Snow, Sore Muscles, and Christmas

So for those of you that don't know we have been having an exceptionaly large amout of snow for Pocatello. I am sure most can relate bacuase it seems that every one is getting snow, even those that don't usually get snow. So here are some of our yard. You can kind of tell from the before and after picture of the bridge that we have a decent amount of snow. Also the stak by the tree is pushed into the ground so you can kind of tell. Then you have the walk which I have had to shovel twice now. The first time there was like three feet of snow and the second time there was like a foot in a half of snow. Let me tell you I was very sore.




Here is us Christmas morning at the Jenkins. And this is how many presents you have when you have 9 adults and two kids.

Christmas Card

So I took this idea from my sister-in-law. I really wanted to send out christmas cards this year but decided that we probably couldn't afford it. So here is an online card of what has been going on. This year was a year with lots of big changes. Starting in January Richard left to go to Boise for 10 weeks for post for the police department. I had to stay behind because I was still in school and had work. It was a little rough but he was able to come home on the weekeneds so I survived. Well at the end of April we decided that we no longer wanted to be renters so we decided to buy a house. We absolutly love it, even though it is expensive getting all the stuff for a house. Well Richard got through his training phase with the police department well and is now out on his own. I took an evening dental assisting class that I have now since finished and am planning on getting a job in January.
As for church we both were primary choristers in our ward when we were in our apartment. When we moved to our house we imediatly got callings. Richard was called as the young mens secretary which he was very excited about and I was called to be the fourth sunday teacher in relief society. I was a little nervouse having never taught before but have grown to love it. Now just to show that the lord works in funny ways, just when I have become somewhat comfortable in my calling they have now called both of us to be cub masters. Richard gets to keep his calling but I will be released. I am absolutly terrified for this calling seeing as I have no brothers and no NOTHING about scouts. But I know it will be a growing experience and I will probably learn to love it as well. Well that is what has been going on with us. Hope all of you are well and are having a very wonderful holiday season.

Love.
The Jenkins Family

Fmily Pictures

So we got new family pictures taken for Richard's side of the family taken at thanksgiving. Here are our favorite ones.



This one was our favorite of the family.
This was our favorite of Kevin and Jen's family


And here are the siblings showing their true colors!

Some Fun Information

Rules: Bold the things you’ve done.

