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SUMMER {OH- How fast it went by}

2011-09-23T16:22:00.001-07:00

We had a wonderful summer and now looking back I wish we were still in it! I usually can download pictures then move them around in the order I want but for some reason I can't get it to work so these are in order from later in the summer to early summer. We spent a week in Bear Lake with some great friends and had a blast! Ally learned to ski and I learned that Brynlie is not scared of anything, she loved the tube! Britton learned to knee board and lets just say there were some tears shed.

We hiked the Minnetonka Caves one of the days. I had never been there before it was pretty neat!

On Sunday we headed over to Paris and took a tour of the Tabernacle. (still Bear Lake Trip)

No summer is complete without a Days of 47 Rodeo! Yeeha!

This little girl turned 2 in July. I can't believe she is that old

We made our annual trip to Caldwell to visit some wonderful friends! Had us some fun at a lake, which now I cannot remember the name. That's what happens when you suck at blogging!

Britton and Bryn and the above said Lake on Caldwell trip.Lagoon..... It's what fun is! My friend and I took the kids minus Brynlie and spend the whole day.

The next few pictures are of the 4th of July. My family gets together and we have the Langford Games. It's a "friendly" competition of sorts, mostly we make fools of ourselves and laugh. Yes those are nylons on thier heads!

I'm not sure the point of this game. I think if you were willing just to do it you got points. That is Kelly.

Here we are on the 4th, all dressed in our red, white and blue!

And last, but first, thing to start the summer off....We went to the summer games. All the kids did so good and won a lot of medals. Good Times!

The important Things you should take pictures of.....

2011-06-29T14:39:00.000-07:00

On more than one ocassion ,while looking back through my camera, I have found Britton's photo sessions! They make me laugh! Today's theme is all about superheros. Last week it was flowers from the yard. Thought I would share his view of "some good pictures"- his exact words! He also made sure I saw his angry face. I counted, and he had taken 48 pictures- thank goodness for digital cameras!

They Say it's Your Birthday...

2011-05-14T20:32:00.000-07:00

Well actually it is. Yes, today I turned another year older and hopefully wiser too. I woke up this morning and ran a 5K fundraiser for the Red Cross, it was done by my sister-in-law's ward. The whole family did it, Kelly ran and pushed the 2 youngest and Ally and I ran. It was Ally's first 5K and she did great, she won 1st place for youth/girl. I actually won 1st place too for old/woman. Just so you know there were not a lot of people running the race but it makes me feel good to say that i won!
Anyway.... i got my painting done finally. My dad has been fixing all the nicks and dings and nails that have popped. Then i did some Prom hair, I actually like doing prom hair, it's fun, then we went to dinner and got some good Mexican food.
I received my annual song and dance from my Mom ( she always sings her version/mix of happy birthday it's quite the site) and my sister brought me some beautiful Gerber Daisies- they make me smile. AND all of my brothers called me to wish me a happy birthday, they are pretty nice guys! Oh yes and we did a little shopping at Ross dress for less-my favorite! I got a very cute skirt, shirt and some capris! Love that place! All in all it was a good day!

Goldilocks

2011-05-08T20:57:00.000-07:00

Janelle, Amanda and I decided it would be fun to ride an all women's bike ride called Goldilocks. So Saturday bright and early we loaded up the bikes and headed to Herriman. It was a beautiful day! We signed up to ride 60 miles, I had never gone that far before to tell the truth and the weather had not been the greatest, so I had only been on my bike twice this year. I seriously wondered if i could do it! I also had never gone riding without Kelly so I was worried about someone getting a flat. Kelly gave Janelle and I a quick lesson on changing a tire but I was just praying that we wouldn't need to worry about it. Boy was I wrong!

About mile 37 guess who gets a flat??? ME! and the back tire to boot! BUT wait they have these guys driving around (called PAPA BEARS, isn't that cute) to help poor women like us who would like to think they could change a flat but really can't. This is Alex, he is a saint!
Yep, you guessed it not 20 minutes later my back tire was flat again! This is Ryan. He was kinda hot! He helped us out! Thank goodness for PAPA BEARS!

2 flat tires, 2 falls, burning toes and 60 miles later, we made it!

Yes it was fun and worth it, we even signed up to do it next year!

SURPRISE!

