Thanksgiving in Idaho

Last month we (as in the family including Mom, Dad, Leisha, me, and Aaron) traveled to Utah and Idaho. We stopped in Salt Lake because my uncle (Dad's brother), Peter Jensen, got sealed and married in the Salt Lake City Temple. We stayed in Salt Lake for just a day before we traveled up to Idaho to visit Cara, Tad and the family. We spent the day strolling around the city and taking a tour of the Conference Center. It was absolutely beautiful! We are so glad we could make that happen. Later that night we attended the wedding reception which was on the 9th floor of the Joseph Smith Memorial Building. That was a wonderful experience; we got to meet up with our extended family which was really nice. We stayed with Dad's sister, Polly and her family. We enjoyed that and their hospitality. The next morning we headed out to Idaho. We did drive through a blizzard which was new for a lot of us in the car. By the time we reached Cara and Tad's apartment there was probably about 4-5 inches of snow. Now...we are from Texas, and Georgia...neither of those places have snowy winters, or snow at all. So this was a big change for us. We enjoyed spending time with Cara, Tad, Afton and the new addition, Baby Reesa. We love them so much. We didnt actually stay with them, Tad's Aunt and Uncle were so kind in letting us stay at their house which was a few blocks away. It was very convenient and we are so grateful for them. Thanksgiving was so much fun. Baby Reesa got to be there in time. We really enjoyed our time up there. We left Idaho on the 27th and stopped in Oklahoma to visit Mom's mom. We stayed there for a day and then traveled back to boring old Georgia. We finally got home at around midnight on the 29th. We are grateful for the time we could spend with our family. We were able to see so many temples on the way up. We were so grateful for that. Sledding at the BYU-Idaho campus!

Everyone after we got out of the Eisenhower Tunnel!

We stopped in St. Louis on the way up to see the arch and get lunch.

OH YA!!! Beth hit her perfectly!

The family in front of Joseph Smith at the Joseph Smith Memorial Building.

Me and Aaron in front of the Conference Center

The Salt Lake City Temple from the garden on top of the Conference Center!

On the top of the Conference Center

This was the morning before Cara was going to get induced.
Ooooo...yummy!!

Baby Reesa!!!!

Mommy's home!!!!

The Rexburg, Idaho Temple

Over all we enjoyed this trip and are so grateful that we were able to make it.

I Cant Keep Up!

I know, I know I've been slacking. I just forget about the blog and no one else does it except me. So hear are some wedding pictures from a few months ago:

This is everyone that went down to Florida for the wedding.

Ok...so lately we havent really been up to much. Just enjoyng the weather, its been beautiful lately. All the trees are changing colors and they are so pretty!!!

Recently Jon and Leisha have come up from Valdosta...actually they do it alot. We enjoy spending our time with them.

Other than that we arent doing anything too exciting. We will be going to Idaho as soon as Cara has Reesa and will be staying there for a few days. We are all so excited to see her and her family again.

Our Long Awaited Update

Well...after a few months I decided I should probably update the blog again. It seems to slip my mind quite often.
We all had a wonderful at Leisha's wedding and at the beach. The wedding went perfectly and we're glad to have Jon a part of our family now. Our beach house was very nice. We had plenty of room for everyone and more since we weren't really downstairs much. The beach was just a walk away and it was very convenient for us. We had Kyrie, Fabian and Katherine Zender come and visit us regularly and play in the ocean with us. We all had a wonderfuly time. Now Leisha and Jon are living in Valdosta and plan to attend Valdosta State this coming semester.
After we got back from vacation we had the reception which also went very nicely. It turned out beautifully. Also...Dave's sister, Lori, invited us to come and see her son, Bendigo, graduate from basic training in the Army in Kentucky. So Renee, Dave and I (Beth) all attended a wonderful ceremony for him. I think we all respect the troops a little bit more. He graduated as a Calvary Scout and is now in Colorado for additional training.
Our temple has been closed for rennovation for 18 months we are sad to say. So needless to say we have to travel a few hours to the temple either in Tennessee or Alabama. With this in mind a couple of our friends invited us to attend their marriage sealing at the Tennessee temple. So we drove about 3 hours and had a wonderful time celebrating another marriage for time and all eternity. What a wonderful blessing it is to have that available to us. We are so grateful for this gospel of Jesus Christ.
So all in all we've had a pretty eventful few months. It was all so wonderful and we're grateful for the time we had to share with family and friends.
I will post some pictures very soon. Until next time......

