Introducing Cameron and Christian Jenkins

Yeah! Everyone arrived healthy and happy! My brother Nate and his wife Karen are the proud new parents of #6 and 7 to their household, Cameron and Christian. They were born Oct. 13th, at 9:36 and 9:38 p.m. Cam was 6 lbs. and 17.5 in. and Christian weighed 6 lbs. 3 oz and was 18.5 in. We are so excited to go to Washington for Thanksgiving to meet them. And it gets better, because by then we will have yet another nephew to meet! Kristin's 4th boy is due in just a week or so. But I don't want to get ahead of myself so without further adieu--- tada! (Now, doesn't this just make you want twins of your own???)

The Diaper Twins

The babes and I were playing one morning and I just had to take this shot. I wish you could hear the giggles that went along with this scene. If you were wondering, YES, Alyssa has a serious crush on Elmo. This pic is just one more reason I love being at home.

Emmy's Windfall

Okay so it wasn't Publisher's Clearing House that came knocking on our door but to Emmy it might as well have been.

Earlier this week, Emmy came home from school with a big grin on her face and started dancing and singing out 'I'm famous! And I'm rich!' "Umm, hellooh? More information please, dear daughter of mine...", I implored. So she told me that she won a 'hundurd bucks' (her words exactly) and the fireman said he'd get it to her later. "Umm, still more info needed", I begged her. So from the next ten minutes of excited bits of conversation amid much dancing, cheering and celebration, I gathered that she THOUGHT she won a contest at school put on by the firemen of our local firehouse. Right? 'No mom, I really did win!', she explained. Then the phone rang. "Hello?" I said as I saw the caller ID read South Jordan Fire and Rescue. Turns out Emmy was right and her doubting Thomas Mother was wrong. The nice fireman explained that out of the whole city Emmy won first place in her grade division for coloring her interpretation of "Preventing Home Fires" and would be presented her prize of $100 at an awards ceremony on Friday night.

Here's the blowup poster that made Emmy famous and rich!


Fireman Sean at the awards ceremony. He teased Emmy saying she promised to take him out to steak afterwards.


Here's a quick pic of a couple of firemen wanting a celeb shot taken with Emmy. She's considering changing her name to Em`e...

Her blowup will be framed and placed in the firehouse on Redwood Rd. We'll have to take a fieldtrip and check it out!

Football Frenzy!

Aproaching the kickoff!

Okay, let's get right to it. It's football season at our house which means that 6 days a week we're at practice or a game. I finally caved and let Logan live out a dream of his to play football... still not sure how he convinced me of that one. The league that we're in is way too intense for me (crazy team moms, all matching gear to the tune of $350 and an ever growing time committment) but has been a great outlet for Logan during this difficult transition. Logan has learned so much in his first season and has found unknown talents like kicking, sacking the QB and eating great amounts of pasta, bananas and oatmeal. It hasn't been easy all the time, especially playing in the freezing rain and wind, but I'm sure proud of the growth Logan's made. Way to go! (More pictures to come)