Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Disneyworld







For Christmas, Grandma and Grandpa Jensen took us all to Disneyworld!
We went to the Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom. This is a somewhat disorganized compilation of pictures from both.






Elora was so excited she could hardly stand it!





Annika was happy as can be!








Nathaniel showing off his new pirate hat, Aunt Crystal soaked from Splash Mountain,
and Liesel being a little silly for the camera






Uncle T. Jay helping Elora (It was great to have so much help from Aunts and Uncles!)

Liesel being silly again






Grandma with Elora in a teacup

Our four kids plus a friend they had just made while waiting for the show to start


Nathaniel somewhat reluctantly agreed to this photo.










Liesel fell and hurt her chin. As you can see, Grandpa is applying some "medicinal aid"



The kids all loved It's a Small World.



Aunt Collette was 7 months pregnant and dealing with swelling and still managed to spoil the kids as usual.




Emmerson, our cousin, and Annika riding in a rented stroller. This later became the napping house with kids sleeping on top of the shade and on the inside.




Uncle Ryan, Aunt Shaunna with Emmerson, and Uncle Wayne






Liesel doing what she likes best... no... not acting like a monkey....just being plain silly





When is Pluto going to learn how to talk so they'll give him clothes to wear too?


Annika being cute, Crystal being a great Aunt, and Liesel being silly


And Nathaniel being scared!
Just kidding around above and truly too scared to ride Splash Mountain below
(But to his credit, he did go on everything else except one scary Dinosaur ride at Animal Kingdom)

Elora pointing at the fish and making a fish sound with her mouth to any stranger who would pay attention to her







It was a magical, wonderful vacation! Thank you Grandma and Grandpa!






















Monday, December 31, 2007

San Diego







For our ten year wedding anniversary we took the kids to San Diego where we went on our honeymoon. We had so much fun going to the beach, seeing the temple, and
walking around Balboa Park.








Balboa park




The San Diego temple








Our three beautiful flowers in the gardens of the temple.






Annika wasn't too excited about having an adventure looking for sea creatures in tide pools and caves!








Nathaniel was on the hunt for sea creatures. We found crabs, sea anenomes, mussels and saw someone catching lobsters. Nathaniel and Liesel loved it!




















Elora was thrilled with the ocean!












A big wave unexpectedly came up and soaked Liesel and Annika!











Liesel laughed and kept playing.





Annika cried and wanted to go home.


Happier on solid ground
















When asked what her favorite part about San Diego was, Annika replied, "Going to sleep at the hotel."















Nathaniel is Eight!




Nathaniel was baptized on August 18th . We are so proud of him.