2011-05-04T20:44:00.000-07:00

This handsome young lad turned 4 on April 28th. We had a little party, the surprise kind, where you dress up or where your favorite super hero shirt. Some got more in to it than others and that's okay! Kelly got him out of the house and we all hid in the basement waiting! He loves to hide and scare people so we were going to get him good! And boy did we, I wish we would have videoed it because it was Hilarious! He screamed A LOt! We sang Happy Birthday, opened presents, did a pinata and had cupcakes and ice cream, YUM! Apparently BATMAN is our family Favorite! Britton in his new Batman costume.
My Mom and Dad, I mean Superwoman and Batman! (what good sports)
Lois Lane and Woody!
Batman again, geesh he is popular=JAMIE
Lyle and Janelle {aka: XMen and Superwoman}

Brian(he likes them all, kinda like Britt)

Katie=Superwoman

and Ally}Batgirl!

Bloomsday!

2011-05-03T17:47:00.000-07:00

Janelle and I took a trip this weekend to her home town of Spokane, Washington. We went to run a little race called Bloomsday. It's a 12k race with some hills and a big hill called doomsday hill. We finished it and it was great fun, I loved it! It was like nothing I had ever done before, I was amazed when I heard there were over 56,000 people who participated. Another thing they do at this race is they don't give you your shirt until you have finished the race. The shirts are a secret until you have crossed the finish line. Unless of course you happen to see the fast people with theirs on before you have even started! By the way that didn't happen to us, I'm just sayin. Janelle and I finished it in 1:06, which is just under a 9 minute mile (yes we done good!) Here we are before the race, ready to go! Janelle's sister ran it with us.

We made it !

After, all cleaned up with our shirts. Yellow this year, with that design.

Some more Stamp Night Projects

2011-03-25T15:24:00.000-07:00

We had Stamp night last night and I wanted to post the projects we made. I had seen these cute skinny clear bags with m & m's in them and couldn't find them anywhere. You have to order them online at http://www.clearbags.com/ it is also where i got the clear "hello there" box. They have some really cute stuff. I suggest you get a large group and order, the shipping was pricey!! If you want to make you own clear boxes I used transparencies to make this treat holder. Turned out pretty cute. My niece at BYU needs chocolate (dark chocolate) so i am sending her a little care package!

State Swim Meet

2011-03-25T15:12:00.000-07:00

We spent last weekend in Provo at the State Swim meet. Ally has done so well this year in swimming. She qualified in 3 events for state, and swam 2 relays as well! She made finals in her 50 back stroke and placed 16th. She was kinda bummed she placed 16th but I told her I thought that was pretty good considering it was 16th out of the WHOLE state of Utah! Above is a picture of one of the relay teams! Way to go girls!

STAMP NIGHT

2011-01-31T15:01:00.000-08:00

I thought I would post the projects we made. The Be My Valentine box holds the travel size hand sanitizer from Bath and Body Works. The card has a glasine envelope inside to hold a gift card. The love box is the the Big Shot pillow box die, we filled with M&M's.

I have been a Stampin' Up demonstrator for over 10 years and I can't remember the last time every person was able to attend Stamp Night. We had so much fun! I was so excited I had to take pictures. I love these ladies, they make all the hours of cutting and scoring so worth it!

Bette and BerniceDawn (my sis) and Pam

Denise and SherriCathie and Amanda hug and kiss (the Allen Sisters)Amber, Hillari and Katie

Denise and Me! Thanks ladies, you are awesome!

Merry Christmas 2010

2010-12-26T13:21:00.001-08:00

All dressed nice, in their Christmas outfits! I even got Britton to wear a tie because it was purple, his favorite color! I am so blessed to have these precious children and a wonderful husband! Hope you all had a very Merry Christmas too!

The Red Socks Quilt for Josh

2010-12-26T12:52:00.000-08:00

Last Christmas my sister and I made quilts for some of the names we drew. I thinks she ended up making about 6 raggy quilts and I only made 1 (mostly because i am a slacker). They were a HUGE hit and some of those less fortunate wanted a quilt! So I decided I would get a jump start on things and "rig" the drawing. I made 3 raggy quilts this year. Josh, my 11 year old nephew, especially wanted a quilt. He wanted a Red Socks quilt! I made Dan a Red Socks quilt last year and had a heck of a time finding Red socks material. Which by the way, they do NOT make anymore. If you are rich, you can purchase it on ebay for $50 for 1/4th of a yard! Yes that is correct! I was shocked!

Anyway, Jared got me some of Josh's old Red Socks jerseys and T-shirts and I stitched them onto the blocks. It was time consuming but so worth it and it turned out great! He loved it and I even got a hug!!

