Update for Ellen and Family

Love Ellen's updated for June on social media! 

June may have been the busiest month of my entire life!

My favorite photo of the month - Evan and I cleaning up Tuacahn in prep for the Patriotic Service I planned to celebrate flag day! I got to organize an amazing MC Justin Prince and a ton of fantastic local talent to perform at a free community event for Liberty Village.

We started the month with a camping trip to our favorite Crazy Cow Farm Adventure Official in Malad, ID! We played hard and had lots of fun with family and at the camp site!

When we got home we had a surprise in the mail - t shirts from @shibatetu_train from Japan! They are now the kids’ favorite shirts and they wear them constantly!

After camping I made a quick pit stop at home to change out my bag then flew to DC for the premier of Young Washington at The Kennedy Center where I organized a reception for Liberty Village guests before the movie started. I got to spend some time sightseeing and loved every minute of the one million miles we walked!

I took the kids out to Liberty Village to see their commemorative brick. I’m so glad that their names will always be apart of a place I love so much!

Next up - our annual Father’s Day Flee vacation with Jase’s family! We had a fun staycation this year that involved watching Tuacahn Center for the Arts Finding Nemo and lots of loving on dad. The boys LOVED their first play (and love their dad)!

When Father’s Day Flee ended my development director and I jumped into finishing the final details of the United We Pledge golf tournament! I had my first helicopter ride - to throw golf balls into a golf hole as part of a fundraiser we ran at the golf tournament!

I didn’t even get to shower post golf tournament before jumping into the car to head back up north. In Salt Lake and Provo areas I got to celebrate my new sister in law Savanna Manuela at her bridal shower then celebrate my cutie college roomie Lynae Richardson as one of her bridesmaids at her wedding! So much love in the air!

Ellen's Graduation from SUU with Masters in Professional Communications

Ellen just graduated with her master's degree in Professional Communications! Congratulations, Ellen!! 

Jase and Ellen left for our house Thursday morning. Their van  broke down in Spanish Fork and they had to bring it to the shop and take Ellen's mom's car instead. So they arrived much later than usual. Friday morning they headed to SUU with the boys. We left shortly after and met them there. Ellen's parents and sister, Lexie, and her husband also met there. It was difficult keeping the boys entertained during the ceremony. Lexie got some darling pictures afterwards and then we all met at Pizza Factory for lunch! We are so proud of Ellen for this huge accomplishment! 

Congratulations to our College Graduates!!

So proud of all of our graduates!! Janika Jenson graduated from Utah State University with her Master of Education in Psychology! I love what Brandon posted on social media:  

"I'm so proud of my wife Janika Jenson for graduating with her Master's degree from USU! Not only did she do an amazing job getting through this program, but she finished it up while dealing with the challenges of pregnancy as well. Now only a few more weeks until she gets a new challenge to master!" 

Jase Jensen and Ellen Jensen graduated from Dixie State University -- Jase with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Ellen with a Bachelor of Science degree in Communication Studies with an emphasis in organization and applied leadership.

Jared Jensen also graduated with his Associate of General Studies from Dixie State University and is continuing on with his Bachelor's degree in Business Administrations. He didn't "walk" for graduation since he is just continuing on at the same school. 

We were sad that we couldn't go to Logan to attend Janika's graduation, and then Dad got the stomach flu and wasn't able to attend Jase and Ellen's either!! So that was a total bummer! At least we were able to watch Janika's through the live stream and Dad was able to watch Jase and Ellen's through the live stream also. Thank goodness for technology!! 

This first collage of Jase and Ellen and Evan below is of photos that were taken on April 20th by Ellen's sister, Lexie. They turned out SO darling!! The second collage are just some snapshots we took right after the ceremony before heading to Cafe Sabor for lunch! 

This is a bad picture on the right (and he took it before I was smiling), but I thought it was hilarious that I happened to be wearing the exact same outfit at Jase's high school graduation back in 2016 that I was at his college graduation six years later in 2022. I guess I don't update my wardrobe very often, ha ha! 

Jase's good friend, Ky Phillips, also graduated from Dixie State University with a degree in Communication Studies. He and Jase have shared graduations from elementary school, high school, and now college!

Ellen's Bridal Shower

Janelle, Jaiden, Jenna and I all went to Shelby's baby shower in Ogden on Saturday at 1:00. We came up last night and stayed overnight at my mom's. Janika came from Logan and met us at Shelby's shower. It was fun to see everyone. Then my girls and I headed to South Jordan for Ellen's bridal shower. It was a Mexican Fiesta and they had it all decorated really cute and played some games. It was really fun! That is too bad that we didn't have more family come. The ones that came on the Jensen side were Grandma Jensen, Gerilyn, and Julie. They didn't stay very long. Grandma Jensen brought up all of the hope chest items for Jase and Ellen to see so that they can display them at their wedding reception. I think my mom was the only one who came from the Westra side. They played a game where everyone had a little ring and if you caught someone saying the word "wedding" or "marriage" then you could take that person's ring. Well, Jenna set out to win the  game and she did! She won these cute succulents!