Our Little Fam

First week of life!

2011-06-15T23:38:00.000-07:00

Grady is the best baby...he sleeps almost 24 hours a day. He wakes up to eat and poop and that's about it. The kids are LOVING having him at home.

Trent and the rest of the kids really like to fee Grady a bottle...he does really well so I think we may do this about once a week so he is not completely dependent upon me!!!

Big sis getting a turn to hold him...so cuddly!

Grandmom Judy taking a turn

All ready for the car ride!

First Day home from the hospital

2011-05-22T10:30:00.000-07:00

You can see how long and lean Grady is!!!
So excited Grady is home

How cute is this pacifier?

Little bundle

Big brother

Still soaking it all in and processing

Checking on him 100 times a day

Grady Dirk McMinn is Here

2011-05-21T13:40:00.000-07:00

Grady Dirk McMinn in here! He was born on May 20, 2011 at 11:04 A.M. He weighed in at 8 lbs 11 oz and was 22 inches long. Both he and Amanda look great and are doing well. He looks just like Brock when he was born and I'm sure in a couple months he'll have just as much hair and be just as crazy.

Amanda is amazing! There's no way that I'd be able to do what she does. I'm sure neither of those comments come as a surprise to anyone though.

Brock wanted nothing to do with Grady right after he was born. Brock screamed and pushed Grady away ever time we tried to get him to hold Grady but he wanted to watch everything the nurses were doing to him. Today he made a huge step and gave Grady a hug but then he pushed him away.

Obviously, Camryn was the most excited one in the family about the new baby. She is 100% a mini version of Amanda. She really likes being the only girl, and for obvious reason.

Trent is the best big brother. Brock loves him and wants to do everything that he does so we're sure it will be the same with Grady.

Happy Easter!!!

2011-04-25T14:26:00.000-07:00

I know it has been a while...but we are still alive! We had a great easter with friends and family. Steve did his best to get a good shot of them all together in their easter outfits (thanks Aunt Stephanie!). We hope you all had a great Easter.

Brock ALWAYS has a bat and a ball in his hands!!!

How could this face NOT make you want another one???

2010-10-04T10:29:00.000-07:00

The newest addition to the McMinn family arrives May 25, 2011...so put your hands and feet inside the cart...it is going to be a WILD ride!!!

Steve's First Birthday

2010-09-01T13:27:00.000-07:00

Steve's Mom sent us this picture of Steve on his first birthday. It is pretty scary how much Camryn and Brock look like Steve...even the same hair!!!

Happy Birthday Daddy!

2010-08-31T19:18:00.000-07:00

Today was the big 3-0 for Steve. He insisted that he did not want a surprise party! I surprised him by NOT having a surprise birthday party!!! It was hard for me to do, but I resisted. It turned out to be a nice evening with just the family since my sister and her family weren't able to make it. We grilled steaks, had mashed potatoes, yellow cake with chocolate frosting (cake decorations provided by the kids=lots of sprinkles and m&ms!!!) and mint chocolate chip blue bell ice cream (Steve's favorite). As you can see, the kids were thrilled to be able to blow out Steve's candles for him. You are the best Dad and husband EVER...Happy Birthday Steve!!!

I don't think he will have ANY problem next week for his first birthday!!!

Camryn's first day of Preschool

2010-08-15T15:12:00.000-07:00

So proud to be going to preschool. Two of my friends and I started switching houses to have preschool with our younger kids. They love it!

Can't forget the backpack!

What are we going to do without the other two???

Her classmates!

Trent's First Day of Kindergarten

2010-08-12T09:56:00.000-07:00

Trent's first day of "real" school was today. The bus picked him up at 6:58am and won't be back until 3:18pm. Most Mom's would have dropped their child off, especially on the first day, but Trent begged and begged to ride the bus. Luckily his neighborhood friends that are older and experienced were riding the bus too! It wasn't too hard saying good-bye this morning because he was soooooo excited, but the day is dragging on. I just want him home so I can ask him a MILLION questions. How was your teacher? Was she nice? How was snacktime? Did you eat all your lunch? Did you make any new friends? Did you see any old friends? Did you get lost? Did you have to go to the bathroom by yourself? So many questions and I still have three more hours before he gets home!!!
Camryn woke up a little bit earlier than usual to see her brother off at the bus!

Trent's nieghborhood friends that will be riding the bus with him all year long!!!

Just playing around!

2010-07-23T15:10:00.000-07:00

Brock is crawling...FINALLY!

2010-07-18T19:47:00.000-07:00

Brock is our latest crawler at 10 months and 10 days (Trent was walking at 11 months). He is so mellow tempered that I just don't think he had the strong desire that Camryn had to get around everywhere. Not to mention that all he had to do to get his brother and sister to get him something was make a small noise!!! Here he is on the first day that he actually decided to move forward with his legs!

Trip to San Diego!!!

2010-06-10T14:15:00.000-07:00

We had a great trip to San Diego to visit with my parents and family before they went to serve as mission presidents in Iowa.

Brock asleep in the stroller at Disneyland!
Camryn will do anything to not have to walk...here she is making Uncle Josh hold her.

The boys admiring Cinderella

The two princesses...Carly and Camryn!

Camryn and Uncle Jason on the carousel

Grandma Jergensen and Camryn on Dumbo!

Trent and Mom on Dumbo

Camryn and Brock at the beach...well on the grass right next to the beach.

Cousin Christian and Trent sporting all of the Jergensen clan's old wetsuits

Our kiddos playing with Angela and Ryan's little girls...so cute!

Splash spa with Uncle Hank!

Dodgers win Championship!!!

2010-05-30T12:02:00.000-07:00

Trent's t-ball team won the championships this year! We were proud of him, but now we hold high expectations!!!

The proud sisters!!!

I told Trent if he made it to the championships we would shave an LA in his head...little did I know they would actually make it there!!!

Trent's Preschool Graduation!

2010-05-18T11:55:00.000-07:00

Trent went to ABC preschool this past year...he LOVED it!!! Getting his diploma

His class

Brock and Camryn were so proud...

...and so was I!!!

Camryn turns 3!!!

2010-05-16T11:46:00.000-07:00

So proud! She LOVES her baby brother!

Opening gifts...

Helping Mom make the cupcakes!!!