Disney Day Two, Three and Four

2010-12-23T16:03:00.000-08:00

I should have known better than to think I would actually have a new post for each day we were at Disneyland. Silly Me!! So to make myself feel better I am going to finish what I started. Plus I have something else I really wanted to post, but first things first!

Disney Day 2:

We spent most of the day at Magic Kingdom. First thing we see is BUZZ LIGHTYEAR! According to Britton we could have just gone home after that and it would have been worth every penny. To bad the ride was closed!

Aren't these the cutest boys ever?!! These are Kelly's brothers boys, they are all pretty close in age and had a ball together! I love getting pictures of them together, just to look at their noses. They all have the Jepsen nose! Day 2 was fun!

Disney Day 3:

This is the day I wanted us all to wear our Mickey shirts! See Picture below. It is also the day, as we are walking up to the gates to the Happiest Place on Earth, Britton cries "Why are we going here again?" I tried to give him away to the people behind us but for some reason they didn't find a screaming 3 year old very appealing? GO FIGURE!

This was also the day I had a major panic attack! We lost Britton for about 20 minutes. In all my panic I thought for sure this would cure him of his non-hand holding desires and make him so scared he would not leave my side again. This all back fired when hand in hand he comes walking around the corner with MICKEY MOUSE! I couldn't believe it! When I asked him where he went he simply said that he just wanted to see Mickey Mouse again! So glad was I that he was found and safe, all I could do was laugh!

We saw the World of Color show that night......it was very cool!

Disney Day 4:

It was Veteran's and every Californian decided it would be fun to spend the day in Disneyland. We got a stroller for Britton. Nuff said!

Day One Disney

2010-11-28T20:50:00.000-08:00

We started the day off by heading over to the Toy Story ride! One of my favorite rides! The line was not long at all! In fact it was probably the longest line we stood in that day.

Love this picture of my Mom and Britt having a good belly laugh!
Gotta have the classic glasses picture, while standing in line! They were barely hanging on that little nose!
We spotted Jessie and Green Army Man, Brynlie absolutely loved the characters. I wasn't sure how she would react, she is not a shy little girl but now I know I need to keep an good eye on her! She will hug or squeeze the nose of anything in a big furry stuffed suit!

Not sure what Britton was doing but I thought it was funny! Pucker up Baby!

Looking Good!

This is Britton's favorite ride and its a good thing we made it over to Magic Kingdom, it was closed the rest of the week :( (the ride not the park.) This was a late night poor choice ride the "Tea Cups" ! I'm pretty sure this was taken before the ride started! I must be getting old, something about going around in circles fast makes me want to hurl! Ally spinned us silly!!

Leaving on a Jet Plane

2010-11-22T11:38:00.000-08:00

We headed to Disneyland for a week! These two did excellent on the plane ride to California! The plane was practically empty so we had two rows to ourselves, plus the 2 rows in front and back of us. It was nice! Bryn just wanted to go back and forth between Kelly and I, she did not want to be belted in. Miss Ally was spoiled, she got to sit up in First Class with my parents!

We got there on a Sunday, so we did a little exploring. We found the Bubba Gump Resturant with a fun photo opp. My name is Forrest, Forrest Gump! Love that show! More to come!!

Happy Halloween!

2010-10-30T17:49:00.000-07:00

Thought I'd post a picture of the kiddos all dressed up. Whenever someone would ask Britton what he was going to be for Halloween he would let everyone know that ALL the girls were Bumble bees and ALL the boys were Iron Mans. Unfortunately or fortunately, Kelly and I never did find our costumes!
Earlier in the day we went to my Mom and Dads for the annual pumpkin carving party. It was a lot of fun! I'm pretty sure Kelly was suppose to be watching the baby, when she literally face planted it in the soggy, muddy garden. She didn't even cry. All I could do was laugh-then take a picture! That girl has no fear!! Happy Halloween!

Sad, but kinda funny! Am I a bad Mom because I laughed?

Family Pictures

2010-10-20T13:54:00.001-07:00

I like to have family pictures taken every year. I like to look back and see how much the kids have grown and changed. Sometimes it makes me happy, sometimes sad. I really can't believe that Ally is growing up so fast, and that Britt is no longer a toddler, he is a rough and tough little boy (who is starting to smell bad). AND my baby is getting so SO big. I might have to say these make me a little sad in a way. They turned out awesome and I love them though!
My very good friend Amanda Bishop did these pictures for us. She is fabulous, as always!! You can see her work at http://www.bishopimages.com/. Thank you!

Brynlie Rose -15 months

Britton Kelly -3Allyson Kay- 12

Can It Really Be?

