tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34006777088762095322024-03-12T17:22:20.014-07:00The Jensen Chroniclescolleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693266170615013795noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400677708876209532.post-45888068743714903692014-09-07T09:40:00.000-07:002014-09-07T09:40:07.913-07:00Faith Quest 2014My current calling in the Church, is 1st counselor in the Stake YW's Pres. For the past year, we have been planning a Youth Conference in SLC. We invited the youth 14 and up to go. Each youth was assigned to a "mission", and a mission president and wife were called from couples in the Stake. We had 10 missions representing different countries throughout the world. Either the mission president or his wife served in the mission that they were over. <br />
On July 29th, we left for SLC with the Youth. We stayed in the dorms at the Univ of Utah, ate in the cafeteria, and spent a lot of time at the Institute!<br />
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The first day we had a "mission Olympics" competition. There were lots of water games!<br />
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This was Megan's mission president, the one getting wet!</div>
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His name is Bryan Whipple.</div>
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Megan loved him and his wife!</div>
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Their mission was Indonesia.</div>
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The man in the green visor is in our ward. His name is Jed Manwaring.</div>
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Him and his wife Patricia, were over the New Zealand mission.</div>
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This game they had someone "walk across a bridge" without falling. </div>
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They had to walk about 15 feet.</div>
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This group is the Leeds, England mission.</div>
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This is the Bishop of our ward and his wife, Tom and Joan Morris. They are HUGE BYU fans.</div>
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They thought they were rebels by wearing their BYU stuff on Univ of Utah campus!</div>
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Yes, he even has BYU socks!</div>
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After the games, the kids were given their mission shirts. Each mission had different colored shirts, so they were easy to tell apart. Megan with some of her friends. She had a yellow shirt!</div>
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After dinner that night, we had Elder Snow from the 70's come speak to the kids. He was awesome!</div>
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He told them that the youth of the church were underutilized. They needed to get out of the stands, and into the game! The youth loved him!</div>
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The next day there was an MTC like experience at the Institute building. The kids went thru mini-classes to teach them skills to be better missionaries!</div>
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Some of the Bishops taught classes, and this is our Stake Pres, Pres Carr, teaching a class.</div>
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We also spent a lot of time in downtown SLC at Temple Square, Conference Center, Welfare Square, the Humanitarian Center, to name a few. </div>
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Megan and I under the portrait of Charles C. Rich in the Conference Center. </div>
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He is my great-great grandfather, and Meg's 3rd great grandfather.</div>
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On the last night, each mission had to put on a skit. They were given a Book of Mormon story, and a bag of unrelated props that they had to use. They had 30 min to come up with a skit to perform. It was pretty fun!</div>
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The judges were our Stake Presidency, dressed up as the 3 Nephites!</div>
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This is New Zealand. Their story was Samuel the Lamanite. </div>
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These people are the wicked people who try to shoot him off the wall!</div>
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This is Megan's mission, Indonesia. The young man in the pink bathrobe is the wicked King Noah. </div>
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Mike was responsible for all of the "technical stuff" and AV stuff that had to happen. Plus he made a power point of all the pictures that were taken to show to the kids on the last morning. He was busy!</div>
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The final morning, the kids hiked Ensign Peak, where they were met by a man dressed as Brigham Young. He spoke to them about the early Saints and Brigham Young. </div>
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I couldn't hike all the way up due to my recent knee surgery, but went part way. I still got some nice pictures of the Salt Lake Valley.</div>
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We came home that night exhausted, but really glad that we went. The youth had a great experience, and had the opportunity to have their testimonies strengthened! I know mine was!</div>
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colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693266170615013795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400677708876209532.post-19796731520440271782014-08-30T20:48:00.000-07:002014-08-30T20:48:34.851-07:00Fun in Salt LakeMegan went to EFY at the Univ of Utah this summer. She got to spend 6 days living in the dorms and eating cafeteria food! Plus, having a lot of fun. While she was there, I went to spend some time with Rachel, Liz, and Logan. <br />
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Here is Liz making pancakes for breakfast!<br />
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We went one night and got snow cones for the kids! Logan got the biggest one ever!</div>
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We went to the Hogle Zoo. Here is Lizzie, Josie, and Chesson. </div>
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Josie can't believe she doesn't get in for kids prices anymore!</div>
