tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62457195953446961782024-03-12T16:15:33.503-07:00Rick and Brenda JensenRick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-86179367683567491772010-02-19T13:15:00.001-08:002010-02-19T13:48:50.053-08:00FebruaryFeb. 1 - 19, 2010<br /><br />It seems like I've been really busy, but I really have to stop and think just what it is that I've done. So here goes....<br /><br /><strong>Feb. 1st</strong><br />Went to our Empty Nester's Family Home Evening Group. Had a wonderful time! Always do with that group. The group discussion was on Joseph Smith. I learned so much that I didn't already know. Just made me appreciate all he did even more. What a great man and prophet.<br /><br /><strong>Feb. 5Th & 6Th</strong><br />Made my first batch of whole wheat bread with Mom Jensen's Bosch Mixer. (It's now my mixer.) I also ground my own wheat into flour using my Mom's (now mine) wheat grinder. It was the best bread I've ever eaten. It took 3 hours to grind enough wheat to make the bread. I was surprised at that. Didn't think it would take so long. (The newer grinders don't.) Then Torri (my friend) and I went to a wheat bread demo. at the Preparedness Store in Idaho Falls. I always learn something new when I go to that demonstration. Next time I make bread it will be even better.<br /><br /><strong>Feb. 8th</strong><br />Today Rick and I went to Star Valley to see Dr. Shrader. (He is my pulmonologist.) We mad a stop at Gale Izatt's house to drop some things off and had a quick but good visit. She is a special lady. Then on to lunch at "Juan's Taco Shack". They have really good food. Then on to my appointment. I took my 6 min. walk test and did better than last time. Not back up to my normal, but getting there. Dr. Shrader thinks all is going well with my Pulmonary Hypertension and I am finally getting over the Swine Flu, but my Asthma doesn't seem to be under control. So he changed my asthma meds. and we will see what happens. I just had to take photo's of Dr. Shrader and his nurse Suzie. They have helped me so much. I'm sure I would not still be here today if not for Dr. Shrader. I hope he never retires. At least not as long as I'm still alive.<br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5440063995828114225%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><br /><br /><strong>Feb. 9th - 19th</strong><br />I had my anual appointment with Dr. Erikson. I have a numb spot on one of my feet so he sent me to see a physical therapist. Come to find out I am having back problems that is pinching a nerve to my foot. Since seeing Dr. Erikson I've seen the Physical Therapist 3 times. She has also found that sometime in my life I have really damaged my tail bone. So she is working on relaxing muscles, breaking up scare tissue and trying to get my vertebra lined up. When I leave her office I feel like I've been beat up. I look like I have been too. You should see my bruises. I am not looking forward to going back, but I am looking forward to getting things fixed. Looks like I will be seeing her 2 times a week for a while.Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-406434727588241282010-01-28T09:19:00.000-08:002010-01-28T09:37:56.002-08:00Home from Utah!Jan. 28, 2010<br /><br />Just got home from Kirsti's yesterday afternoon. I went to help when she had to go on bedrest for a few days do to high blood pressure. I went to help with the kids and house work and just to keep her down. (I got there Jan. 21st.) Well it worked. She is now up and about. The doctor is pretty sure he will be able to keep her BP down now with medication at least long enough for the baby to grow some more. Today her BP was 120/60. You can't get any better than that! Hopefully it will stay down for at least 8 more weeks. She will then be 32 weeks along and it will be safe to deliver the baby if need be.<br /><br />I sure enjoyed being with my girls!! I miss them already, but have learned why you have your children when your young. Wow! Do I ever feel old and tired today!! I've now got to get some laundry done and try to get back into my routine. I've also got to try and prepare to go back to Kirsti's when the baby comes. The doctor said the baby probably will have to be delivered early so I've got to get the Adovn books caught up and all our taxes ready to take to the accountant. I'll start that Monday. For now I'm just going to try and get the laundry caught up and get the Avon cataloges sent out. Oh and I have to work on my VT corrdinator duties. Oh so much to do!!Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-70911602370638473002010-01-18T13:41:00.000-08:002010-01-19T09:46:42.761-08:00Guess who turned 55!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WLwQ-LoKGgJkKNb0XRi6nG5dLQLfGcctvBj3KkQKJqifLAZVogQUULaN9G6mMUgtpox636XPK5DRVmEZZYjt5jLEniG3l8wgVVC4hZ-4L-QBcVGpBNOVbo_dm_80gTGCljsa-WyBTMU/s1600-h/P1173449.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-WLwQ-LoKGgJkKNb0XRi6nG5dLQLfGcctvBj3KkQKJqifLAZVogQUULaN9G6mMUgtpox636XPK5DRVmEZZYjt5jLEniG3l8wgVVC4hZ-4L-QBcVGpBNOVbo_dm_80gTGCljsa-WyBTMU/s400/P1173449.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428505889172232578" /></a><br /><br />You guessed it, Rick! His birthday was Sunday Jan. 17 and we had a fun party with Kirsti and the girls. They came to spend the weekend with us and helped celberate!! He got some really nice gifts. He got some new shirts for work, season 4 of "Lost", "The Joseph Smith Papers" book 1 and 2, the books "Reflections on Christ" and "Another Testament" by Mark Mabry (he also got a CD and DVD that goes with "Another Testament"), and a wallet. He loved his cards. Becky and Scott sent him a neat one that played Star Wars music and commented on how <strong>long ago</strong> he was born. My Mom sent him a great card with a cute monkey in sun glasses on the front that said OK... Light the candles. It took him a while and help from Kirsti to relize the back of the card said "and call the fire department". Tommy called to wish Rick "Happy Birthday" and said he was sending the new "Star Trek" movie in blue ray. Thanks so much everyone for making his day special.<br /><br />It was fun having Kirsti and the girls here for the weekend. It was kind of low key, but Rick did take Kenzie and Ashley sledding. They had so much fun!! Of course I had to run over and get some pictures. They were gone a lot longer than I thought they would be, because it was so cold. They were sledding almost 2 hours. Wow! They akso helped Grandma make banana bread. We used my new Bosh mixer. (It was my mother-in-laws mixer she had for years, but never used.) It was the first time I had used the mixer and just <strong>loved</strong> it. We made 7 loaves of banana bread. And you should of seen us covered in flour, bananas and eggs. It has been a long time since I baked with little ones help. It was so fun! <br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5428496553786604193%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCLWp95zGyqaHrAE%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-90022050178972818452010-01-04T08:27:00.000-08:002010-01-04T08:54:05.500-08:00Happy New Year 2010Jan. 4 2010<br /><br />HAPPY NEW YEAR!! It is going to take me a while to get used to the 2010 thing. I'll probably just get used to it and then it will be 2011. <br /><br />We spent new years eve with the Burtenshaws playing games and eating goodies. We really had a fun time. Nicole and Scott (Torri & Curtis' daughter and son in-law) were there too. Scott even played games with us which made it even more fun. (Scott doesn't like to play games very much.) Thanks Scott! At midnight we watched the ball drop in Times Square and yelled HAPPY NEW YEAR! (Unfortunately I didn't remember to take my camera so got no photo's. Maybe next year!) Since it was way passed our bedtime we went home and were in bed by 12:30. One of my favorite ways to spend New Years Eve.