Our BIG chicken!

2010-04-23T09:34:00.000-07:00

I don't know what possesed Trent to go put on the 18-24 month halloween costume that we have, but I also don't know if I have ever laughed harder. He just ran into my room one day with it on. I also can't believe that it actually fit around his little hips. Too bad they don't make size 7 length jeans with an 18-24 size waist. We are so grateful to whoever invented the adjustable size waist bands!

Trent lost his first TOOTH!

2010-04-23T09:31:00.000-07:00

Trent lost his first tooth way before I was expecting. The second one is loose and should fall out anytime. He is getting too big. We can't believe he will soon be going to Kindergarten!

Brock's 6 month pictures!!!

2010-03-31T19:26:00.000-07:00

Family kid shot!
Brock at 6 months

Trent (5)

Camryn (2)

This one cracks me up!

Easter picture!!!

This is his typical reaction when anyone talks to him! He is such a people person already!!

Seriously? I didn't get any prints of these, but just wanted to post how funny he was in this little chair! Just chillin'!

Space museum!

2010-03-14T09:27:00.000-07:00

In March we took a trip to the science museum. Going back through the pictures it is amazing how different my kids have changed in 5 months (I am writing this post 8/14/10). We had a great time with all of Cam's preschool buddies families.

Brock is 6 months old!!!

2010-03-08T13:03:00.000-08:00

Brock turned 6 months today (well yesterday to be exact!) It was a BEAUTIFUL day to turn 6 months. Completely sunny and 68 degrees out! We took the kids to ride bikes since it was soooooo nice. Brock loves to watch them on their bikes. Well, he really just loves to watch them do ANYTHING!!! He is such a good little boy...I guess it is a third child thing...they can't win with the other two so they just don't try!!!

He cut his first 2 teeth this month...how fun!!! You can see them in the picture below. He has the biggest bluest eyes and I am told that he looks like me when he is asleep so I guess that means that he DOES NOT get those eyes from me!

The kids wanted a picture of them too...poor Brock! Atleast he gets a lot of attention from them!

2009-12-23T18:40:00.001-08:00

Send your own ElfYourself eCards

Brock's First haircut...3 months old!

2009-12-10T19:48:00.000-08:00

Here is the before shot when he is saying, "You are going to do WHAT to my hair?"

Aahhh! Much better...I feel so much lighter. Notice all the hair in the sink...can you believe someone his age could have so much hair? Steve says that he donates a little of his own hair to each child and that is why they have so much and he has NONE!

Here is the side view. His hair is soooo much lighter now!

Christmas tree farm!

2009-12-05T19:40:00.000-08:00

Every year we go and cut down our own Christmas tree. This year we went to a pretty cool place that had reindeer, a wagon ride, hot chocolate and more! The kids had a great time and once again we got a Christmas tree that was too big for the house!

Trent, Camryn and Elway in front of our Christmas tree!

This was almost going to be our Christmas card...what do you think?

This was one of the reindeer...on loan from Santa himself!!!

Trent's 5th Birthday!

2009-12-03T19:21:00.000-08:00

Trent is the big 5 now! For breakfast he wanted blueberry/strawberry muffins with a candle in it!!! Typical 5 year old wanted us to sing to him as many times as possible!

Morning gift opening!!!

Bakugan birthday party at our house!

Opening the gifts...CHAOS!

My attempt at making a Bakugan cake. Camryn is about to lick the candle and all the boys are laughing at her!

Brock's surgery!

2009-11-10T18:02:00.000-08:00

Brock had minor inguinal hernia surgery last Friday! It was minor, but we were so happy when it was over and he was back in our arms. Thanks for all the prayers from friends and family!

Post surgery...we loved the little gowns at children's hospital!

Before the anesthesia wore of we tried to get a happier face on him for the camera...he was so out of it that his face muscles were so relaxed and it looks like he is frowning in every picture!

Brock is 2 months!

2009-11-10T17:56:00.000-08:00

The kids LOVE to entertain Brock!

Brock and Camryn playing dolls!

Trent reading to Brock

You really couldn't ask for a better big brother...notice Trent is holding his hand!

Batman and Batgirl!!!

2009-11-10T16:10:00.000-08:00

Trent has been talking about being batman for a couple of months now and really wanted Camryn to be batgirl instead of Tinkerbell. After a few weeks he had convinced her how cool batgirl is!!!
Waiting for trick-or-treating

This was taken right before our church trunk-or-treat! I had bought face make-up to draw Camryn's face mask and Trent asked if he could draw something on his face. I assumed he would draw a black bat or something. Instead he just scribbled with all the different colors on his whole face!!! Atleast it was halloween!

Our little Nascar driver!

Trick-or-treating the neighborhood. I would have a picture of Trent, but he was running from door to door!

Steve was a Phillies fan...I was boring and didn't dress up this year...too many other things going on I guess!

This was the best picture I got that night of Brock...but the expression says it all...THIRD CHILD!!!

Sorting out the goods! And eating way more candy than needed!!! Happy Halloween a few weeks late!

Brock is 1 month old!!!

2009-10-09T13:57:00.001-07:00

Brock turned 1 month yesterday and we can hardly believe it. We are adjusting quickly to life with three kids and enjoying every minute of it. Brock really is so sweet and the kids LOVE their new baby brother. Brock continues to grow as you will be able to see in the next few pictures...

Brock and Camryn
They are SO impressed that Brock can hold on to Trent's finger that...

Camryn insists on making him hold hers too!!!

Getting a diaper change!

Getting a bath from Camryn!

Wrapping up in the dinosaur towel that Trent picked out for Brock, or was it for him???

At 1 1/2 weeks old, Brock had his first visitor from afar (besides family members), Steve, all the way from So Cal!!! Thanks for making the trip down here Steve!

Sidenote: Camryn went to a dance class as a visitor the other day and she can't stop talking about the class...I guess we will be signing her up sooner than we thought!

Bringing Home Baby!!!

2009-09-19T07:15:00.000-07:00

Brock has been home for over a week now and is growing bigger!!! The kids are LOVING having him at home, and have LOVED having all the grandparents spoil them while mom is preoccupied with feeding a rapidly growing boy!!! Here are some of the pictures from the past week!

Getting ready for church...sad to leave Brock at home.
Three Amigos!