01. Bought everyone in the bar a drink
02. Swam with dolphins
03. Climbed a mountain
04. Taken a Ferrari for a test drive
05. Rode in the back of a cop car
06. Held a tarantula/squashed a Hobo spider(squished a hobo not held a trantula)
07. Taken a candlelit bath with someone
08. Said "I love you" and meant it
09. Hugged a tree
10. Bungee jumped
11. Visited Paris
12. Watched a lightning storm at sea
13. Stayed up all night long and saw the sun rise
14. Seen the Northern Lights
15. Gone to a huge sports game
16. Made up your own recipe and served to guests
17. Grown and eaten your own vegetables
18. Touched an iceberg
19. Slept under the stars
20. Changed a baby's diaper
21. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon
22. Watched a meteor shower
23. Gotten drunk on champagne
24. Given more than you can afford to charity (If tithing counts...)
25. Looked up at the night sky through a telescope
26. Had an uncontrollable giggling fit at the worst possible moment (most likely)
27. Had a food fight
28. Bet on a winning horse
29. Asked out a stranger
30. Had a snowball fight
31. Screamed as loudly as you possibly can
32. Rode naked on a pink bike
33. Seen a total eclipse
34. Ridden a roller coaster
35. Hit a home run
36. Danced like a fool and didn't care who was looking
37. Adopted an accent for an entire day/slapped someone who adopted an accent for an entire day
38. Actually felt happy about your life, even for just a moment
39. Had two hard drives for your computer
40. Visited all 50 states
41. Taken care of someone who was drunk
42. Had amazing friends
43. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country.
44. Watched whales
45. Stolen a sign
46. Used a urinal
47. Taken a road-trip
48. Gone rock climbing(indoors not on an actual rock)
49. Taken a midnight walk on the beach
50. Gone sky diving
51. Visited Ireland
52. Been heartbroken longer than you were actually in love
53. In a restaurant, sat at a stranger's table and had a meal with them
54. Visited Japan
55. Milked a cow
56. Alphabetized your CDs
57. Pretended to be a superhero
58. Sung karaoke
59. Lounged around in bed all day(only when I am sick)
60. Played touch football
61. Gone scuba diving
62. Kissed in the rain
63. Played in the mud
64. Played in the rain
65. Gone to a drive-in theatre
66. Visited the Great Wall of China
67. Started a business
68. Fallen in love and not had your heart broken
69. Toured ancient sites
70. Taken a martial arts class
71. Played D&D for more than 6 hours straight
72. Gotten married
73. Been in a movie
74. Crashed a party
75. Gotten divorced
76. Gone without food for 5 days
77. Made cookies from scratch
78. Won first prize in a costume contest
79. Ridden a gondola in Venice
80. Gotten a tattoo (only the fake kind lol)
81. Rafted the Snake River
82. Been on a television news program as an "expert"
83. Gotten flowers for no reason
84. Performed on stage
85. Been to Las Vegas
86. Recorded music
87. Eaten shark
88. Kissed on the first date
89. Gone to Thailand
90. Bought a house
91. Been in a combat zone
92. Buried one/both of your parents
93. Been on a cruise ship
94. Spoken more than one language fluently
95. Performed in Rocky Horror
96. Raised children
97. Followed your favorite band/singer on tour
98. Passed out cold
99. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country
100. Picked up and moved to another city to just start over
101. Walked the Golden Gate Bridge
102. Sang loudly in the car, and didn't stop when you knew someone was looking103. Had plastic surgery
104. Survived an accident that you shouldn't have survived
105. Wrote articles for a large publication
106. Lost over 100 pounds
107. Held someone while they were having a flashback
108. Piloted an airplane
109. Touched a stingray
110. Broken someone's heart
111. Helped an animal give birth
112. Won money on a TV game show
113. Broken a bone
114. Gone on an African photo safari
115. Had a facial part pierced other than your ears
116. Fired a rifle, shotgun, or pistol
117. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild
118. Ridden a horse
119. Had major surgery ( if getting my wisdom teeth out counts)
120. Had a snake as a pet
121. Hiked to the bottom of the Grand Canyon
122. Slept for 30 hours in a 48 hour period
123. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. States
124. Visited all 7 continents
125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days 126. Eaten kangaroo meat
127. Eaten sushi
128. Had your picture in the newspaper
129. Changed someone's mind about something you care deeply about
130. Gone back to school
131. Parasailed
132. Touched a cockroach
133. Eaten fried green tomatoes
134. Read The Iliad and The Odyssey
135. Selected one "important" author who you missed in school, and read
136. Killed and prepared an animal for eating(if fishing counts)
137. Skipped all your school reunions
138. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language139. Been elected to public office
140. Written your own computer language
141. Thought to yourself that you're living your dream
142. Had to put someone you love into hospice care
143. Built your own PC from parts
144. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn't know you
145. Had a booth at a street fair
146. Dyed your hair
147. Been a DJ
148. Shaved your head
149. Caused a car accident
150. Saved someone's life( maybe not directly but being a lifegaurd and a CNA I help to save lives in a way)


I tag anyone who actually read this so that I can find out about you.

Sorry it has been so long!

So it is very hard to post when I don't have the internet at my house. I know that is a bad excuse and I will try to get better but for now you will have to bare with me. I have finally gotten caught up though so enjoy. I have also tried to post some videos but they haven't been working so stay tuned for those.

Another Tag

The HS tag:
1. Did you date someone from your school? I have to say yes to this one. And I actually dated a few guys from my school.
2. What kind of car did you drive? 1998 Toyota Corolla, and we still have it. It is a great car.
3. Were you a party animal? no I would say not
4. Were you considered a flirt? I am sad to admit that yes I was considered a flirt. Those of you who had the pleasure of knowing me in high school are probably laughing your heads of right now. I actually won awards for this one, not that I am totally proud or anything.
5. Were you in band, orchestra, or choir? Band and the symphony orchestra.
6. What was your most embarrassing moment of high school? That is a hard one, I will have to get back to you on that.
7. Were you a nerd? Well I would like to say that I wasn't, but in the terms of being smart and getting good grades was important to me then yes I guess I was.
8. Were you on any varsity teams? yes. Swimming, Water Polo, and the top band if you consider that a team
9. Did you get suspended/expelled? no
10. Can you still sing the fight song?Bits and pieces of it, you would think being a cheerleader I would remeber it, but give me a break I only did that for one year. I know the tune from band though.
11. Who were your favorite teachers? Mr. Brooks, Ms. Harding, well I think a lot of my teachers, but those are the ones that were special enough to get invited to my wedding reception.
12. What was your school's full name? Reynolds High School
13. School mascot? Raiders
14. Did you go to homecoming, and with who? Yes. I went my frosh year with some girl friends and then again my senior year with Brandon Holbrock.
15. If you could go back and do it again, would you? For the most part no. I would though just so that I could be active in sports and band again, and to see my frinds again.
16. What do you remember most about graduation? That I was sad to leave high school and all my friends but excited to start on my journy in good old Idaho.
17. Where did you go senior skip day? I was unable to skip on senior skip day because I went to a charter school every other day and I was there on skip day and the classes where way to hard to miss.
18. Were you in a club? nope, no time between band and sports.
19. Have you gained some weight since then? Unfortunaly yes, but I don't think much, since getting married I have become inactive but am trying to get better.
20. Who was your prom date? Whick time? I went twice my junior year and those were Ron Lynn and Matt (just blanked the last name) and then my senior year it was with Rick Craft.
21. Are you planning on going to your 10 year reunion? I don't know. I think I would like to because it would be nice to see all of my friends again but we will see where life is at.
22. Looking back, what advice would you give yourself? Don't worry so much about what other people think and just have fun, I think I started to get this concept my senior year.