<br /><br />Yesterday, the first Sunday of the year, we started church at 9 am. It sure was hard getting up early, but I do like the early schedule better. It will be nicer once I get used to getting up and not sleeping in on Sundays. We also started teaching the "Marriage and Family Relations Class" again. That was our church calling a couple years ago and we were never released from that calling before we were given the ones we now have (High Priest Group Leaders 1st counselor and Visiting Teaching Coordinator). Unfortunately our new Bishop remembered that and so now we are teaching that class again in Sunday School, along with everything else. When I told my Mom we were teaching that class again she laughed so hard I thought she might fall off her chair. (That was my reaction when they originally called us to teach the class.) There must be something I need to learn that I'm just not getting from this class. I sure hope I get it this time through. I did ask the Bishop if Rick and I were going to be the eternal "Marriage and Family Relations Class" teacher. He laughed about that but never answered me. I hope he's actually not considering it.Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-20849586551812579772009-12-30T15:25:00.000-08:002010-01-04T08:23:19.032-08:00Merry Christmas!!Dec. 27 - 28, 2009<br />On Sunday Kirsti and family went to sacrament meeting with us. The girls got to wear their Christmas Dresses again. They were so excited!! Then a quiet afternoon, and off to try and see some Christmas lights. We weren't able to find too many of them. The best ones were probably the Jolley's just around the corner from us. They have them synchrized to music you can tune in on the raido. We sat and watched their lights until they went through all 4 songs. It was fun!<br /><br />On Monday we went to the movies and saw "The Princess and the Frog". The girls loved it!! It was a really cute movie. Then back to Grandma and Grandpa's for pizza. When the kids went to bed the adults watched "Star Trek #5" in blue ray! <br /><br />It has been a wonderful Christmas Holiday!! I have loved everything about it. Especially being with my whole family, you just can't beat that.<br /><br /><br />Dec. 26, 2009<br />Today Thomas and Sam had to go home, and Kirsti and family were coming to be with us for a few days. We are so grateful the Izatt's got up at the crack of dawn and hopped in their car (in their PJ's and all) and came to our house. Because of that we were all able to be here together for a couple hours before Tom and Sam had to leave. The Izatt's opened the presents Tommy and Sam got them and we just visited. It was a great day.<br /><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5421179617353956529%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCNamxKnI39O0Zw%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><br />Dec. 25, 2009<br />We are so happy Thomas and Sam were able to be here with us. Because they didn't arrive until 12:30 pm last night we did not get up early. Everyone was up and dressed by about 9:30 am and then we had breakfast. We then looked to see what Santa put in our Stockings and then opened our presents. It was so fun! Thomas got us a blue ray player (Santa brought us some blue ray movies), Kirsit got us a new mail box with cute covers (we really needed the mail box) and season 3 of Lost, and Rick got me a food processor, books and gift certificate to Barns and Noble. I gave Rick a carrying case for his laptop, some chocolates and movies. Oh and Santa brought us both new underwear. Yea!! We appreciate it all so much. After we were finished opening the presented Sam and I decided to give Tommy a make over. I cut his hair and Sam trimed his beard. Now he doesn't look like a scarey homeless person anymore. Be sure and check out the before and after pictures. Then Rick went and got his Mom so she could have dinner with us. It was fun having her here with us. After dinner we watched a few home movies of when the kids were little, then Jerry came over to hang out with Tom and Sam. It was a wonderful day!!<br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5421157406652276129%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCJCmy8T2xI2FgwE%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-55655909721381213622009-12-30T15:06:00.000-08:002009-12-30T15:24:21.249-08:00Dec. 17 - 19, 2009Off to see the Izatt's on the 17th. Arrived in time for diner and to watch Survivor. Then off to bed.<br /><br />Today, the 18th, I took Ashley out for ice cream at Cold Stones. We had a lot of fun. Had fun just being with everyone today. We had take out pizza for dinner it was really good.<br /><br />Dec. 19th, today is the day Kenzie and I go see the Nutcracker. We both have been looking forward to it for a long time. But the day started out with Ashley and Blake going to get their flu shots and then Kenzie going to the doctor because she didn't feel very well. She ended up having bronchitis but the doctor said she was well enough to go to the ballet. So armed with lots of Kleenex and cough drops off we went. We had amazing seats on the main floor and just 9 rows back in the middle section. Kenzie was even able to go look down in the orchestra pit and watch them go for their break and then come back after intermission. Ballet West did a great job. It was so fun to share with my granddaughter. I had to buy her a little nutcracker for her to take home and help her remember her 1st ballet with her grandma. Then back to Kirsti's to change clothes and head home. The girls got to open a pre-christmas present before I left. They got their Christmas dresses to wear to church the next day. I was so grateful Kirsti had made me a dinner to eat on my way home. I really didn't want to have to stop. The fog was so.... bad! It didn't go away until I hit the Idaho boarder. I arrived about 10:30 pm and was so glad to be there safely.<br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5421156792970357905%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCJjgzo3DmNWYxAE%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-38843189354445348672009-12-30T14:46:00.000-08:002009-12-30T15:04:34.980-08:00Dec. 1 - 13, 2009This month has started out crazy! Both Sophie and Tenna have been sick since we boarded them for Thanksgiving. The Vet. said they must have gotten the doggy flu. Sophie is doing much better, but we are still having a hard time getting Tenna to eat. On the 7th we had our FHE Group Christmas Party. We had a delicious meal and some fun games. I love being with those people. They are so much fun!! Then on the 9th I did some baking and my visiting teaching. On the 10th I was packing to take my Mom to Becky's for the winter and we had the Ward Christmas Party that evening. <br /><br />On the 11th we packed up and went to Boise. It was the longest trip to Boise I've ever taken, probably because I was so tried. We arrived at Becky's house at about 5 pm and had a wonderful dinner with Tommy, Derek & Natalie, and Becky & Scott. Becky is a wonderful cook and it tasted so good. I love being in my sisters house especially at Christmas time. They do an amazing job of decorating!! Scott had the outside really lite up. It was beautiful. And the inside was just as nice with garlands everywhere, snowflakes hanging from the ceiling, two Christmas trees, Christmas teddy bears everywhere. It really helped me get in the Christmas Spirit. (And yes I took my camera, but for some reason did not get even one picture. What is wrong with me!!) On Saturday the 12th I didn't do anything, but be lazy. I just sat around and then went and took a nap and then sat around some more. I was so tired. I wanted to rest up for the long drive home. On the 13th I just got up had breakfast, packed up and drove home. <br /><br />It's good to be home, but now I've got to unpack and get ready to go to the Izatt's on the 19th. So much to do!!Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-87566692369593548442009-12-30T14:31:00.000-08:002009-12-30T14:43:04.609-08:00Nov. 27 - 29, 2009Rick & I and my Mom (aka Great Grandma)stayed at the Izatt's a few days following Thanksgiving. Mom and I put up thier Christmas tree while Rick and Blake went to help the Lindquist's move. Then Blake took Kirsti to the doctor. She really was sick! She had a sinus infection, an ear infection and an infected eye. The doctor said she had probably had the sinus for at least 2 weeks. So now with some antibiotics she should feel better in a few days. Blake, Kirsti and I then put Ashley's quilt on the frames and we tied it the next day. Kenzie and Ashley were so much help. They actually did my hair while I was working on the quilt. Then we did some relaxing before heading home.<br /><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5421155762736629233%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCOasmIH_0oyulgE%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-8381090044872156432009-12-30T12:44:00.000-08:002009-12-30T13:51:47.801-08:00ThanksgivingNov. 26, 2009<br /><br />This year we spent Thanksgiving at Kirsti and Blakes house. We were so excited that Thomas and Sam were able to come. (We weren't sure until the last minute because of work schedules.) Becky and Scott were also there along with Devin, Derek & Natalie, and Shelley, Mikah, Kasen and Aidan, plus Great Grandma Robison. It was crowded but lots of fun! Kirsti made the cutest turkey out of fruits and vegies and cheese for us to snack on if we got hungry before dinner. The only bad part was the fact that Kirsti was sick and really not feeling well. We all tried to help her as much as we could. Everyone brought part of the dinner and that helped. It was so nice being with everyone again.<br /><br /><br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5415539531298675265%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCPrkgb-HysqEqgE%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed><br /><br /><br />Today was also Great Grandma Robison's birthday. So we had a birthday party after dinner with candles in the pumpkin pie. Her great grandchildren loved helping her with her presents. We also let the kids wish on wish bones from 2 cornish hens Kirsti and Blake had a few weeks earlier. It was a wonderful day!!<br /><br /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5421127631775794657%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCNifys6jxLzm0AE%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed>Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-24384660251370117392009-11-22T11:39:00.000-08:002009-11-22T11:47:26.247-08:00Not much has changed!November 23, 2009<br /><br />Well I'm back on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">antibiotics</span> for a sinus infection. Plus today I didn't go to church because I'm so sick at my <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">stomach</span>. I've taken something for it and am starting to feel better. I'm still trying to get things caught up and have realized I probably never will. So I'm <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">concentrating</span> on what I <strong>have</strong> to get done before we go to Kirsti's for Thanksgiving. Then when we get home I'll start working on Christmas and getting ready to take Mom over to Becky's. (Mom is spending the winter at Becky and Scott's.) Oh no!! I only have 2 whole more days before leaving for Kirsti's. I've got <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">sooo</span>.... much to do. I guess what ever I get done will have to do. Wish me luck, because I really need it.Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-54552987561763608192009-11-16T15:42:00.000-08:002009-11-16T15:51:58.867-08:00Trying to catch upNovember 16, 2009<br /><br />I am so far behind on everything and trying to catch up. I had a sore throat over the weekend and didn't feel very well. I am feeling much better today. But because I was sick so long in Oct. I'm still behind. Plus Dr. Shrader said even though I'm feeling better I'm not back to normal. I need to listen to my body and rest when I'm tired, take my inhaler when needed, ect. I'm also trying to work on buying Christmas gifts. My goal was to have it all done by Thanksgiving, so that when we go to Kirsti's (for Thanksgiving) I could take all the gifts then. I just realized that just isn't going to happen, even though I've really been working on it. Lots of it is almost done but not everything. So I guess I'm not super woman. And I'll go and take a nap!Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-66796104872146507652009-11-16T15:21:00.000-08:002009-11-16T15:41:48.623-08:00Finaly Feeling Better!November 10, 2009<br /><br />Today I had an appointment with Dr. Shrader which means a trip to Afton WY. The weather was good and I went by myself this time. (Rick had to work and my friend Torri had just had oral surgry and wasn't feeling very well so I didn't even ask her to go with me.) So I listened to a book I have on CD which made the trip seem to go very fast. I am finally feeling better! As of Saturday Nov. 7th Rick said I'm acting like myself again. So I was confident Dr. Shrader will find that I'm doing great. To my surprise that wasn't the case. I took the walk test like I do each time I go there. (The walk test is a 6 min. walk I take and they measure how far I go. It shows how well my lungs and Pulmenary Hypertension is doing.) I thought I did great. I wasn't out of breath when I was finished like I was last time. I was very surprised when Dr. Shrader told me that was the worst I'd ever done. I only went 268 feet. (Last time I went 389 feet.) I told him all about my bout with Swine Flu and complications and he told me I probably wouldn't be totaly back to normal from that for a few more months. I am having a hard time believing how long it's taking to get back to normal. Needless to say because of the problems with the flu there was no way to tell if the Revatio (the new med. he added the last time I saw him) was helping me. So I go back Feb. 8th for another walk test. We might have to totally change my medication for PH if there isn't an improvement.Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-72710865877331728802009-11-16T09:23:00.000-08:002009-11-16T15:20:12.898-08:00Croptober Fest 2009Oct. 22 - 25 2009<br /><br />Kirsti and I went to Croptober Fest (a scrapbooking weekend) again this year. Only this year it was extended later on Saturday so we stayed an extra night and left for home Sunday morning. We usually go a day early (on Thursday) so we can do something fun Friday before Croptober Fest starts at 5:00pm. This year we made some mini photo albums Thursday night while watching "Survivor" and "CSI" on TV. Friday morning we slept in and then went for a late breakfast at Smity's. I <strong>love </strong>their pancakes. They are so good. Then we did some shopping and had lunch at "Cold Stone Creamery". (Yes we had ice cream for lunch.) Then back to the motel for a nap before Croptober Fest begins. I am still not feeling very well. So am really taking it easy. <br /><br />Croptober Fest was so fun this year. I love scrapbooking with friends. Torri and most of her sisters were there. They are so much fun!! I got a lot done even though I rested a lot. It's always fun to get away with Kirsti. I love her so much.