Sleeping peacefully on Daddy's chest!!! (Steve was asleep too!)

Camryn loves to hold baby Brock "All by myself"

Baby Brock on his first ride in the carseat...not so sure about it!!!

Brock Stephen McMinn Has Arrived

2009-09-09T19:52:00.000-07:00

The newest addition to our family has finally arrived and Amanda and I are officially outnumbered. Brock Stephen McMinn was born a day before his due date on Tuesday September 8 and weighed in at a hefty 9 lbs 6 oz and 22 inches long. Those are the kind of stats that can only make a dad proud.

We had the hardest time deciding on a name for him and we never officially settled on his name until after he was born. We had a few names picked out that we liked but after we saw him, we decided that he looked most like a Brock (or B-Rock). He is a sweet little boy and he looks exaclty like Trent when he was born.

As would be expected, Amanda is doing great. She's such a great mom. As most of you know, labor is pretty rough and there is a reason that men don't babies. This has been the most post-delivery discomfort Amanda has been in with any of our kids so I feel bad for her, but she's pretty tough and she's dealing with it much better than I could. Also, Brock's head was 15 1/4 inches around so you can imagine the discomfort delivering that would cause.

These are our the proud big brother and big sister to Brock. The love the new shirts that Grandma got for them.

This is Brock with his cute little cousin Kate (Hank & Jessica's baby girl).

The last two months!!!

2009-07-17T18:41:00.000-07:00

1. Memorial Day Weekend:

Matt and Jennae Porter and their little girl, Savannah came to visit us at the end of May to celebrate the holiday weekend. We had a blast, but I let Jennae do all the photography so if you want more pictures you will have to go to their blog!!! My kids LOVED having Savannah there!! Thanks Matt and Jennae for making the effort to come visit!

2. Saying goodbye to our home in Georgia and all of our friends:
Trent, Camryn and Chloe playing in our little pool...it was a hot day!!!

Packing up the house.....

You can kind of see my belly in this picture

3. Moving into our new home:

Split levels are not my favorite...but I LOVE this house.

This is our cute neighborhood!

Playing in the backyard with the kids and the dog!

Steve was able to snap a quick shot of my belly for all those who have been asking to see one!!! 4. Boating with friends back in Georgia!

5. Fingerpainting in the backyard...very brave of me!

When one child sticks their whole hands in the paint...

The other follows suit!!!

EASTER!

2009-05-17T21:17:00.000-07:00

Trent checking out all the candy he got!!!

Camryn more into what other kids are picking up than actually picking up the candy herself!!! I think she picked up 2 eggs and then started eating the candy...typical!!!
Nolan and Camryn in their Easter gear chasing the soccer ball!

Trent and Camryn saying "CHEESE!"

Some of our friend's kids...no Trent did not wear flip flops to church!!!

Trent's First Soccer Team!

2009-05-17T21:10:00.000-07:00

Trent played soccer this year on team "Lightning!!!" His cousin Chase was on his team which made things quite commical for all of us watching on the sideline. Their team was pretty good because they had some AWESOME girls on their team that were very aggressive. Aggresive and Trent just do not go hand in hand!!!

This was the best picture I have with their team color. Trent is watching patiently from the back. He was playing pretty well at the beginning of the year so I decided that I would purchase some cleats for him. For some reason the cleats that were suppose to make him better made him slower...he was WAY into showing them off to everyone!!!
Trent, Camryn and Chase in their England gear purchased by Uncle Jason straight from Leeds, England where he is currently serving his mission. Note to parents: if you show up in full gear on the first practice, the other parents expect A LOT more skill than your kid really has!!!

Camryn is 2!!!

2009-05-17T21:00:00.000-07:00

Our little girl turned 2 yesterday and is no longer little. In fact she is going to be a big sister to her little brother in just a few short months.

Naturally she loves to cook and talk on her cell phone!

She laughs A LOT!

And is a joy to be around!!!
We had pizza (her favorite) for dinner and while Steve, my sister and her husband, Hank, and I were all around the dinner table talking thinking the kids were all just playing, they were in fact taking ALL the gifts off the couch for Camryn to open. By the time we got over to them they were in full swing of opening the gifts!

She loved All her gifts... Almost as much as Nolan (what a good sport he was!)

This is her "M&M" cake! (the cake is suppose to be a large M&M). When I asked her what she wanted for her birthday all she said was, "Candy!!!"

Camryn's Birthday Videos!!!

2009-05-17T19:51:00.000-07:00

This is Camryn opening her FAVORITE gift...Starbursts!!!

Camryn singing Happy Birthday to herself with all of us and blowing out the candles!!!

Sunshine and Snow!!!

2009-03-02T19:54:00.000-08:00

This was us early on in the week in our backyard playing in the warm weather and eating popsicles with no shirts... mostly so their shirts didn't get stained!

(The other two kids are our neighbors)

And this was us yesterday in our backyard.......

...in inches of snow! I guess we don't need to go to Utah this year (just kidding!)

Problem was that we took pictures when the kids had decided that they were too cold to be outside (they did have gloves on prior to this picture)

Me begging for just one good picture

After a cup of hot chocolate and some dethawing Steve and Trent were outside making their snowman, that still has not melted away today, and making an igloo out of Steve's VERY own custom made Log Cabin Fort! Camryn was inside on her second nap...the snow wore her out!

CONCLUSION: The snow is GREAT fun for just ONE day!!!

Monster JAM!!!

2009-02-05T19:31:00.000-08:00

Steve, Trent, Hank, Chase and Nolan all went to Monster Jam back in January. They had too much fun and are HUGE monster jam fans now!!!

Notice the nice earplugs because it is just as loud as Talladega!!!

Saying goodbye to the pets (yes we have a cat now too!) in case he does not make it through Monster Jam!!!

You would think it was his first day of school or something!

Just a cute picture of how I found Trent and Camryn the other day! Trent is reading to her while she lays comfortably on the hard kitchen floor!

Christmas in February!!!

2009-02-05T19:04:00.000-08:00

Don't tell me it is too late to be posting Christmas pictures...I already know! I will have to throw the "I am pregnant" card out there as my excuse. Yes, we are prego with number three...and I am EXHAUSTED! Sorry if this is the way that you are finding out instead of a phone call...too many things to do right now. I can barely get my email checked! Anyway...our first pictures come from our annual cookie party that my sister and I have been doing for 2 years now, but it has been in my Christmas past for my whole life...one of our family traditions!

