Lancey Pants

Lance is getting so big- I had to get some picture in here of him. He is almost 8 months- yikes! And he is already at 20 lbs! He is a husker boy.This is the first baby Ive had in a place with stairs. He already tumbled down them last week. Yep- I need a baby gate.
He loves to pull himself up onto everything and try and be big.


Its hard to workout with Lance getting into everything- and getting there quickly.

He is such a happy baby boy! Still no teeth, but we love his cheesy smile.

The Christmas Program

At our ward party- the primary put on a little Christmas program. Makayla was Mary. It was hard to get a picture because of the spotlight, but got her as they were changing scenes.

Dylan was a wicked Nephite who shot arrows at Samuel. He thought it was funny to hit him, even though we read the scripture in family night about how Samuel never got hit.

I had Allie sit with the choir kids and sing with us. What a fun night!

We have a tree!

It is starting to feel like Christmas now. We went Saturday and saw Santa- then found this fun tree farm and cut a Christmas tree! Allie wanted to get a tree that was her size- she was out voted. For some reason the trees look smaller out in the field, then we had to trim it down when we got home. Its nice and cozy in our little corner now.
It is hard to find a tree that everyone likes, but after enough walking and looking I think enough of us decided lets just get one and get done!

To get out to the trees we got to take a hay ride. It was pretty fun. Plus the weather was great. The next day it dropped 45 degrees and by Monday we were covered in snow. I'm glad we got a tree before then.

The sad news- sometime during this adventure I lost my cell phone. It may have fallen out while I was taking pictures. I even drove back out there Monday to look for it- but no luck. Quinn says- this will turn out to be a pretty expensive tree.

Grandpas funeral

Quinn and I (and Lance) were able to fly to California for my grandpas funeral. We haven't been to my Aunt and Uncles since Granny's funeral. It was neat be be there and hear so many great stories about grandpa and the hard working guy he was. And it was great to see some family too! My mom and dad, and my brother & his wife, and my sister were there. My sisters husband was home with her kids!

This is a bunch of my Jorgenson cousins- some that I haven't seen for years! With granny and grandpa both gone, who knows when we'll get together. Someone will have to plan a reunion one of these days.

A favorite Jorgenson tradition after every picture-"Now a funny one".

Thanksgiving pictures

Since Christmas is almost here, I thought I'd better get some pictures up of our thanksgiving. The day started early for Quinn who helped put together a turkey bowl in the big Memorial stadium! Im trying to track down pictures from that. Later on we went to our good friends the Mathisons again this year and celebrated with lots of food, friends and fun! Dylan and his long lost brother- best buddy Caleb! Maybe they ate too much!
After dinner Makayla helped the kids make these cute cookie turkeys!

The cute girl table. Allie just wanted the green jello and celery.

Another cute kid table!

The bigger kid table- sorry we cut off half of Stacy- and wheres Tanya? It was really a fun day- we will be there again next year- so mark your calendar Mathisons!!!

Birthday Thank yous!

I had such a fun b-day this week! Thanks to all for the calls and cards, dinners, breakfasts, and gifts! It was really a fun day. Quinn took the kids and I to a fun dinner where they sang to me and Allie and brought out ice cream. Then home for the excitement of opening presents. Just a warm up for Christmas... Lance doesn't look too sure about all the excitement!

A fun Visit

We were so lucky to have some family come visit for a fun, fast trip! My parents, brother and sis in law and their three kids came out to Nebraska for some fun times. They also brought some warmer California weather with them, so we were very happy. We tried to show them all the fun things to do here in the great corn husker state. Here's a few pics of the fun! We spent some time at the Winter Quarters Visitor center- a fun place to visit.
We had to do the Children's museum. We tried to get a pic with Grandma and grandpa with all 7 grand kids- but that is a hard task. Here's my kids and my brothers twins!

Here you can find all 7 kids if you look closely. We are getting in the husker spirit!

Allie fell in love with Uncle Tyler. I told her that he was my little brother, like Lance is her little brother. That must be hard for a young 3 year old to get since Tyler is bigger than me. After they left she asked me "Mom, when is your little boy who was little but now big, going to come back? I miss him!" We love you Uncle Tyler.

Makayla and Taylor had so much fun together. We wish we were closer so these cousins could play more! Thanks for coming guys- we are so glad you were here!!!

My Granny and Grandpa

In April of 2006, my granny passed away. This Thanksgiving my Grandpa went to join her. Its hard to watch grandparents get old, but it has got me thinking of all the memories I have of them and all of the things I learned from them so I thought I'd write some down so I can remember.

Each summer, all of Granny and Grandpas grand kids would get a week to go stay at their house. I remember Grandpa waking me up in the mornings to go on walks with him and Pug. One morning I was laying in bed dreaming I was on a bridge that was shaking, when I opened my eyes, there was grandpa shaking my bed and laughing. I never asked him if I said something funny in my sleep, but he seemed pretty amused. So I hopped our of bed and got ready for Pugs morning walk. We would walk through a park with orange trees and grandpa would tell me how the whole town used to be full of orange fields. Then we'd stop so Pug could have a break and a breath mint.

When we got home Granny would have a hot breakfast ready. And she always had a project for us to work on like sewing or baking something. And she would always take pictures. That's must be why I am always taking pictures- I get that from my granny. What would she have done without a camera?

Other days grandpa would take us fishing or have me help in the yard. He would always pick an orange or tangelo for us to eat. I didn't like when he would pick grapefruits and eat them like oranges!

In the evenings I would sit outback with grandpa and watch airplanes and listen to a ball game on the radio until granny came out and said we should get inside. To this day when I hear a baseball game on the radio I remember those evenings with my grandpa. I found this page in one of my old scrapbooks. We would always have a picture of us with all the crafts we made at Granny's over the week. And look how little Pug is!

