the last three weeks

what have we been up to the last three weeks?

well, a little of this...

and a little of that...

and a little more of this...

and a whole lot of this...


yes, every one of us is completely smitten with beckham. although these last few weeks have proven to be a bit crazy as we adjust to our life with a new baby, we have managed to squeeze in some fun too...

balloonfest...


our friends from thunderbird, mike and joy williams, came to stay with us over the 4th of july weekend and we had so much fun!

at greenfield village...

4th of july bbq...

4th of july parade...

and 4th of july love. yes, isaac found himself a new lady friend (joy and mike's little one) and has declared her as his own. the parents of the two are currently deciding on the future wedding details...

my mom and dad came out to Michigan from Utah for the first week and half after beckham was born and can i just ask WHY DIDN'T I JUST TEMPORARILY MOVE MY MOTHER IN FOR THE OTHER THREE BABIES?!?!? she was amazing and helped sooooooooooooooooooooo much.

oh, and if you haven't seen enough pictures of beckham yet, i posted more pictures over on my photography blog. you can see them here and here. hope everyone had a wonderful 4th of july!

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introducing...

introducing...beckham owen smith...boy #4!!!

he is healthy, chubby cheeked, and absolutely perfect. although the word on the street is that pink will never reside at our house, we are so thrilled with our new little boy and are already so in love.

here are a few pics from the day he arrived. we are now home and well and i am feeling EXTREMELY grateful to have such a wonderful husband and mother helping me out...

the boys were so excited and all wanted to maul the poor kid at the same time...

he LOVES his fingers

LOVE HIM!

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new status

it's down to the end folks! either i go into labor on my own or my doctor is inducing me next thursday! so, what do you think? will i kick the kid out on my own or will i have to be induced???

hmmmm...looking at my little poll to the side, it seems as though boy is still winning, but girl is suddenly a close second. we're still thinking boy...

and last, and definitely most least, here are the LAST pictures you will EVER see of me pregnant. i am SOOOO not one to flaunt pictures of myself all over the internet, but it seems fitting as this post is all about my pregnancy ramblings and i finally get to show off the mad skills of my husband. yep, add one more thing to travis' list of things-i-am-awesome-at. he has always loved photographing landscape and architecture, but who knew he could turn such a forlorn model into something decent? loves to my husband...

oh, and p.s...this is NOT me right now...these were taken when i was 35 weeks. my belly and cankles have grown quite a bit since then...

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mother of all parties

we had heard about the legendary "jensen memorial day party" since the week we moved here in june of 2007. we all went camping over memorial day in 2008, so the party didn't happen last year.

HOWEVER, on may 25th, 2009, the queen of all party planning (that would be lanae jensen) brought it back. and it definitely lived up to the rumors. seriously, what memorial day party is complete without

amazing food (not shown)...

a cotton candy machine...


a huge bounce house...




soccer, volleball, dodgeball, croquet...
a mile long slip and slide...


and of course, an octopus delicacy straight from portugal...
just a quick pic with me and some of the girls. but where are isaac and travis??!?! continue down...

yeah, that's the crap part. poor isaac got sick sunday night with the flu and travis stayed home with him. missed you honey!!!


so, even if no one else looks at this post, at least my hubby (who missed all the fun) and our friend, carrie (who went into labor the morning of the party and who REALLY hates to miss any kind of party) will appreciate the pics.

hope everyone had a great weekend!!!

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status

two horridly swollen stumps with vienna sausage toes attached to equally horrid cankles

+ one severely pinched sciatic nerve

+ larger than life belly

+ not enough time to get everything done before baby comes

= a grumpy jean

HOWEVER...

only 31 more days

+ two centimters dilated

= a bit happier jean

and THAT my friends, is the status around our house. you caught me on an off day...