Trent decorating the cookies...Camryn eating the cookies (typical!)

My Mom has seen one too many of these beautifully decorated cookies!

We made a quick stop in Virginia to see Steve's brother and his family. Ended up staying a little longer than planned because our transmission blew on our 2 year old truck...Merry Christmas to us!!!

Camryn, Hudson, Ellison, and Trent putting the puzzle together (mostly Trent and Ellison!)

Worn out from too much cousin fun...this was our slumber party setup!!!

Trent's best effort for Santa!

Christmas morning at Steve's parents house!

Camryn got new underwear for Christmas if you couldn't tell!

Grandmom and Camryn

And if you are wondering where the rest of the pictures are...we were too busy doing this ridiculous puzzle the whole break! Luckily we had Grandmom to keep Trent and Camryn busy!!

Beware!

2008-12-17T19:53:00.000-08:00

So these pictures were taken by Trent if you couldn't tell. They were the best I could offer in a short time! The story goes that I was wanting to cut my hair about two months ago and every time I brought it up to Steve he would talk me out of it...so I decided one day to not tell him!!! I know, I know, so mean. After I cut my hair I called him and told him I had chopped it ALL off...that way he wouldn't be so mad to know that it was still to my shoulders! I really like the change, but it is much harder to manage time when I HAVE to do my hair everyday! It will always grow back, right???

Goodbye to 10 inches!!!

2008-12-14T18:25:00.000-08:00

Ten inches of my hair is GONE! I have not had it this short since third grade!!! My friend Chelsey cut it last Wednesday and for all of you who do not see me on a weekly basis I thought I would let you know!!!

Trent's 4th Birthday!!!

2008-12-13T18:29:00.000-08:00

I am 4!!!!

Here are the pictures of Trent's fourth birthday! It took me a while to get up the blogging energy to post these pictures. Trent we love you!!!

Helping Mom make the cake...

Trent's Favorite part!

The Cake
Opening gifts in front of the temporary Christmas Tree. We had not gone to cut our tree yet so we put up a fake tree temporarily the first weekend after Thanksgiving!!!

Birthday Party at McDonald's (what more could a kid ask for!!!)

Lighting the candles...

Blowing out the candles!
What do you mean I don't get to eat another cupcake!!!

Happy 4th Trent!

2008-12-03T19:17:00.000-08:00

Trenton (Duke) Madison McMinn born December 3, 2004 8lbs 15 oz

In the hospital! We couldn't wait to get you home. It was snowy in good old Orem, Utah!Cute little bundle!This was your "going home outfit" from Grandma JergensenOne of our favorite Pictures of you and Dad, just a few weeks old!At two weeks old we took you to San Diego for Christmas. You pretty much stayed in this position the whole time!!!At two months old you got RSV. It is a nasty viral infection. This was a scary time for us newly parents. We rolled your crib into our bedroom and kept you close at all times. As you can see you, you smiled through it!!Another one of our favorite pics taken at 9 months oldYour first birthday!!! As tradition, you got to open one present in the morning.In this picture you are making a face that your little sister, Camryn, likes to make!Getting ready to go to Chuck E Cheeses with Steve and Janae LowYou still love any game that involves some type of sport or ball!Your very first birthday cake made by one of Mom's good friends, Jolyn

Every year we catch a picture of you opening your birthday presents in front of the Christmas tree...it has become a tradition that you may grow to hate!!!

At 18 months we moved across the country to an unknown state...Georgia!!!You were Mom's sidekick for the first few months while we got to know the state that you and Mom had NEVER set foot in!This is your second birthday!!!You were quite excited to get the cars DVD...and sticker book. You still are a BIG fan of lightning McQueen

Here is the picture with the Christmas tree in the background...barely!

Your third birthday party with friends and family!

You and your cousin Hudson have birthdays just a day apart. We have been lucky enough to share our second and third birthday together with the familyOnce again in front of the Christmas tree!

Trent- We love you and are excited to see you continue to grow into an even "bigger boy". You are such a great son and an even better older brother to your sister Camryn. We have enjoyed watching you over the past four years develop your characteristics. Keep making us laugh!!!

(More pictures will be added to this post after Trent's preschool party on Friday...I have run out of energy for the night!)

Halloween Finally!!!

2008-11-08T19:00:00.000-08:00

Practicing the Trick-or-Treating

Our little Chic!

Candy...the only way we could get her to wear the costume...now she LOVES the costume!!

Costume=Candy

This is Camryn making sure that the mask behind her does not get too close!

Corn anybody???

Church Trunk-or-Treat

Real Trick-or-Treating

Dealing the goods!!! This was my favorite part of Halloween growing up. Trading my pencils for my younger siblings peanut butter cups!!!

Steve and I dressed up as our friends that are podiatrists. That is a fake toe in my mouth and fake blood, I promise!

The last couple of weeks!!!

2008-11-08T18:09:00.000-08:00

First stop: Dentist!!!

Before the cleaning...

During the cleaning...

After the cleaning...Look Mom, no cavities!!!

Raking up the leaves. We have gotten a LOT more leaves since this first fall!

Then we went to the farm!!!

The rest are random fall pictures!!!
It was NOT her idea to hold his hand, can you tell!!

After the leggin' it for literacy 5K...Steve didn't want to miss this one after not getting a picture from the 10K. The race was at 10PM...not the best time to run!!!

Hanging out in the backyard. Why can't I ever get a good picture of my kids together???

Down Home, Down the Street...

2008-10-26T21:57:00.000-07:00

...Piggly Wiggly

Trent's Pre-school class went to the famous grocery store...piggly wiggly...on a field trip the other day. The store manager and staff spoiled the kids with many activities including getting to meet the PIG himself! They had their faces painted, a special treat from the flower arranger, were able to witness a chicken being butchered (that was a little scary for some!), and got to decorate a cookie at the bakery. They left with a "go green" grocery bag full of candy and balloons! It was great!

Learning Adventures Preschool (the best preschool EVER...just ask Trent!)

