Hey everyone, here are a few pictures of what Julie and I have been up to...

We recently went to Moab with Julie's family and did some 4-wheeling and jeeping. Julie's brother Brian brought his old Suburu. It did surprisingly well, despite Brian almost rolling it when he and I tried to go up a really steep sand ledge. We had to get it towed out by one of the 4 wheelers :)

Julie holding a bird... Love the face Julie :) We went to the HeeHaw corn maze before Halloween with Dad, Tori and Austin. That was a lot of fun.

We chased some baby pigs for a while and finally caught one.

I love Austins face in this one. I guess thats about it

A Night in the Country...

Dave and I got together with a young couple in our ward to go to the Alpine Rodeo this weekend. We made a night of it and had the couple, plus another friend and young daughter, over for tacos, and then we headed to the rodeo to meet up with the rest of our group.

It was a very small rodeo and you could tell that it was low budget since the half-time show guest did almost the same routine 3 times during the rodeo... but it was still fun to go. It was a different rodeo than what we have ever been to because all they had were bull riders! Big excitement with every rider. However, it seemed as if some of the bulls were the old 'retired' bulls since some would stop bucking mid-ride, lay down (with the rider on back), or just struggled keeping up the energy that you would normally expect. But again, lots of fun. The rodeo was held right up against the side of the mountain ranges so we had a beautiful view of the valley and it was a beautiful night to be outside.

Once the rodeo had finished, there were fireworks that we went to that night to finish off the night with a 'bang'. Here are a few pictures to share the excitement!

6 months now married... and happier than ever!

Dave and I were talking just yesterday about how we have already been married for 6 months, yet it feels like we have been married for a very long time - we are 'old and experienced' now. Must have something to do with how long we have actually known each other. But, we did it! And are just as happy as we were as when we were first married. Happy 6 months, David!

Things are going pretty good, at least for me, now that I am out of school for the summer and feel as if I have way too much time to try and fill (I have turned to doing some yard work in the mornings to pass the time...). But this sudden freedom will not last long as I will be back in school as soon as Fall semester begins - however I try not to think about that at this point.

Dave, on the other hand, has been struggling with the (swine?) flu over the past few days. Coughing, sneezing, fever, headaches, he has the works - poor guy. I've been trying to keep him comfortable but there is only so much that you can do. Looking on the bright side, I think things are looking up since he is feeling a little better every day. Apart from his illness, he is doing great - happy and full of fun as he always is.

We just got back from an AWESOME rafting trip over the weekend with the family. Here are a few pics to give you an idea of what happened for those who weren't there - lots of fun and lots of cold water!

We hadn't even started our trip and Preston was already armed and ready!

One fun thing about this year is that Lora and Kimball's kids were old enough to man their own raft so we had "The Cool Raft", and then the kids' raft. :)

Me and my cute husband!

Having fun and full of smiles! Dad was a good sport and definitely picked the most water-fights out of anyone in the group.

Austin fulfilled the role of the raft's motor, and Tori's scream would alert all the fishermen/rafts that we were on our way - both are always lots of fun to have along!

Last, but not least, Kimball and Lora in their sweet shades! Unfortunately Kimball's were claimed by the river only moments later...

P.S. Thanks to these two who planed the trip - you guys are awesome and always make things fun and memorable. Thank you, thank you!

Hope you are all doing well. We hope you have a safe 4th of July weekend!

This isn't a very good picture, but Austin and I got into a punching war one night and this is what happened to him! His hand was pretty swollen and his arm looked like he was hit by a tank. Ya that's right, I'm a tank :) He was a good sport though for his first time.

Last month Julie and I took on mowing Mom's lawn. It would take us about an hour and a half, one person mowing, one person edging/weed wacking. It was a lot of fun though. Julie is always up for doing service projects like that. Then Mom showed us some of her little trinkets and McDonald's toys.

This is what I look like with a mustache! I left it on just for church and it was really funny to talk to people and know they were starring at it but didn't want to say anything to me. Julie's mom noticed it first thing when I walked into the chapel and started pointing at her upper lip in digust :) It was fun.

Jorgen and his soon to be Mrs... Go Jorgen :)

Playing football with the boys at a family picnic.

Memorial Day. We were able to find Grandpa Jensen's grave and edged it.

Julie working on her art homework. She usually takes over the kitchen. She has also started teaching art lessons to kids on tuesdays. That has been her goal for a while and it is fun to see it actually start happening.

Julie and I went to Lake Powell for a few days with her family. They brought their boat and we rented two jet ski's. It was a really fun trip.

On our way home from Lake Powell we road a ferry to cut an hour and a half off our drive home and it was well worth it.

Some random pictures

Sorry it took so long to do another post. Here are some random pictures from Easter!

Kimball brought his fancy gas powered remote control car to our easter dinner. It was pretty entertaining until Justin ran it right into a pole and broke the wheel!

I think William took the easter egg hunt the most serious :) He was a kid on a mission.

HA HA this was a sample of what was on the grass before everyone showed up. Dad was nice enough to scoop it all up before the boys showed up.

Dad hidding some easter eggs.

Austin hidding some easter eggs.

