UMD Family

UMD Family, originally uploaded by Jennifer&boys.

We sure do love our UMD student.. we love our shirts too.. thanks Aunty Lizzy.. we love you!

Merry Christmas Family & Friends

***Thank you Isabel for printing off this awesome card & taking a great family picture.. this is a memory that we will enjoy for years to come.. you are the best.. and I appreciate everything you do for me.. I am lucky to have you as a friend!

Stinker!

stinker!, originally uploaded by Jennifer&boys.

Drew loves his Santa hat.. and loves to say.. cheeeese.. and well today.. he is being a lil' stinker.. so the shirt.. the hat.. the face.. its perfect.. here is my lil' stinker!

My lil' camera boy

my lil' camera boy, originally uploaded by Jennifer&boys.

I have one kid that won't even look at the dang camera unless I bribe him.. then I have this one.. that does his cheese face everytime he sees a camera.. ahhh this lil' guy is a crack up!

Thanks Isabel for having us over to take holiday pictures with your beautiful tree!

Garrett

Garrett, originally uploaded by Jennifer&boys.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas!

Snow Day

getting Dad, originally uploaded by Jennifer&boys.

We had such a blast playing in the snow for a bit before heading back to Kingman... for the inlaws avoiding the snow is the reason they are spending the winter in Az, but taking the grandkids to The Polar Express & then watching them enjoy the snow the next day.. is ok.. right Grandma & Grandpa.. we sure do thank you for taking us!!!

The Polar Express

We had an amazing time this weekend in Kingman visiting the inlaws the driving to Williams.. it was relaxing in the begining.. until the storms starting rolling in.. and it was time to travel to Williams were we knew there would be icy snow filled roads.. We packed up the kids.. some over night clothes.. and drove up to Williams.. it was beautiful! Snow everywhere.. it was hard for me to take a lot of pics in the dark.. and I am too Californian to figure out how to walk in snow let alone try to take a bunch of pics, but we did get this one with Santa.. we visited Mrs. Clause.. played with trains.. and the boarded the Polar Express.. then we had some hot chocolate, cookies, book reading.. and sang Christmas carols.. it was a blast!

Then we spent the night in Williams.. and woke up to a lot of snow.. so Mark and I took Garrett out.. and had a snowball fight before we left.. I have some pictures of that.. I will add them later today.

Drew

drew, originally uploaded by Jennifer&boys.

This lil' monster is a cutie!

Christmas Wish

Christmas Wish, originally uploaded by Jennifer&boys.

The best part of this holiday season is watching the joy in his eyes.. there is nothing like it!

Drew

Garrett

A Day Out With Thomas & Bob The Builder

bobthebuilder, originally uploaded by Jennifer&boys.

We had so much fun today.. Garrett of course loved the day.. he really liked the Bob The Builder.. he sang and danced with him... It was a fun family day with Grandpa Hines & Sheila.

chubby bunny

chubby bunny, originally uploaded by Jennifer&boys.

Its impossible to get a normal picture of these two! Sometimes it bugs me, but today was cute. Garrett was squeezing Drew's checks and telling him "Say chubby bunny".. hahahaha.. cracks me up!

The Boys

The Boys, originally uploaded by Jennifer&boys.

We went to Tanaka Farms today w/ Granny and my friend Viki. Viki and I were old hula friends back in the day. We just recently realized that we needed to be hanging since we both have two little ones. Here is her son Keoni with Garrett & Drew

Game Day

Here is Mark talking over the play with Garrett



Drew is already in the game.. as soon as Mark says "Hike" he is running you.. its so cute!

Photoshop Fun

Fire House Fun

Today our local fire stations held an open house for families to come and see the trucks up close. So Granny & I decided to take the boys for some fire house fun. We had a great time!

Elmo & Cookie Monster

Today I tried to take the boys pictures in their costumes. Garrett knew that there was a cookie reward so he did great. Drew not so much, he was everywhere, driving me crazy! I did manage to get these two of the boys





My Cookie Monster did AWESOME!







Even though I got some great pictures. Drew was driving me nuts so we went to the park and I did get these of my cute Elmo.

Big Brother

Garrett is really taking on the role of Big Brother! Last night the boys shared their room together for the first time.. we had Drew sleeping in the office, but Mark and I have decided that they are ready to share. They did great! This morning I went in the room to get the boys and Drew was throwing a fit.. and Garrett said "Mommy Drew wants my water.. here give it to him." I gave the water to Drew.. and that was what he wanted. So cute! They still don't 100% play together all the time, but they are really getting closer to that. Here is a video of Drew jumping into Garrett's arms. I love it.. it shows how cute these two boys can be.. playing together.

Makes Me Smile

I love that they are really starting to have the brother relationship.. they play together now.. and it makes me smile.. I am 100% in love with these moments!!!

Sunday {Fun Day}

Sunday is our family day.. its our day to forget the house cleaning.. and have some good ol' Lensing Family fun! This is a video of the boys playing with the laundry basket.. I am sure we will end up doing something more fun then that today, but this video is too cute.. Drew is such a little cutie!!!

Legos

So just recently Garrett has been really into sitting down and building stuff with legos. This makes things pretty interesting with Drew around cause he likes to come over and destroy whatever it is that Garrett is building. So I have been putting Garrett's legos on the kitchen table and keeping Drew in the living room with me while he builds. The other day Garrett was building towers and bridges. Then he asked me "Mama.. What should I make?" and I replied "I know make a train." He said "Ok" and I didn't hear much after that. Then a bit later he says "Mom come look at my train." I couldn't believe that he built this all by himself!

Garrett told me "This is Gordon." I was so impressed that we have been playing with legos everynight since. I am so curious what he will come up with next!

My Dream Has Come True

Well I am very excited to say that I am finally a SAHM! Today was my last day at work! I am leaving the career world to be with my kids full time. I am so excited that Mark and I could finally figure out a budget that would allow me to raise my kids and not some one else. I don't think its going to be easy. Its going to be a big adjustment to tell myself NO you can't buy that, but I think that once we are in a groove it will come more natural. I am very excited to take more pictures of my kids, laugh with them more, play with them more and most importantly be there for everything. The first 5 yrs of a child's life are so important as far as molding who they will be. I want Mark and I to mold them during these impressionable years! I am grateful to Mark, he will be needing to pick up more work hours, but I also feel like that is his job. The man makes the dough and the woman raises kids. Sounds old fashion, but I feel that its the best way to go about things.

During this time I am going to be slowly going back to school to reach my goal of becoming a nurse. I have always wanted a job that would make a difference. I love the idea that I would have a career that would be caring for people. My goal is to go to one class a semester then once the boys are in school full time I would begin the nursing program. This is far down the road and who knows what the future will bring, but I always think its a good idea and healthy to work towards something.

For now.. its me and the kids! I will be having a blast with the two greatest blessings in my life.. and I am so excited!!!!!

My Lil' Bruiser!

Our First Timer Family Pic

I will have to keep trying this and maybe improve a bit... but its not a bad 1st one.. I am blurry, but the boys look cute!

Lil' Birdie

My Cookie Monster

Drew's Faces

Showing Tiger How To Potty Like A Big Boy

Give Me That Remote

Lil' Stinker! He is soooo stinking cute.. and man I am LOVIN my new lens!

The Goldfish Meltdown!