Jensen Family Week in Review Nov. 26-Dec. 2

A Pictorial

(Though that isn't a promise for no commentary. I'll TRY to keep it to a minimum. Especially since I didn't do the same with the pictures. There are lots! )

ENJOY!

My week started out with some much needed new couch covers. We have had these old ones for 6 years now and they are looking ROUGH/DEAD! Don't worry that I didn't get a picture of the new covers...they look JUST like the old ones (except without the holes and gashes!) I know, I am so boring to get the same ones, but I like them.

Monday we officially started listening to Christmas music ( I would have started weeks ago, but try to keep the peace and hold out a little longer!) We also bought our first box of Clementines of the season. Who cares if they were ten bucks a box. They just taste like Christmas to me and the kids love them. (The best part is they can peel their own!) We also purchased MORE peppermint ice cream. I know I have a serious addiction!

The best part of the day was putting up Christmas decorations. I have very few because I have such an itty bitty house but I love them anyway. Me Standing on the new couch covers. Oops. I was in trouble!

My infamous baggy wreath that everyone makes fun of! I don't care. I like it. And it shines so pretty.

Our stocking are special because they are handmade. My great grandmother Esther Weldon made mine and Kendon's and the kids' were made by my grandmother Marcella. We still don't have Meg's yet.

My Dollar Store centerpiece! $6 total to "make" the whole thing. Works for me!

What a sweet LITTLE tree. Yes, it is four feet tall! We don't have a place for a big tree (unless we move the couch into the kitchen like we did before we had kids. No thx.) I also like that it is stuck behind the couches so Meg can't get it!
I just love my ornaments in the glass vase. So simple, so pretty.

Tuesday Kendon took Connor's stitches out.
"We are Jensen's. We don't pay a doctor to remove stitches."
YES, SIR!
And it was actually a very simple task. Snip snip, tug tug...viola!

Connor didn't wince once.
The only whining we heard was from Drama Queen Sirri. She stepped in the little pile of stitches on the couch. When Kendon took them out of her sock Sirri was saying "ow, ow!" before she even realized it didn't hurt! Oh, Brother!

Along with the peppermint ice cream, we bought Cherry Chocolate Chip. It isn't our favorite so we fed it to the kids. Aren't we nice parents. It is pretty bad that almost the only time our kids get ice cream is when we buy a flavor we don't like. Hey, I prefer to eat my ice cream in peace...after the kids go to bed! They don't even realize what they're missing

Thursday I watched four extra kids. This is what the play room/Sirri's bedroom looks like after three , three year old boys get their hands on it. It didn't help that I spent much of the morning on the couch holding one little guy who wasn't feeling well. Meaning, that the other boys were left to their own devices! SCARY! We did do a fun activity though! Anyone need to know what to do with all the packing peanuts they have this time of year? Lick em, and stick em! They make great sculptures! Sirri loved it. Though she looks a little frightened here. I think she was afraid that her little brother was going to saw it apart for the 5th time. Sigh. Little brothers.

AND the BIGGEST news of the week..... INTRODUCING:
MY BEAUTIFUL NIECE
Sarah Jane
Nov. 3oth 2007
9:02 am
8 lbs
19 inches

Isn't she so pretty! Both she and Mommy are doing well. I can not wait to get my hands on her in January.

Friday we took the kids to the college for Christmas Tree Lane. Santa was there but THIS is as close as anyone would get to him. Aren't they supposed to be unafraid of Santa by the time they are four?

Saturday night I stayed up late creating this advent calendar. I am so excited that it turned out. I am going to fill the pockets with fun Christmasy things that we can do each day. Some will be service, some will just be fun, but they will all be things that we can do as a family to remind us about the true meaning of Christmas! I'm going finish up the list tonight. So we have already missed two days of December but, hey!

Sirri wore this new dress to church today. My cousin handed it down to her and boy does she ever think she is a princess. Well, I guess she is right!!!!!!!!

And last but not least. The sad news of the week. A sweet little 8 year old girl in our Primary class was diagnosed with Leukemia this week. I am just heart broken for Aseneth and her family. Our ward had a special fast for her today. A few of the members of our class fasted for her too. That really touches my heart to see 8 year olds be so hungry and have so much faith for their friend. Just last week our Primary lesson was on the Law of the Fast. It was interesting to hear the things that they have fasted for in their short experience with fasting...to help them find something that was lost, to help their mom get over a cold. Simple things like that. And then BAM! Now, they are fasting for their friend's LIFE. I fasted and prayed today for sweet little Aseneth but also for these sweet little 8 year olds having their first real experience with fasting. I hope that their prayers will be answered in a way that will help strengthen their faith and give them an example of the power of fasting.

OK. Once again, Long winded Lisa! So much for the PICTORIAL!