I will miss my granny and grandpa but know they are at rest in a better place and their journey in this life is over. Thanks for all you taught me and especially for the great heritage you left behind. I have one great daddy because of you two. Until we meet again.....

Our sunshine is 3!!

Our Allie is one lucky girl. She had a long birthday. Her Grandma and Grandpa and Uncle, Aunt and cousins from California came to visit for the weekend, so she thought everyday was her birthday! One night we went to a fun play place and had dinner and cake- and she thought that was super fun. The best part is that we were just about the only people there so our kids had a blast! She loved that her cake actually said "Happy Birthday Allie". She is so big and we love her so much! She is our little sunshine:
Party time!
Another morning she had a party at our place. She has been to a few birthdays lately and was excited to have a party for her. We had a butterfly birthday breakfast party. We had doughnuts, butterfly bagels, fruit and juice then played fun games to wiggle our sugar out. The kids had so much fun. This is such a fun age.
Happy Birthday Allie May- we love you!!!

Picture day

Sunday Walks

We have always loved to take Sunday walks together as a family, or Sunday drives in the winters. In Vegas we would have to take Sunday drives in the summer time, but we just like to get outdoors together as a family. Today after stake conference Quinn wanted to walk by the river, but Allie and Lance were too tired to go. So today, dad, makayla and dylan took our Sunday walk. Dad even took the camera and took pictures!

Looks like they had too much fun- we love when Sunday Walks turn out this great in the fall!

Happy Halloween!

Another Halloween has come and gone! What a fun crazy holiday. We have stretched this one out way too long and I think we're all ready for November. (Especially Allie). We went to the trunk or treat at the church then came home and the kids, their friends, and the dads went around the neighborhood. My friend even stayed to visit with me and the little ones so we could hand out candy. What a fun night. We only got one trick when some neighbors showed up and yelled: "Merry Christmas". ;) I was a lonely witch- next year I will convince some friends to dress up with me! I did score some points with my primary kids who really think I am the coolest primary music teacher!
Here's the boys- Mr. Potato Head and a Pumpkin. Shouldn't every baby be a pumpkin when they are that darn cute?!

And the cowgirls- yep ones even riding a chicken. That was a hit this year! You should see her do her chicken dance.

Our gang ready to load up on candy. Notice how we don't even need coats. How great was the weather in Nebraska this fun fall day?!

Have I mentioned that I love our backyard?

It was so nice outside this morning- we just played outside as long as we could! I just love having this fun backyard. I just laid on the blanket in the warm sun with Lance and watched the kids play all sorts of creative games.

We had two of our friends over and the kids were having lots of fun giving them rides in the tractor and digging for tokens in the sandbox.

I can't believe its Halloween tomorrow- we won't even need hats and gloves- Yipee!

Makayla was being quite the poser- anytime she saw the camera, she would run over and get in the picture!

What a fun fall morning!

Time Out

This weekend was another great Time Out for Women conference. Quinn spent Saturday with the kids and I drove up to Omaha with some friends to spend the day. There were some fun speakers and great music, and just the Time Out needed for mom! There were a lot of girls from our ward there, and a fun group from another ward- so we all got to play together. One friend even came back from Utah to play- It was so fun to see her again! I got to sit it the "mom" section with some fun friends. Emily and Stacy and I had fun coming in and out of the conference with our babies!

My good friend Tanya and I and our cute boys. They were loving spending the day with their moms! This was my third Time Out, but the first one I've had a baby at- kept me a little busier! We went to lunch with some friends during the lunch break at the conference. It was a beautiful day in Omaha. Im glad I got to go to this fun Time Out!

Makayla on the Run

Just after school started, Makayla joined Girls On The Run. A national physical fitness program for girls in 3rd- 6th grades. Makaylas team met two days a week after school. Each day they would talk about healthy choices and RUN. They always had fun ways to make the girls run and enjoy it. At the end they all joined together for the GOTR cheer. Here's Makayla and some of her friends at the end of one practice.

The goal of GOTR is to have all the girls complete a 5K run. This semester, however, the run is on a Sunday. We knew that when we signed up but she wanted to do it anyway. So shes been at every practice and worked hard. Yesterday was the last day. Makayla told her coach she wouldn't be at the run and he coach asked her why. Makayla told her the run was on Sunday and she had church. The coach asked, don't you just go to church in the morning?- The runs in the afternoon. But Makayla told her she doesn't do fun runs at all on Sundays. Her coach asked what church she went to and Makayla told her The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints.

Maybe one day that coach will meet some missionaries and remember the 9 year old girl on her team that didn't go to fun runs on Sunday. Way to go Makayla!

I did send an email to GOTR of Nebraska and asked if they could find some runs on saturdays- and I guess in the spring they have one. So we are looking forward to the spring when she can join this team again!

SIX MONTHS OLD!!!

I can't believe Lance is already 6 months old. He is such a fun baby and everyday he makes us smile. The other day he was laughing so hard he kept snorting! So we all kept laughing, so he kept laughing- it was pretty funny. He seems to be pretty glad he's in our family- and we can't imagine our family without him! After I took his 6 month picture, Allie wanted a picture of her too- and then wanted to take a picture of me- so here you go- my picture by Allie the photographer!Now I know he looks small, but at his 6 month appointment Lance weighed in at 18# 15 oz! Yep- that's right- he's pushing 19 lbs already!
Allie our cheeser. Can you believe she's almost 3?! She tells everyone she sees that "It's almost my birthday and I will be 3 in November" We told her when shes 3 she can't suck her thumb, so we'll see how that one goes.
Love these kids!