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colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693266170615013795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400677708876209532.post-1275941589238151712014-08-30T20:01:00.002-07:002014-08-30T20:01:57.603-07:00Sister MissionariesSo, what happens when your husband is the Ward Mission Leader? You spend a lot of time with the missionaries! <br />
Our ward has our own set of missionaries. We have the best set of sister missionaries ever! <br />
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Grandpa Todd and Myla ready to eat!<br />
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Diane and Grandpa Bakes building their own pizza!<br />
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Liz and Logan love the kayaks!<br />
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Grandpa Bakes bought some paddle boards this year. The kids love them!<br />
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It's an awesome view from the top of West Mountain!<br />
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Grandpa Bakes and Jay digging the hole. <br />
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We took her to the cabin while she was here. While there, Mike, Megan, Drew, and Stephanie hiked up to Boulder Lake. Stephanie loved the mountains! <br />
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The girls spent another day sledding! The cabin is perfect for that!<br />
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Megan with her friends, Emelia, Ted, Audrey, and Lexi.<br />
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Hard to believe it, but Megan is 16 years old! It seems like just yesterday she was a baby! Time does fly!colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693266170615013795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400677708876209532.post-86007528810047633832013-04-04T18:29:00.000-07:002013-04-04T18:29:29.553-07:00January blues (or is it green, maybe white?)The fall time thru New Years is my favorite time of year. But once Jan 2 starts, I just get depressed. The weather is cold, it gets dark about 5pm, and there is nothing to look forward to! But this year my parents gave us a Vita-Mix blender for Christmas. So we have been making soups and green smoothies! It has been fun to see what combination of fruits and green veggies we can get in our smoothies!<br />
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Our first green smoothie! And yes, we really do drink it most mornings!<br />
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The second week of January brought our first major snow storm of the winter. It snowed so much in fact, that we had a snow day from school!<br />
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Spring will be a welcome sight!colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693266170615013795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400677708876209532.post-73852510722047673112013-04-04T18:12:00.001-07:002013-04-04T18:12:42.867-07:00Christmas at the Jensen'sYes, even though it is April, I am finally blogging about Christmas! You see, once again, I am a little bit behind. <br />
Drew had not been home to decorate the Christmas tree for 6 years! So, this year, we waited until he got home to buy a tree, put it up, and decorate it!<br />
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Drew adding ornaments to the tree!<br />
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The finished product!<br />
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We were pretty lazy Christmas morning! Gone are the days when the kids are up at 5AM. We woke up about 8, had breakfast, talked with Greg, and then opened presents!<br />
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The next day, Grandpa and Grandma drove back to Boise, but Mike and I stayed in Salt Lake for another day. We spent some time at Rachel's and played with the kids!<br />
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There is also nativity sets from all over the world! <br />
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This nativity floats on a pond!<br />
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The Boise temple was rededicated on Nov. 18 by Pres. Monson. It is now officially open!<br />
Greg left the MTC on Nov. 19 for New Mexico. He got to call us from the SLC airport. It was so good to hear his voice!<br />
Drew flew in that night for the week. It was so good to have him home! <br />
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We spent Thanksgiving at the cabin. This year it included, lots of people, no hot water (the pilot light kept going out on the water heater), and a big bonfire!<br />
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Due to a shortage of oven space, Grandma cooks her turkey outside on the barbeque! Of course, it was perfect as always!<br />
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All things said, it was a wonderful Thanksgiving! Even with the cold showers! Everyone missed Greg, but look forward to 2 years from now when he will be home!colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693266170615013795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400677708876209532.post-14784092143413904562012-12-08T19:17:00.000-08:002012-12-08T19:17:37.078-08:00Greg's a missionary!Boy, the time does fly! With the business of getting Greg ready to leave on his mission, and helping with the Boise Temple Open House, October flew by. But we were able to get Greg to the MTC in Provo on Oct. 31st. Two weeks before he left, Mike, Greg, and I went to Logan so Greg could go thru the temple. <br />
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Greg's old roommate Daniel, met us at the temple for the session.<br />
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Mikaela shows off her baby bump!<br />
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This is the last picture that I have of Greg before he disappeared into the MTC. <br />