Camryn Loving Aunt Jessica

Camryn HATING Aunt Jessica (she, Camryn, was NOT too fond of the pig)

Decorating their Cookies

Nolan missed the directions of waiting until they ate lunch to eat their cookie...oops!!!

Talladega AGAIN!

2008-10-26T21:55:00.000-07:00

I don't know why this event is such a big deal, but it leaves bonding time for Camryn and I and gets Steve and Trent some time as well! They love it too!

October at the Beach!!!

2008-10-19T20:01:00.000-07:00

What a beautiful week at the beach last week! We went with my sister Jessica and her family. The kids had too much fun, but the adults had more fun! It was a nice relaxing (as relaxing as it can get with 2 kids) weekend, and the weather was TOO perfect!

Camryn LOVED the beach and everything that went with it!

The kids made a lot of new friends. Trent is in the middle and his two new friends were brave enough to let me bury them next to him!!

Steve built a HUGE whole in the sand that Camryn and all the kids LOVED climbing in and out of.

Our two cookie MONSTERS!

Our TV MONSTERS!

Camryn could have cared less that her pretzels were COVERED in sand...Disgusting!!!

Chase and Trent did NOT like the sun in their eyes

Boogie Boarding...she is fearless!

Great Picture Chase

All of the BOYS!
Who are those hot surfers???

Feeding the seagulls
Building a sand castle!

P.S. I ran a 10K with my sister on Saturday morning at the beach under one hour...that was my goal. My time was 58 min. 28 sec. I was proud of myself and needed somewhere to post my time in hopes to beat it the next time I run a 10k!

Good List!

2008-10-19T19:36:00.000-07:00

**The rule for this little game is your response to each question can only be one-word.
1. Where is your cell phone? HERE
2. Where is your significant other? HERE!!!
3. Your hair color? Blonde
4. Your mother? GREAT
5. Your father? Worker
6. Your favorite thing? Family
7. Your dream last night? Sacramento
8. Your dream/goal?
9. The room you're in? Family
10. Your hobby? Parenting
11. Your fear? TORNADOS
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years?
13. Where were you last night? Kelly's
14. What you're not? Shy
15. One of your wish-list items? Steam Cleaner
16. Where you grew up? California
17. The last thing you did? ATE
18. What are you wearing? Pants
19. Your TV? Office
20. Your pet? Dog
21. Your computer? PC
22. Your mood? Happy
23. Missing someone? Mom
24. Your car? Explorer
25. Something you're not wearing? Shoes
26. Favorite store? Target
27. Your summer? Water
28. Love someone? Many
29. Your favorite color? Yellow
30. When is the last time you laughed? today
31. Last time you cried? October

I tag: Meghan, Jessica, Aarean, Brittany, Steph, Angela, Jennae, Mary Kate ( Sorry!!!)

Redneck Fun!

2008-10-13T20:00:00.000-07:00

This was Chase (their cousin) and Trent's idea of fun for the afternoon. It started off as Chase riding the dumptruck down the hill, but when Trent said he wanted a turn Camryn beat him to the truck and jumped on for the ride. It was too funny watching my 16 month old ride the truck down the hill thinking it was the greatest thing in the world (until she fell off of course!)

Go Cougars!!!

2008-10-03T21:17:00.000-07:00

This post is dedicated to my number one BYU fan...my Dad (Ha...if any of you know him, he would be cringing at his granddaughter wearing blue as he bleeds red!!!) We are pretty proud of BYU football this year though, and wish we had season tickets this year!!! Go COUGS!!!

Phillies Game!!!

2008-10-03T21:02:00.000-07:00

We went to the Phillies game 2 weeks ago and Steve was thrown a baseball by one of the outfielders. He was so excited since he has been waiting his "whole life to catch a major league baseball." While Steve and Trent cheered the Phillies on...

...Camryn and I played with the Camera!!!

Okay that is enough!!!

Go Panthers!!!

2008-09-16T19:27:00.000-07:00

Camryn and Jessica
Todd, Jessica, Kelly and Todd jr.

Trent's best friend's dad happens to be the coach of the football team at our local college. They are only in their third season and won their first game a couple of weeks ago! We were luckily able to go and witness this piece of history. Steve and Hank rushed the field at the end of the game and we were all yelling and screaming. It was a great game. I just got word from my friend Kelly that they won yesterday too!!! It has been a long road, but perserverance pays off...Go Panthers!

That was SO much FUN!!

2008-09-03T12:20:00.000-07:00

Labor Day weekend we went camping despite the fact that we have a 15 month old daughter who LOVES her own bed. It was going to be a trial run so we just went for one night since our little fam has not been camping since the pre-kids days (remember that Moab trip Poe's and Jergensen's??? Steve took the shortest route this time!). It was a great campsite and we did have a LOT of fun. Trent woke up the next morning after sleeping all night on his sleeping bag and sat STRAIGHT up and said, "That was so much fun!" So we figured he wouldn't be opposed to doing it again sometime later....however 2 nights later we went back for more fun! Our friends had rented the campisite for the weekend which allowed us to come and go whenever we wanted...thank you Villamors!!!

Grandma Jergensen would be soooo proud....there is a little cubbie inside the tent where you can put your shoes or even your night slippers if you must!
THis was a portion of our 1 night gear!
Camryn LOVED Sophia's little "tot spot" chair.
The view from our tent! Not bad!
What is camping without a little watermelon. Camryn vs. Watermelon??? Camryn wins!

Roasting marshmallows!
Trent loved the camping junk food!
"that was so much fun!"
Camryn has a BIG crush on Nate...
but I am not so sure the feelings are mutual!

Breakfast of a camper...powdered Doughnuts!
Looking for fish???
Family photo at ALMOST the top of the mountain!
Trent and Richard so excited to be almost done !
Steve carried Camryn the WHOLE way up...so strong!

Why is this so funny to her?

2008-09-02T12:54:00.000-07:00

Camryn does this new thing where she will scream and then start laughing histerically. It is only funny when I am in a good mood and can join in with her. She really thinks it is funny when the whole family joins in. She does it for a lot longer than the video portrays, but she is easily distracted when the camera is on...I am sure you can ALL relate!

Random pics and videos!!!

2008-09-02T12:44:00.000-07:00

Trent LOVES to watch T.V. Camryn is not into watching T.V. at all.....except for when Big Brother watches!!! Then she is all for it and jumps right next to him and pretends to be interested!!! She LOVES to do and say whatever Trent is doing!!! And Trent of course loves the attention she gives him.

