~The Jaunty Jensens~: December 2009

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.