Happy 21!!!

Emily is offically legal! Happy Birthday Emily! I hope that you have a great one even though we're not all there to celebrate. I know you are pretty sad to miss out on another Jensen dance party! (Zak and I still laugh about the one we missed a while ago)

We got to spend time with Em in Denver for our friend's, Mark and Ashely, wedding! It was so much fun! Emily did the flowers and did an amazing job. Em, you should post your pics too. You took some good ones of your flowers. It was fun to help her with flowers and have her help with Emrie.

It rained at the temple on Friday and all day on Saturday at the reception. Ashley was such a good sport about it all, she didn't even care! The reception was at this gorgeous mansion, I should've taken pictures, it was unbelievable! We also got to stay at a friend's house that was gorgeous! It was like a bed and breakfast. We had the house to ourselves a lot of the time. It was a beautiful home right on the lake of a golf course. We slept in a huge kingsize bed! It was so fun! I wish we could go back :) Em and I had some good time to talk and good ol sis time.

Em, good luck at school! I can't wait to see you again! SYTYCD here we come!!!

(more pics of the wedding)

Letter Blocks

Emily and I have been working on finishing these blocks! My sets are finally done and she is making some for a wedding gift. We thought you might want to see the finished products.

This is actually the set I made for Rachel for my pay-it-forward blog giveaway.

This is the original set I made with the ward...

...and I put Noel on the back of it. These are 5x5 blocks, the rest are 3x3.

Front...

and back.

Em and I did our BOO a little different because I bought some stickers. Anything is possible!

Back of the BOO is USA. We used cream paint which worked for both holidays. These aren't finished yet...

This is Em's Love with Noel on the back.

And here are my little girl sets for the nursery! I think Ella is the official name! :)

We have a mechanic in the family!

Three cheers for Emily! She changed her own flat tire yesterday! She even left her dear Edward for a few mintues to get it done--what a sacrifice. :) We have a great video but it is too long to upload... I will work on editing it so you can see her in action.

Em did all the work herself. Mike was just the peanut gallery.

Put your weight into it!

PROOF!

Sweet Running Man

So Dana thinks she can dance... anyone else?

I DIED when I came across this a little while ago when watching our famous home videos... I wanted to show Landon and Dana so bad when they came out to visit me, but I never got around to it. So here's a shout out to Landon! I wish I could be with you when you watch this... you're gonna die!

Love you, Dana! If you think this is blackmail... I have MUCH worse. So don't even think about it.

More Idaho and Maddie at Grandpa's and Grandma's

I know you all have seen plenty of visit pictures if you've looked at Lauren's and Dana's blog, but I got some when they weren't around so... here we go!
While we waited on the shore at Centennial for the kayakers Maddie was fearless and would have walked right out into the river if I would have let her. We walked all along the rocks under the cliffs, she loved every minute of it!


Throw'n rocks in the river...
It's OK Lauren... Cole, Shelbe and I are all between her and the water!
Cole and Shelbe waiting their turn.
The old kid size picnic table... she loved it! I'm so glad we kept it around for the next round of little people.

WHEEEE! swing'n with Grandpa
Swing'n with Uncle Cole at the river...lots of swing'n going on!!

Is that a ball coming at my head??

Hiking at Galena summit. It was a 5 mile hike, lots of snow on the trail... the map didn't mention that! Sooo beautiful!! Yup, my hair is gone!

Titus Lake... it was the most beautiful emerald color.

We had a fun little impromptu get away at Sun Valley. After our hike we stayed at the Sun Valley Lodge, and just bummed around. Shopping... Eating... Eating...Shopping. We also rode the lift to the top of Baldy and got a great view of the whole valley. Breathtaking! Wish we could just put it in our pocket and take it with us. Idaho is truly a beautiful place to live.

Spring!

Our yard is at it's best right now , so I thought I'd share the beauty! Most of this will be over by the time you get here Dana and Lauren so I didn't want you to miss out. I wish the iris would keep blooming all summer.

Now if I could just get a lily pad to live in the pond....
Now I just need grand kids playing in the back yard to make it complete!

The Little One Said Rollover!

This is an exciting moment for us! Emrie finally did it! What an accomplishment for a little baby. I can't help but think that she was proud of herself too. She doesn't seem proud in this video... but she smiled when she did it for me the first time. Well, kind of. I put her down for a nap and she usually falls asleep pretty quick but she was crying pretty hard so I ran in there and she had rolled over in her bed! But then she started doing it when I put her down on the ground too. I was so excited! This take is like the 5th time she did it and it was yesterday. Today she is getitng better and better! She rolls over so fast. It was fun to see her try and get this. It is so weird hoe we don't teach them to do these things, but they just know how to do it. It is a proud parent moment for me and Zak!

Emrie also found her little toes. She's thinks its fun and its pretty cute!

Talk about pout-ee! It was so cute, I tried to get a good picture. Tears welled up and dripped out for the full effect! This girl is too precious...