We Are a Happy Family

Keeping Ourselves Entertained

Eating, Eating, Eating

Let me know if you want any pictures! I'll e-mail them to you.

Brothers & Sisters

Back Row: Alan, Joe, John, Dave

Middle: Carol, Betty Ann, Jean

Front Row: Jim, Grandma, Grandpa, Mark

At the Beginning...

While I get the pictures ready to be uploaded I thought that a good place to begin the documentation for our 2010 Jensen reunion would be with who was there and who we missed...

Grandparents--2 of 2 present (100%)

Children--10 of 10 present (100 %)

Spouses of children--9 of 10 present (90%)

Grandchildren + those "on the way"--36 of 43 present (84%)

Spouses of grandchildren--2 of 7 present (29%)

Great-grandchildren + those "on the way"--4 of 13 present (31%)

Alan & Jonell

Christopher

Betty Ann & Dave

Bob & Emily--Laura, David & Seth

Jen--baby Gapinski

Emily, Stacey

From the Armstrong family we missed

Curtis (Jen's husband, who had to work)

Tom & Sheri (they are in the midst of wedding and life planning)

Matt (currently in the MTC)

Carol & Kevin

Kim

Kacy, Karen, Kelsey

From the Severinsen family we missed

Franklin (Kim's husband who is trapped in Peru waiting for a visa)

Kyle & Ashley--William & baby #2

Kurt & Darci--Jensen & baby #2

Kent (who was most likely watching from heaven wishing he could be there to cause havoc)

Barbara & Gavin

Ariel & Dave

Aaron, Daniel, Nathanial

From the Packard family we missed

Phil & Melanie--Adah, Jane & Levi (Phil is in Iraq and Melanie wasn't feeling well)

Andy & Katie--William & Adam (Adam is 1 month old, a little young to be taking a long trip)

Joe (serving a mission in California)

Mark

Missy, Tom, Matt

From the Mark Jensen family we missed

Cristina (she had to work)

Jim

Dave & Cindy

Katrina, Gary, Ammon, Aubrey

Joe & Michelle

Sarah, Jake, Nate, Leah, Hannah, Sam (coming soon)

Jean & Jeff

Taylor, Josh, Connor, Jared, Rachel, Becca, Jacob

John & Alisha

April, Alec

I think that I accounted for everyone...if I didn't let me know and I'll fix it!!

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day Grandpa!

Happy Mother's Day

We love you Grandma.

You're still a hottie.

Alec Jensen

Welcome the newest addition to the Jensen Family.

John, Alisha & April welcomed baby Alec into the world on April 7th.

He weighed in at 7 lbs. 10 oz. and was 19.5 inches long.

Congratulations Elder Armstrong

Announcing...
Dear Elder Armstrong,

You are hereby called to serve as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. You are assigned to labor in the Houston Texas Mission. It is anticipated that you will serve for a period of 24 months.

You should report to the Missionary Training Center at Provo Utah on Wednesday 26th of May 2010. You will prepare to preach the gospel in the Spanish language......

WAHOO MATT!! You'll be fabulous!!

Jen & Curtis Gapinski

Congratulations to Jen and Curtis.

Wedding Week

Hey everyone! Jen and I just wanted to give a brief update on life. Thanks to Kim and all those helping to keep this up. You are truly amazing.

Well it's wedding week here! Jen is getting married on Saturday! We are so excited. I leave on Wednesday night and I am driving. We hope to get there Thursday afternoon. Jen leaves Thursday night (but will fly, lucky). On Thursday and Friday, we will have all of our family together. This hasn't happened since May of last year and we are pretty excited for it. Our parents are already in the country, Tom flies to Utah on Thursday, Bob and Emily (and Seth, David, and Laura) will be flying in on Wednesday, and we will have a few days where we can all be together. We are also excited to get to spend time with all of you. We hope you can make it. It's been nice living in Arizona, but I am reallly missing you all! I know Uncle Kevin misses me too!! Kim, tell him not to cry!

Things are going well in Arizona. I got a job teaching part time at Jen's school and I sub the other days that I am not working. Jen is still teaching 3rd grade and ever since Christmas break, some of her parents have taken a chill pill and relaxed a bit ( I think the principal forced them). Jen is moving in to her new apartment next week, while I stay in the current house we are in. We will be living about 20 minutes away, which isn't bad, unless you consider how we are supposed to share clothes and shoes!!! I'm sure we'll fgure it out.

We hope you are all doing well!!
Love,
Jen and Em

Family Cabin Camp

Come one come all to the Jensen Cabin Camp June 30 - July 4!

If you are camping, and have not already contributed to the cost of the cabin, please make sure to get your $25 (per family) to Michelle before May 15th.
This will be one of the largest family turnouts, so don't miss it!

Thanks to everyone that has contributed to the cost of the cabin. Any further contributions of any size can be given to Michelle.

Merry Christmas

The five oldest grandkids.

Grandma & Grandpa's on Christmas Eve.

Thanksgiving in St. George

What a great time we had in St. George for Thanksgiving. Jim was kind enough to host us at his clubhouse, where we went swimming and played ping-pong and pool. There was a delicious meal served as always, and then we topped off the day with an AMAZING talent show. I didn't get any video, but I know that Cindy & BA got some and I will try and get them to post them. We realized that ALL of the brothers were there, and one sister. BA, Stacey, Matt, Jen and her beau Curtis were able to come and then they all helped move Emily to Arizona the next day. That night we went to see "New Moon" - the girls loved it and the boys hated it. Friday night the adults went out for a yummy Vietnamese dinner, and Saturday we all watched the BYU/Utah game. It was a barn burner!!! Sorry Severinsens! We all had a great time and look forward to next year.

Just for Fun

I found this picture today in a random stack. This was taken at Hellgate--I'm thinking 1990 and Karen is the baby that Barbara is holding. Can you name everyone??

Severinsen Family Halloween

For Halloween the Severinsen Family had our usual spooky dinner and went all out decorating the yard to look like a witches yard; complete with a fire for roasting naughty children and any necessary potions. You could also find a skeleton "hanging" around.
What did everyone else do for Halloween??
Post your pictures!!

Christmas Exchange 2009

Alan & Jonell	give to	Joe & Michelle
Betty Ann & Dave	give to	Jean & Jeff
Carol & Kevin	give to	John & Alisha
Barbara & Gavin	give to	Alan & Jonell
Mark & Cristina	give to	Dave & Betty Ann
Jim	give to	Kevin & Carol
Dave & Cindy	give to	Barbara & Gavin
Joe & Michelle	give to	Mark & Cristina
Jean & Jeff	give to	Jim
John & Alisha	give to	Dave & Cindy