Sunny San Francisco

 Well I went to San Francisco in April and saw Wicked which I loved.  While we were there seeing that performance they had a little trouble with the mic and we ended up getting free tickets to come back. So this time I talked Jim into coming with me.  It was soooooo good to spend some time alone with Jim.  I hate leaving the kids and it is such a pain to get babysitters and arrange everything, but we were past due for a trip with just the us.  

Our first stop was to see "Wicked".  Don't tell anyone, but Jim even liked it.  If you have not seen it you are missing out.  It is a great show.

  










The next morning we headed to Alcatraz. 

Row of cells.

The Lunch Room. Part of the reason Alcatraz was closed was due to cost of up keep.

















Whats left of the Wardens House.

Jim in the isolation cell.

The rooms were tiny just enough room for a bed to drop down, toilet, and sink.

That night we headed to Peter Pan.  I was excited to see this because it was 3-D.  I have never seen anything like that before.  The 3-D was really cool, but I was really disappointed in Tinker Bell.

The next morning we walked down to the Golden Gate Bridge.  The following pictures are from our walk and at the bridge.

After we spent sometime at the Golden Gate Bridge we headed to the Science Museum.  I love watching the jelly fish and other than the Museum was really crowded it was a lot of fun.

Of course a trip to San Francisco would not be complete without eating at Bubba Gumps.  We had to eat here twice we loved it so much!!!!

A special thanks to all those who helped with the kids and made this trip possible.

Relay -4-Life

Well it was time once again for Relay-4-Life.  Cedar's Relay-4-Life gets better every year.  We had a really good turnout and for once the weather was not freezing. 

My co-worker Cheryl was on the committee and does such a great job as our cancer support go to girl.

The first lap was walked by survivors and care givers together and it was such a joy to be among so many of my fellow patients and their families.  They have been and will continue to be such an inspiration to me.  They are so strong and full of hope it is a pleasure to serve them.    The following are just some random pictures from the event.

 

 My co-worker Mats cute kids

 Another crazy co-worker (Tiff) & (Matt)

 Brock & Easton

I was so busy taking pictures and running around I kinda just left Jim with kids. Thanks Jim for always being such a good sport and supporting me in all I do!!!!!!

Team Parowan always raises the most money.  Their goal was $5,000.00 but the last day they decided to raise it to $7,000.00.  Each year they have a cool theme and matching shirts for their team.   This year their theme was we are H.O.T.T.T. (Helping Others Through Though Times).  Great Job Team Parowan!!!!!!

They had several different types of entertainment going on.  Some of them were  bouncy houses for the kids, several dance groups, a live band, you could tie dye your t-shirt, etc.

 

















So in the end we will never give up the fight!!!!!!!!!!!

 

A Day for Dad!

***Picture Overload***

Well let me just start off saying that Jim is not into wrestling.  He does not enjoy sitting at a meet all day long to watch the boys wrestle for maybe a few minutes (coming from a family of wrestling I on the other love it).  When I first told him I was going to sign the boys up for wrestling he said you are not, so since then he has come a long way and is a more supportive of them.  With the meets being on Saturdays it keeps our weekends tied up all season.  We had a break in wrestling last weekend and the kids and I decided it would be fun to surprise dad and plan a fun day for him.  We told him we were going  stay home and clean the house.  I secretly got lunches, camo-packs, and everything we needed loaded in the car then Trey and Easton ran a (cheesy) note in to Dad. It said:

  We don't want to work. We are ready to play,
  So grab a jacket.  Today is family day.

  Moms got everything packed & we're ready to go.
  We're hoping for good weather.  We don't want it to snow.
  
  Wear some good shoes we may do some walking.
  And its hard to hear a dead man talking.


  So climb aboard and have on good socks.
  Cuz' everyone knows the JENSE FAMILY ROCKS!

We started our day at Virgin.  It was fun for the kids to feed the animals carrots and get some good photos.

Ridge & Aspyn

Easton & Aspyn

Aspyn

"Hold Em Up"

Yee Haw!!!

Ridge

Then we headed into Zions and spent the day hiking and climbing.  We had a ball, but it was packed.  We avoided to people and did not go on any trial we just blazed our own.  The kids loved it.

It is so beautiful there!

Ridge & Aspyn keep looking in the holes trying to see if something was in there.

Easton Climbing

Jim Climbing.

The Family Zion National Park 2010

Being Silly!

Trey Climbing.

After lunch and some hiking around Zions were headed to Grafton, Utah.  Trey has been learning about ghost towns at schools and has been wanting to visit one for sometime.  The kids had a lot of fun reading and exploring the little town of Grafton.

Ridge

Jim & Easton

Trey










All in all it was a fun day as a family and we just want to say thanks Dad for putting up with the long wrestling season and being a good sport.  We love you and appreciate all you do for us!!!!!!