2010-10-10T15:35:00.000-07:00

Allyson turned 12 on the 5th. It hasn't really sunk in yet that she is that old! I can't believe she is that old! She is VERY excited to start Young Womens and I am sad that my little girl is growing up! It did make me feel a little better when she picked out a tinker bell cake. When I asked her what she wanted for her birthday she would tell me she really wants a cell phone and I just laughed! Tell me why a 12 year old needs a cell phone??

Ally is an awesome kid, she is fun to have around and works hard at home and at school. She is kind and thoughtful and is pretty nice to her brother and sister! I say pretty because you can't lie--it's a rule! Happy Birthday Bug! We love you

We took the kids and B & K to Incredible Pizza. They had a lot of fun and it was.........Incredible of course!!!
Ally's car was by far the fastest on the track or maybe it was her mad driving skills!

Brynlie was not sure about this little ride, however in this picture she looks like she is enjoying it! Maybe this was taking after it stopped moving?

A little Sewing

2010-10-10T15:18:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to make those cute pillow case dresses for a while now, so when we decided to have family pictures taken I tried it out. They are actually very easy to make! I needed to have a practice go round before I used the actual material I bought for pictures. I had this cute fruit material and a fat quarter of the polka dot. It went pretty well but I decided a surger would make it sooooo much easier. Jamie let me borrow hers to do the matching ones!

What do you think? I think they turned out pretty cute!!

The Bear Turned ONE!

2010-09-09T13:05:00.000-07:00

Life is hard when you get to be the ripe ole' age of 1. We wouldn't let her touch the cupcake until we had sang Happy Birthday. She was NOT happy!But wait..... we let her have her cake and eat it too! Still not happy!

I guess all she wanted was to open the presents! Now she is HAPPY!Brynlie is a funny little thing! She is into everything and is pretty stubborn. As you can tell if she doesn't get what she wants, she lets you know about it! Definitely the baby of the family! For those of you wondering, she turned one on July 22nd and I am behind! Obviously!!

Colville

2010-09-04T17:30:00.001-07:00

We saved the best for last! Colville is this beautiful little town surrounded by mountains and tons of trees AND it's where the Bateman's live so of course it's great! Really they are the nicest people! We felt right at home there! Camille was my roommate from Ricks College and we have remained friends since. I love to go visit her and was so glad that the whole family got to go this time!

If I remember correctly I think it was Camille's brother that showed us a fun new way to get wet, REALLY wet! Water weenies, made from surgical tubing and the end of a pen! Can't you just see the mischief in those eyes! After we got back Kelly made about 20 of them for all the nieces and nephews to play with on the 24th of July. They were a hit!

So, the Bateman's are farmers, potatoe farmers to be exact and they have LOTS of land AND lots of farm equipment and some of it doesn't work or it's old and maybe retired. ANYWAY they have a Paintball course with all these different non-working farm equipment and old sheds and pallets and old "Farm" stuff. You get the idea right! They are serious about this paintball stuff. I'll admit I was a little nervous to play especially after I found out the only other girl that will play is Camille's Aunt. But hey you have to try everything once right? I actually have played paintball before with a youth group (it was non-violent) Kelly had never played before, but I knew he would love it, you get to shoot people-Duh! So we get ready, Camille's dad lets me borrow a pair of old overalls! So wishing I had a picture to show you! Now we get to the course and teams are picked and the rules laid out...... Like don't shoot at a close distance (it hurts) and you can only have 25 balls in the hopper ( but Camille's dad said put as many as you want, and I did) AND if you get hit stand up and yell that you are out! It was a quick review and then we started playing! Mostly I just stayed in one place, because if you move you might get hit! So I stayed behind this little old truck and fired at anything that moved! It was fun! Except this one time I decided I should move and I got hit. ...by Kelly! I really wanted to get him back! I finally got him in the last game! We were playing with some sharp shooters, needless to say I didn't last long unless I hid out! Wimpy huh? Oh well it was fun! Kelly had a blast and played again the next night! When we got home Kelly started looking for land to make a paintball course.

The next day we went to the river, the Columbia river to be exact! It of course is HUGE! We played in the river a good portion of the day. All of Camille's siblings and their families came so there were tons of kids to play with! My kids loved it!

Ally made a new friend, one of Camille's nieces is the same age and they hit it off! Not the most flattering picture of Alls but it was the only one I took, she was too busy playing!Britton's favorite thing was riding this! So did all of the other boys, it actually had a little motor in it that made it move!Now isn't that the cutest thing you have ever seen! She had a great time, especially doing this... apparently sticks off the beach are delicious!! She had her fair share of sand as well!I'm pretty sure this little guy thought Britton was crazy! There was this log fort on the beach and the kids had a blast playing in it and they made a diving board with the logs! Such cute kids!! Look at those toe heads!Thanks again Camille it was a really great time! Can't wait to come again if you'll have us.

