The Jensen's

Virginia trip

2009-07-14T07:01:00.010-07:00

We went to Virginia on June 27th. We flew into Richmond and then stayed at my grandma's house. The next morning we woke up and got ready to drive to Emerald Isle, NC. We have been going to this beach since I was a kid. It is so beautiful and not busy, which is nice when you have small children. We stayed in a condo with my parents and my sister and her family. Everything went surprising well considering the amount of people in one condo. We went to the pool and the beach everyday.

Tumbling - May 2009

2009-06-14T17:59:00.003-07:00

Maia

2009-05-25T08:22:00.002-07:00

I am just jotting down some things that I don't want to forget in the future. There are so many things that I have forgotten about my children that I don't want to forget any more.
Last night Maia wanted to play a game with her memory cards. But she wanted to play a game that she made up. She has been making up games lately. She tried to explain how to play her game and I could not understand it. We went over and over it until she forgot how to play and was too tired to care about the game. It was pretty entertaining to listen to her explain her made up game to me.
Ozkar will be done with kindergarten this week. It makes me sad to see him grow up so fast. But it is also fun to watch him learn and get excited about school. He is still our most sensitive child and I have a feeling we will be dealing with his moods awhile longer until he can learn how to handle them by himself. He loves playing with his friends and Maia.
Siena is so fun to watch. She is as busy as our other two and always smiles. She is saying Mama and Baba. Pretty cute. We are still trying to figure out how to get her to sleep through the night more often. She is getting her bottom front teeth so I am thinking that is part of the sleep problem. She is doing pretty good with her helmet, doesn't love it but is dealing with it better than I would. We are anxious to find out when she will get it off.

2009-05-11T08:34:00.004-07:00

A summary of the photos posted here. The first ones are of each of the kids taken by my friend Shea. She was so sweet and willing to take pictures of my very wiggly kids. I must say we have some very photogenic children. It was very hard to get a good group picture. My children don't sit long enough to get good shots.
The last picture is of Siena in her new stylish hat. She needed a helmet put on her to help correct her misshapen head. We had the option of either doing it or not doing it, so we decided that if insurance covered the majority of it than why not. She is doing great in it and it doesn't seem to bother her one bit. She gets a lot more attention now. We are not sure how long she will have to wear it. But she sure is cute.

Siena the Helmet Head

2009-05-10T20:33:00.000-07:00

April 2009

2009-05-10T19:36:00.001-07:00

Maia

Ozkar

Siena

Wii Boxing

2008-12-28T21:38:00.005-07:00

Wii Boxing from josh j on Vimeo.

Matt(hermano) and Brandon (cuñado)

White Christmas

2008-12-22T19:37:00.003-07:00

Ozkar's snow fort build after 10 inches of new snow 12-22-08

Maia after the first real snow of the season

Maia

2008-12-18T10:31:00.002-07:00

Just a quick explantation of our latest photos. The first is of Siena. She is in her blessing dress. Beautiful little girl. The second is our latest family photo. Not very professional but it works.

2008-12-11T14:43:00.001-07:00

2008-12-11T14:31:00.001-07:00

Halloween Fun

2008-10-31T21:20:00.004-07:00

Ozkar designed the face for this Jack O Lantern.

Maia enjoyed this part way toooo much.

And she really did try to eat this.

Avast Ya Scarvy Scum

2008-10-29T17:38:00.006-07:00

A Children's Pirate Shanty
by Mark "Cap'n Slappy" Summers
(sung to the tune of Monty Python's "I'm a Lumberjack and I'm OK")

Chorus
I'm a pirate! That I be!
I sail me ship upon the sea!
I stay up late - till half past three!
And that's a peg below me knee!

Yo Ho, my friends I have a tale
of treasure, plunder, sea and sail
my story's bigger than a whale
it gets so deep, ye'll have to bail.

Chorus
I'm a pirate! That I be!
I sail me ship upon the sea!
I stay up late - till half past three!
And that's a peg below me knee!

I like to fish, I like to fight
I like to stay up half the night
When I say "starboard" ye go right!
Me ma, she says, "Ye look a fright!"

Chorus
I'm a pirate! That I be!
I sail me ship upon the sea!
I stay up late - till half past three!
And that's a peg below me knee!

I've got no hand but that's me hook!
I pillage stuff but I'm no crook.
Me booty's in this chest I took.
They'll write about me in a book!

Chorus
I'm a pirate! That I be!
I sail me ship upon the sea!
I stay up late - till half past three!
And that's a peg below me knee!

And that's all there is to this song.
I hope it hasn't been too long.
A pirate's life might just be wrong
So grow up nice and big and strong!

Chorus
I'm a pirate! That I be!
I sail me ship upon the sea!
I stay up late - till half past three!
And that's a peg below me knee!

Personalities

2008-10-07T13:25:00.008-07:00

I want to document some things the kids say or have done so I don't forget.

