Ryan Jensen Family

Thursday, November 14, 2013

Halloween

Halloween was a big hit at our house this year. We started off our celebration with class parties at the boys' school....

Christopher and his group at school

Christopher and his 5th-grade buddy getting ready for the costume parade

Nathanial in the parade

Nathanial

After school the kids got ready for trick-or-treating. Also this year the boys carved their pumpkins all by themselves.

Nathanial and his pumpkin

Christopher made it this far before he cut himself and had Ryan finish

Christopher and his pumpkin

Emily fell asleep just after dinner so Ryan took the boys out while I handed out candy at the house. After a little while she woke up so I decided to take her down our street.

Rapunzel

Nathanial was a red ninja, Christopher was Hawkeye from the Avengers, and Emily was Rapunzel. Ryan and the boys ended up trick-or-treating for almost two hours and came home with their bags almost all the way full. They were so heavy that Ryan had to help the boys carry them. Emily and I went to 6 houses and that was plenty for her. She was happy giving out candy to others.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Weekend Visitors

Ryan's parents and sister came into town October 18th-21st. They flew into Omaha on Friday and didn't make it to Sioux City until after 8. We had dinner then they went to their hotel to rest for the night. The next morning they slept in and made it over for breakfast around 11. After lunch Lanie played hide-and-go-seek with the kids. The boys had a blast! The rest of us just sat around and talked which was really nice. It was Stake Conference and Ryan needed to attend a meeting. While Ryan was at his meeting, Clay went back to the hotel to rest his back, while Karen, Lanie, the kids and I headed to the Sioux City Art Center. Karen and I took the kids to the children's section while Lanie went and looked at the art.

Around 4 we headed to the hotel for swimming...

Emily and Suzie Q

Grandpa, Christopher, and Nathanial

Grandpa, Nathanial, and Susie Q playing water games

Grandma watching Emily climb on Ryan

Emily would climb on Ryan...

Ryan would drop Emily in the water...

Emily would smile and say, "do again?"

Grandpa, Christopher, Suzie Q, and Nathanial playing Marco-Polo

Ryan, Suzie Q, Nathanial, Grandpa, Christopher, and Emily swimming

Now to the reason why we had visitors this particular weekend...Ryan was called to serve as the 2nd counselor in the bishopric and Clay came to ordain him a High Priest. We are so grateful that they were able to come.

Monday morning Ryan's parents and Lanie went and toured the dental practice and had some x-rays taken.

We had a wonderful visit with our family over the weekend! Thanks again for coming!

Life Happenings

Homecoming Parade October 1st : the local elementary schools get to be part of the Homecoming parade...

All the kids received a popsicle at the end of the parade

Emily is our thumb sucker and we have been trying various things to get her to stop. This time we wrapped her elbow with an ace bandage and wrapped her thumbs with band aides and tape.

10/03/2013

Emily is a little gymnast swinging on the boys bed.

When Ryan came home from work on October 7th and found a dead hawk in front of our house. Christopher was so excited and wanted to touch it; Nathanial was scared of it and wouldn't get close...

One of Nathanial's favorite things to do this summer was to mow the lawn. Ryan decided that he was big enough to use the mower, good thing it is a self propelling mower.

Last mow of the season...

October 11, 2013

Wednesday, October 23, 2013

September Wrap-Up

Emily was helping me make orange dreamsicle cupcakes and thought the batter was pretty good!

Nathanial has now lost 8 teeth. He came home from school on September 20th to tell me that he lost a tooth at school. For his afternoon snack they had apples and when he bit into the apple his tooth came out. The next day he decided that the other tooth that was loose should come out so he tied floss to it and pulled it out.

Missing his upper laterals

We need to become good friends with and orthodontist

On Saturday, September 21st, our ward held a 5K fun run/walk. I was not planning on running but walking with Christopher and Emily in the stroller while Ryan and Nathanial ran. Christopher decided that he wanted to run at the beginning. He ran off and on for about half of the course. I can now say that I completed a 5K when I was 32 weeks pregnant!

Ryan, Christopher, and Nathanial with their awards. Ryan: most supportive running partner ; Christopher: youngest to finish 1/2 the race; Nathanial: youngest to complete the entire course; Emily: the youngest to complete the race in the stroller.

Emily and Kara with their awards. Kara: largest family to participate (they counted Benjamin).

Labor Day Weekend

For Labor Day, September 2, 2013 we were invited to attend breakfast on the water with the Wheelocks. They have a boat and 2 jet skis. We went out on the Missouri River and found a great little inlet to dock at and then set up a portable stove where omelets were cooked and the kids played in the sand and caught minnows and small fish. Ryan also took each of our kids out on the jet ski for a few rides...