The Jensen Family: February 2011

Gainfully Employed

Congratulations to Chad! He has accepted a full-time psychology faculty position at Brigham Young University beginning fall 2011. We are excited to be moving back to Utah and look forward to the new adventures we will have there.

Big Sisters

Coming July 2011...

There will be two BIG SISTERS at our house!

St. Patrick's Day, Spring and General Conference

On St. Patrick's Day, Emily and Annie woke up to find that some leprechauns had hidden their breakfast. They had to follow some clues to find their breakfast and a St. Patrick's Day treat.

Spring has been a long time in coming this year. We decided to celebrate its arrival by making some "Spring Hats".

For the past few years, we have had a special Family Home Evening before General Conference about King Benjamin talking to his people. Before Saturday sessions begin, we build a tent that they kids can sit in to watch conference. This year we decided put up Emily's play tent rather than build one ourselves. This is Emily and Chad getting ready for conference to begin.

Utah Trip

In March we took a trip out to Utah to look for houses. Emily spent a few days at Nana's while while we were there. We drove to Idaho for the weekend to pick her up and spend some time with Chad's family. Grandpa Jensen had some new calves on his ranch. We took the girls to go and see them.

Given that we currently live in the land of Dunkin' Donuts, our kids have never been to Krispy Creme. We thought they'd like seeing how they make the doughnuts so we took them for a little snack.

It was a fast trip, but we at least narrowed down the areas we'd like to live and the types of houses that are available in those areas.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day! We started off the day with heart shaped pancakes for breakfast before Chad had to leave for work. Emily had been up for a while and was wide awake and ready to go for the day.

We woke Annie up just before breakfast was ready. She was still a bit sleepy and was trying to wake up for the day when we took this picture. Thanks for being a good sport Annie!

After breakfast it was time to open some Valentine packages.

Emily and Annie got a surprise package from their cousins, Patrick, Kennedy and Maren. They love the homemade crayons! Thanks.

Next, they opened a package from Nana and Grandpa Jensen. Thanks for the Target gift card and other goodies. They loved the little balloons that inflate when you smack them!