It's been a while!!

I know, I know, it's been quite a while since I've got on here! Things in January were really crazy and I haven't really had the time or energy to sit down and write anything! So, where to start? In January, Matthew got to come home for 10 days, so that was really nice! Tanner really misses his uncle Matt! Here are a few pics from his home coming.

I don't think either one of them wanted to let go! Tanner got to finally meet his cousin Cooper!
His Uncle Mark got him his first hoodie! Playin' with Uncle Mad!
Then we had Mike's 30th Birthday, so we had a couple dinner's and a couple friends over to hang out and play cards. Then I was getting really tired since I found out we're expecting again! We'll get our new arrival in September!

Tanner's shirt says "I'm the big brother"! Right in there, too, Matt and Bailey got engaged and decided they were getting married in August! Then Matt asked Mike to be the Best Man, Tanner to be the ring bearer, and Bailey asked me to be her Maid of Honor! So now we will have a fun summer full of wedding planning! Finding a dress that fits me might be a challenge when I'll be 3o some weeks along, but we'll make it work!

So I think that's all the big stuff in the last month or so. There have also been a few birthdays, Valentine's day, and making plans for Tanner's 2nd Birthday! Saturday we went to get Tanner's 2 year pics taken. He should be sooo good at getting his picture taken, but when he gets in front of someone he doesn't know he plays shy! We wound up with a couple good ones!

So, now were planning for Tanner's Birthday, a new baby, and a wedding, so I'll try to keep you posted on all the fun news!

Tanner's new Bed!

Mike spent part of the day after Christmas turning Tanner's crib into a toddler bed. I was a little apprehensive about it, but Tanner absolutely Loves it! He played in it off and on through out the day and has done a really good job sleeping in it! He even stays in it when he wakes up until we come get him (which was what I was really worried about!)! Now he goes into his room and says "my bed!", like it hasn't been his all along!

He told me "Mommy! Sit!". He was so excited Mommy could sit in bed with him! Then we let Memphis get into bed with him too and he really liked that!

Christmas Day

Christmas day was lots of fun too! We got up early to see what all Santa brought us! Here's Mike and Tanner going through Tanner's stocking!

And look at all those presents!
Then Tanner took a short nap and then we got ready to go to Mike's parent's house! Thank God for 4 wheel drive vehicles! We used the Trailblazer to help get everyone there and then the truck to get everyone home! Here's Tanner posing for a quick picture!
And wearing the "santa's little helper" hat!
Tanner "handing" (more like throwing) everyone their gifts!
Tanner lovin' his new wagon from Grandma and Grandpa!
Trying to pick up Daddy's new bowling ball!

Christmas Eve/ Meyer Christmas

Christmas Eve was a lot of fun for our family this year! We woke up early and had a good breakfast, hung out for a little bit, and spent some time getting ready for Christmas day! Below is a pic of Tanner helping me a couple days before Christmas make some goodies for work. He always has to help as much as we'll let him!

I got a new book for Tanner for Christmas, it's "Twas the Night before Christmas" book. Mike read it to him, and then I had to, too, and then Mike again! He just loved it!
Then Tanner and I made some cookies for Santa. It's been a long time since I've made sugar cookies, so it took me a little bit to get the hang of it again, but we had lots of fun making them!

He loved playing with the cookie cutters and the dough!

Cheese!! If you look closely at the bottom left corner, those are Tanner's cookies! Every time I put a cookie on the cookie sheet he would grab some dough and put it on there too!

Then Tanner took a little nap and then we headed out to my Mom and Dad's place, which was an adventure in itself. It had just started sleeting and getting really cold, so the roads weren't great, but we wound up making it there. We had to detour a little bit, and take the gravel to get there so we had a little more traction, but the truck got us there safe and sound!

Here's Tanner and some of his cousin's opening presents!

Tanner playing farm with Uncle Brian!

Tanner got into Josie's makeup she got from Grandma and Grandpa! He did a surprisingly good job putting it on, but he does have a lot of girl cousins that like to play dress up with him!

It wasn't too bad getting back home that night. We left a little while after it started snowing, so we had the snow for traction on the way home. The wind and the snow made it kind of hard to see, but we took it slow and got home just fine!

Here's Tanner in his Christmas PJ's!

Jensen Christmas

This year was Mom's turn to take care of the Jensen Christmas Dinner, so of course us girls helped out too as much as we could. It really can be a big undertaking since there are over a hundred of us now, so that's a lot of food, tables, and decorations! Since there are ten kids, and they have a rotation going, each one only has to do it once every ten years, so that helps, but it's kind of a shock when your turn comes back around! I think a good time was had by all, and there was plenty of good food and fun times! Here are a few of the pics we took:

Cailyn, Sydni, Lexi, and Tanner playing in the corner!

A picture of the group! We had a final count of 95 people!
Tanner opening his gift from Great-grandma Jensen.
Mom's grandkids with Great-grandma.

The kids playing while we cleaned up!

Snow much fun!

Getting Tanner all bundled up to go outside the evening before the first "blizzard"!

Mike got Tanner his own snow shovel so he could help scoop snow, since Tanner has to help do everything!! He loved it, but unfortunately we think it go buried in the last snow we had and now we can't find it!


Tanner and Mike sledding for the first time!

Tanner had fun being pulled around in the sled too!

Poor Memphis wanted to run and play in the snow, but it was a bit too much for him!

I had to go out later and scoop him some paths around the yard!

Mike and Tanner making Tanner's first snow man!

Happy Holidays!!

I know it's been forever since I blogged, but the last month has been kinda crazy, especially the last week! I'll try to think of everything I've missed! We had a great Thanksgiving at my brothers house Wednesday night and at Mike's parents on Thursday. Then we were just getting ready for Christmas and Mike was working overtime a lot at Kawasaki. The weekend after Thanksgiving, he got to take the weekend off, though, and go to the Chiefs game with Beaty, JP, and some other guys, so he really enjoyed that (probably more than I would like to know!)! Work got really crazy for me in there too, but I never get OT, so I just had to fit it into my 8 hour work day (Nice...I know!). Otherwise, nothing really big went on..we had a couple holiday things to go to and they were nice, did a lot of Christmas shopping, and tried to keep up with the snow that kept coming down! We did get one day off of work because of the snow, so that was nice! I'll upload some pics later of all the fun we had in the snow! Tanner absolutely LOVES it, which can be nice, but then it's a bear to get him to come inside! He's just loves to be outside, he is sooo his fathers son! I'll add a bunch more blogs on our holidays, but otherwise that's it! Hope you all have a great New Year's!