New Years Eve 2007!

FAMILY NIGHT OUT! AND YES.. BINKY'S HAIR IS "PINK"

I THINK THIS MAY BE MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE PICTURE WITH BINKY EVER!

OUR FIRST NEW YEAR'S DATE IN...EVER. TOMMY AND I HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR OVER 10 YEARS NOW AND WE HAVE NEVER BEEN OUT ON NEW YEARS EVE TOGETHER... EXCEPT WHEN WE WERE IN PATROL CARS SIDE BY SIDE IN PARKING GARAGES SO WE WOULDN'T GET HIT BY STRAY BULLETS. IF WE WERE NOT WORKING PATROL TOGETHER, WE WERE WORKING A TASK FORCE, OR I WAS PREGNANT AND HE WAS WORKING, OR HE WAS DOING ESCORTS FOR THE BOWL GAMES SO 2007 WAS A FIRST FOR US. WE TOOK JAX AND BINKY TO THE INSIGHT FOOTBALL GAME. WE ARE A NEBRASKA CORNHUSKER FAMILY SO WE WERE NOT EVEN CONCERNED WITH WHO WAS PLAYING. JAX LOVES FOOTBALL NOW AND BINKY LOVES ANYTHING WITH A LOT OF ENERGY SO WE WERE GEARED UP FOR FAMILY FUN! OUR SEATS WERE QUITE HIGH... SO WHEN WE TOLD JAX THAT, HE WAS WORRIED IT WOULD BE LIKE WATCHING ANTS PLAYING FOOTBALL. IT ACTUALLY TURNED OUT TO BE THE ABSOLUTE PERFECT SPOT FOR US. THE WEATHER WAS AMAZING. SITTING IN THE SUN WAS ACTUALLY HOT FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE GAME! THE KIDS COULD NOT SIT STILL THE WHOLE TIME! AFTER THE NATIONAL ANTHEM, 5 AIR FORCE CADETS FLEW INTO THE STADIUM...VIA PARACHUTE. THIS WAS A HUGE HIT WITH THE KIDS. THEN THERE WAS A FLY BY WITH THREE NATIONAL GUARD BLACK HAWK HELICOPTERS... JAX WAS SO AMAZED HE WOULD HAVE BEEN HAPPY IF WE HAD LEFT AT THAT POINT. WE JUST HAD A SUPER FANTASTIC TIME TOGETHER! DADDY IS THE BEST FOR COMING UP WITH THE TICKETS AND WE CAN'T LOVE GRAMMIE DIANE ENOUGH FOR WATCHING PUDGIE FOR US WHILE WE GOT TO SPEND TIME TOGETHER TONIGHT! OH, WE DID END UP CHEERING FOR INDIANA BECAUSE IT HAD DEANNA IN IT...THIS WAS COMPLETELY LOGICAL TO JAX! WE GOT HOME AROUND 10 AND PUDGIE WAS STILL UP WAITING FOR US TO KISS HIM GOOD NIGHT!

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!

The first blog..All about Christmas

PUDGIE AND HIS NEW HUMMER..EARLIER, THE SHREK BABY WAS DRIVING!
THE FAMILY Wii......NEED I SAY ANY MORE ON THIS ONE?
BINKY AND HER PINK NINTENDO DS...THIS IS ALL WE HAVE BEEN HEARING ABOUT FOR MONTHS!!!

OF ALL TIMES FOR ME TO PICK TO LEARN HOW TO BLOG... THE PRESSURE LOVING PERSON IN ME CHOOSES CHRISTMAS. I FIGURE WHAT BETTER TIME OF YEAR TO START TO PACK AWAY THE MEMORIES, THAN CHRISTMAS. THIS IS, AFTER ALL, MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE TIME OF YEAR AND I AM BOUND AND DETERMINED TO MAKE IT JAX, BRINKLEY'S, AND PUDGIE'S. TOMMY HAS REALIZED THAT HE JUST NEEDS TO GO ALONG FOR THE RIDE AT THIS POINT. THIS YEAR CHRISTMAS IS AT OUR HOUSE AGAIN. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT NOW. WHEN JAX TOLD ME THAT HE LOVES WHEN HIS COUSINS COME OVER AND WE SPEND THE ENTIRE DAY PLAYING AND EATING, I REALIZED JUST HOW IMPORTANT THESE GIGANTIC MESSES ARE! (AND WE MAKE SOME PRETTY BIG MESSES WHEN WE ALL GET TOGETHER!!)