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="width:400px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5404756703175738641%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26authkey%3DGv1sRgCLXYi9yvnO627AE%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></div><span style="float:left;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/rbjensen76/CroptoberFest2009?authkey=Gv1sRgCLXYi9yvnO627AE&feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">View all</a></span><div style="text-align:right;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/getEmbed?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">Get your own</a></div></div>Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-35265723949166147862009-11-16T08:48:00.000-08:002009-11-16T09:22:24.728-08:00Work at Mom'sOctober 16, 2009
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<br />Today Rick and I met Becky and Scott at Mom's to work in her yard and around her house. Rick and Scott did most of the work. Becky helped them a little, but I did nothing but visit with everyone and take pictures. I'm still recovering from the flu and not doing much. Rick and Scott put cement blocks under Mom's steps in her back yard and around her patio and house. They had to not only level everything out but remove all the bark we put in last year. The bark just didn't work. The wind blew it all over and Sophie (Mom's little dog) likes to eat it. They also put new trim around all her windows outside. I had a wonderful time visiting with Becky and Mom. I just don't get to do that enough. I wish my sister lived closer to us. She is so much fun!
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On Sept. 29th I got the Swine Flu. I was sooo sick with high fever and chills until the 4th of October. I actually felt pretty good on the 4th until about bedtime when I really started wheezing. As soon as I got up Monday the 5th I went right in to the doctors. I was wheezing really bad and had a low grade fever again. Of course I couldn't see the doctor because I had no appointment so I saw the PA. He said I had Bronchitis and gave me an antibiotic. The wheezing just kept getting worse. It got to the point if I did more than sit it was really hard to breath. On Wed the 7th I called the doctors office to see if I could get in. They transferred me to the nurses voice mail. I told her the problem and asked her to call me back so I could get in to see the doctor. She never called me back. On Thursday I had to go to IF to get my monthly blood test and run a couple of errands. I felt awful and could hardly breathe. On the way home I stopped in at the doctors office again. Of course I had no appointment so had to see the PA again. He added another antibiotic and gave me an inhaler with a steroid in it that probably would of worked if I had started taking it a week earlier. So home I went to try and keep breathing. Friday morning I woke up having a terrible time. I just couldn't breathe. I tried sitting up and trying to relax to make breathing easier. It just didn't work. I grabbed the phone and called the doctors office barely able to talk and was transferred to the nurses voice mail again. I left a breathless message asking her to call me as soon as she gets in. (That was 8:12 am and I still haven't heard from her.) After hanging up it got even worse, I couldn't even talk. I asked Rick to call 911 which he did. The EMT got here in just a few minutes but seemed like a long time to me. Once he got me on some oxygen it helped some. Then the paramedics came and took me to the hospital. After about 5 hours, a couple breathing treatments and lots of tests I felt much better. I found out the combination of the bronchitis and asthma was causing all the problems. They sent me home with a rescue inhaler to help me if that should happen again plus they put me on Predisone pills to open up my airway. I felt so much better.<br /><br />To make things more complicated Saturday was our little granddaughters birthday. All of her presents which included the bottom part of the bunk bed, a new mattress, and all the bedding for it was the back of my van. I was determined somehow it had to get to Utah for her party. I knew I couldn't go and Rick really didn't want to leave me to go. When we got up Saturday morning my wheezing was a little worse again. I tried the rescue inhaler and it really didn't help too much. I finally convinced Rick I would be Okay. There are lots of people I could call if I needed anything. He wasn't too happy about it but he went. I showered and tired to load the dishwasher and was having a really hard time breathing again. So I sat down and rested and it did get a little better. But I soon discovered I couldn't do anything (walk to the bathroom, go get a drink, ect.) without struggling to breath and the rescue inhaler just wasn't working. I soon realized I needed to go back to the hospital for another breathing treatment. About that same time Rick called to tell me he had gotten there okay. I told him I was going to go into the hospital for another breathing treatment. I was going to wait until 5:00 pm so I could feed Tena and eat something for dinner then I was going to go in. Well at 4:00 Ginger Durbin knocked on my door. She had been at our Relief Societies "Supper Saturday" all day (she was in charge of it) and was bringing some soup they had left over from lunch. She came in and put the soup in my fridge and said "Brenda you sound awful get your shoes on and I'll be right back and take you to the hospital". I hurried and fed Tena, put my shoes on and sat down. Our Relief Socitey President called me and said the Bishop will be there to give you a blessing before you go to the hospital. A few minutes later Ginger came back along with Christy Tomlinson (RS President), Jeff Cox (Bishop), Terry Johnshon (High Preist Group Leader) and Lance Hone. I was so grateful for the blessing and everyone's help. After 4 more hours in the ER and 3 more breathing treatments, I felt much better. They sent me home with my own nebulizer so I can do my own breathing treatments at home. I am so grateful for Ginger taking me and staying with me at the hospital. Christy for all her help in getting my the meds for the breathing machine. And most of all for the power of the priesthood and the willingness of those brotheren to come at a moments notice to bless someone in need. <br /><br />Rick had dinner with the Izatt's and stayed for the birthday party and then came home. He got home about half an hour after I did. I was glad to have him here. I am doing so much better. I'm doing breathing treatments 3 times a day. I've still got stuff in my chest to cough up and am still kind of tired, but other than that doing great. I will be making an appointment with my doctor so he can follow up on how I'm doing. I've got to have a talk with him and find out what a person has to do to actually see him or at least get a nurse to call back when they really need help. I think most of this could of been avoided had I actually seen the doctor earlier in the week.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRf08r5-dWUZWGVI42n_NPKfck6ENystlXHJEs0DUIYjVV7PaV8Hv4Yj5oXqMeYcqlFrDC0xS33d5JwzYo3V_uNI7KrxpOqrlalrofw4uEShO855_yHOwHe9jkw0H2kW4fdPQGg0Tvf0/s1600-h/PA113119.