Kimber's Senior Pics

I can't believe we are already taking her senior pictures! She is an incredible woman, just freaking out a little that I can remember her being brought home from the hospital!

HaPpY PiOnEeR dAy! 2010!

We didn't have Daddy this past weekend, since he was busy driving to Boise then Page, AZ. with Uncle Kyle and Aunt Courtney.

We heard at church on Sunday that they were going to have a kid's parade for Pioneer's Day. We set out Thursday evening to the dollar store for our fixin's. It was a perfect break to our Friday (w/out dadding coming home) afternoon. We decked the kids' bikes out (they switched around) and Saturday morning they were SO excited to ride in the parade. The boys thought it was more of a race, so they sped past everyone tieing for "first". Taelin thought it was grand and wanted it to last as long as possible. She didn't even need me to walk with her, but it was cute to see an older man taking her picture since she was just "too cute".

We decided to go out to Grma Choffin's house the rest of the day. We got to ride the horses, ate lunch and then went to the Splash Park (where Kelton laid with Grant, trying to see why he loved the trees so much) and Grma treated us to a ride on the carousel. After that we grabbed dinner and drove home. It was a long but very fun day!

The BLUE ANGELS were in town Saturday and Sunday, but since we live so close to the airport, we saw more of them throughout the week than the days of the shows. It was fun to watch and hear (they got SO close, it was almost too loud inside!

making blog a book?

does anyone have any suggestions for putting together a book/journal of all the blog posts? i have used up half of my "memory" so i'm just wondering what to do except for copy and pasting?!

Family Pictures

Jansen Family

Choffin Family

We may not have it all together, but together we have it all!

Since Jake's parents live so far away, I like to keep family pictures on the walls of our home to remind them of what they look like and that we are family. Now that they are older, they remember a lot better, but now they can also point to make sure we have the right person. And I love pictures, so enjoy! For those that know my family, can you guess who everyone is still?

P.S. Kelton kept asking when we were in florida when the rest of daddy's family and "his people" were going to show up. When I explained that Daddy only has one brother, he asked for Aunt Susan (cause she's a really fun lady).

FLORDIA!!!

Jacksonville Beach: the kids had SO much fun! and it was perfect weather the day we went!

We'll definitely have to keep the beach in mind this summer!

Children's Museum...can you find Kelton?

she seriously wore these shoes for 2 hours! they were womens size 6! she loved the dresses!
pump it up...the kids had a BALL! (and daddy too!)

4th of July!!!!

It was hot...really hot. But we still had a great time at the beach (a fav. of the kids'), a jump place, a kids museum (the grocery store, etc.) and lego building, movie watching, duck feeding, computer playing with oma and we even got a little shopping in! It was fun to be together and the best part was that the plane rides weren't stressful! It was nice to have time away from Idaho, and get to do fun Florida things. The 4th was small with just our fireworks...and we realized how much we really do love living in a highly populated LDS community where they don't celebrate things on sundays!

My Baseball Boy

Dear Chase: You love baseball like I have never seen a 3 or 4 year old like baseball. I am sure you are a replica of what your Grpa Choffin would have been like at your age. You hollar for Kimber at her games and ask each players name so you can cheer them on...and you cheer on all of your teammates even tho you only knew 2 of them when we started this tball team. You are mesmerized by the game, rules and passion for the sport. Well, most sports really. I love your passion to even play by yourself, no one else is needed as far as you are concerned. You picked out a tball bag and helmet as your bday present, I should not have been surprised.

You LOVE this game and I am SO glad that we could give you a taste of summer tball! I love you SO much and am so proud of how hard you worked for your team! Love you Sweets!

Happy Father's Day!

I know I am behind....but we can't go without saying that we think we have the bestest daddy in the whole world. We all adore you and think you are just grand. We love that you play games with us (and most of the time you are asking us to play), tickle and wrestle with us, read to us, and are always available for a hug and kiss.

WE LOVE YOU DADDY!

Taelin Talk

maybe its just me, but i think she's dang cute!