This is a video from a week or so ago. Camryn "jumps for joy" now when I go get her out of her crib. This was a reinactment of what she did the first time, but hopefully you will get the idea! Side note: No means YES for Camryn right now!!!

Who's first day of School?

2008-08-21T14:03:00.000-07:00

Camryn was a little jealous of all the attention that Trent was getting from his first day of school...she wanted her own picture taken too!!! We had to remind her that it was Trent's first day of school and not hers...yet!!! Here he is!!! Trent's big day...he has been waiting UNpatiently all summer long!!! For some reason he thought again this year that he needed to ride his bike to school...maybe one day if we live RIGHT across the street from school I will let him!!!

He was so excited he woke up EXTRA early in the morning!!!
I had to get a picture of him in front of the backpacks, right???
Here are a few more pictures for all the posts I missed this summer while being lazy!!! This is Camryn in front of the button that turns the water on at a park that has the sprinkler things (did you get all that?). This is all she wanted to do!
Slip and Slide...summer is not complete without it!!!

Playing in the sprinkler with Chase and Nolan (Trent's cousins). As you can see our lawn was needing some water!
One of the MANY humid days in Georgia. The only thing I like about the humidity is how curly Camryn's hair gets!
The boys sneaking the button from Camryn (see picture at top!) I would have put a picture of the actual fountains, but I realized after I posted all the pictures that I hadn't gotten one with it in it and I didn't want the picture at the top...the way pictures are added on blogspot really needs to be updated!!!It is sad that summer is coming to an end, but we are excited for football season and all the fall festivities!!!

First Day of School!

2008-08-18T12:56:00.000-07:00

Today was Trent's first day of school...and he was not able to go because he had a cold. I am hoping that he will be up to par by the time Wednesday comes around so he can go to his second day of school. I will take some first day of school pictures when he finally makes it to school and post them so long as I find my camera plug to download pictures! I really was planning on posting today, but could not find the plug...of course the day I FINALLY have the time and energy to post and no camera plug!

Our 2 Summer Trips!

2008-06-25T13:04:00.000-07:00

First Stop North Carolina:

Our first trip was to Emerald Isle, North Carolina. This was a family reunion with Steve's family. They grew up going to the beach in NC every summer...so we are continuing the tradition with no complaints from me!!!

The only difference is that back then his family stayed in an airstream and now we get to stay here:
The Granted Wish is the name of the place...and it really says it all!!
Camryn still LOVES the sand more than ANYone I know her age!
Grandpop, Nathan and Trent enjoying the kid's room! They were NOT the only ones that spent a lot of time with this game! It was quite often that I found Steve and the older boys down here too!Cami and Madison

The whole gang!
All the grandkids, right???
Meggie trying to show Trent her California surfer moves
Trent's flounder that he realed in!

Camryn loved all the girls and LOVED this chair!!!

Trip to San Diego:

My brother, Jason, left on his mission on June 6 so we went out to San Diego for his farewell and one last family trip all together before he gets back. We went to Palm Springs and enjoyed the nice weather there to play in the water. We had a great time and Trent and Camryn LOVED spending time with their cousins!

This is Trent on the way to Palm Springs saying his eyes hurt and that he needed to wear some sunglasses!
This picture is of my grandparents with all of the great grand kids from our family!
Carly, Nolan, Chase, Christian, Camryn, and Trent

Cami and Trent
Camryn LOVES my Dad as you can tell. And if you can believe it this was really all the pictures I took in San Diego...I guess I thought I could rely on getting my Mom's pictures since she takes so many!!!

There you go Krissy! Is that enough pictures for you? I hope that I get an A+++

First Haircut!

2008-06-25T13:00:00.000-07:00

Here is a picture of Camryn's first haircut May 16, 2008. It was early on her birthday...I could NOT wait to get her hair even in the back to protect her from any more comments from Aunt Jessica!!! It looks SO much better now.

Photographer for Hire!!

2008-06-07T11:30:00.000-07:00

Trent has a new obsession with taking pictures with my camera...luckily I can erase them, although he does have that new modern photography thing down!!!

HELLO???

2008-06-07T11:00:00.000-07:00

Yes she does know EXACTLY how to use this thing!!! I have decided that I will try harder to not be on the phone as much!!!

Camryn is ONE!!!

2008-05-16T22:15:00.000-07:00

Today is Camryn's First birthday. She is walking pretty well now. We went over to Jessica's house to make the mess (turned out to be not as big of a mess as we would've hoped). We love our little girl and can hardly believe she is already one!
Mmmmm!
Gotta lick every finger!
Can you tell who really opened her gift...she had 3 little helpers!

Is it Summertime?

2008-04-30T18:53:00.000-07:00

So lately Trent has been wondering if it is summertime yet so he can play in the water...our trip to Gulf Shores a couple of weeks ago confused him a little bit since we were playing in the water and wearing our summer swim shorts, but it wasn't summer yet. We had so much fun with our friends, Eve, Craig, Luka and Elsa Knott! A BIG thank you to them as well as their parents for letting us intrude on their beach vacation.

This is what they did all day long...ran from the waves!
Relaxing in the pool
So tough!!!
Camryn actually loved the sand.
Trent and Luka

Trent spent A LOT of time in this innertube...where did your Dad get them Eve???
Brother and Sis!
Looks like a fake scenery, huh?
Camryn LOVING the sand again!
We LOVE the beach and H2O!!! It was a very relaxing 2 days...the kids slept, ate and played beautifully. Thanks again Knotts!!!

Talladega Take Two!!

2008-04-30T18:38:00.000-07:00

Steve, Trent, Uncle Hank, and Cousin Chase went for round 2 at Talledega. If you remember from last year...Trent loved it and I must say the same for his second time. They had a blast and were grateful that they had some partners in crime. Don't expect to see Jessica, Camryn or myself in these pictures any time soon...though maybe next year Nolan will join them. Here is an idea of how loud the cars get...if you can only imagine.

Spring is in full BLOOM!

2008-04-04T18:53:00.000-07:00

Beware!!! There are a LOT of pictures on this post...I just couldn't decide which ones to leave off. My friend Stephanie took all of these for us just last night. After a bad day and SHORT naps the kids did pretty well and the rain held off until AFTER all the pictures were done!!!