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I did really good, I didn't cry until after I got back into the car! Then I looked at this last picture all the way back to Boise! This will have to sustain me for the next 2 years!colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693266170615013795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400677708876209532.post-33653196832548733062012-09-22T17:00:00.000-07:002012-09-22T17:00:25.452-07:00Greg's Mission CallAbout 6 months ago, Greg made the announcement that he wanted to go on a mission. Mike and I were quite shocked! We watched Greg with cautious optimism as he worked on getting himself ready to go. Over the next few months, our caution turned into full fledged excitement as Greg prepared himself to be a missionary. His papers went into the bishop the first week of August. His mission call came in the mail on Sept. 6th! Because of the family's schedule, he couldn't open the call until 9:15 that night. But, he either held it, or kept it by his side until it was time to open. He wasn't letting it out of his sight! (notice the white envelope on the couch by Greg?)<br />
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Finally, he gets to open the call!<br />
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Our friend, Frank Carollo, and Greg's Young Men's Pres, Tyler Haws, also came over. Tyler Haws played a huge role in helping Greg get ready for his mission. We owe him a huge debt of gratitude. <br />
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Greg enters the MTC on Oct 31st. Halloween! Maybe we should dress him in a Super Man costume?colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693266170615013795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400677708876209532.post-22094894601811082212012-09-15T16:02:00.000-07:002012-09-15T16:02:23.045-07:00End of summer.. (sigh........)We are now officially back in school. Summer is over. But we had a few last minute fun adventures!<br />
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Here we are at our first stop, Boulder Lake.<br />
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Once we left Boulder Lake, we climbed up and over the summit to Louie Lake. Here we are along the top. People say that this meadow is full of wildflowers in late June/early July. We may have to do the hike then to see them! The whole time we hiked thru the meadow, I kept thinking of the opening scene to "The Sound of Music." Can anyone sing, "The hills are alive......."<br />
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About half way down the other side, you get to Louie Lake. It's not as big as Boulder Lake, but it is still just as beautiful!<br />
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I have had a goal for the summer to ride my bike from our house to Lucky Peak. So the weekend after Labor Day, I finally made the big ride. Here's my pictures to prove it!</div>
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Our family, the Erickson family, and the Bodell family, all stayed at Beverley Beach campground in yurts! Grandpa and Grandma Bakes decided to rent a condo at Little Creek Cove. But, they visited at the campground a lot! Here is Mike and Greg in front of our yurt.</div>
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Greg served up chicken and dumplings, and Grandma made a banana boat.</div>
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On the morning of the 21st, we got up early and drove to Idaho Falls. Kate and Jordan were married in the Idaho Falls Temple. Here they are coming out of the temple a married couple!<br />
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The hike starts at Boulder Reservoir.<br />
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The trail winds along the shore, and then heads up the mountain. It was a beautiful day, blue sky, and just a few white fluffy clouds! Perfect day for a hike. <br />
This picture is about half way up the trail. <br />
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When I was almost to the lake, I had to leave the trail and hike up the granite rock face. This is because there was still so much spring run off that it caused a waterfall to come over the rock and across the trail. <br />
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That was the hardest part, but once I got to the top it was so worth it! Boulder Lake is absolutely gorgeous! <br />
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Sitting by the lake, enjoying the beauty, made me appreciate this beautiful world that we live in. I am so grateful to a loving Heavenly Father who created this world for us to live on. And that we have such spectacular sights so close to where we live. It is truly amazing and very humbling. </div>
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Now we get to spend the rest of the month watching the race and the Pelaton! Which Mike says is loosely translated from french to mean, "alot of bike riders, riding very fast and very close together, each one fervently praying the guy in front of him doesn't crash!"<br />
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Viva la Tour de France!colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693266170615013795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400677708876209532.post-41555504846490137302012-07-06T12:09:00.000-07:002012-07-06T12:09:09.549-07:00Snap shots of JuneThe summer is now 1/3 of the way over! I can't believe how time flies! Here are a few snapshots of some happenings thru out the month.<br />
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Megan participated in a "roadshow." Our ward did a spin on the 70's show "The Brady Bunch." We were the "Mountain View Bunch." This is Megan and her friend Kaycee Carollo.<br />
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We had Greg home for a few days, so we visited the Idaho Aquarium! It's not the Oregon Coast Aquarium, but pretty good for Boise, Idaho!<br />
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July will also be busy. Cabin trip, a wedding, and a trip to the Oregon Coast! Drew will even be joining us for some of it! I can't wait. I love summer!</div>
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On our 1st day, we did a session in the Salt Lake Temple. Then we went across the street and checked out the new City Creek shopping center. It was awesome! Unfortunately, I forgot to bring my camera, but we still had fun.<br />
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That night Rachel brought her kids to the hotel to go swimming. While the older kids were swimming, Logan stayed in the hotel room. He managed to find my stash of yogurt pretzels.<br />
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The next morning, Mom and I went to Lizzie's music class! It was the last one before summer vacation!<br />
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Here is Lizzie playing the piano while Grandma watches!
