So the boys have not been wanting to hear what we have to tell them lately and here is how they have expressed their dissatisfaction at what we have to say:

When we tell Christopher no to anything or he doesn't like the answer that he got regarding one of his many requests for candy he will proceed to cover our mouths with both hands and put his face really close to ours and say, "You stop talking I ask Daddy (or mommy)"

Nathanial was not doing what he was supposed to do and throwing a fit because he got sent to his room. After a minute he demanded to be let out of his room and Kara proceeded to tell him why he couldn't come out and what he needed to do to get out. Nathanial starts to yell and then this is the conversation that follows:
Kara: Nathanial you're not listening to me.
Nathanial: I will listen if you stop talking!

Funny Story

Ryan was asked to help in Nathanial's class on Sunday and had the following experience:

During Junior Singing time the music director asked a question about one of the words in the song that they were singing.  Ryan leaned over and told the little girl who was sitting next to him.  She raised her hand and proceeded to tell the answer.  A little while later another question was asked but Ryan was busy trying to keep another child under control.  The little girl took Ryan's face in her hands and turned his to face her.  Ryan had no idea what she wanted so he said, "hi", she repeated after him in question form, "hi?" Ryan told her, "hi" again. She asked again, "hi?".  Ryan answered her with "hi". She raised her hand and confidently answered the question, "hi!".

36 Weeks

As of Sunday, April 17th I am 36 weeks! One more week and I am considered full-term.  My doctor will induce me any time after 37 weeks but I am wanting Emily to come on her own.  I am hoping that she is born on May 7th (that is the day that Ryan and I met 7 years ago)!

 

 

Emily's Room

We have been working on a few things for Emily's room and other than painting touch-ups (we are waiting on our landlord for that) her room is done.  I am very happy with the way that it turned out.  The boys are always saying how pretty it looks.  It all started back in December when we found out that we were having a girl that I decided that I wanted to paint all of the nursery furniture white.  I started to take the crib and changing table apart.  We then found out that our crib has been recalled twice for two different reasons.  We took it back to the store where we originally bought it back when I was expecting Nathanial and they returned it and gave us the full price that we paid for it over 4 years ago!  We ended up buying a new crib. Here are the pictures of her completed room:
Here are her headbands and bows: (I painted the frames and added the fabric and ribbon to them)

These are the pictures that we have been working on for FHE.  They were painted and I added stickers to them:

Christopher painted this one:

Nathanial painted this one:

Ryan painted this one:

Here is Emily's crib:

I hand quilted the blanket and made the pillows, bumper, and crib skirt:

This end table was given to us. Ryan took it apart, sanded it, added a new top and I painted it:

I painted the wall shelves and the changing table, Ryan put it together and added the green contact paper to the changing table shelves:

I also made matching curtains:

I originally got this idea from my friend, Jen.  I painted the frames and added in the letter E M I L Y:

This is across from her crib, it is a cross-stitched blanket that my mom made:

We have decided that this little girl's name is going to be Emily Lynn Jensen.  We both really like the name Emily and Lynn is my middle name.  Instead of calling her Emi for short we are going to call her Mily (Millie).  Millie is Grandma Jensen's mother.

Psi Omega Salsa Challenge

On Saturday April 9th Ryan's fraternity, Psi Omega, had a salsa challenge along with dinner and a pinata.  The boys loved the pinata:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Memory of Leon M Esplin

The Sunday that we headed back from Virginia we received some very sad news.  My grandfather, Leon Esplin, had passed away.  He will always be remembered as a fighter, someone who never gave up! He was fighting until the very end!

My Grandpa has been battling cancer for a few years now. Things would look good and then things wouldn't.  Earlier this year Grandpa went down to Salt Lake to have part of a tumor removed from his spine.  He was released from the hospital and came home.  One night Grandma noticed that the incision looked infected and took him the ER at EIRMC.  He was then life flighted to Salt Lake.  In Salt Lake they told him he had MRSA (Methicillin-Resistant Staph Aureus), a bacteria that is resistant to almost all antibiotics.  Since the bacteria was in his spine, brain, and heart there weren't any antibiotics that they could give him.  He was sent home to await his passing.  All of his children came to see him.  His body seemed to overcome the infection in his heart but he was unable to fight off the infection in his nervous system.

I wish that I could have been there and seen him one last time.  The last time that I saw him was last year when we were in Idaho.  Last summer he farmed his farm and moved pipe.  I am not sure if it has sunk in that he is gone.  I am glad that we named Christopher after my grandfather and I hope that he can live up to the name that he carries.

