1st Place!

Jared's very first scout activity as a new Wolf was the Pinewood Derby on March 23, 2008. He was thrilled to take 1st place overall with his "Iron Rod" car! Jase took 4th place and won "Most Unique Car" with his Elmo car (see next post).

We are so grateful to Uncle Grayson -- a Pinewood Derby Specialist -- for helping the boys make their cars and for driving over four hours with his awesome computerized track to run our AWESOME Pinewood Derby for us!! (I am especially grateful since I am the Cub-Master!)

The Golden Egg

Grandma Jensen threw an Easter party on the same day of Jared's baptism. We all participated in the Easter Egg Bash and all of the grandkids searched for their candy-filled eggs. This year a "silver" egg and a "golden" egg filled with money were also hidden. It must have been Jared's lucky day because not only was he baptized, but he also found the coveted golden egg! Way to go Jared!

Jared's Baptism

Rick baptized and confirmed Jared on March 15, 2008 up in Ogden. Jared was so excited! Janika and Jase sang "I Like To Look For Rainbows," and Jared's Aunt Gerilyn and Grandpa Westra gave the talks. Jared bore such a simple sweet testimony afterwards. After the baptism we all celebrated with a dinner of Jared's favorite foods at Grandma and Grandpa Jensens afterwards. We are so proud of you Jared!

Trip To Zions

Over the weekend we went camping with our friends, Laymon and Tara Adams and their kids: Heather, Logan, McCabe, Kaylee, and Hannah. Their four youngest are the same ages as Janika, Jase, Jared, and Janelle. so the kids had fun playing together.

It was quite cold during the night so I didn't sleep much but the kids seemed to do okay -- except Josh had a screaming fit for about 15 minutes at 4:30 in the morning which I am sure all of the nearby camp-sites heard!

Zions -- Day Two

Top Row: Jase, Heather, Janika, Jared, McCabe

Bottom Row: Logan, Hannah, Tara, Josh, Kaylee, Janelle, and Jaiden



Today was Jared's eighth birthday (Saturday, March 8th). It was a beautiful day and perfect for hiking.

We went on a long and fairly difficult hike (well it was only about 2.7 miles round trip but felt like three times that long) but the kids did great! I was amazed at how well little Jaiden did! She didn't complain at all. The waterfalls and ponds were really neat and worth the effort to see. When we finally reached the highest of the Emeralds Pools and waterfall Jared was playing around on a big rock and fell into the water. He was soaking wet and had to hike the whole way back in wet shoes and socks. (That's him in the blue shirt and camouflage pants hiding his head). He was in a pretty bad mood for awhile after that!

There was snow at the pools as you can see in the background with Josh and I. I was glad that I felt well since I was right in the middle of the morning sickness part of my pregnancy!