I tag: Alex and Jaimie

Halloween Fun

So we were able to go to our ward halloween party the saturday before halloween. It was a lot of fun. I dressed up in my old cheer leading uniform (yes it fit but barely) but Richard didn't want to dress up. Or as he likes to say he went as an off duty police officer.
We also had the pleasure a to carve our home grown pumpkins with our friends Lee and Tiffany Kinder and their kids. It was a lot of fun. Hannah and Hunter enjoyed helping me with my pumpkin and the Richard and Lee did theirs. Lee is very talented if you can't tell.



Pumpkins from left to right: mine, Lee's, Richard's. The boys tried roasting the seeds, but they burnt them on accident. So when we were done for the evening, we were trying to figure out how to get the pumpkins home without them getting ruined.


Richard came up with this idea, I guess this is how he gets the milk home as well. All and all it was a fun halloween.

Birthdays, Birthdays, Birthdays

So the 25th of September was Richard's birthday as well as his little sister Alicia's. We celebrated them together and it was a lot of fun. I have been saving for Richard's birthday since feburary so I had enough to get him an xbox 360. It was nice to be able to get him a gift that he was actually suprised to get ( I tried to upload the vidoe but it would never work so maybe I will try again later.)
Blowing out the candles.

We also celebrated mine of the 28th. September is busy in our family.

Family Fun

My parents and Angela came at the beginning of September to bring Angela to school. While they were here we decided to go minin golfing. It was a lot of fun.

Tag Your It

Well I decided that since I haven't posted anything fun in a while that I would do this tag.
1- what is your shnookems' name: Richard Kay Jenkins
2- who eats more:Well you probably wouldn't believe just by looking at him but he does.
3- who said "I love you" first: I belive that would be me. I knew a lot sooner than he did.
4- who is taller:He is. Him 6'5" Me 5'2" ( on a good day)
5- who is smarter: Well he is more street smart and spiritual smart, but I am probably more book smart.
6- who is more sensitive: That would definalty be me. He makes fun of me for crying at movies and when I read books.
7- who does the laundry: Me again.
8- who sleeps on the right side of the bed: Well if you are looking at it from the end of the bed then I do.
9- who pays the bills:Once again that is me. I do not know what He would do with out me. lol
10- who does most of the cooking: I do. Richard doesn't really know how to cook much.
11- what meals do you cook together:um.. I don't think we do that.
12- who is more stubborn:That is a hard one, one think we both are a little stubburn.
13- who is the first to admit they are wrong: Usually me.
14- who has more siblings:We have the same 4 each, I have 4 sisters and he has 2 sisters and 1 brother.
15- who wears the pants in the relationship: I would like to copy others and say that we share the role.
16- what do you like to do together: Well we don't have a lot of time together with our work schduals but we do like to watch movies, and do anything outside.
17- who eats more sweets: That would defianly be me, I hava a huge sweet tooth.
18- what is his guilty pleasure: I don't know that one.
19- how did you meet:We met at BYU-Idaho where we had two classes together. We had Book of Mormon and and Social dance.
20- who asked who out first: I did. I had gotton tickets to the Idaho Falls Symphony Orceshtra concert and told him I had a extra ticket if he wanted to go. This was my way of asking him out but not lettin ghim think that I liked him in case he didn't like me. I give him a hard time about me asking him out first, he just says he was playing hard to get.
21- who kissed who first:I let him do that one.
22- who proposed:He did, but we had talked a lot about it and both knew we would get married. The proposel story is kind of long so if you don't know it and want to just let me know.
23- his best features:Well.... he is tall, dark, and handsome what more can I ask for.
24- what is his greatest quality: he is very respectful and wonderful with kids.
25- I also tag all those who sat through this!