CHRISTMAS '07 WAS ANOTHER BLAST! JAX WAS UP AT 12:45 A.M. "PEEKING" DOWNSTAIRS. THE ONLY REASON I KNOW THIS IS BECAUSE I FORGOT TO PUT TICKETS TO THE INSIGHT BOWL FOOTBALL GAME IN THE PRESENTS AND AS I WAS WALKING DOWN THE STAIRS...HE WAS SNEAKING BACK UP THE STAIRS AND WE BOTH ALMOST FAINTED! THEN BRINKLEY WOKE UP AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, IT WAS 3:30 AND THEY WERE BOTH STILL UP. TYLENOL PM FIXED THAT PROBLEM AND WE FINALLY SLEPT. PUDGIE WAS UP AT 6:40 SO WE STARTED THE DAY! SANTA LEFT A WONDERFUL POEM AND THE KIDS HAD TO OPEN PRESENTS IN ORDER BY NUMBER. IT WAS SO MUCH FUN. SANTA COMES UP WITH NEW THINGS EACH YEAR! IN THE MIDDLE OF PRESENTS GRAMPIE FRANK CALLED TO TELL ME MOM WAS SICK AND WE WOULD NEED TO DO SOME SHIFTING OF FOOD TO GET CHRISTMAS RIGHT. KELLY AND I MET HALFWAY AND THE PRIME RIB AND PRESENTS CAME TO OUR HOUSE WHERE EVERYONE WOULD MEET LATER! WE WERE ALL SO SAD GRAMMIE DIANE WAS SICK!

Christmas to remember...2007

SANTA'S CHRISTMAS LETTER TO JAX AND BRINKLEY CHRISTMAS MORNING! YOU CAN CLICK ON THE PICTURE TO READ THE POEM!

HANGING OUT BEFORE DINNER AT GRAMMIE JENSEN'S!!
JAXI'S FAVORITE COLTS PICTURE!
BRINKLEY WAITING WHILE PUDGIE PLAYS WITH HIS FIRST CARS!

NEW JAMMIES! PUTTING OUT THE REINDEER FOOD!! I DON'T DARE POST TOMMY'S PICTURE!!! (goto Jaxi's B-day slideshow..they are there!)
CHRISTMAS DAY WITH THE JENSEN AND MRISS KIDDIES!

WITH ALL THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE THIS YEAR.. AND MY NEW BLOGGING (WHILE SAD AND A BIT OUTTA WHACK TIMELINE WISE) I FIGURED I WOULD COMBINE THE REST OF CHRISTMAS EVE AND CHRISTMAS DOINGS! WE SPENT CHRISTMAS EVE AT GRAMMIE AND GRAMPIE JENSEN'S! THIS IS OUR USUAL TRADITION, ALTHOUGH LAST YEAR, WE HAD TO CHANGE THINGS UP. IT IS ALWAYS FUN. THIS YEAR PUDGIE GOT TO PLAY WITH THE BABIES THAT ARE HIS OWN AGE! IT IS ALWAYS A TREAT TO SEE THE LITTLE ONES INTERACT AND TO SEE THE DIFFERENCES IN PERSONALITIES! DINNER WAS GREAT... AND SUPRISINGLY, THE KIDS WERE WONDERFUL WAITING TO OPEN PRESENTS. JAX AND BRINKLEY HAVE A BLAST HUNTING UNDER THE TREE ( THIS IS A NO NO AT OUR HOUSE) AND RIPPED THROUGH PRESENTS LIKE THERE WAS NO TOMORROW! I THINK JAX'S FAVORITE THING WAS THE PICTURE OF THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS LOGO. BRINKLEY JUST LOVES PRESENTS. ANY PRESENTS, HERS OR NOT, SHE LOVES THEM ALL....BUT THE HIT AT GRAMMIE JENSEN'S WAS THE BALLERINA BOX. THANKFULLY SHE HAS PUT IT UP HIGH SO PUDGIE'S LITTLE HANDS CAN'T BREAK IT!!!! WHAT AN AWESOME YEAR!