And, I didn't even see a Turtle!

2010-08-09T23:17:00.000-07:00

Like I said, the next stop is Camp Bonaparte. The drive was beautiful! For those of you who have never been to Washington you need to go. They have tons of pine trees and orchards and water, SO much water! Rivers and lakes and damns. And not the kind of rivers we have in Utah, they make our rivers look like little streams. They have HUGE, MASSIVE, GINORMOUS rivers and lakes that have huge, massive and ginormous bridges so you can cross them with huge, massive and ginormous fish in them. Just google Sturgeon and you will see what I am talking about.
Any who, we make it to the Boy Scout camp where Grandpa Jepsen is staying/working for a few weeks. What can I say it's a Boy Scout camp? No really, it is a nice camp but there are a lot of well, Boy scouts, and they are kinda stinky and dumb! By the 3rd morning I wanted to strangle the bugle boy! So what are we gonna do here for 5 days? There is a lake, we love playing in lakes! Of course "Scout Rules" you have to have a swim check to get in the lake! So, Kelly, Ally and I decide we will do the swim check and then we can go out on the lake with the canoes or kayaks or row boats! We all passed with flying colors, thank you very much! Who knew you had to have an army of buddys with you to go out on the lake in any of the above floating funess! And since we were only 3 and not a herd we were denied! I can't believe I did a boy scout swim check for NOTHING!! We finally convinced the "Aquatics Director" to let the 3 of us go out in a row boat! Did I mention I love Boy Scouts!

The kids got to see Smokey the Bear! Britton was waaay excited! Ally not so much and Bryn was indifferent.

BUT, there was this little town called Omak about 4o minutes away! I think we went there 3 times. In Omak we did some shopping, and Ice cream eatin'(twice)! A little shop called Grandma's Attic had really good ice cream and very cute stuff! Not that I need more stuff but you get the picture. Now, I am not a fan of black licorice but apparently it was GOOD! I stuck with the mint chocolate chip is was quite good too!

This is what your tongue and teeth look like after you eat black licorice ice cream. Just another reason not to eat it I think! This is what your tongue looks like after eating gum less bubble gum ice cream! I thought that was awesome, no gum to collect in my hand while he ate his ice cream!

Everyone was talking about the turtles, they are crossing the roads and down by the lake, they are everywhere. I like turtles and really wanted to see one, in its wild, natural habitat. Kelly really wanted to catch one, put it in the bathtub and take it home with us. Can you see the turtle? I think Kelly is looking at it. Oh wait you can't? Yep, that is what I saw too! Supposedly there was one on the log but is just looked like a small black rock that promptly plopped itself into the lake the moment I glanced it's way! This was our only turtle sighting!This was the real reason for our trip anyway! To see Grandpa Jepsen. We miss him tons and hope he can move back soon! P.S. if you think Brittons ear is unusually large, it is and there is a story behind that! Stop laughing, I know you are laughing! Next stop Colville, to see the Batemans! Good times!

Rocky Reach Dam

2010-08-05T12:41:00.000-07:00

We made it to Wenatchee Monday morning and stopped at the Rocky Reach Dam. You may or may not have seen it on Dirty Jobs with Mike Rowe. They had the whole episode showing in a theatre. I only knew this because Jamie had been there last visit to see Fred and told us all about it.
It was very windy that day and the mountain was on fire so that's why it looks pretty hazy and we stunk of camp fire but it was a cool thing to see!

These are the fish viewing windows. I was amazed at how big some of those fish were. Check out the size of that baby!The kids loved it! I bet we spent 20 minutes in there just watching them swim by! I know, simple things for simple minds! This is a picture of the fish ladders. You could actually see the fish jumping from one ladder to the next. Most of all they loved the little play ground they had there. They were so tired of being in the car. Next stop, Lake Bonaparte to see Grandpa!

Boise or Caldwell (somewhere in Idaho)

2010-08-04T14:06:00.000-07:00

We started out our trip with a stop in Caldwell, Idaho. Bishops joined us for the weekend and we had a wonderful time with the Burbanks! So much fun, that I didn't really get the camera out much. I laugh at these pictures. I mention I need to get at least one picture of us and everyone scatters- so this is what you get! Hopefully we all know who really belongs to who!

