This was one of our Buddies that came through in the fall. He showed up one evening, on the front sidewalk. He wouldn't stay in one place long enough to put Christmas lights on him. How typical of a Deer to do that! He did stay put long enough to leave a pile of fertilizer for the lawn, but it's all in one spot! We just can't get them trained to SPREAD IT OUT! Bad Deer.

My Landscape Design

I'm taking a landscape design class independent study with a friend. I think I missed my profession in life (maybe). I should have been an architect or something.

Even though this says "Jenson Residence," it isn't really. We were just supposed to put that on the drawing. This isn't a traced drawing either. It's one of the drawings from the textbook that we had to redraw to scale. See all those curvy lines? Those took forever!

I think it turned out pretty cool if I do say so myself. Now I'm working on a "Site Map" of our own house. It's just the basic house with sidewalks, fences, rocks, etc., but no plants. That will come later. Then we have to analyze the property to see what changes need to be made. It will be fun to see how it all turns out. I hope we'll actually be able to improve and add to our yard, although it probably will take a few years. I can't wait to learn about all of the plants and flowers, but that comes after the midterm, which we are beginning to study for now.

MY (JIM'S) turn to post something

This picture was taken in ST. George a couple of years ago. I shot with that group all winter, it was nice down there. No snow, sunshine, and almost Spring like.
This was in Cedar City, at a regular monthly match. "Doc Nelson" is timing me.
This was last summer at the Springville range. We had a "Evil Roy" shoot. We all dressed up like one of our world champions named "Evil Roy". You can guess what he wears I think. The shooter to my left in "Justice Law". He is a friend of mine from Orem. He is also a Police Officer there.
The "Evil Roy" shot again. Here I'm counting for another shooter. The closed fist means he shot "clean" or didn't miss any shots.
This is a Posse picture from our "State Black Powder Shoot" in Price, last summer.


Terry says, I needed to put SOMETHING on our blog. Ya, it's MY turn I guess. So................there it goes. I put some Cowboy Action Shooting pictures on here, that my change her mind about MY turn.

Christmas 2009

Four of our children were home for Christmas this year, and we had a lot of fun. On Christmas Eve, we decorated gingerbread houses, although Jim and I made a gingerbread train. What a mess it all was, but remember how much fun it was to play in the mud? This was almost as good.

On Christmas day we had a baby blessing at our house. Lars blessed his son Rion. It was really nice, and we had a turkey dinner afterwards. Of course, the food was great! It's just too bad Rion wasn't old enough to enjoy it!

The day after Christmas we had a baby shower for Brooke (Jenson) Lott. She isn't due until April, but they were here visiting, so we had the shower. Two of her friends from high school came and stayed the whole time and just visited. It was an open house, so the other people came and went. She got a lot of cute clothes, but we hope it's really a girl because most of the clothes are pink. The ultrasound people said they thought it was a girl, but they also said Rion was a girl when they had their first ultrasound. Brooke also had two other showers in Orem and Salt Lake with Dave's family and friends. This baby is not going to go naked that's for sure!

New Grandchildren

We are so excited! Our #6 grandchild was born October 21, 2009 (Rion Tomas Jenson), and #7 will be born next April. Someone once said that grandchildren are the reward for putting up with your children. I didn't often feel like I was just "putting up" with my children, but grandchildren are definitely a blessing. I just wish we got to see them more often.

All of Us (except Tana) - 1992

All of Us - Dec 2007