In Loving Memory of

Leon M. Esplin

Leon M. Esplin, 78, of Basalt, passed away at home on April 3, 2011.

Leon was born July 15, 1932 in Shelley, Idaho to Marion and Voilet Mitchell Esplin.  He grew up and attended schools in Shelley and Firth.

Leon was active in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints.

On February 3, 1956 he married Leola May in the Idaho Falls Temple.

He is survived by his spouse, Leola of Basalt; his seven children, David (Angie) Esplin of Firth; Darin (Grace) Esplin of Diamond Bar, California; Diane (Leroy) Christensen of Rose; Delyn (Shelley) Esplin of Farr West, Utah; Deana (Hap) Johnson of Jackson, Wyoming; Debbie (Ross) Harris of Grace; Kent (Betty) Esplin of Roy, Utah; 31 grandchildren and 5 great grandchildren, and his sister, Marilyn (Merlyn) Jolley of Firth.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, and one grandson, Eric Esplin.

Funeral Services will be 11:00 A.M. Friday April 8, 2011 at the Firth Stake Center (823 North 675 East) in Basalt. The family will receive friends Thursday evening from 6:00 till 8:00 P.M. at Nalder Funeral Home (110 West Oak) in Shelley and Friday 10:00 till 10:45 A.M. before the services at the church.  Interment will be in the Shelley Hillcrest Cemetery.

Birthday Weekend

I celebrated my 25th birthday on Friday April 1st!  It was pretty low key, but that is how I wanted it.  I dropped the kids off at a friends house and headed to the dental school for Ryan to clean my teeth.  This is the second time that he has done it and this time was MUCH better!  After he cleaned my teeth we picked up the boys and headed to Red Robin.  Red Robin seems to have become the birthday dinner tradition in our family.  After dinner we headed home to meet with our friends the Graves' and Brannan's for cake.  I didn't take any pictures, sorry.

On Saturday we woke up early to head to Maryland/Virginia for a quick visit.  We met up with our good friends the Brandt's.  By the time that we got there the boys were ready to be out of the car.  We met them at Catherine's brother's house.  Joey and Angela have two boys 4 and 2 and our boys enjoyed having someone to play with and I enjoyed talking while they played :) I don't think that we had long enough to visit with them.  Catherine is expecting a baby girl and is due on April 24th. 

After we said our goodbyes to the Brandt's we headed to Virginia to meet up with Scott and Denisse and the main reason why we came: Grandma Jensen and Aunt Penny were visiting from Idaho.  Since Scott's birthday is March 31st and mine is April 1st and Penny's is April 9th Grandma wanted to take us out to dinner.  The Cheesecake Factory was chosen as the place.  Ryan and I were there first so we went in to get a table, we were told that it would be 3 hours for our party of 10 to be seated! We decided to try a different place.  While we were at the Cheesecake factory we saw this HUGE crane.  I couldn't even get the entire crane in the picture.  The boys thought is was cool and wanted their pictures taken with it...4/2/2011

We opted for a Mexican restaurant for dinner, Christopher was in heaven with the sour cream...

 Nathanial was happy with a knife and fork...

 We were seated by a fountain and all throughout dinner Nathanial and Christopher kept asking to throw a penny in.  So after dinner that is what we did...

 We stayed the night at Scott and Denisse's house on an air mattress (not the most comfortable place to sleep when you are 34 weeks pregnant.  We had lots of fun playing on Sunday morning...4/3/2011

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Scott was quite the entertainer with his juggling skills.  I guess if medical school doesn't work out he can always join the circus...

 

 

 

 The kids kept bringing Scott all sorts of stuffed animals for him to try and juggle...

 

 

 Christopher was cute and mischievous as always...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Ryan had to give it a try...

 

 

 

Christopher is a transformer...

 

 Christopher was copying Scott...

 

 Nathanial was being so good during Conference.  I am very proud of my boys and how well they sat and listened!

Our original plan was to leave by noon but we opted to stay and listen to the Sunday morning session of conference.  We left just after it was over.  I wish that we could have stayed and had lunch/dinner but we needed to get home and get some things done for Monday.  It smelt really good!
It was a quick but fun trip! I enjoyed seeing the Brandt's and Grandma and Penny and the boys enjoyed playing with their cousins!  It doesn't matter how long it has been since we saw them last they seem to pick up right where they left off.