Kisses anyone?

He's going to be a heartbreaker!
And so is she!!!

That's my girl!

Trent and Camryn smiled more if people were walking by admiring them!!

Peakaboo!

Hair, Hair and more Hair!

2008-03-06T13:15:00.001-08:00

It really just is not funny how much hair our daughter has. Steve is still not letting me cut the mullet so I have to improvise and find ways to do her hair that makes it not look like she is from the south!!!

Although it looks pretty tame her...READ ON!

I am amazed every bath time to see how much hair this girl really has!

This has nothing to do with her hair, I just like the picture of her and Trent

Her two french braids...yes she does sit pretty well for me!

The other day I was at the computer while Camryn was playing behind me and she was so quit that I turned to make sure she didn't have something in her mouth that she shouldn't and I found her with her headband completely covering her eyes, I couldn't resist a photo!
This is back in December, but I loved her hair in twisties!
This is awhile ago when her hair was starting to get the mullet look!
And this is her first two pigtails at age 6 and 1/2 months!!!
WE LOVE HAIR!!!

The Crib video!!!

2008-03-04T13:58:00.000-08:00

So I finally caught Trent and Camryn in the crib the other day! I hope you enjoy the video as much as I do!

Sleeping In!!!

2008-02-18T17:59:00.000-08:00

Steve had my camera today so I couldn't get a picture, but I needed to record a funny moment that happened this morning. Trent had gotten up around 7:30 am and after being up with Camryn last night I wasn't wanting to get out of bed. When he heard Camryn getting up a little while later I told him to go tell Camryn I would be right there...this is when I rolled over and fell back to sleep. At 8:15 I woke up wondering why Camryn was not crying to get out of bed. I was imagining Trent trying to get her out of the crib by himself, which wasn't a pretty image, so I ran in Camryn's bedroom to find Trent in the crib with her. They were playing and Trent had managed to untie the bumper pad and was hiding under it. I was so glad to get that extra 30 or so minutes of rest and so glad that my two munchkins are getting along so well.

San Diego!!!

2008-02-09T18:41:00.000-08:00

We had a great trip last week to San Diego that was filled with a lot of fun, but not a whole lot of sun. We hit the rain that swept southern California, but atleast we got to see a lot of friends. I am still waiting for some pictures from my Mom's camera, but here are some moments captured on my camera!

Trent, Camryn and Madeline. Madeline is my friend Janae's daughter. Her mom and I had many memories in college, and now they all live closer to my home than I do...but who doesn't at this point!!!

As you can see Camryn does not like to sit still these days!!!

These are two of my really good friends from high school that I met up with to catch up. The visit was way too short, but I was glad I got to see them.

On Tuesday I picked my Mom up from the beautiful San Diego Temple and so I thought I would get a picture of us...how can you resist!!!

Camryn was not wanting to cooperate...it was naptime I think.

This is Trent taking a picture of my Mom, Camryn and I...he was certain that he got us in the picture!

Luckily some lady walked by right at that moment and helped Trent out.

We got to spend a lot of time with cousin Carly... Trent's favorite fast food place now is Carly's Junior. We miss you Carly!!!

Mom and Dad...thanks for always allowing us to come and invade your home. We love you!

Liz and Christian, Angela, Laura, and Lindsay...we are hoping you have some cute photos that we can get until we get my Mom to upload hers.

Snow in Georgia

2008-02-09T18:18:00.001-08:00

So the snow came 3 weeks ago and I am barely posting these pictures. One day of snow is GREAT! You enjoy the beautiful white, but don't have to live through it for 6 months!!! Trent LOVED it, we brought out our sled and enjoyed it all day long!

Our new dog!!

2008-01-26T15:24:00.000-08:00

This is Elway...our new dog. Camryn loves him and all he wants her to do is rub his belly, but all she wants to do is grab his ears!

DisneyWorld!

2008-01-25T12:30:00.000-08:00

For Christmas my parents took us to DisneyWorld. It was a great trip...Thanks Uncle Jason for suggesting the idea!!!

The Boys could not get enough of Mickey
A Pirate's Life for me!!!
Sea World!!!
As you can see, the weather was really warm!!!
Camryn loved Grandpa, but I think he shared similar feelings!!!

2007-12-20T13:44:00.000-08:00

We took a trip to Callaway gardens with Jessica and Hank, Chase and Nolan and some other friends this year to see the spectacular (biggest in the nation!) Fantasy of Lights! It was really good and the kids had a blast!

On the trolley looking at all the lights
Trent wasn't so sure about the gingerbread man!
Camryn's favorite part...getting a candy cane from Santa!

Cutting down the perect tree!

2007-12-20T13:27:00.000-08:00

It took us quite some time to find the PERFECT tree this year. Trent liked every one we looked at, but Steve was a little bit pickier. We found it December first so I'm not sure it looks quite as lush anymore, but I had to post these pictures before Christmas.

Trent pretending to cut it all by himself!
With a little help from Dad!
Still a spectator sport for Camryn!!
I did get down there and try to make a little cut, but our saw was soooo dull and I have no man power!!

This was VERY unsafe and I was nervous the whole time he was trying to get the star on top!!!

Happy Birthday Trent!!!

2007-12-06T12:16:00.000-08:00

Unfortunately I cannot edit the date on the post to December 3 when Trent really did turn three, but atleast I took pictures on the actual day! Trent turned 3, which is quite amazing...and all he wanted was a "A-Go ooter!", translated that is a Diego scooter. So Saturday I left Trent with Steve and went to go buy it from Wal-Mart after seeing it there the week before. I was so disappointed to find that they were sold out. I was feeling down knowing that I had failed my 3 year old and he would no longer be having his "scooter birthday party" as he frequently referred to it...Luckily Monday morning they had one on the shelf! The only problem now was getting it into the cart and home without him seeing it since he was with me. I managed to succeed and he was so excited that night when he opened it!

Trent we love you and wish you a Happy Belated Birthday on the blog!

Trent LOVING that everyone is finally singing to him after all the birthdays he has been to this year!
Trent blowing the whole house down! He takes his candle blowing very seriously!
Opening the gifts...sorry Trent you will probably never have a brithday picture without the Christmas tree in the background!!!
Already trying out the scooter...no Mom it had not been outside yet!!!
Camryn enjoying all the fun and attention!

