Grandpa's Day/Night

Connor and Grandpa

The approaching 'end' of summer and the
imminent start of school brings an opportunity to spend some
 'one on one' time with the Grandkids.
Shopping for school shoes, watching a movie and
practicing putting plus a sleepover makes for the best time...

Cody and Grandpa



It's Family Time!

It's been awhile since I've posted...

almost a year...

but we're still here, alive and kicken...

The above picture is from the Bountiful Parade on

Friday, July 21st.

Rick & I got up early and went down to reserve a spot.

We got there at 5:45am and got lucky in finding this space.

The parade was fun, but being with family makes it 'funner'!

Holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, health scares,

Sunday lessons and talks, softball games, dance recitals, ordinations, baptisms,

school projects, spelling bees, grandparent days, swimming lessons, Thursday lunches,

parades, camping, graduations...

No matter what...it's better and 'funner' with family!



Never Fear

Easter 2011

I know, I know!! It's been 7 months since my last post!

  I can't believe how time flies!  What can we do to slow it down? 

 Nothing! 

 We just have to be careful to enjoy every moment and every person. 

 Especially those we love and care about! 

 This summer has been ca------razy!  I'm thinking about working

 on my next post by months, just so I can catch up.

  So much life....so little time!

Jazzed and Jimmered

On January 14th we went to the Jazz game with Kathy's fam.

They played Cleveland and won big.

We all got to go free because we went to the Miller Family Christmas Sing-a-long and

everyone who went got a free Jazz ticket and other goodies too.

And of course because they were free you can guess where the seats were.

You could say we had a 'birds eye' view!

We had a great time.

It started off at Crown Burger....yum!



Can you say 'pastrami and onion rings'?



Our 'bird's eye' view

Connor, Lauren and Cody

On the next to the last row.  We brought plenty of kleenix for the 'nosebleeds'

Then.....
On January 26th the 'guys' came over to watch the

#9 BYU vs #4 San Diego basketball game.

Rick, Brady, Tony and Connor cheering

Byu won 71-58

Jimmer scoring 43 points

It was a fun night!

First Party of 2011

On January 1st, 2011 we had a party.

Those of the Jensen side that were able to attend were:

Rick and me...

Kathy, Tony, Connor, Lauren and Cody

Jenny, Kaitlyn and Anna (Brady & Alivia were home sick)

Bonnie and Dennis

Stacy, Ron, Kensie and Ryan

Kayla and Michael

Greta, Kylie and Brandon

We all had a great time.

Connor and Ryan playing video games



Judy's Famous Brownie Trifle - Yum!



Food, Fun and Fam

Dennis (Alias: Colonel Sanders), Bonnie, Rick, Judy

Tony, Michael, Ron and Dennis watching football

Cody and Anna playing wii (samuri swords)

The girls playing 'Curses' - pee your pants funny!

Greta brought her finace Brandon

The original fam...

H-E-L-L-O 2011!

2010 was a great year.

Much, much, much better than 2009.

So how will 2011 go?

I'm leaning toward FANTASTIC!

Just to recap some of the highlights of 2010....

January...

Serving on Moroni's Quest 2010 planning committee...

Kick-off Fireside on the 31st...awesome!

February....

The wonderful Mexican Riviera cruise with Sue, Mike, Brownie and my love Rick.

March...

Our little Grand-daughters Build-a-Bear Party

Rick & I went to St. George, below photo: Having fun in Snow Canyon.

April....

Rick & I had a great trip to Washington DC

Photo is at Gettysburg, PA

May....

Rick & I with the 3 older grandkids spent Memorial Day

weekend camping in the trailer.

We went to Mesa Verde and of course Arches National Park.

June....

Our cute niece Kayla married Michael Chandler.

Her reception was up at Bear Lake.

Kaitlyn caught the bouquet.  Scary...

July....

Had a wonderful time down in Pine Valley, Utah

at the Roland & Nelda Jensen Family Reunion.

We also went to Glenn Beck's 'Rivival'

August.....

Brought a bountiful harvest.

One of our favorite meals....

September....

Went to Swiss Days in Heber City with some friends. Fun!

On Labor Day we did one of our favorite new found hobbies...

Geocaching.  Fun! Ask us about it...

October....

Of course, Halloween with the grandkids.

Livie does not like to have her picture taken!

November....

 Thanksgiving at Susie & Mikes.

What a great family day!

December...

Our 35th Anniversary Cruise to the Caribbean.

Refreshing!

We start 2011 full of excitement.  We expect only

good things and good times.

We can hardly wait!

Christmas Past...

Another amazing Christmas season has come and gone.

It's hard to believe that time can travel so fast.

We had a great one.

All of our family came over on Christmas Day

for a bountiful brunch.

The Arrival - Tony



 

The Arrival - Cody



The Arrival - Brady





The Feast





Everyone partaking




Mrs. Claus and her two elves!



Opening presents!

The Girls - Lauren, Kaitlyn and Anna

Connor showing Grandma his 'RWH' ring...
(Return With Honor)



Grandpa and Livie



                                               What a great day we had.

Merry Christmas!

Until next year....

Got Sun?

Could there be a more wonderful way to spend your 35th wedding anniversary

than taking a caribbean cruise? No.

The only thing that could've been a little better was more sun.

We sailed out of Ft. Lauderdale, Florida on Sunday.

One of the reasons we decided on this particular cruise was the

stop it made on Monday at Key West.  We have never been there.

Well, the horrible storm that was hitting the southeast

just rolled on down and Monday morning Key West closed

it's port due to high winds.  And boy were they high!

The ship scrambled to provide an acceptable unexpected day at

'rough' sea.  It did OK, but our stateroom was the

preferred spot for the day.

Cozumel, Mexico was plan B for Tuesday.  The sun did shine but it

 was cold and windy.  We made the best of it by eating lunch at

a great little Mexican restaurant.

Christmas, Cozumel style

Rick on our balcony. Notice the color of the water. Gorgeous!

Wednesday was Grand Cayman.  We had reserved a tour online to go

to Stingray City, but the ship could not stop at the regular port, due

to high winds we had to stop on the other side of the island.

We had no way of reaching our tour company so we

just tendered in after lunch and sat on the beach.

Relaxing on deck.  This area was called 'Serenity'.  Love it!

On the beach at Grand Cayman.

Collecting coral on the beach at Grand Cayman.

Thursday was Jamaica.  Rain.

Need I say more?

Friday was a much deserved beautiful sunny perfect day at sea.

A much deserved day of sunshine.

Saturday was our long trip home.  Long airport delays due to bad weather.

When someone tells you to 'have a nice day', you must remember

to 'MAKE it a nice day'.  That's what we did
 and very happy memories were made.