We have tried to get them to move back but they won't! So...... I guess they will have to put up with our visits every year! Our kids all get along really well. I loved that we could leave the older ones in charge and leave for a little while (even though the ice cream shop closed as we drove up)

Celebrations of the 4th!

2010-07-04T13:23:00.000-07:00

I love the 4th of July celebrations! All the red, white and blue. Especially Red, my favorite! I found these cute matching outfits for the girls. For now, Ally is still okay with the matchy matchy thing. Not sure how much longer that will last. A few pictures taken before the celebrating begins! (aka no dirt pics) An added pic of Bryn, heaven forbid they all look at the same time!

Next we head on over to the Magna Parade. Apparently this is the 100th Year. And no parade is complete without a John Deere Tractor of course! It's a nice, less than 1 hour long, parade and lots of candy for the kids!

Don't they look like a happy bunch?

A little dip in the pool before we eat! But the main attraction is yet to come!

Now, I know boys like to see things blow up, but when my brothers get together and start playing with dry ice bombs they turn into these giddy little girls. I tried to upload the video but it took F O R E V E R! (just think Sandlot)
So, they blow up a watermelon, then dry ice in the barrel of water.

Then in the water with the basketball on top to see how high the ball will go. Next they decide to place one under the barrel to see if they can get lift off. It's entertaining in it's self but the added screams and running of the boys is hilarious!!

We ended with the good ole' firework show! What a day! Happy Independence Day!!

Cute Pillow

2010-06-30T15:34:00.000-07:00

I must still be in sewing mode! I made this cute pillow for Ally to give her teacher and I thought I would share. School is out in 2 days! YEA!

Bathing Beauty!

2010-06-30T15:13:00.001-07:00

Wally mart had these darling swimsuits for $5! Can't beat that! So we pulled out the old frog pool! Britton had fun splashing Bryn, good thing she loves the water. Why is it chub looks so cute when your 1?

Do you Quilt?... Mostly I Retreat!

2010-06-23T08:29:00.000-07:00

I spent last week in Idaho in a very beautiful place called Palouse Divide Lodge. I made quilts. I made bags. Very cute bags! I laughed and laughed. I stayed up WAY to late! I ate very good food! And, Yes I made everything in the pictures. They are not props! Thanks Camille for wanting and letting me come I had a great time!

Upon telling a client I was going to a quilt retreat, she looks at me very confused and asks "Do you quilt?" I reply " I like to think I do." she then says "Oh, so you like to retreat!" Yes, yes I do!!!

Go for the Gold!

2010-06-23T07:51:00.000-07:00

Ally did very well in the Utah Summer Games this year. She took gold in the 200 back and silver in the 100 back. She also set a USG record in the 200 back! The second picture makes me laugh. She is standing on the highest block and the girl taking the silver is towering over her! I'm not sure where she gets those short genes. (maybe Jamie??)

Kelly and I ran the 5K. I beat my current time by 4 minutes- thank you very much! Under 30 minutes at 29:34. I'm proud can you tell?

K- did awesome!! It was her first Summer Games and she got 5 metals!

There was A LOT of waiting time at the pool, for a 3 year old this is VERY hard! So for entertainment purposes I would take pictures of him and then let him see them (gotta love modern technology) I'm not sure why pictures of yourself picking your nose are so funny but to Britton they are. I finally got him to look "cute". I'm still figuring out little boys!

CHOPPED!

2010-04-30T19:50:00.000-07:00

We finally chopped it! She couldn't wait any longer so she didn't have enough to donate. We took off about 8 1/2 inches. I think it makes her look so grown up. I forgot to take a "before picture" and was looking for a recent long hair pic and discovered she basically wore her hair in a pony ALL the time! This will be nice for the summer she tells me! I just wish spring would stay.

He's Three!

2010-04-28T14:04:00.000-07:00

Britton Kelly Jepsen graced us with his presence this day three years ago, weighing in at 9 lbs 8 0z ! He did take his sweet time getting here but he was well worth the wait. He has added so much to our family! He constantly has us laughing. For those of you who know him, you will agree that he says the funniest things! He is such a sweet boy! We love you Britters!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Brynlie Bear

2010-04-09T16:44:00.000-07:00

So here is a picture of Bryn, she is such a joy to have in our home! I can honestly say she is ALWAYS happy! She is almost 9 months old, time flies huh? She has figured out the army crawl and is able to get to anything she wants, including Britton's Buzz Lightyear tatoos. We have nicknamed her the bear, hence the post title.

