The Jensen Family

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

GRADUATION, GRAD SCHOOL AND ST. GEORGE

Michael graduated with his bachelors in Psychology!!!

He refused to get all dressed up in cap and gown, to wait for hours to shake some random person's hand. I guess I can understand the reasoning behind the choice, but man I wanted pictures!! It kinda doesn't feel real, I need closure.

I guess the closure doesn't really help anything because he'll be back in school in a few months for about 5 more years :) He better walk then!

I forgot to mention that back in March we got accepted into the GRAD Program at the U!!! What a relief! We feel so blessed that we don't have to leave this area. I just love my job so much, I can't imagine ever having to leave it. Plus we get to stay close to family.

I finally needed a get away somewhere warm. So we headed down South to St. George to visit with Rach and Cait (my sister-in-laws) and go camping. We had such a blast! This was my kind of camping*

1 night

tent

bathrooms

camp ground

Keep in mind my family NEVER went camping. The only camping I've done was about 3 different times at Girls Camp. I was pleasantly surprised, I think I could do this more often, we can slowly lengthen the days out... slowly.

After setting up camp we looked of yonder and challenged ourselves to climb the red cliffs. I'm not going to lie, it was super easy to climb. I'm a new fan of red rock!

Luckily I got my Eyelash Extensions done, not a lick of eye makeup on!!

The rocks were to die for, It's so crazy to think how old they probably are.

Look at the length of that thing!!!

Turns out it's no regular Lizard.... It's officially....

A GILA MONSTER

A heavy, slow-moving lizard, up to 60 centimetres (2.0 ft) long, the Gila monster is the only venomous lizard native to the United States and one of only two known species of venomous lizards in North America, the other being its close relative, the Mexican beaded lizard (H. horridum).^[2] Though the Gila monster is venomous, its sluggish nature means that it represents little threat to humans.

Pretty cool claim to fame, Kelly my father-in-law is so jealous. I feel pretty awesome.

The trip was a hit!! I sure love my lil Michael, I'm so blessed to have him!!!

Monday, April 25, 2011

So I threw my darling Tsunoda a Baby Shower and took on the responsibility of the CAKE. I've been pretty obsessed with the 'Cake Boss', he's AMAZING!! I figured it wouldn't be that hard to produce a fondant cake. What? Roll it out, place it over the cake and ta-da I'm the next Cake Boss.

Wrong. After 6 hours of mixing, baking, freezing, rolling, placing, decorating and ribboning... it was done. There were some choice words, almost tears but it was worth it!!

Then what did I do? I volunteered to make Steph's Baby Shower Cake. No big deal, I've been through this already. I'm pretty sure I dreamt about cakes every night that week. I was going to be prepared, this cake was going to be easy, a piece of cake- LITERALLY!

A few trips here and there for the preparation, I found some edible paint at Fun-Finity. That turned out to be a mess!! The colors were totally off, what was mint green turned out forest green! Needless to say I sucked it up and just did it.

Luckily I have Mike around, he's my fondant roller. That stuff comes so stiff that it's nearly impossible to flatten. He made these cakes possible.

Anyways... about 7 hours later Steph's cake was finished. Phew what a relief!

Mike says I can't make anymore cakes, it stresses me out too much. But I freaking love it! Hopefully it'll get easier as I go. Oh and look at that... another prego lady at the salon. Hmmm... we'll see.

Okay heres the cake in progress... don't look at my kitchen,

it was SUCH A MESS!

I experimented with the poka-dots, changed my mind

Tsunoda's Shower

Up close and personal

Steph's Shower

Thursday, February 17, 2011

Alright, I'm very ashamed to admit that I really don't take pictures. I look back at so many fun things Mike and I have done and I have nothing to show for it. Well of course I have memories, but we both know that wont last long. Guess it's all those chemicals??

When we were first dating I was a maniac about pictures, everything had to be documented! Ha I'd force Mike to smile or at least look at the camera, back then I had more energy. Mike is not a picture person. I seriously laugh every time I attempt, because I get the cross eyed, looking off into space, crazy face or something covering his mug. I'm going to make a New Years Resolution 2 months too late, I'm going to actually pull the camera out and no matter what face Mike does, I will document. Haha, he may look handicapped- that's alright, I'll take what I can get.

These are the pictures of my man...