Ozkar has pretend friends and he calls them his pretend friends, he loves to tell us stories about all of them. Right now his favorite thing to do is make cards for people or to draw pictures. I need to put him in an art class. He enjoys playing with Maia when she will play things that he likes and he is so sweet to Siena. He loves t.v. and he loves playing with friends. He is excellent at Math and can't wait to learn how to read. In school he is learning the alphabet in sign language. He is so funny because he thinks that he can just make a sign for something and that is the sign language for it. I don't have the heart to tell him different.

Maia is our tomboy/princess. She is not afraid to step on a grasshopper or a spider or to make mud in our backyard but she wants to do those things in her little mermaid nightgown. She sings her princess songs about dreams coming true and is the first to Siena's side when she is crying. She loves her big brother and misses him when he is at kindergarten. But fortunately for me her personality is a lot calmer when Ozkar is at school. She isn't getting into everything when its just the girls at home. She is our little actress. So look for her in about 20 years on Broadway.

Siena right now doesn't do much but she is a cutie. She was just diagnosed with Torticollis. Its a condition in her neck where she prefers to keep it bent to the right. So her head is starting to be misshapen. She will see a physical therapist next week to correct the problem. So far its just her neck, I pray that nothing else happens with this condition. She has recently started to smile. Never at mom but occasionally at her brother and sister and always at our alpaca lion on the wall.

Pictures of our Kids.

Ozkar's soccer game

Maia in her reality

Siena is always making funny faces...

Two Monkeys at the Zoo.

3 cute kids

2008-09-30T11:29:00.002-07:00

This is the most recent picture I have of our 3 cute kids.
Some cute things they have done lately are: Ozkar's first day of show and tell I of course forgot to put something in his back pack. So when he got home that day I remembered and felt horrible. So I asked him about it and he said that he showed his yogurt raisins. I asked him why and he said that it was red, white and blue day and his raisins were white. Pretty creative and smart. I told him sorry that I forgot and he said that it was o.k. because he was a good sport.
Maia acts cute when she is around Siena. She tells me that Siena is hers and tries to nurse her. When Siena cries Maia is the first one to her side. Its nice to see a nurturing side to her. And Siena is just cute. She hasn't done anything extra special yet but she lets me sleep most nights and that is enough.

2008-09-30T11:24:00.001-07:00

Happenings

2008-09-14T14:28:00.010-07:00

Ozkar goes to Kindergarten every day from 9:15 to 12:oo. Occasionally he will complain about getting up and getting ready for school. He would rather play with his legos. He has said "Why do I have to go everyday." Poor kid doesn't know what he is in for. He had his friend Paxton come over for a little while on Monday. They played very well together. Amanda another friend,came over that day too. It's been nice to have kids come over to play. It keeps him busy.

He went to the dentist and had a perfect checkup and then he got his haircut. Busy day. He has tumbling every Tuesday and Soccer practice every Thursday. One thing that I wanted to make sure I wrote down was his show and tell day. On Thursday I received his teachers newsletter on my email. It told what show and tell was for the week. He happened to have it that same day and I spaced that it was Thursday. So he didn't bring a show and tell. When he came home that day I remembered and felt so bad. I told him I was sorry and he said that he did show something. He had some yogurt raisens in his back pack and he showed them to his class because it was also Patriot day 9/11 and his raisens were white for red, white and blue day.

First Day of School

2008-08-25T08:54:00.003-07:00

Maia's 3rd Birthday

2008-08-24T18:49:00.002-07:00

More Pictures

2008-08-19T21:13:00.007-07:00

Siena Elizabeth Jensen

2008-08-18T21:19:00.008-07:00

Siena Elizabeth Jensen

Born 8-18-08 at 10:52 am. 7 Pounds, 2 Oz. 18 1/2 inches.

More to come...

Birthdays

2008-08-18T12:55:00.001-07:00

We celebrated July and August Birthdays for Lauren, Rachael, Renee and Maia on 8-17-08.

The beautiful and charming Lauren about 12 hours before giving birth to Siena.

This week in our home

2008-08-03T18:21:00.004-07:00

We went to Idaho for Josh's family reunion and came back on Saturday. With that we brought back the flu bug. Ozkar was the only one to not get it amazingly enough because he always gets it. Having the flu and contractions aren't a fun combination. I wasn't sure if I was going into labor or not. Fortunately I wasn't.
Ozkar lost his first tooth this week. It had been loose for a long time and the big tooth had already started to come through. So I knew we had to get it out. We were really wiggling it that day and that night at dinner he was eating broccli and he felt some pain. Josh looked at it and saw that his tooth wasn't there. He immediately told Ozkar to spit his food out but there was no tooth. Ozkar had swallowed it. So he wrote a note to the tooth fairy explaining what had happened and asked for a toy. Well the tooth fairy didn't make it to the store that night so he got his present the next night and was totally O.k. with it.
Ozkar also started swim lessons this week and loves it. Maia wishes she could jump in there with him but is still too young. I feel pretty lucky and scared to have two kids who love the water so much.
Josh and I are waiting for the next child to make her appearance. I was told that I was dialated 2cm and efaced 70% I don't know much about this because my other two were induced. I am hoping that she will come in a week or so by induction. Only time will tell. Maia tells me that the baby's name will be Maia also. Pretty cute.