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqRf08r5-dWUZWGVI42n_NPKfck6ENystlXHJEs0DUIYjVV7PaV8Hv4Yj5oXqMeYcqlFrDC0xS33d5JwzYo3V_uNI7KrxpOqrlalrofw4uEShO855_yHOwHe9jkw0H2kW4fdPQGg0Tvf0/s400/PA113119.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392068633067471154" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaz8TnDgut_NvIMGSqyri1S8jovdV13zDpcjY-PLL_kTpOpzd4TsaA-_nQtooXnGioh13t3KNEtC0Iqvh2GM2K851cqmFcPBqQel6OedvHVLKVYr0f5wZ5-QRnbydgUeKB-KfRjdXsDf4/s1600-h/PA113118.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaz8TnDgut_NvIMGSqyri1S8jovdV13zDpcjY-PLL_kTpOpzd4TsaA-_nQtooXnGioh13t3KNEtC0Iqvh2GM2K851cqmFcPBqQel6OedvHVLKVYr0f5wZ5-QRnbydgUeKB-KfRjdXsDf4/s400/PA113118.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392068620599127330" /></a><br /><br />Sorry this has been so long but I just had to show you the plant again. It has gotten a lot darker pink. Not sure how much longer it will last this year because of the cold nights.Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-66424580209842187222009-10-13T04:19:00.000-07:002009-10-13T05:00:27.332-07:00Garage SaleSeptember 26, 2009<br /><br />Today we had our garage sale! We took back our family room a couple weeks ago and are trying to sale the office furniture and supplies. The file cabinets were the first things to go. We sold one chair and still have 3 to go, plus a desk, computers and room divider. I think we will be trying to sell some of it on the Internet. It was a long hot day! <br /><br />I included a couple of photos of my little flower garden. The big pink plant was supposed to bloom in August and as you can see is finally doing it. I also included a few photo's of our sweet dog Tenava. She loves to look out the window!! She really misses Koira. She gets so lonely when we aren't home. Even when we were just outside sitting in the driveway for the garage sale. She sat by the window and cried and cried until we brought her out with us. She loved watching the people and just being with us. She's such a good dog.<br /><br /><div style="width:288px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="288" height="192" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5392046271552171377%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></div><span style="float:left;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/rbjensen76/GarageSale?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">View all</a></span><div style="text-align:right;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/getEmbed?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">Get your own</a></div></div>Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-14444915774823011262009-09-24T13:30:00.000-07:002009-09-24T14:10:32.997-07:00BYU vs Flordia StateSeptember 19, 2009<br /><br />Today was the BIG day! We have been looking forward to this day for months; yes I said months. We met my sister Becky and her husband Scott in Provo at 2 pm for a late lunch/early dinner at Red Lobster. Of course we wore our BYU shirts and had lots of comments from different people while there. It was a great lunch! I always enjoy being with my sister. Then we parked our van and hopped into their van so we could all go together and have one less vehicle to park at the stadium. Scott dropped us off so we could pick up the tickets at the will call window and he went to park the car. Rick ran and got the tickets and then we sat all on a hill in the shade to wait for Scott to get back so we could go in. Oh I forgot to mention this was a really hot day. Becky and I were wishing BYU didn't have such a dark color, because we were dying in the heat. It felt so good to sit in the shade and wait for Scott. Once we met up with Scott it was off to find our seats. They were in the east bleachers close to the top and right in the sun. It wasn't until half time that the sun finally went behind the west bleachers and we got some relief. I drank a lot of water and probably could of drank more, but it would of been too hard to get out to get more. It was so fun to watch the band marching on the field and playing "When the Saints come marching in". It was fun watching all the pre-game stuff. Then the game started. Florida State got the first touch down. Then they got the second touch down. Oh no!! At half time I thought BYU still had a chance. They only need 2 touch downs to catch up. Once the second half started it was all down hill from there. Florida State got a touch down in the first few minutes of the third quarter and the rest is history. It got so bad we left a few minutes early. I took a photo of the score board just as we were leaving. That wasn't the finial score though. The finial score was BYU 28 - Florida State 54!! What an awful game. BYU was undefeated before that. Despite the score we had a good time. It was over much to soon. We met up with Devin and Amy after the game and went out for ice cream. It was so good. On our trip back to Kirsti and Blakes house we watch an amazing lightening storm. We even hit a really big down pour. When we got to the Izatt's house at 11:00 pm it was still 76 degrees. It was a very hot day and night.<br /><br /><div style="width:400px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5385128686858253265%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></div><span style="float:left;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/rbjensen76/BYUVsFlordiaState?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">View all</a></span><div style="text-align:right;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/getEmbed?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">Get your own</a></div></div><br /><br />While staying with the Izatt's Rick tried to help a little in their backyard by pulling weeds. Kirsti and the grand kids helped. (Kirsti was in her PJ's and at the side of the house so I didn't get her picture.) As you can see in the following photo they only made a small dent. The backyard is full of weeds. I've got a photo of Ashely's hair do that she did all by herself. She was so proud of it. Ashely also loves to dress up. She does it all day long. Of course I have photos of my girls after church. They are so sweet!! There's one of Ashley standing on her head. She just loves to be upside down. Kirsti says she loves to watch TV like that. We had a wonderful weekend and spent it with some of our favorite people.<br /><br /><div style="width:400px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5385131136591748497%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></div><span style="float:left;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/rbjensen76/TheGrandkids?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">View all</a></span><div style="text-align:right;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/getEmbed?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">Get your own</a></div></div>Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-43459653087567981802009-09-23T16:47:00.000-07:002009-09-23T17:15:35.242-07:00Eastern Idaho State FairSeptember 11, 2009<br /><br />The Izatt's came to spend the weekend with us. On Friday morning we went to the fair. It was so much fun! First we went to pet the animals. The tiny baby pigs were so cute. They were only 5 days old. I wanted to hold one so badly, but those we weren't allowed to touch. Then we went to see the big horses. Kenzie really loves the horses. She even got to go into a stall where a lady was brushing one and pet it's nose. She loved it. Then on to look at the rocks and buy a few. I love the rocks and needless to say so does my granddaughters. Then on to look at the commercial buildings. After that Grandma had to let the granddaughters build a stuffed animal. (They aren't spoiled or anything.) Then on to ride some rides. Oh sprinkled in there was a lot of eaten. We had scone bites, corn on the cob, ice cream, funnel cakes and lots of water. It was an extremely hot day. Once we did the rides Ashley, Kenzie and Grandma had had enough, so we bee lined it to the car to go home. Kirsti carried Ashley all the way out and Rick almost drug me out. I was so hot and tired I just couldn't stand it any more. On the way home we stopped at Great Grandma Robison's house to take her a funnel cake and some kettle corn. It was a fun day!