April-June 2011

April-

I've decided that I really shouldn't put off blogging/journaling for a year. I can't seem to remember what happened now. Thank heaven for pictures!!! (well, when I actually remember to take them...) I do remember that April was really busy. When I was looking back at pictures, I saw these pictures from the zoo with Ethan & Aidan. Then I realized that they weren't really from April, they were from one of the last days of March. BUT, I love these two little boys & all the fun that I have w/them, so I can't help but put the pictures up. :) As a side note: I probably should stop calling them my little boys because they are almost bigger than me! (and yes I know that it doesn't take much to be bigger than me)

Ethan next to the Lion King

Aidan "petting" the King

My attempt at getting a picture w/the 3 of us & one of the tigers,

not too bad for being a self-portrait :)

Don't they just look soooo adorable!!!

In April we did have some pretty cool thunderstorms roll through the valley. I love listening & watching the storms here in Idaho. This particular storm brought lots of vivid colors with it & I had to try and capture it on camera. Of course the color never looks as good on the camera as it does with the naked eye, but I still think it turned out pretty good.

Full rainbow

Huge guests of wind came with this storm. One took out half of the neighbor's tree across the street from us. I heard it crash. I was SOOO glad that it wasn't one of our trees. This storm was also very stressful for me. Before it came Samantha decided that she was going to leave and go run 1-3 miles before it started to rain. About 15 min into her run is when it started pouring. I watched it just get worse & worse. Then the thunder started & the huge wind gusts & I saw the tree break. I was beside myself with worry while Sam was gone. She didn't take her phone w/her, I knew approximately what her usual route was, but she also had several different routes that she took. Worst of all, I couldn't leave because the Oxygen guy was suppose to be at my house any minute to fill up my O2 tank, someone had to be there for them & I had to leave w/in a 1/2 hr to go to a dr appt. The storm passed quickly & Sam came walking in 10 min later, soaked to the bone & laughing. She thought it was the coolest thing ever to be running during that storm. I wanted to strangle her because I thought that she was going to be hit by lightning, or knocked out by flying debris from all the wind & that no one would know who she was. I cried the whole way to the Dr office, because of worry for her & also relief & thanked Heavenly Father for protecting her. Next time she had better take her phone! :)

May-

I do remember how busy May was. I jokingly called May, the Jensen month! With the end of the year it always brings lots of school performances for various groups & also graduation. Curtis & I love going to concerts & plays, but don't usually get to go because we either don't know about them or find out about them after it's too late to change our plans. Since we don't have kids of our own, we usually try and ask some of the families/kids that we know about their stuff. More often than not we just end up going to the Jensen's kids stuff (honestly we don't mind!). Last year they were involved in the following activities: Riley in drama & choir, Amanda in drama & debate, and the boys in TaVaci & maybe some other beginning sport. Since last year was Riley's senior year, we tried to go to at least one play & one or two choir performances. I didn't get any pictures of these performances, sorry...but the were a lot of fun to be at. :) The boys also had their Spring TaVaci concert that we attended. This concert is always entertaining!!! (I have a video of one of the songs that they sung, for some reason it posted at the end of this post...not sure why, but it is totally worth watching!) The end of May was also Riley's graduation. So once again we headed off to Kuna High School's graduation. (It's Curtis' favorite school!!!! We've gone to KHS graduation 4 times in the 6 yrs we've been married! Go Kavemen!!!)

I didn't get much out of graduation as I was trying to help keep these two entertained. Aren't we cute!

Jensen family

The new graduate! Isn't she beautiful!!! :)

Don't you love it when boys dress themselves....

Aidan is a heart-breaker w/the hat!!

Ethan's dog Sasha is super cute too!!!

On Memorial day we decided to take a day trip to go see Shoshone Falls over in Twin Falls with Curtis' parents & brother. Since there was a lot of snow the previous winter, the falls were running at one of the highest levels it has in it's history. The irrigation district usually diverts some of the water from the falls to the farmers, so it significantly cuts down the flow rate over the falls. I think we made it over to see the falls just a few days before they started diverting the water. I did manage to get some good pictures, but again these pictures still don't completely capture the beauty of this natural wonder.

Aren't we cute! :)

Chuck, Judie & Tim

I don't have a picture for this but I have to mention it. On May 31st Curtis & I became and Uncle & Aunt to a beautiful little NIECE!!! Her name is Annie Kate Shores & she is adorable!!!! I was SOOO excited when Heather called me an hour after she was born to personally tell me that I could buy PINK!!! Now don't get me wrong, I love my nephews, but they just aren't the same as having a little girl in the family to dress up in cute frilly girly things. So that afternoon I went out shopping to 2 or 3 different stores to my our niece some of her first pink/red/or purple outfits! I Loved it! I do have lots of pictures of Annie that I will post later! We love you Annie Kate!!!

June-

This year June started off with the annual CF Great Strides Walk. This year it was pretty exciting because they made a few changes. First off the new "theme" for the Walk to to "Blow CF Away" and they are using pinwheels. Also the Boise Walk was moved from the Veteran's Memorial Park to Ann Morrison Park, which is a much better location for a big 5k walk to be held. We kept the same team name this year....Team Sister's, and had several new walkers on our team. It was soooo much fun! This year the weather was nice, the scenery was beautiful, and the company fun & amazing! I can't wait until next year!