Jensen Family Adventures

Blog Change

2011-09-21T15:56:00.000-07:00

Our blog has MOVED! Go to http://jensenfamilycolorado.blogspot.com/ to continue to receive updates on our family.

Family Fun with Two Kiddos

2011-03-13T17:03:00.000-07:00

Rachel with cousins, Timmy and Mary.

Thanks for the dance skirt, Aunt Emily!

Alex's Blessing

2011-01-04T14:47:00.001-08:00

Alex in his blessing outfit. He didn't like his hat, so I left if off.

Rachel in her Sunbeam shirt!

Magic of Christmas

2011-01-04T14:43:00.001-08:00

Rachel enjoying her new doll house from Santa.

Rachel showing AJ's new toys.

Rachel in her new pjs from Grandma Gale. Thanks Gramma!

Christmas morning--waiting to go see what Santa brought.

Rachel's Dance Show

2010-12-14T21:46:00.000-08:00

Alex is Born!

2010-12-14T21:42:00.001-08:00

He joined our family on November 26, at 12:32 pm. He was 8lbs, 20 1/2 inches, and he was even three weeks early!
Welcome to the Jensen home!

Big sister loves her new brother!

Halloween 2010

2010-11-13T12:00:00.001-08:00

Scarecrow contest at the Springs Preserve.
Howdy, Sherriff Jensen!

Rachel said Daddy's looked happy, and Mommy's looked mad. Mmmm--I wonder what that says about Mommy and Daddy.

Rachel as Cinderella and Mommy as a pregnant farmer.

Rachel's Birthday

2010-11-13T11:52:00.001-08:00

Rachel's 3rd birthday party with her friends.

Fun presents-princess stuff and a new dress!

Fun outfit from Grandma Gale.

Ariel--who could want anything else?

Blow, Rachie, blow!

Rachel's princess cake--thanks for the toppings Aunt Michelle!

Holiday Happenings . . .

2010-01-07T20:00:00.000-08:00

Rachel modeling her new Elmo and Zoe jacket.
Rachel showing off her kitchen that Daddy, Grampa, Gramma, and Mommy helped to build.

Christmas morning 2009!!

Two girl cousins sticking together (they're sandwiched between many other boy cousins).

Rachel with Santa round 2. See round one below.

This round went quite a bit better than round 1.

Enjoying the holiday lights at the Magical Forest in Las Vegas.

Rachel and Santa round 1. She even pushed away the treat he handed her. Who is that weird guy in the beard and red suit?

Ethel M Chocolate Factory lights. This is Rachel's "cheese" face.

Bellagio gardens--Rachel was terrifed of an animated talking tree they had in the gardens. We had to make a quick getaway to prevent a complete meltdown.

Rachel and her one true love--Elmo.

Fun in the Hot, Hot Sun!

2009-09-07T12:58:00.000-07:00

Hiking with Aaron's family by Cedar Breaks National Monument in Utah. Rachel enjoyed the view from the Daddy Perch.
Beautiful scenery at Cedar Breaks.

What a smile for Grandpa Mike!

Rachel--expressing her fashion sense!

Getting ready to swim!

Fun with cousins on Grandma & Grandpa Gale's swing.

Riding the caterpillar at Utah's Hogle Zoo.

Keepin' cool in the hot, hot sun!

Showing Grandma 'Leen her piano skills.

Relaxing with the Gales at Hogle Zoo.

Summer Fun

2009-07-02T15:14:00.001-07:00

Rachel ready to brave the Las Vegas summer heat!

Rachel loves dressing up. Hats are her new favorite accessory.

Rachel helping out with her cousin, Paul.

Rachel loves to do puzzles. Her favorites are her Snow White puzzle and her bug puzzle.

Easter Sunday

2009-04-17T13:53:00.000-07:00

An Easter family portrait.

East Egg Hunting

2009-04-17T13:43:00.000-07:00

Rachel LOVED hunting for Easter eggs. She didn't even care about the candy. She just wanted to collect as many eggs as she could.
We collected eggs again at home, 3, 4, 5, 6, many more times! =)

Rachel with her "dada".