<br /><br />On Saturday the 12th Rick, Kirsti and the girls went over a visited with Great Grandma Jensen. Blake went to Rexburg to help his brother with a fence. Then we watched the girls while Kirsti and Blake went back to the Fair to see the Demolition Derby. We learned some exciting news today. Blake and Kirsti are going to have another baby!! We are so excited!!! Another sweet addition to our family. We think she will be do the end of May sometime. She hasn't been to the doctor yet so we don't know for sure. They weren't going to tell anyone until Thanksgiving, but Kirsti just doesn't keep secrets too well.<br /><br /><div style="width:400px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5384785572154851681%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></div><span style="float:left;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/rbjensen76/EasternIdahoStateFair?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">View all</a></span><div style="text-align:right;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/getEmbed?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">Get your own</a></div></div><br /><br />While at Great Grandma Robison's house each girl sat in a chair that belonged to their Great Great Great Grandma Rodgers. She was a vary small lady and sat in it in her older years.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzqjkSKW0yK7iHqj1oerze2r2fmBsrjkMly5TVX4CecaixuPFJyIUHTOjRQcSqENPmLzBQNPFaZc2oeQVIf_1JP1lBaTiU-j_uRqBMRW4aDADGUULzM5cnV_CbRj7ONxr-b_uWd2swmo/s1600-h/P9111258.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMzqjkSKW0yK7iHqj1oerze2r2fmBsrjkMly5TVX4CecaixuPFJyIUHTOjRQcSqENPmLzBQNPFaZc2oeQVIf_1JP1lBaTiU-j_uRqBMRW4aDADGUULzM5cnV_CbRj7ONxr-b_uWd2swmo/s400/P9111258.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384819631058821842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMvXw2WEaaormaeK_9bBjM1KsXhk3Ti71Qi2vs7XIdpZgLukjsWk0b2avV-ICi2UoXYW-E2zBQAfpGlSjEm4P4yIN7XHGLPzsaHOkcSCJmP8-EjNRtfcHL3wH9XBQiEfDE3B5_21FttE/s1600-h/P9111256.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIMvXw2WEaaormaeK_9bBjM1KsXhk3Ti71Qi2vs7XIdpZgLukjsWk0b2avV-ICi2UoXYW-E2zBQAfpGlSjEm4P4yIN7XHGLPzsaHOkcSCJmP8-EjNRtfcHL3wH9XBQiEfDE3B5_21FttE/s400/P9111256.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384819612935775730" /></a>Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-84689688664502131872009-09-23T14:27:00.000-07:002009-09-23T16:35:26.300-07:00Our 33rd Wedding Anniversery!September 10, 2009<br /><br />I guess I'll start with today and go back a week or so. Today is our 33rd Wedding Anniversary!! I can hardly believe it. Where has all the time gone. It isn't until I look in the mirror, then I realize how much time has gone by. We've been through a lot in the last 33 years and more in love than the day we were married. We will be celebrating by going to the BYU game on Sept. 19th with Becky and Scott. As for today a quiet night at home. Tomorrow we will go out to lunch and then to the museum to see the Titanic Displays.<br /><br />Yesterday we went to Star Valley again to see Dr. Shrader. (Rick took the day off work) The drive was beautiful with the leaves just barely starting to turn colors. (I tried to get some photo's. They are kind of blurry because we were driving down the road at the time.) We had lunch again at Rocky Mountain Seafood. It was delicious as always! Dr. Shrader said the half dose of Tracleer is working great as far as my heart and lungs go. He will be adding another med. to try and help me be able to do some exercise and have some energy. I will try that for a couple of months and we'll see how that goes. Dr. Shrader said something that a I can't stop thinking about. He said, "We all want to stay on this earth a long time, but there comes a time we have to think about the quality of our lives." I've got to decide if I can live with the headaches I'm having now and see if the new med will help me be able to do more. If not we will have to change to a new medication all together. I've also been thinking if I died tomorrow would my life have made a difference in this world. I'm not sure I can say it has. It's something we all need to be thinking about, because you never know when your time on earth may be over. I hope I've done some good in this world and hope to be able to continue trying to make a difference. On a lighter note on the way home from Star Valley we just had to stop and get a square ice cream cone. It was sooo... good!!<br /><br /><div style="width:400px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5384776857489236257%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></div><span style="float:left;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/rbjensen76/StarValley02?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">View all</a></span><div style="text-align:right;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/getEmbed?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">Get your own</a></div></div><br /><br />Last week we spent puppy sitting Sophie. Mom went to Bosie to see Becky and we kept Sophie for her. She is still a puppy even though she is almost 2 yrs old. As Rick said the other day it's just like having a little kid in the house. She is a sweet little dog. Tena is getting used to being the pack leader and Kissa (one of our cats) has adjusted to her. Teemu (our other cat) goes into hiding when Sophie comes and we rarely see him the whole time she is here. It was fun having her here.Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-81262928526114735842009-09-04T16:45:00.000-07:002009-09-04T17:36:23.156-07:00The Rest of AugustAugust 31, 2009<br /><br />The last couple of weeks have been so busy, but not much to blog about. Rick has been busy moving shelves out of our storeage room and into the shed. Then he built me these - <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkUbqMwsy3HQOQrexa09uVtU3PITjl6LE7clRwcl2G9Jzbomr0RC4sG2CfYX91Sw-P51bF2zfNgf-j156Jp79kfvRSplZ1g8gWF0y0ld09nay3C6E82iMoxZJ8sKZDSOdw5khzik3wTw/s1600-h/P9041193.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkUbqMwsy3HQOQrexa09uVtU3PITjl6LE7clRwcl2G9Jzbomr0RC4sG2CfYX91Sw-P51bF2zfNgf-j156Jp79kfvRSplZ1g8gWF0y0ld09nay3C6E82iMoxZJ8sKZDSOdw5khzik3wTw/s400/P9041193.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377773906351020562" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJ9wdmCydlKtzqO4htVnEWF5uB_ysCg9LVeYC9BvACiyq1OlbPfqj4EanKMYvUB5qxtRClWSLOsdwP1BQQKwznU-VUpLTPCJI8I37bFFNb37ckFF5ZOIvwV9KVAjrgtuNQaKnABvPTjg/s1600-h/P9041192.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyJ9wdmCydlKtzqO4htVnEWF5uB_ysCg9LVeYC9BvACiyq1OlbPfqj4EanKMYvUB5qxtRClWSLOsdwP1BQQKwznU-VUpLTPCJI8I37bFFNb37ckFF5ZOIvwV9KVAjrgtuNQaKnABvPTjg/s400/P9041192.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5377773898324509538" /></a><br /><br />It was a big job because you had to figure out what size cans you are going to put in it and where, in order to build it. It was a 2 day job. I'm so excited to have it done. Now my job of putting the cans away starts.