We’ll really miss…

These:

oh, and these too:

And lots of other things and people too, there’s just too much to list.

Some of you who are long-time viewers might have noticed that I’ve been conspicuously absent from the blog in recent months. Well I assure you that I’ve been using my time in matters almost as weighty as  blogging.

For some cosmic reason, most companies that recruit from my major like to do their interviewing about 50 years in advance. So this fall I’ve been putting a lot of effort into all that goes with getting a real job. After seemingly endless hours answering and asking question after question in interviews and information sessions, then pouring over every detail about the companies that are crazy enough to hire me, we’ve made a decision.

No, there are no real mountains, and yes it’s a bit far from family. Trust me, we really did consider those and many other facts, but there are a lot of positive benefits that come with living in Texas.

After all that hoopla, we decided to go with the company that I didn’t really have to interview with. So we’ll be going back to San Antonio where I will be working at USAA. Yipee! We are grateful to even have a job to take considering the state of the economy, so three cheers for Texas!

Kennedy's Nursery

I've had a few requests to post pictures of Kennedy's nursery, so here they are.  I had a fun time decorating and putting it together.  I had a lot of  help from my mom and mother-in-law and couldn't have done it without them.  My mom and I made the bumper pads and the crib sheet, I decorated the block letters,  and Barb made the cute pillow, quilt, crib skirt, and valence.   Thanks moms, I love it and Kennedy does too!  So does Zak even though he thinks it's a pink overload. ;)

 

  

 

Thought I better include pictures of Kennedy for the grandmas...

Sweet Baby Girl

Zak took these pictures a little while ago and I thought they turned out pretty cute, so I wanted to post them.

                              

                       

Our Little Pumpkin

We had a great Halloween weekend in St. George. We surprised both our parents and took Kennedy trick-or-treating to their houses. They had no idea we were coming down. We left her on their doorsteps and had the video camera rolling and the camera ready! Once they finally answered the door and/or recognized who it was they were ecstatic!

    

                        All the cute cousins dressed up                             

                Playing with cousins Allie and Bree on Saturday

            Eating a delicious Sunday meal that Spencer made us

Kennedy laughing with Grandma Rose and Uncle Spencer. She was laughing a ton, it was pretty cute. One of these days we'll actually catch her laughing on video.           

                                              More pictures of the fun

  

                                             Happy Halloween!!

Fun Weekend!

We had a great weekend together as a family and here are some pictures to prove it!  On Saturday when we woke up and saw how nice it was outside we decided we wanted to go to the BYU Football Game.  We go once a season and Saturday was the day!  We bought some tickets a couple hours before it started and got a sweet deal!  The weather was great and Kennedy was perfect all day!

I was so worried Kennedy would get cold, but as you can see from our squinting eyes the sun was shining bright and it was quite warm.

                  

Analyzing the game with dad, Kennedy isn't so happy with the last call on the field though.

          "They need to run it up the middle, stop passing so much"

                  

"If they aren't going to listen to me, I'm going to take a nap."

   I LOVE this picture of Zak and Kennedy and the beautiful fall colors in the background. This was walking back to the car during the 4th quarter to beat the crowds.

After the game we met up with my cousin Kilee and her husband Cody and went to Los Hermanos for dinner! The food was yummy and it was so much fun to talk and catch up on things, but sadly I forgot to take pictures. Thanks for calling Kilee!

That evening we went to a Ryan Shupe & The Rubberband concert. It was lots of fun and we really enjoyed their music!

To top the weekend off we got these adorable pictures of Kennedy in her cute Sunday Dress.

              

Thanksgiving Point Gardens

My Grandma Jensen invited Kennedy and I to go to the Thanksgiving Point Gardens with her a few weeks ago. The flowers were beautiful and we had a great time.  Thanks Grandma!

 

As you can see I got a little carried away with the pictures, but I couldn't resist, everything was beautiful!

Of course I had to get plenty of pictures of the pretty roses, in honor of Kennedy Rose :)

Fall Drive

A few weeks ago we went for a nice Sunday drive up Squaw Peak Canyon to look at the changing leaves and beautiful colors.  We think we were a little bit early in the season, but we had a good time and the colors were still pretty.  We even got a smile out of Kennedy!

                                                         Family Picture

                         A beautiful view overlooking Utah County.

Kennedy wasn't so sure she liked the view at first, because she was interrupted from her cat nap in the car. She was fine once we took her out of the car seat.