Yes, it happened to ME!!

When I was on maternity leave with MJ I got completely caught up with Ellen. She gives away great prizes on her show, and I try to win most of them.

Well, Tues. afternoon, I got a call. All I can really remember is "Is this Jessie?" "Ellen show, $150" and lots and lost of no ways, screaming, and a little happy dance. Yep, little ol me who has NEVER won a drawing for anything- as a matter a fact, I usually fill out drawing kind of stuff and think, won't this be fun for the person who wins- but I WON!!! YES, I won $150 gift card. After I hung up the phone, the thought did cross my mind that I had just been punked. But sure enough, Sat. (12/13) it came in the mail (ok, I only check the mail once or twice a week, so it may have come earlier). Can a I get a WHOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!? . . . WHOO HOOOOOOOOOOO!!

Shitty Shots Vol 2

You may remember me talking about shitty shots. Well, turns out I still haven't learned for Mark to take them. MJ got 4. And I failed to realize that now she is older, she knows what is going on, and the shots are not just given as a surprise- but rather there is much build up, and it took an hour (yes, an hour, and anyone to talked to me on the phone during that hour can attest) to calm down and stop the screaming.

And now would be a great time to give a shout out to one of my BFs Carolyn, who I had many conversations with this week, mostly about puke, poo, red spots etc.

Puke, Piss and Poo

I need a raise. Puke, Piss and Poo, all within like 20 min- none of it mine, all of it I cleaned up.

Re-living childhood terrors

For Thanksgiving we went to Auntie Em's house in San Jose. Cousin Ben has a wagon, and the girls loved it . . . at first.

Here is the back story. We also had a wagon when I was young. My mom would drag us around. The only problem is it tipped as in tipped over and the people in it (Arthur, Clark and I) fell out. It was very traumatic, and we tease my mom relentlessly about it. Like every time we see a wagon we talk about it. Last year I even sent her a picture of the updated wagons that now have seat belts in them.

So I am telling my mother in law about the traumatic wagon when we were little and Mark is running around with the kids in it. Sure enough, before I could finish the story the kids were dumped.


I guess we can now tease Mark and my mom :).

MJ is 4!

MJ turned 4! I know, I can't believe it either. I think she had a good birthday. We had a little party with some of her friends on Sat, and then on Sun a family party. Amazing Mark made the cake. Turned out it was a stripper cake because when you cut it open, Barbie wasnt wearing clothes!!

LEMONS!!

We have had lemon trees (2) for about 6 years. Until this year I think we have gotten in TOTAL 4 lemons. This year the trees went crazy!!

Grandma Posey's Funeral

Well Grandma Posey lasted 97 years. She passed away 11/8 and the funeral was 11/15 in Cortez CO. This is us at the lunch after. Where is Jens and Uncle Carlos? Oh yeah, the amazing Carlos was pushing Jens around so I could eat. How nice. :)

It was really nice to see family that we had not seen in a long time.

Cortez was . . . interesting. We got to change hotels at 1030 pm after realizing the water had brown floaties.

We did get to stop at Four Corners:

Arthur and Clark had to switch places because Jens was freakn out at Arthur's hair.

Mark didn't get to go. I am certain that next time we take a 9 hour trip each way, four day leave he will come :).

A Piano!!!!

We went to Utah over Veterans Day weekend (It was a crazy last min decision, one of Mark's family members died so we thought we would go be with his family). We picked up Grma Jensen's piano- awesome!!! We love it. MJ plays me songs all the time. I am sure the songs will be even better when the piano is even close to being in tune.

Notice the two inspirations. Thanks Lis for the awesome Jesus picture.

MJ and Jens also came home with BYU shirts from Gma and Gpa Lemon

Yes We Can HOPE

I want so bad for MJ and Jens to understand the significance of what has happened tonight. I wish they could feel my sense of HOPE and finally some optimism. I wish they knew how much vindication this gives so many people. I wish they could they could see the difference between just yesterday and tomorrow. I wish they could see the attitude change in leadership. I HOPE they will be able to look back at this moment of time and appreciate it. I HOPE we can ride the momentum to produce bigger, greater, better. And mostly, I HOPE this means a stronger foundation for their future.

November 1st

This year for my birthday I decided to plan everything out- this one had to count. My Dad was nice enough to watch the girls so Mark and I could go shopping. Then we ate at Cafe Rio. We went for a bike ride (I got my butt kicked). Mark made my favorite foods (Carmel, Chocolate, Angel food cake, home made chips, candy, candy candy). Clark and Carlos came. And we played some Wii. And all throughout the day I opened presents. It was definitely one of the best.