Updated

So for all of you who have just been dying for an update, I finally was able to upload some pictures so there are 3 new post. I will try to be better at posting.

Jenkins Family

The last week in July Richard's sister Jen and her family came to pocatello to visit. Emma came over to swim and then later us older people played DDR (dance dance revolution) for mario cart. It was lots of fun.






We also celebrated Kevin's birthday at the end of the week. He let Emma and his neice's and nephew's help him blow out the candles.

Family Reunion

We had the Benson family reunion in July. It was good to just see family and have fun.


Grandma got cold the first night and so she used the table cloth until they got her a jacket.

Emma and Cami

Richard's cousin Cynthia's son Hunter. He is so cute.

Caleb and Cami. Caleb is Richard's cousin Even's son.

Emma being her usual silly self.

Grand Canyon

So over memorial weekened I was able to go camping at the grand canyon with some of my family. It was really nice to see them especially my neice brooklynn who I hadn't seen for a year.


I was my first time there and it was so beautiful.



Benjamin found a stick and was always wanting to dig with it.

This was a really cool tower that we went in.


Angela, Mandi, Chris and I even got up at like 4:30 the last morning we were ther to watch the sun rise. We were way tried but I think it was worth it.

Finally In

Well we are finally just about settled into our house. We still need to hang a few more pictures and finish unpacking the office but other than that we are done. I know a lot of you want me to post pictures but it may be awhile. Since we moved we no longer have internet access, so the pictures will probably have to wait until we either get the internet or can use our friends. Hopefully that won't be to long.

Moving Update

So for those of you you haven't heard, we are moving. For those of you that already knew that things changed a little. We ended up closing a week early and are now moved into our house. We have unpack a majority of the things but still have a few boxes. We will be getting our fridge today so then we will move our food from our apartment and as soon as I get it cleaned we will be totally out of it. We are excited to finally have a home. I will post pictures later when it is a little less crazy. Hope all is well with everyone.

All Done!

Well I just took my last two finals. I am very excited because that means I am done. For those of you that don't know, I didn't get into the dental hygiene program. Because of this I have decided not to go back to school, but I will get certified as a dental assistant and then just try to find a job. So it is kind of a good feeling to think that I am done with school for the most part.

Tagged

4 Places I go over and over:
1.) Work
2.)School
3.) Our neighbors
4.) Church, every Sunday
4 Places I like to Eat
1.) In Laws- every week for Sunday dinner
2.) Sizzlers
3.) Little Ceasars
4.) Our Neighbors ( we get along with them great)
4 Places I'd like to be right now:
1.) Our house
2.) Any where warm and sunny
3.) With my family
4.) Doing something fun
4 tv shows I watch:
1.) America's next top model
2.) Jon and Kate plus eight
3.) The Today Show
4.) Crime show ( CSI, Law and Order)
I Tag Lindy, Kristie, and Alex

April Showers Bring May.........

...... Well if you live in South East Idaho the rest of that phrase would be snow! Yes I said snow. For the last week or so we have had typical spring weather. You know some rain and even some days where it was 70 degress. It was wonderful, so imagine my frustration when I woke up this morning to snow. And I am not talking about just a little snow, the news said that it was only 1.5, but there was more where I was at. Some of you may even be able to understand my frustration when I had to brush 3 inches off of my car and then I didn't even end up going to work. I was so mad. Mother nature sure has a weird sense of humor giving us warm weather, and it was warm yesterday, and then bam snow, and then it warms up to 50 in the same day. I am totally ready for this snow and cold to be gone and the sun to come back. Well that was my rant of the weather today.

Moving

So yes, we are moving again. Yes moveing for a third time before we have even been married two years. But don't worry, it is just to another location in pocatello. Yup, we are buying a house! It will be so nice, and that means I will not have to pack up another time for a very long time. We are very excited and our closing day is supposed to be May 23. Below is the house, I will post some more later.

Trip to Provo

We went to Provo on Sunday to see Richard's sister and her new baby Camilla Jo Belnap. She it so cute, and we had good to see her, Jen, and Emma. We had a very good time. Emma will make some faces when you ask her to. This one is her "stinky" face. She is so adorable.<
Camilla likes to stick her tongue out, it is very cute.
Emma is very happy to be a big sister. (Like how Richard cut my head off.:)

Graduation

Sorry that is has taken me so long to get these pictures up. Richards Graduation went well and we had a good weekened in Boise.
Richard's parents, brother and Grandma were all able to come. He was excited that they were there to support him.
You can't tell very well in this picture, but this was the last run that Richard had to do. It was five miles long and very steep.

This is a memorial that they have right next to the ISP station where post is at. It is to honor those officers fallen.