Tag, You're It!

2009-04-11T10:04:00.001-07:00

Here are the rules: Take a picture of yourself right now. No primping or preparing. Just snap a picture. Load the picture onto your blog. Tag some people to play.

Saturday morning 'do--sooooo cute!

I tag Katie M., Katie S., and Laura H.

A Conversation with Rachel

2009-04-10T15:47:00.000-07:00

Play Time

2009-04-10T15:42:00.000-07:00

Rachel posing with her cousins, Nathan and Ryan Wilde.

Rachel sporting a food-enhanced hairdo.

Rachel showing off her mean sliding skills.

February Fun

2009-02-25T19:27:00.001-08:00

Aaron getting ready to cross country ski. He had never been skiing before, so he had a couple of tumbles. =)

Jeff Gale, Britt, Emily, and Jeff Wilde getting ready to brave the cross country skiing course.

Rachel ready for church. This dress was Mommy's when she was a little.

Rachel's new fashion trend-bowl hats. I think they'll catch on eventually . . .

My little dancing queen. Rachel loves dancing to music, and she loves watching the Mormon Tabernacle Choir Christmas DVD we got from Grandma Gale.

Dada's socks . . .

2009-01-04T12:06:00.000-08:00

Rachel wanted to try on Daddy's socks, and what do you know? They fit!

January Fun at the Park

2009-01-04T12:04:00.001-08:00

Peek-a-boo!

Since the leaves just recently fell from the trees in December, there's still a lot to play in at the park. Rachel was fascinated by them.

Christmas Fun

2009-01-04T11:59:00.000-08:00

Christmas morning

Singing bear from Grandma & Grandpa--Rachel now carries this everywhere.
New dress for summer (which starts here about April and lasts until October).

Rachel's new pony from Santa. She's still figuring out how to ride it properly. She tries to sit in the basket sometimes, but obviously, doesn't quite fit.

Rachel & Santa

2008-12-15T19:48:00.001-08:00

I took Rachel to visit Santa at our church Christmas party, but Rachel did NOT like Santa. She sure enjoyed examining his beard, though.

Snow in Las Vegas!

2008-12-15T19:41:00.000-08:00

Take a picture folks--it's not going to snow in Vegas like this again for another ten years!

Rachel wondering what in the world is going on, and where are all her rocks!

Our poor garden . . . guess I should have taken the weatherman seriously when he said it was going to snow and picked the last of the lettuce, peas, and beans.

Christmas time is here!

2008-12-04T12:13:00.000-08:00

Rachel and Mommy decorating the tree.

Rachel tasting her new ornaments before hanging them on the tree.

New warm, cozy pjs for wintertime in Las Vegas. Every once in a while it does drop below freezing . . . for a few hours. =)

Thanksgiving Fun!!

2008-12-04T12:10:00.001-08:00

Relaxing with Great-grandma Heaton. =)

Chowing down next to cousin Mary. More, more . . .(she does this constantly in sign language.)

Halloween

2008-11-05T15:12:00.000-08:00

Aaron dressed up as Prince Charming for work. Some of his customers thought he was a bell hop.
Rachel getting ready to help Mommy pass out candy.

Rachel was the cutest bumblebee on the planet!

Rachel's Walking . . .

2008-10-30T15:55:00.000-07:00

Carving Pumpkins

2008-10-30T15:54:00.000-07:00

Aaron did the scary face, and mine's the dorky one. =)

Rachel's 1st Birthday!

2008-10-30T15:40:00.000-07:00

Rachel enjoyed tasting her presents as much as she did opening them.

Rachel's eyes lit up when she tasted the frosting. She gave me a look that said, "You've been holding out on me!"

What a great gift for a 1 year old--My First BYU Book!

Aaron made and decorated the cake. In case you can't tell, it's frosted green for grass, blue for a pond, with a rubber ducky swimming in the pond. Rachel loves duckies--thus his inspiration.

Rachel loves sitting face forward in the car now. She gets to see all the action.