STAYCATION 2010

Friday: Idaho Falls Temple

Saturday: 9:00 am BIG breakfast

11:00 Riot Zone (mini golf and go karts)

2:00 Lunch at Wendy's

4:45-6:00 girls and jake at the mall (sorry kyle!) and kids in the car with Kyle
6:00-7:30 Bowling at Bowlero's (and some arcade)

Sunday: Church at Mom's (great talk Bryce)

Dinner at Mom's with games, tball, and baby Grant!

Monday: 11:00 am Kelton's tball game 2:30 pm Chase's tball game (whole family came down)
Chase is one serious player - he never looses focus or has to be told to run, he's a really fast runner and for barely 4 years old, this kid LOVES the game of baseball. Well anything really, he would rather watch sportscenter/espn than cartoons most days!

4:30 Zoo with Family

p.s. happy anniversary! 7 years and I love you more!

7:00 pm Dinner @ Applebee's

Tuesday: 4:00 am Jake is back to work

6:00 am Kyle and Courtney head back to Boise

Staycation scale: 10.5! Altho Bear Lake would have been fun, this weekend rocked!

Happy Birthday Chasiepoo!

Baby Chase Choffin Jansen ~ born 6/5/06

1 year old! 06/05/07

2 years old ~ June 2008

3 years old ~ June 2009

4 years old ~ June 6, 2010

He's 4!!! We had great friends and family here to celebrate with Chase! He was so excited to start playing with all his toys and was such a great sharer!

Can't believe its been 4 years since I was holding him in the hospital. Happy Birthday Sweets!

Happy Birthday Chase!!!! (6-5-10)

My favorite part is that he sings to himself. :)

When did my little man get to be such a big boy? I am sure that everyone asks themselves this question, but seriously today I looked at him, felt his little frame (he is really short for his age) and yet couldn't believe how big he has gotten. My little boy is now responsible, serious and committed to everything he does. Happy Birthday Chase (iepoo)!!!!!

May/June 2010: is it summer yet?

We are FINALLY getting some summer weather, but in between all of the rain, we've still managed some great moments here! Jacob and I (since he worked rotating shifts, most of the time it was me, but when he was able to be there he was SO helpful) coached Kelton's soccer team this year and Team Lightning did GREAT! They all improved so much! Kelton LOVED playing defense after the first 3 games and then started liking offense again towards the end of the season...which was silly. He's really good, but when you have asthma and your a little kid, the "out of shape cause its been all winter" feeling you get in your lungs VS. the asthmatic feeling of "soon-will be outa breath and without air" is very close...so he got scared and like defense.

I don't know why, but my kids have such short attention spans when it comes to sports. 2 weeks into the sport they are like, "we're done. i don't want to play, i hate that you signed me up." but by the last game they are all chanting, "i want to play more soccer (insert activity), when's our next game?"

So, Chase ended Gymnastics in May; started tball 4 days later. Kelton finished soccer and started tball (no pics yet sorry) within 3 days of eachother in the beginning of June.

We had some fun visitors, Aunt Becky and cousin CJ from California! Taelin kept calling him JP (a kid from our soccer team) but at the end got his name right! :) They had fun together and it was cute to see them all play!

Us and the Noyes' at the River Belt feeding the ducks. How fast do you say it takes to go through 3 packages of hotdog buns? 3.4 minutes (including running time back and forth to get 1 piece of bread each time). I'm sure those ducks were so dang full! It was fun to have a picnic together (so the mommy's can talk mostly) and then watch the kids all chase eachother and play. Can't wait for a fun summer!

say what?

blogger right now is ridiculous! i'm not posting again until i don't have to do it 6 times! urgh!!!!

Ride For Kids

Ride for Kids is coming up in Idaho Falls! Register now HERE! Register your family for this fun local event! It supports getting bikes to kids who could never imagine riding bikes of their very own...until now! It also supports local schools to get adaptable P.E. equipment funds (to the winning school with the most points) and all proceeds go to the Children with Disabilities Foundation for SouthEastern Idaho children!

For those of you who know these kids, you know its worth a day of your time to contribute to this great cause! Repost on your blog and PLEASE let your friends and families know!

DATE: Saturday July 17, 2010