State Swimmers

2010-04-09T16:33:00.001-07:00

Aren't these girls so cute! AND they swim like fish! E and J made state times so the team was able to take a relay team. They did so awesome!! Ally missed qualifying for state by 3/100ths of a second. Next year for sure!!! (left to right: E, J, Ally and K. ) What a great experience for them.

Just So It Wouldn't Say

2010-03-01T11:42:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas anymore! I have said in the past that I am a terrible blogger. This just confirms that I still am.
Just an update (without pictures-to me this feels wrong but lots of people do it and I still enjoy reading it)

So.... Kelly, Jamie and I went to Las Vegas about a month ago. Jamie and I saw Gorgeous George in concert with Reba and LeeAnn Wolmack. It was lots of fun, even though it rained A LOT, if you would like to see pics go to Jamie's blog she is good at that! And her blog is quite funny!

The boy informed me "he hates his church" I'm pretty sure he means his class. The moment he figured out it was Sunday he started crying and again I sat in nursery. Everyone in the entire building knows when the Jepsen's have arrived!

This weekend Ally had a swim meet in Park City- she is soooooo close to qualifying for state in the 50 back, she missed it by 7/10ths of a second. Hopefully she will make it this weekend!

Bryn is as cute as ever (see I should have posted a picture) although we have labeled her as slow, she is 7 months and not crawling! The other two were all over the place by now. I am actually okay with this, it may have something to do with the amount of chub on her thighs! She is such a good baby! I know I always say that but she is!

I do feel better now that it will no longer say Merry Christmas when I look at every ones updated blogs and see our name on your blog list!

Ahhhh so much better!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

2009-12-24T11:52:00.000-08:00

Just thought I would post a picture of my kids in their Christmas duds! I think they are pretty darn cute! Hope you all have a Very Merry Christmas!

Bryn

2009-12-17T18:24:00.000-08:00

Brynlie at 4 1/2 months old. Still pretty chubby! She is grabbing at everything and it goes straight into her mouth. I hate that-I can't even think about all the germs she puts in there. She is starting to slobber all the time too. She is so smiley and has the cutest dimple on her right cheek. She is such a good baby! Thanks Amanda for taking her pictures!

Ally Turned 11!

2009-10-05T20:25:00.001-07:00

I can't believe she is 11. It seems like yesterday that we were bringing her home from the hospital. She was and is a very sweet girl! Very easy going and fun! She is beautiful inside and out. Happy Birthday Allyson!

Brynlie's Blessing

2009-10-05T20:16:00.000-07:00

We blessed Bryn on the 27th of September. Kelly did a great job! Her blessing dress holds great sentimental value..... A lady from my Dad's mission in New Zealand made it when she found out he and my Mom were having a baby. My sister wore it, I wore it, Dawns girls wore it and Mindys daughter wore it. AND now both my girls have worn it. Thanks to the wonderful sister in New Zealand! I wonder if she knows what a wonderful gift she gave!

Tracy Aviary

2009-10-05T19:40:00.000-07:00

It was free day last Friday at the good old Tracy Aviary. Haven't been there since I was in elementary. Wow that has been some time ago! BUT...... not much has changed ! My sister and I loaded up the kiddos and snacks, checked out the aviary then they had a great time at Liberty Park! Hands down favorite part of the aviary was the Laughing Kookaburra bird! One would start to laugh then they would all join in, couldn't help but laugh yourself!

I Got My Tractor Trailer

2009-10-05T19:32:00.000-07:00

He did it!! I seriously thought it would take him forever to earn his tractor but he got in about two weeks! The Boy is potty trained! YEAH!!! He does wear a diaper to bed but hasn't had an accident since the 4th day of training! What a good boy!

Brynlie's Birth Announcement

2009-09-14T08:33:00.001-07:00

A big thanks to my good friend Amanda for taking Bryn's pictures and making her birth announcement. She is an awesome photographer. Check out her website at bishopimages.blogspot.com. Click on the link to her photography website too!
Brynlie is 2 days old here. What a chub! She is now 7 1/2 weeks old and growing so fast. I can't wait to see how much she weighs at her 2 month appointment.

What Happened in 4 Months. (in a nutshell)

2009-08-23T13:38:00.000-07:00

Brynlie Rose Jepsen was born July, 22nd. She was 9 lbs 6 oz, 19 in long. She is such a good baby! I am so glad she is here! Ally is very excited to have a sister and Britton calls her his baby Bryn. He is actually very sweet with her. We were kind of worried about that.