Trent Feeding Camryn!

2007-11-12T19:12:00.000-08:00

Trent was so proud of feeding Camryn! I was making dinner and Camryn was screaming for her food so I thought, "I bet Trent would feed her better than I can!" He put on her bib and everything. I had to take a break from making dinner to video it just in case he never wants to do it again! I must say he is a pretty good BIG brother!

We had a bonfire at our house with my sister's family the other night. Steve needed to burn the trees he had cut down earlier from the trail he is making for Trent through our mini forest!!!

This is a fuzzy picture of our high school rival football game on Friday night. There are about 8,000 people from our little town that show up. So many people that the bleachers do not even fit them and they have to sit on the grass. The high school team we like WON!!! It was down to the last 39 seconds and a GREAT game! Go GRANGERS!!!

Happy Birthday!

2007-11-11T17:49:00.000-08:00

I couldn't get a hold of my friend Meghan today so I thought I would post a picture of her and her twin sister Elizabeth to tell them both Happy Birthday! I hope you both had a great day and enjoyed atleast an afternoon nap! Wish we lived closer!

Halloween Fun!!!

2007-11-01T12:25:00.000-07:00

I have taken a lot of pictures the past couple of days and not been good about posting them so here goes a week of a lot of activites!

We started our our Halloween fun by going downtown on Saturday afternoon to the annual Chili-cook-off/Trick-or-Treating! Trent was so proud of his Power Ranger Muscles and Camryn was a trooper in her stroller!

The other night we went to some friends house for dinner and then we carved pumpkins. The adults did most of the carving, but the kids enjoyed the masterpieces!!!

On the actual Halloween Day (so many halloween events got Trent confused as to when Halloween really was!) my sister and I took the kids to the Callaway Mansion where the Callaway grandchildren were handing out Halloween Candy.

We finished the night off with some good old Trick-or-Treating in our friend neighborhood! Trent got WAY more candy then he needed!

Pumpkin Patch 2007

2007-10-29T13:23:00.000-07:00

My sister and I took the kids to "Uncle Bob's" this year to explore! This was the best picture I got with my camera of my two little munchkins! It was quite the adventure, but the kids loved it.

Trent, Chase and Nolan in awe of the pig. Yes, Chase has Jessica's camera and is snapping a million pictures!

Camryn is not going to be shy or scared of ANYTHING!!!

Trent and Chase listening to story time.

5 months and more hair than my Daddy!

2007-10-17T18:48:00.000-07:00

We broke out the fall clothes the other day even though it is still in the 70s here, but I couldn't resist taking a bunch of pictures of our pantene little girl! Her hair just might be her best feature and we can't go anywhere without somebody mentioning it. I thought that a daughter with hair was going to drive me nuts since I can't even get my hair done everyday, but we love her hair and even love experimenting different styles with it...this is our favorite right now. I did manage to get it into 2 full pigtails the other night.

Talledega!

2007-10-14T19:55:00.000-07:00

Last weekend, Steve took Trent to Talledega to see a race. They had been once before to Talledega before Camryn was born and Trent loved it so much they went back for a truck race. Trent had so much fun again and couldn't stop talking about how they said "Fire 'em up!"

Trent was sooooooooo excited!

193 MPH....

WWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW!!!

2007-10-11T19:32:00.000-07:00

So here is the video of Camryn eating! She's crazy...I took her to the doctor today and despite Steve's worrying for her being not as chunky as most 4 month old children, she is in the 90th percentile for weight...but she is also off the charts for height...go figure! No wonder why she is hungry all the time, she can't keep up with her body stretching!

I want MORE!!!

2007-10-07T20:46:00.000-07:00

All along I have planned on waiting until Camryn is 6 months to start her on cereal...but after too many nights of drooling at the dinner table, I gave in. She loves food and has been taking a sippy cup for the last couple of weeks...way early than Trent ever did. She drinks frequently from our glasses too...especially if it is a red cup. She has an obsession with red! She will try to eat anything you put in front of her. I guess most babies do though. I will download the video later...I just wanted to get these pictures up.

Trent at Nick's wedding

2007-10-06T20:29:00.000-07:00

Just trying this whole video thing out. Check us

out later for a new video of Camryn eating cereal

for the first time!

Nick and Lindsay's Wedding

2007-09-23T18:52:00.000-07:00

Steve's friend from High School got married last weekend...
Trent was the ring bearer...

We were a little camera happy!!!

The seashell has the rings in it! Trent was so proud!

His flower girl, Devin

He wasn't sure he liked her arm around him!

This is when he turned around and couldn't find me..and proceeded to tell the whole crowd that he wanted his present now!

Grandmom and Camryn (she had just woken up...Camryn)

Trent and the bride

Daddy and Trent

Coming into the reception

Trent's first slow dance

Both flower and ring bearer exhausted from a long day of hard work! Sorry so many pictures, but we were so proud of our little boy. I am sure Krissy will appreciate how many pictures there are to look at!

Fort Benning

2007-09-12T19:41:00.000-07:00

Priceless!
Peace!

My grandfather was stationed in Fort Benning 63 years ago so we went to tour his old stomping grounds this past weekend. He was very overwhelmed with emotion and it was good to be able to see him at the exact location that he served our country.

Trent and Chases first day of school

2007-09-12T19:33:00.000-07:00

Trent's Cousin Chase
Yes his shoes are on the wrong feet!

Trent loves school!

Summer Trip

2007-09-12T19:25:00.000-07:00

One weekend in August we went down to Orlando to meet our friends for some fun in the sun. We went to Wet n Wild and had so much fun. Trent loved every waterslide he could go on. Yes that is him going down that big slide all by himself. You can't see his face because he is hiding behind the mat he was on!

Wiped out!

2007-09-12T19:21:00.000-07:00

Camryn was pooped after a long day of pictures, pictures and more pictures!

Camryn's Blessing Day!

2007-09-11T19:41:00.000-07:00

This past Sunday we blessed Camryn. What an angel she is. Trent was so excited for his sister's special day. My Grandparents were able to come so that we could get a four generation picture...this is my Mom's first granddaughter from a daughter!!