<br /><br />I've got a new calling in our Relief Society. I'm the new Visiting Teaching Cordinator. I've been working on forms for the Visiting Teaching Supervisors, for the Visiting Teachers, and for the monthly and yearly reports. It has taken me a long time and I'm still not quite done. It also didn't help that we've had a lot of people moving in and out the last couple months so we've had a lot of changes. It's a calling I'm going to really enjoy. It will be better once I get all the forms just like I want them and in the computer. It should save me a lot of time in the long run.Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-41379980124727410772009-08-17T14:48:00.000-07:002009-08-19T08:44:47.599-07:00New Bishop and . . . . .August 17, 2009<br /><br />On Aug. 9th we got a new Bishop. Our new Bishop is Jeff Cox, 1st Counselor Thomas Yearsley and 2nd Counselor Jim Cotterell. It's always exciting to get a new bishop, but we really feel for the old bishop and his wife, Curtis and Torri Burtenshaw (who are good friends of ours). It's so hard to be released from a calling like that. You feel kind of empty and it's hard to stop worrying about all the people who've meant so much to you for the last 5 years. Change always comes with a new bishop. I'm looking forward to what is to come.<br /><br />The last few weeks have been spent reorganizing my house. We have moved Advon out of the basement. I now have my whole family room back. It is so nice! The office upstairs now holds what is left of Advon. The Junk room is becoming the guest/sewing room. I'm making a scrapbook area in the family room. The area is all set up I just have to move the scrapbook stuff down there. I'm so excited, I hope to get it done soon so I can use it. After that I will start on the kitchen. Hopefully I'll be able to work on it a little each day. I just don't have enough energy to do too much at one time. I'm so grateful Kirsti came and helped us with the family room. She was only here one day, but I was amazed at how much she got done. She worked 10 hours straight. We had the little trailer overflowing with stuff for the dump. And my garage is full of stuff for a garage sale or DI. I'm also grateful for Torri Burtenshaw who came over and helped me clean out the Junk room. I would of never been able to do it without them.<br /><br /><br />The last 2 weekends we've helped a little bit cleaning out Rick's Moms house. It has sold and will be closing Aug. 21st. Daniel and Denett have worked so hard in not only getting to sold, but cleaning it. They have done a great job. The house looks really good. We were able to bring the rest of the things Rick gets from his Moms house. It took us two trips with the trailer to our house and one trip to the dump. I'm so glad that is done!!Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-13403196899939317362009-08-17T13:57:00.000-07:002009-08-17T14:47:48.422-07:00Lineberry's House Aug. 6 - 8, 2009We spent a couple days in Boise. We wanted to see Tommy's new apartment plus spend some time with my sister. We had a really fun time even though the weather was the coldest in has ever been in Boise in August. It rained most of the time. The high was 54 degrees all day at Becky's house on Friday the 7th. <br /><br />We arrived just in time for dinner on Thursday the 6th. My sister is a <strong>really</strong> good cook and I love eating her food. We visited and watched a movie til bed time.<br /><br />On Friday the day started out with a family breakfast. Clark, Todd and his girlfriend, Derrek and his girlfriend, Tommy and Sam, Rick and I, plus Becky and Scott were all there. It was fun meeting everyone's girlfriends and just being together as a family. Unfortunately the photo's I took of the breakfast didn't turn out so you can't see everyone. Darn! But the food was delisious and we had fun visiting.<br /><br />Next we took Tom and Sam to Wahooz (a family fun center). We played arcade games for a few hours. We were hoping it would quit raining so we could play some miniture golf, but it just didn't happen. I think lazer tag was played a couple of times, plus Rick and Tommy played on the bumper boats once and yes it was raining. We grabbed some lunch and went to see Tommy and Derek's new apartment. Wow is it big!! They live in a duplex near downtown Boise. It was a nice apartment close to BSU and it cost less a month then they were paying before. I was glad to see where he lives, but he really needs to spend some time cleaning and oraganizing. I know I taught him how to clean. I don't know how Derek can stand having a messy roommate. At least Derek's cleaning was done.<br /><br />We went out to Iggy's for dinner with Becky and Scott. They had never been there before. It was good food and better company and of course lots of visiting. Never too much visiting.<br /><br />On Saturday we went to Emmet to a flea market. The drive was beautiful. I'd never been there before. After the flea market we went to find apricots for Becky and then got a snack. We did a lot more visiting. I love being with my sister!! I wish she lived closer. We had a early dinner so we could leave to come home. We wanted to be home by Sunday, because we are getting a new bishop.<br /><br />Our drive home seemed long. We went through 2 really bad rain storms. It wasn't raining when we got home, but the weather was cool. I'm so grateful to my Mom for staying at our house and watching the dog and cats so we can go away every once and a while.<br /><br /><div style="width:400px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5371041103517328737%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></div><span style="float:left;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/rbjensen76/LineberrySHouse?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">View all</a></span><div style="text-align:right;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/getEmbed?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">Get your own</a></div></div>Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-4473021817540414632009-08-17T13:27:00.000-07:002009-08-17T15:26:12.510-07:00The Rest of July...This month a couple in our ward that went on a mission to Russia, the Carlson's, had a lady they baptized and now call their adopted daughter from Russia, Julia Kotsubchik and her 10 year old son Mark, come and spend the month with them. On the 19Th they both spoke in sacrament meeting. Julia speaks excellent English. She teaches English in Russia. First her son bore his testimony, while she translated so we could understand. Wow what an amazing young man!! Then Julia spoke and told us of her conversion and baptism. What a strong testimony she has. She is a very special person. I was amazed by them both. They are the only members in their city of about a half a million people. They had never been in a ward or even seen a ward before. It has been so fun watching them each week in the different class. My heart just went out to them. They were so overwhelmed seeing so many people in one place at the same time that have the same beliefs as they have. On Fast Sunday Aug. 2 (The last Sunday they would be here.) Julia bore her testimony in Relief Society. She said "Giving makes living more loving". I loved that statement so much I had to write it down. I don't want to forget it. She was so grateful for the sisterhood she felt in our RS meetings and just being with us each week. She was grateful for the strength she felt from each of us. She said she could now go home and know she had her Shelley 7Th Ward sisters. Then she said she would be praying for us. I was amazed by that statement, yet very grateful. I just had to go up to her afterwards and let her know I would never forget her and would be praying for her. I know she is raising one of the future church leaders of Russia. I think of her often and hope I'll be able to see her again someday.