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the demise of c.f.

well, it's about time i stop living in denial and face the facts (and the future). we have received several phone calls and emails since the news last week of the bankruptcy of chrysler. travis doesn't work for chrysler, but rather the funding company, chrysler financial.

so, what does the bankruptcy mean for us? will travis still have a job?

well...ummmm...hmmmm...let's see...

yeah, that's the problem, we don't know yet!

here's what we do know at this point. chrysler is filing bankruptcy and "starting over." which is good at this point since they have no where else to go. however, the bad part is that gmac will be the new funding source for dealers and customers (rather than chrysler financial). yikes.

however, chrysler financial still has billions of dollars in loans outstanding that will need to be collected over the next couple of years and the company is looking for other opportunities and business partners.

so, to answer your questions, we don't know the final verdict and at this point, travis could have a job for a week or for a year. so, if we come knocking on your door looking for a place to sleep, just let us in for crying out loud.

on the bright side, let's look at the cuteness of my new two year old (he turned two on april 17th). we went exploring at a barn right by our house and he was happy as could be with his boots, "lamby," and dirt. LOVE this boy...

yep, he was DONE.

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hp obsessed???

no, you computer geeks, i am not talking about hewlett packard. i am talking about none other than HARRY POTTER. now, i admit that i was an avid harry potter reader (as was travis) and couldn't wait until the next book came out. but, once i read the series, i was satisified and figured i might get to it again in ten years or so (i'm not much of a second time movie or book person).

but kaleb takes the love of harry potter to a whole new level. he has always been an excellent reader and we tried to convince him for a while to read the books. he finally took us up on it and he read all seven books in about a month. right after he finished, he started the series again and finished them in two weeks.

i thought FOR SURE after round two that he was done, but he immediately picked up book one again and started the series AGAIN! so, now he is on book three for the third time. what the?!?!? and to top it off, he walks around casting memorized spells from the books.

should i be worried that my kid is normal or are there others this obsessed with harry potter...haha!

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a rare moment

here we have a rare moment and a break-your-heart-moment.

the rare moment is the picture of me and all three of my boys on easter day. this rarely happens as i'm the one always behind the camera...

...and i admit it...also because i don't like to get in front of the camera when i am so severely inflicted with the 32-weeks-pregnant-and-chubby-all-over syndrome.


and the break your heart moment (well, at least break mommy's heart), comes to us as we were preparing for easter sunday by giving barrrett and isaac a hair cut...

i'm not really loving this, but i'm ok...

kinda bugged, but i'm still ok...

daddy thinks it is cute to turn me around and show me in the mirror that all of my hair is gone and now i am heartbroken he cut off my white locks of lusciousness.
i am still just downright mad.
i'm so mad, i'm just going to keep crying until this horrid moment is over.
hope everyone had a fabulous easter!!!

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blogs to books

so my friend britnee told me about this great site called blurb.com where you can turn your blogs into books. so, i went on and made a 2006 and 2007 book (currently working on 2008), and realized what a priceless things blogs are.

i know a lot of people consider blogs their "online journals," and i have never felt that to be the case for me since i have journals for myself and each of the boys. well, i came to the sad conclusion that i have not written in my own journal for more than a year and it has been several months since writing in the boys. soooooo, to make a long story short, although i am not a wonder with words, my blog HAS become somewhat of a family journal for us.

so, i renew my commitment to update this bad boy once a week. i really want to. i am going to. most of the time.

HAPPY EASTER to everyone and have LOTS of chocolate this weekend (isaac did)!

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still kickin (literally)

yep...we're all still here! how does a month go by so quickly???

we just got back from utah to visit family and friends. well, i should say me and the three boys went to utah...travis ended up not being able to go at the last minute :(

the boys all did awesome on the plane to and from and everyone around me on the plane must have been expecting serious meltdowns with the pregnant mommy and three boys, because they all felt the need to come up to me after the flights and tell me what well behaved boys i have. oh brother!

anyway, it was so awesome to see everyone again and i'm so glad we were able to visit now... who knows when the next time will be...with the coming of a newborn and now that we will have to pay for isaac to fly (turns two next month). i brought my point and shoot camera and didn't even pull it out once...YIKES! thanks to my mom and allison for pulling out their cameras and giving me the only pictures that were taken while we were there.

me in all of my 28 weeks of pregnancy glory...pulling a really ugly face...

me and my chicks! we were missing a few, but i was so happy i could get together with my friends from high school for dinner. i love these girls and consider myself SO super lucky to have such wonderful friends!

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