Disneyland

2008-09-30T19:31:00.000-07:00

Aaron works for Wells Fargo, and this year, they had a recognition event at Disneyland for their Desert Mountain region. We spent Friday at the recognition events, and Saturday was party time in Disneyland!

Fun in Toontown!!

Rachel was busy most of the day looking at all the interesting characters walking around. Rachel was fascinated by Minnie & Mickey's noses.

New York City

2008-09-11T15:43:00.001-07:00

For the second part of our trip, we took the train to NYC. Here we are in front of the Labor Day parade on the streets of Manhattan. The next day, Sunday, we went to the Manhattan 1st ward for church. Mitt Romney was there, too. His son is in that ward and was blessing his baby son that day.

Our carriage ride around Central Park

Lady Liberty from the window of our harbor cruise boat.

Manhattan skyline minus the twin towers. Our tour guide said the WTC was twice as high as these buildings here.

Rachel rode around Manhattan in this backpack. What a nice life! We had to walk . . .She's waiting to take the harbor cruise.

The New York Public Library. Look familiar? Ghostbusters, The Day After Tomorrow . . .etc. We also saw the Broadway show Wicked, which was incredible. Unfortunately, due to a downpour caused by Hurricane Hanna, we did not take any pictures.

Times Square

Washington, D.C.

2008-09-11T15:32:00.001-07:00

We went to Washington, DC with my parents on a special trip. Rachel and Aaron are just chilling in the airport, ready to head to DC.

Washington Monument

Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. We saw the changing of the guard here as well.

Aaron at the Lincoln Memorial

The White House

This is THE plane Charles Lindbergh flew over the Atlantic in his historic flight. This is at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. I thought this was really cool. My favorite thing was seeing the actual Declaration of Independence and the Constitution at the National Archives. I didn't include a pictures though of the document, 'cause I thought that would be kind of dorky, since you can see a better picture online.

Mom and I in front of the capital building.

This is the hospital where I was born-George Washington University Hospital.

Baby Mozart

2008-08-07T15:07:00.001-07:00

Rachel enjoys tinkling the ivories on our electric piano. She especially likes it when we change the the "instrument" to others like the harp or trumpet. She now likes to sing along when we sing (she's a little off pitch but it sure is cute!) and babbles things like "dadadada" and "juhjuhjuhjuh."

San Diego Fun

2008-07-20T14:28:00.001-07:00

We went to San Diego last week with Aaron's family. We had fun in the car on the way up . . .

Coyote Cafe

A cannon in Old Town

Rachel and Aaron at the San Diego Temple

Rachel at the beach having fun playing (and eating) the sand

Midway aircraft carrier museum in San Diego Bay

At the Star Trek portaion of the aerospace museum in Balboa Park in the captain's chair

Fun at the hotel pool

Old Wells Fargo wagon

Microwave Explosion

2008-07-09T14:52:00.000-07:00

This is the final resting place for Wendi's DI (Deseret Industries) special crockery vegetable cooker. Considering the fact that this dish was at least 10 years old when I bought it in college seven years ago, it had a good life. Unfortunately, we also had to throw away the corn, since the crockery fragments would have made it dangerously crunchy . . .

July Fourth Fun

2008-07-09T14:45:00.001-07:00

For Independence Day, we had pancakes at JHOP (Jensen House of Pancakes) and then went swimming and had a barbeque at Aaron's brother Jeremy's house. Rachel wore a cute patriotic outfit for the day, and she looked even cuter swimming, but alas, Mommy forgot to bring the camera . . . .again.

Stand up for yourself . . .

2008-06-23T16:35:00.002-07:00

Rachel now enjoys pulling herself up and climbing the stairs. Thus, we had to finally put up gates on the stairs. Rachel's also discovered that doorstops and dishwashers are fascinating. The doorstop makes a cool "twangy" noise when you hit it, and when the dishwasher is going, it makes all sorts of cool sounds. Oh, to be young again. =)

Happy Father's Day

2008-06-14T14:08:00.000-07:00

Happy Father's Day to all of you dads out there. You deserve it! Thanks for all you do for your families. We respect you, love you, and hope you know how much you are loved and appreciated!

