BOOTCAMP!

Jared has decided since September to start joining me for bootcamp - well - the first couple of weeks he was a baby and couldn't go by himself - now he is a big boy and we don't go together at all - which is a good thing because 5:30am is to hard for me to go to. We are the fastest mile runners out of all her people and on Veterans day we went and did a special bootcamp at the Chandler Fire Training Facility and Jared and I had the fastest times there too!

 This might have been Norm yelling at me and telling me his grandma can do faster burpees - it's ok though, it was my second time doing the course!

 Ya, ya, ya - Jared's weights are heavier than mine - whatevs!

 One week Julie had a Throw-back Thursday workout and Darla and Jessica asked us to come dressed in 80's clothes! Jared said one guy was relieved to know that Jared was dressed up and that it wasn't his real clothes!

 Nikole and me -

 doing "maniac"

 planking...

ASU VS WASHINGTON STATE GAME!

42 days later and Eli finally got to cash in on his birthday present! He had been ripping off a paper link every day until yesterday! He was so excited. He got a new shirt, new hat and was ready to go. I even got to hold his hand while we walked from the parking lot to the stadium - awh melt my heart! As we were walking up to the stadium - hadn't even stepped foot inside yet - he was already asking if we could take him to another game this year! I love him and his love for sports. As soon as we sat down he decided he needed some chicken fingers and french fries! Then he needed some kettle corn and a soda - we drew the line at the soda, but did grab one after the game on the way to his baseball game. ASU was not doing good the first half and he was STRESSED! We got him to chant along with the crowds and wave his little pitch fork fingers in the air, cheer, boo, the whole nine yards! He LOVED it and nothing pleased us more! It was my favorite ASU game that I have ever been too - going with my son and husband - out beat going with boys I liked in high school - even though I had better seats then - ha!

 We  even ran into some friends....Kiki, Eli and Tylie

Eli, Logan and Talon

 

CHANDLER EAST STAKE RODEO!

The annual stake rodeo is always a good time! This year it was held at the boys ranch that Carson works for so his kids kinda run the joint which our boys loved because they just followed them around and hung out up in the announcer tower and made themselves at home. We ate BBQ and then watched the rodeo and all the different games. Emma and Maddy were to cool to hang out with us but they were there too! The boys tried to catch a chicken for a prize but the slippery suckers got a way. Tyson participated in the water balloon toss with this cute girl - Carson set the two of them up - Tyson looks quite pleased with his partner who followed him around for a little bit afterwards :) Tyler was to shy to play the water balloon toss - but after wards when the balloons were a free for all he sure thought he was funny pretending to get me with it!

ELI'S FIRST PACK MEETING!

Eli had his first cub scout pack meeting - he was super pumped to go and so were Tyler and Tyson. I had to work so I couldn't go and quite honestly - I was kinda relieved - never been to one and didn't really care to go either - scouting is not my thing - but I was still happy for Eli and then as Jared was sending me texts - I was sad I missed out. Not only was it his first pack meeting - but he also earned his bobcat!

Here are the texts and pictures I got from Jared:

He's doing great. Pack meeting about to start :) they're doing the flag ceremony. Lolololololol Eli was hilarious not knowing whether to salute the flag with his hand on heart or cub salute. He figured it out :) (before judging his outfit - he did come straight from soccer practice!)


Eli is totally shushing the kids around him so he can hear about the boy that earned his wolf.


Eli's loot (got a lot of badges and belt loops). Some of it was from day camp. The belt loops.
 
He's totally paying attention and into it. Norm giving fireman demo. Pretty cool. Norm just told the boys there's nothing better after fighting a fire than drinking a cold dr pepper!

(as a random side note - the Germaines subsituted Eli's primary class yesterday and Eli was the only one who knew who they were and the kids were asking him how he knew them and Eli responded with, "He's Uncle Norm!" - like Duh! We aren't quite sure if Eli knows he is not really his uncle - ha ha!)

FOR REALS?!

This cute little turd bucket of mine sent me a text this morning at 9:04am

"can you PLEASE bring me a change of clothes?"

I had just gotten to Tyler's classroom to volunteer when I saw the text...here was my reply

"why? what's going on? I am not at home and can't come right now"

She didn't respond and I knew school started at 9:05am. It was now 9:45am and in order for me to go home and get her clothes I had to be late to work and I still hadn't heard back from her. I called Jared and he thought I should bring her some clothes, who knew....did she start her period? did she get dress coded? did she spill something all over herself?