Allyson swam in the Utah Summer games in June. She has become quite the swimmer! I didn't go, I was miserably prego. She called the first day she competed an let me know she had 3 metals around her neck. She ended up with 6 metals, 2 gold, 3 silver and a bronze. Did I mentions she competed in 6 events.

Kelly Graduated in May!! I am so proud of him! Thanks to all that helped him out along the way. I can honestly say I was supportive but did not help him at all. The thought of going back to school makes me ill! Way to go Kel.

Britton turned 2 on April 28th. He still loves Buzz, so of course we had to get a Buzz Lightyear cake. He loved it!

Got to get my Gun!

2009-04-20T14:46:00.000-07:00

This little boy loves guns! Anytime he has his gun (which by the way shoots rubber bands) he needs his "cowboy" hat. I guess we need to find a real cowboy hat for him to wear. But for now he is the mexican cowboy.

So the other day Kelly brings home a new gun. This big boy loves guns! He also purchased a gun safe to keep it in. It has a touch combination lock thing on it which make beeping noises when you touch it. I'm not so crazy about the guns but as long as it's in a safe I guess it's okay.

First I must tell you that sometimes I think Britton is deaf because he will say Huh after everything you say to him. But this day he proved he can hear very well when he wants to. Britton and I are in the kitchen, Kelly is in the bedroom with the gun safe. Kelly is touching the key pad (practicing I guess). Britton stops in his tracks looks up at me and yells, "Daddy's gettin the gun out!" as he is running as fast as his little legs can go into the bedroom. Like father like son! It was pretty funny!

p.s. We only shoot Chickens at our house!

Easter, Cousins and I'm So CUTE!

2009-04-12T16:46:00.000-07:00

I wanted to get a picture in thier new Easter outfits but Ally had already changed after church. So here you have it Easter Sunday!

My mom had an Easter party a couple of Saturday's before easter it was pretty cold but the kids don't seem to care. They still have fun finding the eggs.

Kelly's brother was in town and his Dad came home for a few days so we had a little get together. These three have a great time. ( when they are getting along) I was very lucky to get them to hold still long enough to take thier picture. What cute boys!

Britton has fallen victim again to his sister's evil plan to turn him into a girl. This is what I was talking about when I said lipstick and headbands. Looks like she added some jewelry to the getup. This is him saying "I'm so Cute".

It's a Girl!

2009-04-04T07:47:00.001-07:00

I had an official ultrasound a couple weeks ago. We are for sure having a girl! Due the 27th of July! Nothing like being prego in the dead of summer!

We are excited, Ally is VERY excited and Britton should be too, now he won't have to suffer through lipstick and headbands while Ally coaches him to say "I'm so cute!" I have to admit he would make a cute girl!

We have struggled with names so if you have any suggestions feel free to leave them!

A Happy New Year

2009-01-28T13:11:00.001-08:00

We had a little New Years get together at our house. It was pretty low key, but fun nonetheless. Kelly in true fashion!

Nothing better than a really loud horn!

Me and my sis

Ringing in the New Year!

Better Late Then Never! Right?

2009-01-28T12:51:00.001-08:00

Apparently I am really bad at this blogging stuff! Here are some pics from Christmas.
Christmas Morning- Ally's favorite present, a pink DS

Britton's favorite- Buzz Lightyear, he is obbsessed with Buzz!

Although all he asked Santa for was a sucker!

Sunday before Christmas in thier new outfits.

HIT and RUN!!

2008-12-02T07:17:00.001-08:00

So last night I was laying in bed watching the news when I heard this loud truck drive down the street. We have had a lot of cars up and down the street because of the lights. This truck however was louder that most and seemed to be staying right in front of our house. Next thing I know there is this loud reeving and the truck takes off up the street and leaves. Well, I really didn't think anymore of it, except Ally comes in saying " Did you hear that? It shook my whole bed." I heard it but you need go back to bed! Next thing I know she's back and letting me know the mail box is completely gone and there are cops outside! My neighbor has called the police on a hit and run of his mailbox ( it is half his) and the neighbor across the street apparently saw it all. But he did not get a license plate. So if you see a black, lifted, Dodge with damage to the driver side rear. Let us know! Those mail boxes are not cheap!

Here we go!

2008-11-28T21:15:00.000-08:00

This is how we all felt after standing in line for an hour to see princesses. He was the only one brave enough to show it.

Everyone at "It's tough to be a Bug"

So I have entered the blogging world! I hope all you naggers out there are happy now!

Here are some pics of Disneyland! Thanks Amy and Greg for letting us horn in on the birthday celebrating. We loved it.