Bath Time is Lots of Fun!

2008-06-14T14:00:00.000-07:00

Rachel LOVES taking baths. It's our way to help her stay happy until bedtime. The only problem is that she hates getting out of the bath, so she's extra grumpy afterward. You just can't win . . .

Rachel's New Tricks!

2008-06-11T15:45:00.000-07:00

Crawling!!

Eating the remote control . . .

Eating Cheerios!

Looking cute . . .oh, wait, that's not a new one . . .

Jeff's Wedding

2008-06-11T15:41:00.000-07:00

Jeff and Brittany Gale

My little brother Jeff got married in May, and he and Brittany had their Utah reception at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building in SLC. We had a great time!

Family Reunion in Heber City, Utah

2008-06-11T15:26:00.000-07:00

Here are some fun shots from the Gale Family reunion. There were 26 people in all, 14 adults, 10 kids, and 2 babies, with 1 on the way . . .

We all had fun doing the limbo to Barry Manilow's Copacabana.

We also had a Gale Family Olympics. Each family made a flag and competed in various events. I came in third in the jump rope competition. My elementary school playground time paid off! This is our flag--Aaron's the bear, Wendi's the lion, and Rachel's the ducky.

Mother's Day

2008-05-24T16:17:00.000-07:00

On Mother's Day, Aaron's family came over for a barbeque dinner, and we enjoyed spending time with Grandad Jensen. Here all the Jensen grandchildren pose together (Rachel, Logan, & Natalie).

We take sleeping seriously!

2008-05-21T19:48:00.000-07:00

Mommy and Rachel enjoy a Saturday afternoon nap together while listening to the last Harry Potter book on CD. This was actually a bit staged, but isn't it cute!

Grandma Mary

2008-05-21T19:38:00.001-07:00

Two weeks ago we attended my Grandma Mary's funeral. She was a fantastic lady and was a wonderful example of Christlike love and service. She was always thinking of others and was always willing to share her green punch and ding-dongs. It was so neat to hear how she had touched different people's lives as my brothers, my mom, my niece, and my cousins spoke at her funeral. We'll miss you Grandma!! You're in our hearts always! I realized Rachel will carry a part of Mary with her, even though she'll never know her personally while on this earth. How cool!

Thumbsucker Extraordinare!

2008-05-21T19:33:00.000-07:00

Rachel is a thumbsucking pro! She used to like her binky, but about six weeks ago decided her thumb tasted better. Now she can calm herself without Mommy or Daddy's help. How nice! She also tried out riding Mommy's old stuffed lion, without much success. Mommy had a hard time making sure Rachel didn't fall off the lion and taking the picture at the same time.

Cousins Visit

2008-04-28T19:06:00.001-07:00

Rachel enjoyed spending time with her cousins, Mary and Timmy, in March. Ryan and Nathan, her other cousins, visited the next week, but unfortunately, we didn't preserve the moment in a picture.

First Feeding--Yum!

2008-04-28T19:03:00.000-07:00

Rachel enjoyed her first taste of solid food (rice cereal.) Now she can't get enough as she lunges at the spoon. Wendi still can't figure out if she likes the spoon or the rice cereal best.

Rachel Sitting Up!

2008-04-22T11:45:00.001-07:00

Rachel now enjoys a new perspective on life. Instead of seeing everything from her back or her tummy, she has now progressed to sit-up stage, not to be confused with spit-up stage, which she is still on. =)

Nikole's Wedding (Aaron's Sister)

2008-04-22T11:09:00.000-07:00

We had a lot of fun at Nikole's wedding on April 12. Rachel loved her dress Grandma Jensen made her--it was very colorful. She enjoyed chewing on it. Rachel was happy for most of the reception, until we didn't let her eat Mommy's bouquet. Wendi was one of Nikole's bridesmaids and Rachel was jealous of her flowers. Aaron enjoyed making fun of Wendi while she stood in line and he sat at the tabel and enjoyed the atmosphere and delicious assortment of treats.