Slip 'N Slide Is So Fun

2008-07-18T20:56:00.002-07:00

Slip 'N Slide Is So Fun from josh j on Vimeo.

Section B Picture of Daily Herald on the 4th of July 2008

2008-07-04T10:23:00.004-07:00

http://www.heraldextra.com/content/view/272326/17/

Seattle Wedding

2008-07-03T19:29:00.002-07:00

Ozkar and Maia on Father's Day

2008-06-16T20:04:00.003-07:00

We took about 20 pictures of these two and this is the only one where they are both holding still for more than 1 second... Crazy awesome Kids.

Our two cute kids

2008-06-08T19:09:00.005-07:00

Ozkar (5) and Maia (2) on a Sunday evening(June 8) outside our house. They have been jumping on our new trampoline and playing in the dirt. I needed to get recent pictures on so Josh took some tonight for me. This is Maia's second dress for the day and Ozkar never gets out of his church clothes until bedtime.

2008-06-08T17:56:00.003-07:00

Ozkar Tumbling Recital 5-31-08

This is a video of Ozkars tumbling recital. He performed to "Come on ride the train." He did really well. We are very proud of his enthusiasm and willingness to perform.

First talk in Primary

2008-05-29T14:13:00.002-07:00

Ozkar gave his first talk in Primary on Sunday May 25th. He talked about the Proclamation to the Family's statement on coming to Earth and being part of a family and strengthening it. He showed different pictures and talked very clear right up to the microphone. I had to keep telling him to back away. He wasn't nervous at all. I think I was more nervous than he was. He did a great job. I am very proud of him.

Graduation day at Preschool Pals May 22, 2008

2008-05-22T09:16:00.002-07:00

Ozkar graduated from preschool today. And guess who forgot to bring her camera? Me. Since I have been pregnant my mind is always in the clouds. Luckily I did ask another mom to take some pictures, so as soon as I get them I will post them. So Ozkar is now a kindergartner. Pretty exciting! He had a good graduation. They sang their songs and had a little ceremony where they received their diplomas and some "Smarties" candy. Maia of course couldn't sit still during the ceremony but I think everything went well. I am so glad its over and won't have to worry about it again until I put Maia in school.

Bouncy

2006-01-20T12:57:00.000-07:00

First snowman

2006-01-20T12:44:00.000-07:00

January 2006 pictures

2006-01-14T10:03:00.000-07:00

more Washington

2006-01-14T10:01:00.000-07:00

Washington

2006-01-14T09:53:00.000-07:00

November Pictures

2006-01-14T09:49:00.000-07:00

Halloween!!!

2006-01-14T09:41:00.000-07:00

Blessing Day

2006-01-14T09:38:00.000-07:00

Boo

2005-08-29T19:12:00.000-07:00

Maia in the Bili Light

2005-08-29T18:59:00.000-07:00

Ozkar and Maia

2005-08-27T16:54:00.000-07:00

Maia Bell Jensen

2005-08-25T12:25:00.000-07:00

Maia Bell Jensen

Born 8-24-05

5 pounds 12 oz. 18 inches

Maia 2 hours old

2005-08-25T12:21:00.000-07:00

Gramms and Maia

2005-08-25T12:20:00.000-07:00

Lauren and Maia

2005-08-25T12:18:00.000-07:00

Praying

2005-08-25T12:17:00.000-07:00

Crying

2005-08-25T12:14:00.000-07:00

Small Maia

2005-08-25T12:12:00.000-07:00

More Maia

2005-08-25T11:58:00.000-07:00

Maia Bell

2005-08-25T11:54:00.000-07:00

Bashful

2005-08-13T07:24:00.000-07:00

The troll under the bridge

2005-08-13T07:23:00.000-07:00

A good view

2005-08-13T07:22:00.000-07:00

3 little monkeys

2005-08-13T07:20:00.000-07:00

Cheyenne, Ozkar and Braxton

More trucks

2005-08-13T07:19:00.000-07:00

Trucks

2005-08-13T07:14:00.000-07:00

Braxton, Cheyenne and Ozkar

Croquet

2005-08-13T07:12:00.000-07:00

Cars

2005-08-13T07:08:00.000-07:00

Mason, Braxton and Ozkar

Arms to the sky

2005-07-03T19:16:00.000-07:00

snap snap

2005-07-02T20:10:00.000-07:00

Grandpa Bell and Ozkar

2005-07-01T11:23:00.000-07:00

Lindsay and Ozkar

2005-07-01T11:10:00.000-07:00

Turtle on his back

2005-07-01T11:03:00.000-07:00

Ozkar and Mommy

2005-07-01T10:16:00.000-07:00

Ozkar in May

2005-07-01T10:12:00.000-07:00

Ozkar swimming

2005-07-01T10:06:00.000-07:00

The Family

2005-06-30T23:30:00.000-07:00

5 Brothers after a nice victory

2005-06-30T23:24:00.000-07:00

2005-06-30T23:06:00.000-07:00

Machu Picchu 10/2000

Hi..

2005-06-30T22:45:00.000-07:00

Hi... Welcome.