Saturday Night Fun

Last night Julie and I were bored, so we decided we would go make use of the Christmas present Jorgen gave us for the first time and go play tennis at Mt. View High School. Unfortunately the lights were not working so it was really hard to see anything, let alone a small tennis ball. We decided to try it, but we quit after the first serve sent the ball flying over the fence. I wont mention who it was that hit the ball so well :) But Julie was determined to not go home with out having some fun, so we decided to go to Bum Beach at Utah Lake and hit rocks into the lake with our tennis rackets. That was a lot of fun. It felt like we were back in High School. It was a good opportunity to reminisce on some old memories of fun stuff we used to do together. As we started to get cold and bored of hitting small rocks into the water, we started hitting rocks at each other! Ha ha ha, that was fun too. But when a rock I hit missed her and hit the metal railing behind her making a really loud bang, we decided we better stop before someone got hurt :) This experience reminded me why we got along so well and for so long growing up together. I love how we can have fun doing just about anything together. Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures last night, but I do have one of when we went to the DEW tour in salt lake city last year.

A word from Julie!

So... the other day I was trying to figure out what exactly to do with some spare time I had and Dave told me that I needed to work on updating my blog. I simply stated "I don't have a blog!" He just looked at me sideways with that "oh please" look on his face and recited all the information to me so that I could sign in and create a post. So... here I am. I'm not even sure I'm doing this right so we will see how it goes!

So, something that I haven't quite figured out is why before we got married, time never seemed to be going fast enough and now it is flying by quicker than ever. I guess that just means that we have a lot going on right now - which it true. Life is pretty much same old-same old since our lives consist of work and school each day. But, for me, there is always my calling in nursery on Sundays that break up the monotony! Busiest, and craziest two hours of my week.

So, for the past while I have been teasing David about cutting my hair really short. He has never really been a fan of short hair on girls so whenever I see a girl that has a somewhat decent "short" haircut, I ask for his opinion. He would always crinkle his nose in disgust and say that short hair should be only be allowed for guys. Well, this last Saturday I told Dave that I was going to get my hair cut by my little sister. There was some discussion as to what I should do with my hair, and I reminded Dave how short I had my hair before he left on his mission by showing him a picture. He admitted that he did like it on me that short... and that was all the permission I needed!! I cut off about 8 inches and short of getting used to using less shampoo, I am loving it. You will have to ask David what he thinks... It is hard for me to tell if he likes it, or is just putting on a face, ha ha!

Anyway... that is it for my first post! Until next time, I hope all our biggest fans are doing well! We love you all.

Yesterday we went to the temple on our monthly temple trip with David's side of the family. That has been really nice to have it planned as a group to give us more motivation to go. I think it gets too easy when it's just one couple going to become unmotivated and procrastinate temple attendance. Julie's family has caught on to this and they now plan every month to go aswell. So we get double the motivation every month! Its great though I have enjoyed it. We have been going to the 7:30 AM session at the timpanogos temple. This last time I found myself nodding off a few times. Then I was woken up by a temple worker who whispered to me "Just tell your wife you were praying really hard", I looked over to see Julie and Tori both laughing because not only me, but Jorgen and Dad had dozed off aswell! Go Jensen boys. Don't we get credit for effort though?!

After the glitter and lights...

So things are finally starting to calm down around here for Julie and I. We have gotten settled into our daily routines. Sadly, we hardly get to see much of each other any more. Today we got to substitute teach the 5 year old's in primary! That was so much fun. It was really cute to see how quickly they opened up to Julie and I. We taught them about following the commandments and how they are like a map to guide us back to our heavenly father, then we had a treasure hunt with clues which were like the commandments which guided them to the treasure (CTR rings and a picture of Christ). They had some really funny comments too. The lady in sharing time was talking about families being together forever and a kid behind us raised his hand and said, "Yeah, but they wont REALLY be together forever" and we would ask the kids questions like what their last name is and they would chime in, I'm 5! Totally random cute stuff. We both got callings today too. Julie was called into to the nursery and I was called as a ward missionary. Should be kinda fun.

Here are some fun pictures from a little while ago:

William's "Jealous" moment!

Julie and I at an Orem Owls baseball game.

Oh yeah I forgot one thing... Kimball and Lora bought the first two seasons of the TV series LOST. I rolled my eyes when I was invited to watch it cause I thought it was going to be really dumb, but now im addicted! We went over there friday night and watched about 6 hours straight, then again on Saturday night. Its like one long movie that never ends!

A new family, a new blog

Hello everyone! As most of you know Julie and I just got married on December 31, 2008. It was the most perfect day, blue sky, some white clouds, and snow on the ground. I loved it. Here are some samples that our photographer sent us.

We had a great turn out both to the wedding/luncheon and to the reception. Julie and I went to Disneyland for our honeymoon. That was lots of fun, except for the long lines and being cold parts. The Hollywood Tower was deffinetly a favorite of ours. While we were gone our families were so nice and did a lot of work on our appartment for us to get it live-able for when we got back. We had done lots of improvements all in all so its looking wonderful now. It was a lot of fun to have Chris and Jeanette here for a couple days, so thank you to their families for letting us steal them.

Our reception yesterday was great. We had it at Julie's Aunt's reception center. They still had all the fancy Christmas decorations up, so it looked really nice and elegant. Mom (Doris) made the wedding cake which turned out wonderful. Poor Preston chocked on a piece of candy and had to go to the hospital. At the end everyone received sparklers for the magical send off. They stood outside in the snow with lit sparklers along the walkway and cheered as we walked to my car, which was decorated by Austin and I think a few of Kimball's kids the day of the wedding.
Julie and I are now back starting our day to day stuff. We were talking a little bit ago and both agree that it doesnt really feel a whole lot different yet. With our school and work schedules we will hardley get to see each other except on weekends, so not a whole lot has changed in that regard. But its great when we do get to see eachother.