty when I took these.  Let the good times roll!!! 

This ones for you Les! luv ya!

2/29/08 entry

This blogging stuff has actually been fun and can become contagious.  I start looking at everyones blogs and next thing I know the time has flown by, I forget to pick kids up from school , Lexi is changing Libby's poopy diaper, the waters boiled over on the stove and on and on and on.   

Today is short day for the kids and they're home at 1:30.  They both had a good day at school and came home and immediately wanted to play with friends.  There's nothing better than spending an afternoon with friends.  

I spent an hour outside raking up the leaf piles that I made last fall but never put into garbage sacks because of the early snow fall or probably just pure laziness.  Just didn't get around to it.  I was glad that the piles were all still together and it made todays job much easier.   Lexi isn't feeling great.  She has a little cold and a squeaky little voice.  She still seems to smile though.Libby is a crack up.  She's finally trying to walk all over the place.  I've tried to do the video but haven't figured it out yet.  Soon-  

  Shane and I are going out tonight.  I love having babysitters!  And funny enough- so do the kids, so it works out great!  Not sure what we're doing but anything sounds great to me.  Till next time!  

Funny faces

Lex and Libby and I were having fun with the photo booth on our computer.  Libby thought we were pretty silly!!!

Forgot this one

Lexi wanted me to put the picture of her holding the alligator on here.  I was suprised that she held it, but then again it is Lexi, Miss "I can and will do anything!".  She was so brave!  

First attempt

Okay, so I've been talking about doing this for a while now and now that I have my new computer, I have no excuses. Bear with me as I get the pictures and pages together, but I think this will be fun.

The first three pictures are from mine, Lexi and Libby's grand adventure to Florida.  And let me emphasize adventure.  Thank goodness Grandma and Grandpa were there on the airplanes to help out.  I think I would have gone crazy or maybe those sitting by me would have gone crazy if I had been alone.  We had a great time visiting Katie, Ben, Jenna, and Dani.  What cute little girls they are.  We went shopping, played at the beach, went on an airboat ride in the Everglades and saw alligators, Lexi held a baby alligator,  went on a boat ride in the ocean and saw 2 dolphins, and swam and ate good food too.  It was a great trip!  

The bottom picture is from the first part of January when Shelby was baptized.  What a special day that was for her.  She looked so pretty in white and it's okay that dad had to do it twice, right Shelb?  We're proud of her and can't believe how fast she is growing up.