Wedding Plans

It seems like almost every conversation we have these days is about the wedding! We spend most of the off time we have planning the reception and planning for the time we'll be spending in Florida. Of course we dont really hear Aaron stop talking about how many more days it will be until Cara and Afton will be here. We are all so excited for that! We've done so much planning already. We decided that we are driving to Orlando and staying in a hotel for the first night which is the 9th and then after the wedding on the 10th we will be staying in a beach house that we have rented out until the 17th. Leisha and Jon will come back and meet us in the beach house after their honeymoon. I think everyone is just counting down the days until we get to go. Although Leisha will be missed. It just seems so crazy that she's getting married. I've already thought about what it might be like when she's in Valdosta going to school and I dont know if I really like it. We dont really have any pictures right now but hopefully we will soon. We will keep planning of course and keep everyone updated as much as we can. So all is well with the Jensen family.

Engagement Pictures!!!

Well here are the long awaited engagement pictures for Leisha and Jon. We are so excited that they're getting married...especially in Florida!

AHHHHH....dont they look so good! We give credit to Dave Jensen for these pictures!!!!

Long time no hear!!

Well I must admit that I have been slacking on the blog. I don't have any pictures right now but hopefully will get some soon. Some news of the family is that Jon Quick finally proposed to Leisha!! YES everyone!! Leisha is ENGAGED!!! They set a date for June 10th...in the Orlando, Florida Temple. We are all very excited because this also means that we can go to the beach after the wedding!!!! YAY! I think we all need time away to the beach. :)

We celebrated Dave's birthday on the 31st of January. That was a fun experience, we are all grateful for what he does.

Beth's 18th birthday is coming up on the 29th of this month. She will be 18! Time just flies by so fast!!

So for right now this is our news...hopefully we will update soon. :)

Anberlin Concert!!

For Christmas I got tickets to go see the christian rock band Anberlin in concert in Nashville, Tennessee. Not only did I go but I got to share the experience with Leisha, mom and my friend Alison. The drive was about 3 hours there and very long...but we did see snow on the way up! When we finally got to Nashville we couldnt find the venue, Rocketown. We new it was a pretty small venue but we were struggling to actually find it. While turning right on a street mom says, "Wait isn't that the lead singer for Anberlin?!" And Alison and I looked and YES it was him!!! We probably would've jumped out of the car if we could; he was on his way into Rocketown. We found the venue and we decided that we should probably eat somewhere. Alison and I weren't very hungry and decided that we would just grab some McDonalds and then go to wait in line which had already been formed at the venue while Leisha and mom went to a fancier place. Me and Alison waited in line for about 2 hours when mom and Leisha joined us. About 30 minutes later they opened the doors, which definatly saved us because it was very cold outside. We then made our way in and got our little arm bands and proceeded to the room where the concert would be played. We actually got pretty much the front row. There were no seats...it was standing. So Alison and I stayed on the second row and Leisha and mom went to the balcony. They didnt really want to be in the crowd where you would get pushed around. Anberlin wasn't the only band that played...the bands The Becoming, Between The Trees and Madina Lake opened for Anberlin. Of those bands only Between The Trees were really good and of course the oh so amazing Anberlin were great! Anberlin came out and the crowd went wild! Alison and I got very squished but had a blast standing so close! We got so many pictures too! Well...I only got pictures of Anberlin but Alison took some of the other bands. We didn't actually get out until around 11:30 and Tennessee is an hour ahead of Georgia so it was really around 12:30 am our time! Of course then we had to drive 3 hours back! So we didn't get home until really late and then I had to wake up for seminary the next day! Oh ya I went to seminary. We all enjoyed the concert!

Christmas!!!

For Christmas Cara, Tad and Afton all came to visit. They came the Thursday before Christmas and stayed untile the early morning of New Years Eve. We had so much fun getting to know baby Afton and spending time with Cara and Tad. Tyler and Megann also came to spend Christmas with us. Sadly to say...some of us got sick during Christmas break, some more than others. Nonetheless, we endured it and are all feeling much better. We had a left over box and Cara came up with the brilliant idea to make baby Afton a sleigh that she could ride around in. She absolutely loved it!!! We took alot of pictures and loved spending time with each other to celebrate our Savior's birth.

We were very lonely on New Years Eve without Cara, Tad and Afton so we all just lounged around and watched the ball drop in New York along with the Georgia Peach drop. We wish everyone a Happy New Year!