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That afternoon, Mom, Rachel, and I did a session in the Draper Temple. It is a very beautiful temple. <br />
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Saturdy morning Emma got baptized. Again, I forgot to take my camera! (I must be getting old!)<br />
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That afternoon, Mike, Greg, Megan, and I went to Temple Square to hang around. <br />
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We saw the Joseph Smith movie, and hung out in the Family History Library.<br />
This is one of the few times that Mike is actually getting help on the computer!<br />
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The next day was Father's Day. After we got home, it was present time!<br />
Meg made Mike a pillow out of Univ of Utah colors!
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We ended up skyping with Drew that night. It was so good to talk with him!</div>
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Here is Megan with her favorite teacher, Mrs. Smith. She taught Meg's accelerated biology class. She was a teacher who changed Meg's life. <br />
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So, what do you do when school gets out? You have a girl's weekend at the cabin! I took Megan and her friend Emelia Munson to the cabin for 3 days! We played games, rode the 4-wheelers, and slept!<br />
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We went to McCall and had dinner and bought a carmel apple at the McCall Candy Co. <br />
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The new Jeep made it's maiden voyage to the cabin. It did great! It really looks good in the driveway at the cabin!</div>
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While we waited for graduation to start, I got little Logan to finally warm up to me!
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Megan with Lizzie!</div>
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Mike and Greg painted Drew's old bedroom 2 of the "Top Ten Empty Nester's Colors."</div>
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What a great way to spend a long weekend in town!</div>colleenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10693266170615013795noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400677708876209532.post-88036693966807180982012-05-13T14:20:00.000-07:002012-05-13T14:20:22.486-07:00It's Spring Again!!It has been an interesting weather year so far this year. Snow was very late in coming to the area. But once it came, we had a lot of it, especially in the mountains! When it came time for spring, we would have days is the 80s, but the next day, rainy and in the 30s.<br />
Spring is my favorite time of year, because I love to see the flowers starting to come up after the gray drab winter. This is what we have been seeing in the neighborhood lately.<br />
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Another sign of spring around here is what we call "The Rooster Tail." In the spring, the Boise river get lots of run off from the mountains. There are 3 reservoirs above Boise that the water people (whoever they are!) use to manage the run off. From the base of Lucky Peak damn, which is the lowest reservoir, there is a special valve that they only turn on in the spring. It releases ALOT of water at one time, and shoots it into the air, hence the rooster tail. This year we Mike, Meg, and I decided to go up and see it. Mike had never seen it. We invited Grandpa and Grandma to go with and off we went! Here is the rooster tail:
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For my birthday this year, I wanted to go for a bike ride. So Mike, Megan, and I took a bike ride on the Green Belt! Our first of the year!<br />
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During the bike ride, a small thunderstorm rolled thru the valley. So we rode thru the rain and the wind. But it wasn't too bad. We ended the ride at Joe's Crab Shack where we met Mom, Dad, and Julie! (I do look a little windblown!)<br />
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After dinner, we went back to our house for presents and birthday rhubarb pie!
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My favorite present was from Megan. She took my IPod that I got for Christmas, that I haven't set up yet. She set it up for me, and is going to help me down load more songs! </div>
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Next year, is a big birthday for me. I have already decided that I am not turning 50 in Boise! So, after much consideration, I have decided to go on a cruise! I figure it will be easier to turn 50 lounging in a deck chair with Coco the Cabana boy bringing me Diet Coke! It will be so fun!</div>
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The first morning, we rode Splash Mountain 3 times straight. Of course, we got soaked!<br />
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Splash Mountain was Julie's favorite ride! We rode it lots. We finally learned to at least keep our hoods on!<br />
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One night we did the World of Color/dinner combo. We ate dinner at Ariel's Grotto, and had an awesome meal!
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After dark, the ferris wheel lights up! It shines over the midway in California Adventures!</div>
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