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We recently we to Lake Tahoe on a family reunion.
We were with my family, the Jergensens.
It was a lot of fun. Although Mike is not in any pictures taken,
he was there. Mike's favorite part of the trip was the family bike ride!


Emerald Bay, a beautiful part of Lake Tahoe.
Fannette Island is the only island in Lake Tahoe.

Icy cold water falls of the mountains from the snow down into Lake Tahoe!
Brrrr!

On the girls day we adventured on a little hike down to Emerald Bay.

The shore of Emerald Bay.

Boating and beach day!
Brandon went tubing with his cousins Logan and Tyler.

Taylor stayed on shore happily playing in the sand with her cousin Jenna.

She was not happy when she got an unexpected surprise of cold water splashed on her.

Brandon and Taylor on the rocks waving to dad on shore.

Me - mommy with the kids on the rocks!
I got up to my waist in that very cold water, but it was fun to be out in the lake with the kids.

Thanks Jergensen family for a fun family reunion!

Downtown cooking

My forever friend from Fairfiled, Sara Toolson Jensen, is now living in Los Angeles, CA and started a business teaching the many skills of cooking she has learned over the years. She is a great cook. Check out her website at www.downtowncooking.com!

School is out this week! Are we ready for summer?
We sure are making plans to get away from the summer heat!

Brandon and Taylor have loved preschool!
Below they are singing songs from their Spring Program.
Brandon is a great singer and Taylor is as well, but...
Taylor hardly moved a muscle.

The B-I-B-L-E song! I think Taylor even started to sing a few lines at preschool.
At home she can do it all by herself.









Brandon and Taylor are here singing "Say to the Lord, I love you!" at preschool as well as home.





Brandon singing the Prayer song.

S U R P R I S E!

Well it is no surprise that Brandon is turning 5 on May 13th!
(It is a surprise that his mom is posting pictures of his party two days ago! YEA! :))

Brandon celebrated his 5th birthday party at Peter Piper's Pizza!
Over thirty invites were sent out (preschool and church friends)!
Luckily 17 children made the party and all had fun!
The cake was from Costco and delicious!
Brandon scored on some really fun presents, even a gift card to go to the movies!

Wednesday, May 13th is Brandon's actual birth date.
We plan to have a family dinner out to CPK
(because he got a free b-day dinner and desert there).
When we return home he will have more presents to open from family!

CROCK-POT COOKING

Check out this blog site for crock-pot cooking! Yum!
http://365daysofcrockpot.blogspot.com

My BIG 3 year old!

My little girl is not so little any more. She is now three!
Here she is dressed in her Sunday best ready for church on her birthday (Sunday, October 26th). She also received a special treat to take home and make (the birthday crown below).

We went one day to the Phoenix Zoo as a family for Taylor's birthday. They got to dress up in their Halloween costumes and ride on the camel.

Sunday night on Taylor's birthday, after FHE, we opened presents and had cake/brownies for Taylor's birthday. FHE that night was on sharing your favorite toys. Taylor did not take to it very well after opening her new toys.


Taylor had a brownie "cake" for her birthday! She loves chocolate! She also like/loves ICE CREAM very much! When blowing out the candles, she almost got her hair too close to the candles.

Taylor is now our BIG 3 year old! Hip, Hip, Hip Horray!!! Out of second year and into her third, hopefully better than the last. Below are a few videos of Taylor. They capture her randomness. The video on the left is Taylor on her new bouncy ball she got for her birthday. She stops to take a call from a new toy. The video on the right is of Taylor eating her chocolate brownie/cake and talks of her new imaginary friend "Pede."

Thanks again to all family members who sent gifts. Taylor loves all her gifts.

Halloween Pictures

Halloween Day

Brandon and Taylor had parties at their preschool.
They were dressed as a doctor and a nurse.

Here they are after trick-or-treating with all of their candy!

A week before Halloween our church ward had a trunk-or-treat, where they pass out candy from the back of your car. I dressed up as their patient.

Here are a few of Brandon's friends from church.

Brandon and Taylor decorated their own cookies! Yum!

The same day as the trunk-or-treat we celebrated Taylor's birthday as a family at the zoo. It was Boo at the Zoo day and they got to dress up. It was a lot of fun. There was a parade, games, shows, food, camel ride, and of course all of the other animals. In some exhibits they threw pumpkins in to see how the animals would react to it. The last pictures is of the kids in front of the sting rays, a special exhibit.