Happy Halloween

As always the obligatory Halloween pictures. Lauren had to be piglet this year because she's the last to fit in it and then we are done with it. Morgan was a jack-o-lantern because she has lost 3 teeth since school started! Shannon wanted to be the care bear. We've had that costume kicking around for years, but no one wanted to be the care bear until now. Some of the paint has worn off their faces because we dressed them up THEN had dinner. I was in a time crunch. Erin went as the 50s girl; not sure she wanted to be that for Halloween. She always wants to be the spooky villian. Last year a vampire, this year she wanted to go as a devil; what happened to my girlie girl? I went as tigger but no pictures here. Shannon had to tell everyone her life story and pet their dog and so forth while we were out! I looked at Derek and said "Who's child is this and where did she come from?" Those of you who know Shannon well, know she can be rather quiet when she doesn't know you well ( and that's putting it gently)







Just some fun pictures we tried to take before all the leaves fell from the trees because we have had no time to do any of this stuff lately. But the sun went behind the mountains, the leaves weren't as bright and the girls were getting cold. I thought these turned out fun though; just need a little brightening up! Lauren was playing peek a boo with Daddy while he was trying to get her to look at the camera!

Morgan is 6!

My girls are growing up too fast! Morgan Louise Kobe turned 6 yesterday and had a great birthday! She has been asking to get her ears pierced and I told the girls they have to show me they are responsible enough to take care of them and Morgan is a pretty responsible kid so I gave in. I took her to the mall after school yesterday and just the two of us went. It was fun to do a one on one with my girl! She was sure that this was what she wanted. She got into the chair and I asked her "Are you sure?" She nodded her head yes and the girl pierced the first ear. Morgan didn't make any sound, but they look on her face was a little shocked! After we finished I told her I didn't want to hear anything about flu shots ever again!
We had a family dinner that night and I had been working on her birthday cake for two days because I had other things going on at the same time. I had an itch to make a "fun" Halloween cake for her birthday....let's just say that I am cured of that itch for a while. I am far from getting the fondant making technique down (I struggled for some reason, even though I followed the recipe) I don't know how you do it Lauri! And I had a lot of unsolicited "help" wanting to make "dough"! The cake got a little heavy on the front due to the rice crispy mummy so it started to droop, but the kids loved it and that was all that counted! I tend to pick my projects apart too much instead of enjoying the effort! My bad. I figure I need to take advantage of Morgan enjoying the Halloween themed birthday as long as I can because I remember Kellie getting sick of it after a while.

Labor & Delivery here I come!

A little over a week ago I was sent an email, out of the blue, asking me to apply for an L&D residency at Jordan Valley Hospital. I wasn't even thinking of working any more than I am and put it on the back burner for a couple of days. Derek and I talked about it extensively and prayed about it. We felt good about my interviewing for the position. I interviewed and was offered the job on the spot! The supervisor that I interviewed with said she hardly ever does that but when she saw someone who had something to offer the team and would do well in this position she wanted to offer it to me. They are only taking on 6 new RNsa and she had already hired 3. I will be starting my training in November and I can't wait. I will get to scrub in to C-sections and tubal ligations; some emergency hysterectomies. This is the reason I went into nursing and now I have the opportunity to do what I've gone to school for. It is a long commute, but after 2 years I will be able to transfer somewhere up north closer to home. So thank you, in advance, to those who will be helping me to realize my goals!

Hip Hip Hooray, Kobe Family!

Erin, Morgan, Mari and David started soccer today and all did a great job winning all their games! Especially amazing since none of them have played before! David scored several of his teams goals, Erin was an amazing kicker and aggressive. Her coach kept asking us if Erin had ever played before! Mari and Morgan pretty much towered over all the other kids on their team and the opposing team. It was a little comical! They both scored points for their teams and we where proud of them all! Our girls kept asking when they would get to play again and decided they really liked playing soccer! I said "Of course, what's not to like?"

TADAH!

We did it! Mom and I finally finished the cake for her Enrichment auction night. Lauri, Keli, and Grandma K came up and put the base of the cake together for us so we had a nice canvas to work on. Then we spent an evening and part of a day finishin it up and this is the finished product....




I think it turned out pretty cute after we left it for a while and came back to it! To say Mom was worried about it is an understatement! Sorry Mom! Ignore the mess in the back ground. I had to leave to get Morgan to school and we didn't have time to clean up for the pictures, but what the hay!

We've already started the training bra! AHHH!

So we were eating lunch as a family this weekend and Lauren needed to be changed because she had made a mess as usual. I proceeded to undress her and this is what we found under her clothes.....




We did not readjust for the picture! This is how we found it! It's a headband the girls had been playing with and Lauren added it to her wardrobe. Lauren is way ahead of her sisters in the chest department apparently and didn't feel she was getting the support she needed! Hehe! But this is the typical training bra for us Jensens and I dare say Kobes too! The girls thought this was pretty funny too and laughed a ton. Lauren just wanted to join in the fun so she started laughing with the group!

Is there another baby in our future?

Shannon seems to know more than her parents do. She informed Grandma Jensen, one day, that she knew why I was going to the doctor's office. My mom asked her why and Shannon said "because she went to pick up the baby they have already paid for." Interesting! I had no idea! Now if she could only tell me if it was a boy or a girl. If it was only that easy, I may have had another one by now, but alas, we are done! It worries me a little that my children have been so psychic; Morgan told me when Lauren was coming before Derek and I knew. I do know for sure that we are not expecting at this time!