Tuesday, October 27, 2009

FABULOUS FALL DAY!

Girls & I started the day off at the Little Bear Bottoms, "Pumpkin Launch"


This van was demolished by the pumpkins!


We then headed to "Boo at the Zoo"

We met our friends and headed to Apple Days at American West Heritage Center. (Kya went elsewhere after the Zoo.)

Scary demon man
Being taught how to press cider
Jade & her friend Clarissa made those cute necklaces
Now we are off to Paradise Apple Orchard

Perfect!

A Day at American West Heritage Center
The boys are noticeably absent, they were hanging out with their friends...

Here we are making a scarecrow at the Heritage Center. The girls named her Levitisha, after a magic show they watched the night before.

Monday, October 26, 2009

Jenson Books has News

Well, we DID IT, we bit the bullet and opened a warehouse close to home- Finally!!! We've been in North Salt Lake, Denver & Tremonton (what were we thinking?!) After much deliberation and searching, we found a spot about 8 minutes from our home. Eight minutes includes the 25 mph drive down the l o n g hill all the way across the tracks and straight to the front door- LOVE IT!! We are creating a store by building a rather large, very long, wall to separate the warehouse side from the retail side. We are in an industrial area, so we are hoping, crossing fingers that people will make their way out to see us. Wish us luck- we need it! We are super excited and hope that we will become an asset to our community. We have SO much to do!! Come see us anytime, we LOVE visitors!! Also, if anyone knows of cheap shelving, reception furniture etc; Please let us know. We don't mind used.

The kids are still doing wonderfully, keeping up in school, with great reports from their teachers. Bo, however has been recovering from bronchitis. Last week he ended up taking the entire week off. With the piggy flu taking over here in Cache Valley, he is considered 'high risk' due to his sports asthma. A mom never wants to hear that, but our doc suggested allowing him time to recover before sending him out to battle the swine. Man, will I be glad when this gunk is Gone!!

^---Get better big brother


Sometimes kids surprise you, by actually listening to your advice. In our case, Donovon has decided on applying to U of U, going to an in state college first, he will then apply to out of state colleges later- phew!! He re-took the ACT on Saturday, he is hoping to get a 34. The boy already has a 32, we'll let you know his results. Kya got a cell phone, mom is relieved our home phone is not ringing every 3 minutes. I KNOW I wasn't that bad at age 10! Did I mention she likes to text- a lot. Jade's cast is off- yippee, now if we can only convince her she really can use her recently healed arm we'll be set. All in all, life is good! We sure do miss everyone and look forward to seeing you during the holidays!

<---------Happy Halloween!
{feeling nostalgic, Halloween 2006}