Snow Day

You are never to old to play in the SNOW! I love living Utah and having the beautiful mix of sun and snow. Anne Marie has fallen in love with snowboarding this year and decided we needed to make a "mommies day off" of it. I have been boarding twice before, once about 7 years ago and once about 3 years ago, so even though I was up for it in theory, I was a little nervous too. So about noon we left all six kids with Jason (THANK YOU!) and headed up to Sundance. We met up with Joe and Amber who had been there all morning and hit the slopes. Joe gave me a quick refresher course and it was all down hill from there but in a good way :-) I discovered that I remembered the feel of it very quickly and just had fun. The weather was beautiful!! It was 65 and sunny. We did not wear coats at all and even had to take off our sweat shirts. Anne and I just had fun and really enjoyed being together and doing something so fun. I really am grateful for the people in my life and the experiences I get to enJOY!

Brain Waves

Kevin and Sarah had the opportunity to be a part of a study at BYU. They were collecting data on childhood brain development and offered $10.00 to each participant. The kids thought it sounded great so we signed up. They had to start by filling out about 4 pages of questions about how they view themselves, their responses to different situations, etc. Mommy also had to answer several pages of questions. Kevin went first, they went into a little room with a computer screen and a key pad with only 4 keys. They told him what each key was and explained that questions would come up on the screen and he was to answer them correctly as quickly as he could. Then they fun part. They put a "net" of over 100 monitors, that were sopping wet, onto his head. The monitors were hooked to another computer that showed his brain waves as he responded to the questions. Then they shut the door and he was left in a little room to complete the test. We could all watch him on the monitors in the other room. He said after a bit he felt like he was in an interrogation room. The BYU students conducting the test showed us his brain wave patterns as he answered the questions. It was pretty cool that from a bunch of wavy lines they could learn so much.
Then it was Sarah's turn. When they put the net on her they had to add so much extra water that she had salt water dripping in her face for the whole test. It was quite an adventure for both kids but they were both very pleased to get a crisp, new $10.00 bill at the end and I have great photos to remember the whole thing.

CLARK IS 2!!

Our little baby is now 2 years old! Clark is a great kid. He loves to laugh and play. He loves to cuddle. He is not always very soft with others. Clark loves balls, playing outside, Batman, animals (especially dogs), any kind of "sword", stuffed animals, dressing up (shoes are his favorite), brushing his teeth, and did I mention Batman. He loves his older siblings and always wants to play with them. He loves his aunt Anne and anything from her has extra value. Clark loves to go out and do anything and everything. He talks a lot and can almost always get his message across. He love going to nursery on Sunday, his teachers love him and say he is SOOO good in class. Clark likes to put nice clothes and do his hair and be told he his handsome. We love our little Clark and are so grateful to have him in our family!

Aunt Julie did a perfect job on Clark's cake. It was the perfect combination of two of his favorite things and he REALLY liked it!

We had so much fun celebrating Clark's birthday with our family at Grandpa and Grandma Jensen's. It was great to watch as he really understood what presents were, that he got to open them, that inside were things for him. Clark is a wonderful little man and we love him.

Collette is 4!

Collette turned 4 on Feb. 5th. She has been planing her cake with aunt Julie for months now and was very excited to see it. Julie did a great job and Collette LOVED it.

Collette is all princess, in so many ways. She loves to dress up, do her hair, paint her nails, and in general look beautiful. Collette also believes that she should be in charge of every one and that they should all do her bidding. She is very helpful and is happy to do things for others. She loves her brothers and sister and often tells them "you are my best friend". Collette loves her cousins and is always excited to spend time with them. She is very determined and when she sets her mind to something it is hard to change it. She love to dance and sing. Collette loves to watch movies and can tell you details you would not expect from a 4 year old. She is and always will be my baby with the beautiful hair and we all love her very much!

Kelly's Kreations

A friend of mine has a new site featuring her BEAUTIFUL jewelry and I wanted to share it with everyone.

Kelly's Kreations Are so wonderful, very classy and high quality. They are great gifts for every occasion or for that matter why wait for an occasion :) Take a look and see all the great stuff she has.

Christmas

We had a wonderful Christmas!

Opening gifts was so fun. Clark really understood this year and was so cute to watch !Collette is all princess and she felt very royal with a new dress up dress, shoes, crown & jewelry!Sarah added to her LARGE collection of porcelain dolls.

Kevin loves to play football with the guys at school and daddy found him this new ball. It was a good thing the BYU vs UTAH game was a bit ago he is so "BLUE" that he would not even wear red after that.

In the afternoon we all went over to Jensen's again and had tons of fun playing together and just hanging out.

Colbys brought their new Wii and every one played (when they could get the daddies to share).

Clark and Ben even got in on the electronics and shared some tunes on the Ipod.

Grandma is always there when a sleepy head needs to cuddle, and to take care of every ones needs and wants.

Christmas Eve

Christmas Eve we all got together at Grandpa and Grandma Jensen's house. Grandpa read about the birth of Christ from Luke, we also read a story about Grandpa Kaye when he was in WWII and he sought to keep the spirit with him (thanks Ami). Then some people shared their testimonies of the savior and his gospel. It was a special evening. Grandma made PJ's for the grand kids and they all got to open them and put them on. They all looked really cute!

We have a great family and feel very blessed to have so many close to us and a part our daily lives.

Getting 9 kids to all look the same place is NOT easy!