I called my work and told them I would be 15 minutes late, I ran home and got her a cute outfit from her drawers and headed off to her school. When I was about 2 minutes away I got the following text:

"I look HIDEOUS!!!! I look like a total fatty and everyone is laughing at me, even XXXXX is laughing! Why didn't you tell me"

Are you kidding me?! This is why she needed a change of clothes? Lucky for her I was already on my way. We don't discuss weight in our house - being fat is not something we talk about - nor is it something I would allow her to say about herself. She did not look fat, she did not look hideous....she did however - look out of sorts for herself - she normally dresses a lot cuter and a dance t-shirt and jeans is something she has never worn before (not that we care or isn't allowed too - she just hasn't). My response...

"I tried asking you about your choice of clothes but when I do - you get mad at me so I dropped it"

Her reply:
"Oh no mom, I am not mad at you!"

Ha! Didn't think she was mad at me and frankly, didn't really care either....

"I am almost to your school, please be waiting in the front office"

I pulled right up to the office and went in to hand her the bag of clothes, she looks at me like a sad puppy and says, "thank you mom!" I looked at her and handed her the bag and put my hand on her head and with a smile said, "never again will I bring you clothes because you don't like what you chose, have a good day!"

I am ONLY writing this down because it makes me smile - she is funny - and some day I hope her daughter does the same thing and she will owe it to me to take my grand daughter a change of clothes because she wasn't felling pretty in the outfit she chose!

How could this little button be growing up already?!

HALLOWEEN 2014!

Shhhhh - I am hoping my kids won't realize that we never carved pumpkins this year - first time ever - oops! We were all so busy this month and then we never got around to it - I am having "mommy remorse" over it, but seeing how it's the 2nd day of November and no one has said anything - I am hoping to get by without it this year - next year will be better I just know it!

Despite not doing the pumpkins - everything else was pretty much Halloween traditions as normal -

Trunk-or-Treating with the Parrys (sadly, it was not Grove 2nd ward as usual - we missed that one, but were lucky enough to go to the Parrys)
Tyler the red ninja, Eli the morph suit skeleton, Tyson Wolverine, Payton the Dracula and Chiara the Witch!

 The twins

 Maddie the Goddess and Emma the nerd

 Alyza came trunk-or-treating with us this year and she was a strawberry - she was also a freaked out strawberry when Eli came by her - never saw her move so fast in my life the first time she saw him in his costume!
 
 I was lucky enough to be able to go to all 3 boys Halloween Class parties this year in the afternoon - I did not get to help out at them because I was trying to hit up so many, but I got to spend time with each of them and that was awesome! Tyler playing pin the nose on the pumpkin..

 and bingo...

 Tyson showing off his ghost with 3 eyes and his mummy with 3 eyes...

 me and spicy eating dirt and worms while listening to a Halloween story -

 Eli also played bingo and made pumpkins!

 Halloween morning Haley did their usual Apex fun run to raise money for the school - the boys all called Grandpa Rodgers and got him to donate - he is awesome! Jared was able to go and watch the boys do their run - they were very happy to see him!

Eli ran 48 laps and was the highest in his class - Jared said he got smart and realized if he stayed on the inside of the track he could run a lot more quicker - 


Tyson ran 44 laps - he is turning out to be quite our little long distance runner

Tyler got 37 laps - 13 more than last year so that was awesome and he had no broken foot this year too!

That night we kept up the Jensen/Parry Halloween soup and trick-or-treating tradition. We met at the Parrys for potato soup in bread bowls and then we hopped on the trailer that had benches and Halloween music playing and rode it over to the neighborhood we wanted to trick or treat at. The kids LOVED it and thought it was awesome on the "hay ride" Conner and Cade even joined us this year!

 It was such a great Halloween and my favorite part was probably Jared threatening the boys to give him the candy he wanted of theirs or else he would make them play in the outfield and the next baseball game - so mean but so funny!

PHOENIX TEMPLE OPEN HOUSE!

Sometimes sports does bring you closer to church and family - Eli's soccer games were on the west side today so I was able to surprise Richelle and show up to her birthday lunch for a quick 10 minute visit and then we were right by the Phoenix Temple so afterwards we stopped by for a tour! So glad we were able to make it over there and go through it!