July

We have had a great month with some fun summer trips! We got to go up to McCall to be with some of Bill's family over the 4th of July. It was so much fun to relax, eat yummy food and especially to be with family. Thank you Cathy for hosting (or hostessing). It is always such a ball at the cabin!!Spence manning the boat!
Me and Molly manning the dock
Brigg lovin the jet-ski with dad!

Yellowstone was another fun July happening. We loaded the kids up in the car on friday and headed out! We went through Jackson Hole and rode the tram up up up...it was a gorgious view fof the tetons from the top. We all loved those teton mountains--I told Bill, "I just can't stop looking at them!!" After Jackson, we drove up to grants village campground to our campsite. We were all a little hungry and ready to be settled for the night. They had encountered 8 bears since the beginning of the season in that campground, so we were all very vigilant about putting all our food in the car and keeping our site clean!! After roasting hot dogs and smores we tucked in for a bear-free night (thank goodness). We woke up for a full day of touring...old faithful and the grand canyon of the yellowstone. We had a blast and the kids loved it. We think we will make it a yearly tradition since it is so close to us!

Here we are getting ready to board the tram--yah, that baby goes all the way up!

It was a bit windy at the top!!Jiffy Pop! The Old Faithful Inn was amazing--we'd love to stay there someday! Artist Point at the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone! Amazing!

New News

Alright, so most of you probably have already heard, but as you can see by my new gadget over there to your right, we are expecting #4!! We are super excited to welcome a new little Jensen to the world. I had my appointment this week and we got a little more excitement than what we bargained for! Dr. Campbell mentioned my uterus was very high and I was measuring quite a bit bigger than 14 weeks....bottom line...is there one or two??? He let us run over to the hospital for a quick ultrasound to see what was going on. There was only one little bun in the oven. Whew. My due date was pushed up about 5 days, which was nice. Boy what a roller coaster afternoon!! So baby Jensen is set to arrive just in time for the holidays--Dec. 19. I keep telling the kids this is all they are getting for Christmas. They really don't think it's funny. Anyway, so we are on to the cravings (see below post for coconut bars) growing bellies and peeing 3 times a night. Nice.
See the next 3 posts below for some other fun stuff that has been happening around our house!!

Pedi and Paradise

So my girlfriends and I did an impromtu pedicure night. Bill was on-call and the others needed a mommy break, so we pampered our feet and also our tastebuds. If any of you have not tried Bryers Natural Fruit Bars Coconut style, you have got to try them!! They are my all time favorite cold treat. We sat with our toes drying, licking our way to paradise. I could get used to this! Thanks Jess and Jenny!!

Here are our beautiful toes!

Bunk Mates

The boys got bunks! We have officially put all 3 kids in the upstairs bedroom. It is actually going really good. Brigg loves being a big boy! He looks so little in that big bed, he's growing up! Molly says that she is loving the new arrangement. "Now Spencer can't keep talking to me all night because Brigham has to go to sleep! It is MUCH better!" she says. Apparently he didn't really like her to go to sleep before him...he would want to talk and play games in bed and she is a head-to-the-pillow-lights-out kinda girl. Too funny. So here are the boys hangin out on their new beds!

P.S. Bill did an awesome job putting them together. The man can work a drill!! Thanks love!

Pickles on the Porch

We like pickles at our house. Dill is the pickle of choice. Today we ate pickles on the porch together...mmmmm.