The Jeppsen Family: October 2007

Sunday, October 21, 2007

Parker's Blessing

We blessed Parker on Sunday, October 14th. The people that stood in the circle were Matt, his dad; Grandpa Craig Jensen, Grandpa Cordell Jeppsen, Uncle Robert Taylor, Gary Couser, my cousin, Rand McMullin, a ward member and friend of the family who happens to work with Matt and Grandpa Craig, and Bishop Patten, bishop of the Crystal Lake 1st Ward, Buffalo Grove Illinois stake. The blessing outfit Parker is wearing was the same one that his Uncle Jordan Jensen wore when he was blessed as well as his big brother Brandon. Grandma Joyce Jeppsen hand quilted the blanket he is laying on. The name given was Parker Matthew Jeppsen and the blessing was very beautiful. We wish that everyone we love could have been there and celebrated that special day with us.
Parker and his little tongue.
The Jeppsen Family all together.

Aunt Tara, Cannon, Uncle Rob, and Carter drove all the way from Ohio to help us celebrate. We love you guys!

My cousin Gary Couser, his wife Missy, and their little guy, Bryker, recently just relocated to downtown Chicago so Gary could finish his orthodontics schooling. It was fun to get to see them and that they live so close to us. My Aunt Becky (Gary's mom) was visiting so she got to come as well, but for some reason there is no picture. oops.

Amy with all the kids. We love you Amy!

Grandma and Grandpa Jensen. Luckily they didn't have to travel very far. Since we live so close we get to see them as often as we want.

Grandma and Grandpa Jeppsen had to travel from Iowa to share this special day. We always appreciate their love and support. We get to see them quite often as well, I guess it makes it easier only being 3 hours away rather than 18 (or whatever it is from Iowa to Utah) :)

Fall into Fun

The weekend of Parker's baby blessing we went to a pumkin farm with the Taylor Fam, Grandma and Grandpa Jeppsen and Grandma and Grandpa Jensen. There were lots of things to do besides just pick pumpkins.

Grandma, Brandon , Caitlyn and Matt on the spinning strawberris. Just like the tea cups, but strawberries.

Brandon won Emma and Carter by a potato sac.

Cannon, Caitlyn, Brandon, Emma and Carter in pumpkin paradise.

Matt and I thought we would be cute being Frakenstein and the mummy, get it? (I'm the mommy....courtesy laughs are always appreciated).

Emma on a pony ride with Grandpa.

The Jeppsen Family, we weren't quite ready for this one, but for some reason there weren't any others.

Caitlyn on a train ride.

Caitlyn on dumbo.

The pumpkin patch express...Emma, Cait, Carter, and Brando.

Cheese

One of Parker's first smiles we actually caught on camera. Don't you just want to eat him up? Caitlyn told me the other day that he was the cutest baby in the whole world...she just loves him to pieces.

Yes, another Pumpkin Patch

Caitlyn's first field trip was with her preschool to the pumpkin patch. It was her first bus ride too. When we got there, we learned about all the different kinds of pumpkins, gords and squash. Also, did you know that you can pop some popping corn right on the ear of corn? Then we got to play in the corn maze, haystack petting farm and other fun stuff.

Queen of the mountain, or I guess you could say haystack.

Pumpkin face.

Ridin' cowgirl

We went on a hayride out to the pumpkin field and everyone in her class got to pick out a pumpkin to take home.

She found the perfect pumpkin.

Roadtrip

Emma had an extra long weekend in October, I thought it would be fun to go on roadtrip to visit my sister Tara and her family. I did learn one thing, roadtrip and newborn baby should never be in the same sentence. Not that Parker or any of the other kids did bad, but a trip that should have been a quick jont, took all day long! Thank goodness my mom and sis Amy were there to keep my sanity. Anyways, the kids had a great time visiting thier cousins Carter and Cannon. Every day ended in complete exhaustion and we just happened to catch this on camera. It looks like Brandon and Carter are holding hands....but they didn't do it on purpose. Funny huh.

Decorating pupkins from the pumpkin patch.

We opted for painting instead of carving. The kids love it and quite honestly so do I, so much less mess.

You can't see it too good but Caitlyn and Carter were best friends in this picture. They were having the best conversation just the two of them. And you jus got to love Cait's hair, she was so proud she did it all by herself.

Oh what fun it is to Sing!

Emma's second grade music program. They are singing that song called "Apples and Bananas," the one where you sing the same thing over and over, but substitute in different vowel sounds. She is in the middle of the front row wearing a black and white polka-dot shirt with white leggings. Sorry, my camera wouldn't let me zoom in any closer.

Oh, I almost forgot the funniest thing. Because it was so crowded up on the bleachers, the two boys standing beside Emma, one in a red shirt and the other in blue, kept on getting in front of Emma. But our "sweet little girl" kept elbowing (litterally) her way back to the front. That's our girl!

Summer in Ohio

Yes, Amy is holding a pumpkin and no I didn't mess up on my title. It was so hot the day we went to the pumpkin patch in Ohio with my Mom and sis Amy, and my sis Tara and her kids. As we were walking from the parking lot to join the festivities we over heard some people comment that because it was so hot, the pumpkin patch just wasn't as fun. Hah, we thought, what a bunch of party poopers. But can I just say that by the time we were finished we totally understood what they meant. I mean it wasn't just hot, it was blazing hot. Let's just say that instead of sipping warm apple cider we were chuggin gallons of water! Yeah, pumpkin patches just aren't the same in the blazin heat.

Brando's pumpkin is as big as he is.

The perfect pumpkin is always the one in the middle.

Here's my pumpkin. I wanted to pick it out all by myself.

We're going on a hayride. Do we look hot? Honestly, Brandon was begging not to go because it was so hot. I guess Ohio was in some kind of random heat wave. . ..typical right?

Need a lift anyone?

Emma, Brandon, Cait, and Carter peeping out the Jack-O-Lantern

Monday, October 1, 2007

Where's your smile?

Yea! Good try, but not quite......

Almost there....

Yea, there it is.

PS...It's official, since Parker was born here he gets to be a Chicago Bears fan, we hope that is a good thing?

Roal Oak Apple Orchard

Brandon got to go on his first field trip to the apple orchard to learn all about apples. I was lucky enough to get to go with him and we had a great time. We got to pick some apples and eat them right off the tree, Yum!

Brandon learned the best way to pick an apple. First you twist 5 times then gently give it a tug. Also, here is a fun fact for your gee whiz file....if you cut an apple open and count the seeds, that is how many times a bee has landed on the apple blossom in the spring and left it's pollen.