<br /><br />On the 25Th I was able to go to the "Preparedness Store" in Idaho Falls and take a wheat class. I learned to make whole wheat bread (got amazing recipes), cinnamon rolls, pizza crust, bread sticks and pancakes. Everything was made with the Boshe Mixer and the pancakes were made with the blender attachment. I was amazed at how fast and easy it was. I can hardly wait to get my kitchen dejunked and reorganized so I can bring the Boshe Mixer I got from Ricks Mom. It's going to be so fun to use!!Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-856160314131167612009-07-15T08:16:00.000-07:002009-08-08T08:31:25.470-07:00Shared Birthday 2009<div>July 10 - 12, 2009</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>I had a really fun weekend at Kirsti and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Blake's</span> house. I was "surprised" when Tommy and his girl friend Sam showed up too. (Let's just say Kirsti isn't too good at keeping secrets.) We had a wonderful weekend together. The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Izatt's</span> got to meet Sam and Tommy got to see Kirsti's new house. Plus I got to be with them all, all weekend. It was so nice to have my whole family together. I loved it. It was the best birthday present I could of ever had!!</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>On Friday the 10<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Th</span> we all enjoyed a great dinner. We had Hawaiian Haystacks. <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kenzie</span> chose that meal for her birthday dinner. It was so good. I have been having some problems with my stomach and that just hit the spot. It tasted so good.</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>On Saturday we celebrated my birthday (July 8<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span>) and McKenzie's birthday (July 14<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">th</span>). I made <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kenzie</span> a big birthday cake. She wanted a pink cake and that is what she got. We sang Happy Birthday to her right after lunch and watched her open her presents. (I got some presents too!!) Then everyone, except Kirsti and I, took off to go see <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kennecott</span> Copper Mine. Thomas and Sam had never seen it. And since we had gone to see it the last time we were at the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Izatt's</span>, Kirsti and I stayed at her house and enjoyed our books and some quite time. Everyone had fun. Then at 5:<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">00 pm</span> we met it Salt Lake at <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">Benihanan's</span>. That is one of my favorite <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">restaurants</span>. They cook your food right at your table and make a great show of it. It was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">absolutely</span> wonderful. The food was <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">delious</span> and it was fun watching everyone try to use chop sticks. We discovered Ashley loves shrimp and onions. Tommy and Sam were the best at it. Even Ashley and <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kenzie</span> tried. Then they sang happy birthday to both <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">Kenzie</span> and I, and we blew out our candle on our ice cream and cake they brought us. Everyone enjoyed ice cream for desert. Then back to Kirsti's for the kids bath and bedtime. After watching some TV we all headed to bed. It was a perfect day!</div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>Sunday morning we said good bye to Thomas and Sam as we headed to Church and they went to Lagoon. Sam had never been to Utah before, so Tom wanted to take her to Lagoon. I really hate the good byes, but love the hugs. Church was nice. Blake was made the 2<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-error">nd</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Counselor</span> in the Elders <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Quorum</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Presidency</span>. We were glad we could be there for that. Then back to the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error">Izatt's</span> for a quick lunch and more good byes. I miss them all so much already. I hope we can plan more times when we are all together. </div><br /><div> </div><br /><div>We arrived home at 4:30 pm. At around 9:30 pm we had an amazing lightening show with lots of thunder. It lasted at least 2 hours. I really loved it. My poor dog didn't though.</div><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="width:400px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5358724157268842225%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></div><span style="float:left;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/rbjensen76/SharedBirthday?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">View all</a></span><div style="text-align:right;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/getEmbed?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">Get your own</a></div></div>Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6245719595344696178.post-1175851247488870952009-07-08T13:56:00.000-07:002009-08-08T08:32:37.540-07:00Empty Nesters FHE GroupJuly 7, 2009<br /><br />We have a Family Home Evening Group we meet with the first Monday of each month. Sometimes we have a lesson, sometimes we have a discussion group and sometimes we just play games. The group is made of people from our ward who no longer have the children living at home. Thus the name Empty Nester's. Twice a year we have a dinner; in July and in December. It's so much fun getting together each month. We have about as much fun just visiting as anything else.<br /><br />This month we had it in our back yard. Rick gave the lesson on the U S Constitution. He is such a good teacher. Then we gave everyone a copy of the Constitution to keep with their scriptures so they will always know where it is and so they will be able to read and study it. I sure do love this wonderful group of friends. It's so fun to be with them each month.<br /><br /><br /><div style="width:400px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf" width="400" height="267" flashvars="host=picasaweb.google.com&hl=en_US&feat=flashalbum&RGB=0x000000&feed=http%3A%2F%2Fpicasaweb.google.com%2Fdata%2Ffeed%2Fapi%2Fuser%2Frbjensen76%2Falbumid%2F5356190151614239713%3Falt%3Drss%26kind%3Dphoto%26hl%3Den_US" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></div><span style="float:left;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/rbjensen76/EmptyNesters?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">View all</a></span><div style="text-align:right;"><a href="http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/getEmbed?feat=flashalbum" style="color:#3964c2">Get your own</a></div></div>Rick and Brendahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13596996868446021228noreply@blogger.com0